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“The Mystery & The Misuse Of Power” By Reverend Lola Wright

By December 4, 2017February 12th, 2020Messages

On Sunday, Rev. Lola Wright kicked off our new December series, “Illuminate,” with her message, “The Mystery & The Misuse of Power.”

Notes

Opening:
Is love alive?
This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
‘Cause you’re not where you belong;
Inside my arms.
This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon
It rolls in from the sea.

Tax Bill, Michael Flynn, Matt Lauer, Libya:
SLIDE: If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see. – James Baldwin
SLIDE: Justice is the willingness to interrogate that which is out of alignment in life and love. – Rev. angel Kyodo williams
SLIDE: The only tired I was, was the tired of giving in. – Rosa Parks

What is Power? What is Love? What is Law?
SLIDE: The misuse of our power has brought upon us the very conditions from which we suffer. The power which appears to bind us is the only power in the universe which can free us. We suffer not because suffering is imposed upon us, but because we are ignorant of our true nature. – SOM p. 37
Love/Oneness/Generosity of the Spirit/Givingness/
Law – impersonal, returns back that which you put into it
Love points the way. Law makes the way possible. – Science of Mind

Objectives:
You are an individualized expression of the Universe
You are here to be a portal for REAL power – how to know the difference – destructive or productive?
Use your power for Good – that includes calling out the crap!

Keywords/Stories/Points:
Spiritual Order
Sexual Predator as President = expose of famous men and sexual violence
Racist as President = white nationalism on full display
Billionaire in Office = greatest income disparity in American history

We have confused power with dominance
We are bringing forward a shake up of what POWER really means – the shadow is up to be dealt with

Sexual Harassment & Violence
Men in significant positions of power being brought down
THUNDER = POWER & TRUTH
LIGHTNING = INTUITION & ILLUMINATION

The Christ & The Antichrist – break it down
SLIDE: The Spirit of Christ, being in line with the Cosmic Life, will always transcend, neutralize, destroy, and utterly obliterate the spirit of the Antichrist. Finally, only the Spirit of Christ can succeed. SOM p. 127
Christ is not a person but a Principle – human giving way to the Divine.
Christ – the manifestation of God; the Word of God manifest in and through man.
“Put On The Christ” – the degree that you surrender your limited sense of Life to the Divine Realization of wholeness and unity with Good, Spirit, God.
Antichrist – the spirit of one who, understanding the Law (blind force), uses It for destructive purposes.
As the human gives way to the Divine, in all people, they become the Christ. In the case of Jesus, there was such a surrendering of an isolated will, that a greater incarnation of the Divine actually took place.

You are Jesus – You are the change – You can navigate the most chaotic of seasons and bring the light.
SLIDE: As the external Jesus gave way to the Divine, the human took on the Christ Spirit and became the Voice of God to humanity. To think of Jesus as being different from other men is to misunderstand his mission and purpose in life. – Science of Mind

Law of Cause & Effect
SLIDE: The universe imposes neither evil nor limitation upon us, nor can we impose evil or limitation upon it. However, being free agents, we may and must experience, at least temporarily, the result of our own acts. Realizing that the universe has bestowed upon me the Divine right to be affected by my own act, today I guard all of my thoughts, seeing to it that nothing emanates from my consciousness other than that which blesses and heals. If nothing goes forth from me that can hurt, then nothing can return to me that can harm. Faith in the justice of the universe is my altar. Upon this altar I lay my offering of peace, of joy, and of prosperity for the whole world. – 365 Science of Mind

Summary:
SLIDE: 3 Key Questions
Am I being moved by love or robbed by fear?
If I take this action considering the impact to the most vulnerable human being will love be revealed?
Knowing the power and influence I hold how will today honor that in me and all I meet?

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