As I continue to walk with the Lord, He daily impresses on me the importance of understanding that I do not need to become something...because I already am someone! This someone is a righteous son of God, perfectly loved by the Father, who exists to uniquely manifest Christ. The reality of this revelation is the dynamo of the mind renewal process.

us. ​What are these “works”? Simply put, we are called to be Jesus - in word and deed. We are to represent our Father to the lost and broken, as Jesus did. This call is about more than words, philosophies, and theologies. It is about manifesting what the Father is doing.

We are often so focused on pursuing the works associated with our calling that we miss the one essential fact: He is our call. God is not interested in what we do for Him, but in us realizing who we are in Him. This revelation of our identity draws us deeper and deeper into intimacy with Him. This is true worship. He is our prize. The good works

To “walk in the Spirit” is to remain keenly aware of God’s presence in every moment of our lives. This awareness is facilitated by the Spirit of God acting upon the human mind. We are never left to think, speak, or act on our own because the indwelling Christ is always with us by His Spirit. As we walk with Him, the Holy Spirit will guide us in all

Our discernment grows strong through practice, but what does such practice look like? Spiritual discernment is personal because God reveals things differently to each of His children. An easy way to grow discernment is to first agree with God that He wants to use our mind and body to share His world with us. As we agree with Him in this area, we

As we walk with Christ, we are transformed to see and experience the world as He does. The spiritual realm and the natural realm are in constant interaction. Although these two realms are quite different in substance, the Holy Spirit teaches us how to perceive His spiritual hand in the material world. In other words, the Holy Spirit reveals to us

Our goal as Christians is not to escape from the natural realm (Buddhism’s nirvana) or lose ourselves in hyper-spiritualized living. Rather, it is to experience the world as Jesus does. This experience empowers our awareness and perception of spiritual realities. As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2, we now “understand spiritual realities with

Because of the Holy Spirit, we have communion (“co-union”) with both Jesus and the Father. As our mind is renewed, this communion progressively colors our worldview, allowing us to perceive the world through a spiritual lens. The perceived separation between God’s realm and ours begins to disappear. The

The manifestation of the graces in my life came about less from me pursuing them and more from me pursuing Christ and becoming aware of my identity in Him. They were and are a natural overflow of my intimacy with Christ. As we discover more of the One who is within us, He will continue to reveal what has already been made freely available. However,