Here’s the latest new Christian T Shirt from Kill Adam Clothing entitled “Worship the Lord.”

It features a musical themed grunge design in a cool light blue color that will look great on almost any color shirt. If you click the button, it will take you to zazzle where you can put this awesome design on any color, size, and style shirt you like. It’s pretty awesome.

The scripture is from 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 and says, “But if all prophecy and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. And so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.” Wow, what a cool scripture.

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That being said, it is our greatest hope that somebody from this site will eventually be able to enjoy the clothes that we’ve designed. This is our first offering in the Kill Adam Spirit Filled series, and is entitled “Bright and Morning Star.” It’s an awesome Christian T Shirt that’s available in both mens and womens shirts in multiple styles on Zazzle.

The shirt features the scripture from Revelation 22:16 that says, “I am the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star. Click here to order.

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It’s a shame, really, considering how much scripture is devoted to who we are in Christ, and perhaps more importantly who Christ is in us.  Here is an abbreviated list of what the scripture says about your identity in Christ:

• You are God’s child (John 1:12)
• You are a friend of Christ (John 15:15)
• You have been chosen by God and adopted as His child (Ephesians 1:3-8)
• You are God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10)

Where we so often go wrong is in attempting to make ourselves feel valuable by substituting stuff for our relationship with the Lord.  For instance, surrounding ourselves with friends or drinking alcohol so your friends will think you’re cool.   It’s all extremely powerful to the young mind, but you have access to the real thing: a relationship with the Lord.

That’s only the beginning.  There is so much more that the word says about your identity in Christ.  Does anybody else have any scriptures off of the top of your head that illustrates who you are as a new creation?

This is not going to be us. We’ve decided that we’re going to do two things in our youth group if we do nothing else:

1) We’re going to preach the word. Doesn’t matter if it’s offensive, tough, in-your-face, or dripping with pastoral love. We’re going to preach it. If we scare somebody off, they will leave having heard the truth of Jesus.

2) We’re going to pray and stand in the gap for our church, our town, our state, and our Nation. It’s not only a cool thing to do, it’s our responsibility as Christians.

That being said, it’s getting close to being the National Day of Prayer. After that, it’s the Global Day of Prayer. The National day of prayer starts on the 1st of May. The Global day of prayer is on the 11th of May. There are 11 excellent opportunities to do something cool for God. Pastor Greg has worked up the following prayer focus for each day:

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How many of you Jesus-crazy word nerds want to get onto a bus and check this thing out? I dare you to visit the website.

It’s tough being young. Believe it or not, I was young once also. I remember having been told by the good folks over at the first church that I ever attended that “all things come with time” and that “when I grow up I would make a great preacher.” Then, one day, I stumbled upon this scripture.

In the context of the verse, Paul is telling Timothy not to allow people to look down upon him because he was young. You see, Timothy was a young man, some sources say he was even younger than most of his congregation. Still, Paul encouraged him to keep on keeping on.  Here are three reasons why you can do anything that the Lord has put in your heart to do:

1. Philippians 4:13- “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”  The bible tells us that we can do anything through Christ, who lives in us.  Because you’ve accepted Jesus into your life, you have access to His miracle working power.  It lives within you.  You can do anything that the Lord has placed into your heart because He is with you!

2. Ephesians 3:20- ” Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us…”  This scripture tells us that God can and will do things that will blow your mind, and he wants to do it with and through you.  That’s why the last part of the verse talks about the “power that works within us,” which is Jesus and the Holy Spirit in our life.

3. Acts 17:6- “But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.” God wants you to turn the world upside down.  He knows that you won’t achieve that goal unless He gives you power to accomplish things that would seem absurd to the world.  If your vision isn’t revolutionary, get a bigger vision.

I challenge you to pray about what God wants you to do for the Kingdom.  Instead of limiting His power and putting Him in the “box” of traditional thinking, pray about your destiny as if nothing were impossible.  The Lord has power to work miracles.

“Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. (One day) the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.” (Acts 19:13-16)

Whew. That’s a pretty graphic account of attempted spiritual warfare gone wrong. This is an example of what happens when people attempt to fight against the enemy on their own power.

In Matthew 28:18, Jesus says, ” And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” Notice that the power to prosecute and win spiritual battles was given to Jesus, not to us. We can vicariously exercise that power through our relationship with Jesus, but never in and of our own strength.

There can be no victory without a relationship with Jesus. The extent to which you are intimate with the Lord is the extent to which you will be capable of defeating the enemy.

In Ephesians 6:10 Paul says, ” Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” You’ll notice that we are required to be strong “in” the Lord. Your strength for spiritual battle lies in Jesus. The power and the might that you need in order to win are “his” power and might.

Read Ephesians 1:19-23 and you’ll see this, “and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might….And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Again, you can see that God has given all authority and power to Jesus, and that the only way that we can access that power is to “believe,” which is, to have a relationship with Jesus.

How to build a relationship with Jesus:

1) Study the word. If I wanted to make friends with a person who had written a book, I would be sure to read the book. Why? Because a person’s writing can give you insights into the way that he thinks, and can tell you things about his personality. How much more then should we desire to study the Word of God knowing that the Holy Spirit will actually bring the words to life as we study and teach us the hidden wisdom of God?

2) Spend time with Jesus. What I’m talking about here is prayer. Spend time every day talking with Jesus. If you and I were to talk for a period of time every day, you’d eventually grow to know a lot about me.. The same is true of your relationship with Jesus. Make sure that you spend time listening and not just talking. Allow the holy spirit to speak to you.

Check out these other scriptures about the power that God gives us. Look for threads about how intimacy is important to attaining that power:

Ephesians 3:20

Colossians 1:16

2 Timothy 1:7

Check out our other Basic Training Articles:

Basic Training: Faith

Basic Training: Grace

Basic Training: Sanctification

There’s so much junk in the way of doing what God has called us to do. As an adult, it’s a little easier. I don’t have to worry about popularity, school, peer pressure, or any of that stuff. Still, I’ve been in your shoes. I know what things conflict you, and what challenges you have to face in order to fulfill your calling.

A “brigade” is a large group of soldiers. Our intention here is to raise up an army of young believers who will be sold out for the cause: to advance the Kingdom and glorify Christ. We chose the military theme on purpose because we recognize that in order to achieve the goals that we’ve set out to accomplish, we have to discipline ourselves and become mentally tough and fully devoted, much like soldiers preparing for war.

When the verse from 2 Timothy above talks about “enduring suffering,” that’s exactly what it means: there is a price to be paid if we are to reach our objective. In a physical war, every inch of ground is bought with the blood of the soldiers who are attempting to advance against the enemy. In our spiritual war, every square inch of ground that we conquer has been purchased by the blood of Jesus, along with our sweat and tears.

I’ve been a real soldier in a real war. I can testify that, while you are fighting, nothing else matters. You can’t worry about what your family is doing back home. You can’t worry about your mom and dad, your girlfriend, or your bank account. The only thing that matters is accomplishing the mission and staying alive. Anything that doesn’t accomplish one of those goals is a distraction, and should be treated as such.

God tells us in the scripture above that, if we hope to accomplish the goals that He has for us, then we need to have a similar devotion to the cause. It also tells us that the only way to please your commanding officer (Jesus) is to set aside every other concern in life and fight the war.

We’ll talk more about this in youth group. Get ready. There’s going to be a battle, and we’re all going to be involved.

For now, if you want to get a head start, you can dive into our basic training posts and start learning the skills of a spiritual warrior

Basic Training: Faith

Basic Training: Grace 

Basic Training: Justification

Basic Training: Sanctification