 I've just been called and sparked in my heart to come on and do a light tonight. And when I prayed on the title, what I got was, Jesus calls, don't delay. Okay, so that's what I'm going to talk about tonight. I feel like deep inside of us, we have this very strong presence waiting to activate light up our mind, guide us, show us the way, bring us into a state of joy, of ecstasy, of happiness. And what I really see is we have to answer the call. Yeah, it's Jesus calling us out of the world and we need to say a big yes. And when I heard the title, Jesus calls, don't delay, I just thought, that's what the temptation is of this world. Always too busy, too many things to do, too many things to handle. It's like we set up a very complex world and basically we get distracted from our intuitive calling. I think everyone has an intuitive calling towards peace and joy and love and happiness. When we suppress that calling, when we repress it, when we deny it, when we don't allow it to come to fruition, then we don't feel good. We feel unhappy, we feel sad or depressed, we feel anxious or afraid and we really want to answer the call. So 2,000 years ago Jesus taught us to be a good cheer, I've overcome the world. And then we saw that we had a demonstration of eternal life and a pathway to eternal life. And then it comes down to, are we going to answer the call? The call goes on all the time, the call goes on unceasingly without end. And yet the real question is, am I going to answer this call? This is the calling of my heart, this is the calling for me to be as God created me and to take whatever steps are required to open up to this love, this inner love. So as I was praying on that today, I just said, wow, it's quite amazing the number of excuses and the number of distractions that can be generated to put off the very simple and the very obvious, which is basically answering the calling of our heart, answering the calling of Jesus to remember our Creator, not a small call at all. Jesus was clearly a demonstration of very intimate connection with God. And that was so beautiful in all the mannerisms and all the teachings and all the parables he told. How beautiful, how wonderful that we have Jesus as a way-shower. And yet there are things that we believe that are more important, that are more prudent, that are more unnecessary than taking the steps to pray and listen and follow and actually to start to really feel the instructions and the steps inside of our heart, instead of our heart chamber calling us, calling us, calling us. And I'm not talking about bantering around concepts and arguing about religious concepts or spiritual concepts. I'm not talking about debates. I'm not talking about arguments that break out on who's right and who's wrong and so on and so forth. Oh yeah, we've seen enough of that. We've seen enough on television and movies. We've seen enough in our families, sometimes even in our churches, in our communities with our neighbors, with our family members. Now we have to be willing to go beyond what seem to be surface disagreements and those are just conflicting beliefs. And why would we not think that there was a way offered us to transcend arguments and conflicts of beliefs? You know, you must know deep inside there's a sense of harmony, a sense of true love and a sense of true agape, unconditional love that's just there if we're willing to open our hearts up to it. So to me, I see that we have to really answer the call. We have to join hands together symbolically and say, we're going to walk through this and go through this together. If we seem to go through some unwinding or some dismantling, if we seem to have some challenges that arise from time to time, then so be it. You know, it's like those are maybe designed to help us go deeper, you know, go deeper beyond that, to actually start to realize that we have a choice. We can hold on to the fight or we can let go of the fight. We can hold on to the debate or we can let go of the debate. We can hold on to the opinions or we can actually take a pause and take a moment of quiet and just pray instead of defending. And oh, isn't that wonderful? Doesn't that sound wonderful? So some of you know that I've had a deep passion, a deep love and a deep connection with Jesus for many, many years, decades actually. And there came a point years ago where I started to pray and receive that I would be authoring and compiling a book. And then more recently, this book has been kind of edited, we'll say re-edited, with a lot of the beautiful extensions and teachings that I received coming through it. But this time, the book is called Jesus, a Gospel of Love, and it's just been released as an e-book. At least the abridged version of this book has been released. I think it will end up being a lot bigger, but already the abridged version has been released. Jesus, a Gospel of Love. It's available as an e-book in the Living Miracles bookstore. So I thought today I would get a little more specific in terms of Jesus' calls and don't delay in answering. And when we go to follow a calling, an inner calling, there will be doubt thoughts that will arise. We may have a certain number of questions, and as an inquiring mind, of course we have questions. And when those questions come up, we would like them to be addressed. And so that's the great thing about Jesus. I feel like in my life, every time I raise questions, every time I've asked Jesus for help, there's always been answers. He's always been guiding me, prodding me, nudging me, encouraging me, nurturing me to open up and keep opening and opening and opening to this unlimited, unconditional love that has no boundaries whatsoever. It's just a vast, vast love. It feels like the love of God. Actually, it's the only way I can describe it. So with this newly released e-book, it's abridged, and it's called Jesus, the Gospel of Love. And also, more things are coming through, like, you know, we had a little taster of a course that we put out, and then we had a pilot course on Jesus. And then now we're coming out starting April 5th with actually an eight week Academy. So I could, Jesus Christ Academy, kind of like Jesus saying, get to know me, get to know me. Intimately, get to know me intimately. It's the beginning of a great love affair, which ends up in being a state of mind. It ends up being the beatitudes. It goes way beyond theology. Theology is a nice starting point. But Jesus didn't come to share a whole gospel of all these beautiful teachings and not give us the teachings in a very direct and practical way. So even though this pilot course is available and the Academy is available, I see Michelle's just typing in over the tent, but I'm going to be in South America. But what I'm really here to talk about tonight is the e-book. So hopefully if you have a phone or a tablet, Michelle, or a computer, you can even just take the e-book with you down to South America. And what a primer that is, because I always feel our connection with Jesus has to be extremely practical. And so initially, this was some years ago when I prayed to Jesus. I started receiving like little, almost like little headings, chapter titles or chapter headings. And they seemed very, very practical to me. And I was quite curious to find out more. But what I will go through with you right now is just some of the questions and the headings. Mainly just questions that I had that popped into my mind for Jesus. Imagine you were going to sit down in your living room and cross from you on the couch would be Jesus sitting there and just very in a friendly manner, just very simply addressing your questions. And I was raised as a Christian, so I definitely had a foundation in following Jesus and following Christ. But I also had a lot of questions, even when I was confirmed by my church at 18 years old, and I was baptized as a baby in the sanctuary of the church. I still had a lot of questions kind of going around my mind, almost like a roll of X in my mind of questions. And so imagine you could just sit down in your living room in a comfortable chair and across from you is Jesus. But anyway, here's some questions that I think basically I think can really be part of a curious inquiry, a curious attempt at connecting with the presence of Jesus. So the first one is, who is Jesus Christ? Then Jesus, what is my relationship to you? Speak on the parable of the prodigal son, speak on the creation and the fall of man. How is fear abolished? Is distorted perception lack of vision the main problem? How is what I perceive relate to the golden rule? What is a miracle? Speak on the the attitudes. What is the devil? What is temptation? Speak on perfect equality. Speak on charity. What does it mean to be still? Does God require any sacrifice? What is the meaning of the crucifixion? Speak on the resurrection. Speak on the last judgment. And then it goes on. And I think by now it's starting to peak your interest a little bit, but imagine you're sitting there having this conversation with Jesus. And Jesus is just giving you very clear, straight, direct answers to these questions. How will the world end? That's a good question. What is the meaning of bearing fruit? What do these sayings mean? We'll say the sayings in the Bible. There's quite a few in the New Testament. Speak on time and the meaning of born again. Speak on judgment. Speak on prayer. Speak on union and holy relationship. Speak on lust and fantasies and the desires of the flesh. Speak on celibacy and chastity. How would you have me look upon the body? Speak on the deception of seeking and holding idols. How is healing accomplished? Would you like to ask Jesus that? How is healing accomplished? Speak on trying to serve two masters. What does it mean to discern between real and unreal? Do all my distortions arise from my attack thoughts, my grievances? What do all the watch-parables mean? There's quite a few watch-parables in the Bible. Distinguish between our Father's law of love and the make-believe laws of the devil. Speak on the topics of money and possessions. Would you like to really listen to what Jesus has to say about money and possessions? You seem like they're necessary in this world, but really what does he have to tell us about these? Are they really necessary ultimately? What thought need I give to my earthly needs? Let's dive into the teachings on money and possessions for sure. Are there plans I need make to follow you? You can talk about that tonight. That's a very, very interesting topic. Are there plans I need make to follow you? Are there preparations I need make to follow you? Or can I say yes right now? If I open my heart up and I say, well, whatever my life seemed to be or seemed to do, seemed to make, seemed to deal with, can I say yes right now and let it begin? Let the forgiveness begin. Isn't that wonderful the idea that I had the power to say yes right now? How will I know what words to speak? Speak on trust. We probably could do a whole month-long retreat on the development of trust. Beautiful. What if I cannot do what you ask? That's a good one. What if I cannot do what you ask? What if Jesus calls and I say, I will not delay and I'm going to say yes, and then I get some inner promptings and some guidance and I hesitate to follow the guidance after I said yes. Oh my. And finally, speak on your appearance on the road to Emmaus. We know from the Bible that Jesus resurrected, reappeared to two that were walking on the road to Emmaus. And they had a wonderful chat, a wonderful walk. And then at some point when Jesus left them, they were astounded that their hearts were burning with love while this man was walking with them. Very symbolic of how Jesus walks with us. So this is Jesus the Gospel of Love. This is just an e-book. And it's a bridge. It's an abridged edition and it's just, wow, talk about the wedding and your appetite to know Christ, wedding your appetite to open your heart up and discipline your mind to follow the instructions of Jesus and the Holy Spirit and actually open up to eternal life. That's the goal in this moment is the opportunity to say yes to that. And I find that, again, when we come back to that idea of distractions, complexities, obstacles, different types of obstructions, I think it's really just a matter of our prayer and our matter of our desire. Do I want the piece of God really above all else or do I want the piece of God and other things? Do I want the piece of God but there's things that I believe I have to take care of first? Can I have the piece of God immediately? Is it possible to say yes right now and feel that born again experience, that renewal, the renewing of the mind, the spark of joy in the heart? Can I have that right now and can I go forward? And what I have seen over these decades in my experience and the parable of David, so to speak, but also what I've seen over the last 2,000 years is a lot of bickering and arguing and debate about theology. And maybe we could just agree that there must be a way to get past these distractions of theological debates. There must be a way. I mean sometimes if I'm on an online platform of social media and the topic comes up of religion or spirituality, then sometimes it's more like a food fight in a preschool class or a kindergarten. There's a lot of slinging of things around and I think we could say it seems like there's a lot of personal perspectives and personal opinions that seem to clash. But maybe we can actually come to a place where we know that it's possible to get past that. It's possible to actually reach a place where you don't need that, where you don't mind what the comments are because your inner peace is so strong that it's not swayed or deflected by comments. And this must be a way of being so connected with the Christ and with Jesus that nothing in the world, no appearances, no words, no seeming outcomes can sway us from our happiness and joy, from our peace of mind. Nothing can take it away. Isn't that a lovely idea? There's nothing in the world that can take it away. That's a song. No, no, they can't take that away from me. Oh, they can't take that away from me. They can't take that peace of mind. They can't take that inner peace. Whatever, whatever it seems to be, I'm not interested in debates. I'm not interested in the game of right and wrong. I'm not interested in opinions. Let there be an allowance and a permission. Say what you need to say. Speak what you need to speak, but I'm not giving up my happiness and my joy for any concepts of the world. I'm sorry. I'm not going to do that. The peace is too important to me. And I think this also comes back down to what I started off with, which Jesus calls Don't Delay. That's the topic I had for tonight. Don't delay. Don't waste another second. Don't waste another second. It's not worth it. You can make the choice to align with Jesus, and there's nothing really in this world that can take it away. I mean, I have friends all over the world, and I have friends that are actually incarcerated in prisons, and these are some of the most changed and transformed witnesses I've seen. They are getting into the scripture. They're getting into pouring through the depth of their mind. They're using movies. They're using their relationships with other inmates. They're not really confined, even though their bodies seem to be incarcerated. They are not confined. That's what they're discovering. That's an amazing thing to discover in that context, and I would say that's what this is available for all of us. All of us have the key in our heart that we can turn the key and walk out of the prison of our mind into the light of Christ. All of us have that power, and all we have to do is really pray for it and focus on it and put our attention on it and then put our full attention on it, and then, wow, that just really activates everything if we put our full attention on the kingdom. If we seek first the kingdom of heaven, then all else will be added unto us. It's interesting to me when I see people trying to deal with and navigate religion and spirituality and even philosophy with only concepts that are still very controversial and still subject to enormous debate. So there must be a pathway that does not go toward or move into controversy. There must be, this is called the straight and narrow, you must follow the straight and narrow. There must be a way of holding that light in our heart and walking forward and letting that light go before us and navigate for us. So we don't find ourselves entangled in arguments and debates and controversies. It's so interesting in terms of theology and spirituality and philosophy, religion, how it's so easy how these things can become idols in and of themselves in the sense that being right about a position, being right about a belief, even calling your belief system your faith and I don't think that's really faith at all. Faith is more the strength in us, the light in us that expands our awareness and takes us higher and higher toward the light. That's faith, but faith sometimes is used interchangeably like a synonym with religion and I think ultimately we have to come to a realization that religion is experience, that faith is an experience and what we want is an experience that is not bogged down by competing beliefs. You know, we have to, people often are afraid of letting go of their religious beliefs that they seem to learn from their parents or learned in childhood and they stick with them and believe and attempt to defend them and I think we have to admit that if we're defensive about anything then we must still be kind of on shaky grounds. If we're defensive, then maybe we need our faith in the love of God expanded in our mind. We have to just admit that maybe we don't have the big picture if we're still defending. And I see Susan Ray is writing, yes it's exhausting to argue and a waste of time. I totally agree. I think that I'm just not drawn into debates. I have found that that's one of the keys to consistent happiness and consistent peace and joy is not being drawn into a debate. I would rather behold the innocence in myself and in my brothers and sisters than I would to debate. I think there's actually not a lot of value at all in debating. I know in the ancient Jewish traditions, with the Torah, that was a big part of the Jewish tradition. Before Jesus came along and then I think when Jesus came along there was such clarity. There was such certainty. It was like, oh, this is like the Messiah is speaking and there was even prophecies of the Jewish Messiah, but he didn't really fit the mold of what many people believe the Jewish Messiah should be doing and how maybe the Messiah should chase the Romans out of the occupied lands of Galilee. But actually, again, Jesus was here to demonstrate an inner spiritual kingdom. The kingdom of heaven is within and it's very close at hand and we're not taking no thought for tomorrow. It must have a lot of contentment. It must have a lot of strength to be so simple and so clear and yet so strong and so certain and so uncompromising. Isn't that an interesting mix? Uncompromising, certain and gentle. That's a real mix there. That's a cocktail. Gentle, uncompromising and certain. That's a presence. There's a presence there and I think even though that is recorded in the Gospels, why don't we just come back to the present moment and let's be practical and maybe just say let's call it whether we call it heaven or nirvana. Let's just call it the present moment. Let's say that we're focused on being fully present. In my experience, when I am really focused and I'm really present, I'm also very happy. I'm very friendly and I perceive the people around me through the silt of friendliness. I am very, very friendly and you all know I can be quite passionate and enthusiastic, but still friendly. I'm still friendly. I'm innocent. I'm not going to try to force anybody to say or do or think or believe anything. It's like I feel like that's what Jesus has taught me. Really you have received now freely give. Really now you experience the beatitudes that I spoke about 2,000 years ago. Now freely extend those beatitudes. Extend them. Let them be like perfume or the scent of flowers. Let it like a bouquet of flowers. Let the scent of the bouquet fill up the room with a beautiful smell of fresh flowers. Why don't we live our lives like that? Wouldn't that be better if you started to live that way and then you would go to work that way and you would interact with your friends and families and brothers and sisters and then maybe you ended up more, if you did it with such full attention maybe you ended up like St. Francis who left his child at home in a CC and then he went to the fields to spend a lot of time with birds and flowers and butterflies. Don't you think we might be happier if we spent a lot of time with birds and flowers and butterflies like St. Francis? I think we might be happier and it would take a faith to do that. It would take a faith to walk away from all these arguments and these beliefs and this past learning. But I think it's more than possible. I think it's actually inevitable. All of us are going to be at some point relaxing in our mind, kicking back. Call it meditation if you want. Call it prayer. Call it being in the dance and the joy of God. Call it really anything you want. I think it's inevitable. It's a state of mind. It's an attitude destination that we're all coming to. So I want tonight to be the time when we just acknowledge that, yeah, okay, let's acknowledge it. Jesus is calling us. He's calling us out of the world. I think most of us can agree that this world is not our destiny. That there's something more. And you may not know what that more is. You may have ideas. But I think that's what the book, Jesus, the Gospel of Love, is about. It's about answering some of your initial questions and then once you hear the answers or once you experience these answers, once they resonate and they land in your heart, like, you know, I recognize this. I recognize it. You must have something within you that can recognize it. To recognize it. To recognize. To recognize. To recognize. You must have known it before and now suddenly maybe it's not so hidden. And you feel a lightness and an expansion when you connect with these ideas, these explanations and descriptions. And isn't this what any Christian would want? If a Christian is someone who has faith and believes in the teachings of Jesus Christ, that's a good start. But I think integrity, I think fulfillment, I think being lit up by the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, being actually feeling the glory of God and being beamed up or taken up in that glory is beautiful. Isn't that what any Christian would want in following Jesus? And if you're not identified as a Christian, then great, so be it. I think the truth, the Spirit is one. God is one. We don't need to break God into pieces. God can still be God even if we mis-define God. God is still God. Even if we mis-define love and we put it, we package it in earthly kind of forms and we try to grasp those forms, that doesn't mean that the divine eternal love has changed. It's still what it is. God is still God. Love is still love. Oneness is still oneness. Harmony is still harmony. Let's remember this. A kiss is still a smile. A smile is still a smile. The fundamental things apply. They apply. The fundamental things are what's eternal, that never change. And wouldn't it be great to have a glimpse of something that lasts forever? Even just a taste, a glimmer, a glimpse of something that lasts forever, that would light you up for a long time. And I think you could ride that one all the way. Ride that one all the way back to eternity. So let's not let time delay our answering the call from Jesus. Let's not make any excuses. This is sounding a little bit like an evangelist with an altar call coming down and being saved by Jesus, but you don't have to come down. We're just, in our heart of hearts, just saying yes to happiness. We're saying yes to joy. We're saying yes to the everlasting. And when we say yes, we have so much trust that the steps will be given us. The intuitions, the insights, the guidances, anything that we will need to experience that which we pray for, that we call for, that which we're answering when Jesus calls, everything is given, like raindrops falling on our head. Let those raindrops fall. We have a lot of hair here, but I was sure like those cool raindrops dripping on there, just as a kind of a direct experience of insights of recognitions, of ignitions, like something's igniting inside. I have hope. I have faith. I have trust in the miracle and in the miracles that Jesus sponsors, that He extends and He offers us. Isn't that wonderful just to have the faith in miracles to feel your heart lifted up? This character was named after David in the Bible, King David, the King of the Jews from way back and the seeming lineage that came before Jesus. And I did find out when I was about 40 years old that my last name in German meant the Master of Hope. That was an interesting discovery. It took 40 years before it dawned, but I was like, okay, that's good. That's good. That's a nice description. I take it. I will accept it, Master of Hope. That inspires me just to be a bringer of hope because I do feel that Christ is beyond hope. It's an actual state of mind. It's a state of eternal life that hope is just a step in the right direction. I'm happy to be a bringer of hope. I'm happy to be like the Master who's pointing at the light, pointing at the moon. I'm not so concerned about the form of that, but I do want to, with my attitude, with my happiness and joy, I want to point to God. To me, I feel very humble about that. As he's typed in the chat, the truth with a smile. That's the way I want the truth to be delivered. With the smile, with laughter. Let's laugh together at the falsity of our mistakes and errors. Let's laugh in happiness and joy that there is a presence of love in us that has corrected all the errors. It handled the fall from grace. It handled the leaf in separation. Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world is what Jesus said. That sounds good to me. That is really more than a master of hope. That's a master of love right there. That is the master of love. Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. Even John the Baptist was more like the harbinger. He was the one that kind of prepared the way. When Jesus appeared, He was right. He healed the sick that raises the dead. That is the resurrection. That is the way, the truth, the life. Follow that which is before Abraham was I am. Follow that I amness. All of us need to follow our I amness. We can't keep putting all this energy into this mask of personality. We have to follow our I amness. We have to follow our gateway to eternity. It is a pathway of lightness. I find it is very light. It is very joyful. I am really I am really not into comparison anymore. I don't feel comparison is necessary. I don't feel it serves me. I am inspired. I have intuitions. I have insights. I am guided. I am so generous. It is showing the way. If I need a word. If I need an idea. If I need a moment of inspiration. Jesus will drop it right into my mind like a download. Like a fast download. High speed download. And then I am carried by that inspiration and joy. I don't have to try to figure things out. And I am really not interested in comparing and contrasting. I am not interested in debating. I am not interested in people saying you have to hear all points of view. I am interested in following Christ. I am interested in more in the Holy Spirit's point of view than the opinions of humans. And I think I find that as I follow this intuition and follow this inner guidance then there is no need. When you are inner guided and you are inspired and guided from within you don't really need things from the world and you don't need to be propped up. Put the ears back in the boat. Go with the flow. Thank you. And Susan Ray writes I am interested in the truth. Well there it is. If this live broadcast is titled Jesus Calls Don't Delay and Susan is saying I am interested in the truth there is nothing more important than that. I think if we have an interest, if we have a curiosity if we even have a little willingness and a little openness to be shown the truth and fully have an idea of what we are saying yes to but let's just call it truth to have the truth revealed to have a state of mind revealed to us that is glorious. Let's just say let's call truth that. The state of mind that is glorious. And we are saying yeah, I am interested count me in. So yeah if any of you have enjoyed this and you want to check it out and you can just go to our bookstore on livingmiracles.org and there is a tab I think for the bookstore and then just go and it's available there and it's just Jesus the gospel of love and it's just an e-book. That's what I did tonight before I came on I was getting ready to come on to see Diana is putting it up there but as I was going on tonight I just thought wow I'm going to pull out my tablet which is actually a very old tablet I don't know how old it is but it still works so if you like gold it's kind of there's Jesus and it's very prayerful and there it is Jesus the gospel of love and gold. That's what I did right before I was going live ready to hit the live button I thought oh I could get this on my book on my iPad here so I could see what's in it very easily and talk about some of the things that Jesus gives me to say. So thank you so much for joining me tonight it's been beautiful I just felt so inspired it's dark out now here and everything and I usually am not doing live streams at this hour but I couldn't help it I just felt inspired to come on tonight and talk to you about this because because I couldn't even think of doing this tomorrow because Jesus was like Jesus calls don't delay don't delay the live stream don't even try to hold back don't even think about it get there my friend Lisa was just coming home and I said oh I got my lights on and everything I'm actually I'm doing a live stream tonight Jesus calls and I will not delay on this so thank you so much for joining I love you I send you hugs and kisses and all the love in my heart and if you get this ebook and you do have a capacity to join in I think you can join in on to the Mystical Christ Academy for like 8 weeks but you can still join in on your your smart phone or your tablet or your computer whatever whatever works for you and even if you're traveling like Michelle was saying she's traveling in South America yeah maybe that's just a call to just download the ebook and then percolate, let it percolate and then when the time is right Jesus will give you a prompt. It always works that way it always works that way we get little prompts and nudges in our heart and then when the time is right and we're ready to give our big yes now go now it's like in the Matrix movie with Morpheus I can guide you but you must do exactly as I say that's Jesus I can guide you but you must do exactly as I say so go for it don't hesitate whatever time it is wherever you are if you're watching this just in your heart that's the main thing if you even have to hit down on your knees if that helps and just say okay Jesus big yes here I come I've got my mighty companions with me I feel like the wind is coming under my wings I'm ready to I'm ready to take off and come higher and higher please angels be with me Holy Spirit be with me and of course when you make that prayer be ready because woo the support is very strong when you when you make that yes Jesus okay thank you everyone have a beautiful night and God bless you