The Live Transformed Podcast

Every positive and pleasant emotion is connected and related to righteousness. Our hearts are guarded by righteousness, and this episode takes time to dissect the scripture: Guard your heart with all diligence. Look and see what’s working when it’s working according to how God created it, now apply that to every facet of life. Resting in righteousness is “as it should be”. Pay attention, remain flexible, seek to harmonize, be teachable and always ready to humble yourself.

The way we create justifications or excuses is by deciding we can’t do it. On the opposite spectrum, once you start walking in righteousness, fully committed to walking in love and following God, no matter what circumstances happen, I will be humble and surrender to God’s possibilities. When we cling to our opinion and our idea of how people “should be”…or things “should be” we separate ourselves from solutions.

The correlation and causation continuum works like this: Something “works” in our spiritual walk, we attach ritual to it and create a new legalism for ourselves. Correlation isn’t causation, so we must be careful not to put faith in a process or formula. Every thought is based on a memory or an imagination with some connection to what you’ve heard or experienced, so in our mind we link and draw conclusions. Feeling truly secure is when we are in harmony with God’s never-changing character, and developing ability to flow with every moment.

Our western concept of wisdom is “depth of understanding”, but depth isn’t as important as making life work in a practical way. When a person wants to bring quality changes, the moment they attempt to change the outside, they shift to illusion. Re-examining spiritual warfare and the armour of God is about putting an end to what is “illegal” and releasing what is legal. Finding what is blocking God’s best is crucial as we experience transformation.

Awaken unto righteousness! God wants you to have a quality of life. A life lesson from David is his immediate response being confession and repentance. Obedience is better than sacrifice. When God is leading us to do something, it is for our own protection and the people we are helping. Grace is the power and strength to overcome!

Here is the big punchline: any area of your life, right now, that you’re not willing to walk through transformation, it’s not because it’s hard, it’s because you don’t want to. The desire for breakthrough is driving your desire for transformation. Everything on earth, in this realm, functions under the law of the seed. Your self-talk is seeds, your reason and motive for functioning are seeds, so whatever your real motive is will determine the fruit in your life.

All relationships and friendships thrive in an environment of communication and giving permission. We tend to think that solving life’s problems are complicated, hard and painful, then hesitate to communicate. When we are confronted with something that needs to change, we shut our ears and eyes and cover our hearts out of resistance. When we are willing to see and decide we don’t want the “divide” anymore, we will stop making excuses and choose connection.

God provides everything for our enjoyment! There is a religious myth that says: The more I follow after God, the less fun I’ll have. Man was never designed to experience pain, but rather love, acceptance and kindness. Following Jesus through heart transformation is joy-filled, as we move towards new layers of peace and rest in Him. Feeding our ego is the substitute for pleasure where we attempt to obtain satisfaction from the outside world.

Being content is a state of being satisfied with what you have, where you are and who you are. Have you been looking for your destiny or calling? You will never find it by looking for it. Instead, find someone in need, is there something you can do to help? Find a biblical way to help them, and nurture a consuming passion to love others.

It is a myth to try and do something to get God to do something for you. When circumstances seem confusing, we press on and continue to keep walking with God and following Him. This is the decision that immediately takes us out of our limitations. This is the year on jubilee where all debts are forgiven, but everyone has one core freedom, and that is their choice. Everyone has excuses, but we have the invitation to get up and walk... completely free.