september newsletter 2011 (page 2)
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DID YOU KNOW? By D. Orlando Ledbetter thTRANSCRIPT
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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DID YOU KNOW?
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rest, through phone only in an ABSOLUTE emergency… Calls may be re-‐routed for response through one of our Elders. Thank you for your understanding! …SRT Pastoral Aide Committee