The Shift

My last Substack

I am 36 years old as of today. 20 years ago, I thought I would have been dead due to my environment, yet by the grace of God, here I am. I have gone through “two acts” of life. I spent 10 years in the creative sector as a professional artist (fine art photographer, spoken word artist, creative consultant) and I spent the last 10 years in the Bitcoin / Web3 / cryptocurrency sector as a founder, advisor, and dreamer. To be honest, I thought that I would be doing that for the rest of my life. God had other plans.

When a grace begins to shift from your life, as in things that use to flow start to dry up, it’s often a sign that it’s time to move. We see this in the Bible with the prophet Elijah in 1 Kings 17:2-9 (ESV). Provision and favor can only flow as you are obedient.

There was a restlessness that developed within me and things began to shift in the industry that I had once loved to be part of. I’ve always been vocal about my faith, but this time, I felt a pull to completely shift from the industry; I felt a call to full time ministry. As a husband and father of 3 children under the age of 10, this move would immediately affect finances, but thankfully, the faith that I have is greater than any finances I may lack, because even if it looks like I’m “losing” on the frontend, God will always provide right in the knick of time. So, what does full time ministry look like?

I spend a lot of time teaching, preaching, and speaking with people from all over the world about Jesus. 4-5 days out of the week, I’m praying for people and teaching. I have more time to spend with my family and I feel healthier in all honesty. The industry that I was called out of as of September 2025 required a lot of attention as things moved at break neck speed, which I didn’t know began to take a toll on my health. In full disclosure, and to testify on the goodness of God, I was diagnosed with fatty liver disease earlier this year; I did not receive the doctor’s report because the Bible says that “by His stripes, (or wounds), we are healed” according to Isaiah 53:5 (ESV).

After a scan, they confirmed that I didn’t have fatty liver disease as they once thought, only very minor fatty deposits which is able to be reversed naturally with lifestyle changes. The interest thing is God was directing me to do these things anyway, so doctors were confirming what I had already started putting into practice. This is only one instance of the goodness of God in my life that has been shown. As I wait for the Lord to finalize and bring things to completion for me in several areas before the end of the year, I am grateful for all of the lives that have been impacted through the ministry that He caused to be born this year through my obedience. What I am doing now is of greater value to me and to eternity than anything I’ve ever aspired to do in the marketplace. I’ve seen a lot and done a lot concerning things of “merit” but none of it matters to me. I want finalize and close the chapter on loose ends then go on with what Jesus told me to do. Which leads me to my final point:

I’m sure people from my industry who read this may not understand, but the signs have been there. What’s interesting is that I thought I would be a marketplace Christian who would work or start businesses then support Christian ministries from my finances. Even with my last book “Bitcoin & Faith” I wanted to help churches become more Bitcoin / crypto friendly by having digital asset treasuries to minimize exposure to inflation. Rather than wax poetic around church theory and systems, God wanted me in the arena to actively serve in building people and building the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven. There is a lot that God has shown me and confirmed to me, and there is a lot that God has yet to sort out and show in totality. Like Abraham, like Apostle Paul, like the 12 disciples, I sense the Lord is saying “Come follow Me" and then things will be revealed. This is not only an “act three” in a sense, but this is literally what I will be doing for the rest of my life. I feel complete, whole, and like this is what I was truly born to do. I’ve seen people come to Jesus, testify of being healed, and seen how the Bible can change lives. It surely changed mine. When I was 16 and believed that I would succumb to an early grave due to a hyper violent environment that I was around, God saved me and He continues to save me every day.

While this may be my last post on Substack, in this context, I want to thank you for following, supporting, and joining me for the adventure in the realm of Bitcoin, Web3, crypto, NoCode, hackathons, business insights, industry headwinds, AI, and the like. What’s interesting is that my braintrust in these regards are not closed off completely; I am sharing these things exclusively with the Church now. What has changed is these, which would have been focal points in seasons past, are not the focus. The focus is to make sure that people know that Jesus saves, that Jesus heals, and that Jesus is real as a full time minister of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. Period.

Peace and love.

All in for the Kingdom of God,

Christopher Perceptions