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Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – it’s not worthiness that opens heavens revelation it’s open-heartedness.
Mark 4:24-25 TPT
[24] Then he said to them, “Be diligent to understand the meaning behind everything you hear, for as you do, more understanding will be given to you. And according to the depth of your longing to understand, much more will be added to you. [25] For those who listen with open hearts will receive more revelation. But those who don’t listen with open hearts will lose what little they think they have!”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the world, and its attitudes reflect the way it is led. Imagine a world that was led differently.
Matthew 20:25-28 NLT
Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you, it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. [28] For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – it’s impossible to be saved, it is only possible to know you are saved.
Matthew 19:25-26 NLT
[25] The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked. [26] Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – heaven declares me to be the man I want to be. I will accept the declaration and stop my attempts to write it myself.
Colossians 1:19-22 NLT
[19] For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, [20] and through him, God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. [21] This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. [22] Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – do I hear the command to forgive others or a picture of my true self?
Matthew 18:21-22 NLT
[21] Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” [22] “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – how deeply acceptance is measured by performance, and how this is not the story of heaven.
Philippians 3:9 NLT
[9] I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – stop learning God, he is present to be known.
Matthew 16:15-17 NLT
[15] Then he (Jesus) asked them, “But who do you say I am?” [16] Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” [17] Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – he is the teacher of himself, and he is faithful to the task. The question is my posture to receive.
Philippians 1:6 NLT
[6] And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the importance of self is blinding, it rings so true that it is hard to silence its demanding seeking for attention.
Philippians 2:4 NLT
[4] Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – how often we keep God in the distant and paint Him as one who does not understand what it’s like to be me.
Matthew 14:10,12-13 NLT
[10] So John was beheaded in the prison, [12] Later, John’s disciples came for his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus what had happened. [13] As soon as Jesus heard the news, he left in a boat to a remote area to be alone.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – explaining mystery is not knowing intellectually but an invitation to a knowledge of the heart.
Ephesians 6:19 NLT
[19] And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words so I can boldly explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – only beauty will transform me.
Matthew 13:44 NLT
[44] “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – God does not burden me with a list of do’s and don’t’s, he gives me Himself and then sends me to be like Him.
Ephesians 5:1-2 MSG
[1-2] Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behaviour from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – Jesus is not a Pharisee law enforcer, he is a life saver.
Matthew 12:1-2 NLT
[1] At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them. [2] But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, “Look, your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath.”