Shape The Culture

This week, Shape The Culture speaks on being able to feel the fire when we step out on faith. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, we must be willing to take full ownership of our free will. When we take responsibility for our choices, we allow our faith to grow. Walking by faith means that we take risks, we face uncertainty, and we move through our own doubt and fears. By doing this, we begin to have more courage in our personal power and allow ourselves to be aligned with the spirit of God.

This week Shape The Culture focuses on how we can allow our lives to be a light for others. As we take our practical and mystical steps of faith, we set an example for others. Your faith can be calm, confident, daring, and bold all at once. However faith looks for you, you must stand on it. Being grounded in who we are and taking full responsibility and control for our choices allows us to be the leaders we are called to be. Everyday, you have the opportunity to spread confidence and encourage people to take their own steps of faith.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Got Faith? This week, we look at how believing is a form of seeing. When we start to believe in something, we gain insight from our visions and dreams. We start to form a picture of what is to come inside of our minds. We might not be able to see this physically, but we can see it spiritually. Holding onto this belief is a form of faith that allows us to take practical steps to make our visions a reality. As we hold onto our dreams and visions, we have to prepare ourselves knowing that things rarely go as planned. As we live and grow, dream, and work, we have to understand we will never be able to plan everything accordingly. We won’t be able to make sure that everything goes exactly how we want it to. We would be better off focusing on what we can control. Which is how we treat people, conduct business, how we give and how we receive, how we provide support for ourselves and others, and how we ensure that we contribute to the welfare of ourselves and others. If we can keep ourselves focused on these things then the natural evolution of life and progression will take care of itself.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Got Faith? As we continue to dive into the story of Daniel, we begin to see what it takes to make a miracle. Our daily steps of faith lead us towards making the unbelievable possible. Faith is an internal belief. We have to allow our confidence to grow through the decisions we make each and every day. Taking those practical steps of faith put us in the position to witness the miraculous.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Got Faith? This week, the second chapter of Daniel's story is covered as we look at how little steps of faith lead us to even bigger movements of faith and eventually can lead to miracles. Through our trials and tribulations, we have to be willing to believe in the unbelievable. The only thing capable of blocking our faith is ourselves. We can be our own best friend and our own worst enemy. It starts with trusting ourselves to make the right decisions. We have to trust in our abilities to discern and make sense of our situations. By becoming more confident in ourselves, we will be able to push ourselves to stand through our storms with faith. 

Shape The Culture begins their new series titled Got Faith? We look at the beginning of Daniel's story and see what it means to pick a side. Faith means to believe in what we cannot see. When we decide to step out on faith, we are making use of our free will. Faith can be mystical and practical. Everyday there are plenty of opportunities for us to exercise our faith and give ourselves a chance to watch results make themselves. As Daniel chose to eat vegetables and drink water, we can make the decision to implement better life choices.

Shape The Culture wraps up their series titled A Dream Deferred. This week, we look at David's dream of building the temple coming true. Even though, David was unable to see the temple the dream was still kept alive. When a dream is deferred that does not mean it is canceled. Being postponed gives us the opportunity to gain more clarity and discernment. Our insight provides us with the wisdom we need to make sure that our dreams are completed with perfection. When we move according to God's timing and trust in our process then the results will speak for themselves. David did not see the temple, but he can rest assured knowing his plans and details are what contributed to the success of the operation.

Shape The Culture continues their weekly series titled A Dream Deferred. This week, we look at David's final instruction to Solomon to do the work. When we have a dream, it's important that we focus on the work and let the results come to us. Your work is how everything begins to happen. We have to be strong and courageous even when our work may seem overwhelming or fruitless. By focusing on our work, we are able to let nature take its course and be prepared when it's time for the dream to become a reality. 

Shape The Culture continues their series A Dream Deferred. This week we focus on God's plan for David and the temple. When we think about God's plan, we have to understand that it is a plan for humanity. God's plan requires us to work and collaborate with others to make it a reality. Our dreams and hopes are connected as we pursue growth and progress. Great intentions must be focused on coming together for the greater good. It takes teamwork and a united vision to make a reality that is bigger than us come true.

Shape The Culture continues their series A Dream Deferred. The story of David wanting to build the temple is read again and this time we read that it was David's son Solomon who was called to build the temple. This illustrates the principle of paying it forward. When we have our dreams, we have to understand that those dreams require help and the gifts of others. No dream is accomplished solely by one person. Paying it forward allows us to give first and challenges us to love unconditionally. To help humanity move forward, we must rely on each other and continue to help each other learn and grow.

Shape The Culture begins their new series titled A Dream Deferred. This week, a look at David's plan to build temple being rejected by God is examined. Through the introduction of this story, we see how having a humble mentality with awareness allowed David to realize that he must continue to walk in his path. Clarity and discernment comes from being able to choose the narrow path and acknowledge that we don't always get what we want. When we commit to progress, we allow ourselves to walk our path being content to play our role. 

This week Shape The Culture wraps up their Solid Foundation series. This episode focuses on how having a solid foundation leads to authority. When Jesus spoke to the people, he spoke with authority that comes from weathering our storms and learning the valuable lessons experience has to teach us. When we dedicate ourselves to building a solid foundation, we place ourselves in a position to stand on who we are and stand behind the choices we make.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Solid Foundation. This week the parable of the foundation built with rock and sand is examined again. The focus is now on the sandy foundation and how the storm wipes away a foundation without any experience. When storms come, we must learn how to stand through them. Standing through the storm is how we step out on faith and provide ourselves with the experience and insight needed to make our foundation solid.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Solid Foundation. This week, the practice of wisdom is discussed as we examine what it means to build on a solid foundation of rock. Through the storms, trials, and tribulations, we are called to continually try new things while stepping out on faith. Only when we put into practice what we hear from God will we learn the true value of wisdom. Each time you step out on faith you are giving yourself the opportunity to learn valuable information while increasing your clarity and discernment.

Shape The Culture starts their new series titled Solid Foundation. For the first episode, the parable of Jesus turning away people performing miracles is used to discuss our willpower. It's important that we gather the strength we need to ask ourselves hard questions and work on our character before focusing on our accomplishments. You can do great work with bad intentions. We have to make sure we know where our motivation comes from before we seek out what we want in life. When our intentions are pure there's no limit to how far we can go.

Shape The Culture concludes their series titled Greater Than. This week, we travel to the end of Joshua's journey as he tells the people to choose for themselves. We have to be able to make the decision for ourselves on if we will follow God or not. We have to be able to rally ourselves to hold to our commitments and follow through with the right action. Only you can lead yourself to where you are supposed to be. 

Shape The Culture continues the series titled Greater Than. This week the story of Joshua telling the sun to stand still is told as we examine what it takes to have unbelievable faith. To be greater than, we must be willing to accept that we can do the unthinkable and have the mindset of victory at all times. God already believes that we can do more than we ever imagined, we just have to be willing to believe in ourselves. By stepping out with active faith, we become participants in our journey rather than being passive witnesses. 

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Greater Than. This week, the story of Joshua and Jericho is explored as we learn how important it is to be devoted to our calling and discernment. Just like Joshua, we must be willing to put in the work and have the patience to receive what God has ready for us. We must follow our instructions precisely and demonstrate our faith by committing ourselves to right action. The process doesn't always make sense but understanding comes with time so we must stay down for the come up.

Shape The Culture continues their Greater Than series. This week, Shape The Culture takes a look at the miracle of the parting of the Jordan River and how Joshua was able to learn from Moses and the parting of the Red Sea. Through parallel miracles, we are able to see how the past is a present to help us learn how to walk in our faith, trust in ourselves, and lead to victory. We have a responsibility to learn from the lives of others as we witness their success and shortcomings.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled Greater Than. This week, we learn the blessing behind being unconventional and sharing God's grace with everyone no matter the situation. As we read about Joshua, Rahab, and the two spies, we see that this was an extraordinary moment for God's grace to be shared. By stepping outside of their comfort zone, everybody in the story was able to reach new heights spiritually and live in their own greatness. When we decide to be unconventional we allow ourselves to upgrade from an earthly mentality to a heavenly mentality.

Shape The Culture begins their new series titled Greater Than. Looking at the story of Joshua, we learn how important it is to stay strong and courageous. Throughout our daily lives we are constantly in need of a strong spiritual mentality that keeps us going in the face of trouble. We are called to be greater than our past and this means we must trust that we have everything inside of us to make that a reality. Being courageous is the first step towards living in our victory.

Shape The Culture concludes the JUDAS series with one final look at an emotional moment between Jesus and Judas. As Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss, we witness the power of responding instead of reacting. Jesus demonstrates that we can lead with love even when we are directly confronted with evil. It takes maturity to be able to process our emotions and stay on our path when others push us to react. We must walk with our faith everyday and our actions must prove that we believe our life is under control even when it's out of our control.

Shape The Culture continues the JUDAS series. This week, a look into the final act of love towards Judas from Jesus is discussed. As Jesus treats his betrayer like a honored guest, we are shown that love doesn't come easy and it can take a lot of work to lead with love in the face of evil. We are responsible for our own choices and must commit actions that represent ourselves and not others. Knowing that Jesus was deeply troubled and still able to treat Judas with love provides us with an example to follow in our own lives.

Shape The Culture continues their series JUDAS with a look at Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Even when Jesus knew that Judas would betray him, Jesus intentionally showed him love by washing his feet. This speaks to how hard and important it is to lead with a heart of love. Life will test you by placing you in situations where you can choose love or spite. By being conscious of our actions, we begin to lead by example when we allow ourselves to choose compassion and kindness above everything else.

Shape The Culture continues the series JUDAS. This week we talk about being responsible for our own choices and actions. We can only control ourselves and can't allow the actions of others to make us feel insecure. As we battle our inner demons, it's important that we make conscious choices that affirm the belief in ourselves and lead us in the right direction.

Shape The Culture begins a new series titled JUDAS. The first episode focuses on the call of the disciples that included Judas. Taking a look at this story illustrates how our internal world conflicts with our external world. We can have the complete picture on the outside, but be crumbling on the inside. Each of us wages our own war with our emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Focusing on our inner struggles allows our external world to manifest itself into a more complete picture and ultimately lead us closer to our true selves.

Shape The Culture wraps up the I Am Human series and talks about the Butterfly Effect. As we go through our transformations, we begin to see ourselves evolve into new people. The spirit of God has a way of using what's already inside of us to turn us into who we are called to be. Our inner journey is the most important journey there is. Once you start to fly, you cannot go back to crawling.

Shape The Culture continues the series I Am Human with Witness Protection. Being a witness to the power of God allows us to share our stories and experiences with the purpose of helping each other. We grow together as we share our ups and our downs. As a witness, you are directly involved with moving the culture forward. You witness and experience miracles with the purpose of communicating your struggles and victories. Through our stories, we discover more about ourselves and push each other forward.

Shape The Culture continues the I Am Human series. This week, change is the focus as we look into how change is as natural as breathing. Looking at the stories of Peter in Luke 5 and John 21, we witness the same miracle, the same God, but different reactions. God is the only constant in our lives and the changes we go through prepare us to deepen our spiritual relationship.

This week Shape The Culture continues their series, I Am Human. This week the focus is on crashing out and making sure that we don't get ahead of ourselves. Looking at the story of Peter's denial of Jesus, we see how it is human nature to crash out , but redemption is right around the corner. We have to pay attention to the power of our tongue and make sure we say what we mean and mean what we say.

This week Shape The Culture looks at Peter's eagerness to follow Jesus to the cross before it's his time. As humans, we battle with wanting to rush our process and being concerned with not being on time. Following God's plan means that we are not concerned with being late because God's timing is always perfect. 

Shape The Culture begins their new series, I Am Human. This week, the story of the disciples arguing over their greatness is discussed and the power of Jesus words relating greatness to being considered the least is examined. To be great, we have to have a reason for wanting to be great and this reason has to contribute to the progress of humanity. A heart of serving and a desire to be a change agent is what aligns us with greatness and fuels our drive to pursue our purpose. 

Shape The Culture concludes their series titled For Dreamers Only. This week, we look at the fateful meeting between Joseph and his brothers. After being sold into slavery and going through many trials and tribulations, we see Joseph extend forgiveness to his brothers and demonstrates the ultimate revenge. Forgiveness is the revenge of the dreamer because it shows a level of maturity and wisdom that is God-given. Joseph had purpose and he had clarity to understand that those who did him wrong were just enacting a role in God's plan for his ultimate victory. 

Shape The Culture continues their series, For Dreamers Only. Taking a look at Joseph's fateful meeting with Pharaoh, we examine how important it is to treat each day like our big day. We never know when our life will change and we have to ensure that we approach each day, each opportunity with the right heart and right character to proper ourselves forward.

Shape The Culture is back with a new episode titled Behind The Scenes. This week, we focus on the perspective switch of Joseph's story as we learn that the Pharaoh needed Joseph and his gift. This demonstrates that behind the scenes, God is working in your favor and your process will pay off. With the right heart and right character, we can pave our way forward to be ready when God presents us with the opportunity to walk in our purpose.

Shape The Culture continues their For Dreamers Only series and takes a look at Joseph's interpretation of dreams while he's in prison. This illustrates how important it is for us to remember that we have a purpose and to remember the time we first had our dreams and how motivated and energized we felt. Through our highs and lows, we have to stay dedicated to keeping that same energy flowing in our lives. 

Shape The Culture continues the For Dreamers Only series and takes a look at Joseph's time in jail. As Joseph embraces his gift and continues to be a dreamer, we learn how important it is for us to never forget our humble beginnings and to share the gift God has placed inside of us with the world.

Shape The Culture continues the For Dreamers Only series. This week, the story of Joseph's temptation by Potiphar's wife is used to discuss the principle of facing our temptations instead of folding. We must be confident in our decisions knowing that God is with us always. When we decide to face our temptations, we strengthen our dreams and move forward instead of holding ourselves back.

Shape The Culture continues their series titled For Dreamers Only. This week, the story of Joseph's betrayal by his brothers is examined as we learn how to feel our pain and continue to press forward. Our pain can be viewed as purposeful or pointless. Our perspective determines how we're able to handle our pain and we must choose to acknowledge that everything in our life is for a purpose.

Shape The Culture begins a new series titled For Dreamers Only. Using the story of Joseph, Shape The Culture looks at what it means to protect our dreams through the hate and disbelief of others. Even when people don't understand, we have to hold onto our dreams because they are bigger than us and meant to contribute to the progress of the culture.

Shape The Culture concludes the How To Be A Master series with I'm Good. Looking the parable of The Rich Fool, we are shown how being comfortable and stable leads us on a path to having a rich relationship with God. By focusing on our character instead of our ability, we are able to be moved by our contributions rather than our clout. 

Shape The Culture keeps the How To Be A Master series going as we talk about hearing the word of God and putting it into practice. These words spoken by Jesus push us forward to focus on our abilities and how we can make conscious choices everyday to better ourselves and walk towards our victory.

Shape The Culture continues the How To Be A Master series with A.S.K. As we look at the famous words of Jesus instructing us to ask, seek, and knock, we learn how important it is to go what we prayed for and knowing how to ask for what we want.

Shape The Culture continues the How To Be A Master series with LISTEN. This week, we look at Jesus' meeting with Martha and Mary as we explore how important it is to be an active listener. By taking advantage of the times we have to learn and grow, we provide ourselves opportunities to invest in our intelligence and personal growth. 

Shape The Culture continues their mastery series with the message: Like A Good Neighbor. This week, we take a look at the parable of The Good Samaritan and discuss the power of compassion. When we are motivated to use our skills and abilities to serve others, we tap into the Kingdom of God and our journey becomes blessed as we contribute to the greater good of society. 

Shape The Culture launches a new series titled How To Be A Master. By taking a look at Jesus sending out the 72 disciples, we learn how our  character is just as important as our craft. When we learn how to have internal peace and focus on the bigger picture, we put ourselves on the road to becoming masters over our lives and bringing the Kingdom of God near those around us.

Shape The Culture concludes the JONAH series by diving into chapter 4 of the book of Jonah. We look at how Jonah still manages to be upset even when he completed his mission and achieved his purpose. Through his story, we see the importance of being open to change and understanding that the plan of God prevails over all. When we are open to change and shift our perspective, we understand that greatness comes in many shapes and forms.

Shape The Culture continues the JONAH series by diving into chapter 3. This chapter finds Jonah back on road, completing his mission, and living out his purpose. By recognizing our mistakes, we find ourselves placed in another position to listen to the voice of God speaking to us and fulfilling our divine mission. It's never too late and the valuable lessons we learn from surviving our storms live with us forever.

Shape The Culture continues the JONAH series by diving into chapter two of the book of Jonah. Through Jonah's prayer we learn how important it is to get personal with God and to acknowledge the danger we have placed ourselves in. By promising to fulfill our vows, we give ourselves control over our narratives and become powerful knowing that we are in control of achieving victory. We do not have to be ashamed of making mistakes or missing the mark because we're always able to get back on the right path. 

Shape The Culture begins a new series titled JONAH. For the first episode, Belly Of The Beast, we look at Jonah going the opposite direction of God's purpose over his life and how our flaws are just as important as our strengths. When we decide to accept the storm we're in and being in the belly of the beast we open ourselves up to living in tune with our testimony.

Shape The Culture pays homage to hip-hop artist & activist Nipsey Hussle by using his lyrics to exemplify the spiritual principles of leaving behind a legacy, leading by example, staying true to who you are, and being a motivational hustler.