Blog: Spiritual Understanding
Published work, ephemera, and Spiritual understanding.
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Living Water
In a positive sense “Water” represents genuine spiritual knowledge about the things that affect your mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing. When willfully applied to the way you live your life that knowledge acts to cleanse and refresh your thoughts and affections. As you innocently do so in reverence for your love for God and for your love for others it becomes transformed into a “Living Water”. That transformation liberates you from what would otherwise keep you entrapped in falsities and evils of all sorts. Spiritually, all True Life from the Lord’s Life springs forth, grows, and flourishes within you as…
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Tithes and Offerings
Throughout the Bible the number “ten” pertains to the Lord’s Commandments. The terms “tenth” and “tithe” describe each and every honest effort you make to abide by them. As you sincerely and humbly “offer” those efforts to what is poor and needy for Righteousness within you, you will find that you are genuinely loving the Lord above all else. Consequently, you will find that it is impossible to genuinely love Him above all else without also loving others as He has Loved you. These are the most Valuable things you can ever offer the Lord, for from them He fulfills His Love’s Quest…
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Science and Religion
Humanity loves to investigate the laws of physical science. The principles of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, time-space, and many other physical “laws” are studied, tested, and continually validated and revalidated worldwide. Their confirmations enhance our understanding about the order of the physical universe, and when used with good judgment they work together to greatly benefit our lives and the lives of those around us. Likewise, many studies in psychology and psychiatry are conducted to enhance our understanding about what benefits our mental and emotional happiness. Yet considering the importance of what supports all of the genuine Goodness within these benefits,…
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Opportunity
Focusing on the meaning and Intent of Scripture brings the Spirit of the Word to the forefront so that it will not become ignored, glossed over, or obscured by over emphasis on the letter of the Word. This book has been written to employ the Spirit of the Word to explore answers about the Lord’s Purpose for the Creation of your soul. And because you are finite and God is Infinite, you have been Gifted with the ability to develop into a person who is special, unique and invaluable to Him and to all others, with no two individuals ever…
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God’s Purpose for Your Creation
We have all been brought into existence by the Lord having the capacity to host the Truth and Goodness His Love within our minds, hearts, and souls. We help Him to Help us develop that capacity as we live our lives by walking in the Paths of His Righteousness. Everywhere throughout the Bible, He teaches us that there is no other Way, up or around, for Him to fulfill His Quest to deliver us into the Joy of those incomparable Blessings. He has been freely Offering us this Divine Message since the beginning of time. “And now, Israel, what doeth…
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Your Creation Story
Each stage of your internal progression is described as a “Day” in the Bible. As you work with the Lord, He Works within you to bring everything True and Right into greater clarity within your life. Each successful progression is spiritually depicted as a “night” turning into a new “morning” within you. As you continue to abide by what He is Showing you to be True and Right, through each new Day He continues to perfect your ability to receive the Goodness of His Love within your soul. The Sabbath Day is the culmination of that Miracle unfolding within you, wherein the…
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Turning Water into Wine
Throughout the Bible the Lord freely Offers you genuine spiritual knowledge about how you may receive, retain, and forever share in the Joy and Goodness of His Love for you. Once accepted, He asks you to reach deeply within yourself and apply that knowledge to every aspect of your life. As you willingly make those efforts, He turns that knowledge into a new spiritual understanding which is much deeper, much more rewarding, and much more fulfilling than anything you could have ever brought forth on your own. He demonstrated the beginning of that Miracle by His turning “Water into Wine”…
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Spiritual Conscience
Throughout the Bible the Lord is described as making His advent into your life through your spiritual conscience. He comes into your mind and heart with Compassion and Humility, teaching you about the Way you must live your life. If you are willing to listen to “His Still small Voice” within you, and heed His Call, you will find that He is Innocently approaching your spiritual sensibilities in a very Sure-footed manner. “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: He is Just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an…
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Spiritual Causes and Effects
Throughout the Old and New Testaments, the Lord teaches you about the importance of understanding spiritual causes and effects. He teaches you that they will determine the state of your mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing in this life, and most especially, your state of being in the life to come. And so, for your Good and for the Good of all around you He asks you to trust in His Testimony to you about these things, Promising that He is teaching you about things that are True and Right. Nevertheless, He leaves it up to you, from your own free…
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Life After Death
The history of humanity is filled with individual and collective testimonies about our spiritual survival after our physical death on earth. Every civilization, old and new, large and small, near and distant has recorded testimonies about that survival. Those testimonies are ongoing, now being reported by many who have suffered near death experiences in this age of modern medical resuscitation. Denying all these past and present testimonies simply because we don’t believe them, or haven’t experienced them ourselves, or because they have not yet been proved in a physical science lab is very short sighted. Yet accepting them as true,…
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The Letter of the Word verses the Spirit of the Word
The Lord calls upon you to realize that the letter of the Word embodies the Spirit of the Word just as your physical body encompasses the spirit within your soul. And just as you are physically dead without your spirit living within you, so is the letter of the Word dead without the Spirit Living within it. It is therefore imperative for you to realize that it is the Spirit within the Word which Gives the letter of the Word its True meaning and Life, and not the other way around. Thinking otherwise leads to countless misunderstandings about the meaning…
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The Light of the World
Gaining spiritual understanding about the meaning of the Lord’s Testimony to you is life altering. It Enlightens your sense of reason while Inspiring you to develop into the person that you are capable of becoming. In the Old Testament the Truth of that understanding is described as an “Eternal Light” placed above the altar of your life; (Exodus 27:20-21 and Isaiah 60:19-20). In the New Testament that Truth is described as “The Light of men”; (John 1:4 and Revelation 22:5). Receiving that understanding gives Purpose to everything you think, feel, and do. And so, the Lord asks you to trust…
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The Greatest Therapist of All
Your mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing are predicated upon your ability to gain innermost happiness and genuine fulfilment in life. As a Loving God, the Lord only wishes to save you from the causes that would otherwise prevent you from receiving and retaining them. You only need to be wise enough, brave enough, and humble enough to live your life in the Way that He is Showing you that you must. “But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His Righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto…
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Where Your Treasure is
Although your life in this world may seem long to you, in the end it will seem to have gone by very quickly. That awareness, plus realizing that the choices you make in this life will have consequences in the life to come allows you to recognize the Greatest Opportunity of your lifetime. You should never take that invaluable Opportunity in vain. “And Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this Place; and I knew it not.” Genesis 28:16 “And that, knowing the time, that it is now nigh time to awake…
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A Woman’s Beauty
Physical beauty is desirable—but alas, fleeting. Yet, as you abide by the Lord’s Commandments, He Promises to eternally enhance the Beauty for your mind, heart and soul. Day by day, He forms you and shapes you into becoming an image and likeness to the Qualities and Virtues of His Divine Love, for all to see. There is no Beauty remotely comparable. “So shall the King greatly desire thy Beauty: for He is thy Lord; and worship thou Him.” Psalms 45:11 Beauty That Reflects God’s Infinite Love Because the Lord’s Love for you is infinite and you are finite, He develops…
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A Women’s Spiritual Conversation with God
Have you ever wondered what the conversation between the woman of Samaria and Jesus must have been like? Or how long it may have lasted? A Stranger Who Became Her Friend From initially being a stranger to the woman of Samaria, Jesus became her friend. So, please ask yourself, what really happened there? The Lord Coming into Your Life As described In the Bible, Jesus, being weary from walking through our all too often-hypocritical world came to rest upon Jacob’s Well. Shortly thereafter a woman from Samaria came to draw water from that same Well. There, Jesus asked her to give…
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The Marriage Celebration in Cana of Galilee
A Mother’s Wisdom The very first Miracle Jesus performed during His advent into our world occurred at the marriage ceremony in Cana of Galilee. There, Mary called upon the Lord to Give the wedding guests what they lacked in order to sustain the celebration of that Sacred union. Turning Water into Wine “And when they wanted Wine, the mother of Jesus said unto Him, They have no Wine. “Jesus said unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. “And…
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A Mother’s Loving Wisdom
To Be Spiritually Reborn A mother’s loving wisdom, patience, dedication and self-sacrifice act as the womb for the development of her children’s mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. Her loving wisdom is indispensable in providing her children with the knowledge and spiritual understanding they need to become the person that the Lord has Purposed for them to be. “She is a Tree of Life to them that lay hold on her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.” Proverbs 3:18 “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot…
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The Lord’s Bride
In a beautiful vision the disciple John witnessed “the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down from Heaven as a Bride adorned for Her Husband.” – Revelation 21:2 To understand this Sacred imagery more deeply, we turn to the apostle Paul’s heartfelt advice to compare “… spiritual things with spiritual.” – 1st Corinthians 2:12-13 Let us Explore the incomparable Virtues of the Lord’s Bride—both on earth and in Heaven. Adorned with Righteousness Just as a virtuous bride on earth is filled with unselfish affection for her beloved, so the Lord’s Bride is filled with Unselfish Affection for Divine Truth. And,…
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Marriage Between a Husband and Wife on Earth
A physical marriage between a husband and wife on earth is a reflection of the Sacred Union between the Lord and His Bride in Heaven. Spiritually, this Divine Union joins True Thoughts with Unselfish Affections within our souls. The simple but profound “I do” in our wedding vows becomes our promise to uphold that Sacred fidelity in everything we think, feel, and do. “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” Mark 10:9 Marriage on Earth Is a Spiritual Journey Anyone who has been married knows that marriage is not only a ceremonial event but a lifelong…