Inspired by Romans 13: 8 – 10

We should not be indebted to anyone except to love them. For when we love one another, we substantively fulfilled the essence of the law. “LOVE OTHERS AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF,” succinctly encapsulates all the precepts of the law. Love commits no ill to another. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the law.

The love for self is the most intensely experienced and dependable form of love, but when directed outward, it is the glue that fuses the separated into a whole.

Inspired by Ephesians 4: 4 – 6 

We are one body, and there is one Holy Spirit, even as we are confident of our calling, One supreme authority, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all who is above all and who is active in all of us.

If I will accept God’s words and esteem His precepts within me, So that my ears give heed to wisdom, and cause my heart (feelings, will, intellect and thoughts) to yield to understanding.  Yes, if I cry out for knowledge, and speak with discretion; If I strive after wisdom, knowledge, and understanding as I would silver and search for them as I would hidden treasures; then I will understand the fear/reverence of Jehovah, and attain the knowledge of God.

For it is Jehovah who gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. He reserves pertinent wisdom for the righteous; He is a protector to me if I behave with integrity. He maintains the paths of justice, and He preserves the way of His saints. Then I will understand righteousness and justice and equality; yes, every right path. When wisdom enters my heart and knowledge is pleasing to my soul; discretion will preserve me, understanding will guard me, to deliver me from the way of evil. From persons who speak perverse and fraudulent things. From those who relinquish the paths of morality and equality to walk in the ways of wickedness and destruction.  

My reverential fear of Jehovah is the starting point of wisdom, and my knowledge of the Holy-One is understanding.

Inspired by Proverbs 2: 1 – 13 & 9: 10

My true self is a reflection of My-Creator, so I strive to hold in my consciousness, the awareness of God, and to be complicit with Him in every thought and deed. My perception of My-Creator is the starting point of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. What I conceive Him to be or not to be is the substance and notion of the reality I create for myself. My perception of Him can either liberate or enslave, but most assuredly, such considerations define my existence.   

The failure to live by such knowledge has perpetuated the perversion of my true self. My actions should reflect my core beliefs; otherwise, I will be internally conflicted, a mere creature tormented by his very existence.

Excerpts from –  GOD&I: Longing After God by Dwane Fritz Gerald

Inspired by Genesis 2: 7, Job 32: 8 & Job 33: 4

Yahweh Elohim formed a human being from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the human became a living soul.  There is a spirit in me, and the breath (inspiration) of the Almighty gives me understanding. The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Humankind’s consciousness is the result of the Breath-of-Creation. Created in the image and likeness of his creator was ADAM created. In his nostrils was blown the very essence of The Creator. And so he became the host of the very nature of that which created him. 

Great is my God and exceedingly deserving of praise, And His greatness is unfathomable. Can anyone, by diligent effort, understand my God, can anyone acquire a complete knowledge of my God. Wow, the profundity and the abundance of both wisdom and understanding of my God! Unsearchable are His decisions, and His ways are unfathomable!  Inspired by Psalm 145: 3, Job 11: 7 & Romans 11:33 

My understanding of God is limited at best, or utterly misguided at worst. I have no explanation for Him that will genuinely satisfy my longings, or my need to know Him.  He is beyond my logical mind. His splendor surpasses the capacity of my mortal soul to conceive. Yet all that I am yearns for communion with Him, fueled by His glory, majesty, love, and His grace.     

My ability to know Him, by evidence of His creation, is vastly untapped and potentially limitless. This knowledge is evolving due to the advancement in human endeavors such as science, anthropology, meditation, psychology, and spiritual revelation. 

The concealed things belong to Jehovah my God, but the things which are revealed and discovered belong to me and my kind forever, so that we may fulfill The-Word of God. Inspired by Deuteronomy 29: 29

By faith, I understand that the universe was purposefully established by The-Word of God so that what is manifest/evident was not made out of visible things.                                                Inspired by Hebrews 11: 3

Everything emanated from His thoughts. All that is and is not, He is. He is the substance of everything seen and not seen. The great void is the essence of His very nature. In the vastness of space, one looks for objects to substantiate His existence while missing Him in the void amidst the forms. He fills the void with Himself, Himself being the void, not being limited to form or substance.

Physical beings do not readily recognize the unseen God, the source that holds all matter in its place. 

The void is the hidden link that connects all substance. Thoughts, the spoken word, magnetism, electricity, gravity, and many other invisible forces in nature are essential for the existence of the physical universe. 

The visible, emanated from the invisible, hence the latter supersedes the former. The seen is a manifestation of an unseen source. From the invisible comes visible by the power of the invisible using that which is hidden. 

My Spirit is the conduit needed to connect to and receive energies from the invisible God, who is the Universal-Spirit.  

God is a Spirit, and if I am to worship Him, I must do so in spirit and truth.                                                                          Inspired by John 4:24

I shall not conform to the customs of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of my mind that I may decern that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Inspired by Romans 12: 2 

I understand myself better, those around me, and my surroundings through interaction and fellowship with others. It is my service to God and his creation that facilitates my enlightenment and evolution. Paradoxically, the growth that I desire comes from an outward gaze and not an internal one. 

As iron sharpens iron, So too, my fellowship with others is of mutual benefit. I shall do nothing in self-conceit or contention, but with an attitude of humility, I shall esteem others as more important than myself. I will not just look out for my self-interests but also the interests of others.

Inspired by Proverbs 27: 17 & Philippians 2: 3 – 4

In the Lord’s presence, I see as in a mirror the Lord’s glory, which transforms me progressively into His image by the Spirit of the Lord.
Inspired by 2 Corinthians 3: 18

By living in God’s presence, I am evolving into an entity, the blueprint of which resides in the mind of God. I have come to understand more about me, as I have focused my gaze on The Creator, and by sharing my observations in words and or deeds, I have found fellowship with others on a similar journey of life’s discovery.

Jehovah, you know me, because you have examined me intimately. You know my defeats and my triumphs; You understand my thoughts from before I conceive them. You prepare my activities and my periods of rest. You continually minister to me on my life’s journey. You know all my utterances before I speak a word, and You surround me and lay claim to me. Such knowledge is beyond the comprehension of my mortal mind.
Inspired by Psalm 139: 1 – 6

To whom would I liken God and make God equal and compare God, that they may be alike? Or with what likeness will I compare Him? To whom then will I liken God, so that it would be God’s equal?” 

Inspired by Isaiah 46: 5, Isaiah 40: 18 & 25

Evil, or even the devil, is not the antithesis of God, for a creature cannot be the antithesis of its creator. For God, there is no Anti-God.

For God and in God, there is no duality, no opposite, and equal force to contend. He stands preeminently predominant and alone. By himself, He is, and without Him, there is not. He is the singular point of everything, and in Him, everything is therein.