Religion is a God

Do people treat religion as God because they need a physical idol or ideal?
Do they associate them as one and the same (see james 1:27 for true religion)
At what point do we give up the relationship we came into for a religious experience?

Ignorance is Bliss...

...When you trust in God.

I have come to the realization that my plans mean nothing and my speculation of what the future holds amounts to the sum of my worry and desire to control everything around me.

I have accepted that sometimes ignorance as to what God has is bliss. largely due to the fact God has chosen this path for me, I have accepted to follow him, and therefore have no control since I give it all to Him.

It makes no since to hand God the keys to empower me and then take it back when I don't think He is doing it right. That would be like trying to tell you parents they are wrong when they dont allow you to go to a party with drugs and alcohol.

When we try and take back the control from God it only reveals our own lack of maturity and communication with God. If our relationship suffers so does our trust, God has wired you like that just accept it. It is a law of the created universe, anything not maintained will decay.

If you start believing, then you start trusting, then you will start becoming.

Month 2 into the new Year

Well God had something in mind with the calling and vision that he gave use that we did not expect. We do have the people that we knew would be the core group, but they are people we had never met before. It is at a church that is already been established and it is going to be a life changing journey in 2011. that i all for now...can't wait to start posting more.

May God remember you like Noah,
favor you like Moses,
honor you like Mary,
fight for you like the Israelites ,
prosper you like Isaac,
promote you like Joseph,
intervene for you like Esther,
protect you like Daniel,
use you like Paul,
heal you like Naaman,
answer you like Elijah,
anoint you like David,
and keep you safe like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

Faith Working Like a Dog

Faith with out works is dead. My last post I shared what God was doing in our lives and the amazing promise He has given us. well about two weeks after that post God sent me some amazing resources and mentors that I can draw from. I am glad I stepped out in faith and spoke the words that God asked me to share.

Because of the stepping out in faith God has blessed us with not only a direction, but also the means of getting there. I feel like all the things that God has been speaking to me for the last 15 years about is coming together and I can see where God has orchestrated everything in my life to bring me here with my Wife and Family. Word of the month, AMAZING!!

The Dream, The Vision, The Prayer

Let me start off by saying this has been such an amazing year that I am looking forward to see what God is going to do next. We have made some huge transitions over the last 7 - 9 months and God has moved upon us and taken us way our of our comfort zone in just about every area of our lives. This blog is to inform and get the Vision cast out there so God can do what He will.

There was a lot the led up to this Dream & Vision, but to keep this short I will share the last 7 - 9 months of happenings.

The Dream:

God Gave my wife a dream while we where searching for the next level that God wanted to take us to. God was moving us out of the place we where in into something new and different. We felt it was planting a church. God came to my wife in a dream and give her a vision of us (with a team of people) growing a small group into a huge group of people to further the Kingdom. The Dream was amazing you can read the whole thing here

The Vision:

God shortly after the Dream give me a vision while attending River Of Life Family Church. During worship services he showed me leaving the old fulfilled promises and moving into another level through an opened door of His new promises again you can read the whole thing here. The Vision was to show that He was starting a new movement and we where to be apart of it and Plant a church with a group of people.

The Prayer:

The core group of the Church that we are called to plant will be formed before the end of 2010. In the beginning of 2011 we will start having church services and reach 500+ people for the Kingdom.

We are believing that God will fulfill His promise and we are praying with audacious faith that we are going to move into this promise. This is a public proclamation that we are expecting God to be our guide and position us in the right place to get started in the natural what has already be released in the supernatural. Please join with us in praying this prayer of audacious faith. You can send us your prayer request as well if you would like us to pray for you.

Thank you

Fulfilling your purpose, while waiting on the Promise

Luke 2:49 - And he said to them, How is it that you sought me? knew you not that I must be about my Father's business?

I have a huge Promise from God that is about to explode and waiting for it has been both exciting, yet frustrating. Something God spoke to me about in this time of waiting is fulfilling my purpose, while waiting on His Promise. Jesus demonstrated this perfectly as a 12 year old boy teaching to the priest. It was not until he was 30 that he was baptized and started his ministry and the promise God had on his life came to pass, but at an early age he was fulfilling his purpose.

Sometimes we get in a place where we are frustrated because the Promise is on it's way, but not here yet so we tend to go stagnate. A lesson learned here is to fulfill your purpose as a worshiper, an ambassador, a child of the King and be the salt and light of this world. Because it is in fulfilling your purpose that you can receive the Promise of God.