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

  Set, Stand, and See   How to Live a Debt-Free Life  (Romans 13:8) "Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law." – Romans 13:8    This is the year of release, a time when people release others from debts owed and step into freedom themselves. Living a debt-free life becomes possible through conscious choices in time, perception, and language. Scripture invites us not only to manage finances wisely but to align our thinking, words, and actions with divine principles.    Firstly: Length of Time    In Scripture, debt is always connected to a specific length of time. Biblically, people remained in debt no longer than seven years the number of completion. At the end of that period, unpaid debts were forgiven, releasing both debtor and creditor from bondage. Holding debt beyond its season created unnecessary limitation.    This principle still applie...

  Before and After, Part 3: Seeing Life from God’s Higher Perspective (Ephesians 4:17) "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, do not live like the Gentiles who live in the vanity of their own minds."  Ephesians 4:17 (KSB)    It’s all a matter of perspective. Sometimes we strain to see God in a situation or to find the good in it because we’re looking from an eye-level view. But when we rise in our consciousness to the Christ Mind, the higher perspective we begin to see differently. As your consciousness rises, your perspective changes.  Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2:6 that when Christ rose from the dead, we rose with Him; and when He ascended into the heavenly realms, we ascended with Him. Jesus did not die alone we died with Him to our old ways of thinking, speaking, and living. When He rose, we rose. When He ascended, we ascended. Wherever Jesus is, we are welcome to be. We are not limited to the earth or to physical situations. We can transce...