~Today's Inspiration~

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"My soul is restless till it finds its rest in Three"... rest in the Spirit of God. One may yearn to realize peace, rest,
and satisfaction that perhaps have never been found in the world or its pursuits. Some are unaware of their need
and shut their heart against the Spirit of God. They are unable to have true peace."

'A spiritual heart should be recognized as the place where God's Spirit resides, and when the heart is right,
one may surely come to find peace, rest, and confidence that all is well.'


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( 'To truly desire to do God's will, therein lies happiness for a human being. We start out wanting our own way.
We want our wills to be satisfied. We take and we do not give. Gradually we find that we are not happy when
we are selfish, so we make allowances for other people's wills. But this again does not give us full
happiness, and we begin to see that the only way to be truly happy is to try to do God's will. In these times of

meditation, we seek to get guidance so that we can find God's will for us.' )

'Numerous times I have mentioned how selfishness can and will strip one of hopefully enjoying
a good and sound relationship, often with those closest to us. Selfishness, putting one's self before
the needs and/or wants of others often may leave lasting emotional scars. This concerns family or
close friends. Selfishness has a way of destroying a person's true character.'


'And surely harboring selfishness, any thought of doing "God's will" most likely not to be possible.
I have learned my spiritual awareness has helped prevent me from being the selfish person I once was before God
became part of my life.'
"Amen"


"Putting God first surely has the potential to be more likely to carry out His will, here in the now."

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'It is the work of the Spirit always to lead one into deeper and more soul-nourishing communion with Christ.
To believe in the Holy Spirit who brings one into real communication communion and fellowship with
the risen and exalted Christ Himself, and, in Christ, with the Father. If that makes anyone uncomfortable,
if your theology is satisfied with doctrines and practices only and knows nothing of spiritual intimacy with God,

it may be that one is still not yet converted.'

"A spiritually conscious life involves living authentically, guided by intuition and higher consciousness,
and striving for greater awareness and peace. It entails aligning one's actions, thoughts, and values with
spiritual principles and awareness."


"The spirit world is very real, but an unbalanced focus on demonic powers is not healthy and does not glorify God.
The Holy Spirit is the only Spirit we should ever invite into our lives, and He has all the power we need to overcome
anything Satan may use to try to defeat us."
(Isaiah 54:17).


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'Having sympathy and compassion for all who are in temptation, a condition we are sometimes in,
we have a responsibility towards them. Sympathy always includes responsibility. Pity is useless because
it does not have a remedy for the need. But wherever our sympathy goes, our responsibility goes too.
When we are moved with compassion, we should go to the one in need and bind up their wounds as best we can.'


"Christian or otherwise, when the heart is righteous, compassion should be shown to those struggling
with life issues. This should include Christian responsibility over the desire to impress with words
that may not be clearly understood due to lack of spiritual maturity."


'Make no mistake, those new to "Christian life" should be nurtured with responsibility and care.
Initiating confusion and/or deceptive language surely is not the way for Christian responsibility to be conducted.'


"Knowing your 'teaching' limitation means being aware of your own personal boundaries and areas where your
teaching abilities may not be as strong, so long as the ego is duly contained."


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('Christians should have a vision of the kind of person God wants us to be. We must be true to that vision,
whatever it is, and we must try to live up to it by living the way we believe we should. We can all believe
God has a vision of what he wants us to be like.')

"Make no mistake, complacency will likely leave a self-centered worldly vision that most likely
will not be compatible with God's way. By all accounts, many there are that simply do not comprehend
the significance of acquiring a spiritual reality and therefore more likely to live accordingly as Christ
would approve."


'I am thankful for a spiritual awareness that helps as a guide in maintaining the necessary
and needed principles of life that help to align more with Christ, here in the now.'


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Thought for Today
('Fret not your mind with puzzles that you cannot solve. The solutions may never be shown until you leave this life.
The loss of dear ones, you may not know the inequality of life, the deformed and the maimed, and many other puzzling
things until you reach the life beyond.
"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."
Only step by step, stage by stage, can you proceed in your journey into greater knowledge and understanding.)


"Great wisdom in these words, and it is said that wisdom should not be ignored. Disturbing as it is,
many Christians delve into the mysteries of the "Divine readings" and come away with foolish worldly
delusional concepts that tend to destroy the spiritual rationality purpose."


"Spiritual rationality" is the idea of using reason and critical thinking to understand and navigate
spiritual experiences, beliefs, and values aiming to find meaning and purpose in life through a thoughtful
and conscious approach to spirituality, rather than solely relying on blind faith; it essentially seeks to integrate
the logical mind with the spiritual dimension, allowing for a deeper and more meaningful connection
to one's inner self and the wider world of the nature of God.'


“Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is an illusion.”

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TODAY
'Give something to those who are having trouble, to those whose thoughts are confused, something

of your sympathy, your prayers, your time, your love, your thoughts, your self. Then give of your own confidence,
as you have had it given to you by the grace of God. Give of yourself and of your loving sympathy. Give your best
to those who need it and will accept it. Give according to need, never according to deserts. Remember that the

giving of advice can never take the place of giving of yourself.'

"It should be remembered that those arriving here looking for Christian advice are likely to
receive little of anything of real value as their entire story will never be fully disclosed. It is conceivable
that to come to the point of seeking advice on the Internet, there may be deep-rooted issues that may never
be put right."


'There are right and wrong ways of hopefully lending sound advice. To confound and/or confuse a struggling
soul most likely will send them on their way.'


"To confound" means to greatly confuse or perplex someone, often to the point of being unable to understand
or explain something, implying a strong sense of surprise or bewilderment; while "to confuse" simply means
to make something unclear or difficult to understand, with a slightly less intense mental disruption.'

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TODAY...
**('Nobody entirely escapes temptation. You must expect it and be ready for it when it comes. None of us is entirely safe. You must try to keep your defenses up by daily thought and prayer. That is why we have these daily meditations. You must be able to recognize temptation when it comes. The first step toward conquering temptation always is to see it clearly as temptation and not to harbor it in your mind. Dissociate yourself from it, put it out of your mind as soon as it appears. Do not think of excuses for yielding to it. Turn at once to the Higher Power for help.')


** (Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
Spiritual maturity and growth depend on the measure of one's intent. )


"I am thankful I came to know and to believe this "Higher Power" in my life is God's Spirit.
This gift of the Holy Spirit has been instrumental in the past two-plus decades in helping me to
be more aware of being on the defense of avoiding temptations.'


"Make no mistake, attempting to go alone without the guidance of the Holy Spirit is likely to
cause unnecessary temptations to disrupt a normal life."


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TODAY...
**(It is in the union of a soul with God that strength, new life, and spiritual power come. Bread sustains the body but we cannot live by bread alone. To try to do the will of God is the meat and support of true living. We feed on that spiritual food. Soul starvation comes from failing to do so. The world talks about bodies that are undernourished. What of the souls that are undernourished? Strength and peace come from partaking of spiritual food)


** (Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
Spiritual maturity and growth depend on the measure of one's intent. )


"Let us be reminded that free will is a God-given gift. It is conceivably a sinful act to infringe on this Divine gift
by attempting to intimidate, coerce with undue pressure, make false assumptions, and/or any behavior
to attempt to change a person into thinking or believing in one's own personal agenda. Each has
a choice of their own free will to accept, obey, or any actions one may choose when it comes to God
and one's personal relationship thereof."


"Practicing what is preached, and modeling the behavior you want to teach" means to actively demonstrate
the same positive actions and attitudes that you expect and hope others to exhibit, essentially leading by example
to effectively teach desired behaviors."


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TODAY...
**"And greater works than this shall ye do." We can do greater work when we have more experience of the new way of life.
We can have all the power we need from the Unseen God. We can have His grace, His spirit, to make us effective as we go
along each day. Opportunities for a better world are all around us. Greater works can we do. But we do not work alone.

The power of God is behind all good works.'

** (Intended solely as informative and subjects to reflect on.
Spiritual maturity and growth depend on the measure of one's intent. )


''I believe Unfulfilled plans are often pathways to God’s greater purpose. When I focus on God’s purpose over my plans,
I am freed from the pressure they create. I can release the urge to do everything at once and the frustration when
I realize it may not be meant to be.'

'Plans are what we intend to do, but the effects of our purpose in Christ grow far beyond one's intentions.
No matter what plans come to pass — or not — here in the now, I can hope to have peace when I may
know that even if plans fail, God’s purpose always prevails.'


"Focus on the unseen God Spirit, there one may come to know the truth of it all...here in the now."

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~Today's Inspiration~

Try to see the life of the spirit as a calm place, shut away from the turmoil of the world. Think of your spiritual home as a place full of peace, serenity, and contentment. Go to this quiet, meditative place for the strength to carry you through today's duties and problems. Keep coming back here for refreshment when you are weary of the hubbub of the outside world. From this quietness and communion comes our strength.

"I am thankful for this Spiritual Journey that has opened my heart to knowing this
calm place does exist and brings a great gladness that simply cannot be denied. A feeling
that has to be lived and shared the best way I can with words on a page."


'And the Holy Spirit surely being close by with guidance. This too is beyond sufficient words
to explain. It's there and I leave it there as I am not under any obligation to prove the Holy Spirit,
for this too must be lived...believe it.'


'It's disturbing, but it is out there, the implications made by "proclaimed Christians" that conceivably
are not associated with the truth from an honest Spiritually filled heart. Bless those who seriously mean well
with their ideas for trying to impress behind the guise of a "worldly god" as their reasoning.
Worldliness is thinking and behaving like unbelievers do, and desiring prohibited pleasures, whether
pleasures of the body or the eyes, or the pleasure of achieving a high status.'


"Keeping the heart pure bare's significant meaning."

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~Today's Inspiration~

Today can be lived in the consciousness of God's contact, upholding you in all good thoughts, words, and deeds.
If sometimes there seems to be a shadow on your life and you feel out of sorts, remember that this is not the
withdrawal of God's presence, but only your own temporary unwillingness to realize it. The quiet gray days are
the days for doing what you must do but know that the consciousness of God's nearness will return and be with
you again when the gray days are past of God's contact, upholding you in all good thoughts, words, and deeds.


"I have come to learn the significance of living a life with the ever-knowing consciousness of the Holy Spirit.
This has been acquired over years of prayer, my quiet times to reflect on a deliverance that saved my life!
I and I alone know now that surely the
Holy Spirit came upon my dark time of life and lifted me up out of a wretched life,
a life I and I alone had willingly created. I stand by "
Once I was lost, now I am found"..." Bingo, Believe I Need God".


' This I know, the reprieve of being saved and/ or delivered is a temporal management based on my willingness
to adhere to and faithfully practice the principles and lessons that were instrumental in maintaining the necessary
behavior and/or conduct essential to my being "delivered" and "saved" from my dilemma.'


'With Logic and Common Sense, I know when disobedience, sin, unwillingness, contempt, stubbornness, ignore,
and /or complacency are enacted
and I return to old habits, then I was not permanently "saved" and /or "delivered."
With a subtle disclaimer, it simply means there is in place a warning of no responsibility for one's own actions
contrary to the intended purpose of any written "writings" intended to inform the reader of how to accomplish
the desired results hoped for.'


"A time to "Stand Down" often comes when there is a need to back off and/or relax an aggressive or
confrontational action or behavior being imposed on the intended."


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