This message is about learning to humble ourselves before God and accept that we are in desperate need of his guidance in our lives. If we abide in Jesus than it will be impossible for us to not bear good fruit. This message is also about having a pure heart before God through the example of Nathaniel who was one of the apostles of Jesus.

www.lotwministries.org Have you ever wondered what it looks like to have the mind of Christ that Paul spoke about in 1 Corinthians? After each believer commits his life to the Lord there is a process that they have to go through to become fully formed in Christ. This video discusses the process involved in allowing Christ to purify your life and also what it looks like to grow in your intimacy or spiritual union with God.

This message is about having spiritual integrity with God and believing the things He tells you over what you see in the natural or what your intellect tells you. It also comes through doing what God says vs. doing what pleases man or looks good externally. For example, it is right to pay your bills on time but if is at the expense of what God is telling you to do then you are in sin. Jesus wants us to lay down our lives and desires and not put any obligations or agendas above doing his will. We have true spiritual integrity with Him when we live this way and He can trust us as faithful servants who are His ambassadors and devoted to Him.

From the day we are born until the day we die we only have two choices in life. Are you going to spend your life serving yourself or are you going to live out your days serving God? In this message we make reference to the Church of Philadelphia as they were a church that modeled a community who was laying down their lives for God. They made one of the most crucial decisions that every Christian has to face in their walk with God. They chose to lay down their lives and die to self now, instead of being lukewarm like the Church to follow in the book of Revelation, Laodicea. Those who choose to lay down their lives for God will find that the Lord uses trials and tribulations to form them into His pure spotless Bride. God will never put those living for Him through trials unless those trials serve to refine you and bring healing into your life. Those who decide to serve self will be under the spirit of this world and their discipline will come the hard way, not through the gentle way that the Lord disciplines those seeking to serve Him. One way or another everyone will have to choose what system to be under. What are you going to decide? Serve God or serve self?

When life's troubles come your way it is easy to put the blame on those around you and project your faults onto them. When we do this we are being spiritual laziness and end up hurting those around us, while also failing to make any of the necessary changes needed to be right with the Lord. There are real consequence to spiritual laziness and when we fail to see what is really at stake we end up lacking the urgency needed to wake up and take a honest look at ourselves.