Bethlehem’s Blueprint: Heaven’s Disruptive Innovation in You!

Thursday, December 5, 2024

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This week … disruptive innovation from heaven is your friend, a Bible boom?, and more. Check out the 1440 newsletter ad. It’s free!

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Trivia question: What popular Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving? Deck the Halls, O Christmas Tree, or Jingle Bells? ⬇️ Answer below.

⬇️P.S. — Kiwi, the cute Capybara

KINGDOM DYNAMIC
Bethlehem’s Blueprint: Heaven’s Disruptive Innovation in You!

Disruptive Innovation—originating from the business world—is about introducing something radically new, shaking up the status quo, and elevating everything to a new level.

But this isn’t just a business concept … it’s a dynamic that can transform our lives.

Consider little Bethlehem. Can you imagine anything more disruptive, inconvenient, or innovative than the birth of Christ?

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you ... For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1.35, 37 NASB).

The arrival of the Christ Child redefined history and continues to flow into our time as the risen Christ reigns, filling all things with His presence. Christ disrupts history and the future is his.

Surrounded by chaos and questions? Good. Rejoice with the angelic host! You’re perfectly positioned for divine disruption.

Our Creator specializes in working from chaos to design, bringing beauty and purpose into every situation.

How can we live this out daily—the possibility of a divine disruptive innovation? Some thoughts …

➡️ The knowledge of the Holy One sustains us. Know that He purposes to work from chaos to design and beauty. Rejoice with expectant faith as disuptive innovation emerges!

➡️ Welcome the Holy Spirit to overshadow your person, your situation. Honor the Spirit. Worship. Follow his lead.

➡️ Hear the creative heavenly Word coming to you. Honor the message. Write it down. Continue to give attention to it.

➡️ Now obey, like Mary and then Joseph. Courageously flow and move forward in heaven’s Disruptive Innovation. More will come to you as you move with what you have.

Embrace the ultimate Disruptive Innovation this Christmas—look for things to be birthed that shake your world in December and as you lean into ‘25.

Holy Spirit, you are welcome to overshadow me and my world. Father send your Word into my scenario. Jesus—Word of God—grow in me and through me into the world. Father, let me host Christmas Disruptive Innovation throughout the year. Amen.

On the pod

Disobedience to Dominion: Jesus Seeks the Lost Vice-Regents (Ep 315). Is there a deeper meaning behind Jesus' mission to 'seek and save the lost'?

Something’s happening out there. Circana BookScan discovered that sales of the Bible have surged by 22% this year through the end of October, compared to the same period in 2023. Total U.S. book sales for the same timeframe increased just 1%.

The growing demand for Scripture highlights an increased hunger for hope, certainty, and spiritual connection. Twenty-eight-year-old Cely Vasquez of Long Island recently bought her first Bible …

“I’ve had Bibles that my mom gave me, but I felt I needed my own to start my own journey, that it symbolized I was starting a walk with God. I felt something was missing. It’s a combination of where we are in the world, general anxiety and the sense that meaning and comfort can be found in the Bible.”

Amy Simpson of Tyndale House Publishers say, "You have a generation that wants to find things that feel more solid."

The Bible stands apart as a collection of writings—crafted by around 40 authors over the span of 1,500 years. It’s unified in theme, rich in revelation, and boasts a prophetic track record unlike anything else in human history. It’s like an intricate web of “hyperlinked” truths, unpacking an extraordinary story.

There’s truly nothing else like it.

➡️ It’s by the LIVING SEED OF THE WORD that we are born again. See 1 Peter 1.23.

➡️ And as Jack Hayford wrote, it’s via the AGENCY OF THE WORD that Heaven’s Design for us is expanded and realized. See Isaiah 55.10-11.

Millions engage the YouVersion Bible app. The app reports record-breaking engagement this year as millions have turned to Scripture and prayer for connection with God. The most popular verse on the app in 2024 was Philippians 4:6, a timeless call to cast anxieties on the Lord: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Adapted from Charisma News)

Shocking Daystar TV allegations shake Christian media. “Father, in all things, may the Light of the World reveal truth.”

Americans and Christmas. Lifeway Research reveals that 90% of U.S. adults celebrate Christmas in some way, including many who aren’t Christians. However, only 22% say they can recount the full biblical Christmas story, and less than half (47%) typically attend church during the Christmas season.

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The Word of the Week is … regalia.
The emblems or insignia of royalty, especially the crown, scepter, and other ornaments used at a coronation. Also, the distinctive clothing worn and ornaments carried at formal occasions as an indication of status, like academic regalia. “The regalia on the military uniforms was varied, based on rank.” Latin, mid-16th century. Source: WordDaily

Trivia answer: "Jingle Bells." It was written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857 as a song to celebrate Thanksgiving but became associated with Christmas over time.

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