Hey everyone, I want to give you a quick behind-the-scenes update. The God Is Personal Classroom is currently being recorded and developed, and I could not be more excited about what is coming together. Here is what you can expect: 6 modules built directly from the book and workbook, walking you step by step from the noise of a crowded world all the way into a daily, personal, intimate walk with the Father. Every lesson includes a short teaching from me, a hands-on exercise from the workbook, and a practical action step you can bring back here to the community. This is not going to be another course you watch and forget. It is going to be a journey you actually take. We are in the recording and production phase right now, and I want this to be done right before it goes live. Stay tuned because it will be worth the wait. In the meantime, I want to hear from you. Drop a comment below and answer this: What is the one thing in your walk with God you most want to see change by the time you finish this course? Your answers are going to shape how I teach this material. I am reading every single one. See you in the comments.

I dont feel consistent in out relationship, any advice?

Hey everyone, Justin here. In God Is Personal, we talk a lot about the difference between religious performance and actual relationship. One of the hardest lessons I had to learn—especially coming out of the military and spending years chasing validation—was that God isn’t impressed by our "metrics." He doesn't want our religious resume; He just wants our presence. But let’s be honest: in a crowded, noisy, hyper-polarized world, giving God our presence is incredibly difficult. It requires intentionality. It requires us to stop doing things for Him long enough to actually sit with Him. So, I want to hear from you today. We are building this community to help each other move past empty religion, and that starts with honesty about our daily habits. Drop a comment below and answer this one question: What is ONE specific, practical thing you are doing this week to quiet the noise and cultivate a personal relationship with the Father? • Is it 10 minutes of silence in the car before you walk into the house? • Is it reading a chapter of the workbook instead of scrolling the news first thing in the morning? • Is it having a hard but honest conversation with God about where you feel burned out? There are no wrong answers and no "perfect Christian" metrics here. Share what you are doing—or what you are struggling to do—so we can encourage each other. Can't wait to read these. I’ll be in the comments responding! (Bonus points: If you see someone else’s comment that resonates with you, give it a like or reply to let them know they aren't alone!)

As a former “practicing” pagan I am very aware of the lure of the polyamory of the world. Theistic monogamy is boring, restrictive and very contrary to the desires of our humanity. No one likes to be told they were wrong, especially when if something that has to do with a deeply held conviction. That gets compounded if that belief was taught and held by a parent. I was raised by a mother who taught me, sometime feverishly, that Christians were sexist, racist, stupid and should never be trusted near your checkbook. Churches (the buildings) were wastes of money that got in the way of progress and should be taxed into extinction. It was explained to me in great detail that a church who’s congregation was involved with politics was a threat to our country and should be stamped out. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. I was taught that I should worship at the altars of science, technology and sexual freedom. The greatest sacrifice a man could make was to work as many hours as he could and marry a strong independent woman who treated him poorly and worked equally hard. Children, as was explained to me, were to be raised by public education and taught commonly accepted texts, regardless of what discoveries had made them obsolete. My self worth was going to depend solely on the college degree I could pay for and how I could use that to better my status in society, and my tax returns were going to determine how successful I was. My path to Christianity started abruptly and in dramatic fashion, and it would have failed had it been any less. As an army veteran I was used to the institution of perceived intelligence. By that I mean no one wants to be thought of as dumb, and yet we always run into the trap of deciding that anyone who thinks differently than I is just that. However, once I realized that I was so terribly wrong I had to reassess my entire viewpoint, for if I was wrong about this then where else had I erred. My conversion to Christianity had nothing to do with my upbringing, my ethnicity, or my environment. It solely was because God wanted me to have faith.

ADHD, PTSD, depression, anxiety, autism…. Have you dealt with any of these? I have. Before I began my walk with Christ I struggled with a few different things that made my life feel chaotic. Trauma from combat in Iraq left scars, alcoholism, drug addiction, witchcraft, and so many other things in my past made it difficult to function on a level that maintained healthy relationships with other people. It made seeing God almost impossible for me to do. As with any person we all have the same step one, follow Him. Christ is step one, you can not change yourself without Him. I do not care where you are in your life or what terrible things you have done. Christ is step one. Turn yourself over to the Holy Spirit and decide that He is your Lord and you will surrender and obey. Super simple right? When you feel like your life is in a spiral and there is a hole in you that you have tried to fill with drugs, alcohol, video games, social media, and other idols are the same. They lead to addiction, lower self worth, and they get in the way of having a relationship with your creator. But how do we begin to slow down, to calm the chaos, and to welcome God back into our lives? I have a simple 5 step program that will do wonders on your mental health and you spiritual health. Little victories. Step one, set an alarm to wake up. Don’t sleep in and just go with the flow. Wake up with a sense of purpose. You are a child of the one true God and he has a calling for you. You have a commission that He gave to all of us and He wants your help. Step two, make your bed. Such a small victory, but it will create a template for your space and life. When you leave your bed a mess you are setting the stage for the rest of your day. Making your bed is so powerful and we underestimate it so much. Some of us avoid making our bed because we are still in a mindset of rebellion. We resent that our parents, or military made us do it and we are still rebelling against that. Why would you start your day with an act of rebellion?