Thursday, June 12, 2025

It’s the Smart Edit!
Kingdom life is raw, real, and relentless. It shakes you, shapes you, and won’t settle for half-measures. Are you in?

This issue—imagine stepping into a new reality where everything old fades and new life bursts forth.

P.S. 2025 Milky Way photographer of the year

Signals & Shifts

Quick hits from around the world and under the radar—where faith, culture, and global currents intersect. Curated to help you see, pray, and act with Kingdom clarity.

🚶💓 7 benefits of walking daily. Shoot for a brisk pace for 150 minutes each week. Brian—I’m a big fan. Everything feels better if I walk consistently.

🌊 Thousands baptized across the United States on Pentecost Sunday in the largest simultaneous event in history. Over 26,000. “God was there.” Water baptism is a spiritual marker. “Father, give us a revival of conversions and water baptisms.”

🔥👮‍♂️ Cal. Governor Newsome battles Trump as riots rage in L.A. Activists and foreign nationals are pushing to end the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants. Fed judge denies request to restrict National Guard.

👀 Watchword. God sees you as complete in Christ. You are in Him—fully included, fully covered. All of Christ’s revelation and resources are available to you now. It starts now, continues through the Millennium, and carries on forever in the New Heavens and New Earth.

📑 Paper advantage: why reading print is better for your brain. Your brain on screens is not the same as your brain on books.

💣️ Is Great Britain about to explode in Civil War? Beneath the surface, there’s a growing sense the United Kingdom is unraveling. Brian—we have readers in England, pray for Britain.

_{THE BIG IDEA}

The NEWNESS is NOW

Each week, we spotlight a Kingdom Dynamic: a key insight into how God’s Kingdom works in real life.

Are you a conscious woman? Are you a conscious man? ⏰

I’m not talking about a cultural buzzword. I’m talking about Christ Consciousness … a spirit of wisdom and revelation to really know Him.

"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him." (Ephesians 1:17 NASB)

👑 When you develop King Consciousness—a deep awareness of Jesus as King—you step into Kingdom Consciousness. The two go hand in hand.

God is doing something fresh right now. "Behold, I am doing something new, now it will spring up 🌱; will you not be aware of it?" (Isaiah 43:19 NASB)

When you’re in Christ, you are in the flow of newness. "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come." (2 Corinthians 5:17 NASB)

📜 Jesus says in the last book of the New Testament: "Behold, I am making all things new."

Everything is moving toward newness. The newness of the Age to Come is already overflowing into the Present Age. Right now. Right wherever you are.

The question is: Are we aware? Are we perceiving it? Are we living in step with it?

“Jesus, I choose to live fully awake to You. Give me eyes to see, ears to hear, and a heart to perceive what You’re doing. I align with Your newness. I walk in Your Kingdom today.”

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Higher Thoughts

“My thoughts are higher than your thoughts.” —Isaiah 55.9

Settling for what’s allowed—or reaching for what’s best? Just because something is permissible doesn’t mean it’s profitable. The Kingdom calls us to pursue what’s best, not just what’s allowed. How can we be powerful in God when we let ourselves be dominated by other things? Some are good—food, sex, work, amusement, even self-identity. Others are not—anger, pride, comfort addiction, endless scrolling. The question isn’t only, “Can I do this?” The better question is, “Is this truly profitable for my real self and my life in the Kingdom?” Paul writes to us, "All things are lawful for me," but not all things are helpful. "All things are lawful for me," but I will not be dominated by anything” (1 Corinthians 6.12 ESV).

Kingdom thermostat. Too many set their spiritual thermostat to the status quo—whether it’s Church World or the Surrounding Culture. But Jesus’ Kingdom is not calibrated by what’s common. He calls us to set our temperature by his Presence and Word. The status quo is a slow slide toward lukewarm. Decide to break free from the settings around you. Adjust to the Kingdom Thermostat. “Keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord” (Romans 12.11 NIV).

🍟 Beat the system

The junk food industry is evolving—they’re working to outsmart weight-loss drugs and healthy lifestyle changes.

Get a little angry about this. You should.

Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs seem to turn down the food noise—that nagging voice always thinking about what to eat next.

But Big Food is just getting louder.

Dr. Mark Hyman: “Ozempic is breaking the food addiction cycle – but Big Food isn't going down without a fight.”

For years, food companies have been perfecting the bliss point—the magic combo of sugar, salt, and fat that keeps us reaching for more.

It’s not just a lack of willpower. The game is rigged.

Even as more people are taking control of their health … and as the government cracks down on artificial additives… Big Food is fighting back. 🥊

“Big Food isn't happy. Our food system is broken. It's built to create addictions, push ultraprocessed junk and profit off public health crises.” (Dr. Mark Hyman)

Stay aware 👀 

The fight for your health isn’t just personal. It’s systemic. It’s not going away without a real fight.

What’s motivating all of this? 💵💵 💵 of course.

Stay conscious on this issue. Beat the system.

Brian—I’m not recommending weight-loss drugs. My preference is a more natural approach to eating and exercise. Still, know you are up against a system. Big Food monetizes your lack of wellness. So does Big Pharma. And we all pay the price of higher insurance premiums.

Adapted from Fox News

Go further: Big Food, the Diet Industrial Complex and now, miracle drugs?

Perspective. Via American Memory Lane

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