The Great Search: What are you searching for?
The Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
~The good news according to Mathew - the Writer
May you find the pearl you were always searching for. I hope Secret Life Lessons will help you with internal and eternal search for The Kingdom of Heaven. May you regain your status and position in life. I hope you give up all life’s struggles for the sake of that one treasure.
Whether you are looking for The Kingdom of Heaven through a fancy home, a car, or even a bank account. Some people are searching for it through religion, heritage, corporate career status, political party or the pleasures of life.
Some people are substituting The Kingdom of Heaven with pleasures of drugs, a desire for significance through fame, sexual addiction, pleasure of pornography, over shopping, over spending, multiple relationships, witchcraft, over focus on beauty, plastic surgery addiction, to much exercise for weight-loss, numbing yourself with music, to much partying, perfectionism, food addiction, running from church to church or exploring new philosophies and creating false doctrines.
The Kingdom of Heaven is an eternal & everlasting Kingdom of God. It’s created by a loving King who desires to have his children close to him again. It’s the only thing that can satisfy what your soul is craving or missing. Every human being is searching for this.
I hope you give up all life’s struggles for the sake of that one treasure. The common pursuit of all humans is the pursuit of power, the desire to possess the ability to control one’s circumstances and destiny.
For many of us life is simply a daily struggle because there is so much uncertainty and pressures of all sorts.
Our desire and passion to gain this power to control our circumstances and environment is the motivation for our behavior.
Many of us strive to gain positions of influence in order to accumulate financial wealth. We seek the power that money promises us.
We want political and spiritual power, status symbols, top wisdom, and many other forms of things that will give us power and dominion. This pursuit for power is simply the pursuit of dominion over life in which we are living.
I pray that all of humanity will find true dominion in the King and the Kingdom that he created. Let’s start this amazing journey of discovering the true Kingdom and true dominion already given to us by God.
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What is the original purpose of mankind?
Have you ever held a new born baby? You see little eyes, tiny fingers and fresh skin. The tiny feet and the microsize nail bed. You have no idea how all of the parts were put together.
You look at your new born child in amazement. Even doctor’s say it’s a miracle. Every day we hold enjoy new babies from our friends and family. It’s the most precious time to welcome them into our world.
Babies don’t come with imprints or markings on them to let the mother and father know why they are here on the earth. Sometimes we have these beautiful beings, but we don’t know why they were created.
Some teachers and scientist have theories of evolution, survival of the fittest or a big bang theory. Our wise and powerful King is intentional. He had a big idea in his mind.
The God is intentional. He created the earth on purpose for mankind. He formed and shaped everything for human beings to dwell and live on the earth. In order to understand the creation of man, you have to understand The King.
To understand the original intention for mankind’s creation we have to tap into the thoughts of God. Only the God knows why he made you.
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Where did the Kingdom of Heaven come from?
We must understand before anything existed or created there was God. God is self-existing. He does not need anyone to exist. He also is not an object or an “it”. The King is totally independent and existed before all things began. It’s like a parent with a child. The parent existed before the child.
The book of Genesis states: In the beginning God created the heavens……
There is more to that sentence but we are going to focus on that portion.
God started by creating the invisible world. Which is the “supera” or “above” the natural physical world. This is the heavenly realm. In that realm the King is the “ruler” of that realm.
He governs that “super natural heavenly realm”. This domain or realm is referred to as heaven. Remember this “God is the King over the domain of Heaven”
The heavenly realm is the start and the beginning of the first Kingdom. This is the invisible “Kingdom of God.” This is the first and original idea of a Kingdom. This Kingdom concept is the most important concept to understand.
Without this concept/idea your mind will not be able to comprehend God’s purpose (his original intent), the goal, point or objective God and humankind’s connection to God and his heavenly kingdom realm.
This realm of the “supera” heavenly rulership and our relationship to that is always first.
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What was the King's Motivation for Creating the Earth and Mankind?
To understand the creator’s motivation, we have to understand the nature of our God. There is a lot to this all powerful, self-existing God. He has reveled himself to mankind so we can know his nature and character.
The one character of focus is Love. God doesn’t just has love inside of himself but He “is” love. To help us understand his motivation and actions. These things are manifested naturally and supernaturally.
Our loving King wants to give and share of himself. He wants to share that rulership and dominion with his children. He wants to create sons in his image in a visible universe.
God’s nature is to love and as the King of Heaven his desired to create spirit sons and daughters (called mankind), who are Kings to share in his kingship/rulership/dominion. This is for everyone and all mankind on the earth.
In the message of The King, he explained this in Mathew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
This was already prepared for us since beginning of time. The King already had this in mind at the beginning and he always wanted to share His spiritual domain with His children. He called them mankind and he created them in his image, character, love and nature.
God is love.
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What is colonization in the context of the Kingdom of Heaven?
In understanding the original intent and plan of the King for humankind and all of creation, we have to understand Kingdom of Heaven colonization. God is the originator of Kingdom of Heaven colonization. This was an original God idea.
Kingdom of Heaven colonization is a process in which the rulership and the government of God extends his kingdom to earth and influences humanity. The purpose of Kingdom of Heaven colonization is to impact humanity with The King’s will and desires.
Matthew 6:10: …….your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
The principle of Kingdom of Heaven Colonization: Kingdom of Heaven colonization is the process of transforming the earthly territory to be just like the Kingdom of Heaven. In this process, we know the heart and the mind of our Creator. We influence our environments to reflect the nature and internal will of God. Through this we will see the physical lifestyle and culture of God on the earth.
We understand God’s purpose was to share his government with His spirit children. This came from the visible heavenly realm with the purpose of colonizing and influencing the earthly realm to be just like heaven.
(Gene)sis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” - Moses
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Why must the Kingdom of Heaven colonize the Earth?
In Genesis, God had an eternal purpose. He is the ruler of the heavens, in an heavenly environment that he created. In that realm, his angels and serve and worship him. The King started his first acts of colonization after he created the heavens then he created earth.
His purpose was to setup his invisible Kingdom of Heaven to the visible physical world. His desire was to stay in his own heavenly kingdom and he created the physical visible realm of the earth, for man.
His plan was to create from his own Spirit, a family of spirit children created in his spiritual character and image. The purpose of his children was to establish and implement the invisible heavenly realm of the Kingdom of Heaven to the natural and visible earthly realm.
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.
- King David
Mankind was always part of the great plan. This plan of Kingdom of Heaven colonization came from God. God’s divine goal was to extend the culture of the Kingdom of Heaven to earth. It displays his love for his children and his divine wisdom.
The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. - King David
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How is a relationship with the King different from being in a religion?
From the beginning God’s plan and desire was to have a relationship with mankind. And mankind to have a direct relationship with him and his heavenly kingdom. It was never God’s desire to have a formal established religion.
Any religion is something man created to substitute a missing vacuum in the soul. This is why our Creator God is never an object, a magic genie, a universe or a “it” in the sky.
The word “religion” displays systems, following traditions, systematic belief systems that are simple to very complex belief systems. Every culture through history has some form of cultural religious practice to create and address mysterious questions of life.
Many of them are ideas, theories, philosophies, custom laws or principles or someone’s personal conviction. The goal of any religious practice is to satisfy an internal spiritual craving inside of every human.
In the beginning there was not a recorded religious system or code for man to follow. In the book of Genesis, Moses the writer, never documents a formal religious system.
Yes, the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven can gather together but they influence and share with the world.
God never wanted to relate to man through any religious system. He wanted mankind to have direct access to him. God wanted mankind to know his plans, heart, and mind.
As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? - King David
God already had this in mind at the beginning and he always wanted to share His spiritual domain with His children. The King is not religious he is relational. Simple truth.
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What is the Spirit of Dominion?
I remember chatting with a friend. He said to me, Alicia? What would you rather have, love, money or power? I said, “POWER!” He looked at me and said, “Well I’ll take the money.” Then I said, “Well if I had power, I could take your money and have love too! I didn’t realize the spirit and humanness of that heartfelt and simple conversation. I don’t know where that random question came from. I didn’t notice at the core of my Spirit there was dominion DNA inside of me. It was naturally there, I just didn’t notice it.
Even with children, you care for them, they reach the toddler age and they tell you “Oh, I can do it by myself.” They are dead serious. You look at them and think “You just landed on this earth 12 months ago, now you are talking & telling me, you can do this by yourself?" What??? That is the Spirit of Dominion. It’s there.
The pursuit of power is the motivation of the human heart. We desire to control our environment and what’s happening to us. We want to control what’s going on. It’s the nature and spiritual heart of mankind. Man was created to exercise power and manage that power but never dominate people.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” - Moses
This was a part of God’s desire to extend his rulership from the supernatural realm to the physical by dominating the earth and the resources of the earth.
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Why did the King give mankind dominion?
Historically the word dominion has a culturally negative connotation. Some may associate dominion with oppression, bad leadership or forceful, extreme competition, total control over a territory or abuse. We can see this type of thing everywhere. It’s in schools, government, relationships, households, the work place, religious oppression or mental oppression. One thing I know for sure, no one likes to be dominated by anything or anyone.
Matthew stated: But The King called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant”
God, the ruler of Heaven, has given a concept of “dominion”. I think of it as “true dominion” or “Kingdom of Heaven Dominion”. A dominion that God put inside of us. God declared his first intention for mankind in this secret word “dominion”. I realized in order for me to truly understand himself and the God’s purpose I need to explore this word.
In order to get people on the same page. You have to define things in the right context and with the correct definition. This is a definition, in the context of God’s Kingdom.
In the book Rediscovering the Kingdom by Dr. Myles Munroe:
He gives a a clear definition:
To be given dominion means to be established as a sovereign, kingly ruler, master governor, responsible for reigning over a territory, with the inherent authority to represent and embody as a symbol, the territory, resources, and all that constitutes that kingdom.
I think I need to ponder on that for a week to get understanding but I realize this is the essence of our existence.
I was created with a dominion mandate from The King, which comes with a responsibility of representing the Kingdom Government of God. This will penetrate my lifestyle and everything I do on the earth. I become a reflection of the one who made me.
I’ll unlock more of this Kingdom Dominion in the next blog. Enjoy!
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What is the Kingdom of Heaven's Dominion?
Plain and simple. Let’s explore the word dominion in the context of the Kingdom of Heaven. We are looking at it from a Kingdom of God perspective. God made a declaration of “dominion” in Genesis 1:26.
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule (have dominion) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
This is the first declaration of mankind’s purpose. For man to understand himself and his purpose this word must be understood. The words rule and dominion have the same root word.
1. From the Hebrew, the idea comes from mamlakah and the Greek basileis. The definitions include “to rule,'“ “reign,” “to master” or “be king.”
2. The term mamlakah also denotes the area and the people that are a part of that “kingdom” (Domin)ion = Domain + Action
3. (King)dom contains the word King. The King is the symbol and glory of that Kingdom.
So mankind was created to be Kings and represent the territory of Heaven on the Earth, to embody all of the resources from heaven and carry everything that comes from heaven (including the nature, culture and character of the heavenly realm).
Mankind is God’s representative on earth.
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What is the connection between The King of Heaven and Mankind?
This the first declaration of God’s intent for you. This is what he the spoke and declared over all mankind:
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Gene)sis 1:26-27
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You can see purpose, assignment, potential, passion and design of a human being in Genesis 1:26-27. This was the mission statement of God concerning man’s creation.
Man was both created and made.
I know some people think they arrived on earth alone, but no one came into the earth without some type of relationship. In the Hebrew word bara, it means to be created from nothing. This is the mystery of the man’s spirit being, coming directly from the spirit of God.
“Then the Lord (Owner of the Earth) God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 The first man adam (adamah) created from the physical and contained God’s Spirit.
This mystery shows man’s spirit being a direct deposit of the Spirit of God, within that man carries the nature, inherent characteristics of the man’s source. This source is the Creator himself.In the Hebrew, Abba which is “Father”. God is the source and father of all mankind. Remember the prayer? “Our Father which is in Heaven ………. Our creator and source is in heaven. God has sourced everything, he sourced us all and we possess God’s nature and likeness from the inside out.
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What does it mean to be created in the image of God?
Ancient text tells us we were created in the image of God. Just like some children physically look like their mother or father. We a have a spiritual DNA, likeness and character.
The idea of being created in God’s image is not referring to physical characteristics. The root meaning in Hebrew comes from the word “tselem” and “demut”. This is referring to shading God’s spiritual likeness. Your internal spirit has God’s moral and spiritual nature. In that spirit holds the nature, character and essence of your Heavenly Father.
Reflection: If your internal spirit isn’t reflecting the Heavenly Father’s nature and character, maybe it’s time to think about who is sourcing and fathering you. We all have an internal moral compass for direction. Trust it.
We are not “God” but we are God-like. We are his spiritual children. We have dominion and rulership. We have the responsibility to exercise that God-like quality as an agent for him on the earth.
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Why did the King desire to transfer authority to Mankind?
In the scriptures, God specifically gave authority to mankind on the earth. Being a live human being gives you a legal earthly right to have authority on the earth. God did not say let “Us” have dominion on the earth.
When God created Adam and Eve they both were given Kingship. He commanded “them” to have dominion. This was the secret to power and authority from God to man. This came from heaven to the earth.
God always keeps his promises and his word. God’s spoken declaration creates a law on the earth. Mankind is the only legal authority on the earth that can act on The King’s behalf. We are in partnership with God.
Jesus (the man in an earthly body) Christ (the Spirit of God) was legal on the earth. That’s the power that you have. God expected his children to have dominion. He wanted their behavior to reflect it.
This set a stage for man’s assignment and measurement of success for his existence. This also relates to God’s purpose and plan for humans. God gave specific boundaries for rulership. God gave permission for us to rule and have dominion over creation of the earth and resources of the earth.
Here is an account of human to human domination not dominion: Genesis 4:4-6
And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor.
So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must (rule) over it.”
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Point Taken: We are commanded to love each other. The King stated, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” We were never created to rule our kind, we were created to rule creation and resources.
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What is Corporate Kingship and why is it important?
There are many ideologies have ruled men for thousands of years and generation to generation. Some of these labels are imperialism, socialism, communism, dictatorship, humanism, deism, democracy, and communal living. These things were tried and we are reaping the outcomes from many of these ideologies.
None of these have created the utopia that we are looking for. We can see nations and people all over the media crying out from something more. If you don’t notice it maybe you are turning a blind eye to the cries of humanity. We are all looking for a solution to problems and how the world effects us.
The original idea of Kingdom on earth is totally unique from all of the systems of the world and the ideology created and established by men. Our natural dominion mandate display that we are “rulers” and kings over the earth.
We are not to rule each other but exercise “corporate kingship.” Each person has a command to master, govern, rule, control and manage the earth and it’s resources. Everyone was created to be a king.
Jesus was called the King of kings in redeeming mankind back to their legal kingdom status. When the nation of Israel was released from oppression under the Kingdom of Egypt under the rulership of Pharaoh, God told them they must fully obey the God of Heaven and keep his commandments, then they will become a treasured nation. The whole earth will know you are a kingdom of priests and holy nation.
God always desired for unity for mankind, corporate kingship. He is the King of Kings and The Lord of Lords. Do you see the King in other people? Do you see the God given potential they have?
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What was the first and original purpose of the Kingdom of Heaven?
The ultimate goal of our Heavenly Father, our Creator, our loving God was to influence earth with heaven and to establish the invisible kingdom in a visible world.
God has a purpose, just like we have a purpose. His purpose was to have his will be done on this earth and the Kingdom of Heaven to be established on the earth just like there is a kingdom in Heaven.
He wanted this to be established through his Kings with wisdom, character, righteousness and purpose in the earth realm.
This will establish God’s original kingdom of kings and we will extend the dominion nature and will of our King to the earth.
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How was the Kingdom of Heaven lost?
In the beginning Adam lost the Kingdom of Heaven. Adam was the first representative of heaven’s kingdom on earth. Adam had the first legal heavenly relationship with God and the government of the Kingdom of Heaven. This is how the Holy Spirit was intimate with mankind from the beginning.
The consistent connection communication with God’s mind, will, purposes was available. This relationship made the Holy Spirit of God the most important person on earth. The Holy Spirt is a key component of the Kingdom of Heaven on the earth.
The Holy Spirit’s separation from mankind separated mankind from knowing the will and the mind of the government of heaven for earth.
Without the Holy Spirit, there is a disconnection from your dominion mandate. The kingship mandate gives you dominion over the earth, over creation, a relationship with God and access the Kingdom of Heaven.
The book of Genesis in chapter 3, there was an attack from the enemy, the devil. The goal of that attack was to drive man from the relationship and presence of God, disconnect mankind from access to the Kingdom of Heaven. This resulted in the loss of the Kingdom of Heaven.
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How did mankind fall from the Kingdom of Heaven?
The Kingdom of Heaven was conferred on Adam by God. He was given authority and rights to represent the Kingdom of Heaven and it was the greatest act of trust and a very high honor. With this comes influence over the earth. He symbolized the whole kingdom and all that it stands for. Inside of Adam was heaven’s government on earth.
This was the command Adam violated from God:
Genesis 2:17……but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Adam’s fall was not just a act of disobedience personally which only affected himself, but it was treason against God and the entire government of Heaven. In earthly kingdoms you will receive a death penalty for a act of treason against your country.
This disconnection wasn’t a physical death it was a spiritual death but the larger result was mankind’s disconnection from their true source and their original kingdom.
Adam’s fall was a declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Heaven, he lost his position as a representative, and lost kingdom dominion over the earth. Most importantly he lost the Holy Spirit.
Adam violated God’s word and commands. Adam lost his status to represent heaven, he lost his country, he was a king with no kingdom and no personal relationship with his heavenly Father.
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What are the consequences of rebellion against the Kingdom of Heaven?
Myles Munroe, a master teacher of kingdom truth, gave us a list of consequences to Kingdom of Heaven rebellion to review, they are listed below:
Toil, hatred for work, hard labor
Guilt, shame & shame that’s always on your mind
You give away your God given responsibility
Loss of Kingdom position
Fear of authority
Intimidated by authority
Discomfort /Pain
Seeking God through some type of religion
The need for human accountability
Spiritual death
Earth became a territory under an illegal government. Adam lost connection & he lost dominion and kingship over the earth. From this fall God created a restoration plan to reestablish mankind to the Kingdom he lost.
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How do we reconnect to the Kingdom of Heaven?
Most people believe that Heaven exists but most do not understand how Heaven can come to Earth. They look at the current state of humanity and it seems totally impossible or a foreign idea. We were always taught that we have to wait to experience and hopefully we will have a chance of entering into Heaven after we have passed away. You don’t have to weight to die to enter heaven. We are talking a a lifestyle that we can enter now.
Most have received the gift of salvation but do not know about the Kingdom on earth. They have entered a church or religious culture and are totally unaware of the Kingdom's rights they have access to. They are trying very hard to recover what was lost.
It’s very sad to see people busy and wearing themselves out on something they are afraid to admit isn’t work for them. Maybe they are afraid to express their true emotions and feelings.
I am not here to attack any one’s way but I remember Jesus saying in Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
I was that weary soul looking for peace and going to a place that gave me a belief system that was a half-truth. I saw the weary people in my family who had everything material that they needed but they were still unhappy. Still searching. Still unfilled. Still bored. Still using drugs. Still sleeping around. Still killing themselves. Still broke. How could heaven really be on earth I would think?
In reality, I lost my kingdom. I had the King but I was an ignorant king. I was ignorant to the fact of why my King came to this earth. That there was more to this life than just being saved, sitting in another church service, going to work, and waiting to die to go to heaven.
We have a promise of a King and reconnecting to him gives mankind access to the Kingdom of Heaven. His purpose for coming to earth and reconnecting with him was the reestablishment of His Kingdom on earth. This reestablishment starts now. God has already sent the solution to the problem.
God created a restoration and redemptive program to restore the Kingdom of God back on earth. Hoping to enter heaven when we die, is not our goal or focus. Through the promised Savior we have redemption, restoration and reestablishment of God’s Kingdom on the earth.
If you would like to reconnect to this Savior click here.
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Is it possible to be "saved" but not "converted"? A change of mind.
Upon receiving salvation through Jesus Christ are born again in the spirit, that is instant. It is a spiritual transaction in which our sins are cleaned by the blood of Jesus.
We have another task to work on. This is the renewed mind. Paul says “be transformed by the renewing of you mind. As believers we still have a mental issue that must be addressed.
Some people this may take a lifetime but for people who want to move forward we don’t have time for the works of the enemy. As children of God we have to relearn how to act and live as children of the Most High God.
Some are bringing their old habits and mentality in to this original Kingdom.
We have to manage ourselves. We have to use discipline and stop over drinking, stealing, anger, control jealousy and envy, put away drugs, stop immoral sexual activity, mismanagement, gossip, internal hatred and the list can go on. We have to think about the outcome of life and fulfillment of purpose.
We have to keep our hearts, mind and bodies pure. We cannot live in a way that doesn’t honor ourselves, our family, and our God and community. I am not the only one who fights this. We all have to cast down every imagination. I have to daily update my mental hard drive with the correct information. We live in a world that can be moved by so many ideas and emotions. We have to think like Kings again.
Our Kingdom citizenship requires a new mind. A change in thinking, believing and philosophy. We have to recognize our place and the rights give to us to us by the Creator.
We have to fulfill our Kingdom purpose and destiny on this earth. This is good news. It’s about taking over what Adam lost from sin and disobedience. You can draw closer to God and he will help you. It’s about living out our dominion mandate from God.
If you would like to reconnect to the King click here.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6
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