I received one of the best compliments a person could ever receive. “Chris, you’ve changed. Before you would have been ancy and frustrated. This time, however, you handled it much calmer.”
This comment came from my wife. The challenge was that my blog’s been down for a month. Since January 16, I was given the “wonderful” opportunity to practice what I’ve been preaching. God can change your life if you use the tools He’s given you.
Each day I couldn’t write I focused on the truths the Spirit gave me. God would fulfill His purpose for my life, not me. Jesus was in control of my future, I wasn’t. The Spirit knew what was behind the delay, I couldn’t. The Father is on the throne, I could never be. I could go on, but the challenge presented an opportunity to let the Spirit replace my “type A” behavior with Jesus. It feels so good!
What’s interesting is that I didn’t even know the change had taken place. In my case, those around me would have had to deal with the “old Chris’” reaction to the situation. It took someone else to see Jesus in me, which is what we want right?
The Word and Spirit of God work! I ask you to praise God for what He’s done in my life, which He can do in yours as well. If you’re currently going through a challenge stop and praise God for it. If you put the tools into the Spirit’s hand, Jesus will shine through you too.
Set Free Now“W”w

Albert Einstein said, “If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it’s stupid.” Pause for a minute and think about that statement. How you view yourself has a tremendous impact on not only how you view your daily life, but how you respond to it as well.
This is why the first daily processing tool is about who we are – Secure because I’m God’s child. Nothing we did, do or will ever do, can alter the Father’s love towards us because of what Jesus did for us on the cross and by coming back from the grave. “In Christ” is a key Scriptural truth. Jesus holds us in His hands. He gives us the ability to stay in God’s presence where the good stuff is found. He tells us that we’re children of the King, which makes us princes/princesses. He gave us value – we are loved. He gave us significance – every day we can do the good works He created us to do. He gave us security – nothing can separate us from His love.
You’re not a fish or a stupid head. You’re a magnificent, wonderfully made child of God. Now, go and live like it today.
“S”et Free Nowww

“Only God truly knows your full potential. Your past does not limit your future.” Sounds kind of cliché doesn’t it? It’s not when you come to grips with the truth that Jesus is a Redeemer.
Christ came to set you free from your past no matter what it is (Gal. 5:1). Let the Spirit unleash the “new creation” He made you to be (2 Cor. 5:17) through putting the biblical Set Free Nowww tools into the hands of the Spirit. You can personally experience a wondrous life in the present and a bright future for tomorrow the further you get from you past by getting closer to Jesus.
“S”et Free Nowww

An NFL quarterback passes on an important lesson about mistakes. “It had been my mistake. Instead of kicking myself or replaying the interception (not a good thing!), I focused on the task at hand. One thing you learn quickly is that great quarterbacks must have short-term memories when it comes to things like this. Good or bad, you have to be able finish a play, push it aside, and move on to the next one. You can never let a play from the past affect the present. Your job is stay in the moment.”
Jesus has taken care of our past – it’s forgiven. Jesus has taken care of our future – we’ll be like Him. Our job is to stay focused on Him in the present. We’ll make mistakes on our journey to allow the Spirit to replace our sin-stained character with the purity of Jesus’. When this happens we can either waste time beating ourselves up, which means will continue to make mistakes (i.e. take our drugs of choice). Or, we can “fail forward,” which means to learn from our mistakes so we can get up and experience victory right now by Exercising the truth by faith.
Practice today having a very short-term memory. Let go of your mistakes by learning from them so you can stay in His presence and experience victory in the moment.
Set Free “N”owww

Is what you’re hoping to hear when you hand something you made to someone else to taste test for you. You might even close your eyes as you hand it to them as you’re not sure you’re ready for their response.
Jesus said we are to bear fruit. He is the vine and we are the branches. Even though the branches bear the fruit (though the juices for that fruit come form the vine not the branch), they don’t get to taste it! http://www.floridateetimesinc.com/Courses/Debary/debary.html

In biblical days, the vine grower would take one pass through his ripening vineyards. He decided what was done with the fruit, not the branch. After this initial harvest, the poor and foreigners living in the land got the next shot at the vines. Everyone, but the branch, got to eat the grapes!
Jesus is the branch. We are the branches. He expects our lives to bear fruit (see John 15). He expects the Father and those around us to enjoy what they taste in our lives. This enjoyment is Jesus as it is His juices that should be flowing through us as He cuts off our character and replaces it with His. This great exchange takes place each day we use our biblical tools to better hear from and follow Jesus everyday everywhere.
Hopefully, people who taste your life are saying, “Wow that sure tastes good!”
“Set Free Nowww”