“Culture is all around us, it’s intangible; you can feel it, you can smell it, and you can hear it. Culture is the ultimate influencer that drives our motives, intentions, and actions as a society. It’s who we are, what we do, and where we belong. Our world and society are both built on different cultures from our heritage and ethnic backgrounds, but there is also a social culture that drives our motives, our way of life, how we do things, and what we value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Culture is a beautiful concept when used to set the tone for a positive environment that produces harmony, change, and, ultimately, a culture that serves our Lord. Our universe was created by a God who loves culture, the culture to live in freedom, to serve those around us, and to ultimately worship Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens when the power to control “culture” is in the hands of the wrong individuals and leaders? Chaos? Fear? A fallen society? We currently live in a lost society where every individual is searching for identity at every corner, forgetting the fact that we have already been given an identity, an identity with purpose, drive, contentment, and excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We constantly speak of a culture that has gone “downhill,” a generation that is “lost.” But what we fail to realize is that the wholesome culture we once knew is still there, but we are the ones who have walked away from the lives we were created to live. A culture of unity, identity, power, love, and integrity. Not a culture of confusion, isolation, devastation, and separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was us. No one forced us to change our ways, our habits, or our mindset; we did it on our own because we thought a world without Christ was better than a world that relied on a Savior who came to save us all. We took His light for granted and exchanged it for our own darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We see that our culture has destroyed principles that were created to keep us following after Christ and allow us to truly live a life of freedom and abundance. Free from the chains that weigh us down through our own daily struggles and battles. We forget that our war has already been won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been manipulated into thinking that “our way” is the best way to live; we have failed to open our eyes and see that the decline in our own society and community isn’t anyone’s fault but our own. We have failed to see that we are to blame. We hold the power to kill the culture that the world has enforced on us. Not only do we have the power to kill it, but we are called to; it’s our mission because we are called to answer and join the great commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of us live in fear, afraid to ruffle feathers when deciding to speak up, but it’s because most of us have gotten too comfortable with silence. After all, we have been beaten into submission by way of silence. For things to change, it all starts with us realizing that war is inevitable for a society that is at odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Culture is an art that we have the power to control, we have the authority to set the tone of our society in an attempt to get us closer to the lives we were created to live, but it starts with the change within ourselves first.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a peek at my interview with Schuyler Elliot as we dive into “Killing the Culture” Tap the link below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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