YET ONCE MORE . . . PT. VI

“ Understanding Your Image”

50-0827E TAKE THE ROD AND GATHER THE PEOPLE CLEVELAND OH. SUNDAY

E-8 Now, I do not expect everybody to be healed. There's exceptions. Many people are great lovers of God, raised up under the church. They believe their church. That's right. They believe God. But as far as the supernatural being operating in a human being today, that's beyond anything they could swallow. But that's where the truth is.

50-0827E TAKE THE ROD AND GATHER THE PEOPLE CLEVELAND OH. SUNDAY

E-9 People have their own beliefs drawed out today what they think that they're going to be, and the way it's going to be. It'll come just as according to that, or they won't believe it. And that's the reason they have their way.

60-0626 THE UNFAILING REALITIES OF THE LIVING GOD JEFFERSONVILLE IN. SUNDAY

76 Now, the Holy Spirit will not misbehave Itself in one person, and behave itself in another. It'll make each person come into Its character, because it's a Spirit that leads you. It brings/makes you subject to Its nature. You don't bring It subject to your nature; It makes you subject to Its nature.

God doesn't do things just at leisure or just haphazardly. He means it for a purpose. The Bible wasn't put here just for man to just look at it, argue, and fuss about. The Bible was put here for correction. It's a life that's to be led. And it's a road map from mortal to immortality.

W.M.B.

Music is like Marching, if your out of stepyou ain’t Marching. In Music if you are out

of Time, you ain’t playing . . .

Wilbur Carpenter

“Enlightenment is not the by product of avoiding the darkness in favor of the light. It is the by product of taking the light of consciousness and diving deep into the darkness with it. To make the darkness conscious, is to turn the shadow into light.”

Teal Scott

No matter what the words Spiritual Awakening means to you, waking up to your authentic self inevitably involves some steps that many of us don’t want to take.

Many people avoid confronting their emotions or egos because doing so comes with a great deal of pain and vulnerability, but to reach our full potential and evolve into our highest selves, we must face our demons head-on and release any attachments to negative emotions and people.

Egotism:

The feeling or belief that you are better, more important, more talented, etc., than other people

Full Definition of EGOTISM1.

A. excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun

B. the practice of talking about oneself too much

2. A. an exaggerated sense of self-importance : conceit

DURING A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING, YOU WILL

PROBABLY EXPERIENCE THESE FIVE THINGS:

STEP 1 THE DISSOLVING OF THE EGO/FALSE SELFWhen we begin to awaken, we realize that our egos have been running the show our entire lives, but our egos don’t represent our true selves. They just act as a mask, if you will, over our authentic selves, covering up our true identity.

What we and others have defined us as don’t even begin to cover who we really are; our job titles, social status, level of wealth, and all of these worldly labels don’t define us as spiritual beings.

They only distract us from the truth – we have limitless potential as the cosmic miracles we are, but society doesn’t want you to know this. On your path to enlightenment, you will encounter the ego many times, and it will beg for acknowledgment and power – however, starving the ego and feeding the soul will help you get in touch with your true self.

This step in enlightenment is often the toughest for people, because everything you once knew yourself as suddenly slips away.Don’t let this scare you though; stripping away your false self allows you to live as you were meant to – A Spiritual Being having a Human Experience, not the other way around.

STEP 2 THE CLEANSING AND PURGING OF PAST EMOTIONAL WOUNDSOn your journey to enlightenment, a lot of emotional baggage will come to the surface, and clearing it out will allow you to live in the present moment and let go of past pain.

Opening your wounds up once again won’t feel very healing in the moment, but to truly restore your soul and get to know your higher self, you must revisit the past and accept it. You must close old chapters in your story if you want to write new ones.

Meditation and spending time alone can help greatly with this, because you will understand that everything that happened to you along your journey shaped you and helped you reconnect with your true identity.

STEP 3 FORGIVING PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT YOUThis goes along with the previous step, but forgiving those you have caused you pain will also seem scary at the time. Your ego will not tolerate this very well, and will constantly fight for the top spot in your mind.

Don’t listen to it though; realizing that the people who have wronged you actually helped you is a huge step in your journey to enlightenment, and you should feel proud of yourself for getting to this point.

When you step outside of the realm of revenge, resentment, and the victim mentality, you remove the burden of holding a grudge from your consciousness, and make room for beautiful relationships to flourish.

STEP 4FEELING VULNERABLE AND QUESTIONING EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEWYou will definitely feel exposed, confused, and isolated at times on your spiritual journey.

The walls of safety, familiarity, and false knowledge of our world will begin to crumble, and you will see a mysterious, hidden world beyond those walls full of truth and understanding. However, this will leave you torn between hanging on to the world you once knew, and diving headfirst into uncharted waters.

What is a Paradigm?A Paradigm - which is only overthrown with great difficulty and a new paradigm established. Thus the Copernican system (the sun at the center of the universe) overthrew the Ptolemaic (the earth at the center) one, and Newtonian physics was replaced by Relativity and Quantum Physics.

Paradigm Shift : When anomalies or inconsistencies arise within a given paradigm and present problems that we are unable to solve within a given paradigm, our view of reality must change, as must the way we perceive, think, and value the world.

We must take on new assumptions and expectations that will transform our theories, traditions, rules, and standards of practice. We must create a new paradigm in which we are able to solve the insolvable problems of the old paradigm.

What Do You See . . . . ?

By Shifting your Perspective you might see an

“Old Woman” or a “Young Woman” . . .

Once you make your way into this New Paradigm, though, you won’t ever want to go back to the old one. You will at first feel much like an alien on this planet, full of others who have not yet understood what you do, but eventually, you will find your place and stand strong in your truth. Just relax and trust the process; you are not alone here.

STEP 5 LETTING GO OF ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T MATCH UP WITH YOUR HIGHEST TRUTH During this phase of awakening/enlightenment, your intuition will probably inform you of relationships, places, jobs, or any other aspect of your life that no longer serves you.

In order to evolve into your highest self, you must thank everyone and everything for being a part of your journey, but also not feel ashamed or guilty for leaving them behind if necessary.As you raise your vibration, you will naturally seek out experiences and people that match yours, and want to let go of anything that doesn’t serve your best interests.

I have to be primed to speak sometimes. (Bro. Rick and Stephen Hall).Just like I may correct you on something, (keep in mind approach is everything). Let’s take a conversation that Sis. Jill and I were having this morning.

Suppose that I did not like Sis. Jill, or you, and you were aware of it; there is nothing that I could say to you that would cause you to ever take any interest or even care in what I would have to say, because there’s a barrier between us (in our Minds we are not One). Jesus had a way to break that “Barrier”!

“ AS THE MUSCIANS COME ”

TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION Sunday, March 27, 2011

“Full Senses of the Word” by Pastor Don ParnellLighthouse Christian Fellowship, Dayton, Ohio

This prophecy came forth after the preaching of the Words of the Lord:

“I AM THE LORD THY GOD. YEA, I AM WORKING MY WORK, MY HAND IN THE EARTH TODAY. YEA, I HAVE BROUGHT ALL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES TOGETHER BEFORE YOU, SAITH GOD, FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND TO KNOW THAT WITHOUT ME YOU WILL PERISH.

YEA, WITHOUT MY HAND IN YOUR LIFE, WITHOUT MY HAND IN YOUR FAMILY, WITHOUT MY HAND UPON YOU, YOU WILL GO YOUR WAY AND YOU WILL FALL WITH THE REST OF THEM, SAITH THE LORD GOD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU. I THE LORD HAVE BROUGHT YOU FROM THE WOMB. YEA, I HAVE CHOSEN YOU FOR THIS DAY TO BRING ABOUT MY WORD.

YES, THEY SHALL MOCK AND THEY SHALL LAUGH AND THEY SHALL SAY, ‘WHO DO THEY SAY THEY ARE?’, BUT I THE LORD, I AM THE ONE; YEA, IT’S MY EYE THAT MATTERS. FEAR NOT THEIR WORDS. FEAR NOT THEIR EYE.

FEAR NOTHING ABOUT THEM FOR YEA, THEY HAVE A DARKNESS AND THEY SHALL RETURN TO THAT DARK PLACE, BUT I AM THE LORD THY GOD AND I HAVE BROUGHT THEE LIGHT.

I’VE BROUGHT YOU ALL THE LIGHT THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING. NOW WALK IN THAT LIGHT, SAITH THE LORD GOD.”

YEA, WALK AND SING AS YOU GO AND SHOUT THE VICTORY, FOR I THE LORD WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING, AND THERE SHALL NOT BE UPON YOU THE SMELL OF SMOKE, SAITH THE LORD GOD.”

YET ONCE MORE . . . PT. VI

“ Understanding Your Image”