ALL IN | ALL FLAME | LEISA NELSON
Unrecognizable Transformation
The Cross and The Flame
Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” NAS
Not less of me. Not a better version of me. Not a more disciplined me. CHRIST INSTEAD OF ME.
Romans 6:6 …our old self has been crucified
Colossians 3:3 …for you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
2 Corinthians 5:15 …we no longer live for ourselves
Romans 6:11 …we are dead to our sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:10 …if Christ is in you, your spirit is Alive.
Colossians 1:27 …Christ in you, the HOPE of glory.
Let it be said of us…Heaven was in us before we were in Heaven.
"What are you releasing into the atmosphere?"
Heaven has been waiting for a people willing to be carriers of HIS presence, HIS Kingdom.
Philippians 3:7-10 NAS But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith…and THAT I MAY KNOW HIM AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS.
“Know Him” Greek: ginosko (by Experience, by Encounter by Intimacy)
“Fellowship”—Greek: koinonia (Partnership. Participation. Sharing.)
When you say YES to this invitation, you aren’t crushed to destroy you…you are being formed to reveal what heaven placed inside you.
Matthew 10, 16, Mark 8, Luke 9, Luke 14, John 12 NIV/AMP
“If anyone wishes to follow, come after me, as my disciple, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, NIV says CLING TO YOUR LIFE, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow after Me, cannot be My disciple.
Arneomai…"To refuse to follow oneself."
"Stop telling yourself yes-stop being your own Holy Spirit."
What Does Carrying the Cross Look Like?
Our posture becomes one of outstretched arms...total surrender.
"A cross is anything contrary to our will, anything displeasing to our nature... Either we must take up our cross, or we must turn aside from the way of God. In the cross is salvation, in the cross is life... in the cross is the perfection of holiness. Catch this fire with enthusiasm, and people will come for miles to watch you burn." John Wesley
All In. All Flame. All HIM.
The Cross teaches us how to surrender. And surrender is what sustains us in the fire.
I Peter 4:12-13…"Do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial..." The fire is not evidence that God has abandoned us. It is evidence that the Refiner has begun His work in us.
This is the invitation. All in. All Flame. All Him.
We were never intended to just bear the flame or carry the flame, but to become the flame!
The Cross and the Flame are not COMPETING works of God. They are COMPLETING works of God.
The Cross teaches me how to surrender.
The Flame teaches me how to remain surrendered.
The Cross empties me of me.
The Flame fills me with Him.
The Cross says, "Not my will."
The Flame says, "Now let My Spirit consume what remains."
The Cross is where I lay myself on the altar.
The Flame is God's response to a life that has been fully yielded.
The Cross makes surrender possible.
The Flame makes transformation inevitable.
