KyKingdomKum

In the beginning, when God created man, He revealed His intention before He ever formed us. He said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have dominion.” That one statement held His why . His purpose. His vision for humanity. Then Scripture says He made man in His image and blessed them — before giving any task to be fruitful, multiply, replenish, subdue, and have dominion. The blessing came first. The ability to do flowed from who they were, not what they did. But something happened. Something interfered with that image and interrupted that flow. Still, God never changed His intention. Throughout history, He kept reaffirming what He said from the beginning — through covenants, prophets, and promises. He would not abandon what He began. And in the fullness of time, He accomplished what He set out to do — in Christ. In Christ, God made man in His image again. In Christ, He blessed humanity again. In Christ, He restored fruitfulness, multiplication, repl...

I’ve been thinking a lot about how we’re meant to thrive — yet so many of us are just surviving. While I’m deeply grateful to have survived this far, it’s the knowledge and understanding of God our Father that convinces me there’s more. We weren’t created to live life on the edge of exhaustion, just getting by. We were created to thrive — to live from the abundance of His presence and purpose. When God placed man in the Garden He planted, it had everything man needed. When He led His people to the Promised Land, it was described as a land flowing with milk and honey — where they could dig copper out of the hills, live in houses they didn’t build, and eat from vineyards they didn’t plant. Every time God positioned His people, He positioned them in abundance. Then He placed us in Christ and blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places. This has always been His will, His desire, and His intention — that His children would thrive from a place of wisdom and understanding,...

For a while now, many of us have been seeking to understand the Kingdom of God. We may have first heard that the Kingdom is "God’s way of doing things," and for a time, that definition might satisfy. But as understanding grows, it becomes clearer that the Kingdom is far more than a divine system or a code of conduct. It is the mind of God — His thoughts, His will, and His intentions expressed on earth. Scripture says, “Let him who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me.” To know God is to become familiar with His thoughts and His ways. When Jesus came preaching the Kingdom, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and raising the dead, He was demonstrating exactly what the Kingdom looks like in action. Wholeness, provision, and life — those are the will of God. 🌿 The Garden and the Promised Land When God finished His work, He placed man in the Garden — a place of provision, peace, and divine order. The Garden represents the Kingdom, just as the Promised La...

When Jesus first began to preach, His message was simple yet profound: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17) That word repent — metanoia in Greek — means to change one’s mind or perspective. Jesus wasn’t just telling people to feel sorry for their sins; He was inviting them to see differently. Something new had arrived. Heaven’s rule had come near, and He was about to show them what that looked like. Every miracle that followed — the blind receiving sight, the deaf hearing, the lame walking, the hungry being fed, and even the dead being raised — was not just compassion in action. It was demonstration. Jesus was revealing what happens when the Kingdom of Heaven touches the earth. Where the King reigns, disorder bows. The Nature of the Kingdom Paul would later write, “The Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17) This verse tells us that the Kingdom is not about external ritual...

There’s a truth that anchors the heart of every believer: God provides what He requires. Everything needed for life and godliness has been given to us in Jesus Christ. He is our righteousness, our holiness, our redemption. Through Him, we have access to everything the Kingdom of God demands — and that includes our worship. It’s easy to think of praise and worship as something we offer up to God from our own strength. But in truth, even our worship is a gift that flows down from Him. He provides the very song, the very sound, that He desires to hear. Scripture shows us this pattern again and again: the people of God are given a word, a declaration, or a song that carries them through battle and into victory. When the people of Judah were surrounded by enemies, God didn’t arm them with swords — He armed them with a song. “Praise the LORD; for His mercy endures forever.” (2 Chronicles 20:21) That phrase wasn’t random. It was provided. It was the praise that led them into triumph...

Last night I was thinking about receipts — looking back and seeing what God has done for me, what He’s brought me through. And this morning, still following that train of thought, I was reminded that God’s word doesn’t return to Him void. It accomplishes what He sent it to do. Then I remembered something that happened a long time ago — the moment a man walked into my jail cell and handed me a Bible. I’ve always believed that it wasn’t just a man who came to see me that day; it was God Himself, walking into that cell to deliver His word. I remember our conversation clearly. He told me how much time I was going to get and how much time I would do. And the very book he handed me described God as the One who declares the end from the beginning. That moment was more than an introduction to Scripture — it was the fulfillment of it. God sent His word, and it has been accomplishing exactly what He sent it for ever since. Hope that does not disappoint. Faith that comes by hearing the word ...

There’s a story Jesus told about two men who went to pray. One came to God with his résumé of religious accomplishments, the other simply prayed, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” And Jesus said it was the second man—the one who brought nothing but his need—who went home justified. That story still speaks today, because so many of us approach God with the wrong mindset. We feel the pull of the Spirit, but then we pause and think: “I need to clean up first. I need to fix some things before I can come to God.” That’s religion talking. That’s tradition talking. But it’s not the Gospel. The Lie of Striving From the very beginning, humanity has been tempted to believe we have to become something we already are. In the garden, the serpent told Eve that if she ate the fruit, she would be “like God”—when in reality, she was already made in His image. That same lie whispers to us today: “You’ll be accepted by God if you just fix this, change that, do more, try harder.” And the result?...