So Much More: Moving Beyond Kingdom Principles to Kingdom Power

I always take special note of a message that cost the preacher a high price. Such is the case with Todd Hudson and his book
So Much More!
Todd was recognized as one of America’s very successful pastors. And then he encountered the Holy Spirit in a way that changed everything. The God of miracles invaded this author’s life and made life-as-he-knew-it unacceptable.
So Much More!
is the authentic cry from one of this nation’s great leaders. He writes with the passion of a prophet and the insight of a disciplined teacher, giving us a road map that directs the reader into a lifestyle of the miraculous through a Christ-like partnership with the Holy Spirit. This book is an outstanding representation of what God is doing in the earth today.

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So Much More! Beyond Kingdom Principles to Kingdom Power
is a wonderful book about seeking the face of God for your future rather than the facts that surround you. It is fresh and it shows that experiencing Christ, the experience of what we have in the Holy Spirit and in the Kingdom of God, is most important of all.
So Much More!
will warm your heart and cause you to see Jesus above all circumstances and to hear His voice and follow Him according to His Word. Thank you, Todd, for your honesty, directness, and most of all, for your love of the Holy Spirit to be manifested in your life and the lives of others.

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Todd Hudson’s book
So Much More!
begins with his own journey of discovering the kingdom life, continues with scriptures and personal testimonies that demonstrate the kingdom of God is at war with the kingdom of darkness everyday, and ends with the hope of the fullness of God’s kingdom coming to earth when Christ returns. Where many believers would say the gospel of salvation is the ultimate theme of Jesus’ ministry,
So Much More!
biblically presents the gospel of the kingdom as the central and quintessential theme of Jesus’ ministry, which both encapsulates and places in proper context the gospel of salvation. Solid biblical foundations are laid out in these pages that will open the eyes of the reader to a greater revelation of all the Christian life is purposed by God to be. This is a must read for all Christians who sincerely hunger for more of God in their lives.

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Todd’s new book gives hope to all those pastors on the journey of moving their church from the Evangelical world to the kingdom-minded church. He tells the story in a way that makes it seem more doable and less scary. Thank you, Todd, for being honest about your feelings and the pitfalls you faced. This book will help many pastors and congregations; they can do this, God is there!

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by Todd
Hudson
Published by Creation House
A Charisma Media Company
600 Rinehart Road
Lake Mary, Florida 32746
www.charismamedia.com

This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission of the publisher, except as provided by United States of America copyright law.

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2010, 2011, International Bible Society. Used by permission.

Scripture quotations marked
NKJV
are from the New King James Version of the Bible.
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)

Greek and Hebrew definitions are from
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.

Design Director: Bill Johnson
Cover design by: Justin Evans

Copyright © 2014 by Todd Hudson
All rights reserved.

Visit the author’s website:
www.kingdomnowministries.org
or
www.myfreedomfellowship.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: 2013952188
International Standard Book Number: 978-1-62136-714-7
E-book International Standard Book Number: 978-1-62136-715-4

While the author has made every effort to provide accurate telephone numbers and Internet addresses at the time of publication, neither the publisher nor the author assumes any responsibility for errors or for changes that occur after publication.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1
My Story

Chapter 2
The Primary Message

Chapter 3
Restoring the Kingdom

Chapter 4
Clash of Kingdoms

Chapter 5
Healing Power

Chapter 6
Death Defeated

Chapter 7
Born Again into the Kingdom

Chapter 8
Power Source of the Kingdom

Chapter 9
Identity Crisis

Chapter 10
Kingdom Warfare

Chapter 11
Kingdom Ambassadors

Chapter 12
On Earth as It Is in Heaven

Chapter 13
Who Is on the Throne?

Chapter 14
Now and Not Yet

Notes

About the Author

Contact the Author

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

G
OD HAS TRULY
blessed me with a godly wife and mother to my children. I love you, Tricia, with all my heart. Thank you for walking every step of this journey with me, being a constant encouragement to get this book done, and serving as my sounding board and informal editor as I tried to put all these thoughts together.

I also want to thank two key friends who have a profound influence on my spiritual journey. Rod Idle is my lifelong friend who has been there for me year in and year out my entire life. It is very rare that God gives us a close friend who is more like a brother. You truly have been the brother I never had! Thank you for writing the forward for this book.

And I also want to acknowledge my good friend Jeff Hutcheon, who was incredibly influential through his teaching and conversations in helping me understand the gospel of the kingdom. I am indebted to you for introducing me to the message and ministry of the kingdom.

FOREWORD
By Pastor Rod Idle

S
OMETHING IS MISSING
.” That sentiment is what I seem to hear often from Christ followers and even pastors about their experience of churches in America. That is how I felt too. I knew there had to be something more. I would look at the picture from the Bible of how the early church operated, but it differed greatly from my personal and pastoral experience.

I read a story once of an Indian chief who came out of his village in the mountains down to the shore of a great ocean. Awed by the scene he asked someone for a quart jar. He bent down and filled the jar with ocean water and sealed the lid. A bystander asked him what he was going to do with the jar of ocean water, and the old Indian chief replied, “Back in the mountains my people have never seen the great water. I am bringing this back so they can see what it is like.”