Category: Religious Messages

Your Two Choices

“Either you place God in control or you live in fear.  There are only two choices before you.  You can live in fear or you can live in perfect love.  You can walk after the flesh or you can walk in the Spirit.  You can live legalistically (in a way that gives too much attention to legal rules and details) or find your only resource in grace.

When you get right down to it, at the heart of every fear is the presupposition that God is not present, not in control, and not sufficient.  This is a contradiction of who God is and how He designed you to live.  You are no more designed to live in flesh and fear than Adam was, and your Heavenly Father has made provision for the fears that plague you.

Our challenge is clear: If we cling to our fears, we declare to ourselves and all who observe our lives that God is neither sufficient nor worthy.  We must live in perfect love and let perfect love be reflected in our lives.  This is the only real choice we have as people whose hearts desire to please our Father.  This is the only real choice that will bring freedom from fear.

Whether your fears are for today, tomorrow, the kids, your job, your health, emotional strength, mental well-being, spiritual courage, acceptance with others, or confidence in your life, “Perfect love casts out fear.” 1 John 4:18

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10

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You Can Never Be Too Grateful For Anything

Each day surrender yourself anew to Me, to My service. A re-dedication is necessary, then everything becomes alive and vital and nothing is taken for granted. You know yourself when you are taken for and take anything for granted life becomes stale and dull and lifeless but when you appreciate everything and are appreciated, everything changes and glows and becomes Light, and life is worth living and is very, very good.

So why not now in this very moment of time surrender your whole life and living to Me anew. There is no time like the present to take action. Accept this is a new day and a new way, and dwell not on the past. There is far too much to be done in the ever-present Now, the glorious Now.

Never cease to see My hand in everything that is taking place and never cease to say ‘thank you.’ You can never be too grateful for anything, you can never say thank you too often.

~ guidance received by Eileen Caddy,

The Message Of Jesus At Christmas For These Times

“Jesus has been given the title of The Great Teacher by many people who have studied and applied his teachings throughout history.

The surprising thing is that Jesus was not the typical philosopher or preacher that people were used to. Unlike some other people Jesus tried to make his advice understandable to the common man, sometimes using stories or symbols, but always keeping his message simple, straightforward, and practical.

Jesus dealt with many aspects of human life but the one that he spent the longest on was the need for love. His focus was not just on the love for our friends and family, but something much more challenging, a love that tests every nerve and sinew.

‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.’  (Matthew 5:44)

He spoke of a love for those who we want to hate, a love for those who already hate us. This love requires effort, strain, and every ounce of self-command that man can summon up.

It is the easiest thing in the world to hate, to let the desire for revenge grow in our hearts. Indeed vengeance may even have the shadow of justice attached to it, but in reality, it leads to dark, unadulterated hate and a spiral of destruction.

To be truly happy we must rise above the bigotry and jealousy of others. We must love even if we are hated for it. Love and do not hate, for surely love is the only path to peace, freedom, and happiness.”

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