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The Father's love is extravagant! A Father who sacrifices His Son will provide everything you need. The Lord is releasing a spirit of boldness over us to share the extravagant love he has freely given. "Freely you have received, freely give. And as you go, say 'The kingdom of God is upon me.'"

As deep calls unto deep, so must we get alone with God and cry out for our country, America. Hunger and desperation leads us to a deeper place with the Lord. No longer will we say that revival is coming, revival is here.

In biblical times, labor and work were an expression of worship to God. The Lord wants us to re-evaluate the purpose of labor and capture its divine purpose. Un-employment is an attempt of the enemy to rob mankind of their worship to God. We will generously give to the Kingdom, to the poor, to missions, and watch as the economy of our region is changed.

Jesus is the culture maker. Culture comes from leadership. Culture self-regulates. A revival gives permission to bring love into culture. Where worshippers understand how much they are loved, and have the opportunity to give love back to their community. As revivalists we bring a culture of love. We bring the kingdom of heaven into the places we live and work.

When Jesus died on the cross, the saints took possession of the kingdom. We received dominion, glory and the Kingdom of God. It is time for us to change our mindset so we can leave a legacy; the kingdoms of this world becoming the Kingdom of our God.

We are the bride of Christ. It's fascinating to learn about the relationship between husband and wife that specifically reveals the relationship with Jesus and his church. One of the great tragedies of life is when the bible is interpreted by people who are not in love. It is so easy to focus on the intellectual side of the Kingdom, and to lose sight of the incredibly deep, intimate relationship with Jesus that is offered to us. People cannot be punished into purity. The approach we have to people, the approach we have to life needs to be consistent with somebody who is in love.

There is no where in scripture that says you can turn off God's grace.It is against scripture not to acknowledge and receive the grace of God. If you and I learn to embrace grace we will defy the laws of logic and reason. Eric preaches the immense importance of opening our lives to the grace of God.

Paul begins a four-part series on the division on erasing the line between secular and sacred. In the Kingdom of God there is no division between secular and sacred. Ministry is a part of every Christians life, whether we serve God as a politician, waitress or businessman, a pastor, evangelist or missionary, we are doing it unto Him. The "secular" world does not need to be divided from the Kingdom of God acknowledged as part of it. To fulfill the message of the seven spheres of influence the church has to remove the word "Division" from their vocabulary.

The tension in Scripture is an invitation to receive revelation. This causes Christians to seek relationship with God instead of having a relationship based on rules. Relationship is the foundation of how to comprehend revelation and relieve tension.
The greatest revelations come over time and with process. We need to value our inheritance in the same measure as those who gave their lives to give it.

Kris continues his message on Creation's Redemption. The second command from the Lord was for man to care for the earth. Creation is groaning for the day when the children of God realize that they are glorious sons and daughters of the King and begin to co-reign with God. When Adam and Eve sinned they brought both themselves and creation under the curse. Creation itself is waiting to be released from the curse of slavery and corruption. Creation has a sense of who their Creator is, and it is waiting to be released into its divine design. Creation was meant to bless the children of God, and the children of God were meant to bless creation.

How do you become a good father? You become a good son. Jesus served His Father's Vision by "only doing what He saw His Father doing. The kingdom is built on the structure of family. Family serves one another, giving themselves for the other.

The vision of a revivalist involves process. The vision to see cities transformed, people healed, nations changed takes process. The Lord builds in with order but starts with the foundation. Your relationship built with the Lord in the secret place is the critical foundation of your life. As the Lord begins to add to the walls of your life, don't lose the foundation found in the secret place.

The Kingdom of God is a culture of reward, while the world practices a culture of punishment. We live our lives worrying about doing something wrong, instead of being rewarded for what we do right. . Hebrews 11:6 says God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. The belief in the existence and goodness of God has to be intertwined with the belief that He will openly reward you.

The church does not need women to lead like men. The world is starving for matriarchs who are driven by compassion and intuitively gifted, nurturing leaders. These leaders foster the maternal instinct in society that gives birth to a loving, caring, patient, and merciful culture.

Using the great commission as a foundation, Kris explains how we are to become "fathers" to nations. We are to create Kingdom ecosystems. Kris ponders what it would be like to have a Kingdom environment and ecosystem in cities, regions, and nations. After healing the sick and raising the dead, what would it look like if the Kingdom manifested?

This is the last session in the transformed series. In Genesis 2, the Lord gave Adam a helpmate. A better translation of the word helpmate is power, strength, rescue. This is a profound definition of ministering out of opposite strengths or in power face to face. This applies to our relationship with God. As our relationship increases, we shift from servants to friends. He wants to co-labor with us and is asking us what are the desires from our heart. The understanding of the sovereignty of God is changing, and it will change how we approach our responsibilities.