God is love. Everything that comes from him is love-based. All of creation is "coded" with love. So things work in their best state when authentic love is present. When we live a love lifestyle, we harmonize with God's design in all things. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS What is built according to the "Master Craftsman" must be built with love. Love is laying down your life for someone or something -- "By this we know love, because He l...
Aug 09, 2018•9 min•Ep. 19
Family is vital -- it's a ginormous value with the Creator. Willie and Rachel Scott are the founders of Better Than Blended. The reality is that the family is under assault. But the good news is that the family spirit of God overcomes the challenges today’s families face. We are empowered to enjoy the potential of a beautiful and powerful family life. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS We are created to cultivate and keep (guard) things. Th...
Aug 07, 2018•31 min•Ep. 18
Apostolic Christ-following is missional -- it pushes the mission and story of God forward. And here's the beauty ... you get clear on your life story and set it within the larger story of Jesus. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Apostolic Christ-following sees over the horizon. It's next-level thinking and seeing. Apostolic Christ-following starts new things in new spaces and places. It's fresh Kingdom expression. Apostolic Christ-followin...
Aug 03, 2018•11 min•Ep. 17
Jesus is the standard. The template. He models for us what the Normal Christian Life looks like. There's a difference between the Average Christian life and the Normal Christian Life. Jesus shows us what the norm is. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode at JesusSmart.com HIGHLIGHTS As we progressively know the Creator -- the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit -- we understand creation and our role in it. As we progress in our revelation and knowledge of Christ, we progre...
Jul 31, 2018•29 min•Ep. 16
I believe the Holy Spirit is inviting and prodding Christ-followers today to develop into "apostolic people." It has everything to do with a CHRISTO-CENTRIC faith experience and lifestyle. It's not man-centered. Or me-centered. Christ is the foundation of the Higher Design in our lives. In everything we become. In everything we do. And he's the foundation of the Father's work in our world. If we want to live with brimming, abundant life, a life that is above and beyond ... we must take up our cr...
Jul 26, 2018•9 min•Ep. 15
There’s so much wrangling and ballyhoo about theology! What is God like, really? How does he relate to us, and interact with us? What is the Kingdom of God anyway? In this episode: Jesus is perfect theology. What you’re about to hear is a conversation with Jake Veach. He’s a staff pastor at Bethel Cleveland, with Senior Pastors Steve and Cindy Witt. He’s also the Director of the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry Cleveland. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart....
Jul 24, 2018•34 min•Ep. 14
A beginner’s mind will open us to new possibilities. “Beginner’s mind” is a concept that comes from Zen Buddhism. I’m not a Buddhist, but this particular concept resonates with me. It’s a mindset, an approach to life that is open, boundless, limitless and infinitely wealthy. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com HIGHLIGHTS Our mind easily becomes closed and limiting. We may feel secure and proud in our dogmatism. But it stifles life-force. A beginner’s mind is a...
Jul 19, 2018•7 min•Ep. 13
When you seek the Larger Story of Jesus Christ and His Kingdom, your personal life story works at its highest level. You position yourself for the Higher Design you crave deep down. A key part of this quest is meaningful connections in the Body of Christ. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com HIGHLIGHTS Some of the highlights from my conversation with Ronald Smith: Your pathway to your best life design is set within the larger story of the corporate design of th...
Jul 17, 2018•34 min•Ep. 12
Are you facing a stiff challenge? Or maybe a promising opportunity, but it seems like such a long shot. There are advantages to being an underdog—we’re forced to be creative and innovative. We break out of that limiting “box” to potentially rise to a new level. ----more---- The almost 3000-year-old account of David and Goliath is the perfect underdog touchstone. The ginormous Philistine arrogantly presumed how the life and death contest would play out. But he had no way of knowing what was comin...
Jul 12, 2018•10 min•Ep. 11
So how's the signal-to-noise ratio in your life? We surely know what the noise sounds like. But what about the signal of God's voice signature? It makes all the difference. ----more---- Imagine a child learning to tune themselves to the voice signature of the Creator. What could the course of their life be like? And what about you as an adult? Will you embrace Jesus' offer of a Second Childhood ... this time setting you up for the full music and story of your life? We must be born again. We must...
Jul 10, 2018•27 min•Ep. 10
Kids are being taught to slow unplug, slow down, and hear God through his Word! Coaching our kids to tune their inner person to the voice signature of God is vital for their lives. Lectio Divina is a spiritual practice which began in the 3rd century. It's seeing a resurgence in recent years. We believe it's a Holy Spirit trend line! And now, it's been adapted for children! ----more---- To our knowledge, there's no resource out there like it. Hear Part 1 of a fascinating conversation with the cre...
Jul 03, 2018•25 min•Ep. 9
Jesus has every answer and solution we need or want. And in every sphere—personal, family, finances, business, community, society. Is there something in your life that is screaming for the extreme mastery of Jesus? ----more---- What information do you need from Him? Is there something in your life or sphere of influence that requires the brilliance and mastery of Jesus? See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com JESUS SMART: THE PODCAST Click to receive the Jesus Smart eLetter an...
Jun 28, 2018•8 min•Ep. 8
Is the Holy Spirit restoring the church today? Something closer to what Jesus really meant when he said, “I will build my Ekklesia ” … a Kingdom community of Christ-followers who bring heaven’s culture into all spaces and places? If the Church is vital to the Big Story that God is pursuing -- as vital as the New Testament claims -- then we really can’t afford to get this wrong. ----more---- This is part 2 of my provocative conversation with Hope Taylor, an influencer in a movement today that is ...
Jun 26, 2018•27 min•Ep. 7
Here's a Kingdom secret that few experience -- all things belong to you, as you belong to Christ. This is what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Church in Corinth. "All things belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God" (1 Cor. 3). It's as we truly value and belong to Christ, that all things are ours! ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com JESUS SMART: THE PODCAST Click to receive the Jesus Smart eLetter and keep current with podcast episode r...
Jun 21, 2018•10 min•Ep. 6
It's stunning what Jesus said: "I will build my EKKLESIA." It was a secular Greek concept and word. The Romans adopted it as well. The meaning is a called-out assembly of citizens who gather. Their objective was to bring the rule and culture of the emperor to a new area. Is Jesus looking for his church to colonize the earth with his world ... the Kingdom of God? If so, this is much bigger than attending church. ----more---- See show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com JESUS SMART: THE ...
Jun 19, 2018•22 min•Ep. 5
Jesus-followers are uniquely positioned to bring reconciliation into settings. The Apostle Paul wrote that we have been given the ministry of reconciliation from Father God. Reconciliation simply means to connect or put back together again. Kim Snyder is an intercessor, someone who stands inbetween and bridges the gap. She's filled with love for the police. She's equally filled with lover for activists, protestors, and even rioters. ----more---- She has a special love for Cleveland, a city in th...
Jun 14, 2018•53 min•Ep. 4
Dallas Willard said that God is the only perfectly free being in all of reality. Here’s what’s amazing: The Godhead invites us into Ultimate Freedom. That is, until she was born anew -- born from above -- and radically converted to Jesus Christ and his world ... his Kingdom. Now her life is all about freedom. ----more---- Kim leads an initiative that brings hundreds and thousands into more of the freedom that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit enjoy. See the show notes page for this episode on Jes...
Jun 13, 2018•49 min•Ep. 3
Is something sick or dying in your world? It’s comeback time ... Peter modeled 3 Kingdom dynamics to see someone or something experience new life. He learned it from Jesus -- and there’s no reason why we can’t do the same. ----more---- It's a "Kingdom template" you can lay over any situation ... A relationship. Finances, career, or business. Ministry. A project. A cause. See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com JESUS SMART: THE PODCAST Click to receive the Jesus Smart eLetter a...
Jun 12, 2018•11 min•Ep. 2
Is there a "Kingdom insurrection" underway among Jesus-followers? Frank Viola has a strong conviction we may be in the beginning stages of an insurgence -- a resurrection insurrection within the Church to reclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom. ----more---- See the show notes page for this episode on JesusSmart.com A RESURRECTION INSURRECTION! Take a fresh look at what Jesus said. And what he modeled as seen in the Gospels of the New Testament. It's stunning. How have we missed this? His life message...
Jun 08, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 1
