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Create in the Spirit  The Spirit of God gives life! If we have life in the Spirit, we must also make our living from the Spirit. Our relationships, our working, our garden-tending, our coffee making, our bread baking, and our resting.  As creatives, we are invited to do our creating in the Spirit. We can write, paint, sing, craft, and dream from our life in the Spirit. Our creative work is a function of the Spirit of God at work in our lives, even if we are not aware. This does not mean that we are bound to insert the name of Jesus into everything that we make, but it does say that our creative inspiration has a common genesis in the activity of the Spirit.   This is the animating force of God that turns the things of death into the stuff of life.   Artists join God in the work of giving context to creation. We are called to shape creation and in that shaping, tell a story about humanity. We tell stories about our life apart from God, and...

Walk By Faith “(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)” ‭‭2 Corinthians ‭5:7‬ ‭[KJV]‬‬ 2 Corinthians ‭5:7‬ ‭(NLT)‬‬ declares, “For we live by believing and not by seeing.” Choose to believe God. Choose to believe His Word. When things are dark around you, choose to lean upon God’s Word. When things are cloudy, choose to be guided by His Counsel. Feed yourself His Word daily. Meditate and focus on His Word both day and night. When you’re walking by faith, you’re choosing to be led by His Word and not by how you may feel. When God tells you to do something, choose to submit and surrender to His command.   ‭‭2 Corinthians ‭5:7‬ ‭(AMPC)‬‬ declares, “For we walk by faith [we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight or appearance.” Walk in faith and trust God. Choose to trust God. Let His Word regulate your mind, thoughts, and actions...

“Peace, be still" With hurricane Dorian increasing in strength and changing direction with every weather forecast; you might be like me wondering if the decision to stay was a good one. For those of us who live in Florida, we are very familiar with the “hurricane season.” With a hurricane this size and strength might be causing a lot of anxiety. Dorian appears it will not only impact us in Florida but also Georgia and South Carolina. So we must be diligent and heed all the warnings and be prepared to move. These are the words of Jesus: “When evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ And he awoke a...

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,   because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3 (NIV) Count it all joy… James 1:2-3 (NKJV) What does it mean to “count it all joy?” To respond to difficulties with joy seems absurd. James knows this, and so in verse 3 he offers his answer to our natural question: Why should we rejoice in the face of trials? He doesn’t say if you face trials, but whenever you face them. He assumes that we will have trains and that it is possible to profit from them. The point is not to pretend to be happy when we face pain, but to have a positive outlook (“consider it pure joy”) because of what trials can produce in our lives. James tells us to turn our hardships into times of learning. Tough times can teach use perseverance. Trials have a purifying quality; they are the arena in which and the process through which something good develops. Here in James is ...

Intentional Living What does it mean to be intentional? It means you are purposeful n word and action. It means you live life in a meaningful and fulfilling to you. It means you make thoughtful choices in your life. Being intentional means you actively interact and engage with your live. You wake up every day and ask yourself, “how am I going to make this day great?” You respond instead of react. Be intentional because you want to do more that just get by. Click here for video: Be Intentional Scripture writing plan Be blessed!

What kind of pressure do you face at your job? How do you deal with pressure in your relationship? Is peer pressure a problem? In science the concept of pressure in relation to volume also applies in the spiritual world; the more the volume, the less the pressure, and the less the volume, the more the pressure. This is what it means: increase the volume of your prayers, and see the pressure in your life go down. One spiritual tool any child of God can consider as a successful key to life is prayer. When you’re a Christian, prayer becomes a lifelong  devotion  that constantly requires you to understand the word of God and know the will of God.  For a Christian, prayer is one of the most powerful spiritual ingredients that sustain you in this world, which is why you don’t wait for problems before you start doing it. In fact, a prayerless Christian is a borderline Christian who gets worried with things the Bible says are bound to happen. But a prayerful Christian...

Give God your Treasures in Faith  Giving is often considered an act of love. God gave us His Only Son as the truest expression of His love for mankind. God gave us life, salvation, hope and continues to bless us with His wisdom, grace and strength for each new day that we face. What can we give as an expression of our love for God? We can give Him what we treasure as an act of true worship. We might feel the need to give to family because it’s our responsibility. We sometimes give gifts to friends and acquaintances out of formality. We help the poor because they are in need. But God is not our responsibility and He certainly lacks nothing. God doesn’t require our gifts, especially not as a formality. He is God; He can well survive without our meager offerings. It’s important that we choose to give what we treasure to God. Not just what money we have left over after our expenses, tidbits of our talent, or pockets of time when we’re bored. We must give wholehear...