The Metanoia Mindset

Blow the Trumpets!...Sound the   

Alarm!...Open the Gates of your

Mind!...Change the way you think

about yourself...life...everything...

what I'm going to tell you will

radically transform your world if -

and this is the key - you receive it...

believe it...act on it...live it...

faithfully...nothing will remain the

same...so...listen carefully...I have 

Good News to tell you...you

are being offered a New Life with

New Eyes to See...New Ears to 

Hear...a New Mind to Think...a 

New Heart to Love...for Behold!

the old things will pass away and

ALL things will be made NEW...

Change your Mind about what is

possible and Believe the Gospel

and you shall Receive POWER

from on High to live Beyond your

Human Nature...Beyond your 

Natural Abilities...Indeed...you are 

being Chosen to Receive a Gift 

Beyond your wildest dreams...So...

Added to the Dignity of a Natural

Human Being Created in the Image 

and Likeness of God is the Super-

Dignity of a Supernatural Sharing / 

Participation in the Very Life of the 

Infinite / Eternal / Perfect / Divine 

Creator of the Universe...to Actually 

become His Adopted Son / Daughter 

because He becomes your Loving 

Abba Father...you become Divinized 

with ALL the Rights / Access to His 

Divine Presence and Personal Love 

as well as a Share in His Infinite / 

Eternal Inheritance of  Perfect Joy...

Peace...Love...Beginning In this 

Present Life and Fulfilled in the Life 

to Come...What an Amazing / Astonishing  / 

Holy Identity you have been Chosen to 

Receive aa a Pure Gift!! - Talk about 

being "Special"!!. Well...in response 

to such an astonishing revelation you 

justifiably can ask... How can this be 

possible...for...you?.. Why you?...and 

if you are forthright - you who are so...

how can I say this... politely?.... how 

about...imperfect?...most likely done 

many things that you are not proud of...

things you did / failed to do...and if you 

really think about it...even 'worshipped' 

false gods of money / success / pleasure / 

vanity / self-centered lifestyles / given to 

anger / resentment / unforgiveness...ALL 

of which leads to a Justified Eternity of 

Destruction...A Fiery Separation from the 

One who is PERFECT...so again...why 

you? you don't deserve it...to which I say...

yes...I agree. wholeheartedly...how can it be?...

BUT...it is not just you...ALL of us have 

sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God...

ALL Humanity is Fallen...ALL are Wounded 

by Sin...ALL need to be Saved from their 

Fallen Nature inherited from our First Parents 

who Freely Chose to Rebel against Abba Father...

were deceived by the Evil One and are prone 

to evil...enslaved to self and live in a world 

infatuated with sin...and thus there is an Infinite 

Chasm that separates the Holiness of the Divine 

and the Sinfulness of Humanity that ONLY ONE 

who is Both  Human and Divine who can Perfectly 

Span that abyss...and now here is the GOOD NEWS..

Jesus has accomplished this by His Outstretched 

Arms upon the Cross... Jesus - the Sinless One - 

the only Begotten Son of God who Became 

Man...took upon Himself our Sins and the 

Punishment of Death - WHY?...in a Word...

Mercy... out of Love for you and me He was 

Pierced...Tortured...Mocked...Murdered but 

on the Third Day ROSE from the Dead and is 

ALIVE / REAL...and thus Conquered Death / 

Sin / Satan and Now OFFERS this Victory to 

ALL - including YOU...who CHOOSE to Receive 

Him as Lord and Savior..to SURRENDER and 

Receive.....Forgiveness / Mercy to ALL who Repent / 

Turn away from Sin...to Receive  A New Life...

New Hope...New Love...a Sharing in His Divine 

Life...His Very Nature...Ask to be Filled with 

His Holy Spirit...Become His Disciple to Follow 

Him...Take on His Mission and Purpose for your 

Life... to Live a Supernatural Life here and now 

using the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to 'Do what He 

is doing...Say what He is Saying'.. to Go Make 

Disciples by Living the GOOD NEWS as... 

Behold...He Makes ALL Things NEW.!!!

Discussion / Reflection:

-What is the 'Good News'?

-How does 'Metanoia' - 'Change your Mind' - prepare you for the Good News?

-How does it make you feel when you hear that you are Loved  as Jesus Loved you?

-What does it mean to Repent of your Sins?

-If you are Catholic, go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

-What does it mean to Choose Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?

-Have you decided to Follow Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?

-If not, I encourage you to do it now in your own words.

-Find a Support Group of Committed Believers.

-Become involved in Service.

-Break ties to your sinful past.

-Develop a daily Prayer Life including Scripture Study.

 

The Abiding

it is My Desire that you

Abide in Me...

always and everywhere

for that is where you have

been Created to Be...where

you will Flourish as Children

of the Father...it is My Spirit

that Empowers you to Rest

in Me and Receive a taste of 

My Eternal Joy and Peace

as you become more and more

One with Me in Mind and 

Heart...it is both your Calling

and Battle - Life in Me and 

death to self in this world of                                                                                                                   

chaos and confusion made

so by humanity's Fall from 

Original Grace when the evil 

one's deceptions lured them to 

choose selfish pride instead of 

Selfless Love thus sealing a

fatal inheritance of a wounded

nature racked by conflict

where passions are like 

wild stallions running this way

and that attracted by evil ends

resistant to control from 

a weakened will and a mind

clouded and blinded subject to 

error in a body now sentenced

to deterioration and death 

under the dominant influence 

of the evil one who relentlessly                                            

seeks to remove your focus                     

on Me and turn you inward                      

upon yourself thus bringing

the disorder of the world into 

Our Sacred Space - it is a 

Spiritual Battle which rages for 

the minds and hearts of All who 

have been Created...it rages 

within and without...false teachers 

promoting false doctrines created to 

captivate and lure the unsuspecting and 

naive into the darkness of doom

dressed in rays of light weaved

together from strands of both 

true and false words until 

Reality cannot be distinguished

from unreality by disordered

feelings leading round and

round until it is halted by 

death and eternal destiny is

decided...so.

Resist these temptations by

My Grace and so Remain in 

Me as I Remain in you for it 

is in Me that you find your True

Self as a Son / Daughter of

the Father...where you find 

your True Affirmation as 

One Beloved by the Father 

Called to Share Our Divine

Nature now and Forever

I have Given you All that you

need in the Battle of Life 

and Death...My Word is 

Light and Truth...My Spirit

is Power to Discern and 

Live in that Word...to 

Speak the Truth in Love...to

Carry the Cross of Love 

and Truth - even to Die

there as a Witness to My

Victory over the Chaos

and Confusion of Sin /

Death - My Resurrection to

Eternal Life...so...Abide in Me

and I in you...then...Stand!..

for I AM the Resurrection and 

the Life...the One who Brings 

Shalom...Wholeness..as it was 

in the Beginning when all is 

well as it is supposed to Be...

Reflection / Discussion:

-What does it mean to 'Abide' in the Lord?

-How can we make that the 'normal' for our lives?

-What habits can we form to do that?

-What is a 'quick' way to get back into His Presence?

-One way is the 'Jesus Prayer'...what is that?

-What are some of the 'lies / deceptions' in the world that 

 cause 'chaos / confusion'?

-How can we combat them?

-How do you 'speak the Truth in Love'?

-How should our 'feelings / intellect / will' work together in us to

 keep us in His Presence?