Religion is like an addiction drug by Paul Taylor

Greetings to all of you Champions!

I am so proud of all that each of you are doing on a daily basis to BE the Light of Christ to the world around you.  This is Kingdom living!  The biggest mistake that most Christians make is thinking that Christianity is about going to church and fulfilling obligations placed on them by the doctrine of whatever faith they may be associated with.  It is this kind of thinking that causes so many people to remain separated from God!  True religion James says is taking care of widows and orphans.  It is "doing" that is generated by "being" who God created us to be.  It is not a bunch of rules and regulations to follow!  It is simply loving God and loving your neighbor.  Pretty simple, but religion has caused us to stray from the simplicity of the Gospel. 

I met a man on Sunday who has been a drug addict for years.  He told me that he has been on Methadone for over 15 years and doesn't think he will ever be free from this substitute drug.  Methadone is a drug given to drug addicts to wean them off of whatever drug they are addicted to.  Does that make any sense?  I know that mankind has good intentions, but this man was still an addict who was in bondage to another substitute drug!  That is what religion does.  Mankind is addicted to sin and in bondage.  Religion, with all good intention says, here come to Christ (many do not even say that) and then adhere to these rules (doctrines, etc).  They go from one addiction and bondage to another addiction and bondage.  Jesus Christ came to set you free!  Free from sin and free from the law.  Please do not misunderstand what I am saying.  You are not free to sin as Paul wrote to the Galatians, but the law will never set you free.  You will remain a slave and never step into the freedom and authority that is yours in Christ as a son of God!!!  Read Galatians 4.

I pray today that you are not in bondage to religious Methadone, a substitute that will never allow you to walk in freedom and authority of Jesus Christ.  It will never bring people to the peace of God and understanding of their right standing in Christ.  It will never allow them to understand the mysteries of the Kingdom of God and to live life in a manner that changes the world around them.  Today I was reading in Colossians 2:1-3.

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, ²that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, ³in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

This is what I feel for you today.  I long for you to attain to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.  Be set free to walk in your full authority as a man or woman of God.  This is how you and I will become the solutions to the problems around us.  May each of you find those hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge today to BE the solution to the problems we all face.  

What a privilege it is to live for God and share His Light with people every day.  May you walk in total freedom in Jesus Christ to solve the problems of sin addiction in the world today.  Another substitute drug will never solve the problems of the world.  Only the freedom that Jesus Christ brings and the freedom of walking in His Kingdom having authority over every principality and power in this world!  Go and change the world!  Champions with Destiny!!!

Believing for the impossible,

Dr. Paul Taylor

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Has God been "enough" this week?

By Dr. Paul Taylor


We usually believe that God is enough when all is going well, but it is so important to understand that God is enough ALL THE TIME! He is enough when your love one dies or when God doesn't make sense or when you need a job! This past week Jason went to be with the Lord. He lost his battle with a failed liver, but he won the war by walking into the arms of Jesus! Those were his very words to his family. "I am ready to walk into the arms of Jesus!" Please pray for this family and Jason's two little boys who lost their father. God is still "enough" even when these tragic things happen in our lives.

I want to continue with my message from last week. Every day I am realizing more and more that I must have my understanding opened to see from God's Kingdom perspective. If we don't receive the eyes to see and ears to hear we will continue to be governed by this world of limitations. Even with access to the things of God there are still things that we will not understand until we see Jesus. We must learn to trust Him until that time.

Let me continue with how the rules have changed because Jesus rose from the dead.

Luke 12:22-34 The Message

Steep Yourself in God-Reality
22He continued this subject with his disciples. “Don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or if the clothes in your closet are in fashion. 23There is far more to your inner life than the food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. 24Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.
25“Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? 26If fussing can’t even do that, why fuss at all? 27Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The ten best-dressed men and women in the countrylook shabby alongside them. 28If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?
29“What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. 30People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. 31Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. 32Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.
33“Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bank robbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on. 34It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.

I have highlighted a few important phrases. We want to focus on God-reality, God-initiative, and God-provisions. If we are not focused on these things then we are focusing on our problems. Whatever I focus on has my attention and rules my thought life! If I focus on God, then He rules. If I focus on my problems, then they rule my life. When I focus on God I am yielding to Him and the Kingdom of God! I surrender to His Kingdom rule in my life and I rest from my labor, my works to enter His Kingdom. I don't have to force my way into the Kingdom through my good works which do not allow me to enter His Kingdom anyway. We only enter through Jesus, but it is the Father's good pleasure to give to me the Kingdom of God!

Here are some ways the rules have changed.

· Most important, God is not about rules, not even laws (remember the words from my wife last week). He is about love. Many want to force their way into the Kingdom, when He wants to give it to us!

· Not by works, but by grace! This central to the Kingdom message and has been the message sent to us since the fall of man. Able's sacrifice was accepted (grace of God), but Cain's sacrifice was rejected (man's works and effort). Our works will never satisfy God's requirements. That is why He sent Jesus and that we are righteous in Him! Everything is in and through Jesus Christ. This is why we must be One with Him!

· Not about what is fair, but what is by faith! Without faith we cannot please God. In my vision I was complaining to God about something not being fair. God explained that it wasn't about what is fair (man's way), but about faith (God's way). Will you believe? Of will you demand what you think is right? Isn't that what Satan tempted Eve with? "God is withholding from you!" Eve bought the lie. Don't buy the lie!

· Not about what is needed, but what is provided! (He is the God of “More than enough”) I always want more! The Bible says the heart of man is never satisfied. It is about what I think I need, it is about what God provides and He always provides enough!

· Not about fighting the devil, but about fighting to enter the Kingdom. Really it is His good pleasure to give us the Kingdom, but you must be as a child to receiveit! Don’ t try and figure it out! Receive it!!! The battle is in our minds.

· Ruled by hell or reign by heaven? Your choice! Satan wants to rule you by the limitations of earth, while God wants you to rule by the unlimited promises and blessings of heaven!

· The law limits. Impossibilities or grace, no limits and all things are possible!

· Simply – “I can’t” or “I will!” Are you playing the game of life by the rules of this world that continue to tell you "You can't?" Or by the rules of God's Kingdom that is continually saying to you "I will?"


Get out of the game of life defined by the rules of fallen man. The escape? Jesus Christ! Enter the Kingdom where it is impossible to lose. It is not an easy escape because of all we have been taught. Enter into the freedom of God's grace and there are no limits to what you can and will do in Christ!

When Jesus rose from the dead everything changed! It is God's good pleasure that you will walk and live in the Kingdom of God where faith rules and we enjoy the blessings of the King of Kings!

Keep believing for the impossible,

Dr. Paul Taylor