Sometimes we have to ask ourselves if we really know that we have a good Father in heaven. Often, the emotional trauma caused by the betrayal, abandonment, and infidelity of our earthly fathers blinds us to the reality of our wonderful heavenly Father who is always calling those who have gone astray. Being the by-product of a dysfunctional family may make it difficult for some people to understand the concept of both good and father in relation to each other. 

For many, it seems to be a misnomer to place these two terms side by side. Others have taken for granted the goodness of our Father God. Jesus said, “He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” (Matt. 5:45). The kindness of God surrounds us. It is this unconditional love and the repetitive nature of His blessings that sometimes dull our senses.

The people listening to Jesus telling this story could relate to the younger son’s dilemma. In ancient societies, the honor of the father and the honor of the family were of greater importance than the individual merit of the son. In the case of the prodigal son, he was at a greater disadvantage because he was the younger of the two sons, therefore, less important. Based on the Mosaic Law, he was only able to get one-third of his father’s assets. Moreover, tradition dictated that he did not have much leverage to ask for an unconditional pardon in order to be restored to his former status. Nobody had to tell him he had brought all of his troubles upon himself. 

Among the crowd were Pharisees and teachers of the law (see Luke 15:2). They probably snickered halfway through the story, wondering why Jesus was wasting His time talking about a sinner who deserved to be punished severely. In their minds, there was no news to over-analyze this parable. They believed they knew the moral lesson because they were confident they knew the law. In the minds of the Pharisees, the Law called for death, for this is what was written:

If someone has a stubborn or rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.” then all of the men of his town are to stone him to death. (Deut. 21:18-21)

It was as if this particular law was written specifically with the prodigal son in mind. The description fit him perfectly. He was stubborn and rebellious. We can surmise that he loved to drink, but we are sure that he was a glutton because he recklessly spent every single penny he owned. It was easy for the Pharisees to judge this young man. For them, it would have been better for the prodigal to stay away because his father had the legal right to stone him for his rebellious attitude. They had no idea that Jesus was talking about a different kind of Father.

In the parable, the prodigal son lived outside the embrace and the will of his father. He put as much distance as he could between himself and his father and spent all his time and money pursuing the things he thought would make him happy and satisfied with life.

Dirty, tired, weak from a lack of food, and living in an environment to which he was not accustomed, the prodigal son is a powerful image of the consequences of rebellion—the insistence that we can live outside of Father God’s embrace. At home, he has been certain he was missing out on life, deprived of the freedom to do the things he really wanted to do because his father was too strict, like a tyrant, having absolute control over him. However, in the pigpen he realized the real tyrant was self.

His self-will had driven him to the pit of despair and into a spiritual pigsty. As he compared his current status to that of the servants who worked for his father, he concluded that they were better off than he was: “How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!” (Luke 15:17). Then it hit him like a thunderbolt—his father was a good father!

The prodigal son went through life without taking time to reflect or be grateful that he had a loving father. It wasn’t until he experienced life in a pigpen that he was able to recognize the difference between the world and his father’s home. The Bible says, “He came to his senses”(v. 17). He knew in an instant there was nothing else he could do except seek his father’s face and beg for mercy. Only one thing had been stopping him: his belief that no one could accept a rebel such as himself.

Take some time to reflect on the goodness and loving kindness of our heavenly Father who says, “Everything I have is yours!” 

Ask the Father to show you if there are ways in your life where you choose to act like the prodigal son, working as a slave for His love and inheritance instead of knowing it has all been yours from the very beginning.

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One thing I have desired of the Lord, that I will seek; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire of His temple. Psalm 27:4

Gazing at His beauty and inquiring in His temple, both aspects of our coming to God are important. One might think soaking prayer is only about developing intimacy with God. However, Psalm 27:4 reveals soaking prayer is not just about developing intimacy with God, although that should be our main motivation; it is also about inquiring of Him about our Kingdom assignment. 

We can never separate our Kingdom assignment or heavenly call (what we are called to do) from our Kingdom identity (who we are) as sons and daughters of God. As we go deeper into intimacy, we discover who we are in Him and what He has called us to do and to be. When John the Baptist saw Jesus by the River Jordan, he exclaimed, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” The Lamb of God is Jesus’ Kingdom identity. Taking away the sins of the world is His Kingdom assignment. 

David’s leadership differed from Saul’s in many ways. One difference was in the area of inquiring of the Lord. Saul inquired of God only once or twice throughout his reign as king, while David inquired of God in almost all of his battles. God revealed to him strategies and specific directions which brought him sure victories. David led Israel in possessing the Promise Land.

So David inquired of the Lord, saying, ‘Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hand?’ And the Lord said to David, ‘Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.’ 

2 Samuel 5:17-25

We see that David inquired of the Lord twice before he and his army went to battle to face the Philistines. The first time was in verse 19. Despite his skills and a great army, David took time to ask God and never presumed anything. The victory was sure, of course. He declared that God had broken through the Philistines before him like the breakthrough of waters. 

The second time he inquired of the Lord was when the Philistines once again came against Israel in Rephaim. Remember, earlier, David wrought  GREAT VICTORY against the same nation. It would have been easy and logical to go against their opponent at once, considering their advantage, but David took time to inquire of the Lord. This shows his heart to trust God in all things, more than his strength or the size of his army. 

In verses twenty-three and twenty-four, God gave David clear instructions on how to defeat the Philistines. God said, “You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees. And it shall be, when you hear the sound of the marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for them the Lord will have gone out before you strike the army of the Philistine.” 

It takes a listening heart to hear such detailed instructions from the Lord. Such was David’s heart; it was so trained and sensitive to the Voice of God. his heart was always leaning towards Him to listen. He developed this ability to recognize God’s voice through the intimate times he had with Him in the secret place. The instruction God gave him this time around was the complete opposite of the first one. 

The first one was a direct assault. This time around, they had to go behind the enemy and wait for the go signal, the sound of marching on tops of the balsam trees, before they fought their enemies. This is amazing! This time the angelic warriors marching on the balsam trees are with David and his army. To top it all off, God Himself went before them and struck the Philistines.

As we come into deeper intimacy with God, we capture His heart and mind and understand His purposes on earth and the very things He is about to do. He reveals His secrets to His friends because He desires for them to be part of the fulfillment of His plans on earth. The way to co-labor with God is to recognize and hear His voice clearly and obey what He says. Hearing God’s voice is imperative in our stepping into our destiny.  

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It is possible to feel powerless as a Christian in modern society. Political parties are full of corruption on all sides. Wars and rumors of wars fill every corner of the earth. Divorce rates continue to climb. Church leaders are regularly caught in adultery. How can we, the ones who are supposed to “turn the other cheek” and be as “gentle as doves” hope to bring change to the world? 

1 Corinthians 12:4-8

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails.

It did not say love is weak. It did not say that love is powerless. It did not say that love is afraid. Many of the miracles Jesus performed were done when He was “moved by compassion.” Love releases the power of heaven on earth. Love is aggressive. It seeks to bring the justice of heaven to every injustice on earth. It fights for the restoration of the victim and the redemption of the victimizer. God is love. Therefore love is powerful. 

God’s love sent His son to die for the redemption of all mankind. His love is the final authority in heaven and on earth. There is nothing higher. 

I believe that the enemy has tried to rob love of its power. He wants us to feel powerless when confronted with the darkness in this world. In reality, we have been given all authority through the power of His great love. 

We Are Commissioned

Jesus did not come just to die for our sins. If that were the case, the Gospels would have been much shorter. Jesus came as the redeemer of our sins, but also as an example of what it looked like to be a child of God. His life was not just an act of love. It was an example. As He ascended into heaven, after he had been resurrected, He gave us a great commission:

Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

We have been commissioned with the full authority of heaven, and our words and actions are meant to carry that authority. We are not meant to look at the world with the authority of kings and queens in the kingdom of God. We are to look at the world as ambassadors of heaven, commissioned to make our world look like His. 

It is easy to see the darkness in the world, but we are called to something higher. We are called to be the light. We are called to be the city on the hill that cannot be hidden. We are called to shine. God’s love acts both as the power to make us shine and the authority to let us do it. 

Now let’s attack the fears that have held us back from showing God’s love to others. Whether it’s as simple as not knowing where to start or as big as being overwhelmed by all darkness we see in the world, God is ready to empower the church to do His work on the earth. If you need boldness, He will give it. If you need wisdom, He will give it. If you just need permission, He will give it.

Pray this prayer:

Jesus, help me see the world as you did when you were here. Help me not be overwhelmed but inspired by what I see. Show me how to release your goodness into the earth by the authority of your love. Thank you for commissioning us with your authority. Show me the tools you’ve given me to do your will. 

What has your perspective been on the nature of God’s love? Do you see it as powerful?

I admit that sometimes when I look at the Heart of the Father and I see that His heart is for me, I am filled with such peace and rest and joy, yet fail to go on further to see that His same heart of perfect love is for others as well. Even the others whom I disagree with, others who might frustrate me, others whose core values differ greatly from mine, yes, those “others” are dearly loved by the Father as well.

I am grateful God did not wait for me to get my act together or have my values line up with His before started loving me. He didn’t wait for me to agree with Him on everything before He sent Jesus to die on the cross as an atoning sacrifice to redeem me. He just simultaneously saw the worst in me and the best in me and chose me in Christ.

Last year while my wife and I were at a restaurant with our son and his friend, I overheard our waitress talking to a couple at another table near us about some pain she was in (if I remember correctly, it was from an accident) I eventually asked her about the pain and if I could pray for her.

Eventually, she told me that she was a single mom and her little girl had just told her the other day out of nowhere, “Mom, I wanna go to church.” She shared with me she didn’t feel like it was a coincidence that I was at her workplace sharing with her right after her daughter “randomly” said how she wanted her to take her to church.

The point is, you never know what’s going on that you can’t see in someone’s life, both the bad and painful. You also never know when God is working behind the scenes, preparing them for encountering the life of Christ through us. 

I landed in a city a year ago and was getting my rental car at the airport. When I got to the counter, the young man in his twenties asked me what my plans were while in his city. I told him I’d be speaking at a church there. He then began to open up his heart and share with me how he had recently broken up with his girlfriend and had been thinking a lot about God. I had the opportunity to share with him the love of Christ and he allowed me to pray with him. It was so easy and he was so open. It was another reminder to me that you never know what’s going on with the people right in front of you and how God is preparing them.

Finally, last spring, I had the privilege to minister in Cuba with a GMA team. It was an amazing honor and we saw God’s Spirit touch many people, including many coming forward for the call to salvation in Christ.

When I got to the airport in Havana, I had to wait in line for quite a while by myself with no wifi connection. I finally decided to strike up a conversation with the person in front of me rather than continue with all of us standing there bored and in silence. She began to share with me that she was back in Cuba visiting family and shared all the tragedies happening in her family. Then we started talking about God being a loving Father. She was crying, so I asked if I could give her a hug. Next thing I knew, she was in my arms weeping and I felt like I was back in the conference at the church releasing the love of the Father. 

I shared with her the love of Christ and got her number and connected her with a church in Miami where she lives so they could follow up and help her grow in her relationship with Christ. It was all a bit stunning. Afterwards, I wondered how many times God has put people right in front of me to share Him with but I was too distracted to notice. I am still growing and learning not to be too distracted to notice the precious ones God places in front of me. 

I am repenting for being self-absorbed in my own little world rather than seeing who the Father sees and how He sees them. I may not “feel” like I am an evangelist, but I am a child of God who by Grace through faith in Christ has come into union with our resurrected Savior. What is greater and more and more important than my feelings is the fact that Jesus, the greatest Evangelist ever, now lives inside me, even during my most, unanointed or boring or busy or distracted moments. 

Maybe I’m not technically an evangelist, but I am a son of my Father and His heart for the harvest is huge! His heart is daily yearning for the lost to come home to Papa through faith in Christ.

May God’s grace be upon us as we cooperate with and overflow with His divine love and grace for the broken humanity that God wants to restore in Christ!

Christopher Olson

This is a guest blog from Christopher Olson Ministries. Learn more about Christopher’s ministry here.

To be overwhelmed by God is the core experience in soaking. As we gaze upon His majesty and beauty, we are overwhelmed with His greatness and His goodness. In that place, all the noise and concerns around us, fades.

The moment He comes to reveal Himself more, He lifts the veil of our spiritual eyes and we see clearly who He is to us and who we are in Him. Oh what a joy to be in the presence of God!

Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. Exodus 33:11

Why didn’t Joshua leave the Tent of Meeting with Moses? I would like to believe that he actually got soaked with the presence of God and he loved it. By watching Moses, he had seen what intimacy with God could do to a man. I believe his desire went deeper than just to have his face shine like Moses’. 

He had tasted the sweetness of His presence, His glory, His nearness and he couldn’t get enough of Him. And so he stayed a little bit longer. He loved His presence and wanted more of Him. This is what compelled him to stay in the presence of God.

Psalm 27:8 When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.”

The goal of soaking prayer is communion and intimacy. It is coming to God face to face. The focus is God and not self. We come for God Himself, and not to ask for answers to our needs. Intimacy necessitates deep communion, and communion requires sharing of intimate thoughts and feelings. 

Developing intimacy with God warrants time. It takes time to go deep. Communion is taking the time to search His heart and allowing our hearts to be yielded and open to His inner workings. As we align our hearts to His, we hear His voice and experience Him deeper. 

Jesus calls us His friends. More than obedience, ultimately, it is relationship that He desires from us. When we gaze upon Him, we see the face of a Friend.

In intimacy, He reveals to us His secrets and He gives us keys to the Kingdom of God. As we read through the Bible we begin to see nuggets of wisdom and revelation as if suddenly we have been given a new set of glasses. We can read the same passage again and again and new things are still being revealed. 

This is because our Friend lifts the veil and reveals to us His marvelous secrets. When we gaze upon Him, we see the face of a friend. I want to challenge you to take time with the Lord this week, soaking in His presence. Spend time in His word and let Him reveal Himself to you. I’ll leave you with some questions to consider and to help you to process this idea:

1. Do you have the revelation of how much Father God really loves you? If so, when did you receive that revelation?
2. What lifestyle changes do you need to make to ensure your relationship with God is being nourished through soaking prayer?
3. Are there distractions keeping you from being completely overwhelmed by God? What steps are you going to take towards removing them?
4. What are your goals for soaking prayer? Is it to strengthen your relationship with God? Deeper intimacy?

Meditate on the fathering love of God with this scripture:

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.  Ps 8:3-6

Ask the father to develop in you a heart of intimacy.

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The Son of God became one of us so that the people who love Him could become like Him. I want to share a few examples with you of how I have seen that play out in my own life. I think they will be helpful pictures of the power of supernatural love. 

Once, while visiting an Islamic university in the Middle East, I met a brilliant Muslim scholar who is very well-known in that world. I was excited when I found out I could meet with him, but I realized I did not have a gift to give him. I wanted to honor him with something tangible. 

I think that is very important, not only because it is appropriate within that culture, but because honor is what love looks like. I had not known ahead of time that I was going to meet with him and had not prepared. I did not have a way to show my affection toward him. I asked my coordinator if he had a copy of one of my books, Seeing Through Heaven’s Eyes. Fortunately, he did. I wrapped it up and gave it to this scholar when we met, and he expressed great appreciation for it. 

About two days later, I was getting ready to leave that country when my coordinator got a call from this man. 

“I don’t know what has happened,” he said. “I started to read the book last night, and then something that feels like waves has been coming over me. I do not normally cry, but I have not been able to stop crying. Every time I open the book, this occurs. What is happening to me?”

I got to meet this scholar again about a year later. He still could not describe what had happened to him over the last year, but I understood. He was being changed from the inside out. This was just a private transformation in his own life. Other imams and clergy around him could see the change that had taken place and were being affected too. I could see a shift in the environment. The spiritual temperature changed. He had accidentally bumped into the baptism of love. 

I had another experience with another influential Muslim leader back in my office in the United States. I had recently returned from a trip to England and then went to Washington, DC, for an event related to the Freedom Act near the end of former President Barack Obama’s second term. This leader was also at the event, and when it ended, he said he wanted to visit my home. 

So, we returned to Atlanta together. We went to a mosque together, and then we met in my office. I had done a little preparation before he came by putting the Quran and the Bible on the highest shelf in my office. While we were seated in my office, he stood up, took the Quran off the shelf, then sat back down in a chair and began reading it in Arabic. I was still jet-lagged and about to fall asleep, but I tried to straighten up and keep my eyes open. 

The next moment, I could feel the presence of Jesus coming into the room. I have to admit that I was thinking, This is not a good time, God. But it got heavier, and I was feeling a little under the influence of the Spirit. I am sure that I must have looked drunk when I was looking at him. And the presence just kept getting thicker and thicker. 

“What are you doing to me?” he asked. 

“What do you mean?”

“What is this tingling? It is going from my head all the way down to my feet, up and down like waves. What is this?”

“Oh,” I said, “That’s just the presence of Jesus. He is pouring His love over you. Can I pray for you?”

I had enough favor to pray for him but not to actually touch him, so I went over to him, put my hand a few inches over his head, and prayed. To me, it felt like heat was going down into his stomach area and making circles like fire and then disappearing. 

The next morning, I went to his hotel to pick him up. I was going to open my car door for him, but he said very firmly, “No, I want you to come in here–up in my room.” He had a beautiful, long beard and warm, brown eyes, but his voice was a little bit strict. This was very unusual. Whenever I have been in the Middle East, I would not go to an imam’s or scholar’s room. Was I in trouble? I did not know what he had in mind. It felt very awkward. 

When I walked into his room, he went over to his laptop where his whole family was on Skype–two wives, children of all ages. “I want you to give them what I received yesterday.” 

So I prayed over Skype, and the presence of Jesus filled that room in the Middle East where his family was gathered. They had encounters with divine love, and those encounters have transformed their lives. 

When the man returned to his home country, he began to notice things he never had before: people living in poverty, beggars, people in pain, women who could not get pregnant. These people had been there all along–he had grown up with this pain all around him–but the common attitude is that Allah is going to do whatever Allah is going to do. He had not noticed these things before he was filled with a heart of love. 

But now, with the heart and the eyes of love, he saw brokenness. I don’t know if he had prayed a salvation prayer yet, but he was being changed by this love from the inside out. He had new lenses on his eyes. He was beginning to see what Jesus sees, feel what Jesus feels, and say what Jesus says without realizing that a seed of love had been planted in him. He had begun to feel love that he had never known before. 

This experience eventually led to a healing meeting in a mosque. He wanted to address the brokenness. But he did not know what to do, so he called me. “Can you help me? I do not know how to pray that way.” So I offered to help. I have actually been to that mosque now to do a healing meeting. It has been amazing to see what has happened in this man’s life. 

The seed of love that brings encounters with love created people who love. We receive love, give love, become love, and release love. If we are going to bring the love of Heaven into this earthly realm, we need to be immersed in that love ourselves. We need to know we have an A-plus on our report card before we go out and complete our assignments. 

We need to look into the darkest places of this world and see them with the eyes of love. Jesus became the incarnation of love so we could become an incarnation of love. The new identity first appears in our homes, families, neighborhoods, and workplaces. But we can live it out anywhere. 

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We cannot love others beyond the capacity we have allowed God to love us. You can try if you like, but it isn’t going to work. You may be able to love pretty well, but you will not be able to love supernaturally. You can’t love like Papa God does if you haven’t encountered His love supernaturally. 

If we have not received the Father’s love, we cannot release it. So if we are going to love a hate-filled world, heal the wounded masses, touch the lepers, cherish the widows, protect the orphans, and give life to the dying, we will need to be filled with the love of God ourselves. (Matthew 10: 8) 

I’m not sure if you have noticed what this means. If you are going to love your neighbor as yourself, you are going to have to love yourself. You will have to learn to see you like the Father sees you! 

Think about how this works. If you do not love yourself like Papa God loves you, why would your neighbor want to be loved in the same insufficient way? In fact, you cannot love others with supernatural love if you have this root issue of rejection or self-hatred. Again, you cannot give away what you do not have. Many Christians still need to deal with a root of self-negligence or self-rejection—unhealed wounds that affect every area of life. If you’re walking around with open wounds, the love God pours into you leaks out, and you can never get filled up. Letting yourself be loved by the Father is the only way you can let your love go out to others.

I know this because I would not have the love I have had for people if I had not received it myself. I’ve also never doubted since my baptism of love in 2000 that I am always surrounded by and filled with the love of the Father. So when I stand in a peace conference in one of these regions that the Gospel has never reached, I can give a talk as a son and release the love of Heaven. I know it’s in me, and I know it comes out. The entire atmosphere can be transformed. I have never witnessed the transforming effects of love like I have in some of the darkest places of this world. This is how we follow Jesus when He tells us to love others the way He has loved us! 

Let love be what drives you! 

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“The greatest farmer the world has ever known is pursuing the greatest harvest the world has ever seen.”

Dutch Sheets

I ministered to a small farming community in southern Illinois some years ago. A few weeks before the event, a local pastor asked if I would pray for the farmers. The drought had been severe that season, and the sun was relentless, nearly ruining all corn and soybeans. A lot of farmers were preparing to lose their harvest. 

I arrived in Illinois and ended up staying with one of the farmers. They drove me through the drought-stricken farmland. I felt sad looking at the withered crops. I asked my friend, “What will happen to the harvest?” He responded, “Leif, we have been praying. It has been a brutal season, and we all thought we would lose the harvest. We prayed for rain whenever we saw a cloud in the sky.” 

My friend shared that when the rain finally came, it fell very hard and fast. They were so worried it would ruin whatever remaining crops they had. However, the farmers didn’t realize that the roots were going deeper into the ground during the drought in a desperate search for water. When the rain fell heavily, the deep roots could get a hold of the water and nutrients. Everything changed! The farmers were preparing for their best harvest yet! The crops looked rough on the outside, but on the inside, they were growing stronger every day. 

I woke up remembering this story during the first week of the New Year. It’s a prophetic picture for the season we’re living in. Especially as I reviewed the last three years and some of the processes we’ve been through–conflict, COVID-19, the political climate, and believers who deconstructed their faith. I realized God is raising up a remnant that has gone through a drought season that seemed fruitless. All the while, their roots have been diving deep in desperation for Him. Now, when the heavy rains come, it’s going to hit those deep roots, and it’s going to make harvesters come alive again. We’re going to see the greatest harvest the world has ever seen. 

Reflecting on the uncommon favor with God and men in 2023, I was excited about the season shift. We equipped, empowered, and released over 37,200 leaders last year to establish healthy fireplaces that steward the fire of God’s love and have a passion for God and compassion for a hurting and dying world. 

In the Philippines, Destiny Ministry International announced 2024 as the year of the Harvest. It was such a confirmation of what I was sensing and encouraged me to say “yes” to the Lord of the Harvest. 

God is calling a generation of Kingdom Ambassadors who immerse themselves in this glorious love and are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live and love like Jesus for such a time as this.

The scripture for 2024 for the Kingdom Family Movement is Ephesians 5:15-17:

“So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”

In 2021, I received the International Peace Award as an Ambassador of Love by the President of Pakistan and the Grand Imam. It was the greatest honor. 

On the floor at the Voice of the Apostles conference in Brazil, I wept as I felt King Jesus asking me to equip, empower, and send a million Ambassadors of Love to bring Heaven to earth in the harvest fields. We are commissioned to announce, proclaim, and demonstrate the Kingdom as Jesus did. 

Ambassadors of Love know who they are (identity), where they are (intimacy), what they have (inheritance), and what they are called to do (destiny). 

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17

“We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.” 1 John 4:16-17

We must love the world God Loves.

Becoming an Ambassador of Love who knows how to bring their best when the world is at its worst is a calling. Our bridegroom King is calling. Can you hear him? 

Our true fight is not against those who are hurting in the world; it is against the sinful and demonic forces of darkness. 

“Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:4

Every believer is called to be an Ambassador of Love. Jesus, our great King, called all His followers to be with Him, become like Him, and do everything He did. 

“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.” John 14:12.

If you still need to go through the foundational training to become an Ambassador of Love, I encourage you to do it! The Blueprint for Kingdom Identity Masterclass is a twelve-week revelation, impartation, and activation journey. 

Heaven’s call for Ambassadors of Love in business, government, media, arts, entertainment, education, the family, and religion is NOW!

May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33

The way of Jesus is irresistible. Just say yes! 

Leif Hetland

Ambassador of Love

P.S. Interested in the Ambassador of Love training? Check it out here –> www.kingdomlifeblueprint.com.