Radical Christianity

In my excitement of living for Jesus, I told my mom that I felt I was going to die a martyr. She just gave me that, "You don't know what you're talking about smile".

But Heavenly Father spoke to me about my mentality towards living and dying in a dream...

For, I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

Romans 1:16 NIV

'I refuse to be ashamed of sharing the wonderful message of God’s liberating power unleashed in us through Christ! For, I am thrilled to preach that everyone who believes is saved—the Jew first, and then people everywhere! '

Romans 1:16 TPT

So how do I live radically and not ashamed of my relationship with Jesus?

Defined by a Radical Love

'“So, I give you now a new commandment: Love each other just as much as I have loved you. For when you demonstrate the same love, I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.”'

John 13:34-35 NIV

What does this love look like?

Ephesians 3:14-21 NIV

A Prayer for the Ephesians

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

The apostle Paul prayed for believers to know a revival that brings about an intensification of the presence and power of Jesus Christ.

In this prayer, Paul prays:

1. That Christ would dwell—more literally, “be at home”—in their hearts by faith, that is, that He would move from being an acquaintance to being the center of their church family;

Eph. 3:17 NIV

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love…

This love conquers the lies of who the world says you are or should be (physical)

Our house is fit for the King (The visit of prince Frederik to the F.O. story

2. That they would grasp God’s love at a spiritual level, beyond intellectual or theological knowledge;

Eph. 3:18-19

…may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free

This love conquers all knowledge that would limit you from access to heavenly wisdom. (mentally)

3. That they would be filled with God’s fullness (full measure, plenitude, completed), that is, that the Holy Spirit would reveal the things of Christ (John 16) more fully, achieving God’s fuller work in each life—unhindered, unquenched, ungrieved.

Eph.3:20

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Col. 2:8-9

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form

This love conquers emptiness (spiritually)

We are complete in Him… we are not defined in what we do, or our current circumstances (sicknesses), or our past failures (sins; once a sinner always a sinner).

We are more than conquerors! (Romans 8:37)

A prayer of love when answered, needs action! My momma’s prayer for her son!