Leverage episodes into opportunities.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Dear Daughters (12-29-2009)
Each and every EPISODE of fear that creeps into our mind and overwhelms our body can be leveraged into OPPORTUNITIES to incrementally strengthen our faith in God and our belief and trust that He will only let happen in our lives that which is for the good of our soul and others. If you believe in God in this way, then it shall be so for you and your life.
This fearlessness must always be tempered with Jesus' reminder "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." (Matthew 4:7).
Always maintain a healthy respect for fear. Never overcome fear with reckless abandon. The only time we should go into harm's way is when we are called to render an act of love to a person in desperate need.
An excellent illustration of this philosophy is that of Mother Teresa walking unharmed to and from across the active line of gunfire in Beirut as she tended to the needs of orphans and the handicapped trapped under rubble caused by the bombings in Lebanon.
You are not putting God to the test when you put yourself in harm's way in this manner.
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This fearlessness must always be tempered with Jesus' reminder "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." (Matthew 4:7).
Always maintain a healthy respect for fear. Never overcome fear with reckless abandon. The only time we should go into harm's way is when we are called to render an act of love to a person in desperate need.
An excellent illustration of this philosophy is that of Mother Teresa walking unharmed to and from across the active line of gunfire in Beirut as she tended to the needs of orphans and the handicapped trapped under rubble caused by the bombings in Lebanon.
You are not putting God to the test when you put yourself in harm's way in this manner.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Needs of Jesus
So the next time you give water to the thirsty, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, care for the sick or visit the prisoner, declare to them that you have come to tend to the needs of Jesus.
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Love God or Be God
The fallen nature of human beings is a manifestation of the choice of the first human being to be equal to or above God.
This choice had truly powerful (and grave) consequences when you consider that the first man was in a state of perfect existence at the time he made that unfortunate (for the rest of us) choice. Given the perfect existence in which his choice was made, it was a true exercise of free will (a spiritual act governed by spiritual laws).
The desire to be god is a truly powerful temptation of the spirit. It's power to seduce cannot be taken lightly or underestimated. The higher your are in your spiritual perfection, the greater the seduction.
I give credit to the New Age movement for helping mankind come to an awareness and higher level of understanding of mankind's spirituality. However, I have observed that the movement (and its teachers) are ultimately unable to resist the seduction to committing the same grave mistake that the first man did.
Nevertheless, all spiritual beings have this free will to exercise. There is no avoiding the choice.
Love God or be god. What is your choice? Make your declaration and declare it out loud to the universe.
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This choice had truly powerful (and grave) consequences when you consider that the first man was in a state of perfect existence at the time he made that unfortunate (for the rest of us) choice. Given the perfect existence in which his choice was made, it was a true exercise of free will (a spiritual act governed by spiritual laws).
The desire to be god is a truly powerful temptation of the spirit. It's power to seduce cannot be taken lightly or underestimated. The higher your are in your spiritual perfection, the greater the seduction.
I give credit to the New Age movement for helping mankind come to an awareness and higher level of understanding of mankind's spirituality. However, I have observed that the movement (and its teachers) are ultimately unable to resist the seduction to committing the same grave mistake that the first man did.
Nevertheless, all spiritual beings have this free will to exercise. There is no avoiding the choice.
Love God or be god. What is your choice? Make your declaration and declare it out loud to the universe.
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The Significance of Acts
The love that propels an act is what is important; not the act itself.
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