Being Free Now

Daily Inspiration, January 25th

Posted on January 25, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33: 14, Amplified Bible Classic Edition)

God gave Moses this assurance. As this man led his people, he would be accompanied by the very presence of God. Moses would have that Spirit of Truth, Life, and Love with him at all points. The embracing goodness, the wisdom, and the protection would always be at hand.

And God also promised Moses that he and his people would gain rest. All the journeying and the growing in understanding; all their conscious listening, following, and obeying; the work and the exploration and the progress out of bondage, would bring more than God’s pleasure. It would bring peace. God would reveal the liberty that also includes freedom of mind. God’s presence meant Moses and His people could release their cares, settle down, trust, and truly find rest.

Let’s recognize that this divine promise is for each of us. God is always with us, fully and attentively. His Love and His Life are ours to know and express at every moment, and to feel not only guided and encouraged, but also to experience the gift of comfort and rest that this reliance must bring.

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Daily Inspiration, January 23rd

Posted on January 23, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” (Colossians 3: 17, Amplified Bible)

This is a call to devotion. It is a reminder to thank God and to celebrate our rich relationship with Him. As we go about our days, we can remember the Christ, that true identity that Jesus revealed which means absolute oneness with God.

This conscious dedication in every action and thought to the Lord, is reverence. And it is also aligning ourselves with all that is saving, strengthening, healing, wise, and successful. If our words and deeds are done in the name of God, they are done with Him—with infinite Spirit and with pure Love. This means our work and our interactions are attended naturally by God’s own powerful qualities and can be accomplished with meaning and with effectiveness.

And so, our small tasks and our greater purpose, are all attended by God and at the same time praise Him. When we bring the name, the nature, of God into our thoughts and our actions, we are full of grace and Truth. This brings light to the world and a lightness and joy and contentment to ourselves as well.

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Daily Inspiration, January 18th

Posted on January 18, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“So Jesus explained himself at length. ‘I’m telling you this straight. The Son can’t independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. The Father loves the Son and includes him in everything he is doing.’” (John 5: 19-20, The Message Bible)

Jesus was very clear on this fact. His disciples witnessed their Master’s wonderful works of healing and his inspired and vital teachings. They were aware that something remarkable was going on. But Jesus seemed insistent that they really get it.

So, he, who often spoke in parables, was straightforward on this point: Jesus never did any of his marvelous work alone. All that he did was because Jesus was one with his Father, the expression of God’s own doing, His law, and His purpose. Jesus clearly knew himself as the Son of God, and understood also what that meant.

It meant that he was always included. It meant that Jesus was a living witness to God’s saving and sustaining presence. Jesus was consciously confident, as we can be as well, that his Father loved him. Jesus knew that this Love was not separate from the child, not something that was apart from his own living and being and doing.

We can’t do anything independently of our Father-Mother either. But, the wonderful thing that Jesus was telling us straight was that all that he did, all that was so glorious, is possible to us as well. For we have the same Source and we each have our own unbreakable relationship with the power and the glory of God and His infinite Life and Truth and Love.

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Daily Inspiration, January 16th

Posted on January 16, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“Let there be no more resentment, no more anger or temper, no more violent self-assertiveness, no more slander and no more malicious remarks, Be kind to each other, be understanding. Be as ready to forgive others as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4: 31-32, JB Phillips New Testament)

Are you ready to do this? Are you willing to give up resentments and blame, anger and self-righteousness? Are you prepared to recognize God’s forgiveness for you and for all, in the very fact that He made you full of love and goodness, not hate and sin?

The Christ is our true nature and our true north. As we begin to walk in this reality, this genuine selfhood, we can’t help but be kind to one another. We can’t fail to want to listen and understand, rather than judge and fear. This is simply being who we are, and it brings us into line with God’s true plan for creation—to harmonize and be fruitful.

Let’s feed ourselves and others with the healing fruits of Love, which empower us and never deplete us. Let’s stop feeding the beast of fear and anger with our attention and focus. Let’s get off our high horse because it isn’t going to take us in a direction that gives us peace or happiness. Let’s stop worshipping the devil of bitterness and evil by our attention or even our anxiety.

Instead, let’s choose to be kind. Let’s expect good. Let’s remember that forgiveness and love made the resurrection possible. It will surely save us today from the dark and deadly tomb of malice and anger as well!

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Daily Inspiration, January 11th

Posted on January 11, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“Let us feel the divine energy of Spirit, bringing us into newness of life and recognizing no mortal nor material power as able to destroy. Let us rejoice that we are subject to the divine ‘powers that be.’” (Science and Health, page 249)

Discovering our fresh self, the renewal and rebirth that we can seek each new day, isn’t something that requires willful pushing. It isn’t about how humanly strong or brave or intelligent we can be. And it isn’t exclusive to those who are in some special class of individuals.

This divine energy, this refreshing intention and saving grace, is for all of us. We are reminded in this passage to let ourselves feel this dynamic energy. We are encouraged to lean into the Truth of God and His power that is and can’t be opposed or resisted. There is no striving in this. It is a release to those true energies that reveal us new born to every day, as God’s image and likeness must eternally be.

These are not material energies. They are not even cosmic forces of nature. This energy is divine. It transcends limits, time, space, and is ever-present and always active. We can be still and accept this loving power, this cleansing goodness. We can surrender to God’s living Love, and allow it to awaken us to reality. We can gratefully receive the healing uplift that is at hand to be felt, like a cool breeze on a bright new morning.

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Daily Inspiration, January 9th

Posted on January 9, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way.” (Psalms 25: 8-9, New Living Translation)

God is always right. He is divine intelligence, the all-knowing and all-seeing and all-loving. God is entirely good and His is always the first and last Word on anything. We can count on God’s ability to know Truth, to be Truth, and to carry it out in the perfect way.

Our job is to lean on Him. We are not required to be perfectly wise in every moment. It is not necessary for us to be prescient of our future or absolutely flawless in each of our human actions. What we must and can be is humble. We can be ready to listen and to learn and to follow. We can start fresh today. God is Now, and the past is not a part of His Life nor a hindrance to our unfolding experience.

Humility means that we are earnest and willing. We are not carrying the ego’s guilt with us. We are not holding on to a willful sense of what we must personally do to succeed or to be on track. Instead, we are humble to the greatness that is God. We gratefully release the controls. In this precious moment, we allow God to be right, to be true, to be our faithful guide, teacher, and the One we can always trust to love us and lead us safely and perfectly.

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Daily Inspiration, January 4th

Posted on January 4, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“The Spirit of God not only maintains this hope within us, but helps us in our present limitations. For example, we do not know how to pray worthily as sons of God, but his Spirit within us is actually praying for us in those agonising longings which never find words.” (Romans 8: 25-26, JB Phillips New Testament)

The hope that is within us may feel like it is only flickering at times. We’re not even sure we have anything left, so great feel the doubts and so looming the dire presentations of the senses.

But God maintains this hope within us. It is an awareness that He is with us. And this consciousness of Truth is built in to us. It is why we respond to beauty, kindness, love, goodness, even when we feel at a point of despair. Our hearts know that the small light we may see is greater than the darkness around us, and so we feel hope. We feel an awakening to something beyond material appearances. Our spiritual senses kick in and say, “Yes, I am listening.”

God’s spirit within us is always leading us to know Him. And so, the human cry for help, when we feel afraid or unsure, is met with God’s help. We may not even know how to pray, and yet He shows us how to find Him. Our longing, in the dark, in those times of wilderness, is met with God’s guidance, His mercy, His affection, His willingness to be what we can’t be ourselves—in control, clear, confident, and fearless.

God guides us home by putting that beacon light within us, that hope, that yearning, which doesn’t need words to be known, because Love’s Oneness is already understood.

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Daily Inspiration, January 2nd

Posted on January 2, 2018 by LauraMoliter

“The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ.” (II Corinthians 5: 17-18, New Living Translation)

Happy New Year! Welcome to a new day and a new outlook. Start today with gratitude, because this fresh reality is His gift to us.

Renewal and rebirth is a wonderful concept to get our juices flowing. When a new year begins, we feel especially compelled to embark on a better approach to life, to let go of old things, and to refresh. We can do this without willfulness and pushing. We can progress without a sense of somehow denigrating our past or judging ourselves. We can accomplish this bright vision with God, our infinite Life, and not on our own.

Because God’s purpose is supporting us! We are always new, because God’s creation is forever appearing. His ideas are timeless and spiritual, they are built of immutable substance, His own qualities, having infinite occasions to shine.

Our awareness of this fact is our rebirth. This Christ-message of our spiritual selfhood and Oneness with Life, has set us free to realize new things every day. It has awakened us to the reality that our life is not mortal—an inevitable tapering path from birth to death—but a rich unfolding of God’s own goodness, never stale, always right, progressive, expansive, and satisfying.

Let’s accept this great invitation today—to be made new in God’s promises and to see what God’s radiant day has in store!

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Daily Inspiration, December 28th

Posted on December 28, 2017 by LauraMoliter

“My dear friends, stand firm and don’t be shaken. Always keep busy working for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile.” (I Corinthians 15: 58, Contemporary English Version)

Yes, it’s good to stay busy and to feel productive. It serves us and others to feel we are making a contribution with our work and helpfulness.

But it isn’t about toiling, and it isn’t about being personally active all the time. Working for the Lord is worthwhile, because it is truly going about His business. It is expressing God’s intention and being absolutely supported and blessed by His guidance, His law, His Love.

We can stand firm and unshakeable in our purpose, both in the daily duties and in the grander scheme of things. It may seem easy to get discouraged, self-judging, wearied, uncertain at times. But we can rest on God’s firmness, confidence, and strength. All that we do for God—with goodness, love, and humility—stands on God’s own foundation. Human doubts and fears may come in, but God remains just as He is—our safety, our comfort, our encouragement, and our rest.

And remember that what you do for Him is worthy and good. There is no particular output that God loves more than another. When you reflect His goodness, you move mountains, you build cathedrals, you change the world in powerful ways simply by your devotion and because of His Love.

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Daily Inspiration, December 26th

Posted on December 26, 2017 by LauraMoliter

“…a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.” (Hebrews 4: 9-11, New English Translation)

Here’s a clear admonition to us to take a break! Rest is not a cop-out or a sign of weakness. It is obedience. It is trust. In fact, it is honoring God’s completeness and letting go of personal control and human busyness, to gratefully recognize what God has done.

This Sabbath rest is something we should cherish. It doesn’t have to be designated to a particular day of the week, but it should resonate with a holiness that it deserves. This rest is recognition, not ritual. It is that conscious awareness that we are not creators, but the created ones of God. It is also making a space in our human activities to do a couple of important things:

First, we accept a stillness that is receptive and mindful. We take a pause in order to let God be God and to love that He is All and has done all. It is that precious moment to know that whatever this day or week has revealed in our work, is God’s action and that it is worthy, complete, enough.

And also, our Sabbath rest is a way in which we can honor God’s creation—you and me! We can give ourselves the loving care God would have us experience. Our Sabbath can be a space to remember and be grateful that we were not made to be burdened. We were made to be active, alive, productive, but also blessed, nurtured, and loved.

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