Out of the Box

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August 07, 2025 – 08/07/2025

8 – New Beginnings    

7 – The Spirit of God

For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. Romans 8:7 NLT

Out of the Box\n

Times and seasons change. Your Father in Heaven does not. You are one with the Father, and when He says \u201cturn here,\u201d you won\u2019t be left circling the mountain again.\n

The greatest threat to a new move of God is what you think of the last move of God. Did you embrace it so tightly you can\u2019t move on to the new thing He is doing?\n

It\u2019s not about the method of how God moves. It is about God moving, and we must be willing to follow Him forward, however or wherever He chooses.\n

Look at all the different ways Jesus reached the people He came into contact with. From turning water into wine to attaching the ear of Malchus back to his head. From preaching to the crowds to visiting Zacchaeus at his house. From ordering out demons, to touching lepers and spitting on dirt to make clay that would open blind eyes \u2013 Jesus didn\u2019t do things the same way every time!\n

He never used a single method to bring people into the Kingdom. Each method He used was right, though none of them was the only way to solve the problem. As Jesus\u2019 resurrection would prove, you can\u2019t keep Jesus nailed down or in a box!\n

In an exclusive interview with Nicodemus, a Pharisee who had experienced the Spirit of Religion most of his life, Jesus warned this high-ranking religious authority that He uses creative methods to teach, heal, and bring people into the Kingdom.\n

\u201cThe wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.\u201d \u2013 John 3:8\n

Are you someone who has been told the spirit of religion is the only way to worship? Or that God no longer heals or works miracles? Are you realizing you have been keeping Jesus in a box and limiting His power and His love for those you don\u2019t like? Get out of your box and follow Jesus wherever He takes you.\u00a0\n

\u00a0","hover":"\nWhich Wolf Do You Feed?\n

Jesus-driven thinking helps and heals. This is what the Bible has to say on the subject: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. \u2013 Romans 8:6\n

The Cherokee nation knew it, too. Check out this spot-on tribal tale:\n

An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life. He told the boy, \u201cA terrible fight is going on inside me. It is a fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and self-doubt.\"\n

The old man continued: \u201cThe other wolf is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.\u201d He then told the boy, \u201cThis same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person, too.\u201d\n

The grandson thought about it for a minute, then asked his grandfather, \u201cWhich wolf will win?\u201d The wise old chief replied, \u201cThe one you feed.\u201d\n

What wolf have you been feeding? Just know the wolf of evil thoughts will eventually devour you, and likely others as well. Thoughts become actions, and there is always collateral damage.\n

That\u2019s not you! You can control your thought life and ensure the evil wolf starves to death."}},"slug":"et_pb_blurb"}">Out of the Box

Times and seasons change. Your Father in Heaven does not. You are one with the Father, and when He says “turn here,” you won’t be left circling the mountain again.

The greatest threat to a new move of God is what you think of the last move of God. Did you embrace it so tightly you can’t move on to the new thing He is doing?

It’s not about the method of how God moves. It is about God moving, and we must be willing to follow Him forward, however or wherever He chooses.

Look at all the different ways Jesus reached the people He came into contact with. From turning water into wine to attaching the ear of Malchus back to his head. From preaching to the crowds to visiting Zacchaeus at his house. From ordering out demons, to touching lepers and spitting on dirt to make clay that would open blind eyes – Jesus didn’t do things the same way every time!

He never used a single method to bring people into the Kingdom. Each method He used was right, though none of them was the only way to solve the problem. As Jesus’ resurrection would prove, you can’t keep Jesus nailed down or in a box!

In an exclusive interview with Nicodemus, a Pharisee who had experienced the Spirit of Religion most of his life, Jesus warned this high-ranking religious authority that He uses creative methods to teach, heal, and bring people into the Kingdom.

“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” – John 3:8

Are you someone who has been told the spirit of religion is the only way to worship? Or that God no longer heals or works miracles? Are you realizing you have been keeping Jesus in a box and limiting His power and His love for those you don’t like? Get out of your box and follow Jesus wherever He takes you. 

 

Grounded in FaithDeclare!

Fill me, Holy Spirit. The desire of my heart is to follow the Lord, and I know He will lead me into new and exciting situations. I refuse to be unused; I embrace Abundant Life lived in relationship with Jesus.

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