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

  What’s on Your Shoulders and Who Put It There? "Joshua told them, ‘Go across the Jordan River ahead of the ark of the Lord your God. Every one of you must pick up one stone from the spot where your feet first touch the water. There must be as many stones as there are tribes.’" – Joshua 4:5    What’s on your shoulders and who put it there? Are you carrying a burden that was never assigned by divine order? When a responsibility feels heavy, draining, and overwhelming, it may not have originated from the Divine.    Jesus reminds us that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. While responsibilities and duties are part of life, when they come from divine calling, they are accompanied by grace, energy, anointing, and strength. Divine assignments never arrive alone they bring provision with them.    Carrying loads not placed on your shoulders by divine order leads to burnout, stress, frustration, and a desire to give up. ...

  A New Victorious Life: Power Over Death, the Devil, and Defeat "Since the children have flesh and blood, the Divine One too shared in their humanity so that by that death, the power of the one who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—might be broken." – Hebrews 2:14, Kingdom Study Bible    Humanity is invited into a new victorious life through the Kingdom Process of Balance embracing both life and death as divine pathways to transformation. This victorious life arises from the shared humanity of the Divine One, affirming that we are beloved offspring, made in the image and likeness of the Divine. As the Firstborn among many, the Divine One embodies full humanity and full divinity, extending authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions over all the power of the adversary. All power in heaven and on earth flows through the Christ, and that same power is bestowed upon humanity to live a life of authority and divine purpose.     Firstly,...