John Himmelberger
Teaching. Music. Movement.
Teaching. Music. Movement.
Welcome. This is a space for teaching, music, and movement—rooted in faith, built with purpose, and carrying Heaven’s culture into everyday life.
This session reframes what it means to be a Kingdom ambassador. It’s not about titles, pulpits, or platforms—it’s about living from our identity and walking in our divine assignment. We weren’t sent to blend in, bow to fear, or chase worldly influence. We were commissioned to carry heaven’s culture into a world desperate for truth. Jesus didn’t die so we could master church systems or echo opinions—He gave us His Spirit to reflect His heart, His mind, and His way. The world doesn’t need louder Christians. It needs ones who clearly mirror Christ.
In a world that constantly pulls us into fear, politics, and performance, this session calls us back to our true home—Heaven. Reclaiming our citizenship means living from above, not reacting from below. It reshapes our authority, identity, and the way we engage culture. We're not trying to earn our place; we already belong. As sons and daughters of the Kingdom, we carry Heaven’s peace, power, and perspective. This teaching offers a timely invitation: stop striving, start representing. Let your life reflect the Kingdom you're from, not the chaos around you.
Heaven’s culture isn’t a theory—it’s our new reality in Christ. This session explores what it means to live from the inside out, with renewed minds, reformed values, and radiant influence. We weren’t redeemed to blend in or perform better; we were reborn to reflect the King. Through the Beatitudes and the call to be salt and light, Jesus shows us what Kingdom citizens truly carry. This teaching invites you to examine your mindset, embrace Heaven’s upside-down values, and influence the world not by imitation, but by transformation. It’s time to carry the culture of Heaven with clarity and conviction.
In the Kingdom of God, no one is self-made. This session invites you into Heaven’s model of growth—where formation comes before mission, and maturity matters more than visibility. You’ll explore how Jesus trains before He sends, how true leadership equips rather than entertains, and how we carry not ambition, but the heart of the King. If you’ve felt overlooked or rushed, this is your reminder: being hidden doesn’t mean being forgotten. You are being prepared. Let this teaching reframe your process and ignite your purpose. You are being trained, equipped, and sent—for such a time as this.
In a culture fueled by conflict and outrage, Kingdom ambassadors are called to respond differently. This session invites you to reflect Christ’s Spirit through gentleness, boldness, and spiritual fruit under pressure. It’s not just about what you say, but how you say it. Learn to carry truth without arrogance, power without aggression, and love without compromise. When we respond instead of react, and reflect instead of retaliate, our influence becomes a bridge to breakthrough. This teaching will ground you in the strength of gentleness and the clarity of Spirit-born boldness for every conversation and confrontation.
In a world obsessed with visibility and applause, this session calls us back to what matters most—intimacy with Jesus. True influence isn’t found in public platforms but in private surrender. “Presence Over Platform” invites you to rediscover the secret place, where roots grow deep, motives are refined, and lasting fruit begins. You’ll explore the power of hiddenness, the necessity of pruning, and the enduring impact of abiding in Christ. If you’ve ever felt pressure to perform, this teaching will recenter you in the quiet strength that flows from presence, not performance. God prunes to multiply, not to punish.
Revival doesn’t begin on stages—it begins in surrendered hearts. This session unpacks the idea that true revival flows through everyday believers who embody the heart of Jesus. You weren’t made to attend revival meetings; you were created to carry revival into every space. Learn how representation is more powerful than performance, and how daily surrender becomes the catalyst for cultural transformation. If you’ve longed to see breakthrough in your city, family, or church, this teaching will reframe revival not as an event, but as a lifestyle that reflects the King.
This final session ties the series together with a powerful reminder: you were not just invited into the Kingdom—you were commissioned to live it. From identity to intimacy, from training to transformation, “Living the Call” is about becoming the embodiment of Heaven’s message. It’s not about perfection, but about daily participation in God’s redemptive plan. This teaching is both a celebration and a commissioning: the revival you’re praying for is already within you. You carry the call. You reflect the King. Now it’s time to live like it—wherever you go, whatever you do.
Easter isn’t just about the empty tomb , it’s about the risen King who reigns now. This teaching from Hebrews 1 invites you to see the resurrection as the declaration of Jesus’ ultimate authority: the Word, the Radiance, the Redeemer, and the Ruler. The tomb is empty because the throne is occupied.
Stillness in the Kingdom is not about silence, it’s about authority. In a world driven by chaos and noise, the Holy Spirit teaches us a different way: hosting His presence through confident trust, not frantic striving. Stillness is not withdrawal, it’s alignment with Heaven’s power.
The Kingdom isn’t seized by passivity, it’s pursued with purpose. This teaching explores how stillness births surrender, and surrender erupts in forceful worship, not chaos, but conviction. Stillness is your posture. Violent worship is your response.
Words shape reality. They can tear down or lift up, bind wounds or deepen them. This teaching explores how Spirit-led speech doesn't just avoid harm, it actively heals. When we partner with Jesus, our words become instruments of restoration. If words can destroy, they can also restore.
Deception is subtle, and without the Spirit of Truth, we’ll mistake opinion for revelation. This teaching lays the foundation for Kingdom living by confronting bias and revealing how to rightly discern God\'s voice in the midst of noise. You can\'t access what you can\'t recognize. Discernment comes first.
It’s not what we know that transforms us , it’s what we surrender to. This teaching highlights how obedience flows not from control or performance, but from trust, identity, and submission to God\'s heart. Kingdom access begins where resistance ends.
Repentance is more than sorrow , it’s a shift in perspective. This session unpacks how mind renewal aligns us with Heaven, empowering us to see, believe, and walk in Kingdom truth. You can’t live in what you won’t think with.
A renewed mind leads to a transformed life. This teaching explores daily partnership with the Holy Spirit, replacing inner agreements with God’s Word, and using declarations to rewrite our spiritual atmosphere. Renewal isn’t a moment , it’s a way of living.
Authority doesn’t come from trying harder , it comes from believing rightly. This part reveals how walking in the Spirit positions us to represent Heaven with confidence, peace, and power. You don’t have to chase authority , you’re already wearing it.
Your words are not neutral , they are instruments of agreement. This teaching shows how speaking like Jesus isn’t about hype or magic, but about releasing Heaven’s reality through alignment and faith. You’ll speak like Him when you believe like Him.
God didn\'t just speak to silence darkness, He spoke to shape destiny. As His image-bearers, our words carry that same creative power. This teaching unpacks how our speech builds futures, frames identity, and releases culture, not just correction. Learn how to use your words like a builder uses blueprints and tools: with intention, faith, and vision. Whether shaping your home, community, or calling, your voice is an instrument of Heaven.
There’s a time to be silent, and a time to speak with healing. Our words may have once torn things down, but in the Kingdom, redemption is always possible. This teaching explores how Spirit-led repentance and restorative declarations allow us to rebuild trust, dignity, and identity, starting with the people we’ve hurt and the places we’ve wounded. You were never meant to stay silent in shame. You were meant to speak life again, with purpose and power.
Knowing truth is one thing, walking it out daily is another. This teaching explores how to sustain transformation by anchoring your faith in everyday habits, responses, and environments. Whether at home, at work, or in moments of pressure, truth must shape more than our beliefs; it must shape our reactions. Learn how to move from theory to consistency, and from intention to impact, as you invite the Spirit into your daily walk.
Breakthroughs are powerful, but it\'s daily choices that build lasting transformation. In this second part of Walking in Truth, we explore how consistent habits, Spirit-led reactions, and full-life integration of truth keep us anchored when life gets messy. From renewing the mind to practicing patience under pressure, this teaching offers practical steps to keep your faith alive and authentic, no matter the season.
What if the beliefs you’ve clung to aren’t as solid as you thought? This teaching challenges us to ask honest questions about our faith, just like Peter, Job, Nicodemus, and the disciples had to. From unlearning inherited traditions to recognizing when our theology needs an overhaul, Mind Blown invites you into the uncomfortable but freeing journey of surrendering your assumptions to the truth of Scripture. Because the goal isn’t to be right; it’s to know Him.
You don’t need to earn what God already gave you, you need to receive it, believe it, and walk in it. This teaching compiles 130 Scripture-based declarations of who you are in Christ, revealing a powerful truth: your identity isn’t something to strive for, it’s something to live from. Whether you feel victorious or vulnerable, the Word tells you that you are chosen, loved, empowered, and seated with Christ. It’s time to stop living by old labels and start living by your new nature.
Humility isn’t thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself rightly. This teaching challenges the distorted extremes of arrogance and false humility, helping you see yourself through God’s eyes. Based on Romans 12:3, we explore the balance between sober judgment and divine identity: You are His masterpiece, created with purpose, value, and intention. Don’t walk in pride or self-hatred, walk in truth. The goal isn’t to downplay who you are, but to surrender it to the One who made you.
Sometimes the doorway to destiny looks more like loss than opportunity. Ruth’s journey began with grief, but it became a bold choice to follow a new God into a new land with an uncertain future. This teaching explores how faith and obedience, especially when the path is unclear, can position us for God’s best. Ruth didn’t just choose Naomi, she chose covenant, courage, and the God of Israel. What door is God asking you to walk through?
Ruth’s story is more than loyalty, it’s covenant. When she bound herself to Naomi and to God, it wasn’t convenience, it was faith with skin on it. This teaching walks through what it means to love deeply and to trust God radically, even when the outcome is hidden. Through Ruth, we discover that bold love and bold faith often walk hand-in-hand.
Provision doesn’t always look like a miracle, it might look like a field, a friendship, or a hard day’s work. In this session, we see how Ruth’s small steps of faith, gleaning, serving, staying loyal, became the very path to God’s provision. You don’t have to orchestrate favor. Just be faithful where you are and let God surprise you.
God isn’t just looking for movement, He’s looking for alignment. Ruth didn’t just act; she stepped into sync with God\'s plan, timing, and purpose. This teaching explores the power of walking in agreement with heaven: how small acts of obedience unlock divine favor, and how alignment positions us for provision we could never manufacture ourselves.
The world offers fresh starts through resolutions, but God offers something deeper, renewal rooted in His mercy. This teaching invites us to release the weight of past failures and step forward in faith, grounded in the unchanging nature of a God who makes all things new. Whether you’re facing transition, uncertainty, or simply longing for a reset, this is your reminder that His compassions are new every morning, and He’s not done writing your story.
Waiting can feel like silence, but in God’s Kingdom, it’s often preparation. This teaching walks through the stories of Mary, Joseph, Moses, David, and more, those who endured long seasons of obscurity, pain, or delay before stepping suddenly into divine fulfillment. If you’ve ever felt stuck between promise and reality, this message will anchor you in hope: God’s timing isn’t just right, it’s perfect. And when the time comes, He moves swiftly through those who waited faithfully.
What if the delay isn’t on God’s side, but ours? This teaching challenges the way we think about timing, revealing how fear, doubt, or comfort can hold us back from stepping into what God has already prepared. From the Israelites in the wilderness to Peter on the water, Scripture shows us moments where God’s readiness waited on human response. It's time to stop passively waiting and start actively aligning. The promise still stands, are you ready to step in?
What do you do when God doesn’t show up the way you expected? Romans 9:33 confronts us with a hard truth: Jesus is either the cornerstone we build on, or the rock we trip over. This teaching explores how well-meaning people miss the mark by clinging to cultural, political, or religious frameworks that don't align with Heaven. From the Pharisees to the modern church, we’ve all tried to fit God into our vision. But Jesus didn’t come to fulfill our plans, He came to reveal His. And it still offends the parts of us that want control. Let this message challenge, realign, and root you deeper in the Kingdom that cannot be shaken.
These are more than beliefs, they are the foundation of how we live, lead, and love. At Deep River, we don’t just talk about the Kingdom, we build from it. These core values shape our culture, align our hearts with Heaven, and define the way we represent Jesus to the world around us. Each value flows from identity and leads to intentional action. They are not suggestions; they are blueprints for supernatural living rooted in intimacy, honor, and transformation. This is what Heaven on Earth looks like.
Too often, deliverance is taught as if the battle is still raging. But Scripture tells a different story: the enemy is disarmed, the prison doors are open, and we’ve been transferred into the Kingdom of the Son. This session reclaims the finished work of Christ as our foundation, not a theory, but a positional reality. We explore the difference between fighting darkness and walking away from it, learning to renew our minds and live like the enemy truly is underfoot.
Deliverance is not the end goal, it’s the launch pad. In this teaching, we move beyond personal freedom and into Kingdom advancement. We explore how worship, truth, and presence displace darkness wherever we go. Deliverance happens when the King is enthroned in our lives, homes, and communities. Learn to wield your God-given authority not in reaction to darkness, but in alignment with light. Your life isn’t just a battlefield, it’s a lighthouse.
When life seems unfair, Romans 9 asks us to look again, through the lenses of mercy, sovereignty, purpose, and grace. This teaching invites us to exchange our human expectations for a God-centered view that reveals not only His justice, but His heart. As we explore six transformational lenses, we learn to trust His character even when we don’t fully understand His ways. This isn’t about letting go of hard questions, it’s about letting go of small perspectives.
Jesus didn’t come to build a religion, He came to reveal the Father and invite us into a new way of being. This teaching calls us to leave behind performative faith and embrace a lifestyle that believes like Jesus: relational, rooted in love, grounded in truth, and lived with integrity. It’s not about checking boxes or looking the part, it’s about becoming the kind of person who carries Heaven into every conversation, decision, and act of kindness. It’s time to stop performing and start transforming.
The cross wasn’t a fix, it was a fulfillment. In this first teaching, we explore how Jesus didn’t just make a way back to God, He became the way. Atonement isn’t about sin management. It’s about access, adoption, and confidence. When Jesus said “It is finished,” He wasn’t talking about escape, He was declaring entrance. Sons don’t strive to be accepted, they live from it. The work is finished. The way is open.
Rest isn’t spiritual laziness, it’s covenant alignment. In this second installment, we dive into the Kingdom reality that we don’t live for acceptance, we live from it. Rest isn’t what we do when we’re tired, it’s what we do when we finally believe. Jesus finished the work so we could walk free from striving, shame, and the hustle of performance. This message will help you exchange the yoke of religion for the rhythm of relationship, and live lighter, with clarity, confidence, and peace.
Confidence doesn’t come from hype, it comes from knowing where you stand and whose you are. In this third part of the series, we dive into the boldness that rises from belonging. You’re not an outsider trying to earn your place. You’ve been given access, authority, and a Kingdom assignment. Confidence is the overflow of clarity, identity, and divine partnership. It’s time to stop apologizing for your voice and start walking in what’s already been secured. This is sonship on display.
Expectation isn’t emotional hype, it’s the fruit of intimacy. This fourth and final session in the series challenges us to stop waiting passively for God to act and start engaging in faith-filled partnership. Sons don’t spectate, they steward. Expectation is what it looks like to carry hope in motion: to speak, worship, and move in sync with Heaven. You’re not stuck, you’re stationed. This teaching calls you to rise in active belief, trust the Father’s timing, and participate fully in what He’s already unfolding.
The fiercest battles often happen in silence, between our ears and beneath the surface. This teaching exposes the war beneath the war: the mental battleground where fear, doubt, and identity struggles try to pull us out of alignment with God’s truth. Faith isn’t just for miracles or emotional highs. It’s for Monday morning thoughts. When we learn to live from the mind of Christ, anchored in truth, shaped by identity, and confident in His promises, we stop striving and start overcoming. This isn’t about trying harder to think better. It’s about surrendering to the truth of who God is and who He says we are.
Before Jesus, access to God came with conditions, rituals, and repetition that never truly dealt with sin. The law was only a shadow—a faint outline of the real solution. But now, through one perfect sacrifice, the shadow has been replaced by substance. In this teaching, you’ll discover what it means to live from the finished work of Jesus: not striving for access, but resting in it; not working for identity, but walking in it. You’ve been perfected. You’ve been invited in. This isn’t religion—it’s family.
Many believers are still trying to grow what they already have. The fruit of the Spirit isn’t something you earn or develop over time—it’s the nature of God already alive in you. This teaching reveals the shift from striving to flowing: you’re not waiting for love, joy, or peace to arrive—you’re learning to release what’s already been planted. It’s time to stop praying for what you already carry and start making room for the river to flow.
Dreams can be mysterious—but in Scripture, they’re often moments of divine clarity. Throughout the Bible, God used dreams to guide, correct, warn, and confirm. Yet in our modern lives, we often overlook or dismiss them. This teaching explores how God still speaks through dreams, using biblical stories to separate divine revelation from mere imagination. Whether your nights have been filled with restlessness, vision, or silence, this message will help you tune your spiritual ear. God is still speaking—and sometimes, He waits until everything else is quiet to say something that could shape your destiny.
Some dreams don’t just speak—they shift destinies. From Joseph’s prison cell to Daniel’s royal court, God has used dreams to re-route lives and rewrite history. But divine breakthrough often begins in obscurity. This teaching explores how dreams in Scripture marked turning points in the lives of those who were faithful in the shadows. If you\'ve ever wondered whether God still moves suddenly—or if your wait has been for nothing—this message will anchor you in truth: God sees, God speaks, and when the moment comes, He moves quickly through those who’ve been stewarding silence with faith.
