Hmmmmm. All things work for the good .... this verse gets abused, misquoted, mangled, and far too undervalued. In context of Romans chapter 8 on the spirit realm, this verse really says 3 distinct things: 

1) Pray via the…

Remember. Whatever you can see with your eyes is temporary.  

Houses  
Cars  
Trees  
People  
The sky  
iPhones  
Problems  
Buildings  
Pain 
Struggle  
Churches  
Perceived lack  

None of it will survive at The Day of The Lord as fire burns…

If Jesus shed His own blood for the remission of ALL sin. 

If Jesus is the final judge of all people for all time.  

Why did He ask 👉 the Father 👈 to forgive those who sent Him to…

This will fry your brain. 

The Holy Spirit just showed me that the armor of God protects your SOUL! Remember, the soul has 2 primary engines that drive our conscious and subconscious thought - the heart and mind. 

Let’s get something straight, the only one who gets to brag in heaven (if He so chooses) is Jesus.  

This is exactly why our development in Christ isn’t a competition or even a process. It’s an event. An event…

There is so much confusion in the body of Christ, and sometimes I wonder: 

• What if the bible were written in bullet points? 
• What if Paul didn’t write in run on sentences? 
• What if the bible were written originally…

It's impossible to be clothed with "layers of new" when we are still clothed with the clunky, obsolete, and awkward layers of the old.  

New wine will always burst when clothed in the layers of old.  

Why? The…

I always remind people that we are legally saved or justified with our hearts, not with our minds (Romans 10:10). Salvation comes from the sealed and sanctified heart, not from our intellectual thought.  

When I tell people this, often…

char·ac·ter 
/ˈkerəktər/ 
noun 
the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. 
"running away was not in keeping with her character" 

As I’ve written before, when Paul is writing in Romans 11 about the olive tree and the ingrafted…

At the airport today I was wearing my NY Yankees jersey and some guy walked past me wearing a Yankees hat. 

Yes. We did the obligatory head nod, and recognized the awesomeness of what is Yankees baseball. 

He…

Writing from the airplane, I have to share it. The Holy Spirit showed this to me today. Blows my mind.  

He (Jesus) is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he…

As I’ve written before, God isn’t fully 100% sovereign in this earth. God has NO ability to alter the free will of mankind, there’s a god of this world, from the day we are born our bodies outwardly decay, and…

How can you spot a false or true believer? How can you spot a false teacher or false prophet? 

By their fruit. 

WHAT is that fruit? Is it deeds, works, or the things they do? 

Nope. It's…

So, Jesus says He is the Messiah. So, Jesus says He will explain everything to us. 

And inexplicably many grace people want to ignore everything Jesus said. 

This approach explains much misunderstanding: 

• Preterism 
• Universalism 
• Inclusionism 
• No devil…

Jesus is the exact representation of The Father. If you’ve seen Jesus, you’ve seen The Father.  

And 👉 YOU are purposed to be the exact representation of Jesus. When people see you, they are to see Jesus.  

But…

Paul says in Romans 11 that the believing Gentiles have been grafted into ... an OLIVE tree. These are slow, steady growing fruit bearing trees that are deeply representative of the land of Israel. 

• The roots/tree trunk are Jesus. 
• …

I’d like to point out something so crazy simple, yet so hard to grab ahold of. 

Jesus. The One who made everything, the ruler of the universe. The supreme authority in all of the heavens. 

Yes. The greatest…

Today at school I got to wear my Captain America outfit for Superhero Day ... there is no better day at work! 

Anyhow, I was wearing the padded muscle outfit and I was kind of admiring the added bulk…

What happens when you have a dark brown wall and you want to paint over it with a new bright color?  

You must first cover the wall with a coat of white primer.  

That’s the grace movement. The…

If someone you knew held a gun to your head and demanded you make payment in FULL for the amount you owe them, and you didn't have the massive amount they were demanding ... what do you do? 

Worse…