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July 6, 2015
Confronting the Sins in Your Family Line

There are very few in Christianity that disagree with the fact that we are born with what is referred to as a “sin nature.” Yet many fail to recognize this is not only just a generalized sin nature at work. We must understand that many sin battles in our lives we have inherited. Some of the biggest battles you face in your life have been in your family tree for hundreds it not thousands of years.
Some of our sin issues come as a result of our own journey in coming into agreement with the enemy, yet most of our deepest struggles are inherited ones.
We are actually born with certain sin battles that have been undefeated in our family tree. Generational sin is not some generic sin floating in the sky. These specific sin struggles are waiting for the opportunity to repeat in us what has already been in our biological past. These inherited sins are the work of iniquity.
Iniquity can be defined as the sins in our family line that have not been defeated. Because of inherited sin, not only are we born with a seed of sin, but we inherit the unconquered sins of the family.
Iniquity in David’s Life
This is what David realized in Psalms when he came to repentance over the sin of adultery with Bathsheba. He said in Psalm 51:5, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.”
Iniquity can be defined as the sins in our family line that have not been defeated. He not only addresses the fact that he was born with sin, he was also born with iniquity, inherited sin. David realized that he had a generationally inherited lust issue that was passed down from his father. This lust was given more fuel through the rejection of his father. Unbridled sexual lust increased exponentially in David’s son Solomon, who had 700 wives and 300 concubines! Clearly we see here how inherited sin has a compounding work.
Lying in Abraham’s Family Line
In the Scriptures, Abraham had a lying problem. Because of his battle with a spirit of fear, it gave way to a lying spirit. This drove him to lie to King Abimelech, saying that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Abraham’s son Isaac years later ended up doing the same thing in the same situation. Isaac’s son Jacob also delivered a bold-faced lie to his aging father, by deceiving him into thinking Jacob was actually his brother Esau. This was all done to steal his brother’s blessing. Even Jacob’s name means deceiver!
So did Abraham take his sons and grandsons to lying classes each week? Did he sign them up for “How to Lie About Your Wife and Lie to Your Family?” This was ingrained in their spiritual DNA.
What is Visiting Our Families?
Iniquity is what Jehovah spoke of to Israel in delivering the commandments of God. In Exodus 20:5–6, He said, “For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.” The word “visiting” shows us that the same temptations and struggles will approach the next generation to repeat it. They will track down the inherited line.
If you notice, the sins traveled mainly through the fathers, because they represent the seed. This is why Jesus was born of a virgin. If He had been born through the natural seed of man, he would have been born with iniquity. Jesus could not be born with iniquity if He was to be the sinless Lamb who would take away the sins of the world; another proof of the inherited work of iniquity.
We love the idea of receiving an inheritance of blessing from God through our family history, but we despise the notion of receiving the iniquity of our family lines. We can either ignore the issue, blame our families for our problems or we can take a stand for our generation and the generations to come.
Nehemiah’s Response
I love the heart of Nehemiah. He watched what the sins of his family did to his nation and his own personal life. If we would carry this same heart as Nehemiah, we would not only see our lives healed, but the land transformed.Instead of whining or complaining, he had a prayer fest with God; addressing not only his own sin battles, but the ones he inherited that were still affecting the land. If we would carry this same heart, we would not only see our lives healed, but the land transformed.
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. Nehemiah 9:1–2
Daniel’s Response
Daniel took the same approach in his time. He did not go into blame or accusation; he simply recognized how the agreement of his generation and past generations had affected his nation. His response was personal humility and repentance, for the sins of his own life and those of his generations.
Confusion Over Generation Sin
Many Christians believe that when they received salvation, all the inherited battles in their life were broken. We say this, but it does not prove true in the whole view of Scripture nor in real life application. I have watched Christians of just about every background repeat the same exact sin battles of their parents; often at the same time their parents did. Most would say it is because they learned these sins from their parents. That is a contributing factor, but not the main reason. I have even observed this in children that did not live with their parents. Adopted children will repeat the exact sin issues of the parents, without ever being raised by them. It is an inherited struggle that must be faced and torn down.
Let us be honest. The battles of mom and dad that they could not or would not overcome are taking us on for size. The inherited iniquity will often manifest at a time in the person’s life when it can do the most damage, to the person and to those around them.Everyone could make their parents turn red, white and blue in the face because of the sin battles they struggled with. Why? Because you struggle with the same ones! No one was taught all these temptations by a human being, but by an invisible kingdom that worked in the generations. This is the work of iniquity.
An Often Time-Released Attack
Iniquity is often time delayed, like a time released pill would be in the person who takes a medication. The inherited iniquity will often manifest at a time in the person’s life when it can do the most damage, to the person and to those around them. For example, if a man has sin issues that he is not addressing in his marriage, the inherited battles he carries will often lurk under the radar until it is time to do some serious damage to his wife and children. This is what often ends many marriages, ministries and government organizations. The headlines seem to come out of nowhere, but the iniquity was there the entire time. It was never addressed, so it waited to release its venom.
This is why iniquity does not just blow up when a child is a toddler. Although there are certainly many battles that manifest in our children, the most dangerous occur down the road, when spouses, relatives, children, communities, businesses and churches can be hurt the most. If you honestly examine your own family trees, you will notice the same patterns occurring. The same rebellion that took place in you or your family is now at work in your children around the same time. Unless addressed and broken, men will inherit the anger battles of their fathers. They hate the anger they experienced, but manifest the same anger in the same way, yet worse! The need to be loved and addiction battles are the same ones that seem to chase you down. It may not be the same drug of choice, but the addiction roots find another pathway to manifest.
A father’s abandonment is repeated in his son’s life when he becomes a father, often at the same time and in the same way. A mother’s unrelenting struggle with mental illness is now taking on her sons and daughters. Promiscuity and sexual temptations that rise up in our children often seem to be a shock to the parents, yet their own past sexual battles were never brought before God to be broken, thus giving room for the children to become vulnerable to the same temptations. The issue was hidden in the closet. They would say, “the past is in the past,” until they see the past being repeated in the present generation.
In our transformation journey, it is helpful to know that of our tough sin issues were inherited in our family line. Most of the sin issues were swept under the rug, so we fell into shame when those same battles hit our doorstep. Other inherited sin battles were more obviously not conquered in the family tree, because we saw them in operation growing up. It can be relieving to know this, because there are some sin battles we will face that can bring shame as we wonder, “Where did this temptation comes from?” The problem is that our ancestors were accustomed to hiding their inward battles, so generations to come were left hanging in their torments and struggles.
I often find that the battles which are generational often take some time to overcome. Not always, but often. Its encouraging to know this, so we don’t give up on a battle that could shake our entire family line for the good of the Kingdom of God.
Not Condemnation But Empowerment to Parents
This insight of generational sin should not condemn parents, but empower them. Instead of sinking down in shame and guilt over the areas we watch our children struggle with, why don’t we stand in and take care of the sin in us that they inherited? In fact, when I am ministering over children, I do not even need to meet the child. I just need to work with the parents, especially the father, because he represents the leadership and priesthood of home. Most often, there are dynamics in the parents or issues in the marriage that are being carried down to the child. As we break the strongholds in the parents, the flow of blessing will at some point hit the children to usher in greater freedom! I have even seen grown children take responsibility for the sin issues of the family and their parents experienced supernatural breakthrough shortly after. Amazing upstream blessing!
One of my greatest passions is to minister a spiritual renovation to our homes and families, because the invisible God has chosen to be represented in the visible home. When these inherited patterns are broken in our families, revival will chase us down and overtake us! When the spiritual dynamic shifts in our households towards God, we will not have to worry about praying for revival or begging for God to move. When these inherited patterns are broken in our families, revival will chase us down and overtake us!
This is a beautiful hope for us all. When I notice my biological children acting out a certain sin issue that I remember struggling with myself, I will have a powerful position to see iniquity broken as I kneel down and say, “Son. Daddy struggled with that same issue. Would you like to pray with me so we can see it broken together?” I can kneel down with my daughter Abigail and say, “Honey, Daddy knows what that battle is like because I struggled with that. Would you like to pray together to see this broken?” To me this is the highest level of generational change. It will take a great deal of humility and pushing down our pride battles, but this is what God spoke of for the healing of our land.
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
In our marriages, we have to realize that two people are coming together with their inheritances–some good some evil. When you are by yourself, it is you and your sin. When you get married, it is your combined junk to the hundredth power. The man carries his women issues as well as his mothers and father’s battles. The woman comes to marriage with her men issues as well as the generationally inherited sins of her father and mother. We hate it, and we try to run to the opposite end, but without the work of the Holy Spirit and the power of Jesus Christ, we often repeat it.
I am so passionate to helping people break the power of what they have inherited that is hindering their health, whole relationships and fruitful living.
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July 4, 2015
The Only Way You Can Comfort Others

Yesterday I attended a funeral, to grieve for a dear friend of mine in ministry who lost his son. Anyone who ever loses someone, especially a child or close family member is so incredibly difficult and heart wrenching. The pain and depth of sorrow can be so deep that words cannot even describe it. This man’s son was in his early thirties, adding to the already existing pain of loss.
During the service, a Scripture was referenced, and I was drawn to a special truth found in the passage.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 NKJV
I am struck by a precept in that passage–we comfort those with the comfort we have received from God.
I have found that many people today act so uncomfortable when others are in times of grief. I often cringe when I hear what people say to someone who is going through a loss, grieving or severe hardship. I have witnessed what seems like the full spectrum of awkward sayings and gestures coming from people who did not know how to comfort someone.
You know why? Because they have not processed their own grief and losses with God properly. We can only comfort others out of what we have been able to work through in our own lives. It doesn’t mean that you have to have gone through what the other person went through to qualify. You just need to have processed through your own hurts, pains and losses with God. You can only give out what you have received.
Most often, Christians can say the lamest things when someone else is going through a hard time–a clear sign they haven’t worked through anything themselves.
Americans hate pain. We avoid it all costs. We self-medicate, throw ourselves into work, check out or live in denial. Many people have never properly grieved the losses they’ve experienced. Their health, relationships and emotional heatlh all become effected by it.
I’ve watched people sit and say nothing when a person grieving just needed to hear, “I’m sorry.” Sometimes its good to stay silent, but in these cases, the silence was deafening.
Others will quickly whip out their lexicon of Chrisitan cliches to releave their own awkwardness…
“Well honey God is in control.”
“Just give it to Jesus.”
“I’m praying for you. (no you’re not)”
Years ago, Melissa and I lost a baby 11 weeks into the pregnancy. I had just announced to our church that Sunday that we were expecting. This would have been our second child after Maximus. When the news came to us that we had lost the child we were so excited to see born, our hearts sunk. I went home and wept like a baby. I remember sitting on the edge of our bed, holding Missy in my arms and just saying, “I feel like I want my mommy.” For a little while, I wasn’t right emotionally. It was uncomfortable and painful.
One of the things that made it harder was the dumb things people said. I had to actually work through forgiving people who were trying to be nice, but said such ignorant things. Theories of why it happened and why God meant for this to happen; things that brought no comfort or healing, but further confusion and anguish. Sometimes people share idiotic theology regarding God to make themselves feel better to or to quickly solve life’s problems in one sentence.
But we went through the pain nonetheless. We have learned that going through the hardship cannot be avoided. And the less we engage the pain, the worse our journey of healing.
Why do we say weird things to people who are grieving? Why do we sit silent when we should at least say something? Why do we ramble on about our own traumatic experiences, when its not about us, but about them? Why do we talk and talk when we should just sit and listen?
It goes back to our own life. Have we truly grieved our own pain?
The Bible says weeping lasts for the night and joy comes in the morning. I have learned that the true joy does not come unless I have grieved. It lasts for a night. It may not be a 24 hour window, as it’s often a season. But if we allow the grief to flow, a closeness to Christ and our Father arrives in a way that is not experiences during times of celebration and happiness.
When we allow ourselves to grieve, the Holy Spirit releases comfort. That is who He is, the Comforter. That comfort brings a nurturing work of God’s love to heal and build our hearts. But if we are not open to processing through it, how can the Holy Spirit have its comforting work? How can I receive comfort if I do not position to receive comfort from God and those He places in my life? How can I then bring true comfort to others?
I want to be a vessel that helps people walk through hard times and also celebrate with them in their victories. We need to be comfortable in both arenas in life.
The only way that will happen is if we are comfortable in letting that work over the issues of our own life.
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July 1, 2015
#062: How to Have Great Conversations [Podcast]

In today’s featured topic, we want to cover the subject of having effective conversations. Relationships are the most important thing in life and there are no solid relationships without effective communication. And communication all begins with learning how to have a good conversation.
In this episode, we cover the following questions:
Why is this subject so important?
What are some examples of bad conversation patterns?
What are the conversations that are important for you to be able to have?
What are hinderances to healthy and fruitful conversations?
What are some practical tools I can apply to have healthy conversations?
Question: As you listen to this episode, which points did you find the most helpful for your walk and journey?
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June 29, 2015
4 Things You Need to Know About Your Enemies

No matter who you are, everyone has people who come against them, create conflict or do things to set themselves up as enemies. We can all admit these kinds of conflicts arise in our life regularly, but we need to have the mind of God when it comes to how to deal with them.
Here are four biblical things you need to know about “your enemies.”
1. Your Enemies Are People Who Hate and Curse You
But I say to you who hear:Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you…(Luke 6:27–28)
Enemies will rise up and release hate, either through withdrawing love towards you or by intense animosity. They can even manifest a detest of you. I find this very common in the social media world. Without any intimate knowledge of who you are, rocks can begin flying immediately when the name of Jesus is attached to your beliefs.
Jesus told us, “Go ahead and love those people. The worse they get, the more gracious and loving you become.”
2. Your enemies will persecute you for following Christ.
Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:11–12)
Modern Christianity can often make a mistake of trying to hard to get people to like us. We can work overtime in an unhealthy way to get approval or a likability.
Jesus told us to love. Loving someone is a whole lot different than trying to get someone to like you. One releases the power of God, the other depends on someone’s approval or affirmation for power.
Loving someone is a whole lot different than trying to get someone to like you.
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We have to understand that they hated Jesus, so therefore we will have hate released to us, no matter how kind we act. This gives no license to life as a victims; acting like everyone is against us. There is a real martyr, but many act like false-martyrs. “Woe is me. The world against me cause I’m a Christian.” Stop it.
Lets stop and think about this for a second. Many times we get upset at a world system that opposes us, when in reality, Jesus called it. He said this would happen, so don’t take it personal. They hated our Lord–they will hate you too. You don’t have to live as a victim about it. Just return good for evil. The haters don’t just hate you, they hate the One who lives inside you.
The haters don’t just hate you, they hate the One who lives inside you.
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Most Americans expecially are not prepared for hostility against their faith. We have lived in a country that honors the Word of God and Christian values. This is rapidly changing. So instead of picketing, debating politics and trying to argue with people of differing opinions, why don’t we rejoice when persecutiion comes, knowing that we get the chance to let the glory of God shine through us. Can we demonstrate His love and grace in that kind of opposition?
3. Your enemies will use you or exploit you selfishly.
Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. (Luke 6:28)
This is not saying we should live every day as a doormat. I believe that Jesus is pointing to two things:
Number 1, I think humans hate being taken advantage of. We do everything we can to try and self protect, using our various relational walls–all to keep anyone from hurting us or taking advantage of us. Jesus is helping us to let that go. “So what if someone took advantage of you. Bless them, rather than try to get even.” Plus, you don’t need to carry that baggage.
Why not bless that person who took advantage of you. You don’t need the baggage.
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Secondly, Jesus is helping us to respond differently than we have been trained. Instead of using energy to get even with our enemies or litigate our way into recompense, why don’t we learn to pray for them? Could it be so many people are so drained, because they used so much energy fussing with enemies, when really they should use that energy to release them, bless them and pray for them?
Instead of using energy to get even with our enemies why don’t we learn to pray for them?
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4. Your “enemies” are not your enemy.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood… Ephesians 6:12
This last one may surprise you, because I spent all of this writing talking about human beings that come against you. Yet there will be little long term spiritual fruit if you don’t realize that no human being is ever your enemy. Is the Bible contradicting itself? No. God’s Word is teaching us how to deal with people who come against us, but Ephesians 6 is showing us how we should SEE any person that would set themselves up as an enemy.
Its not the person that is your enemy, it is satan’s kingdom operating through them that is your enemy.
No person is every really your enemy.
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When we see this picture, we can realize that most of the time, people are simply puppets on strings; listening to wicked thoughts from the enemy and then acting on them.
This is why Jesus said, “Father forgive them. They do not know what they are doing.” He was helping us to see that the thoughts those soldiers had were not their own, but from a demonic source. If they had known where those thoughts had come from, they probably would not have acted on them and crucified our Lord. Yet Jesus forgave them because He saw them with spiritual eyes.
Jesus forgave because He saw people with spiritual eyes.
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So how about you? When people come against you, do you see them with spiritual eyes or do you get lost in the physical, person to person battle that is being presented? Seeing with spiritual eyes shows that its just the enemy working through people when all this relational garbage arises. This gives us a position to have more graciousness towards the person and a greater perspective to release love towards them.
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June 26, 2015
3 Things to Do to Prepare for the Days Ahead

In watching many believers, they don’t seem to be ready for what is coming. Now please understand, I am not a doom and gloom guy by any means. But I do recognize turbulence seems to be increasing in these days. Resistance to the Kingdom of God is intensifying, and it will not be long before being a Christian in our culture will be heavily opposed.
So what do we do to prepare for what’s ahead?
The answers are actually quite simple, because it involves facing 3 things that many people today are not dealing with. You can ignore them for so long, but eventually you have to face them.
In preparing for what’s ahead, you need to be equipped to stand confidently while many are crumbling under darkness, stress, discouragement, isolation and hopelessness. Dealing with these 3 areas will best prepare you to be a vessel of hope in the worst of times.
1. Face your fears instead of avoiding them or justifying them.
The Bible teaches that in the last days, men’s hearts will fail because of fear (Luke 21:26.) The intensity of the times will wipe people out, because they do not carry a realm of peace within from God that overcomes storms.
Most people are giving into their fears and setting their life decisions around their fears. This needs to change, because it is not going to get any easier.
It’s time right now to stop justifying our fears as a part of our personality, a valid concern and just the way we are. We need to renounce and turn from our fears and towards a love relationship with Father God, so that we can walk in a greater boldness; taking risks were we once jumped to the easiest road with least resistance. This means facing our relational fears and the fears we have of financial loss and even loss of comfort.
This is the time to face our fears.
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2. Quit being so easily offended and forgive daily.
Our culture is training us to avoid offending someone at all costs; causing everyone to tiptoe around relationships, and no real change takes place. No one is being real with each other because offense drives the world of relationships today. Once offense comes in, bitter roots rise up to defile.
Don’t let being offended drive your relationship decisions.
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No relationship is going to go to a deeper level if one or both of the people involved are easily offended. Communication will get off track, motives will be misunderstood and division will take over. If we can have a heart that is “un-offendable” then we can have solid relationships and get the job done for the Kingdom of God. In the days ahead, we will have very little time to entertain offense in relationships. In fact, churches that play to everyone’s offense will crumble, for they will play into people pleasing and lose the ability to release the pure Word of the Lord with power.
No relationship is going to go to a deeper level if one or both of the people involved are easily…
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3. Learn to love people like you have never loved them before.
Jesus also said that in the last days the love of many will grow cold. A clear mark of the last days is actually relational breakdown–where people will not be able to have effective relationships and become very easily prone to hardness of the heart. Passionate love will wane as brothers and sisters do not know how to love one another with a forbearing love that endures.
I believe God is calling the church to walk in a higher level of love than it ever has. This has nothing to do with watering any message down, but loving people with an intensity that demonstrates the goodness of God. We never have to water down truth or compromise core values of the Kingdom of God.
I believe God is calling the church to walk in a higher level of love than it ever has.
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The world would tell us that the only way to love is to agree with everything and accept everything people do. That’s not love, for the love of God comes with an invitation for relationship, despite the sin that is present. As love is received, the character and nature of God comes to transform us into the image He created us to be. The more we are able to carry His love for people, the greater atmosphere we will carry for a transformative culture. His goodness leads us to repent.
The only solution to the pain and bondage going on in the world is the love of God, flowing through human beings who are willing to love people at a greater level than they did before. We must be willing to love those who don’t love us back. We have to move from just loving people who agree with us to loving people even when their lives are filled with struggle and junk that make us want to get away or even reject them. Our ability to love people, truly as Christ demonstrated, needs an upgrade. For as they hated Him, the world will hate us. But may we carry a love that is so tangible and potent, that our very identity as Christians would be marked with it.
We must be willing to love those who don’t love us back.
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June 24, 2015
#061: Overcoming Loneliness [Podcast]

Today we talk about the subject of loneliness; what causes it, how we end up feeling that way and what to do about it. I believe you will love our honest and straight shooting regarding this subject.
From Dr. Colbert Article Can Loneliness Cause Early Death?
A recent research has shown that loneliness impacts health and causes early death as much as being poor does. The findings says that dying early has an increased probability of as much as 19%.
From Counseling and Wellness Center:
Loneliness is a feeling of emptiness or hollowness inside you. You feel isolated or separated from the world, cut off from those you would like to have contact with.
In this episode, we talk about:
The different ways loneliness can sneak into our lives.
How loneliness affected people in the Bible.
Methods people use to try and cope with loneliness.
Why are people lonely?
What are solutions to help us overcome loneliness?
You definitely don’t want to miss this one!
After you listen, let us know if the episode was helpful for your journey.
Question: What things are helpful for you in overcoming loneliness? Was there anything that was not answered that you would like to have addressed? (Use our comments section at the bottom of the page.)


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June 20, 2015
Three Needs Only the Father Can Fulfill

Jesus knew the love of the Father and experienced the foundational love that every believer should encounter regularly. In the Gospels, we can find the account of Jesus experiencing His Heavenly Father’s love. This was imperative for Him, as He was to begin His earthly ministry on the planet.
When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased. ” (Luke 3:21–22)
As Jesus arose from the water, Father God decides He is going to speak.
It important to know there are only three times we specifically read Father God speak in the record of the Gospels. Two of the three times, we see Him say what we read here in this account.
The Father of all creation makes the decision to manifest His voice.
With this utterance, He doesn’t talk about the majesty of His greatness or echo the earth about His works. He takes the opportunity to brag about His Son.
In Father God’s expression about His Son, Jesus, there are three main components that are established.
These are the needs that all people carry in their hearts.
1. The Father’s Love
At the core of every human being lies the need to know the love of their Heavenly Father. “This is my beloved” or we could say, “dearly loved Son.”
Receiving that love of the father puts a stamp of security upon us. If Jesus was going to walk confidently and carry the love of God to humanity, He needed that love from the Father to be established in His heart. Receiving that love of the father puts a stamp of security upon us. Notice in this Scripture that the love was expressed through words spoken. Jesus needed to hear His Father speak love to Him.
It is time we stop playing the tough person and recognize we need love restored. Some people have lived thinking that it was not that important to hear they were loved. But when love is not spoken and expressed to us, it imbeds a reference within that love does not need to be expressed.
This is why many will say, “My parents didn’t tell me that they loved me, but I know they loved me.” It shows that our references for love are skewed and damaged. We then end up reproducing the empty love we experienced.
It is time we stop playing the tough person and recognize we need love restored.
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2. The Father’s Affirmation of Our Identity
When God said “You are My beloved Son,” He was affirming the identity of Jesus through declaration.
The Father communicated His love for His Son and spoke His identity. At the end of the day, He was Father God’s Son.
As evidenced throughout the Gospels, Jesus walked with a deep security in His identity as the Father’s Son. He never crumbled in insecurity. He never doubted His own actions and He never lacked authority in His identity. He didn’t waver in being able to give out love. He was affirmed by His Father in who He was and is as the Son of God. The Father communicated His love for His Son and spoke His identity. This is my dearly loved son!
3. The Father’s Approval
In You I am well pleased. Every human being on the face of the earth desires to be affirmed and validated. The greatest level of approval comes when we are affirmed in who we are, not just in what we do.
We have to remember, in this biblical encounter, Jesus had not begun His public ministry yet. He had not cast out any demons; He didn’t heal anyone; His recorded miracles did not take place yet and His ministry had not yet begun.
The greatest level of approval comes when we are affirmed in who we are, not just in what we do.
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This is because in the Kingdom of God, approval is given at the beginning. God’s approval is designed to be given at the beginning, so that we do not have to spend our lives trying to earn His approval.
In the Kingdom of God, approval is given at the beginning.
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If Jesus did not receive the foundational approval from His Heavenly Father at the beginning of His ministry, then He would have been vulnerable to the opinions, approval and affirmation of people. Being affirmed by the Father gave Him the foundation from that point on to clearly hear what the Father was saying and do what the Father was doing.
The key here is that if Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life on this planet, needed His Father’s love and approval, you and I as sons and daughters of God also do! In order for us for us to experience this love, we will need to address the hinderances that have kept us from it.
if Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life on this planet, needed His Father’s love and approval,…
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We will need to uncover the areas of bondage that have entered as a result of not knowing the Father’s love, identity and approval. A major part of this process will involve recognizing where human beings in our lives have not represented the heart and love of God in our lives.
Question: Which of the three areas do you relate to the most? (Comment below)
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I Will Build My Church (Audio Teaching)

What would it look like if our gatherings carried the breath and flavor of the original church in the Bible? What did the Biblical church look like? The answers might surprise you!
In this powerful exhortation, I bring a teaching to help restore some important biblical practices that were a part of the culture of the early church. Let us be challenged to allow our meetings to have an authentic experience of God’s Spirit in our midst.
Why do we do the things we do when it comes to the life of the church? Through this challenging teaching, we will become aware of the negative influences on the church today that have robbed us of the power we can manifest as a body.
Through historical insight and biblical foundations, Mark will stir you in this teaching to become a part of the powerful body of Christ we were meant to be.
This teaching will cover the following:
What was an early church gathering like?
What changed over the course of time? What influenced it?
Identify the historical changes in the church that have effected key foundational precepts for the church.
Be a part of seeing God’s Spirit breathing life into our fellowships!
Be challenged to see the modern church come back to its core roots!
I reference a book in this teaching called, The Messianic Church Arising!: Restoring the Church to Our Covenant Roots.
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https://s3.amazonaws.com/TUMessages/IWillBuildMyChurchShortened.mp3
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June 17, 2015
#060: Should I Bother Going to Church? [Podcast]

In today’s episode, we want to tackle a question that will make us all think today, and that is, “Should I Even Bother Going to Church today?” We want to address the subject of the church, church attendance and should I be a part of a church? Is it necessary to being a Christian? And what does that even mean?
Some Subjects We Address on this Show:
What is the definition of the church?
Is there a command in the Bible for church attendance?
What does the Bible say about the church?
Why do people stop attending church?
Why should someone be a part of a church?
What should church look like today?
As an additional bonus, Mark post an audio teaching on “I Will Build My Church” later this week, so keep an eye out on that.
Question: What are your thoughts on this subject? Take a moment to comment below.
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June 12, 2015
Confronting The Blocks To Change Part 4: Check Your Heart [Audio Teaching]

Want to confront the blocks of change in your life? Want to remove the hinderances from being transformed, changed and delivered? This fourth audio teaching will delve into a key block: a lack of heart connection.
Many people are walking around with a heart disconnect in their life. Without heart connection, you will always struggle in the day to day to break through and experience life more abundantly.
Without heart connection, we will lack passion and the ability to tenaciously approach our lives. Get fueled up in this message!
In this teaching, you will discover:
4 Unhealthy Heart Patterns that Negatively Affect Passion
The truth about heart connection and change.
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Question: How does this message encourage you to cultivate a fresh heart connect and passion?
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