This is a special 2020 Encore Episode. Agree with me at the end in a prayer of Providence and Design over your life. In challenging times, we have to be proactive with our vision. Here are 4 vital steps to optimize the challenge to your vision: 1) Recommit to achieving your vision 2) Innovate new powerful strategies 3) Key - Give thanks to the Creator 4) Now accelerate success. Challenges are a gift ... they are an invitation to step up. To be more. And to do more. (These powerful ideas are trac...
Dec 29, 2020•30 min•Ep. 167
We see the dance of heaven and earth in the Christmas narratives of Matthew and Luke. A faith-response on earth surrounds even the incarnation of Christ. And because Advent is Advancing, we can live today with this Christmas Dynamic. Heaven moves. We move. The best things happen on the Father's Dance Floor! See the show notes page for this Christmas Series at JesusSmart.com/christmas2020 Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmar...
Dec 23, 2020•19 min•Ep. 166
You can be Christmas Chordic this Christmastime! Opportunity is wrapped in chaos. Disruptive Innovation upsets and supersedes the status quo, and everything goes to a new level. How should we live in the true spirit of Christmas all year long? 1) The knowledge of the Holy One sustains us. 2) Welcome the Holy Spirit to overshadow your person, your situation. 3) Listen for the creative heavenly Word. 4) Then, take obedient action. See the show notes page for this Christmas Series at JesusSmart.com...
Dec 17, 2020•27 min•Ep. 165
Hark! The Herald Content Creators speak! It's a special Christmas Crossover episode via MANIFOLD MINISTRIES. You'll hear Ally Rossborough from the Freedom & Truth blog and Stephen Lauterbach, the purveyor of Manifold Ministries and the host of the Despite Popular Belief podcast. And yours truly is in the mix too! We discuss everything Christmas ... traditions, truths, misconceptions, and who put up their Christmas tree before Thanksgiving. We had a blast coming together. Hark! We hope you en...
Dec 15, 2020•51 min•Ep. 164
Did you know that the First Christmas was an invasion? The King is back! Advent is not just something we look back to. It's in THE NOW. And it's in THE FUTURE. Advent is advancing! This changes prayer, what we imagine is possible, and our decision-making. See the show notes page for this Christmas Series at JesusSmart.com/christmas2020 Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast...
Dec 10, 2020•26 min•Ep. 163
We can cultivate all things (think Eden!), releasing hidden potential all around us. Capture Part 2 of my coffee-shop dialogue with Bruce Colbert. Are we willing to discover our real life in Christ's Kingdom Enterprise? And let's reconceive something -- Ekklesia (the Church) is for societal good. Not a "Churchianity." It's all wrapped up in the image of God in us! (Listen to Ep 158 for Part 1 of our dialogue.) See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter...
Dec 03, 2020•42 min•Ep. 162
Is there chaos around you? This will be surprising, but you're positioned to experience something new. A different expression of Higher Design. Chaos Theory is the study of how tiny variables can transform chaos into new patterns of design and purpose. You have "Chaordic" Capacity in Christ! Insert these 5 Dynamic Kingdom Variables into the chaos to release a new order in your life and your world of influence. See all of the Godspeed episodes at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and kee...
Nov 24, 2020•16 min•Ep. 161
As Creator-King, God places his image in the earth in man and woman. Everyone has it as a baseline expression. And yet, in Christ, God's image goes to a higher level. This is heaven's secret sauce for influencing all things via us! Right here. Right now. The image of God is renewed in us through the Holy Spirit. The opportunity cost for negligence is way too high. See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases...
Nov 17, 2020•37 min•Ep. 160
There comes a point when we need to talk about your secret advantage in Christ -- receiving and releasing supernatural sound. Developing in Christ is a continuum. Are you on the Christ Continuum? If so, the opportunity cost of failing to develop in supernatural sound is too high. Elevate to your privilege as daughters and sons of God in Christ! (Tight Godspeed episode!) See all of the Godspeed episodes at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases P...
Nov 05, 2020•12 min•Ep. 159
Here's a dialogue, a confabulation, a royal riff with J.C.L. Faltot! We are called to lives of influence ... salt, light, Kingdom leaven, all pointing to the coming Kingdom. And, yes, this includes political engagement. How do we think clearly and navigate this? Upstream from politics is culture, then worldview, and then belief systems. And upstream from it all ... the unseen spiritual domain. See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current...
Oct 29, 2020•31 min•Ep. 158
It's time for the American Church to rise with One Voice and refuse silence! Sean Feucht is leading open-air worship across the nation. In this episode, experience live worship from the capital of California and a prophetic decree from Samuel Rodriguez for the nation. Will you hear the sound of an awakening? See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast...
Oct 20, 2020•21 min•Ep. 157
Go further on this theme of being super-creative in the Spirit. Keys include communing with the Holy Spirit as a matter of lifestyle and bringing order to your own life ... then from that core you can stretch and influence the world around you. As you develop, you can supersede challenges and exploit opportunities. This is Part 2 of a dialogue with Adam Carver, pastor and business owner from Shipley, England. (Catch up with the first part in episode 153.) See the show notes page for this episode...
Oct 13, 2020•28 min•Ep. 156
Why live under a lid? That's right -- you have the potential to be super-creative. In all life domains. And in the world you influence. Especially when you relate to the Holy Spirit and allow his creativity to partner with you. Challenges can be superseded. Opportunities can be exploited. Adam Carver from Shipley, England is our special guest in this episode. See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podc...
Oct 06, 2020•39 min•Ep. 155
Successfully following Jesus means that we truly live by God's Perfect Pitch and not by sight. We live by Supernatural Sound and not the sights, sounds, and so on of this natural, fallen world. We position ourselves to hear, develop our inner ear ... and then we release Supernatural Sound with praise, prayer, and proclamation. It dominates, releasing blessing! Go to JesusSmart.com/godspeed to see a complete list of Godspeed episodes Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episo...
Sep 30, 2020•12 min•Ep. 154
Pray with me. Here's another empowering Kingdom Prayer Dynamic ... with forceful prayer, we can occupy spaces and places leading to the manifestation of God's will. In this episode, we draw on the Intercessors for America site and pray and decree over the empty seat in the United States Supreme Court. This is the 9th in a new prayer series we are creating that will become its own podcast soon. (This episode is more diesel than moped or vespa!) "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepte...
Sep 22, 2020•10 min•Ep. 153
In Christ you have a true superpower -- it's the power to consecrate things. You can bring things under the leadership and lordship of King Jesus. It's Higher Design. We need to consecrate new frontiers -- transitions, new seasons, opportunities. On the other side of each frontier is new territory you're destined to possess! Listen for 6 key takeaways. Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast A...
Sep 16, 2020•31 min•Ep. 152
Is the Holy Spirit breathing on a Kingdom trendline today ... the Micro Ekklesia? Could Jesus be recovering something original and radical? Is an ancient-futurist expression of a "city on a hill" emerging that moves the needle in society and culture? Jesus co-opted a secular construct and infused it with Kingdom DNA -- and it's the real authority! Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Apostolic Christ-Followers Series Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podca...
Sep 09, 2020•28 min•Ep. 151
Are you "born again" as Jesus taught? Then you are "in Christ." And that means you are enthroned with him above everything IN THE NOW. So the key is to cultivate a consistent consciousness of that -- live and move "above the line." You can pray and decree down into earth-borne scenarios from King Jesus' POV - Point of View. And execute in life and work from your positioning with Christ! We can develop in this and positively win from heaven's perspective. Go to the show notes page for this episod...
Sep 02, 2020•35 min•Ep. 150
Pray with me. Here's another empowering Kingdom Prayer Dynamic ... we can pray down the plumbline of Christ into earth-borne scenarios. In this episode, we pray for America and China. (If you live in another nation, you can use this prayer template in your context.) If you're "in Christ," then you are "seated with Christ" in the heavenlies. Pray down into scenarios. Pray that things will align with Christ's plumbline -- that the executive will of the Father will be realized in the earth. This is...
Aug 27, 2020•10 min•Ep. 149
Let's be real -- every vision is challenged. In those times, we have to be proactive with our vision. Here are 4 vital steps to optimize the challenge to your vision: 1) Recommit to achieving your vision 2) Innovate new powerful strategies 3) Key - Give thanks to the Creator 4) Now accelerate success. Challenges are a gift ... they are an invitation to step up. To be more. And to do more. (These powerful ideas are traced back to Dr. Bruce Wilkinson.) Go to the show notes page for this episode at...
Aug 26, 2020•26 min•Ep. 148
Pray with me. Here's another interesting Kingdom Prayer Dynamic ... prayer is limitless! As we develop in prayer, we access the total possibilities of God. This is the 7th in a new prayer series we are creating that will become its own podcast soon. We pray for the American election. (If you live in another nation, you can use this prayer template in your context at any time.) God is the "Supreme Judge of the World" (American Declaration of Independence). We stand in faith that God will sway the...
Aug 20, 2020•8 min•Ep. 150
King Jesus is coming. And he will restore all things ... the new heavens and new earth are on the horizon. (Are you up for this?) He wants to design your life as a preview of coming attractions. Steve Witt (Senior Leader, Bethel Cleveland) says that if we center on Jesus and talk him up, a “spirit of prophecy” will be activated. All things are possible. This is part 2 of a “pregnant” conversation. It includes a unique, prophetic perspective of the City of Cleveland and the State of Ohio. Be sure...
Aug 18, 2020•48 min•Ep. 144
Jesus is the Ultimate Coming Attraction. Both now and future. And he is zealous to design our lives as a preview of what's coming! Steve Witt (Senior Leader, Bethel Cleveland) says that if we center on Jesus and talk him up, a "spirit of prophecy" will be activated. He's living it. We then access the All-Possibilities of God and everything is subject to transformation. This is part 1 of a "pregnant" conversation. It includes a prophetic understanding of Cleveland, Ohio ... poised for a Kingdom "...
Aug 12, 2020•44 min•Ep. 146
Imagine what could be on the other side of your strong decision. Could there be a clear connection between your decisiveness and Providence moving to help you? Scottish mountaineer William Hutchison Murray is convinced there is. Inertia = misery. Movement = joy and energy. Is life asking you to make a move on something? Don't underestimate the interplay between you and Providence. What would your future self say? Go to the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com Get the Jesus Smart eL...
Aug 05, 2020•24 min•Ep. 145
Pray with me. Here's another interesting Kingdom Prayer Dynamic! ... We can pray for the full-on exposure of evil. We can start with our personal world and expand to the macro world of nations and even geopolitics (and everything in between). We are the light of God in Christ (see Ephesians 5)! The white-hot light of Christ exposes everything, producing clarity and acumen. In this episode, I share this Kingdom Prayer Dynamic and then we pray! This is the 6th in a new prayer series we are creatin...
Jul 30, 2020•11 min•Ep. 144
In part 2 of this insightful discussion with Kevin Cloud, author of God & Hamilton , we focus on slavery and today's race relations, the empowerment of women, and how we are co-creators with the Ultimate Creator. Alexander Hamilton was an influential American Founder ... second only to George Washington. How does his life speak to us in our time on these themes and others? Kevin Cloud's book draws upon Hamilton, the acclaimed Broadway musical. (You can hear part 1 in episode 139.) See the sh...
Jul 29, 2020•28 min•Ep. 143
The acclaimed Broadway musical Hamilton is now a part of the American cultural conversation. Inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, the extraordinary musical resonates with many on themes of faith, race, and immigration. Kevin Cloud, the author of God & Hamilton , is with us in this episode. Our conversation centers on spiritual themes from the life of Alexander Hamilton, an influential American Founder ... second only to George Washington. How does his life speak ...
Jul 21, 2020•35 min•Ep. 142
So you're born again in Christ. Fine. But here's something the Snake doesn't want you to know -- you have authority in Christ to redefine and "name" things in harmony with Higher Design. It's a Sovereign King / Vice-Regent partnership. The Creator-human enterprise is back in play! Get the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode releases Podcast Archive >> JesusSmart.com/category/podcast...
Jul 15, 2020•23 min•Ep. 141
Catch the 2nd part of this important conversation with Willie and Rachel Scott, along with J.C.L. Faltot ... they bring a fresh Kingdom point of view to racism, the protests, and rioting. Jesus is the Ultimate Free Thinker. And we're pretty sure he intends for those who follow him to be free thinkers too. Higher thinking. Includes a short audio excerpt from Dr. Michael Brown. (You can hear the 1st part of the conversation in episode 134.) See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.co...
Jul 08, 2020•40 min•Ep. 137
The "American Experiment" is singular in world history. It's not a nation founded on ethnicity or the legacy of a monarchy. American DNA is made up of high ideas -- the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Unalienable Rights are given by the Creator. Not man. Not human government. Is America on the edge of a Third Great Awakening?
Jul 03, 2020•30 min•Ep. 141
