This is not a time for secret-agent Christians or covert Jesus operatives. We need kingdom men who will step up and change the world.

Here is another indication, then, that divine election is to service and not eternal life.

What I'm doing is art - it's low-brow art but there's a magic in that.

I have my own identity ... The whole Michael thing does drive me nuts sometimes because people won't leave it alone. He's bald, I have hair. He's almost 40, I'm 22. Seriously though, I wish people would let it be and let me just be Kobe.

You were saved when you believed in Jesus, but you were transformed when you realized He believed in you.

You were born to be amazing.

When you forget who you are and whose you are, you start to compromise.

Every time we demean ourselves we are talking badly about the Artist and the Model.

When we are acting like God, we are being ourselves! The ramifications of having God as our Daddy (rather than some ape dragging his knuckles in the African jungle somewhere) is life changing. I hope you can see that what you believe about your origin makes a difference in the way you value yourself and humanity in general.

Walking seasons are marked by our initiatives to co-labor with God's divine purposes, to extend the borders of the Kingdom into the lives of others.

Conviction reminds us of our God-given identity and calls us to act like a son or daughter of God, not a sinner.

When we do what the Spirit has anointed us to do, we are not just helping people; we are also terrorizing the enemy. It is so important that we find our place of calling in life, and that we understand that each of us is born to be an instrument of God, filled with the Spirit of God, to do the works of God.