The Bishop’s Mind: Christian Wisdom, Daily Devotionals & Empowering Messages for Kingdom Living

  Fear: Forget Everything and Run — Understanding Life Through Consciousness "He will destroy the land of Egypt and execute death for death, captivity for captivity, and sword for sword." – Jeremiah 43:11    Life is consciousness. Consciousness is our awareness of God and our awareness of the good that God represents. The quality of life we experience is influenced by this consciousness, which manifests in different degrees and forms.    When Christ appears as life, that life becomes the light that lights every person coming into the world. What we are conscious of, what we are aware of, what we focus upon, and what we give our time, talent, treasure, and energy to all contribute to the reality we experience.    Jeremiah 43:11 reveals a sobering principle through the judgment coming upon Egypt. Egypt would experience death for death, captivity for captivity, and sword for sword. This illustrates the biblical principle of sowin...

  The Gift of Choice: Choosing the Way of Life "Furthermore, tell my people, this is what the Lord says: See, I AM setting before you the way of life and the way of death." – Jeremiah 21:8    One of the greatest gifts that God has given humanity is not speaking in tongues, prophecy, the working of miracles, the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, the discerning of spirits, or the interpretation of tongues. One of the greatest gifts God has given humanity is the gift of choice.    Choice is a divine gift given to every person as God's beloved offspring, created in the image and likeness of God. People have the ability to decide. They have the ability to choose.    Every decision involves a movement away from one possibility and toward another. In that sense, decision means death to one thing and life to something else. When we choose one path, we release another. When we say yes to one possibility, we are saying no to ...

  My Kingdom Call: 6 Steps to Becoming a Kingdom Citizen    There is a process to becoming a kingdom citizen. Whether individuals are coming from metaphysics, New Thought, or traditional Christian beliefs, certain foundational elements must be addressed. Before something new can be built and planted, there are things that must first be uprooted, torn down, destroyed, and overthrown. Transitioning into the kingdom is an active process that requires this foundational work. This is the Kingdom Call . "See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant." – Jeremiah 1:10 Part 1: What Must Be Uprooted, Torn Down, Destroyed, and Overthrown 1. Uproot Limiting Self-Beliefs    The first part of the Kingdom Call is to uproot limiting self-beliefs . Beliefs that say people are unworthy, not good enough, insignificant, or merely a nobody must be ...

  Increasing Your Value: From Wood to Stones, Bronze to Silver, and Silver to Gold Isaiah 60:22 "A little one shall become a thousand, increasing in value, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will speed things up." – Isaiah 60:22     God is increasing your value. There are seasons in life when circumstances, rejection, disappointment, failure, or even experiences of bondage and captivity can cause people to forget how valuable they truly are. Pain can distort perception. When people have been mistreated or diminished for long periods of time, they may begin to believe that their circumstances define their worth.    But captivity does not determine value. Difficult experiences do not determine value. Other people's opinions do not determine value. Your value comes from God.    God brings people out of captivity because they are valuable. God restores consciousness because people are worthy of restoration. As consciousn...

  Turn on the Light: Discover the Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding Within You Isaiah 59:9 "It seems like justice is far from us. It appears that righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness. For brightness, but we walk in deep shadows." – Isaiah 59:9     Turn on the light. When life becomes dark, confusing, uncertain, or overwhelming, it can feel as though there is no clear direction. We may look for answers and find more questions. We may search for clarity and encounter confusion. We may look for brightness, only to feel as though we are walking through deep shadows.    Yet there is a powerful spiritual truth to remember: the light is within you. Turn on the light and become aware of the light that is already present within your being.    No matter how dark the situation appears, there is light available. You are connected to the light of God. Jesus declared that He was the light of the world...

  A Soft Answer: How Love, Intention, and the Holy Spirit Transform Our Words Proverbs 15:1 "A soft answer extinguishes wrath, but harsh speech incites rage." – Proverbs 15:1     It is not just what you say; it is the way you say it. This is one of the foundational principles of kingdom living. Words carry energy, intention, emotion, and consciousness. The same words can produce completely different results depending upon the spirit, attitude, tone, and intention behind them.    When we look at the kingdom of perfection, the entire kingdom system will be detailed in the Kingdom Study Bible (KSB) . The kingdom process, kingdom principles, kingdom practices, and kingdom promises will all help us develop a conscious and defining kingdom within the Scriptures.    Kingdom living is not simply about learning the right words. It is about becoming the kind of person from whom the right words naturally flow. It is a way of being, a wa...

  Who Do You Desire to Be When You Grow Up? Becoming the Beloved of God "Beloved, now are we the offspring of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. For what we know is that when Christ appears, we will be mirror images of Christ." – 1 John 3:1     I AM becoming more of the beloved offspring of God than I already am.    Who do you desire to be when you grow up? Many of us remember being asked that question as children. We may have answered, "I want to be a doctor," "I want to be a nurse," "I want to be a firefighter," "I want to be a teacher," or perhaps even "I want to be the president."    As children, however, we may not have fully understood the difference between want and desire . We often described a career, a position, or something we admired without understanding the deeper question of who we were becoming.    There is a difference between what we want and what we deeply desire. In this t...