Jesus has delegated complete authority to man. Every human can do what he did and more if they believe who they are in him. Sin is when we perceive ourselves as less than what we are. Whatever is illegal in heaven, you can declare it as illegal! When hurtful words and events cut you to the core, you can make the choice to feel depressed, or you can choose not to let it bother you. Identity won’t be from anywhere else. “It is my intention that I declare His glory through every word, action, and thought.
Ep. 144: Robbed by Unbelief?
Unbelief has robbed us from everything that Jesus made possible for us to experience here on earth. I will act within the scope of what has been delegated to me. Do you have the confidence to speak to what is illegal and say no? With delegated authority, what you say with intention always comes to pass. With Jesus as your Lord, you are always willing to make the choice to be in harmony with God. After you decide you can persuade your heart and have personal experiences following the rhythm of heaven.
Ep. 143: Harmonious with Heaven
We subconsciously establish goals in our heart without knowing it. Jesus taught us how to live in the kingdom of heaven here on earth as a disciple. And a disciple builds his life on the teachings and modeling of Jesus. All destruction is the result of wrong choices. God says I’ll show you how to have paradise all the time. If you trust me, your life will be harmonious with heaven.
Ep. 142: Keys of the Kingdom
We have already inherited Canaan: Our promise land, our heaven on earth. Every single day we have a new opportunity to choose life or death, and choosing life and God’s goodness is the key to our inheritance. Our only fight is against unbelief which becomes hardness of heart. Enjoy this episode as Jim, Bob and Audrey talk about the keys of the kingdom and how to actually get your keys to work!
Ep. 141: The Difference Between Mercy and Grace
In the history of the church whenever grace gets overemphasized, it leads to the deception that sin is okay, and won’t hurt you. The natural progression then leads to blaming God for the consequences of our bad behavior. In this episode, Jim, Bob, and Audrey discuss the reality that we all live in the personal world we have created. Grace is the inner heart work that brings transformation into righteousness peace and joy. The power of God’s grace comes to us - to the degree that we seek the goodness of God.
Ep. 140: Freedom in Relationship with God
In order to have loving relationships, there must be 100% freedom. You can’t have a great romance where either one is attempting to control the other. The minute someone in the steps of a relationship into control, everything changes. It’s the same with God. He can’t give us freedom, and then step in and change things for us. He will never force us and He will never abandon us. Be encouraged in this episode how you always have access to God’s view and opinion.
Ep. 139: Mercy and Justice
This episode will start to unveil the truth of God’s justice. It will provide what has been the pivotal point that has transformed some of the greatest believers and leaders of all time. The truth revealed in this series can end all questions about God’s justice, all your struggles in trusting God, and bring you to the doorway of an incredible life!
Ep. 138: God's Ultimate, His Goodness
Without intention, we can drag our religious mindsets into our relationship with God. Will we seek to satisfy God by following every single rule? Will we beg for mercy by offering sacrifices? In this episode, Jim Bob and Audrey recount Moses’ encounter with the Goodness of God. We still have the same challenges as the Israelites had when they first received the ten commandments. Our solution is to get our heart to a place where we can receive and draw near to God, where He downloads layers upon layers of His goodness, beyond what human words could describe.
Ep. 137: God of New Beginnings
Why settle for a “second chance” when God is offering you a brand new beginning! God doesn’t require us to “die to self” by taking away our dreams to teach us something. That is religious thinking! He asks us to die to who we think we are outside of Jesus because that person is dead! When we think we are still “that person”, we will continue to live the life of “that person” and miss the abundant life of Jesus. Transformation doesn’t come by information, but by revelation. To the degree is see God as He is, to that degree I am transformed into his likeness.
Ep. 136: Seek to Understand
God’s greatest manifestation of power is His goodness and mercy. Experiencing the goodness of God transformed Moses into a compassionate man. In this episode, Jim, Bob and Audrey explore the extremes of mercy without truth, and truth without mercy. In order to have justice, we need both. Neither extreme develops personal responsibility. A selfish person looks at the compassion of God for the benefit it brings them. They use compassion to justify bad behavior. The person who truly experiences the compassion of god, will be moved by compassion, and take action.
Ep. 135: The Compassion of God
When you feel most frustrated, that’s when you’ve reached the pivotal point in any situation or relationship. Turning from frustration to compassion demonstrates patience and trust that God is always good. God doesn’t test through sickness or hardship, rather He makes a promise, and our part is to trust the process, and refuse to control the outcome. We cannot control the people around us, but we can always receive the generous compassion of God, where He wraps us up and holds us close.
Ep. 134: Fulcrum for Faith
In any conflict or challenge, instead of the problem controlling you, you are allowed to change. Instead of being reactionary, you have been given the “fulcrum” which is the option of deciding where you will place your trust. This is the key that will transform your life, for when you keep God’s perspective you always win. Once you truly believe how good God is, you are only compatible with heaven and the resources of His Kingdom.
Ep. 133: Divine Design
Divine design watches over us, and understanding protects us. The degree of our understanding is dependent on how much we truly believe that God is good. A demonstration of God’s power through a miracle won’t necessarily change our character, but believing His goodness opens our heart to receive His nurturing compassion through any of life’s challenges.
Ep. 132: Awareness of His goodness
What are you most aware of? If we live each day acutely tuned in and aware of the outward circumstances, we will lose our ability to be thankful. As soon as something goes wrong, we will question. However, if we maintain an awareness of God’s goodness, we enter our heavenly existence by noticing Him and being thankful. This doesn’t erase the past, but neutralizes the effects of the past and turns the curse into a blessing.
Ep. 131: Freedom of Choice
The one thing that characterizes us to be like God, created in His image, is the freedom of choice. We get to change the quality of our life by making great decisions. We can’t allow circumstances, or intellectual evaluations or need to drive our decisions, but rather experiencing God’s peace. If we are blaming God or disappointed with him in any way, it reveals that we don’t truly trust Him to be who He said He is. You can only trust someone who you know loves you and won’t hurt you.
Ep. 130: Does God take His name in vain?
God does not take His own name in vain. In other words, because His name Jehovah Shalom means “The God of all Peace”, He can’t say “I am the God of peace but I am sending you a storm”. As Jehovah Jireh the Provider, He can’t say, “I am the God of provision, but I am allowing you to live with less and not enough.” God is always good, and He doesn’t change, but people’s experience with Him changes. In this episode, we take a close look at our belief systems.
Ep. 129: First Reactions
When something in life goes wrong, your stability is determined by the beliefs of your heart. Your reaction is an indicator of whether you truly believe that God is good. Knowing God and having the mindset and foundation that you never lose. You always win. You are victorious. There is no battle you will lose. These heart beliefs establish your readiness of mind to have a “first reaction” based on the true nature and character of God.
Ep. 128: How to Develop the Readiness of Mind
The stability and strategy in ancient warfare are to maintain footing. In a believer’s life, the readiness of mind is being prepared and established in the gospel of peace… that is our footing! A winner is determined within the first 5-30 seconds of a fight because the one who hesitates will likely lose. Our instant reaction in any situation determines the likely outcome. Knowing your dignity and worth develops your readiness of mind.
Ep. 127: How to Define Spiritual Warefare
Spiritual warfare could be better defined as “thoughts and emotions” warfare because our authority over our mind and imagination is where the fight for righteousness, peace, and joy is won. Each garment of the armor of God is an internal decision that we make. As our feet are “shod with the readiness of mind” it gives us “footing” to be prepared for any earthly circumstance that attempts to derail us.
Ep. 126: Embracing Righteousness
The quality of your life is determined by the degree to which your heart embraces righteousness. God’s righteousness is encoded in creation. Righteousness is a spiritual eternal reality which can never be intellectually explained but is realized when we are at one with God. We are called to surrender to everything that is harmony with the identity and name of God. The result is you are calm whenever there is a storm. You are full of worth even when you fail.