Here is a recipe that’s out of this world! It’s from the world’s bestselling recipe book (and bestselling book overall) of all time. It’s full of recipes for victorious living.

The kingdom of God requires that you live by God’s desires for you, not by your desires for yourself. It means that Jesus is your Lord — that you have surrendered to being led moment-by-moment by Christ’s Spirit living inside of you (not by your thoughts, feelings, opinions, choices, or desires). What good does it do for you to go to church and hear a religious talk if your heart is callused and you don’t hear with your inner ears, understand with your heart, and then turn to the risen Jesus to let Him heal you and continually rule you from within as your living Master, Savior, and King? (See Acts 28:26-27.)

“For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without hindrance!” Those are the last two sentences of the Book of Acts in the Bible.

Paul was allowed to have visitors even though he was in house arrest waiting for a trial in Rome, under one of the most oppressive governments in history. Yet he didn’t complain about the government or verbally attack the Emperor. Instead, he looked beyond human government and kept his inner eyes on the kingdom of God. For the last two years of his life, Paul shined as a bright light pointing people to the presence and reality of the living Jesus. He is still doing that today. Read Paul’s letters in the Bible (with an open, uncalloused heart) and see for yourself!

Biblical Christianity is so much more that the words of a Sunday preacher. It’s the Living Word, the risen Jesus Christ, speaking in the hearts of everyday people. Hear Him! He speaks through the Bible, through your conscience, and through thoughts, images, and promptings that He puts in your mind and/or on your heart. He never contradicts Himself, so test what you sense inside you with what you read in the Bible to make sure it is God speaking to you and not your own voice or the voice of evil masquerading as good.

I’ve read the world’s bestselling recipe book for decades and continually sought to live by what it says. It has taught me to think and act like this:

Do something kind.
Say something kind.
When you disagree
Use kindness.

I try to speak the truth that I feel deeply in my heart with kindness and compassion. Here are a few examples of how I try to do that.

To arrogantly deny that human behavior is damaging our planet is to commit the coming generations to disaster.

Fact check of the popular use of the word “reproductive.” The dictionary defines “reproductive” as “referring to the process of reproduction.” There’s nothing “reproductive” about ending a prenatal human life. If animal cruelty is morally wrong, surely prenatal cruelty is too.

To continually claim an election was stolen with no concrete evidence to back your claim, is to act like a disgruntled child who didn’t like the outcome of a playground game.

People have a right to define themselves by their sexual desires and behaviors, but I also have a right to kindly disapprove of their desires and behaviors.

It’s becoming popular for American politicians to talk about Hell and damnation. They throw the words right into the middle of their speeches. However, God doesn’t want anyone to go to Hell. He doesn’t damn anyone. The reason that Jesus came and died was so that no one would have to go to Hell. He’s the way to avoid Hell. Get to know the risen Jesus and let Him rescue you. Read His recipe book with an open heart and discover His present-day power and reality.