Beyond the Zone: God and The Spiritual Journey

Following on from my last post @ https://beyondthezonespirit.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/stepping-stones-to-faith-2/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GRQH3IzVwd2OSYcVM7KJTG_xcnOABQElAvrw_nwP4QM/edit+

Here are my notes from “many many moons ago”

From The Possibility Thinker’s Bible by Dr RH Schuller and PD Dunn (with some of my own thoughts added)

Whatever you want to do, a project, your purpose, even your life mission

… first

Decide to Begin

Make the decision!

The Faith of Abraham
Streams of Living Water
God’s Covenant – Forgiveness
Peace – It’s All in the Word
Allow God time to work plans in your life

Give God/life time to work things out…even the biggest mess!

Be patient (“Lord, give me more patience, but I want it right NOW!”)

It WILL happen, come together in the fulness of time

Just wait and see!

Alive and Flowing
Dare to Decide

This inevitably demands some sacrifices and risk.

“Only the man or woman who risks something is truly free.”

No One is Too Far From God’s Love
A Peak Experience
There is Power (great) in Faith
Listen for God’s Voice

“The still quiet voice within”

“We have it within; but we get it all from without. There is a well-spring of strength, wisdom, courage and great imagination within each one of us; but once we draw on this truth, it gets watered from without, by a Higher Source – the Ultimate Source of Life and Love, which is God, the very Ground of our Being.”

– me

David and Goliath
Making Peace with Your Enemies
Find a Pass Through
On the High Places
I Say to You, “Arise”
When Faced with a Mountain, I Will Not Quit

Tunnel Underneath

The Pinnacle of the Temple
Our Greatest Enemy
Swallow Your Hurts
Climb out of Your Rut
You Can Rise from the Ashes…

one day, like a phoenix

“Only when you’ve been in the deepest valley, can one ever know what it’s like to stand on the highest peak”

– powerful and inspiring words from “guess who”?

– “tricky dicky” Nixon

The Lord is My Shepherd
Guide Me, Lord
Make a (the) Commitment

“Be bold and unseen forces come to one’s aid.”

One of my favourites for “many, many moons”

The Remote Places
Give God Your Burdens

Hand them over, in an attitude of submission.

Start Singing (for joy…even in the tough times)

“Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.”

– Dr RH Schuller

God’s Shepherd in the Wilderness
Be A Dreamer
Chart the Course
Faith Scans the Horizon
Let Go and Let God… Let Good Flow In
Seasons of Faith
Reach for the Stars.
and you may just reach them
Sow the Seed of Faith
Lord, Send Us
Light in a Land of Darkness
The Desert – a Garden
Face Reality with Hope
The Crooked Made Straight
Soar On Wings of Eagles

“Be the very best person you can be with “loads of” FUN. Become the person you are CAPABLE of being … and ALL the person God, Our Creator intended and CALLED us to become.”

“When I let go of who (and what) I think I am, then I become all that I am capable of being.”

– Craig Lock (as adapted and inspired from Lao Tzu)

Welcome the Adventure
God’s Word – a Foundation for Faith
Open Your Mind to God

“The task ahead of you can always be overcome by the power within you…and the often seemingly difficult or even “impassible”) path ahead of you is never as steep with the great spirit that lies within you.”

“We have it within; but we get it all from without. There is a well-spring of strength, wisdom, courage and great imagination within each one of us; but once we draw on this truth, it gets watered from without, by a Higher Source – the Ultimate Source of Life and Love, which is God, the very Ground of our Being.”

Many Logs Burn Brightly Together
God Still Makes Miracles
The Olive Tree
Pursue Your Vision (with passion, persistence and determination)
Affirm Your Faith (frequently)
Announce Your Intentions

(to others). Share your dream….publically???

Allow God To Do the Unexpected (In your life)
Called to Prepare the Way
You are the Light of the World (???)
A House Built on Rock
Stilling the Storm
Reach out in Faith
The Mustard Seed
The Lost Sheep
Faith to Move Mountains
Faith Makes the Impossible Possible

“It was always seems impossible….
until it gets done.”
– Nelson Mandela

Let Down Your Nets
Never Look Back
The Good Samaritan
Teach Us to Pray
The Lost Coin
The Prodigal Son
Return to Give Thanks

Live in an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’: for what you DO have!

Change Your Direction

when you are not getting what you desire…perhaps??

Render to God What is God’s

…and to Caesar what is Caesars (seperation of Church and State)

Garden of Gethsamene;

Going through torments and some times the BIG choices we have to make in life

The Empty Tomb – a Silent Witness
Family of God
Spirit of God
Expect the Unexpected
Find a Hurt and Heal It (find a need in others and fulfil it)
Sent by God
Jesus the Good Shepherd
Servant of All
In My Father’s House
Peter’s Denial to Declaration
Believe it Before You See It

“Believing is seeing”

Respect Those Around You
Go into All the World
Take a Leap of Faith
The Unnamed Men and Women
Great People- Ordinary People

“Great people are just ordinary people with extraordinary amounts of determination”

Son of Encouragement (Barnabas)
Followers of the Way
Forgiveness for Everyone
Faith Can Fill Your Life
You CAN Do It!
You are Living Stones
Washing the Windows of the Soul
Success in Failure

“Failure is never final…however success is never ending.”

Speak of God’s Presence
It’s a Living Breathing Faith
Change Your Thoughts and Change Your World
Grace is a Gift from God
God’s Dream is YOURS
Press Toward the Goal

“I press towards the goal, the prize in Christ Jesus”

What is our Goal?
Set Your Mind on Things Above
Hidden Treasure
Co-Workers with God

We are Co-Workers, “co-creators and partners” with God

Season Your World
Servants are First
Creative Meditation (Mediation??)

“The first shall be last… and the last first”

Speak with Confidence
Take a Positive Plunge
Have Faith in Your Faith

Nothing much can be achieved without faith!

Replace Stress with Success

“Be still and know that I am God.”

Keep Working on Yourself

It’s a “work in progress” (got a long way to go then, craig!)

I will Build My Church
God/Jesus Loves You and So Do I

(even though everyone else may think you’re an idiot (total) – said that to some “very straight churchies” and they all burst out laughing!)

Have a Reason to Believe,

a Purpose to live for

From The Possibility Thinker’s Bible by Dr RH Schuller and PD Dunn (with some of my own thoughts added)

Shared with great thanks by craig (“information and inspiration distributer, incorrigible encourager and people-builder”)

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, lets see how many people we can impact, encourage, empower and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”