This is an amazing truth for our generation and the generations to come. Well worth watching the 4 minute video. You can skip the ad at the beginning. Click here for video What if I told you, Jesus came to abolish religion? What if I told you getting you to vote republican, really wasn’t his mission? Because republican doesn’t automatically mean Christian, And just because you call some people blind, doesn’t automatically give you vision. If religion is so great,... Read more
It seems to me that only a minority actually live out the message that they hear or preach. We keep worshiping God while arguing and dividing over the right way to do it. Jesus did not ask us to worship Him, He asked us to follow Him, which is an obedient life, and the most powerful way to worship Him. Our clever religion often keeps us from His preferred way of love and life. We can be angry, greedy, selfish,... Read more
Paul was not one of the 12 Apostles, never knew Jesus in the flesh, and yet many would say he has had more influence than all the other Apostles put together. This must remain an encouragement to all of us, Christ’s Body, for though we have not seen Jesus in the flesh, we carry the supernatural power of the Living God within us. Paul decided that whatever this message is, it is much bigger than religion. The power of this... Read more
Love has never been a mass movement. Never. So be wary of those who say they represent the Kingdom of God but do not carry God’s DNA, which is always about love. Always! No matter what you call yourself — an Ambassador of the Kingdom of God, a Parish Priest, a Kingdom Carrier, or whatever the trendy term is for the year or decade, your credential for that position will always be that you have been impregnated by the Seed... Read more
When I stepped into 2012, God challenged me to pray big—and to expect the unexpected. Right before Christmas my wife and I took our youngest daughter out to dinner to celebrate her grades from her third semester in college. When we got home I sent out a tweet about the dinner, and mentioned the name of the restaurant. (Hint: It’s a popular national chain that serves Italian food—and it has the best bread sticks in the world.) I didn’t think... Read more
When Christ’s agenda takes center stage in our hearts, we will take off the robes we’ve dawned, put down the gavel in our hand, find a chair without a bench and start loving each other. The world’s operating system loves a spectacle, and routinely excludes God’s view in their reporting. They opt instead for the ever-increasing Tell-Us-What-You-Think questions. Frankly, outside of the mind of Christ, our thinking is sadly lacking. The high court of our personal opinion flows all too freely... Read more
Is there a price to your dream? How much will you sell your dream for? Are you willing to give up big money to live your dream? When Sylvester Stallone was just starting out in life, it was a miserable life for him. Before his big breakthrough with ROCKY, he was a nobody. He lived life on the go, earning bare minimum from film roles no one wanted to take. In his early acting career, he took part in some... Read more
2011 in Review, Is the World Going to End?, Will the Economy Collapse?, Israel, California, The Promise Keeper, Divine Government, Justice in Government, Year of the Lionesses, Christ’s Church is Shaking, Rosh Hashanah 2012 Please note that sermon messages referred to in this word are available free online at www.DaystarAtlanta.org . FIRST 2011 IN REVIEW 2011: A Year of World Record Disasters You have just survived one of the most challenging years ever. If you feel like you are beginning... Read more
We all benefit from systems all around us. Many of these systems have been built through domination and injustice. Once we idealize social climbing, status symbols, hierarchical power, and possessions, we are part of a never-ending cycle that is almost impossible to escape. It has its own inner logic that is self-perpetuating, elitist and exclusionary. Christ came to free us from this lie, which never brings peace, because it’s never enough. He sets us free from the grips of systems,... Read more
Shunning: This Happens too Often in Churches, It’s a Very Cruel Judgmental Spirit! Have you ever been shunned? Have you ever felt out of place with a group of people having a conversation? You want to join in; you feel you have something to say or to contribute, but by the time you can find a possible opening in the conversation they have moved on to something else. If you then contribute, they look at you as though you had just arrived... Read more
Robert Ricciardelli
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