Inspired by James 1: 20
My anger and stirred-up emotions do not fulfill the righteousness of God nor His purpose.
My stirred-up emotion is a compelling motivator for sustained and unswerving action towards achieving my desired goals. However, to be guided by The Unseen Hand requires much faith but produces holistic results unimagined.
Dwane Fritz Gerald. GOD&I: Longing After God. Kindle Edition.
Inspired by Romans 8: 28 & 1 Thessalonians 5: 18
I know that everything works together, as if one whole, for the benefit of those appointed for God’s purpose because of His love for them. I am grateful for everything, for this is the desire of God through Christ Jesus for me.
When I label outcomes as good or bad, I limit my available options to those that are within my cognition and under my sphere of influence. In judging life’s events, I become my source instead of being one with The-Source.
Dwane Fritz Gerald. GOD&I: Longing After God . Kindle Edition.
Inspired by Jeremiah 17: 9
My heart (feelings) is deceitful about everything, and incurably so: who can know it?
I derived my self-worth from who I am and not how I am feeling about myself or my current circumstances. My feelings and emotions are fleeting and cannot be relied on to determine my self-worth. My actions should be reasonable and not based solely on emotional impulses.
Dwane Fritz Gerald. GOD&I: Longing After God . Kindle Edition.
Inspired by Philippians 4: 8 I choose to meditate on things that are true, honorable, equitable, pure, acceptable, reputable, anything of good virtue and courage, and anything praiseworthy.
I choose the good and the nobler virtues because I become that which I do.
My choices determine my destination. Life is a series of decision points, of which destiny awaits on the other side. NOW choose wisely!
Excerpts from – GOD&I: Longing After God by Dwane Fritz Gerald
Inspired by Galatians 2: 20
Crucified with Christ, still, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live externally as a human being, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Inspired by Galatians 5: 16, 22 – 23, & 25
If I live in the Spirit, I will not execute the desires of the body; that is, the fleshly nature. Because the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace (prosperity), longsuffering (patience, fortitude, kindness, restraint, and self-discipline), gentleness (kindness and moral excellence), goodness (virtue), faith (fidelity, and loyalty), meekness (humility), temperance (self-control), against such things there is no restriction. If I live in the Spirit, I must also conform to the will of the Spirit.
For every moment of my earthly sojourn, I am actively engaged in some form of action, whether consciously or not. Of said occupation, I strive to become increasingly more aware and fully engaged. That which occupies my time creates my experiences and with certainty, impacts my wellbeing. Thoughts, choices, and actions form parts of a continuum that creates my reality, in which I can only actively participate, in the NOW. Hence, for this and every conscious moment, I am at liberty to choose my existence, who I am being.
The power of being is the power to create and The Power of Creation. I am that which I am being or doing. I am that which I am.
Excerpts from – GOD&I: Longing After God by Dwane Fritz Gerald
I must learn to conquer this illusion of time with purposeful action or inaction; else, time will be my master.
I can live only in the present moment; The-NOW; The-Moment. Every reflection of the past and every projection into the future occurs in the present moment. My present connects my past and my future. More profoundly, time seems illusionary, a mere figment of one’s imagination. As I engage in an instant of thought, what was only a moment ago the present, is already the past while the future merges into the present, becoming the past.
To achieve my best results, I focus on the actions in which I am engaged to the point where I am one with the Holy Spirit (the Universal-Energy, the Original-Mind), the Ancient-of-Days, even the Source-of-Everything.
The past and the present exist in the perpetual moment of the NOW.
Inspired by: Matthew 6: 34
Be not anxious for tomorrow: for tomorrow shall be apprehensive for the things of itself. There is enough to be concerned about today.
Dwane Fritz Gerald. GOD&I: Longing After God . Kindle Edition
Love patiently endures, and love is kind, Love is not envious or jealous; love is not braggadocious or puffed-up. It does not behave unbecomingly, and it is not self-seeking, and not easily provoked; it does not keep a record of evil suffered. Love rejoices not at injustice and immorality but rejoices in the truth. Love bears all things, believes for all things, hopes for all things, endures all things. Love never fails or diminishes. Even now, faith, hope, and love endure, but of these three, the greatest is love. Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8, & 13
Love is a choice. Love is the energy which restores the whole, the oneness. Love reunifies souls. Love liberates. Love rewards. Love forgives. Love accepts. Love uplifts. Love heals. Love gives. Love loves.
Love now, love without ceasing, love without measure!
If I live in the Holy Spirit, I will not execute the desires of the flesh. And if the Holy Spirit leads me, I am not driven by or under subjection to the Law. Likewise, if I live in the Holy Spirit, I must also walk in step with, and be in conformance to the will of the Holy Spirit. Inspired by Galatians 5: 16, 18 & 25
As a free-willed being, the governance by carnal laws is not my destiny. However, by connecting with God Almighty, and living according to the divine flow of the Holy Spirit, I escape the shackles of the sensual nature. Being reunited with the Spirit from whom I came forth as the breath of creation, and with whom I am one. In this way, knowledge and righteousness come not from labor, but by being. Therefore I live by the Spirit to fulfill the spirit of the law.
Excerpts from – GOD&I: Longing After God by Dwane Fritz Gerald
My actions are the manifestation of an internal state of being, whether of peace or disharmony. The emotion that elicits a reaction may be at the level of the conscious mind or may reside in the subconscious mind.
I am at peace when I allow my faith to interrogate my feelings and emotions, unifying my state of mind with my system of beliefs giving singularity of insight to my state of being. In so doing, I am akin to the Lord-of-Creation in whom there is no conflict.
I put my trust in the LORD, with all my heart (feeling, will, and intellect), and I do not rely on my understanding and wisdom. I inquire of Him before every course of action, and He gives direction as to the way forward. And now, I will demonstrate my faith through my actions. Inspired by Proverbs 3: 5 – 6 & James 2: 18
My faith is my enabler that brings my soul in harmony with God, who is the Universal-Mind-of-Creation.
I live by faith and not by how things appear to be. Because without faith, it is impossible to be in harmony with God, for when I come to God, I must believe that he is! And that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Inspired by 2 Corinthians 5: 7 & Hebrews 11: 6 – 7
God created me in the image and likeness of Himself, as a male He created me. As a human being, I am His representative to exercise dominion over the earth.
My God Jehovah, many are the wondrous works which You have done, and Your plans for me. They are marvelous and inestimable, and they are for your purpose; If I try to explain and name them, they would be too many to declare.
You created my innermost being. You protected me in my mother’s womb. I will worship You because I am distinct, fearfully, and wonderfully made. I know with all my being the marvel of your creation. My substance was known to You, When You created me in secret, and intricately embroidered me in the depths of the earth. You saw my unformed substance, and my life’s journey was written and ordained by you before it began.
Inspired by Genesis 1: 26 – 27, Psalm 40: 5 & Psalm 139: 13 – 16
I am a creature and not the creator, intricately woven together, infinitely complex in design and function, of the human species I am. My mission is to accomplish a task, which will be realized only by living, and by living in harmony with Elohim. He created me in His image and likeness, and His creation testifies of him and is a manifestation of His glorious nature. It is my desire for Him to make known to me all that I am, so that I may come to understand who He is.
Dwane Fritz Gerald. GOD&I: The 1974 DFG Owner’s Manual (p. 11). Dwane Forrester. Kindle Edition.
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