What if the real reason you're feeling stuck isn’t a lack of talent or opportunity—but a lack of awareness about what’s already yours in Christ?

In this episode, we highlight 6 cutting-edge advantages that every Christ-follower can activate:

• The authority of bold faith at the Throne of Grace
• Access to “God-tel” — divine intelligence for real-world problems
• How insane favor flows from alignment with Christ
• What it means to carry Christ’s Name as legal authority
• How the Romans 10 pattern of heart and mouth is a lifelong power dynamic
• Supernatural energy and momentum from the Holy Spirit

Isaiah 41:15—“I will make you into a new, sharp threshing sledge... you will pulverize mountains.” This isn’t poetry. It’s your potential.

This isn’t hype. This could be our new normal.

I’m sharing this because I’m waking up to these truths myself—and I want you to experience the shift too. You’re not at a disadvantage. You’ve been regenerated in Christ.

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Hey there, Friend — welcome to Jesus Smart X. This is Brian Del Turco, and you’re listening to episode 338.

Today, I want to share what might be called a listicle podcast — six ways you have a believer’s advantage as a Christ follower. You can pulverize the mountains that stand before you. This isn’t a complete list, but it’s a strong start.

Before we dive in, if you missed the last couple of episodes, check them out. In episode 337, I talked with Mary DeMuth — Jesus is a Champion of Women: He Rewrites Your Life Story. It’s a powerful conversation about the Kingdom of God and how Jesus restores women to their true design and purpose.

And in episode 336, I spoke with Len Hauser — Start Your Day with a Positive Mindset. Len has years of experience in radio, marketing, and ministry, and that conversation is full of energy and insight.

You can find these and our full archive of episodes wherever you listen to podcasts — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, and many other platforms. Just search Jesus Smart X and subscribe so you don’t miss anything new.

The Believer's Advantage

A lot of Christ followers don’t realize they have real advantages in Jesus Christ. This isn’t about self-improvement or a life-hack program — it’s about aligning your life with Christ and seeking first the Kingdom and His righteousness.

When you do, there are spiritual edges that form in your life — advantages that come directly from your connection to Christ. You’re not at a disadvantage. Let’s look at six key advantages that belong to you.

Access to the Throne of Grace

Hebrews 4:16 says we can come boldly to the throne of grace. Authentic Christianity is not timid religion — it’s confident access to God.

When Jesus died, the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom. That supernatural act opened the way for every believer to enter God’s presence freely.

When you approach Him in faith, things shift. Wisdom flows, peace fills your heart, and mountains move.

As James writes (James 4), sometimes we don’t have because we don’t ask. Coming boldly before the throne of grace is a tremendous believer’s advantage that releases Kingdom leverage into your life.

Godtel

Think of this as “God intel” — supernatural intelligence, revelation, and solutions. The Holy Spirit gives you access to the smartest mind in the universe.

George Washington Carver modeled this beautifully. As a botanist, he prayed daily in his lab, asking the Creator to reveal the mysteries of creation. God answered, showing him insights about the peanut that revolutionized Southern agriculture.

We talk a lot today about AI — artificial intelligence. But what about anointed intelligence? The Holy Spirit can give you real-time revelation, insight, and answers. That’s divine Godtel — and it’s one of your greatest advantages.

Insane Favor via Alignment

Favor isn’t random or luck-based. It’s the byproduct of alignment with Christ.

When you say yes to His ways, doors open. You walk into rooms you don’t qualify for. Things accelerate. Scripture says Jesus grew in favor with God and man — and because you’re in Him, that same favor is yours.

Don’t shrink back from it. Of course, we don’t deserve it in ourselves — but we have access because of who we’re united with. Alignment equals acceleration.

Exercise Authority in Christ's Name

Jesus said, “My name I have given to you.” That means you have spiritual power of attorney before the Father. You come to Him not on your own merit, but backed by the full credit of heaven.

It’s like holding a legal authorization that activates divine authority. When you pray, act, or speak in His name, you are backed by Jesus Himself — the full faith and credit of heaven. That’s not hype. It’s Kingdom reality.

The Romans 10 Pattern: Heart Belief and Confession

Romans 10 tells us we’re saved by believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth. That’s not just a one-time event ... it’s a lifelong operating system.

“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved” (Romans 10.9-10 NLT).

When your heart belief aligns with your words, it creates a supernatural rhythm of transformation and manifestation. Life and death are in the power of the tongue. Your words architect your reality.

Keep your speech aligned with God’s Word — both your inner talk and what you speak outwardly. Salvation (soteria) includes forgiveness, healing, deliverance, and provision. A complete redemption package.

Supernatural Energy from the Holy Spirit

You were never meant to live on your own battery. Romans 8 says the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. That’s resurrection power energizing your body, soul, and spirit.

When you feel depleted, wait on the Lord. Isaiah 40 says those who do will renew their strength, mount up with wings like eagles, and soar high on the wind of the Spirit.

This supernatural energy is an advantage that fuels every Christ follower to persevere, create, and overcome.

Walking In Your Advantages

Let’s summarize:

• Power at the throne of grace
• Godtel — supernatural intelligence
• Insane favor through alignment
• The authority of Christ’s name
• The Romans 10 operating system
• Supernatural energy from the Spirit

You’re not disadvantaged. Not in your calling, work, relationships, or purpose. You’ve been given an above-normal edge in Christ.

A Faith Affirmation to Declare

Rehearse these lines over yourself and thanking the Father as you do:

• I have above-normal advantages.
• I reject the lies that I’m late, losing, or lacking.
• I choose to align with Christ and play huge.
• I’m redesigned for wisdom and energy from above.
• The Spirit of Christ animates me.
• I advance today and this week with Kingdom force.

Cycle through this three times in prayer. You’ll feel a real shift.

Remember: you have the power to thresh mountains, reduce them to dust, and see God’s glory manifest in your life.

“Behold, I have made you into a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, and make the hills like chaff” (Isaiah 41.15 NASB).

If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone who’s ready to stop playing small. Subscribe and leave a review, and let’s keep advancing together with Kingdom force.

Until next time ... stay sharp.

Hey there, friend.

Welcome to the podcast today.

Jesus Smart X the podcast.

This is Brian Del Turco and you're listening to episode 338 and I have some thoughts for you today.

This is what may be called a listicle podcast.

That is a list.

Six things that show that you have a believer's advantage as a Christ follower and you can pulverize mountains that stand before you.

There are six advantages that you have in Christ.

I'm not pretending that this is a totality, a consummate list, but I think it's a good start and we're going to talk about it today.

This is a brief episode and I'm glad you're here.

I encourage you to go back and listen to.

Let's see, there it is.

Yeah.

The previous episode, episode 337 with Mary DeMuth.

Jesus is a champion of women.

He rewrites your life story.

She has such a powerful testimony as well as equally powerful insights into the kingdom of God and into the role of women in the kingdom of God, in the body of Christ.

The episode right before that, episode 336.

Start your day with a positive mindset with Len Hauser.

Len Hauser is somebody who has a lot of experience in radio.

He's a speaker, he's a marketer all around.

Great guy, been walking with Jesus for years.

We just get on there and get into a little bit of a riff and a rave about some edges and I think you'll like that episode.

That's episode 336 and we have a whole catalog of episodes, of course, that you can explore and whatever listening option you're listening to right now, a podcast app.

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Just a whole host of different listening options.

There are hundreds of them that this podcast is on.

So let's get right after it today.

I'm really glad that you're with us.

And this is something that a lot of Christ followers don't know, that they have advantages as a Christ follower.

I want to be very careful with this.

I'm not presenting Christ following to you as a self improvement or a life enhancement program.

What I am saying is that when you align with Christ, when you are obedient to Christ, when you are seeking first the Kingdom and his righteousness and seeking to walk in the life story that he has for you.

There are edges that you can grow in.

These are advantages to following Christ.

You're not at a disadvantage.

Here's why.

Today, we're talking about what happens when you really, when you really hear me really align with Christ.

You can hear the voice of the Lord through these scriptures speaking to you.

Today, I will make you into a new, sharp, threshing sledge with double edges.

You will thresh the mountains and crush them and reduce the hills to chaff.

There's newness in the Lord.

I will make you into a new, sharp, threshing sledge.

Jesus says he makes all things new.

See, if any person is in Christ, he's a new creature, a whole new species of being really is what it means.

The old things are passing away, new things are coming.

Don't you want the new?

Isn't it exciting and motivating to have a trickle or a stream of new things coming into your life?

He also says he will make you sharp and like a threshing sledge that can pulverize mountains and move through obstacles and crush them and reduce hills to chaff.

So let's talk about these six advantages.

These six advantages, you know, the Lord can make us cutting edge, decisive, unstoppable.

And as a follower of Christ, you already carry above normal advantages.

You may not know about that at all or you may have a low understanding of that.

We want to increase that understanding together.

Here's number one.

You have access to the throne of grace.

Hebrews 4:16 says that we can come boldly to the throne of grace.

This isn't just about some, you know, passive, timid religion, true, authentic Christ following.

It's about confident access.

Well, I read it in my own devotions this morning as I read the last three chapters of the Gospel of Mark.

When Jesus died, the veil in the temple in Jerusalem was torn from top to bottom supernaturally.

And that signifies that we all now have access into God's presence.

When we approach God with faith, things shift.

Wisdom flows to you.

Peace is downloaded into your mind, into your heart.

Mountains can move.

This is kingdom leverage.

We can come boldly to the throne of grace.

How many are not availing themselves of that?

You know, James says in the book of James that the number one reason we don't get our prayers answered is we don't pray them.

The second reason is that we Ask amiss.

But before that we don't pray them.

Check it out in the book of James.

So coming to the throne of grace and receiving help in time of need, this is a tremendous believers advantage that we need to press into and grow in.

Here's another one.

Number two, God tell.

What do you mean God tell?

Sounds like the word intel.

Exactly.

God tell is supernatural intelligence, solutions and information.

Let me ask a question.

What if you had access to the smartest mind in the universe?

You do.

The Holy Spirit brings God tell to you.

I'm talking about insights, downloads, revelation, solutions, answers.

An African American, he had a high level of education in botany.

But he would pray in his lab each morning and ask God to give him solutions and answers in the field of botany.

He asked the Creator to show him mysteries.

The story goes that God challenged him to just study the peanut.

And God showed him mysteries about the peanut.

He revolutionized southern agriculture.

He developed over 300 uses for the peanut.

You know, he also the sweet potato and other other crops in the south.

Congress had him come and testify.

He testified before Congress that he received, he actually told them to their faces.

I received revelation from God about these plants.

Now what could happen if we really tapped in to what we have available to us?

You know, I'm cautiously optimistic about AI right now.

Artificial intelligence.

What about anointed intelligence?

What about a supernatural Holy Spirit algorithm that feeds you what you need when you need it?

We have access to gatel.

This is a believer's advantage.

So power before the throne of grace.

Come on now.

This is empowerment.

And number two, access to information, solutions, answers, wisdom.

That's above our pay grade and out of this world.

Here's number three.

Insane favor through alignment.

Insane favor through alignment with Christ.

Favor isn't random.

It's not luck.

Favor is a byproduct of alignment with Christ.

It's a byproduct of being in Christ.

When I say yes to his ways, doors can open, things get faster.

You walk into rooms you don't qualify for.

The scripture says that Jesus grew in favor with God and man when he was with us during his earthly ministry on the earth.

He's with us now in a better way.

But we are in Christ.

Favor is acceleration.

Alignment equals acceleration.

It's kingdom alignment.

And we need to just be open to this byproduct of abiding in Christ.

Favor don't feel that you don't deserve it.

Of Course, you by yourself don't deserve it.

I by myself will not deserve it.

But you are in Christ.

And because he is the beloved of the Father, you are the beloved of the Father.

And because he is insanely favored by the Father, you have access to that favor.

Now, there's a process to it.

We got to be committed.

We got to walk in obedience.

We have to align.

But I'm saying number three insane favors available to you as part of a believer's advantage, that's number three.

Okay, Number four, isn't this good?

This isn't a complete list, but it gets us started.

Christ's name, you've been given.

Christ's name.

Jesus says, my name I've given to you.

What does it mean?

Well, it's like we have power of attorney before the Father.

It's like legal authority.

We come before the Father in His name.

And when you speak in his name or act or pray in his name, you're not just representing Christ, but you're backed.

Listen to this.

You are backed by his full credit line in heaven.

Wow.

I mean, look at a US dollar or a $20 and you'll see a statement that says backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America.

Well, that's okay.

Might be a little wobbly actually.

But what about being backed by the full faith and credit of heaven, which is the full faith and credit line of God's beloved son, Jesus Christ?

This is not hype, this is not feelgood woo woo speech.

This is reality.

Now there's a process of being conformed to Christ.

There's growth and development and having our minds renewed and aligning and being obedient.

But I'm saying to you that Christ's name has been given to you as legal power of attorney.

And you can walk into settings and access that power of attorney with a simple prayer to your Father.

Praise God.

Here's number five.

This is a biggie.

You know, Romans 10 says that we're saved by believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth.

But that's not a one time moment.

I want to challenge you that this is a lifelong operating system which is downloaded into you at conversion, at regeneration.

And we can now lock into heart belief and align our words and create a supernatural rhythm of salvation and transformation and manifestation.

That's right.

We can pray prayers out of heart, belief in our mouths.

We can prophesy, we can declare in faith what God gives us in our heart.

And we now move forward from the point of initial conversion and regeneration into a Lifestyle of heart, belief and confession with our mouth.

Your mouth is so powerful.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Our mouths, we need to just.

They're so precious.

Don't use your mouth and say things that counter God's word.

I'm talking about now, your everyday speech, whether it's even internal speak to yourself or external speak to others.

Keep your mouth in alignment with the word of God, with your heart belief, and especially then, of course, when you're praying and then have an opportunity to come out of the place of praying into a space of saying and setting forth architecture and design for God to fill it with his will being done on the earth as it is in heaven.

It's a very precious lifelong operating system that the enemy of your soul fears.

And we need to keep this front of mind, top of mind, stay consistent with it.

Okay?

You might want to call that the Romans 10 pattern.

Okay?

Heart, belief and confession with the mouth of unto salvation.

By the way, soteria salvation.

The Greek word soteria is a really full pregnant word that includes not only the salvation of our soul, as has been said, so that we can go to heaven someday, but it's also healing.

It's deliverance from demonic powers, it's resurrection from the dead, it's financial provision.

It's a global word.

Soteria salvation.

It's a package deal.

Okay, now lastly, number six, supernatural energy from the spirit.

This is an advantage that you have.

You're not meant to do life on your own battery.

Okay.

Romans 8 says that the same spirit that raised Christ lives in you.

That resurrection spirit, that resurrection power, the spirit of life in Christ Jesus.

Supernatural energy, assistance from above and beyond yourself.

I'm talking yes.

Physically, psychologically, spiritually energized Christ energies.

I like the phrase God Christ energies.

So when we feel depleted, we can lean into the Holy Spirit.

Hey, we.

Isaiah 40.

We can wait on the Lord.

Those who wait on the Lord will not stumble when they walk, when they run.

In fact, they will mount up with wings like eagles and they will catch the updraft of the winds and energies of the Holy Spirit and soar and look down on what's happening on the earth.

And they will come down to the earth and do what they do, right?

Whatever God calls you to do.

So the Holy Spirit can animate your mind, the Holy Spirit can animate your emotions and your will.

Aren't these wonderful advantages?

Not a complete list.

This is a quick list, a primer, a 101 power at the throne of grace through prayer.

God tell insane favor number three.

As we align with Christ, Christ's name, which is his authority, that man you are legal.

The Romans 10 pattern number five.

Heart, belief and confession of mouth unto Soteria, unto salvation.

A new lifelong operating system.

That's.

I mean, forget Windows, forget Apple.

This is a lifelong operating system.

Number six, Supernatural supra normal energy from the Holy Spirit.

So let's conclude and bring this in.

You're not disadvantaged in your in any way.

You're not disadvantaged in your job or your work or your business, your calling, in your relationships.

You've been given an above normal edge in Christ.

Come on, start walking like it.

Start talking like it.

Here's a little confession, a faith affirmation that you can declare over yourself.

Six lines.

I have above normal advantages, you know.

And you can thank the Father all along the way as you confess this.

I have above normal advantages.

Second line.

I reject the lies that I'm late losing or lacking.

I reject the lies that I'm late, that I'm losing and that I'm lacking.

Here's the third line.

I choose to align with Christ and play huge.

I choose to align with Christ and play huge.

Fourth line.

I'm redesigned for wisdom and energy from above.

That's right.

Just a little commentary here.

I've been regened.

You can say I've been regenerated and redesigned for wisdom, high wisdom and energy from above.

Here's the fifth line.

The Spirit of Christ animates me.

And again you can thank the Father.

You can pray this all along the way.

The spirit of Christ animates me.

I mean, cycle through this three times.

I'm going to give you a guarantee that if you cycle through this in a prayerful spirit three times.

I challenge you to tell me that you do not feel any different, that you do not feel empowered and that something registered.

What's that fifth line again?

The Spirit of Christ animates me.

And the sixth line.

I advance today and this week with kingdom force.

I advance today and this week.

Work through those seven day cycles.

I advance today and this week with kingdom force.

You got 52 opportunities every year.

You can begin right now.

Forget that Gregorian calendar.

You can start a new year anytime you want to.

You have an opportunity to start a new week every seven days.

This is the grace of God.

His compassions are new every morning.

So I advance today.

I advance this week.

This is the day the Lord has made.

I will rejoice and be glad in it.

This is marvelous.

In our eyes.

This is:3 Psalms 118 God, what you are building and doing.

And I will say this is the day of the Lord and I will rejoice in it.

I advance today in this week with Kingdom Force.

Okay, so you're not just some pathetic peon or peasant that is just surviving.

You have the ability to thresh mountains, to pulverize them into lower hills, and to see the glory of God released and to see Jesus Christ ride with majesty through the settings and circumstances of your life for his glory.

So if this episode spoke to you, would you share it with someone else?

Who's.

Maybe they're ready to stop playing small.

Okay, don't forget to subscribe and leave a review and let's keep moving forward together with Kingdom Force.

Thanks for listening today.

I appreciate you listening.

It's an honor for me to bring it.

And until next time, stay sharp.