… we become more and more like him. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Becoming more Christ-like doesn’t mean losing your individuality and being a mindless clone. God created the characteristics that make you unique, so He certainly doesn’t want to destroy them. Christ-likeness is about transforming your character, not your personality. Paul writes, ‘… take on an entirely new way of life – a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces... Read more

Unrealized New Years resolutions have come and gone, and it is time to be resolved in surrendering to God’s necessary shifts for your journey. This is a new season, a new beginning that necessitates the letting go of past failures and unfruitful seasons. God is doing a new thing; can you see it, and will you walk into it? Today is the day to move from resolutions to destiny’s reality for your life. Read more

Run for God’s Resounding Applause!December 31st, 2010 James Ryle 3 comments “This is the only race worth running. I’ve run hard right to the finish, believed all the way. All that’s left now is the shouting–God’s applause!” (2 Timothy 4:7-8, The Message). There comes a moment in every life when a corner is turned and the finish line comes into view. This was Paul’s moment, and in his closing letter to his young friend Timothy he calls him out as... Read more

Waiting on God is not like waiting for a package to arrive. He is already here and present in every single moment. Being patient in God is not passivity but an active waiting in which we live every moment to the fullest while keeping our eyes and ears open to what He is doing all around us. In Him we live, move, and have our being while patiently and attentively awaiting God’s presence filled moments wherever we are. Read more

In ultimate fusion with God, we intimately lead obedient and surrendered lives in Him, empowered to do good. Jesus’ words and actions emerged from His intimate relationship with the Father. He did not choose His own way, as the Father living within Him brought forth miraculous works through His life. We will emerge strengthened and can expect God to do amazing things through our lives of oneness with Him. Read more

God uses His Word, creation, and our life experiences to instruct us in His ways. We are being formed into His divine image for His purposes and glory. We will continue to depart selfish ambition and religion as we move further into Kingdomization on earth as it is in heaven. Look for the miraculous flow of His presence in every day life as He fills and transforms hearts in mysterious ways to people all around us. Read more

Changing the Expression of Christianity in a Generation Can the expression of Christianity be changed in a generation? History says, “Absolutely.” You can trace Christianity from its first days and discover how it has re-invented itself in each generation to express systematic concerns over particular issues of culture. Every generation produces leaders who think they understand their day and respond as they believe God would — some of it good, some of it bad, some very bad. We don’t have... Read more

The heart of God, the heart of all creation, and our own hearts become one through the agape love of God. The great mystics of God through the ages have witnessed this unifying power of divine love. They did not speak from the knowledge of man, but through revelation and experience that only God gives. In Him we can realize this love that is both created and uncreated, and eternally in God, before Creation’s birth. Read more

Better to be judged, misunderstood, and hated for being who you are, than being loved and honored for who you are not. You must be all that God created you to be. You do not need to live in fear of man, or perform for the audience of man. God your Father created you uniquely and amazingly, so you might as well be you. The world longs for authentic lovers of God to lead the way. Real is in, and... Read more

Spirit led well-instructed people can remain a free people empowered by God. They live with unlimited potential because the “Unlimited All Potent God” dwells within them. We must also discern the kind of instruction that is being propagated in the name of Christ. While one kind of instruction produces freedom while releasing potential, erroneous instruction can cripple the power of truth and produce bondage. Read more