The Purpose of Pain

Pain has a purpose…..it is to remind us of who we are.

“What?” You say...“How is it supposed to do that?”

Those who are unaware, it reminds of our human nature…those who are awakened, it reminds us that we spiritual beings having a human experience. Therefore we are press on into higher levels of consciousness to free ourselves from this pain.

If you are experiencing any form of pain and suffering then it serves you as a wake-up call to your true spirituality. Those who continue in pain and suffering have yet to understand its purpose.

Jesus said, “I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33. The Greek word for “Trouble” means anguish, distress, oppression, tribulations. Jesus taught you too can overcome this world and all it troubling pain and live with peace in your heart.

Hear this deep dark secret? Some of you will have trouble accepting this...note I tell you this in love. Ready? You maybe un-aware of this….but you have chosen to experience your pain. Before you came into this world you knew what you were doing and yet you still came here…it was a choice of love.

Once you arrived you were given an ego which hides this truth from you. The purpose of the ego was to help you survive your journey into this world. The egos purpose is centered around you...it gives you the illusion that you are separated from Spirit and those around you.

When you began to experience the pain of this world you are motivated by love to seek your true self and discover why you are here. If you choose not to accept this love...then you continue to experience the pain…until you decided to accept it. This is the love of God.

Know this….every moment you experience any pain or suffering…alert yourself to move toward love and to learn how to use it press on into higher levels of consciousness...a deeper understanding of who you really are and the purposes of God in your life.

“Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind and purposed for himself. “ Ephesians 1:9

Steve Hart

Be Enlightened

I find Christians often stumble over words like Enlightenment, Consciousness, “Your Higher Self” or “The Divine Within.” I know these words are used by other religions therefore Christians fear their use could lead one astray.

The truth is these words and their meaning are all found within the Bible. They may NOT be popular since they are words used to describe true spirituality vs. your average Church goer. They have a mystical sound to them and their meaning is often NOT understood correctly. But they are a part of true Christianity.

True Christianity is mystical to man’s egocentric mind. It does NOT understand the things of God. It is only through the power of the Holy Spirit that these things can be understood and experienced.

Listen to what Hebrews says about Enlightenment…Once you have been enlightened, tasted the gift of God, experienced the Holy Spirit and heard God speak to you…you will experience the powers of the world to come! Heb. 6:4-5 (paraphrased)

Without enlightenment through the gift of the Holy Spirit…you can NOT hear the voice of God nor will you know the power of God. It is this power that gives you freedom from the sin of your ego and its attachment to this world. Without this power...your Christianity is only dead doctrine and an intellectual religion.

When I became a Christian the power of the Holy Spirit hit me like a bolt of lightening. I knew it was God…I knew it was love. With this power I was set free and given a new heart.

Everyday I ask the Holy Spirit to open my eyes that I experience higher levels of consciousness through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. Read Ephesians 1:18

The Greek word for enlightenment is: Photizo It means to give light or illuminate for a deeper understanding. Note this is where we get the English word “photo.”

In other words to be enlightened is to see the “Big Picture” to understand the purposes of God in all things.

Let go of your fears and ask God to enlighten you through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Steve Hart

God's Unconditional Love

Do you believe in unconditional love?

Do you believe what it says in Romans 8:38-39? "I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love which Christ Jesus our Lord shows us. We can't be separated by death or life, by angels or rulers, by anything in the present or anything in the future, by forces or powers in the world above or in the world below, or by anything else in creation."

Is that how you would describe God’s love?

Jesus said in Like 6:35 that, “God is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.”

This is without condition…correct?

I believe that God’s love is unconditional for God is Love.

“Love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” 1John 4:7-8

The love of man is conditional…our ego only knows how to love when it gets what it wants. If you do NOT meet up to the ego’s conditions then it will no longer love you…this so contrary to God’s unconditional love.

Understanding unconditional love requires a higher level of consciousness and true spirituality. Otherwise we find the love of God very confusing.

Some so called "Christians" see God’s love as being conditional….and they are guilty of judging others in the name of God's love. How can this be?

When man projects the ego’s love upon another and calls it God’s love this is very confusing. This is NOT God's love!

Rather Jesus knew as is says in Romans 2:4 the goodness of God always leads you to align yourself with the things of God…without condition. Is that possible? Yes but only God knows how to do this....it is NOT our job to put conditions upon the love of God. Do you understand how this can be?

Ask God to give you this understanding and you will know unconditional love.

Steve Hart