Posture

As He is, so are you. Not as you hope to be someday. As He is, right now, so are you, right now, in this world. This isn't one isolated verse making a bold claim. This is a theme woven throughout the entire New Testament. You died with Him. You were raised with Him. You are seated with Him. Your life is hidden with Christ in God. Christ is in you. You are in Christ. You have been given His div...

By grace. Through faith. Not by works. Most of us understood this when we first came to Christ. We knew we couldn't earn our way to God. We received His grace and it changed everything. But somewhere along the way, many of us picked the performance back up. We started trying to earn our peace. Earn our joy. Earn our identity. We accepted grace to get in the door and then switched to works to stay...

Throughout Scripture, God is consistent in assuring us of His never leaving, never forsaking presence. And He's also consistent in His provision of community to reinforce us in that truth. It's hard to find a person in Scripture who walked their entire journey of faith without others spurring them on. The foundation we've been building in this season is this: knowing who God is and knowing who we...

This is true about you: you are seated with Christ in heavenly places. Not someday. Right now. Ephesians 2:6 says God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms. Past tense. Already accomplished. Not something you're working toward. In this episode, we're exploring what it means to live from a position you already occupy instead of striving toward one, and why being in...

What do you do when the people you trusted to point you to God become the reason you’re questioning Him? I’ve walked through my own version of that question. And what I found changed everything. In this episode, I’m sharing a season when ministry culture became my access point to God, what happens when you put a gift in the place of the Giver, and what Hebrews 12 says about the shaking that reveal...

Someone asked: "Aren't we meant to feel like aliens on earth and not enjoy it?" I'm glad this was asked. Because I think it reveals something about how we've been taught to view our lives here. In this episode, we're digging into what Scripture actually says about endurance, what the Greek word "kosmos" really means, what Jesus modeled about being fully present on earth, and why we're sent into th...

Last week we talked about the third way to handle fear. And I said the first step is being honest with God about what you're feeling. But then what? Because most of us pray about our fear. We tell God how we're feeling. That's good. That's the starting point. But then we get up and keep carrying it. In this episode, we're talking about what the word "cast" actually means, why it requires releasing...

What do you do with fear? Not the idea of fear. But the actual feeling of it when it shows up in your body and wants to dictate your next move? Most of us have been handed one of two options. Suppression says don't feel it. Surrender says let it lead. But neither one works. And neither one produces courage. In this episode, we're talking about what Jesus and David modeled about leading your emotio...

Courage isn't a personality trait. It's a command. And that changes everything if you've ever felt like you're "just not that brave."In this episode, I break down a pattern I found in Scripture that I'd never noticed before. Every single time God commands courage, He pairs it with something that shifted how I think about bravery entirely. We're talking about why "be strong and courageous" isn't ab...

What if your battle isn't to win... but to wake up to a victory that's already yours? In Romans 8:37, Paul uses a word that appears nowhere else in Scripture. He doesn't just call us "conquerors." He calls us HYPER-conquerors. Overwhelming victors. But most of us are still white-knuckling our way through life trying to earn what's already ours. Religion taught us that victory comes through perform...

What if the people we disagree with aren’t targets for our accusation, but people we’re called to intercede for? In the middle of election season, I’ve noticed something. A lot of Christians are connecting God’s mercy, His favor, His blessing to political outcomes. When “their” candidate wins, it’s evidence of God’s blessing. When they lose? Judgment. But that’s Old Covenant thinking. We’re under...

When Jesus said “I came that you may have life abundantly,” He wasn’t talking about someday. He meant right now. The Greek word is Zoe - God’s own life. What if the gospel is better than we’ve been taught? In this episode: → What it actually means that Christ’s life is now YOUR life → How to stop exhausting yourself trying to earn what you already have → The difference between living FROM union vs...

I’m back! In this episode, I’m sharing some key learnings from “accidental sabbatical.” Key scriptures in this episode: 📕 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10 📕 2 Corinthians 3: 18 📕 1 John 4: 17 📕 Genesis 1: 26 ICYMI: Watch the full conversation with Ashley Nicole Perez here https://youtu.be/EF6NhuIknWg — Stay connected to Posture: Subscribe to the Podcast: https://anchor.fm/posture Subscribe on YouTube: h...

In this episode, Ashley shares her testimony of overcoming severe anxiety and depression. A journey that included help from doctors and medication. There’s a lot of debate and questions circulating the internet about whether or not Christians should use tools like medication and therapy. BUT I have never heard what Ashley shares in this episode. I believe the way she humbly and gently clarifies wh...

Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775 Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/ Key scriptures in this episode: 📕 John 14: 17 📕 John 16: 33 📕 2 Peter 1: 3 📕 John 16: 23 — Stay connected to Posture: Subscribe to the Podcast: https://anchor.fm/posture Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/posture Follow on...

What does it look like to walk by the spirit? Who you are becoming is who you already are in Christ. In this episode, Ashley Nicole brings clarity to what this kind of transformation looks like and how we can participate in bringing our eternal selves to every aspect of creation. Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775 Connect with Ashley Nicol...

As a new creation it is your natural state to believe God and live in rest. Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775 Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/ Key scriptures in this episode: 📕 James 1: 2-8 📕 2 Corinthians 5: 17 📕 1 John 3: 9 📕 Romans 6: 1-11 📕 Colossians 3: 1-10 📕 Ephesians 2: 20-24...

In this episode Ashley shares what it actually looks like to live by faith and she explains the process God often walks with us in to build and mature our faith. Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775 Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/ Key scriptures in this episode: 📕 Ephesians 1: 18-19 📕 James 1: 2-8 📕 Jam...

The gift of rest has already been given to us by God. So why don’t we live in rest all the time? Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www.posture.today/Season-8/4775 Connect with Ashley Nicole at https://enterhis.rest/ Key scriptures in this episode: 📕 2 Corinthians 5: 17 📕 Colossians 3: 1-3 📕 Hebrews 9: 15 📕 Ephesians 2: 6 📕 1 Thessalonians 2...

Today we are kicking off our new Mentor Series and I’m thrilled to introduce you to my dear friend Ashley Nicole. Ashley teaches and mentors Christian leaders around the world in how to finally leave the exhaustion of stress and effortlessly live in the power of Rest. In this clip, Ashley shares the powerful definition of real Rest. Watch our entire conversation on living in rest here: https://www...

We’re beginning this season with worship. I’ve commissioned Paul Timothy Michell , an anointed worship leader and composer, to write a soaking soundtrack for being with our Prince of Peace. This first score was inspired by Posture’s foundational scripture Isaiah 26:3: You will keep in perfect peace, those whose minds are stayed on You, because they trust in You. I invite you to use this 90 minute...

As new creations, everything is NEW including our learning! Every day is an opportunity to experience ongoing delight of learning who God is in Himself, and what He will be for us, in us, and through us.   Join me and my mentor Graham Cooke this week for a special event:  https://bit.ly/graham-cooke Key scriptures in this episode: 📕 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 📕 Galatians 2:20 📕 Hebrews 13:...

In this episode I share a familiar story from John 5 that I am seeing through fresh eyes. When it comes to the promises of God, I want them all instantly. But God wants them for us permanently. So in His kindness He made us one with Jesus. There is a permanence to our newness because we are now permanently ********one with Christ. And so all of life here on earth is about discovering and experienc...

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed IN us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be REVEALED.” [Romans 8:18-29] God’s dream for humanity is unfolding IN His sons and daughters — that’s you and me! We are NEW creations. We are ONE with Jesus Christ. We are being TRANSFORMED into God’s image with EVER-I...

We were not called to live a Christian life, we were given a life to live IN Christ. This is not a life with a Christian badge on it (that’s religion). It’s SO much better! This is not a life we can earn by loving God more, it’s a life He freely gave us because of His love for us. It’s time we rest in God’s affection for us and live the life Jesus died for us to have. Key scriptures in this episod...