The LIVING Jesus: Jesus for the "Non-Religious"... without the dogma (The (My) Spiritual Journey)

JESUS FOR THE "NON-RELIGIOUS"

This manuscript is a collection of thoughts I've jotted down over the years along the spiritual path that is my personal journey of faith. In fact, this manuscript is a "total leap of faith", not knowing how or when it will ever be published.
But if these words are true, then God WILL make a way

A look at "the true essence" of Jesus Christ.
In this "work", a labour of love, I hope to bring the reader into the presence of the spirit of the true, the living Jesus"

craig
February in the year 2010

"To all of us who believe love rules,
stand up and let it shine."
from 'The Shack' by William P Young

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"Without Jesus there would be no Christianity and everything that has followed from it. Whatever your religious beliefs may be, of all people across the past two millenniums, Jesus is surely the most notable in terms of his impact on the course of history, on ethics, culture and on religion. "
God, "The Fountain of All Goodness" is beyond the realm of our own understanding.

"God-presence, a God-awareness":

"I came to realize the presence of a God awareness and I came to realize the nature of my relationship with God."

Through a rather strange set of circumstances, I became interested in a God-presence."

"Adversity breeds and is the seed of resilience"

"Greatness is forged in the valley of adversity"

"In the midst of darkness, light exists"
- Mohandas Gandhi

I want to write books that change people's lives in some way... for the better.
Be a spark that lights the flame

"It's kinda fun attempting the impossible."
- Walt Disney

"As I write about peace, I become more peaceful."

Do all roads lead to use?
Most roads don't lead anywhere??
But
I will travel any road to find you.
from 'The Shack' by William Young

I used (and use) your choices to work in perfectly with My Purposes.
Let Your Hands be upon me

Total surrender to YOU
Lord, together let's see how many people we can impact, encourage, uplift empower and perhaps even inspire.

"Forgiveness (a spirit of forgiveness) liberates the soul."
- Nelson Mandela

The only way God can speak on planet earth is THROUGH us.
Say: 'All this works out for my ultimate good'. You'll see!"

"My life is now built on something different and not on what I feel."
“Aim at heaven and you'll have earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you'll hit neither."
- CS Lewis

"What are we here for?"
- question asked by a four-year old child

"We’re just nobodies for Jesus... but the biggest nobody was Paul. So first get yourself right with Jesus... and everything else follows on and fit's into place, like the pieces of a jig-saw."
- my good friend, Lindsay, 'The Prophet'

God uses ordinary (what's that?) people to accomplish extraordinary things.
"Faith is the light that guides you through the darkness."
- Emmett Fox

If these words are true, show me the way and let Your Spirit be revealed to everyone I meet.

YOU are God's dream. God is working in and through you.

The real Jesus is the figure humanity needs TODAY to lead us back to the "God experience" on which Christianity was originally built."
- the words of John Shelby Spong, former Bishop of Newark, New Jersey in the USA.
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A passionately Jesus-centered approach to life
“Above all, we are followers of Jesus, on a journey with him, following where he leads us. We center our lives on him – not on the religion of Christianity, not on Western civilization, and not on patriotism. Jesus is the great peacemaker. We affirm a Jesus-centered approach to life, because this highlights the treasure of the good news. His life, his teaching, his death, and his resurrection all describe and illustrate multi-dimensional reconciliation.”
From: http://ricklove.net/?p=917

PRAYERS

"Prayer is the oxygen of the soul."

God use my "little" life as a vehicle, a focus for YOUR Infinite Possibilities. Let Your Hands be upon me.

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