I had the great pleasure of being the keynote speaker at a luncheon for a group of pastors, counselors, and mental health professionals. About halfway through my message, I began
Women Are Awesome In Christ!
Dear Ladies, I love our women staff! Before you jump to wrong conclusions, let me explain. The women staff at Grace Life International each have such intimate, authentic, growing
How Jesus Elevated Women
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Can We Understand Salvation Apart from Union with Christ?
Every one of these blessings we have received from our Heavenly Father in our salvation is directly related to our union with Christ. Forgiveness, identity, righteousness, grace and mercy; God’s
The Two Natures Debate
Spiritual Heart Transplant Do you ever feel as though two equal powers are inside you with completely opposite desires? This is a common feeling, which seems to explain how
Women Are Awesome In Christ!
Dear Ladies, I love our women staff! Before you jump to wrong conclusions, let me explain. The women staff at Grace Life International each have such intimate, authentic, growing
God’s Opinion of You is Awesome not Awful!
God’s opinion of you is amazing! He wants you to live with a biblical self-image rather than a poor self-image or a narcissistic self-image. A biblical self-image is a great
Satan Lies to You When You Suffer
When we experience suffering, Satan often whispers negative thoughts to us. Though his intelligence is thousands of times greater than ours, he is fairly predictable. During our suffering, he puts
Ways to Hear God’s Voice
Have you ever learned how to hear God’s voice? It may seem mysterious or even confusing but I’m convinced anyone of His children can. At GLI, listening for our Father’s voice
Resurrection Reset!
Have you ever wished you could push the “reset” button on your life? Probably all of us have had that thought after a major failure. If you’ve ever felt that way, I have some awesome news for you! God already hit the reset button and you can celebrate it this Easter!
It pleased God to reset who you were by crucifying you and burying you with Jesus on the cross. He crucified the identity you received from Adam, of being spiritually dead, a sinner, and shameful. (Romans 6:6) Then, it pleased God to bury that messed up you with Jesus when He was buried and He left that person, you didn’t like, in the grave. (Romans 6:3) Good Friday truly is good because Jesus was crucified and buried and so were you!
God was also pleased to hit the reset button when He included you in Jesus’ resurrection. God did not raise a dead Jesus, nor did He raise a messed up you. He resurrected you as a completely different person in your spirit, the place of your true identity. Ephesians 2:4-5. You are now, today, at your core, a child of God, a new creation, the righteousness of God, a saint and more. You are a lot more than you may think and a much better you, than you may think.
It pleased God to give you a new past, a new present and a new future in Him. Your past in Adam was erased and replaced with Jesus’ past. Your future in Adam and of hell was erased and replaced with Jesus’ future and heaven. Your present was replaced with the daily presence of God, in you and of you, with a new pure, pristine, amazing identity in Him.
A man, I once knew, who was addicted to cocaine, started believing in his own resurrection reset and overcame his addiction. How? He realized he wasn’t an addict in Christ but an awesome son of God.
I met another man at a pastors’ conference where I spoke, whose entire future was remade when he realized his past no longer defined him. He placed his faith in Jesus’ past and future defining him. He ended up marrying a fantabulous Christian woman as a result and now, they have three beautiful children.
Don’t let your past be the defining moment of your life. Instead, let Jesus’ resurrection define you as you embrace your resurrection reset! We have much to celebrate.
Believe it! It’s the Gospel!
Live Free in Christ,
Mark Maulding, President and Founder
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