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Be Ye Encouraged !

Know that nothing done in the Spirit ever goes waste. Every thought, word, and deed informally or in a formal Message, Workshop, or Scripture (Teachings) Lesson, based in Pure Love and Truth shall, by definition, reach the hearts of fellow beings...

Persons may not voice or express it; however, scattering the seeds of Agape' (unconditional divine) Love and Sanctity eventually falls on fertile soil. Fellow beings may not know or see it themselves - yet thoughts, words, and deeds based in Holiness and Truth inevitably take root in the Heart.

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Know that as Ministers we are Servants... We are here to Serve all beings, not to "direct and command."

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Beloved, take great care not to blindly accept whatever persons tell you about what someone else "did" or "said" or what "happened." This is mission critical. An INSTANT after something happens or is said, persons can greatly misinterpret and unintentionally mis-represent it with a shift in wording, intonation, and emotion. The way it is perceived and then represented to others can be somewhat, very, or *completely* unrelated to actual reality. Either dismiss it totally, or Find Out the Actual Facts.

Some beings have an ability to accurately perceive and report things without morphing reality. Know and Understand the Difference. See TRUTH.   AND, be a Person who perceives and relays (speaks of) things accurately and truthfully, absent exaggerations or embellishments or infusing of your own emotions or mental projections or presumptions about someone's intentions!!   So, so important for taking part in humanity without "trouble-causing."

Do not go on teaching things like "forgive but don't 'forget'" type of ways-of-the-world! Very simply, we are all Called to Not "blame" in the first place, but if we do bring mental and/or verbal accusations, we are Commanded to FORGET (applicably and appropriately placed of course) -and- "forgive!" - if you've laid blame on another . . .

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We always see the callings, gifts, and duties of others through their own eyes, and never judge the customs of other peoples by our own habits or our own standard. "I am not the standard of the universe. I must accommodate myself to the world, and not the world to me."                   Karma Yoga. New York, 1895. Complete Works, 1. 66.
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Full Trust and Surrender to Divine Will: encouraging adults, teens, and children beyond a Nursery Level

When we surrender to the Divine and Live in the Will of Spirit, we ask for nothing beyond God's Will be Done and a pure, open, and loving heart... a Heart of Service...

Be Still

and Know

that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

We will know what God’s Word means for us when we are silent and still, and relinquish our own little will and sets of needs, wants, "requests," and desires -- and Totally Fully allow the Divine to work in and through us. We are desireless in that All is surrendered to loving Grace.

We let go, even of the corner of the "security blanket" we may still be gripping, and lay ourselves open in heart, mind, body, and soul to divine work in us. No (or minimal) particular list of deeds, healings, seeking for "rewards" on Earth `or Heaven, people to show up, people to go... NOTHING. NO THING. We simply dwell in divine presence in Love.

Agape' Love seeks nothing, wants nothing. It is not a bargain in the marketplace. In smooth times, in crisis times, in All Times, we submit fully to divine Will. Drop the "I," "me" that may start to well up and simply Live in Oneness and in the fullness of Grace.

(Note that, not to be taken out of context, this all does not mean suspending Prayers for and with our brethren. We, of course, still hold one another in our heart of hearts and keep each other in Prayer that God's Will be Done and in persons' every breath and moment of life.)

The prayer in Perfect Grace is Thy Will Be Done ... in and through me, in and through all of us. Ashay and Amen.

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Take Great Care - do not slip un-noticed into becoming a "cardboard minister." Beware of starting to use "stock phrases" and having "stock scripture" at hand for different circumstances. LET THE HOLY SPIRIT WORK IN AND THROUGH YOU. Know that there is a huge difference between being a sermonizer and being a minister--pastoring as a calling. Go into retreat diving deep into the Word, Solitude, Prayer, as well as Divine Fellowship for three to four weeks per year if at all possible. And if you find yourself drifting into stock-phrases, stock-scripture, or robotic automatic-pilot pastoring, take at least a month (or more) to go Up to the Mountain Top with the Holy Spirit - and then return and be a Divine Refuge in the storm for all thy Brethren. Love One Another. Love One Another, submitting fully to the Will of God.

On "ministering" and "evangalism" - Take great care to not think or speak of anyone as if they are a "notch" on your evangalistic belt, either directly or in subtle indirect forms. This is a slip into the abyss. It has to do with the demenour and the way you share things, perceive things, and ways in which you "share testimony." Take care lest your foot slip on that rock . . . You do not need to "advertise." Just let the Holy Spirit work in and Through you, which is oft time quietly and gently. Beloved, there is a time to proclaim loudly from the roof-tops and a time to remain quiet...

This site exists to be a source of sustinance and encouragement. It allows us to reach those who minister to one another.

Freely use this site, lives of great and of quiet saints, each other, scripture passages, and such as a resource for REFLECTION, and to deepen and broaden your dive into living the Teachings in your chosen Traditions.

Remember also that "sometimes we may be placed in a weed-patch, and we are ment to thrive there.

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