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March 27, 2017
Keys To Living In Divine Alignment
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
Romans 12:2
Have you ever felt out of alignment—either physically, emotionally, or spiritually?
There are many ways our lives and bodies and hearts and minds can get out of alignment with God’s best intentions for us.
When we step out of His love, His rest, His peace, or even His presence, our lives can quickly fall into misalignment on all sorts of levels.
If you’re not growing, your life is out of alignment.
Many of us are ignorant that our lives are misaligned.
We are quick to blame forces outside of ourselves—the circumstances, people, government, and too often, the enemy—for what isn’t working in our lives.
But more often, we allow our lives to become misaligned because of socialization.
We defer to our relational constellation, the people we hang around, and how we were brought up to determine how high we fly.
If you want to change the flock you fly with, you must first change yourself.
The truth is, when you change, everybody and everything around you must adjust to accommodate your growth and progress.
Don’t wait for people or circumstances to get into alignment with your hopes and dreams; align yourself.
Could things be the way they are because you are the way you are?
What one thing can you change that can change everything?
You can change the way you think.
You can change your expectations.
How would knowing that God wants to use you to impact a multitude of people change your thinking about what’s possible?
God is wanting to increase your influence wherever He has positioned you.
God is actively providing you with opportunities to increase your network. I encourage you to leverage these opportunities, because when your network increases, so does your net worth.
I want to take you to Genesis 48:16 where Jacob laid hands on his grandson Ephraim.
Jacob was not only laying hands on him so he could prophesy over him and transfer an anointing, but to bring alignment to his mind.
When hands are laid on you, it’s not just about what God is going to do for you, but it’s also about what God is aligning you to.
Whenever hands are laid upon someone, it means God is inviting them to cooperate with a mantle adjustment.
Adjusting your spiritual mantle requires a realignment.
In other words, there is an adjustment of perception or “alignment of the mind” taking place—a mental adjustment.
Your mind is spiritual, but your brain is physical—your brain seeks homeostasis.
If God sends you a word that challenges you to grow, your brain is going to fight you every step of the way.
Anybody that has been on a diet can testify to the brain’s resistance to change. This is why breaking a habit is so challenging!
You can’t just break a habit by stopping something; you have to break a habit by creating a new habit. This works by the law of displacement and the law of replacement.
If you displace something, you must replace it with something else.
You break a bad habit by replacing it with a good habit.
When it comes to God bringing alignment so you can grow and increase in your ministry or business, it means you will have to change the way you think—you will have to change your mind.
And when you change, the culture will have to change—procedures and precedents will have to change—but your brain will always want to do the same thing the same way.
Do the same, get the same. Do different, get different.
Once you start changing, your brain is going to resist. Your own neurobiology is the biggest stronghold you will be required to overcome.
So when God begins to invite you into a realm of growth, you don’t have to worry about the enemy fighting against you.
Too many of us use the enemy as a reason why we can’t change.
Do you not know God has given you power over all of the works and wiles of the enemy?
Even so, it’s most probably not the devil fighting against you. More often, it’s our own wiring; we misfire because we’re mis-wired!
God wants to rewire your mind so you think thoughts that will enable you to maximize your potential.
God wants to reset your mind.
When Jacob lays hands on Ephraim and Manasseh, it gives God an opportunity to reset their thought processes.
Jacob commands a blessing and prophesies:
“God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
The God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
The Angel who has redeemed me from all evil,
Bless the lads; Let my name be named upon them,
And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
Genesis 48:15-16
I decree and declare your children are being redeemed from all evil—your grandchildren and great grandchildren, and all of your loved ones are being brought back and pulled out of evil—not by your hand, but by the Angel of the Lord.
Jacob was not only commuting a blessing, but he was transferring influence.
The name and the anointing God placed on Abraham that made him influential and wealthy was being transferred.
Jacob was saying, “How God transformed my life, I’m transferring that to you. You are going to think differently. You are going to think like a powerful and wealthy person of influence.”
Your thoughts are a precursor to your lifestyle.
I decree that however God shows you that you’re going to live in the next 2-3 years—whatever vision He has given you—whatever prophetic word He has spoken over you—I decree and declare that you are acquiring the necessary mentality right now!
If you want to be the best in the industry, you must think like you’re the best, you must act like you’re the best, dress like you’re the best, network like you’re the best.
Many of us don’t leave the realm God delivers us from because we’re afraid of what people are going to say.
I say, give people something to talk about!
It starts with a mentality.
Your internal reality will express itself externally as the reality you experience.
Whatever the realities are in your life, don’t try to fix your circumstances, fix your thoughts.
“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.”
Proverbs 23:7
Show me your life, and I’ll show you your thoughts…
Are you ready to align your thoughts with God’s divine purpose for you?
If you’re serious about doing the work of living in divine alignment, plan now to join me for Kingdom School of Ministry July 5 – August 30 in Atlanta!
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March 20, 2017
Give Yourself the Gift of Goodbye…
“One thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God.”
Philippians 3:14
If you are joining us here for the first time, welcome!
We have been teaching in our 4 Points Broadcast about the exciting process of growth and spiritual maturation.
If you’ve missed Parts 1, 2, or 3, you can watch them any time on demand…
Go to www.CindyTrimmMinistries.org and click on “Watch Live.”
Because, these sessions have been so powerful, I want to invite you to join our live audience here in Atlanta this Thursday evening at 6pm!
I consider this is my own small group where in an intimate setting we dig deep into the Word of God.
Please join my local Bible Study this Thursday at 6pm (click here for details)!
You will learn first hand how you can grow and develop in all areas of your life.
You will understand how to move into new realms of success and prosperity.
There are clear strategies found in Scripture for moving away from a realm of limitation into a realm of limitless possibilities.
Wherever you find yourself today, you are inhabiting a realm.
We live in realms.
Today, I challenge you to decide whether the realm you are currently living in is where God assigned you…or whether you’re not participating in the maturation process.
If you’re feeling stuck, something is going wrong with your spiritual development.
All sorts of factors can arrest your development—from your lack of exposure to the Word of God and good biblical teaching, to your mindset, relationships, and the culture around you.
So what can you do today to press toward that higher calling?
Let’s look at what we can learn from how God led Abraham.
God told Abraham He was going to change his status. He told him He was going to make him great, He was going to make his name great, and He was going to make his seed great.
When God wanted to move Abraham out of one realm and into another that He had assigned to him, He told him to leave everything behind.
But when Abraham left home, he chose to bring along his nephew Lot.
Now Lot benefited from the realm Abraham was living in and the grace upon his life, but he didn’t contribute to it.
In fact, if you look into the meaning of the word Lot, you’ll discover it means “to cover”—so Lot’s presence in effect put a lid on what Abraham could achieve.
Lot’s influence on Abraham was to restrict how much he could grow.
So while God blessed Abraham and increased him, there came a time when Abraham needed to separate from Lot. (See Genesis 13.) He needed to move away in order to move up.
Are there people you need to move away from in order to move up into the “more and more” God has for you? (See Psalm 115:14.)
Are the people around you living under an open heaven or living with a lid on their life?
Because if those people are living with limits and restrictions, they’re placing those same limits and restrictions on you.
This could be a narrow mindset or low expectations or even selfish motives.
There are some people that don’t expect anything from you.
They don’t expect you to grow and so will never speak to your potential.
They may want you to stay where you are so they can justify staying where they are.
Or perhaps they don’t want you to know how smart and talented you are so they can take advantage of your gifts.
I want you to consider for a moment that if you are making something happen for someone else, then why can’t you make it happen for yourself?
This is a lid on your extraordinary potential.
There are people that limit you—and you can feel it.
You have grown and prospered, and they want to treat you as if you haven’t.
Sometimes it’s the culture you’re living in. Think of Jesus returning to His hometown where “He could do no mighty work…because of their unbelief” (Mark 6:5-6).
“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
John 1:46
This is why God told Abraham that He wouldn’t take him further until he eliminated the lids.
He wanted to give him an open heaven and do mighty works in his life, but Abraham needed to extricate himself from the places and people that were limiting and restricting him.
Many of us have grown and God is wanting to promote us to another realm of success and abundance—of increased capacity, influence, and position.
But to step into a new station we must first re-station ourselves.
This week, I want you to think about the people or places that may be restricting God from repositioning you.
Be willing to walk away from those limiters and take the lid off your potential!
Give yourself the gift of goodbye and say “hello” to what you never thought was possible before!
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March 13, 2017
Walk Into Your Season of Increase!
“The Lord shall increase you more and more.”
Psalm 115:14
In recent weeks we have been exploring what it means to grow and mature as children of God in the Kingdom—as sons and heirs of the Most High King.
I have been uncovering for you the incredible power, grace, blessing, favor, and wisdom available to those who mature spiritually.
Join me for our next 4 Points Broadcast this Thursday at 7pm EST!
We have been excavating what it means to “grow up in all things,” how to partake in God’s plan for our continuing growth, and the tremendous results we can expect from that ongoing process.
God is in the business of increase!
There is always more that God wants to do in your life—both for you and through you.
“I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.”
Genesis 12:2 NCV
This is a promise.
Let me ask you: “How famous are you for being a blessing to others?”
I want to remind you today that if you’re playing small, you’re doing the world a great disservice.
The world needs you to mature into all God has created you to become—to grow into your place of favor and influence.
God’s will is to increase you more and more…and more!
Why?
So that you and those you influence can build capacity to affect positive change.
But you have to do your part. You have to make the choice to either stay as you are, or to grow.
When you make a decision to align your identity with who God says you are in Him—the Holy Spirit will meet you there.
He will endow you with the grace you need to succeed even as you grow in the knowledge of Him. (See Peter 3:18.)
“God [keeps] everything growing.”
1 Corinthians 3:6 NIV
The word grow is one of the most powerful words in the English language.
As a result of this one word, we are able to “flourish, develop, expand, increase” and become more than we were before—all due to the resurrection power at work in us. (See Ephesians 1:19.)
It is a word that implies the process of creation, cultivation, capacity building, and the miracle of transformation—of all things being made new.
“Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
Moreover, God promises to complete this good work He has begun in you! (See Philippians 1:6.)
He is always at work maturing and growing you and enabling you to strive for more in Him—compelling you to press toward that higher calling. (See Philippians 3:14.)
As you grow in Him, God wants to grow you into a wealthy and pleasant place. A place He has prepared and cultivated for you.
“The Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good.”
Genesis 2:9 NLV
From the dawn of creation, God caused only good things to grow.
I decree and declare that as you grow in the things of God, that only good is going to come to you!
I decree that God is increasing you into new realms of joy, peace, wholeness, and prosperity.
I decree that you are the head and not the tail—you are above and not beneath—that God’s hand is upon you elevating you into positions of favor and influence.
I decree that God will open wide the gates of promotion, reveal keys to unprecedented success, and make known to you pleasures forevermore.
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 16:11 ESV
I decree and declare that 365 days from today’s date, everything in your life will have changed for the best.
And therefore, this day will be the worst day you will ever have going forward in your life!
Remember, when you change, everyone and everything around you must accommodate that change. So set your mind on change and growth: Think for a change! Speak for a change!
If you want things to change, you must change.
Today, I challenge you to boldly walk into your season of increase!
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March 6, 2017
Ascend Into New Realms Of Power
“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.”
Ephesians 4:15 NIV
We have been teaching on the 8 Stages of Spiritual Maturation during our 4 Points Broadcast—and because it has been so powerful, I am opening up these live sessions to the public!
We’ve had such an amazing time with our studio audience that we want to make this available to more people!
Two times per month, I will be teaching a Bible Study that will provide live filming for an all-new curriculum.
Enjoy a night of empowerment, biblical teaching, dynamic preaching, and personal ministry!
Please plan to join me this Thursday at 6pm here in Atlanta—click here for details!
You will learn first hand how you can build your capacity to grow and develop in all areas of life.
I decree and declare this is a season of quantum leaping!
This is a season of extraordinary grace for spiritual growth.
And as you grow spiritually, the favor upon your life will grow.
You will not only grow in favor with the Lord, you’re going to be favored by people in positions of power and influence.
“The boy Samuel grew and was in favor both with the Lord and with men.”
1 Samuel 2:26 NLV
Spiritual maturity brings favor. Wherever you grow and mature, you will grow in favor.
Favor opens doors to new realms of opportunity, influence, and blessing.
As you mature spiritually, your grace is going to be matured, your anointing is going to be matured, and the favor upon your life will introduce you to new realms of living and leading.
You will enter a new realm where people will pull greatness out of you.
You must learn to inhabit the realm where you ultimately desire to live.
How do you access new realms of power?
You live there. You take up residence there by growing and maturing in the grace of God upon your life.
This is what we have been learning to do in recent weeks during the 4 Points Broadcast!
Join me in person this Thursday evening as we reveal keys to elevating your life!
I will continue to explain how you live in a realm, understand in dimensions, and grow in stages.
And although we grow intellectually through information, education, and experience, we grow and mature spiritually by revelation and truth.
“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32 NIV
You need to be able to locate where you are.
It is entirely possible for you to be mature spiritually, but financially to still be in the womb.
It is possible for you to be financially independent, but emotionally dependent (or worse, codependent!).
So we want to see God maturing us in all areas.
When Jesus said, “Look, the evil one comes, but he has no place in Me” (see John 14:30), He was saying that all of the areas of His life were fully matured and that the enemy couldn’t use anything to penetrate it.
When you’re mature in one area, yet immature in another, an adolescent in another, and incubated in another, do you realize those are stepping-stones the enemy can use to step right into your life?
This is why you must become fully mature in every area of your life!
Growth is the process that brings us to a place of maturity so that we can access our inheritance.
The story of the Prodigal Son illustrates the process of transitioning into maturity. (See Luke 15: 11-24.)
Unlike how you may have heard this portion of Scripture taught, this is not a parable about two sons—but it is a metaphor for two different dispensations.
The older son represents the dispensation of law, while the younger son represents the dispensation of grace.
The younger son depicts the process of maturation that each believer is going to go through.
Therefore, we all have a degree of prodigal in us.
A prodigal son is not a rebellious son, but rather an immature son.
Just because you are immature and ignorant does not mean you are demon possessed—it means you need a tutor and a governor so that you can build capacity!
A lot of times we label people as “rebellious” when all they need is more information.
When we provide the necessary context and concepts so these can be properly understood—a person will inevitably strive to apply it.
We don’t want to insult anyone’s intelligence, instead we want to build their capacity to grow and develop.
Sometimes we call people rebellious when we want to control them.
We don’t want to control anyone because then they will remain immature.
We want to grow people so they will become mature enough to move from the milk to the meat of the Word—and then from that experience go on to teach others.
With our prodigal son, because he remained immature, he gave his personal power away until he found himself in a pigpen feeding swine—and as a Jew, no place could have been farther from where God had called him to be!
When you give your personal power away, you will always compromise your convictions and core values.
He lost his will, identity, and sense of self.
He was waiting for someone to change his life, but no one was going to come to his rescue.
“No one was giving anything to him.”
Luke 11:16 AMP
If something is going to happen, it’s up to you! You’ve got the grace of God on your life, but it must be exercised.
Grace is like being set free… Whenever you’ve been freed or liberated, that liberty has to be exercised.
If the freedom you’ve been given is not acted upon, you will remain a slave.
The grace of God has to be exercised! You’ve got to do something with it!
Grace is always attached to something: to an assignment, purpose, or vision—or an answer to your problem.
What is the grace upon your life attached to?
Is it grace to get up? To be healed? Delivered? To start your own business?
You are graced for something!
Now when the prodigal son finally “came to himself,” the Scripture says that he made a decision:
“I will arise.”
Luke 11:18
Decisions determine your destiny, because they harness the power of your intention.
When you intend to do something, heaven and earth will conspire to get you the resources you need to make that happen.
Do you intend to grow?
Do you intend to mature?
When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
Join our studio audience this Thursday in Atlanta—or livestream our next 4 Points Broadcast!
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Bible Study & Live Filming in Atlanta, GA
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May 11, 2017
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3650 Flat Shoals Rd, Atlanta, GA 30349
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February 27, 2017
Take Responsibility For Your Growth
“And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.”
Luke 2:40
One of the most powerful words in the English language is the word grow.
It is often spoken of as a living thing that undergoes development by changing physically so that it progresses toward the ultimate point of maturity.
You cannot reach maturity and stay the same.
Something has to be changing in your life.
The proof that you are growing and maturing is that you are changing—every single day something about you should be changing in some way for the better.
And you should be maturing in all different areas of your life.
You should be growing and changing and maturing spiritually, emotionally, physiologically, economically, and socially.
All areas of your life should be reaching a point of maturation.
The word grow is so powerful.
It’s not just about you developing and changing physically, it has to do with the process of germination and complete transformation.
You must take responsibility for your growth. The apostle Paul made clear what we must do as believers and how:
“Be
transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Romans 12:2
In other words, grow up into full maturity by paying attention to what God is doing…and focusing your mind on Christ.
When you do, you will be transformed into His very image! (See 2 Cor. 3:18.)
You have to cultivate the Christ in you—the divine seed (or the seed of the divine) planted in your soul.
Why?
Because everything God gives comes in seed form.
If God has planted a seed of revelation or information or instruction in your spirit, or in your mind, or within your heart—that particular seed has to grow.
And for a seed to grow, it has to germinate and then it has to develop.
A seed has to be nurtured until it has taken root, and then cultivated until it reaches full maturity.
Unless it’s reaching toward maturity it’s not growing.
The word grow has the connotation of something that’s being produced because it’s being cultivated.
Think of your life like a field you’ve been given to plant.
You can grow whatever you want, for God has given you the seeds to create a harvest of abundance in the form of divine potential.
But as long as those seeds remain in your pocket, they will remain uncultivated.
They will never germinate and grow.
If you have ideas that God has given you, and He dropped these ideas in your mind, you have to cultivate them—you must continually renew your mind to what is possible in Christ.
You must have a vision for how you want your influence to grow, your ministry to grow, your family to grow, your finances to grow, and your health and fitness levels to grow.
God is going to give you everything you need to fulfill every desire of your heart in seed form—but it has to be cultivated.
Cultivation takes time and it takes energy.
The question is: “How much time and energy are you putting into the cultivation of those dreams and visions and ideas that God has given you?”
They’re going to stay in seed form unless you put in the time and energy and roll up your sleeves to cultivate them!
The word grow is powerful.
It connotes that something abstract has come into existence and is made to increase…like an idea that never existed before and all of a sudden it grows and expands and is brought into manifestation.
We see this happen when the grace of God comes upon you to pursue a revelatory idea or launch a Kingdom endeavor, but then God calls you to grow in that area…to continue growing in His grace.
God is in the business of increase—and He desires for you to increase!
“May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children.”
Psalm 115:14
The concept of growth has always been associated with blessing. Yet it can mean more than to become large or great over multiple generations.
It can mean to multiply exponentially over a short period of time.
That word multiply is exciting.
It’s the word grow, but it’s growing exponentially.
You can increase through “additional growth” (1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1), or “exponential growth” by multiplying 10 x 10.
God wants to multiply you!
That means He’s shortening the time. He wants to accelerate your increase. But for Him to do that, you must grow by becoming strong in spirit and filled with wisdom! (See Luke 2:40.)
As I mentioned last week, the time of year traditionally set aside on the Church calendar to sanctify our lives and mindfully pursue spiritual growth is the season of Lent.
Today, around the world, people are celebrating Mardi Gras—or Fat Tuesday—which marks the last day of worldly indulgence before embarking on 40 days of spiritual consecration beginning tomorrow.
How will you take responsibility for your spiritual growth over the next 40 days?
One resource I believe you will find invaluable is The 40 Day Soul Fast. This is the ideal companion to guide you day by day on a 40-day journey into the fullness of who you are called to be in Christ.
And then, if you haven’t already, mark your calendar to join me this Thursday evening for our live small group study as we continue to explore the 8 Stages of Spiritual Maturation.
Don’t miss the 4 Points Broadcast this Thursday at 5pm ET.
I will be teaching you powerful keys to maturing spiritually and growing into all that God has prepared for you.
Don’t wait to start growing into your destiny!
Take responsibility by pressing into all that God has made available.
“God blessed them, saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply.'”
Genesis 1:22
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February 20, 2017
Qualifying For Your Inheritance
“Grow [spiritually mature] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
2 Peter 3:18 AMP
I am so excited about this brand new teaching series we have just launched through our 4 Points Broadcast!
If you were unable to tune in last week, please click here now and listen to the replay…I know you will be blessed!
I introduced you to the principles of spiritual maturity—and why your spiritual growth is vitally important to not only fulfilling your assignment on the earth, but also to God fulfilling His within your own life.
Over the course of the next several weeks, I will be walking you through the eight stages of spiritual maturity…
And giving you the practical strategies you need to access all that God has prepared for you so that you can accomplish all that God has called you to.
What does it really mean to be an heir in the Kingdom of God—and how can you strategically position yourself to receive all the fullness of that inheritance?
If you are looking to grow in this season and in the year ahead, you won’t want to miss this series.
Don’t sell yourself short…get your heart and mind in alignment with God’s prophetic word and perfect will for you.
“He has made it so you could share the good things given to those who belong to Christ who are in the light.”
Colossians 1:12 NLT
God is inviting you—right here and now—to grow into new realms of power and spiritual understanding. He is shining new light on the path He has set before you.
I decree the wait is over and you are more than qualified—and you are going to see yourself in the days to come as able and mature enough to handle the inheritance that God has stored up for you.
I decree that you will not be like Esau, who despised his birthright trading it for the instant gratification of a bowl of stew! (See Genesis 25:29-34.)
Whatever is worth having is worth fighting for, but it’s also worth qualifying for and worth waiting for.
God is delivering you from the realm of ignorance.
The more light you have, the more revelation you are going to have concerning what God has prepared for you.
Let there be light that illuminates your spirit—let that light reveal what Heaven has already qualified you to do and to receive.
Light is the presence of God, goodness, information, and revelation.
The light of truth will cause you to grow up into all things (see Ephesians 4:15) so you will have the capacity necessary to maximize your extraordinary potential.
Potential and capacity are two very different concepts. We all have inherited incredible potential, but we don’t all have the capacity to access it—let alone maximize it!
Your potential is only limited by your capacity to harness it.
Doing the work of building your capacity will enable you to make the most of your potential. Capacity is also what God requires for you to come into your inheritance—it is the process of spiritual maturation.
You need to have the necessary spiritual maturity to faithfully handle your inheritance. You need to be able to locate where you are and cooperate with what God is doing in your life spiritually.
The more spiritually mature you are, the more capacity you will have.
To build capacity, you must have a strong sense of identity, purpose, and vision.
You must surround yourself with the necessary tutors who will show you who you are and what you are capable of, while also being accountable to governors who will mature and establish you in integrity, morality, and righteousness.
These are the guardians and stewards spoken of in Galatians 4:1-3:
“Now I say that the heir…though he is master of all…is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.”
Who are your tutors and governors?
In what areas do you need to shine the light of truth and do the work of building capacity and growing spiritually?
If you’re not growing, you’re stagnating. If you’re not maturing, your backsliding.
One of the most significant seasons of the Church calendar is the time of year dedicated to maturing spiritually.
From the time of the early church, the season of Lent has traditionally been set aside as a time of pressing into the deeper things of God—a time of fasting and prayer.
Many in what is considered the “evangelical church” either don’t recognize or observe this powerful liturgical season.
The 40 days of Lent is the perfect time to focus on your spiritual growth.
Lent begins next Wednesday, March 1st—the day before our next 4 Points Broadcast!
And The 40 Day Soul Fast book and devotional are the perfect tools to guide you in a 40-day discipline of growing spiritually.
Each day you will explore one of the forty attributes of living more authentically—of becoming more true to your perfect, divine self.
If you want to build your capacity to make the most of your potential, start by ordering The 40 Day Soul Fast—and then make the most of Lent 2017 by using this powerful resource to guide you on a transformational 40-day journey.
Your life will never be the same.
I look forward to seeing you on the 4 Points Broadcast next Thursday, March 2nd at 5pm! Don’t miss it!
“Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness.”
Hebrews 6:1 AMP
“So come on, let’s leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ…turning your back on “salvation by self-help” and turning in trust toward God…there’s so much more. Let’s get on with it!”
Hebrews 6:1-3 MSG
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February 14, 2017
February 13, 2017
Giving Your All For Love
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Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends.”
John 15:12-13 MSG
Many don’t realize that Valentine’s Day was originally celebrated as a Christian Feast Day commemorating the martyrdom of St. Valentine.
Interestingly, it is disputed which St. Valentine, as there were no less than three who were martyred around the same period in the 3rd century—all on February 14th!
However, most scholars attribute the holiday to a priest who secretly performed Christian marriage ceremonies against the dictates of Roman emperor Claudius II.
He was imprisoned, and refusing to denounce his faith, he was sentenced to death—yet before he was executed, he healed the jailer’s daughter of blindness.
St. Valentine exemplified not so much eros—or romantic—love, but true agape—or Christian—love.
Today, with the commercialization of Valentine’s Day, the focus has turned to celebrating sentimental gestures of romantic love.
I want to challenge you, instead, this Valentine’s Day, to celebrate the kind of love Jesus came to demonstrate: the love that lays down its life—that gives selflessly—and that never fails.
The kind of love St. Valentine demonstrated and was remembered and celebrated for centuries after his death.
Let’s celebrate this international day of love by keeping this one thing in mind:
“If we love one another, God abides in us.”
1 John 4:12
In his love letter to the Colossians, the apostle Paul was unequivocally clear in his instruction that above all else we do in this world, we should love one another with the love of God.
In fact, when we do, we are made perfect…
“Above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.”
Colossians 3:14
How do we know when we have strayed from God’s perfect love?
When we find ourselves afraid or anxious or uncertain or doubting or any of those responses the Bible warns is contrary to our faith.
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear…
The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
1 John 4:18
The Bible also warns that whatever is not rooted in God’s perfect love renders us powerless; it depletes, weakens, and impoverishes us.
“So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.”
1 Corinthians 13:3 MSG
So yes, let’s celebrate love today…God’s perfect love at work in us!
Let’s stir up that love (it’s a gift!) and share it with everyone we encounter! Let’s remember today that love is the primary thing…it’s what causes everything else to work, including our faith.
“…faith which worketh by love.”
Galatians 5:6 KJV
More than any other evidence of the Spirit of God working in our lives—beyond the incredible force of hope or the redeeming power of faith, or God’s amazing grace, sustaining joy, or transcendent peace—is God’s love at work in us.
“The greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:13
Again, “what is important,” wrote Paul to the Galatians, “is faith expressing itself in love” (Gal. 5:6 NLT).
As we celebrate the transformational power of love—the love that compelled God to give His only begotten son to redeem humanity (see John 3:16)—let’s think about those around us most in need of it.
I challenge you this Valentine’s Day to build your capacity to love.
Speaking of capacity building and the meaning of the word “Valentine”...the Latin name Valentinus is derived from the Latin valentia, which means “strength, power, and capacity” (think of the words valiant and valor)—also the Latin valere, meaning “to be strong; to be well, be worth, be able; to have power.”
So this Valentine’s Day, go forth with strength and power. Embrace your tremendous worth, capacity, and potential in Christ’s love to transform someone’s world.
I challenge you to go and truly be someone’s Valentine!
“Regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.”
Colossians 3:14 MSG
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