The Armor of God: Are you wearing the "Shoes of the Gospel of Peace" in your life?

I suppose my question to those of you who wear the full Armor of God....how do you deal with the lack of complete peacefulness throughout yourselves?

We have complete Peace, especially peace with God through the Holy Spirit..

Christ is the Prince of Peace and He gives us this peace

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

It's a peace beyond all understanding. It comes only from the Holy Spirit. (Philippians 4)
I see that you believe in God, you should pray that you can believe in Christ as well. I think you say that you invited Him into your life but that you are not a Christian? Hard to understand what you are saying then.

Unless you do you are not clad in the full armor that helps a disciple carry the Gospel forward and to stand in those shoes when it's time to stand.

A Christian should strive to live in peace with everybody, and blessed are the Peacemakers.

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I believe we do not have the right to label another/tell them what they are.

Each of us has been given free will to decide what we want to be.

Now telling them that they are acting like "whatever" is instructional and doesn't come against another's free will.

Edit to add: Hope to be back tomorrow to read more of your thread.

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Last Edited by Soteria on 08/31/2022 01:40 AM

Or perhaps God doesn't have immature human attributes such as anger and vengeance.

At our state of awareness, it is natural for us to believe God has immature emotions just like us. It is what we know and do here, and so we humanized God to behave the same.

The caring and compassionate God of pure unconditional love will always lovingly nurture and patiently guide us back onto the path to love when we veered off it from free will exploring and not knowing any better yet.

Being stubborn creatures that we are, we often do not see or heed the divine nudges. And when the nudges get stronger for our benefit, we mistakenly believe we are being punished by an angry vengeful God.

Everything that happen in our lives are to teach us to grow up spiritually, to having the wisdom and benevolent maturity to treat each other and everything with more caring, understanding, kindness, and respect.

That includes crossing paths with people who will do us wrong. Some will say that is ridiculous, not knowing nothing is ever random, coincidental, lucky, or unlucky.

It bears repeating, as we move further along the spiritual path to love, what we earlier saw as our suffering and adversities will now be seen as blessed and grateful lesson opportunities to gain more wisdom and benevolent maturity, and onwards to becoming evolving humans more able to co-habitat in peace and harmony instead of deceiving, harming and killing.

All the best!

At the core of all religious and spiritual systems is simply love.

Love for oneself, love for others, and love for everything.

It is through human biases of misunderstanding, misinterpretation, mistranslation, embellishment, exaggeration, and ill intent that fractured the pure teachings into numerous varieties we have today.

Just take a look at all the heated arguments on whose Truth is more right.

Love is the Truth.

And love has always been the solution to all our human problems stemming from our false nature that is the ego which knows not of love, compassion, gratitude, and equality.

OP, you brought up a very interesting point when you stated "Can you be at peace while experiencing righteous anger?....I know you can't when it's willful anger."

Humanity is by design at the infancy of spirituality, and so our state of consciousness will vary, sometimes greatly.

There is still much more knowledge waiting for us to uncover and learn. Meaning we can't be spiritually perfect yet, and so the best we could do here is to push our false nature that is the ego to the background and make more prominent our true divine nature that is love.

Our first reaction to anything will always be from the ego. The higher our consciousness, the faster we will transition out of the ego thinking to love.

This is not to say the ego is bad because it does serve a purpose when we choose to come here to this unfamiliar place. The ego mind, that some call the survival mind or the mind of lack, is needed to keep us alive so we could do what we came here to do.

But as we return here over many human lifetimes and start to see more of the vast picture, it is time to shed the ego and embrace our true divine nature of love. And through that long learning and maturing process, we ultimately will assist with bringing paradise to this young chaotic world through love.

Contrary to what some believe, we are not born here as lowly and unworthy sinners, and we are not born here to suffer.

We are magnificent beings assisting with the expansion of light/love here. And this is not our first rodeo.

The temple of God is within us. The multi-dimensional quantum energy of God is within us, in every one of the trillions of DNA in each of our bodies.

We are made in God's image, the image of love.

It is funny and also very inappropriate that some would call the human body a "meat suit".

Jesus's words in the Holy Bible which is supposed to be viewed in the context of a high middle aged style.


Matthew 10:44

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Knights of the Round Table.

Excalibur. Sword in the stone. Who can pull it out?

Honorable. Integrity. Chivalry. Righteousness. Slayer of evil.

Ezekiel 36:26

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Genesis 2: 21-22

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs (the sword) and then closed up the place with flesh.Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib (Lady of the Lake) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Excalibur (Sword) is given to Arthur (King Christ) through magical means, (Bible) by the Lady of the Lake (Baptism); it is not a weapon forged in this world but in another. The sword comes from this other realm and, once Arthur is defeated and dying, it must be returned there.

The helmet of salvation is TRUTH and when worn the veil is removed and all becomes revealed for what it really is.

1Th 5:8

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.


Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.


Speak BOLDLY CHRISTIAN!


Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.


Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.


Eph 6:14 ¶Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;


Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;


Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:


Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;


Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
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Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Jesus Christ is the Truth and he is not Hid

The cod piece of enlightenment

Beautiful Sister in Christ. God bless you

I believe that God is inside me, right in my DNA that One created, and I believe God is also in all of creation, within the essence of that One's creation.

Why is it hard for you to understand that by having the Christ Spirit right inside me, I have no need to jump through your religion's hoops of acceptance?

Isn't that I've already been accepted by Christ....HE ACCEPTING ME....enough? I "proved" myself by having complete faith in his spirit, that I could be healed through his strength, right after I woke up decades ago. I had already accepted him, before he accepted me.

And I could say, can't we just agree to disagree, but I know some of you are going to move away from this thread thinking things like, 'What a poor lost soul' or even worse, 'Poor misguided thing, she's not going to like hell'.

Do you even realize the negative energy you're spewing out through YOUR judgement, if you thought something like that?....heh, because God ain't got nothing to do with such this kind of judgement, that's all on you, and the and your interpretations of the Bible. And it's misplaced PITY, a very base emotion.

God loves me, I love God, and there isn't even a wisp of anything punitive for me from that One....nor Christ for that matter. All I ever get is support, and love....and I love this relationship I have with both. They are full and complete relationships, and I am so fortunate and grateful to have them in my life.

Why is there this punitive energy from youse guyses?....


Oh, that's right. Youse guyses speak for God, and I'm just a lost soul, heh....

No one is judging you, you asked a question that I answered.

Well, it sure felt like judgement when you said,

"I see that you believe in God, you should pray that you can believe in Christ as well. I think you say that you invited Him into your life but that you are not a Christian? Hard to understand what you are saying then."


I mean, is it so hard for Christians to believe that someone can love and take the Christ Spirit into their everything, without claiming to be a Christian?

Heh, do you all think Christ is only for Christians?

Why did you feel the NEED to say that I should pray that I can believe in Christ as well?

What part of anything that I've ever said on this thread is there that tells you that I don't believe in the Christ Spirit? That I don't have indelible faith in that spirit?

If it's just that it's ground in your religion and its teachings, then say so, without a bunch of scripture quotes, and that can be the end of it.

Can I ask what you say this "Christ spirit" is? Or who you think Christ is? I don't want to fight with or judge you, I'm trying to understand what you believe and why you have no peace, if that's what you are saying.

The shoes of peace are our firm foundation that we are secure in our peace with God which comes to us through the Holy Spirit..

One of my dearest friends is a Vietnamese woman who survived terrible circumstances as a child during the Vietnam war and tells me she believes in Buddha and Jesus.
I respect that, even though she has no bible knowledge, but she has spiritual knowledge. Buddha to her is God. She practices Buddhism but not Christianity except in how she naturally lives.

Well, I am just elated! I did energy work with my vaxxed client this morning, they said that yesterday and last night they were having issues with that asthma that comes with the vaxx, but found themselves breathing deeply, with no wheezing happening during the session.

They said they did a lateral flow test after the session, and it was at 300, the best reading they've gotten since Christmas, and it's been at 150 most days and at 250 on a good day since then. Of course the optimal reading is to be around 383 they told me, but we got the reduction of inflammation in their lungs going on now like I requested. I also requested a lining of healing energy be placed all throughout their lungs, and to last just as long as possible.

There are some people who believe in me, on the planet, and off the planet, and they don't think or tell me I should be doing anything any different....

And due to me "seeing" their lungs all filled up with white light during the session, I know Christ was with us....that was his white light I saw. It's very distinguishable, because of the life it contains. It's bright, yet soft; determined, yet gentle.

And yes, I put on the Armor of God beforehand....


And yes my Adorable Little Pixie, I did wear it well....


Heh, I don't need to debate Christians about my value and worth, or even deny my own worth....heh, I'm livin' it, and livin' it large!

You ALL have my heart to yours....

The Christ Spirit is what was contained in Jesus while he was alive. This spirit has been in other bodies, including Buddha.

It is pure spirit....I mean, I don't know how else to explain it. It's a very pure energy that can easily transform dis-ease or anything at all that doesn't rightfully belong in that person's body or energy field.

And the compassion I feel from it is off the charts....I'm going to say this spirit defines compassion. And it does not judge. It seems to choose to be silent instead. It most definitely leads by example....and I just feel the example, to know it, although Jesus lived it, and there are records of his time on the planet.

And it's not that I'm in a state of unrest all the time. I do have long stretches of feeling peacefulness in my life, but there are those times wherein I get angry. I quickly rebound, but all the same...heh.

I did get resolve yesterday through my own guidance. I was just expecting too much of myself, which had me feeling less than, and that was a problem for me.

I can't be putting on the Armor of God if I'm pissed off about this, that, or the other thing....it would be so very irresponsible of me to do that....I could lose the ability to wear it if I did that, ya know?

Most definitely, the Armor of God is so sacred, and I want to be involved with it the very best that I can, I want to rise to its sacredness.....do you understand?

So I came to GLP to look for help, and perhaps advice. Instead I got Jesus and my lack of certain words thrown at me.

All I wanted was some human bean help....


I may be on the verge of tears, taking it all in, this thread, but I also know I am so well and fine, and I can move forward with my energy working sessions, and to a good end.

And I know that my spirit is worthy of wearing the Armor of God, and I will always be protected during the sessions....heh, because ain't no joke, the energy that runs through me is so high end, it's going to burn the butt of anything negative going on in a person....yet, I will be prepared for anything.

This has me feeling and being very strong!....

Let me start by saying that one of the problems we have in understanding each other is that what means one thing to you, like putting on the Armor of God, means something different to me.

I see that you're saying that it's the Spirit that Christ had while on earth and you can put it on and off to aid you in the work that you do, some kind of healing, is that correct?
Or it's in you and you activate it somehow. You do this of your own will, is that correct?


What people want to condemn as "religiousness" in Christians
is not religion but discipleship. Discipleship is a conscious decision to believe the things that Christ said in the scriptures and to obey His commandments and to follow Him.
It's a full on commitment with consequences which is why we take it so seriously.

The goal is not to be above the Master but to be like Him.
He said "learn of Me" and we can't learn of Him if we don't know who He is. That is why we read and then we quote Scripture --for the edification of others -- it's not something we make up, it's what Christ said.

It's not for everybody, in fact in the bible, it says that most of Christ's disciples turned away and went home when they learned what the job entailed. It's the process of committing to and following His teachings, and by doing so becoming someday, whether in this life or the next, like Christ.

Therefore a disciple must study and learn and put on the whole armor of Christ, all the traits listed. We are to be obedient and to keep His commandments. We read the Word because there is where we learn of Him. We teach the Word because He said to, that's the Great Commission.

There were people in the bible and alive now I'm sure, who had and have spiritual knowledge of Christ. That's a gift from God for they don't have that knowledge of themselves. It comes from above. They weren't disciples like Peter was either. At least some were demoniacs.

But others, like the woman who called Him Son of David and asked Him to heal her child was extremely blessed.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, given to believers from Christ after His death. We can't take that Spirit into ourselves, He has to come from Christ.

First off, I want to say thank you for talking to me, and not down to me. It makes it much easier to have a decent conversation.

I'll tell ya, when I integrated my Master Teacher, the last thing he said to me was....

Please remember to share. It's what humans don't share that keeps them divisible.

....and I've lived my life sharing my thoughts, and even my own advise JUST because of him asking....well plus, because he's inside me, and has been inside me for nearing two decades.

I very much appreciate you sharing your thoughts with me, as I am you. And while there may still be division between our belief systems, I think we can develop respect for one another....just by virtue of sharing from an open heart.




No. The Armor of God I'm acquainting myself with was created before Jesus's time. It's an ancient kind of endowment that requires a great deal of discipline to wear.

When I mentioned Christ energy in my client's lungs - me seeing her lungs filled with light - it's not that I called on Christ energy, yet it was Christ energy manifesting the healing.

I will request certain actions to happen for the client's well being, but beyond that, I step aside. I will never claim that I alone healed anyone, because that energy that flows through me is so not from me....heh, and I haven't asked for a name for it, because of my indelible faith, and because I think it might be an insult for something that powerful to define itself.

In my mind's eye, I'm perfectly comfortable with it just being what it is, because it's an endowment of grace from the vast creation of the universe. It's one of so few things that humbles me, this energy that flows through me.

So therefore--





I don't activate anyone into a session. If some other energy comes through, then it's that energy's choice to show up.

I mean, I don't know, it could be my client called on the Christ Spirit to attend to the session....but it doesn't matter, that the Christ Spirit showed up was really quite the endowment for my client. It is such effective energy, and I'm sure it's going to be energy that keeps giving.





Ya know, I gotta tell you a story from nearly 30 decades ago.

A college friend and I were at my apartment, it was later in the evening, and I was talking about something spiritual for a spell, and she interrupted me, standing up, and saying 'Oh my god, you're a disciple, and you're testifying to me right now!'

I freaking went under the table. It wasn't that I was embarrassed, but more that I felt an avalanche of humbleness that just took me to the floor....and to be frankly honest, I didn't know what a disciple was, what being one entailed, but everything about me just melted in that moment.

It was such a profound moment in my life, and yet it's one I really don't know much about - I've rarely discussed it - except that I reacted very strongly to what she was saying to me. Unbelievably strongly. Now that I've sat and thought about it for a moment, it's probably the strongest reaction I've had happen in my life, lol, and there have been some doozies.....

I'm a Wanderer, so I do walk a different fine line from the one the Christian does.

We both have "concepts" to adhere to, and those concepts do cross over between the two. In many ways, they bleed into One.

I am not unlike you in that I want peace and harmony, love and respect and understanding, and fellowship between all walks of life.

Am I mistaking what you want? Heh, I don't think I am.

So we do have common ground to share between us....

It's been a pleasure to talk to you, usually by post 3 in my interactions here, I'm being cursed and insulted to the point where I have to cut off the conversation to keep them from sinning even more by reviling Christ and His followers.

You have an astounding testimony and thanks for sharing all of it especially the day that you received the message that you are called and especially how you reacted. It's powerful. It's very interesting how He spoke through your friend.
Believers come in all types, we see that from the Word itself. The parable of the sower tells why some believe and some don't. A lot of people believe in Christ as soon as they hear of Him, and this is common in little children.

They don't understand like adults do, they just believe, like Abraham did in believing God, and it's accorded to them for righteousness. That's why Christ said that we must come to Him as little children do.
Are these believers saved? Yes they are according to Scripture.

He desires us though to grow and mature in faith, like seed in good ground does, the plants ripening, quickening, dying and leaving seed to flourish again. A disciple is always somewhere on a journey, many go off on their own course and though they may look singular, there's always two of them, as they have the Helper, aka the Holy Spirit.

My Vietnam friend won't read a book to save her life, yet somehow she is one of the most intelligent people that I have ever known and one of the kindest. So I understand that people can be very knowledgeable without a formal education or in not reading about subjects.

So knowledge of Christ is not limited to the bible, but it is a good place to begin to learn the Truth, and we need to learn objective Truth, not just rely on our subjective truth. The first armor mentioned is Truth, so we should begin with that, and the rest will follow.
God wants us to use our minds as well as our spirits to worship Him. That's why we are an intelligent creature.

Now lastly, Matthew 10 is a chapter that deals with discipleship. I would like you to read verse one.
I know for a fact that Christ heals through prayer and it's the way that most Christians are comfortable and familiar with.
Yet some disciples are given the gift of healing. They should be common but I think some, maybe yourself, are rare. If you have that gift for real, then there is no reason for you to feel judged or lesser than any other believer in Christ.
You do have to test the spirits though, that's just what He says to do.

If you can, read the books of Mark, Matthew and John and learn more of Jesus. It will only strengthen you and aid your work. All true believers of every stripe and nationality want us to live in peace, harmony and good will to others.

Thanks again for the discussion CG!

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I have a Bible. My mother gave it to me, and it has my name embossed in gold on the cover. I will read those chapters, just because you've been so nice....and because we're building a bridge of understanding here....

....and I have a confession to confess: My mother is strictly religious. I was raised by a Southern Baptist woman who allowed for no wiggle room. I love her very much, but she pushed her religion on me, and denied me terribly. It did turn me off.

I mean, when I finished my first level of Reiki, I was so proud of myself, and I thought my mom would finally be proud of me, too. I called her and told her about what I'd done, all happy, and she told me, calling me by my first and middle name, telling me I was going to hell, because as far as she knew Jesus was the only one who healed anything.

I really do love my mom very much, but she's told me I'm going straight to hell so many times, I finally turned away from her for a bit....it's just an awful thing to say to your child, whether grown or not.

She's stopped doing that since we talked, but she said she's never said such the thing to me...."Whatever, Mom".

When I was 6 my father told my mother she was no longer allowed to take us to church....for reasons too detailed to go into here and now, but we stopped going to church.

When I was 13 I was feeling like seeking out info about different religions, so I took myself to different churches, and sat through the sermons. The last one I went to was a Catholic church....and I nearly vomited at the idea of eating Christ's body and drinking his blood. It's still upsetting to me, because in my mind's eye, it's spiritual cannibalism....and well, I still believe it fosters spiritual cannibalism.

When I was in my mid-30s I went to a couple of metaphysical chapels, and they seemed a little better, but still there was a hierarchy I couldn't appreciate....plus I got yelled at for being in the chapel with no shoes on my feet....heh, I was tossed out of a Orthodox church one time, because I went in barefooted.

What the heck, eh? We were born with no shoes on our feet, ya know?....

Heh, I have numerous reasons for not being involved in organized religion, but really, the biggest one is because I'm a Wanderer, and what I know....organized religion has been used as a control tool. Not all have fallen under that control, but still, its intention is to control.

I am not insulting you, I'm explaining to you. I do not judge you, please know this.

I'm explaining all of the above because there's a part of me that's having a knee jerk reaction and wants to tell you that I'll read the three chapters you've suggested, but they're not going to turn me into a Christian.

And while no one has the power to turn me into anything, I do recognize the stubbornness I'm possessing about it STILL. Heh, I need to work on that. I've been given reason enough to feel it, but I'm beyond all of that seeking now, so I need to let go of it, especially my lingering stubbornness.

Thank you for being a part of me seeing this....

I'm going to read those three chapters tonight. I'm hoping if I have any questions or anything I want to discuss, you'll hang in with me....but I think you will, because I think you have a really good heart.... and now I'm going to have a good cry, one that I fully feel is marked with a sense of relief. I'm gonna be okay, but I gotta have this cry.

My heart to yours, lovey....

As well, I should probably tell you that I've had at least 11 lifetimes as clergy, like being a nun or a monk. GLP's LisaDiane - a Christian seer and healer - did a healing session for me about seven years ago, and she told me I had 11 layers of vows of poverty in my energy field. She said she was able to remove all but six, and I had to do the rest.

When I got the last one removed was when I found the best job, the most perfect job, for me. I'm glad I got to experience that once in my life, having a job I was so well suited for and an awesome set of bosses who always had MY back, and actually having some money saved in my sock drawer. Of course I gave most of it to my son for a down payment on a home he wanted to buy....heh, and I'm really pleased I had it to give to him.

As well, I was a Cathar. I adore The Church of Love prophecy. It does fill me up when I read it....and I know where I'm falling short. I truly need nothing more than that to guide me.

I've started reading Matthew....heh, it's going to take me more than one night to read all three of these.

John the Baptist....what a man, eh? Harhar, I could see myself in him when he said, "You brood of vipers!", because I feel the same exact way about the soulless population on the planet right now....although some of my language has been a little more colorful than his.

I've actually had talks with God about him removing all the Organic Portals from the planet, that I would take a one way ticket to hell, gladly, if that's what my asking requited, if he'd just remove them....because if they were gone, then humankind would actually have a chance of making it, and we'd form a society like the one we were created with....harmonious, a Holistic Society. That's all I want for us with souls, is to get a break, so we can actually have a chance to make it through.

But obviously that didn't work....

I did try, though, like three times. Silence was all I got....but I tried.

....we really do need a break, and some Divine intervention.

Pfht, okay off to cry again, lawdy.....

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I'd like to be here for you and I don't feel insulted or judged.

I got to go to a bible church when I was 6. Luckily my parents, especially my mother, felt that we needed a Sunday School education.
Well I hated Sunday School, lol, but I liked the minister's sermons. In fact I still remember some of them. For some reason they wouldn't let me stay with the adult class and that bothered me.

After I made a confession of faith, I asked my mother if I could be baptized. She told me that I was too stupid to be baptized. She was, my older sister was, but I was too stupid.

Then a falling out occurred mostly because of my sister telling lies about the church and my mother believing her. It wasn't about abuse or anything like that. It was just malicious.
I looked into it years later and she was lying. She also fell away from the faith and belittles me and my sister for believing. She is now and has always been a liar, one of the tares. So we didn't go to church for awhile either and that hurt me spiritually. I literally became the prodigal child, a mess. Just went wild.

Forty years later, forty years of wandering in the wilderness, I began a search for the Truth. I asked God to lead me to it. Long story later, here I am.

Only the Roman Catholic church which is pagan, promotes and pushes that cannibalistic interpretation of Christ's death on the cross as dogma. The rest of us find it as repulsive as you do.

As a disciple and as an act of obedience, we participate in His death and resurrection in water baptism, and in Communion when we remember Him, as He asked us to do.

Most of the Apostles and disciples ran away when He was crucified, only a few stayed with Him. At the start of His ministry the majority of them left when He foretold His death to them and that they were to be part of it. It's not about cannibalism at all.

Some churches do try and control people, I can't deny that but the Christian faith is all about freedom. That's deeper learning than most people delve into except when they are more mature in their journey.

I learned what my calling is in a seminary class. I enrolled just because I was so excited to learn more and more. A professor revealed it to me in a lesson and like you I was so astounded I couldn't even speak and still can hardly believe it, let alone practice it.

But what we both know, it's not about us, but Christ, and to Him, our Lord, Savior and King, goes all the glory, though it is a great privilege and gift to be a disciple and to be actively engaged in building the new Creation. We just have to keep our mind and thoughts on Him and let Him use us for His purpose.

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Thank you for reading the bible books I recommended. I especially wanted you to see verse one, in Matthew 10.

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease

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I noticed one of your early posters, CG, commented that
they identified as "Christian"...but have "delved into
Eastern Religion" and find it is compatible with Christianity.

That is pretty much my own experience as well. A very
interesting author I explored back in the 1970's (yeah...
long time ago) was named Ram Dass. He wrote a book called
"Grist for the Mill" and it really touched me deeply.

One of the phrases he mentioned in the book was:
..."As I pour a glass of water, I am God...POURING GOD
(water)...into GOD (space/vessel.)"

I've never forgotten that amazing visual and I keep it
in mind when I ponder the "bigger picture" which I think
you are doing with this thread...(but "bumping heads" a bit
with some folks.)

Here is one of his lectures on "Grist for the Mill"
to get a taste:
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I think it is a real "gift" to be able to see "God" in
everything. As the Native American Indians believed everything
is "alive" and has its own spirit...it is the DEEP respect for
what you are a part of that will ultimately connect you.

And...don't forget the "spirit" of laughter while you are
looking for the "shoes of the Gospel of Peace"--maybe you
can get a little giggle out of this picture. This is
"my dog Homer putting on the "armour of God:"



Best wishes for finding those shoes. Good to see ya asking
the right questions!


The Oracle's Cookie

Last Edited by The Oracle's Cookie on 09/01/2022 08:02 PM

That makes Jesus (and God, of course)...A VERB...
not something (an object, a hero, a religion) to 'HAVE."

I really like that explanation!


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