SIGHTS, SOUNDS, & STORIES 💥

  WHEN CREATIVES CREATE RELEASING HEAVEN THROUGH YOUR CREATIVE EXPRESSION When you think of creating, what comes to mind?  Art is creativity in one of its most loved forms; however, the arts are just one way to be creative. Creativity, in fact, isn’t reserved for only the artists.  All humans create.  And this creativity is a spiritual weapon given to us by God Himself for such a time as this. Our creative expression has the capacity to release Heaven or unleash hell. We’re either altar-builders or idol-makers. We’re either creating space for the Lord or for the enemy.  In this powerful, revelation-packed book, you will: Be activated in your identity, authority, and power as a creative who is made in the image of Creator God and is filled with His Spirit. Learn to recognize and remove idols from your life and replace them with altars of pure worship to the Lord. Discover how your creative expression can dismantle the darkness and release the presence and power o...

Look around right now. Wherever you're at, scan your environment . What do you see ?  I would imagine that you are surrounded by created objects. If you’re at home, you might see a couch or a desk. Maybe a bed or yesterday’s unfolded laundry. (Oops, too real?) If you’re on the go, you might see a car or a fence or a building. Maybe a sidewalk or a playground or your lunch. Regardless of the item, they all have something in common: they were created. A creator — an architect, a designer, an engineer, a chef — someone took delight in creating everything you see for a specific use in a specific environment.  A leather couch is best used indoors, while a cement sidewalk is found outside. Submerging a blow dryer in water can have deadly consequences whereas there is no use for a submarine on dry land. If you take the created item out of the environment it was designed for, it won’t function optimally nor will it fulfill it’s intended purpose. Humans are created beings… handmade...

“Release the sights and sounds of Heaven!” In June 2021, as I was preparing a message to share with the worship and media team I lead, I felt God drop two words into my spirit: “sight” and “sound.” As recorded in Genesis, we initially meet God in a creative expression of sight and sound.  Genesis 1:1-3 NKJV 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. First God speaks—He releases a sound—and at the sound of His voice, everything changes! His sound gives brith to life in the universe. And guess what. He’s given you that same ability to release a sound! You have a mouth and a tongue and vocal cords, and when you use them, you have the capacity to co-create with God.  One SOUND from Heaven can change everything. Scripture declares the power of life and death is ...

We’re in a season where God is breathing on the creative in a unique way. In fact, I believe God can use our creative expressions as a catalyst for revival! The prophet Zechariah tells us that when the people of Judah were in despair with no hope left, the craftsman (or the creatives) came to defeat the powers of darkness. Never underestimate the power of creativity. It’s a spiritual weapon that terrifies the enemy! For more on this, check out these previous posts: “BUT THE CRAFTSMEN” and “WHEN IN WAR, CREATE.” And see Zechariah 1:18-21 and 2:1-5. With the exception of a few verses, we know almost nothing about Jesus's earthly childhood and adolescence. There are 30 years - over 10,000 days - of events from His life that are unrecorded in Scripture. But there is one detail about the early years of Jesus that we are privileged to know: God chose Joseph to be Jesus's earthly father, and Joseph was a carpenter... a craftsman.  God specifically chose the home of a craftsman...