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?