Mindset of a transformer

The church is not relevant when we're trying to catch up with society, the church becomes relevant when we move to transform society by making them catch up with us...

Meaning: We say that we are the children of the most creative being that ever existed (God), that our Father is supernaturally creative. Yet 90% of the time we're trying to do what's already been done, instead of allowing the amazing creativity of God moving through us to move us beyond what's been done & give space for society to transform to catch up to us, We move to catch up with something that's already been done. It doesn't take as much faith to replicate what's been done, as it does to get out of the boat & move into a realm of supernatural creativity where you rely on God, not man, where you're inspired by Him not them. If we moved to the forefront, using God inspired creativity, when they ask "where did you get this idea?" You can glorify God.

Might I add, that the first ever instance recorded in the Bible where people were filled with the Spirit was in Exodus 31, where God filled a man with His spirit to CREATE ART! The church should be the most creative group of people on the Earth, because our ideas come from Heaven! Did you get that, literally, our ideas are out of this world. It's a difference of being transformed & not conformed. Transformers transform, that's what we're called to do. The only "model for success" we should follow is the one hand tailored by God for us. That's what Jesus did, He said, I only Say what I hear from my Father, I only do what I see from Him. Jesus had a model to follow & His crowds had people like Zaccheus climbing trees just to see Him, His words changed nations, transformed hearts & brought new life into hopeless people. If you want to draw a crowd, ask God for your ideas & not someone else.

Today, ask God to speak to you about this, ask Him what ideas He has for you..

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”
― Wayne Gretzky

"And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship."
― God

My Thoughts on Theology

Theology never taught me to cast out a demon, love for the person who was tormented did. Theology never taught me to heal the sick, love for the sick person did. Theology never taught me to seek God till His presence manifests to me, love for God did. Theology can't teach you how to fall in love & that is the 1st commandment and what all of the law & prophets hinge on. If theology is sooo good why

 can't it teach you to do the most basic things God actually commanded. In my opinion most theological heavyweights go astray because they cling to theology when they should cling to passion & love. When their mind questions them, their love for God & others, which is the root of your faith, is not strong enough nor deep enough to sustain them. The majority of theological heavyweights in Jesus' day never knew Him, but a band of passionate guys called disciples did, they didn't know all the rules, they just knew they loved Jesus & they would follow Him anywhere, some times they fell, they lived with love challenging them to do more than all the religious theologians, especially when Jesus started talking about drinking His blood & eating His flesh. If you believe in God, you should seek Him diligently, you will eventually find out wether He is real and whether He is worthy of seeking or not. As for me, I know God is real, I saw His glory appear in my front yard much like Moses saw... No, I couldn't see His face, it was one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me, but theology never led me to the place to seek such an encounter, passion did.

Rescued by Love

I was praying this morning & giving thanks to God that I am able to know Him, when out of my spirit flooded... "You have rescued me, You have rescued me!" Thoughts started flashing through my mind about the meaning of rescue & me being a rescue.

When you go to an animal shelter, or "rescue" you see animals that are caged, some wounded, removed from their families, stranded, abandoned, mistreated & confused. None of these started off saying "cool, I think I'll go to the place with all the cages & see if they can lock me up in there". Some came from good homes, but for a second saw outside of their yard & were tricked by a false sense of freedom & left the shelter of the one who loves them. Hate to say it, but many will be put to death if they stay caged too long & no one rescues them.

I thought of how much I was like that... Love was my rescuer, He saw me caged, from His throne He sent for me. His eyes saw me bound in my sin & He didn't despise me for my condition, yet moved with jealous compassion, He sent the most valuable, beautiful, costly payment to rescue me from the death that awaited. I knew that I wasn't worth the payment sent, yet when He rescued me He declared value to me, who before had been unworthy & too dirty to even look upon His face. Now, for the first time I knew what it was to be loved.. I.. I felt alive.

His voice, i've never known any other like it, not only can you hear Love when He speaks, you can feel it... Wow! Ohhh! It floods over me like healing ointment poured forth as my scars disappear & some kind of vivacious happiness takes over me. Many times as He speaks I can do nothing but fall at His feet as His words rip through my heart shattering fear calling me closer to Him. This... This is Love.

Love saw me in my most pitiful state, & the moment His eyes set upon me, He made a way for me to come & live in His house. Others leave Love at times, because they get drawn away, but I'll never leave, even if it costs me everything, nothing is of value if I can't be near Him. You see, He loved me so much that all I want to do is follow Him, He is a being of extreme beauty. I really can't let Love leave my sight, I can't afford to be away from Him, because every moment I can't see Him, or hear his voice, or feel His presence next to me I feel as if I'm dying again. He is my source of life & my food has become His words, everything good is found in Him, & I am willing to risk anything for this Love.

Love saw me, Love rescued me...

Epic story huh?
It's my life... ;)

Valuable Love

When God's love becomes the MOST valuable thing in your life everyone will know.

As I was reading this morning I came to Luke 10:38-41. Most of us know this story, It's when Jesus came to the house of Martha. The Bible says that Martha was distracted and she wanted Mary to help her serve. Mary set at Jesus' feet.. Jesus responded that Martha was worried about many things, but ONE THING was needed, Mary has chosen that. Jesus was in Martha's house, yet she allowed herself to become so busy that she missed part of the blessing that was there, that blessing was His presence. 

Someone who's in love is constantly thinking about the next time they can get close to the one they love. God makes His presence available to us, saying seek & you shall find me WHEN you seek for me with your WHOLE heart. True love is not about what you get, or how the other person makes you feel. At times we like to give God a piece of our heart to make Him feel good... Oh, here God, I'll give you this part, that should be sufficient. Mary gave her attention, her time & her heart, she knew there was much to do, yet at that time nothing was more important than sitting at the feet of the one who loved her being awestruck by His presence & captivated by His words. 

This LOVE of God is what we are made for. I just think that's so awesome that we were created for the greatest thing in the world, love, yet we don't fully understand love. Joel 2 says rend you heart & not your garment. The garment is what is on the outside, the heart is the center of you, it holds your affections, the things that truly affect you. Jesus want's to consume your affections, He wants to be the one who affects you & He is extremely jealous for that position. To truly be consumed in love is: to want, need & completely desire to lay aside yourself & spend yourself on the one whom you love. 

The question is how valuable do we consider this love, your answer to that question will affect everything you do. Jesus had disciples, yet He had an inner circle, those who really, really, really enjoyed being with Him. This inner circle is still offered to you & I. That's pretty stinkin awesome to me, the King of Glory has offered me a coveted position, a coveted love, I must guard it with intensity.

Jesus said to the woman at the well that the Father seeks worshippers who will worship Him in Spirit & truth. Our lives should worship Jesus, He only did the things that pleased God. Our worship becomes untrue the moment we take our eyes off of our King, saying we love Jesus yet allowing our minds to be consumed with everything but His magnificent love. There's a difference from living with God encounters, and living in a consistent encounter. People with this life act different, they give different, and ultimately, they love different. They love the way Jesus loved because their heart now belongs to Him, they have allowed Him to invade every area of their heart, mind & will. MOses would have rather died in the desert than leave the desert without the manafest presence of God. An angel, to Moses wasn't sufficient to go with him, he wanted God or he wasn't leaving and because of this heart posture God not only went with him, but allowed him to see His glory. 

God is seeking an all out invasion into you, to be the ALL consuming fire. Is He not worth this type of intense value & worth above all things, even you yourself? Don't just say yes to that question without letting the truth of it affect your heart, that's what the Church has done & it's why people think we are fake. The world will know when we're truly in love. Mary coveted the position of being at Jesus' feet and beholding Him, she was wrapped in a selfless love, she knew that Jesus loved her... She didn't have to act, or preform, or even talk... She just had to be with Him, she sought not for blessings, her reward was Him.

If you don't love Him enough to lay anything down, anything, then He is not really God in your life. The things you won't lay down are God in your life. If His desires aren't put above yours in the arena of your heart than you are God in your life & you are really a humanist masking as a Christian. I know that's bold, but it's truth.

Jesus died not for comfortable Christianity, He died for those who would die & be born again into His life.. If people around you don't consider you as radical, I would question your love. You can not respond to the love of God any other way than radical pursuit. Is you heart consistently saying "Draw me away & I will run after you"? Ask Him to awaken passion in you. This love is valuable.. This relationship is valuable & it must be met with radical intensity. Ask Him right now, right where you are..  Breathe on my heart once again, & awaken passion Beautiful King, I want to love you rightly, to truly adore you. Draw me away & I will run after you, You are jealous for me, Your heart burns for me, let mine burn for You. Awaken my need for Your presence, awaken my hunger & thirst for You for in this You will awaken my heart, for in this you will awaken my life. Awaken me to behold your beauty for I am Yours & Your desire is towards me, ravish my heart, touching the parts that no one else can. Awaken me to Your beauty.. In Jesus name...

You are my desire...

Ferocious Love

Until our love is as bold as the worlds hate, we don't deserve to be heard.

I'm remembering Peter, who denied Jesus three times, but somehow underwent a complete transformation of heart. This same Peter was brought before the very priests who had Jesus put to death just a few months earlier & he spoke with such boldness that they marveled at him. The priests were left scratching their heads, yet they knew that he had been with Jesus. Get this: because of the way he acted,  the way he spoke so boldly, the priests believed that somehow, even though they had put Jesus to death,  that Peter had recently been with him.

At this point Peter's heart had been affected, he no longer lived for himself, but this overwhelming ferocious love in his heart propelled him right past the fear of death, that had once controlled him, pushing him to a boldness that could only come from being with Jesus. In Acts 1 we see that after Jesus rose again He met with the disciples 40 days right before the day of Pentecost. An intimate relationship was developed here, Peter no longer saw just the man of Jesus doing miracles. He then saw the beautiful King, who set aside everything He was & freely took on death for him, he saw the King of Glory, whose eyes burn with love for him. I believe he then began to scratch the surface of what love really was about.

Right before His death, Jesus  asked Peter; "would you really lay down your life for me", that was right before Peter denied Him. We see in Jn 21 that after Jesus died Peter went back to doing the same thing that he did before Jesus had come, he went back to fishing, his heart had not yet been pierced with an unquenchable love for Jesus. They catch nothing, but suddenly they see Jesus & He tells them cast your nets on the other side where they catch a multitude of fish. After eating Peter stands on the shore with Jesus, Jesus looks at Peter with fervent love in His eyes, He holds up a fish & says the words that would burn Peters heart... "Do you love me more than these?" He didn't just ask Peter if he loved Him more than fish, He asked Peter if he loved Him more than his own life. The last thing Jesus says to Peter that day was "follow me."

Right before this in vs. 18 Jesus says "¹⁸ Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” Jesus says when you were young you cared about yourself & you went wherever you wanted, but now that you're old you'll reach for me, I'll cover you and carry you where you don't want to go. We know that Peter dies as a martyr, loving not his own life, yet fully consumed and in love with the beautiful King that he had once denied.


There's a difference from knowing Jesus and allowing your heart to overflow with His love to where you no longer belong to yourself. When you heart belongs to Him every decision, thought & everything you live for is to fulfill the desires of you Beloved. I'm reminded of a song by Lifehouse, the lyrics say "How can I stand here with You & not be moved by You?" How can we know this beautiful King and not let Him become everything to us, how can we know Him & not let Him permeate every area of our life.. Yes, including our finances. The one who I love died to set people free, yet they walk by because they can't see Him in me, they can only see me. I don't want to live for me, that's a worthless life. Consumed with Him, that's the only life I can live, It's the only life thats of any worth. I must be like Him.


He valued me so highly that He set himself aside, took on no reputation and eventually died with me on His mind. Can we value Him so highly that we set ourselves aside? Can we allow Jesus to affect us, where He becomes our reward & we no longer value possessions but we allow the ultimate possession (Jesus) to fully possess our heart. You can't live like that & be normal, not with a pierced heart. Bill Johnson says "This quest is not a journey for the faint of heart. It is far too costly to pursue for mere curiosity."


So look around, consider everything you have, everything you've always wanted, the dreams you've always had for yourself and hear Him say... Do you love me more than these... Follow me..