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Ephesians Pt 3: Adoption, Inheritance, and Why We Run

Ephesians 1 John 12:32-33 How we must apply adoption and inheritance to the here and now: 1- Adoption is rooted in the "kind intention" of God. You cannot inherit something from a Father you have not adopted. This is why it all starts with your view of Him being your heavenly Father taking root in our core. Embracing this view of Him as heavenly Father is accepting (and in some cases relenting) to the truth He has chosen you, and He has kind intentions for you within His will, and there is redemption and forgiveness in His shed blood. 2- In Jesus' time, inheritance was both a privilege and a responsibility; it meant not only receiving all the Father had; but also caring for the family the Father had left behind now entrusted to you. I pray we don't want the privilege of the Father's abundance without the responsibility of using it to help anyone other than myself... your inheritance is writing a story of redemption for your life, and the lives of those around you by the shed blood of the (First born) Son of God. 3- Adoption and inheritance starts with enlightenment. We must make conscious behaviors and habits to train our mind and will that Jesus has all authority and power and dominion, and is above every name that is named and to be named. If you don’t have an awareness of his power it will be hard to believe and walk in his promises. All things are under his feet, and his body on earth is the living church which has a fullness for all who would choose to be adopted into the inheritance he purchased.

Ephesians Pt 2: First Love Forgetfulness

Revelation 2:1-7 Lessons from those who lost sight of what is most important: 1- You can be right, and still be wrong. Your faithful toil, fierce persistence, and hunger to be doctrinally sound can miss the mark if it has not been doused in a deep love for God and your neighbor. Your desire to be right cannot replace your desire to be obedient. Your desire to be right cannot replace your hunger for proximity to God. Your desire to be right cannot replace the first love. There is a difference between being right and righteous. 2- Self inventory, assessment, and alteration is paramount to salvation and sanctification. The deeds you did at first should be the habits that are sustaining your soul, not a phase when you were single and did not have responsibilities. There is no seniority or hierarchy in faith.. Only those who will submit, surrender, and rhythmically place all of their personhood in the hands and at the feet of Jesus. 3- Repenting and returning is accompanied with a promise from God; That you would eat from the tree of life within the paradise of Jesus. First love living results in eating the fruit of life in the spirit. Oftentimes we are ashamed to admit we lost that first love feeling, and are not happy with the fruit our lives are producing. Repent, return, and relearn how to live in Him again. There is life for you, and paradise for you, if you're willing to pay the cost.

Ephesians Pt 1: Riches, Idols and Riots

Acts 19:18-29; 35-41.. How to take care of the riots, riches, and idols before the bull kicks 1- The idolatry today is syncretism. The idea that Jesus can be merged with any other belief or self expression you feel is right. Whatever you're trying to convince yourself can co exist with God is what God will buck off the throne of your heart first and most likely painfully. Duplicity is the basis of destruction. 2- Exponential growth is most often behind exponential cost. What are the things that cost us most? These are the things that have the potential to grow us the most. If you will not pay a cost, you will not grow, and you will not grow unless you pay the cost of what growth requires. It is that simple. Growth comes from consistent, compounding behavior done over a long period of time. 3 - Life feels out of control and in chaos (a riot) if you do not have an awareness of the power over your relationship with God your personal idols and riches possess. Surrendering Lordship of your life is not partial access to our lives for full time promises from Him. It is God you have my everything, and I will pursue you into your everything for me.

Me Versus Myself and I

Romans 7:4-6… 7:14-25 How to remind myself it's not about myself.. 1- Your war is internal before it ever is external. The flesh’s focus is external while the spirit's focus is internal. One fights for appearances, another for wholeness. If your external fruit and circumstances is not something you are proud of you must double down on the inward development of a life in the spirit following the ways of Jesus. 2- You must create centering anchor habits. Anchoring is designed to keep us stable when the storms come… centering is about the spirit teaching us not to get too high or too low. Your habits will either keep you anchored and centered, or anxious, unsettled, and unrestrained. The goal is union with God, not rule compliance. 3- You cannot seek to be new while holding onto the old. How proactive are you attacking old ways of thinking, behaving, and functioning? This will determine the longevity and life you find walking with God. We carry something different when we profess faith in Jesus and walk his spirit. You cannot carry death and life simultaneously without one consuming the other. It's not just a new creation or an old creation, it's NEW or NOTHING.

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Giving Up All You Are to Experience All He Is

Mathew 13:44 ESV 1. People don’t often treasure things that are freely given and not earned. We tend to place higher value on what requires effort and sacrifice. 2. We often make excuses to hold onto things we know we shouldn’t, unaware that those things are blocking you from the true happiness Gods treasure can bring. 3. If you struggle giving up past sins to experience more of who who God is, maybe it’s not that the power of that sin is too strong. But rather it’s that you haven’t fully grasped the meaning of being in his presence.

A Reconciled Heart

Luke 15:11-31 CSB The Three Parts to a Reconciled Heart: 1 - Forgiving God for the things He has and hasn't done to restore our view of Him and soften our hearts to receive His worth and love. 2 - Forgiving ourselves for setting a higher bar for worth, identity, and love than God has set for us. 3 - Forgiving others (even if they never apologize) for all the things they've said, done, or haven't done to allow the Spirit to heal you inwardly before bringing restoration outwardly.

Worship as Sacrifice

Genesis 22:1-14 Exodus 32:1-4 Three Lessons From the First Place of Worship: 1- Abraham did not hesitate to give what was most precious to him. We must learn the art of sacrificing idols promptly, especially when it costs us everything. 2 - Abraham did not argue with God. We must learn to recognize our hesitancies for what they are: idols of understanding 3 - Abraham did not expect someone else to do the sacrificing for him. We must learn how to rhythmically live on the altar and fight our flesh to stay there.

Sacrament of Sacrifice Pt. 6; The Instability of Unforgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35 3 Conditions Your Soul Will Find Itself In If You Do Not Forgive 1- If you do not forgive you will constantly find yourself choking the life out of others, not realizing you're losing the life of your own faith in the process. If we pursued healing with the same amount of zeal we pursued retribution we would be a much happier people. We must lay down our reasons, to pick up His reasoning. Have mercy, as He had mercy on us. 2- We have been freed from the torture and prison of our sin. Yet we place ourselves back into prison when we choose to harbor unforgiveness and bitterness. The enemy wants you stuck in the past, so you cannot go forward into your future. We must pray for the compassion of God, to release people from their wrongs, and truly walk in forgiveness. Compassion + Releasing = Forgiveness. 3- Only you know if your forgiveness is skin deep or heart deep. To forgive from the heart is a life that has lost count of the wrongs done to us, because we have such joy in the righteousness God has purchased for us. It's hard to be a carrier of the Good News when all you're focused on is bad circumstances of what you have walked through. The power of grace and a clear picture of grace comes into focus when we give grace to tohers when we have every right not to.

Sacrament of Sacrifice Pt 5; The Fruit of Repentance

Matthew 3:1-2 Mark 1:14-15.. Luke 3:7-9 2 Kings 23:25 4 Quick Thoughts on the Good Fruit of Keeping Repentance: 1- Rhythmic Repentance is a discipline of self awareness and sensitivity to the Spirit of God... oftentimes we won’t allow ourselves to repent and ever experience true forgiveness or surrender our own opinions and ideas enough for true change. 2- Repentance is turning around; and changing your mind. If you're not willing to turn from the direction you're going and change the mindsets you have, it's not repentance, it's just a coping mechanism. 3- The hidden fruits of repentance are humility, sincerity, and authenticity of your personhood.. The greatest place you can find yourself in christ is open handed and open hearted. 4- We will never graduate from a lifestyle of repentance, we will only grow in a heightened awareness of our need for it in day to day life and relationships… The fuel of accelerated growth and renewal, is a life of repentance.

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