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Lighten Your Load!

Growing up in church helps you to get really good at using big and fancy spiritual words in order to try and express yourself as you seek to impress others. Most of the words we learn are pretty cool sounding and imply some sort of superiority, simply because we know them and can say them. Truth be told, many of the words we learned and use are words that we have no idea or concept of what they really mean, even though we have convinced ourselves that we do.

I heard someone the other day talking about experiencing “enlightenment” and knowing this person the way I do, it got me to wondering do they possibly have any clue as to what the word really means?

Enlightenment involves a moment where we step away from the flesh and into spirit. Enlightenment encourages us to take on and take out the temptations of the ego, so we may be truly free to experience unity with our Creator. Enlightenment is spiritual awarness and has as it’s byproducts: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control…

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. -1 Corinthians 2:11

When we are “enlightened”, we are no longer worried about or distracted by blame and who gets it or who gives it. We are more concerned with the blessings we are able to share with others, which contribute to enlightenment overall. We are not anxious about the dark, because we have become light, which illuminates the darkness and chases the shadows away. We do not know fear, because perfect loves drives out fear.

Enlightenment is a connection of heart, mind and spirit that opens the Heavens to release miracles to flow into and through our lives. Enlightenment is about an ongoing transformation that changes every part of my life – body, mind and spirit.

So let’s do more than just know about the word, let’s really get to know it, feel it, embrace it, live it and then we can share it. And isn’t that what it’s all really about anyway???

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Peace Of Mind!

The mind is a very powerful thing. With our mind, we can make or break life. We can give into the limits of the flesh or tap into the unlimited power of our Creator. This is very often a battle we find ourself engaged in and rather than fight our way through it, any times we just give up with the attitude that “this is just life!”

But, it’s not just life, unless we choose for it to be. We have the power, if we are willing to utilize it. We will either control our mind or our mind will control us. When our mind connects with it’s Creator, we have the potential to be positive, creative and intuitive, which leads to our growing and being a blessing.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. -Colossians 3:2

By allowing our mind to connect with Spirit, we are making a choice to not give up control, but to take control back with God’s help to make our mind and His mind one. To set our mind is to make a choice in the direction that we are going to allow it to be empowered.

God is love and when m mind becomes love, I am invited to be a co-creator with the great “I AM” and I am destined for breakthroughs, miracles and blessings as I learn to walk with confidence through God’s mercy, grace and love. This is a beautiful thing!

When we allow our ind to connect and yield to God’s Spirit, we are able to take on and take out the wrong, self defeating and limiting thoughts of this world we live in. Our mind can be a worst enemy or a best friend. When we train our I’d to see, understand and act as our Creator, the dimension of the miraculous opens up and the unexplainable begins to manifest in incredible and breath taking ways.

Set your mind on things above, you will be glad you did!

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Ego Vesus Heart!

Sometimes it seems as if I am in a constant battle with my ego and I know this takes me away from the things I really want, the things that my spirit knows is best for me. My ego is the idea that I am what I do, what I have or what I think other people think of me, and the truth is: I am so much more and so are you!

This battle with my ego often causes my heart to become hard and encourages me to be moody, arrogant and selfish, which is the exact opposite of what I really am and what I truly want to be. I was created with a soft and tender heart that says: “I am peace, humble and giving all wrapped up in supernatural love.”

When I am my real self, my spirit self, the self that God created me to be, then God is able to move through me and it is such a wonderful and amazing experience that words cannot even come close to explaining. This is an experience where self gets out of the way and allows Spirit to shine all the beautiful gifts to and through my spirit’s presence in this human experience.

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” -Ephesians 4:31-32

So take a few moments today to realize this life is sometimes a very real battle, but it is a battle worth engaging in and ultimately winning. And to win the battle with the ego, we must focus on doing two things:

1. We must get rid of all, not some of the by-products of ego. We have to take on, take out and get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander and every form of malice.

2. We must replace the empty space with kindness, compassion and forgiveness. In others words: We give to others what God has given to us. We cannot give something to someone else, if we do not have it for ourself, so first we must receive the kindness, compassion and forgiveness and then we are empowered to share it with others.

Getting rid of the bad and replacing it with the good empowers us from the inside out and gives us a victory that cannot be obtained in any other way. It is a battle, but it’s a battle worth fighting to get our heart soft, tender and ready for the supernatural seed of the Almighty…

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