september newsletter 2011 (page 2)

THE  FLOW  LINKING  THE  NATURAL  AND  THE  SPIRITUAL    Flow  –  (I  found  at  least  ten  definitions  but  only  listed  a  few.)  

• To  move  or  run  smoothly  with  unbroken  continuity.  • To  circulate.  • To  move  with  a  continual  shifting  of  the  component  particles.  • To  proceed  steadily  and  easily.  

 Linking  –  

• A  connecting  element;  a  tie  or  bond.  • A  causal,  parallel,  or  reciprocal  relationship;  a  correlation.  • An  association:  a  relationship  

 Natural-­‐  

• What  takes  place  in  the  body  or  the  flesh  state    Spiritual-­‐  

• What  takes  place  in  the  part  of  us  that  is  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit  • What  takes  place  in  the  part  of  us  that  is  being  restored.  

 It’s  11:18  p.m.  and  I  was  directed  to  put  this  down  on  paper.    This  account   is  only  one  example  of  how  God  has  a  flow  linking  what  takes  place  in  our  natural  and  spiritual  lives.    This  flow  moves  back  and  forth  continually  from  the  natural  to  the  spiritual  and  back  to  the  natural.    There  is  no  break  in  this  flow.    Today,  July  28th,  I  went  to  the  eye  doctor  which  may  not  seem  to  be  anything  major  but  take  a  moment  to  experience  this  with  me.    One,  I  have  not  been  to  the  eye  doctor  since  2006.    Two,   I  am  extremely  myopic/nearsighted.     I  wear  contact   lenses  and  when  I  am  home   I  wear   glasses.     I   will   also  wear   glasses  when   I   am   hospitalized.    My   lenses   are  those  “bottle  cap”  lenses;  I  think  you  get  the  picture.    In  the  natural,  at  the  age  of  54  my  sight  has  actually  improved  a  little.    To  the  extent  my  glasses  and  contact  lenses  are  over  correcting  my  natural  sight.    They  are  now  too  strong  and   of   course  my   prescription   has   changed.   From   experience   I   know   that   when   your  vision  is  being  over  corrected  you  don’t  see  and  read  with  the  clarity  that  you  should.    So  that  means  when  I   get  my  new  lenses   I  will  be  seeing  with  more  clarity   in  the  natural.    Note   I   have   been   wearing   corrective   glasses   since   the   age   of   five   or   six   and   contact  lenses  since  the  age  of  16  and  my  sight  has  always  gotten  progressively  worse  till  now.    In  the  spiritual  my  clarity  has  been  increasing  in  the  things  I  see  using  these  same  eyes  I  described  above.    It  is  no  coincidence  that  there  is  an  improvement  in  my  clarity  in  what  I   see   in   the  natural   and   the   spiritual.     This   is  only  one  example  of   the   flow   linking   the  natural  and  the  spiritual  (remember  this  movement  is  back  and  forth).    How  many  times  have  we  heard  Pastor  O  and  Pastor  G   link  the  changes   in  the  natural  and  the  spiritual?    Remember  when  we  uncluttered  our  homes  and  at  the  same  time  we  should   have   been   uncluttering/decluttering   in   the   spiritual.     Think   about   when   are  directed  to  travel  lightly.    It’s  not  only  about  our  suitcases  when  we  get  on  a  plane.    It’s  also   about   getting   rid   of   the   baggage   in   your   spiritual   being.     It’s   about   tearing   down  those  sterns  and  branches  that  have  sprung  from  those  seeds  that  have  been  planted  in  us  and  took  root.    Less  of  us  and  more  of  God.        The  flow.    The  flow.    What  flow  are  you  experiencing?    Do  you  receive  it  or  are  you  still  fighting  it?    In  the  shift  you  have  to  go  with  the  flow.    In  the  shift  you  have  to  surrender  yourself   totally   to  God.     Yes,   he   knows  we  are   a  work   in   progress.     Yes,  we  are  being  restored.        

Written  &  Submitted  by  Etta  Rahming  

JIM  CALDWELL  DELIVERED  LEADERSHIP  SPEECH  AT  MOREHOUSE  By  D.  Orlando  Ledbetter  

Indianapolis   Colts   head   coach   Jim  Caldwell   spoke   at   Morehouse  College.    Indianapolis   Colts   head   coach   Jim  Caldwell   delivered   a   speech   titled,  “The   Six   Pillars   of   Effective  Leadership”   to   a   crowd   of   about  350   students   in   the   Bank   of  America  Auditorium  at  Morehouse  College.    ON  TO  THE  SPEECH:    The   Six   Pillars   of   Effective  Leadership  

1. Competence  2. Humility  3. Authenticity  4. Motivation  5. Passion  6. Service  

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