October 24, 2025
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The Kingdom is not Churchianity. It’s the rule of God everywhere and in everything.
This issue — use your Kingdom advantages, this way always ends well, schools — the gates of hell?, beauty may heal us.
P.S. — Do something different in a sea of sameness.
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Playing from Ahead — Using Your Kingdom Advantages
Each week, we highlight a Kingdom Dynamic, a key insight into how God’s Kingdom works in real life …
What could happen when heaven’s edge intersects with your world?
Most followers of Christ live as if they’re playing from behind—yet in Him, we’re designed to play from ahead.
Life in Jesus isn’t self-improvement. It’s alignment with a real Jesus Order. When you seek first the Kingdom, spiritual advantages begin to form—edges that come straight from your union with Christ.
You have unlimited ACCESS TO THE THRONE OF GRACE. Boldly, not timidly. When you ask, heaven listens and moves.
YOU CARRY GOD-TEL—intelligence that outperforms human insight. The Holy Spirit reveals strategies, innovations, and timing.
You walk in FAVOR THAT FLOWS FROM ALIGNMENT, not luck. When you agree with Christ’s ways, doors open that effort alone could never force.
In His name, YOU EXECUTE AUTHORITY. Real legal power backed by the credit of heaven.
You live by the Romans 10 pattern: believing in your heart, speaking with your mouth … SHAPING REALITY THROUGH TRUTH-CHARGED KINGDOM SPEAK.
And when your energy dips, FRESH RESURRECTION POWER CHARGES YOU. The same Spirit that raised Jesus is your internal generator.
You’re not disadvantaged! You may not know it yet like you should, but you’re not!
You’ve been equipped with Kingdom leverage for every domain of life—work, calling, relationships, purpose.
Step into your advantages with Christ. Reject the myth of lack. Align, speak, and act from your position in Christ.
Watch heaven’s edge manifest through you.
Prayer
Jesus, I receive my advantageous position in you. I own it. Help me to steward it well for your glory and story. Amen.
Related Smart Edit newsletter: Consider the Offer. Enter the Kingdom without Reserve.
We’re using the New American Standard Bible for Scripture quotes, unless we note otherwise.
Something New Is Brewing …
Next week, I’ll share a fresh way you can power up The Smart Edit mission — helping more believers think clearly, live smart, and dial up their impact for Christ. Stay tuned!
Thinking Above & Beyond
“My thoughts are higher than your thoughts.” —Isaiah 55.9
This way always ends well. The way God handles you is your blueprint for handling others — it always ends well. He’s patient when you fall short. Generous when you lack. Faithful and consistent even when you drift. When you extend that same grace outward, things realign and heaven’s stuff begins to flow to you … and through you. God’s way with you was never meant to stop with you.
Faith comes before sight. In the Kingdom, seeing isn’t believing — believing is seeing. Faith moves first. We trust God before any evidence appears. Then sight eventually catches up. But faith is always AVANT-GARDE (literally, “ahead of the guard”). Faith is on the point, pulling future realities into the present. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5.7).
Beauty May Heal us
There’s a war on beauty. But that’s a topic for another newsletter …
Beauty isn’t just subjective—our brains are wired to respond to it. All authentic beauty is downstream from the Creator.
Art, music, nature. These aren’t just enjoyable. They can heal.
On the POD
The New Testament Like You’ve Never Seen It with Frank Viola, Part 1 (Ep 353). You’ll see how the New Testament connects to your own storyline in Christ, as His Kingdom continues to advance today. This fresh perspective will help you unlock Scripture and your place in God’s epic narrative.
Follow the link to listen. The JesusSmartX podcast is also available on your favorite listening app including Spotify.
STELLAR QUOTE
Schools — the Gates of Hell?
I am afraid that the schools will prove the very gates of hell, unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy Scriptures and engraving them in the heart of the youth.
Yes! Google Maps … Now with Breakthrough Spousal Correction Mode!
“Proceed forthrightly via the route your wife prefers.”
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Best,
Brian Del Turco
Brian and Penny
P.S. — In a world adrift in sameness since the forbidden tree and the snake … dare to live differently. Same old world. Brand-new Way. Live in the difference.
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