I saw the following statement written on one of the walls in a well known Nashville restaurant.
“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.” I’ll save the famous person who said it some embarrassment by leaving out their name.
Sad is the day when this is true for the believer in Jesus. Each day is an adventure in knowing and walking with our God. Our God says that we can do everything we do with Him, even eating and drinking. Our God delights in hanging out and talking with His children wherever they go, no matter what time of day it is.
One question that is asked in Bible Impact Groups is, “Where have you seen Jesus show up in your life this week?” It should be the norm, not the exception, when Jesus shows Himself in our lives. We should be asking ourselves, “Why didn’t He?” when He doesn’t.
Those who walk with Jesus throughout their day will have just as big a smile on their face at the end of the day as they did at the beginning of the day…and they don’t an artificial stimulant to produce it!
Set Free Now“W”w

These kids are not afraid to put it out there. Printed on their t-shirts is what their former drug of choice was. One of them told me that she also has a t-shirt emblazoned with ex-homosexual. Now, that’s putting it out there!
This is their Jesus story. There is hope for real life change in the here and now, not just when we head home to heaven. Jesus changed and is changing their lives. These issues are in their past!
Every believer has a drug of choice, where we go other than to Jesus to meet our needs. Will we admit it and then will we turn to Jesus for help, are the questions we have to answer if we want to be rid of our pasts.
When we use our biblical tools through the Spirit’s power our lives will be changed. And it will continually be as we use those same life-changing tools on our next drug as well.
These young adults were not ashamed of their past as it is just that…in their past! They’ve experienced Jesus in real time. You can too! Pick up your tools and put your past in your past.
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I heard the most amazing Jesus story today. A well known child of God who plays music (notice what I didn’t say – a well known Christian artist) was told by God to give away his very expensive guitar at an upcoming gig.
Once at his show, he started looking for the person he was to give it to. After playing, someone came to him and said, “See that kid? He’s going on a mission’s trip tonight and needs a guitar.” He gave the kid his guitar and flew home that night.
There was a problem. He made his living with that guitar and had another gig in four days. He needed a guitar himself! He started praying, “Lord, I don’t have the money to buy a guitar, where am I going to get one in the next four days?”
That day a guitar company called and asked him to endorse their guitar. He asked what that meant. All he had to do was use their guitar on stage, nothing more. He asked, “What guitar could I have?” Any one he wanted. He got a better guitar than he had!
Secure children of God listen to Jesus and follow, even when it sounds crazy! We can’t take guitars when we leave this earth to go home. We do take Christ-like character. This guy exchanged a temporary guitar with eternal character.
Listening and following Jesus might sound crazy, but the great exchange carries eternal weight. Keep living each day with Jesus using your biblical tools. You’ll get better at hearing Him. And the next time you hear from Jesus, it just might not be as crazy as it sounds.
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I get it! It is so fun to see faces light up when the lights went on. I’m in Nashville Tennessee helping struggling up and coming Christian music artists. Our goal is to disciple them to hear and follow Jesus as secure children of God who just happen to be musicians.
That last phrase is where the lights go on. In my one on one conversations with these artists, the Lord eventually has me ask them, “Who are you?” Some have ready made answers, while others struggle. All their answers have one thing in common, doing for Jesus. Men and woman, young and older, all defined themselves by what they thought they needed to do for Jesus.
As I pointed that out, you would have loved to have seen their faces. Where did they get that in scripture? How does God define us? It certainly is not by what we do for Jesus. It’s about what Jesus has done for, to and in us. Faith in Him, not what we do for Him, gives us our identity (Jn. 1:12).
Jesus doesn’t need us to do anything for Him. He wants us to do everything with Him. Our Father enjoys being with His children! It doesn’t matter what we’re doing, He wants to hang out with us.
When this truth hit their head and then their hearts, their face would light up and their shoulders would slump in relaxation.
Are you trying to do something to get something you already have? Let the truth of being a secure child of God sink in and your face will light up too.
“S”et Free Nowww

I was sitting with a friend having coffee when we both noticed cigarette butts all around our table. I have to admit. I get a little miffed about this. Why do smokers think the world is their ash tray?
Then my friend said, “Instead of getting upset about it, why don’t we pray for the person who threw that on the ground to come to Jesus?” I had to admit. I hung my head in shame. She was right. I was letting a one inch cloth filter filled with nicotine ruin my joy. Really, how crazy is that?
I could turn a negative joy drainer into a positive joy increaser by simply looking at the same situation in a different way. Choose to turn a your joy drainers around into joy increasers.
Se“T” Free Nowww