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His Peace is Greater!

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  His Peace Is Greater “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” — John 14:27 Reflection Before Jesus departed back to the Father, He said, “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you.” One of the many gifts that Jesus has imparted to us is His perfect, incomparable peace, a peace that surpasses all understanding. In the same way that there is no fear in heaven, there can be no fear in Jesus’ peace. We are to walk in peace. Isaiah said, “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3). Faith keeps our mind steadfast before the Lord, continuing in a state of peace. We can also stand upon God’s promise that no weapon formed against us will prosper. Satan has a lot of weapons to use in his attack against us, but none of them will prosper in their attempt to destroy us. Satan’s plans won’t prosper because Jesus has triumphed over o...
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Busy Doing What?

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  Busy Doing What? Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9, NIV “ There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” ” (1 Kings 19:9, NIV) Have you ever been in a place and asked yourself, “What am I doing here?” For the  Kingdom  of God  thinker , this is a very important question. As I make choices daily, this question is in the back of my mind. I need to evaluate what kind of a “giver” I will be during the time I have left in this world. The ways in which I decide to spend the time God has given me will determine how much of my activity will echo into eternity. The spending of my treasure, however great or small, will determine if I have anything stored in the “First National Bank of Heaven.” By  soaking our heart in the Word of God  and feeding our soul with the spiritual M and Ms we find in the Word, we will discover what is important to God. He will reveal his will, plan, and purpose for our life as...
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There’s Always Something New!

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  There Is Always Something New “Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” — Jeremiah 33:3 Reflection To me, Jeremiah 33:3 is one of the most exciting verses in the Hebrew Bible. The idea is that if we call upon our Creator to show us things that we’re not able to perceive in the natural, the Lord is going to open up mysteries so we can see what we can’t see, go where we couldn’t go, and experience what we can never experience. Do you remember what it was like when you were a child and everything was new? You had a great sense of adventure. Going to new places and experiencing things for the first time was wondrous. Life was an adventure. But as we age, the adventure of life begins to diminish. Been there, done that. The things that once captured our hearts can become blasé. How do we get back that sense of wonder? How do we get back that sense of fascination? We go beyond the natural into the supernatural because in the ...
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Wave of the Holy Spirit!

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  the Wave of the Holy Spirit Galatians 6:8, NIV “…the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” (Galatians 6:8, NIV) As we practice the principles of KingdomNomics, we discover and experience the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to live the Christian life. We soak our heart in the Word of God and learn how to sow to the Spirit so he can impart his life to us. One of the major ways we sow to the Spirit is to pray to the Lord verses of Scripture we have memorized and meditated on. As we allow our heart to delight in the precious morsels we glean from the Word, the power of the Spirit cleanses and empowers us for our daily tasks. We flow with the Spirit on the avenues of life as he navigates our way through the day’s activity. Think about the surfer who looks for the next great wave to ride. The rider focuses all attention on the movement of the waters to determine when, where, and how to jump on the board to catch the best wave. Look for where the ...
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Grace in His Presence!

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  Grace in His Presence “Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, ‘The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.’” — Exodus 34:6 Reflection It is impossible for us to receive a true revelation of who God is without encountering His grace. When we stand before a holy God, the God who is the same in both the Old and New Testaments, we also stand before a God full of grace. The truth is that we are human and He is God. He is holy, and we are not. Our very presence before Him requires grace. Moses discovered this truth shortly after his exchange with God on Mount Sinai. After descending the mountain, he eventually set up a tent among the people where “the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend” (Exodus 33:11). Talk about being in God’s presence! In fact, Moses grew so accustomed to being in the Lord’s presence that he concluded the Jewish people would be helpless without it. He ...
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Are You Following a Mirage?

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  Are You Following a Mirage? Scripture: John 6:27, NKJV “Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life….”  (John 6:27, NKJV) The self-life is a dead end. Unfortunately, most people concentrate on how they can meet their own desires and needs and give little thought to their own eternal destinies or the eternal destinies of others. When we labor for the food that endures to eternal life, we become more heavenly minded and earthly sensitive. We realize we have been left in this world to serve the interests of God. We begin to join others who are in the process of bringing their lives into conformance with God’s will. As we do this, God empowers us to serve him and others, bringing us a life of fulfillment. Following the self-life and the pursuit of more and more never satisfies one for long. It is a mirage that ultimately leads to self-destruction. Paul said, “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Phil. 1:21, NKJV). He wa...
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Trained to Overcome!

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  Trained to Overcome “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” — 1 Peter 5:8 Reflection On the way to the top of the mountain, there are many dangers that require us to engage in spiritual warfare. Song of Songs 4:8 speaks of “dens of lions” and “mountains of leopards”; pictures of the attacks we sustain from the enemy of our souls. In Scripture Satan is portrayed as a roaring lion that roams about looking for someone to devour. The truth is we can’t fully know Messiah Jesus until we have defeated the devil as He did, and we can’t defeat the devil until we become aware of him. The Scriptures tell us not to be ignorant of the schemes of Satan. How would you like to go to war against an enemy you knew nothing about and couldn’t see? It would be impossible to win. When we are ignorant of the evil one’s tactics, we empower him by our inaction. God demands that we become aware of the spiritual conflic...
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