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This last Saturday night we began our exploration of Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” In the next few weeks our team will “unpack” this Beatitude from various angles and depths. Some basics I wanted to cover is what these words actually mean.  To hunger and to thirst for righteousness. Then to be filled.  Jesus was telling us that when we allow ourselves to see our own great need for His righteousness, He will see to it that we will have it to the fullest.  In that state of being full, we are still in a place of hungering and thirsting for righteousness because there is always more. Righteousness, in it’s simplest interpretation, is God’s right way of doing things. We have plenty of instruction in the Bible on how He operates (which always boils down to love, because He IS love). However, doing things His right way also requires communion with Him. Including God in reactions, decisions, and and even our moti...

  I grew up in an environment where I constantly thought I must be in trouble…for something.  I usually didn’t know why.  So when I had an encounter with a neighbor who showed me gentleness and patience when I was in the middle of a temper tantrum, I was shocked; it was so unexpected to receive kindness in response to my behavior.  That moment is engraved in my memory; an imprint of what it feels like to be loved and accepted, even when I was at my worst.  There was something in that experience that gave me hope that gentleness and kindness did exist in this world, and that if I kept looking, I would find it.  A seed was planted in my heart to continue to seek out and cultivate this love, this grace that continues to surprise me-in such a good way.  I was given a tangible touch of God ’ s perfect love, and it helped me recognize the real Jesus when I met Him later on in life.  So why would I call meekness a superpower?  Because I think it can...

  Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29) and Jesus is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah (Rev 5:5) who has triumphantly purchased us and included us in his heavenly realm! The meekness of Jesus as the Lamb who was slain on the cross  isn’t the same thing as weakness. Christ’s meekness is his power and authority restrained for a far greater good that impacted all of humanity. The Lamb was slain willingly—by his strong choice. Jesus was never a victim! Yes, horrendous things were done to him that could have made him out to be a victim, but Jesus can’t be a victim when he willingly subdued his power to allow the depravity of humans to play out our power grab against him. I n case you missed the implication of the last sentence, God the Father didn’t kill Jesus. We did. This is such a critical perspective to grab hold of to maintain the integrity of the Father’s character. God didn’t punish Jesus for our sins. Rather, we punished Jesus as a result of ...

“Encounter 1” I was awakened by Father God on Friday, 1/30/26 at 3:01 AM. He asked me four questions. The first three were: What if the Bible is real? What if the Bible is true—Truth itself? Do you BELIEVE what the Bible says? But when He asked the fourth question, I felt the weight of it in my whole body, my soul and my spirit. I knew this was not just for me, but for the Body of Christ. The 4th question was:     4. Do you BELIEVE what the Bible says about YOU? When God asks a question, He is not looking for information He is inviting transformation. I pondered this for a couple of days. Then on Monday evening, He got my attention again and said: “This is NOT a question—it is an INVITATION.” It’s an invitation to step through a door of  REVELATION , and to allow God to take you on a journey to become  who He created you to be . I believe many will begin to experience or see an increase in encounters with God. Whether through visitation, dreams, or their sanctified i...