We do not leave an inheritance, we live one! We are the seed we plant into the lives of those who follow us. Set high, godly standards for your soul and keep rising. Watch the grace to mentor and build others to follow the Jesus in you!

Make decisions our souls can live with! My Mom had a saying: “My soul be on thy guard.” As people, we are surrounded by an economy of low standards, programmed ethics, and limited morals. It is easy for human nature to conform as the distance between Jesus’s true Church and those whose just take a seat every Sunday keeps getting wider. The Lord declares a right now reality in Matthew 24: 12 saying: “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Sin is taking its last big lap before the Rapture comes, therefore, where our souls stand in relationship with Christ is always being tested. Never do what we can do over what we should do! Wisdom and knowledge are the stability of these times, and the strength of our salvation to establish priorities and know what’s most important to God. Our souls are always being tested. Pass with our obedience to God.

The distinction of maturity is our capacity to establish priorities and know what’s most important. It is time to prioritize Jesus and what makes us as He is. Which values drive your spirit? What is so eternally stamped in us that if we no longer lived it, we could no longer be? God does not suggest or provide a list of options. Values are all about how we work out our soul’s salvation. Values are how God reveals those that belong to him. Values draw a supernatural line of integrity that reveals the character of God in us. Sacrifice is not a replacement for obedience. Obedience is respect for the values important to God.

Saved or unsaved, Jesus’s designs on us will not change. When Jesus gathered His disciples the first thing we recognize is they were already working. Jesus came to them in their element and in their gift. Notice that Jesus did not change their calling as fishermen; He upgraded their catch and their results to fish with love and bring Him glory! We will never be more in the sanctuary than we are on the streets! Be dependable in our everyday experiences to show everybody what Jesus looks like and lives like. The call of God is centered in His voice and is a summons from God to prepare for His redemptive work here on earth!

The fullness of God is not possible without our obedience. God’s principles reflect Jesus’s character and capacity but also guide the mindset and the behavior of His followers to obey. Righteousness, justice, humility, forgiveness, obedience, faithfulness are key principles that reflect Jesus’s reality in us. Obedience is love in action and increases our capacity to live His principles again and again.

Our distinction, our power begins with our obedience. We can fulfill all of God’s plans with obedience at work. Our obedience will always get satan’s attention and his anger because it is our authority. No one else is practicing obedience to Christ except the Church; that is how Jesus is building us to finish well and complete every assignment He gave us. There is no power that defeats our obedience to Christ.

Faith is only real when it can endure two things: tests and time. Faith understands the goodness of God is eternal and never limited or lost in time. Faith is anchored by patience. Faith has a never turn-back anointing to know that God created time to keep us organized in our souls while His plans manifest. The only thing God’s promise can do is fulfill itself. This is a journey, not a sprint. See His promise from here. Joy is the strength to stand and do it again! Joy makes faith ready; patience makes faith endure.

We all choose a god. We all choose who we will serve. And like Adam, we are our first choice until we realize our capacity is nothing apart from Christ. Therefore, our greatest decision in life is giving all diligence to get to heaven and live the power of God's kingdom here on earth as we make our hearts subject to the will of God. Realizing the only way to really know Christ is to suffer and die with Him then experience His resurrection power that brought Him back to life again. Be the one who lives in His complete fullness and newness of life being alive from the dead things in this world. That is how His kingdom comes and how His will gets done and we bring others to the obedience of faith.