What ARE You?

Our words are SO powerful. We say things like, "I'm fat," or "I'm too shy," and expect ourselves to be different. Who we SAY we are determines where we'll go in the Kingdom and in life. "I can't" is another really big thing people say all the time. "With God, ALL things are possible." (Matthew 19:26) Saying that we cannot do something in no way will help us to actually succeed in doing it. We are victorous children of God who walk in the authority of God. How DARE we say that something is too hard for us? Going back to what we say about OURSELVES, and who we are, we absolutely have to realize the affect our words have on who we are. Speak life over yourself. What does He say about you? For example, you're not too shy, you walk in the boldness and authority of Christ. Things like that. If you don't know what He has to say about you, get in your Bible and read all that He says you are. You are wonderfully created in His image, a loved son or daughter of the King. The Bible is PACKED with truth about YOU. Ask Him to lead you to verses that specifically pinpoint what you're struggling with. God speaks to us in so many different ways, we just need to listen and speak the same over ourselves.

The Passionate Pursuit

We hear about seeking God all the time, and we even have a desire to be in His presence. He created us that way, to thrive on moments of surrender to Him. It becomes so easy to allow other things to distract or preoccupy us so we don't have that time to devote to Him and He can minister to our spirit. He is our Romancer, the One who will truly fulfill us. We need to be pursuing Him with all we are. When we spend time focused on our King, He shows us aspects of Himself we would not have known otherwise. That is how we fall in love with Him. No amount of jumping or crying will lead you to that place. When you love someone, you spend TIME with them. With all that Jesus went through to allow us to come before the King, to have an intimate relationship with Him, we do not take advantage of that, not like we really should. That passion and courage we hear about all the time that we need if we're going to transform this generation, we cannot have that unless our foundation is in Him. To be true followers of Christ, we HAVE to be in love with Him. To be in love with Him we have to passionately pursue Him, and when we passionately pursue Him, He will give us that passion for the things of righteousness and the courage to carry it through.

Advancing Fearlessly and on Fire

What does it really look like to be on fire for God? What does that even mean? If you've ever seen a forest fire, their attack is fierce and can overcome the largest of areas. If we can come together as a people wholly devoted and sold out to being on fire for Him, we could take down so much more than we ever thought imaginable. A fire, if not taken in hand and stopped, can spread to the far reaches of an area. We need to be like that. We need new anointing and resolve and to decide that WE CANNOT BE STOPPED. Fire takes territory. Not with merely little bits of gusto here and there, but with immense power and authority. We need to stand up as the people of God and take back what the enemy has taken from us, and conquer what he has tried to establish. One really cool thing about fire is that in an instant, it can set other things afire as well. Walk in the power and authority He's given you and touch the lives around you. Before you know it, if we're truly dedicated and passionate about what He wants to do in and through us, we'll have set a fire ablaze, a group so committed to the things of God, nothing else matters. YOU can start a forest fire. Take the territory He has put in front of you. No complacency, no fear. Just wholehearted devotion and passion to change your world. That is how we can and will change our generation. We are not merely little lights to our world. A mere candle can be trampled or blown out. But a fire takes so much more to stop. The enemy will be using all he can to put out the fire within you. Stand firm in Him and allow it to grow.