We Toil in Vain Without the Lord

True and pure must be our mission.

Everyone has a mission,
But not every mission is approved by the Lord.

For the Lord wants purity, obedience, compassion,
Kindness, justice, peace, and love.

May the Lord bless our missions
If they are according to His Word,

But if they are not according to His Word,
The mission is worthless.

Unless the house is built by the Lord,
The laborers labor in vain.

Unless the city is guarded by the Lord,
The guards keep watch in vain.

The mission the Lord approves
Is to spread the teachings of Christ and no other

His light, His teachings, His name. 

Amen

Christ Consciousness and the Two Cups

I pledge allegiance to the most Immaculate Heart of Mary

I pledge allegiance to the most Sacred Heart of Jesus,

For they understand the ways of God.

Let their pure minds help us understand our gentle, loving, compassionate God.

May we always be true to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

And to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

He is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

He is the King above all kings,

And He is the King of our hearts and minds.

Let Christ consciousness enter our hearts

With joy and peace,

With compassion and holiness,

With justice and mercy.

Let all who hold Christ consciousness in their minds understand,

And let this understanding teach them

Not to rely on their own strength, wisdom,

Or even the gifts God has given,

But to do what they are called to do in Christ Jesus.

Cups are containers; sometimes they hold water or wine,

And at times they hold poison.

Every cup contains something
Good or evil, truth or deception.

There are two cups that come from God:

One contains union with Christ's body, blood, soul, and divinity.

The other contains spiritual poison, ideas that sound good

But in truth are deception.

This Cup of deception, if we drink it, brings disunion with God,

For it makes us unable to be friends with Him.

Amen

The Dangers of Our Own Understanding

There is a way

A way that seems right to a man,

But its end is destruction.

Let us then grow

In devotion to Christ,

In the love of God,

In hope in the Holy Spirit.

Let us rely on God

To bring us to pure water,

And not put our trust

In our own understanding.

No matter how holy or sacred

That understanding seems to us.

For God’s understanding

And our understanding

Are like the distance

From heaven to earth.

If we rely on our own wisdom,

How can we expect

To come closer to God?

But when we rely on the understanding

that comes from the Holy Spirit

Our Creator,

Our Father,

The Beloved Son of Righteousness

Our hearts become pure,

Our minds are linked

To the mind of God.

True, a lack of Christ consciousness

Brings deception and pain.

Christ consciousness may sound strange,

But it is simply walking

In the teachings of our Lord

and Savior Jesus Christ.

When we fail or refuse

To walk in His teachings,

We place a stumbling block

Before our brothers and sisters.

We can create a disaster

Where there was none.

Not walking

In the teachings of Jesus

Shows the world

That we are not His followers,

Not His disciples.

And when the world looks at Christianity

And says, “I will not follow Jesus,

for His people do not follow Him,”

A lack of Christ consciousness

In the church

And in its leadership

Creates scandal of every kind.

For how beautiful it is

When the church walks

In Christ consciousness

The teachings of Jesus,

Our Savior,

Our Lord,

Our Healer.

And how unsettling it is

When we refuse to do

What Jesus taught.

Thinking His teachings are optional

is dangerous.

It produces rotten fruit. 

Amen

Spiritual and Physical Strength

Beloved Heavenly Father,

In all we think, say, and do

May Your name be ever glorified.

O Father,

Give us the energy we need

Both physical and spiritual

In order to do Your will.

For when we do Your will

We step closer to heaven.

Yet we need both kinds of strength

To walk that path.

This spiritual energy

is Grace, Mercy, and compassion.

Our physical energy

Is the bread we call daily strength.

But man does not live

On physical energy alone,

But on the spiritual energy

of Grace, Mercy, compassion, wisdom,

and the Word of God.

Amen.

What God Will Look For

Where there is devotion in the heart

True, pure, everlasting,

Full of compassion, kindness,

Generosity, and obedience

A broken and contrite heart,

A heart that wants to do what God wants it to do

And not its own will,

There Christ is.

Where devotion to Christ is pure,

And where there is Christ‑consciousness in the mind,

Full of loving‑kindness,

Full of joy

Let the teachings of Christ be carried out

By all men,

To the best of their abilities

And in the situations they are given.

For this is the oil in the lamp.

Not oil like earthly oil used for cooking,

But the righteous oil of

Devotion in the heart of a person

And Christ‑consciousness in the mind.

This is what God will look for

On the Day of Judgment.

Amen

A Position of the Heart

Blasphemy is not
Just a word alone.

It is a position
Of the heart.

Speaking the Lord’s name in vain

With a mental disorder
Tourette’s or similar

Is not blasphemy.

Blasphemy is taking His name in vain

Not by accident,

Not by illness,

But on purpose.

Doing it to show off,

To offend,

To honor Satan, 

Not God.

Above all,

Blasphemy is willful

A choice of disrespect,

A choice against holiness. 

Amen

The Olives of Obedience

How many Bible verses can you memorize?
But does it really matter if we know thousands?
Without devotion in your heart,
without repentance in your mind
repentance that is sincere
it is useless.

For dishonest, insincere repentance
is worse than no repentance at all.
Repentance should be
as soon and as often as possible.
You are not guaranteed a tomorrow,
so do not wait.

Make your repentance sincere,
your devotion pure and true,
as the Lord gives devotion to my heart.
For devotion, pure and true,
is the oil in the lamp
the righteous oil in the lamp
that Jesus speaks of.

It is metaphorical, symbolic.
It is not made of olives,
but of the olives of obedience,
devotion, compassion,
generosity, sincerity, and honesty.

Amen