Indagatio Veri

           The renewing of our minds!! What a wonderful thing.  God is adapting us to a new environment; he is aligning us with a completely different reality.  It looks illogical, seems irrational, and only makes sense once He has transformed our minds.  There is one truth that is at the very center of the saving work of Jesus Christ, and is central for us to experience the fullness of God.  This mind-shift has to do with our sinful nature that previously separated us from God, but that because of the death of Jesus, we too now share in newness of life.  Understanding ourselves to be dead to sin but alive in Christ Jesus is the foundation for heavenly thinking.                  “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot...

         There are many verses in scripture that talk about the way we think and the way God wants to shape those thoughts.    God is in the business of renewing our minds; " And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect (Romans 12:2)."  The word 'mind' in Greek means thought processes or reasoning; that means that God wants to change the way that we reason.            One story in Numbers illustrates this truth very well.  "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel (Numbers 13:1)."  It is important to notice that God promises the Israelites the promise land.  They send 1 leader of each of the 12 tribes as per God's instructions.  All of these leaders knew that God had promised t...

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the  vine-dresser .  Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.  You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.  Abide in Me, and I in you.  AS the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the  vine , so neither can you unless you abide in Me.  I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit.  If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.  If you abide in Me, and My  words  abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.  My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.  Just as the father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love (John 15...

The story of the Prodigal son reveals the importance of our understanding of God as Father further.  It says in Luke15:12 that the father split the inheritance between his two sons. The story reveals how Daddy issues have two possible consequences when it comes to the inheritance/promises of God. The first son, wanted the in inheritances without the presence of His father.  But in that instance he squandered everything he had been given.  He learned that the presence of his father was more important than the inheritance, and that we will neglect our inheritance if His presence isn't of first importance (Luke 15:18). The oldest son reveals his ignorance after his brother has returned and been restored to full son-ship.  His first blunder is to ask a servant about what is going on instead of going to his father.  If we do not have a correct understanding of God as Father, we will never learn to relate directly to Him. The older son says to his father, 'Look, t...

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased (Matt. 3:17)."  The revelation of God as our father, and we as His children, drastically alters the way we view Him. As we step into our identity as children of God, we begin to relate with Him and others around us in Spirit and in Truth; we are transformed into His likeness and are able to steward what he has given us on this Earth just like Jesus did. Much of the church today is suffering from 'Daddy Issues' because we do not have a correct revelation of God as Father and we has His children. Because of this, we have failed to step into everything that he has made available.  There is a great inheritance that God has made available for His children, but it is our job to claim that inheritance.  Our 'Daddy Issues' have caused the church to function under a slave mentality rather than a family mentality; and this is devastating to the way we steward the K...

           I have felt spiritually 'off' the last couple weeks.  God has been using me and been revealing things to me, but I have found myself striving for more in ways that has left me feeling stretched and unfulfilled. God has revealed to me that my lack of fulfillment is a result of me not recognizing a change of seasons in my life.  I have just stepped out of a season of intense leadership and involvement. I am used to consistently being a leader in many people's lives, teaching, encouraging, and exhorting.  I was established in a setting where my gifts were recognized and pulled upon every day.  Because I was devoted to that season that God had prepared for me, I was getting revelation downloads from God regularly and my intimacy with Him was ever increasing.  Lately the revelation's haven't come, neither have I felt very intimate with the Father.  I believe that is because I have failed to recognized that I am ent...

'God loves everyone the same, but he favors some more than others.'  This was my Facebook status today and it has generated a few responses which is great!  It is rather an offensive thought to many Christians, since we are culturally preconditioned towards 'sameness'. The church has been molded to fit this ideal which is actually contrary to God's plan for the body of Christ. It seems wrong to say that God would choose favorites.  In fact Romans 2:11 says that God does not choose favorites; however, it is clear that this passage is talking about favoritism in terms of ethnicity and/or social status. But scripture reveals that God does show his favor in different ways.  We will look at two of those ways; 1. Reward for good works and 2. Spiritual Anointing. I have a friend who was given a diamond from the Lord just a couple days ago. I have heard testimonies about this happening but have never seen it myself. When she showed it to me I was still skeptical but ...