Agape's 11:30 am Service, 9.26.21

[Music] do so [Music] do so [Music] do [Music] good morning [Music] we'd like to invite you to delve in to your inner self your inner beauty who you really are that star that sunlight that that inner life and allow that to release [Music] there was a time [Music] i thought i had to do it for myself i didn't know the grace of god was sufficient i didn't know the love of god [Music] [Music] [Music] to make it through and this is what you what i have to say i really [Music] and my heart is [Music] i am my [Music] my break me is [Music] yes so beautiful thank you so much beautiful day agape nation now is the moment for our meditative thought it's coming up on your screens your the invitation is to put it into practice through the week reverend michael tells us this makes this powerful statement the new thought tradition of spirituality is a true shape shifter meeting the spiritual needs of our times through its universal principles and practices it offers us a solid foundation upon which to base our trust that the social political and environmental challenges our world family is facing our calls to awakening the global heart emphasizing that all existence emerges from one source new thought deepens our compassion inspiring us to be of service to our brothers and sisters it's open-hearted diversity and inclusivity lead to this simple truth every being's existence is intentional meaningful and is a gift to our beautiful planet that's what's true remember michael for all of us to practice love to you thank you jason yes thank you very much and uh we'd like to uh invite you to join us in our congregational hymn entitled use me oh god i stand [Music] all that i must do i used to think god was the sun god is the sun but god so much more than the earth or the stars [Music] me [Music] and and all i'm saying command in my hands what must they do command my life it's here for you god is the love that heals our creation god is creator makes and things needs us to change [Music] [Music] [Music] oh must do thank you jason powell andre barry curtis byrd calvin bennett david neal mitch foreman agape international house band thank you all they've welcomed you when under the vibration of use me that is throwing ourselves open to be available for light love liberty peace joy wisdom and harmony to express through and as us we want those transcendent qualities to become imminent not stay in the transcended realm but for us to be lifted up so that they're integrated into us as us that we may anchor it on earth and so in the name of mother father god infinite spirit divine mind heart of the multiverse in the name of our individual mind which is all one mind common to all but we have a undivided mind that gets to reflect divine mind and manifestation we're seeking to allow for our our manifest world to reflect and reveal the highest heaven i welcome you in that dynamic our musical inspiration today is kev choice a pianist an emcee a producer composer educator activist hailing from oakland california he began studying piano and rapping at the age of 11. he went on to obtain a bachelor's degree in piano performance from xavier university of louisiana master's degree from southern illinois university at carbondale kev has worked with such artists as lauren hill michael frante gawapalay and more and they probably have him on their resume he has produced five solo albums and has composed to work even for the oakland symphony he teaches at the oakland school for the arts and serves on oakland's cultural affairs commission on the board of governors for the recording academy's san francisco chapter as vice president we love to have calf choice here when it comes to agape it's wonderful and here he is now and we have with us today also assisting in the musicality of the moment jennifer jones who hailed from oakland california [Music] we're giving thanks we're giving thanks all the beautiful energy and spirit and vibration all around the world we giving thanks [Music] for all the ups and downs everything that we're going through right now we're just going to release it like that song said earlier we're going to release it all and we're going to be thankful for it all thankful for it [Music] i never had a minute off not in my memory i was born to be a boss that's how it's meant to be glad i had a better option than judge trying to sentence me somebody trying to shoot at me thank god for this music yeah especially coming from my community options seem like two or three seldom play ball and get a nine to five still struggle to survive high make it out alive thank god for this music yeah even though they told me i'll never make it be too complex for the mainstream keep it basic couldn't be based on talent or run circles around them dudes like car races thank god for heart and patience even though the success i tasted never made me complacent still remember that first casio big tony got me for christmas told me to take it don't make it thank god i've always graced it as i speak these bars no pages in the studio three blocks from oscar grant and face kiss his family tell me my gift will uplift and put a smile on their face and thank god for the gracious i learned the definition of courageous is taking life struggles and embracing success coming stages the greatest hair trials and tribulations i've been awakened thank god for positive vibrations beyond horizons heaven's waiting heaven's waiting for you for every moment i'm thankful for it all for every storm in every store when tears is far no one knows me like you you brought me through it all oh i'm thankful for it all [Music] yo i never took the easy route been around this game a while notice when the smoke clear how some people got weeded out had to learn the difference between a friend and associate folks use you for your talents when it's for they been in good thank god for forgiveness thank god for the vision to see disappointment is opportunity cousin even family became distant no judgment still love them i rise we rise that's a promise thank you god for a clear mind thank god for a good heart even on my worst day sometimes i want to run away i lose my mama and my girl three months apart only two to help me down they died i felt like i was lost by god this wasn't fair hey thank god for anya thank god for little kid knowing that i'm perfect knowing i had a purpose knowing i had a mission on this earth to fulfill stay working really to avoid addressing hurt stay in the public eye but really an introvert thank god for this gift took me all over this earth coming from a city where plenty don't make it off they turn tables turn for me when i learn the signs to the mind thank god it was revealed to me at the right and exact time i've been searching for a sign from the divine all i had to do was look inside thank god for life beyond horizon you know heavens waiting heaven for every moment you gotta be thankful for it all for every storm every storm tears was falling no one knows me like you you brought me i'm thankful for it all now are you thankful for it all come on man let's see how we get down represent that real swift [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] okay [Music] huh [Music] yes i'm thankful for it all thankful for it all thankful for it all thankful for it all all the energy around the world oh agapeo i'm thankful for you all the bear yo i'm thankful for the love i'm grateful for it all i'm thankful for want y'all to be thankful for this day for all the blessings on our way all the blessings of this moment right now [Music] [Music] hmm that's kev choice i got the international house band did it for charm i'm having a ball cause i'm thankful for it all and even when i fall i hear the call to represent the all that's the right use of the law [Music] he's inspiring me m.c rev look at these guys up on stage and this woman they're all representing the power the presence and the love of god this is ministry at its finest [Music] and we welcome you again i want you to feel that frequency if you're here for the first time or if you are here because you've been here many times step into the feeling tone that this is your first time because this iteration of yourself has never existed before something happened yesterday that shifted your perception to a degree you're different and if it was something you didn't like bam took you deeper something you did like expanded you so you're different so we're just gonna say we're all first-timers today but those that are here for the first time physically virtually never been to agape before i want you to know these words are for you all of the veterans including the practitioners online we're extending love to you we extend our heart through our hands and we say as we're extending our heart through our hands we say welcome to agape we recognize you we see who you truly are the spiritual image and the very likeness of god truly you are a one of a kind wonderful a unique expression of brilliance and unfolding ingenious and today this moment we're celebrating your very existence we're celebrating your infinite potential we're appreciating you right now we're giving thanks for you and we're saying right now together welcome to agape feel that you're entering into the theater of the mind and heart where we are remembering our divinity you heard me mention the sacred order of the practitioners and we have a couple that went through initiation yesterday where's my um my book maybe my black book there because this i think your full name might be on here and make sure i pronounce it right [Music] oh they didn't put the fullness so yesterday we had an initiation service early in the morning in which the practitioner core welcome into the fold are two latest not only graduates but individuals who are now being licensed as practitioners spiritual therapists and we wanted to introduce them to you because they will be they they are in service to agape and they'll be even more in service to agape so there's jessie altobello please come on out jesse stand right here just drop the mask so they can see your face at least for a minute and then we have jason benefield [Music] these individuals have done years of inner work internships study and the whole enchilada so to speak it's a calling to be a practitioner it's not it's not merely even though we take the classes to become better versions of ourselves they heard a call to be of service service to the community in service to the global community so today i want you to look at them as i close my outer eye and open my inner eye and call forth the name of jesse altobello call forth the name of jason benefield knowing that the initiation process we had yesterday is now amplified by the global congregation that's now tuning in blessing these individuals to be instrumentalities of prayer instrumentalities of sacred service instrumentalities of more good than they can ever imagine because as they give they simultaneously receive we bless these individuals right now and we give thanks for the steps they have taken to get to this place and we give thanks for all of those steps that allow them to transform themselves from glory to now and even greater glory it is so and so it is amen as you two walk in that direction jason jesse say something in the microphone whatever comes to your mind and just yeah i am truly honored to be a part of this amazing beautiful community and i just bring my heart i bring my open heart full of love and excitement and joy in being able to serve here and this place agape that i call my home so thank you thank you thank you god bless god bless you jason hi it's just so grateful to be here in a different capacity to continue to serve each and every one of you i am just so grateful and thankful to continue that service that has been passed down since my grandfather and um i'm just so grateful to take that mantle to be here to be available because all of you are important all of you are worthy all of you are god personified and i just want to continue to help express that for you with you god bless thank you jason thank you jesse they are adding so much giftedness to the practitioner core one of our veteran practitioners will come forward the master practitioner name was a culio graham she's a heart of gold a sacred service and many as many walks of life and and to say that she is a servant is really doesn't even speak volumes to many things that she does in this in this world today she's coming forth with the affirmations the purpose statement she's coming forth with the selected reading and she's anchoring us with the evocation in her language and in her language thank you so much dr beckwith thank you beloved agape community reverend michael's theme for this month is when losing is really winning the art of letting go and his topic today is how long how low can you go it doesn't matter god is there this morning i had the joy of facilitating our meditation with music by practitioner mitch forman and today's musical inspiration is the amazing kev choice our interpreters for today is mackenzie connolly and risa rojas licensed practitioners are currently holding prayer vigil and engaging with you in the comments of this broadcast on facebook live you're invited to share any prayer requests there or contact our prayer ministry directly now it is time for our affirmations i invite you to please stand and repeat them aloud after me line by line even in your living room or your bedroom stand i am rooted in the rich soil of god consciousness the fire of my imagination ignites the divine potential within me [Music] a perfect pattern of absolute wholeness shapes and forms my body temple the high vibration of unconditional love supports all of my relationships i am forever expanding forever evolving forever revealing god [Laughter] gratefully i live these words of truth and so it is amen all right now now it's time for our purpose statement agape's purpose statement our purpose as an intentional spiritual community is to be a living environment for individuals to realize that they are unique emanations of god the love intelligence governing the universe we embody an understanding of our oneness with god and we consciously practice this truth in our everyday lives through the new thought ageless wisdom teachings and the energy of unconditional love we are committed to individual transformation and to being a beneficial presence on the planet simply we are here for god our selected reading is taken from the book prosperity plenitude and infinite possibilities by our beloved reverend michael bernard beckwith it is taken from the chapter there's great possibilities for all of us on page 52. prosperity plenitude and infinite possibilities is happening in your life right now if you're experiencing a challenge and you don't see how it can be resolved the mind then creates worst case scenarios it thinks what's the worst possible thing that could happen out of this but right now whatever that thing is begin to design your life by letting your mind go outside its present paradigm and think what is the best case scenario for this thing in my life what is the best possible thing that could occur what is the great miracle that's awaiting me what could possibly happen that could change this whole thing up i am open to feeling seeing and catching it now it's happened for others therefore it could happen for me so think what is the best case scenario and continue to expand this best case scenario so let's do that by tuning in and i invite you to close the outer eye and let's open that third eye the intuit the intuitive eye we can even maybe tap a little bit [Music] take a centering breath and we let go and let god so how wonderful in this moment truly truly to be aware that the ground on which we stand is holy ground how wonderful to be awake aware and alive once more beloved almighty this indeed is you and how great thou art so grateful for this magnificent life of god that we each get to facilitate we get to do this and for this and so much more i do indeed give thanks in this awareness the god is the life of the each of us in this awareness that the grace of god is our sufficiency in all things in all ways always in this awareness with this understanding i give thanks for this day i give thanks for this moment ever so grateful that god is our very life ever so grateful that every word that proceeds out of our mouths every step we take is ordered by thee it is in this awareness that i bless this service and i name it good and so very good for it is god knowing that every word that proceeds out of river michael's mouth every step he takes is ordered by thee so grateful for this light being of god the illumined one so grateful for this community this beloved beloved community of god indeed god this is you beloved this [Music] thank you thank you thank you it is already done it's all been done god is i am we are that's all there is to it thank you and so it is and so we allow it to be amen amen amen thank you brother jason is coming forward to continue to open the portal the vibrational portal [Music] [Music] love is all around me oh let me know that love is all around me let me know let me know that love is all around in a holy holy way let me live let me live in a holy holy way oh and let me learn from all the ways i fall let me learn let me let me love can heal us all let me know the only only way oh it let me live in a holy way uh oh let me care for those around the world [Music] beautiful beautiful with us love in a holy holy way many things are going on at agape behind the scenes you can see a lot of what's happening at our university classes and things that particular nature by going to agapelive.com but right now i'm going to call out alicia henderson and she's going to fill you in on some of the things that are happening thank you rapper michael good morning agape good morning um we have a few highlights for you today and i'm highlighter henderson here to hit the hot spots so be sure to visit the agape website agapelive.com for more details on everything that i say and all the times listed are pacific daylight time now with everything going on in the world today we are being called to greater depths of practice and to master our capacity to use universal principles to live a harmonious expansive life and to be a beneficial present during this trying time if you've been feeling stuck in or uncertain about your life and are ready to access your inherent power while discovering the true nature of reality and the universe register today for reverend michael's powerful five-week online class the activated life unlock your spiritual power starting october 12th visit agapelive.com to register and for more information yes excellent also today teen agape meets online at 11 15 a.m that means you can get on right now so for more information and to join click the teen agape banner on the website preteens ages 9 to 13 meet at 2pm children ages 3-8 meet at 3 30 pm both are live zoomed to join get your agape youth fund packs to email reverend leon agapelive.com the crisis support clinic is open mondays 4 p.m pacific daylight time to 6 pm pacific daylight time to receive zoom information details for your first come first serve appointment please email crisis support at agapelive.com if you make an appointment be sure to receive the full benefit of your commitment this is offered to the community at large so anyone may attend yes we see excellent monday through saturday see you on facebook at 8 am for daily prayer and 12 noon for meditation go to agape live at home for details also the agape spiritual community gathering is in session join us every friday at 5 30 p.m and connect in community for an enriching inspiring gathering led by our practitioners and our ministers email scg agapelive.com for more information yes excellent and also save the date for this class calling mystical heart mystical you activate the mystical identity in your heart animate your full spiritual potential this eight-week class begins thursday october 21st at 6 pm with reverend dr coco stewart registration opens soon this is a required class for the practitioner path and preresequits are required to register yes excellent now dance with the rev get your endorphins flowing and shift your mood show us your moves in a one minute video dancing during a sunday service and upload using the banner on the agape website you may see yourself dance with the rev on social media and on sundays got it love it yes yes yes peace and blessings agape and the peace and dynamic blessings to you alicia henderson after the first service i said we were going to start a three-week class in which lin and alicia henderson was going to teach i'm birthing the enthusiastic self so so we were working on it in between services and coming up with what needs to happen and uh stay tuned calf choice jennifer johns come on take the stage [Music] spread love all around the world [Music] we came to spread love all around the world wherever you're at today [Music] hope you're feeling uplifted from my energy all these musicians behind me hey they're standing with me and we came to spread love all around the world that universal love vibration yeah hey [Music] i spread universal love all around the world this one for my people near and far hit you with the sound that'll touch your heart bless is like a message that was sent from god i spray universal love all around the town so claim they are the team but i wear the clown shining like the biggest in the brightest stars blessed like a message that was sent from god hey yo universal love with your gifts shall return every day is a lesson we live and we learn i take a look around it got me so concerned feels like these other times the savior shall return so i look in the mirror seeing god's reflection knowing the change i want to see but gives him my perception look every person in the eye allow a real connection i fear no man i know the angels over me protected no weapon formed against me shall ever prosper knowing even through the struggles that just makes me stronger my sacrifices are the prayers the humble service officer at the altar and these bars as hard as the rock of gibraltar never falter got these haters puzzled like a crossword hit them with them spiritual laws deepak chopra meditation mantra affirmation on the uplift up most high i got fatal what kind of i spread universal love all around the world this one for my people hearing from [Music] [Music] mastery these passages like i'm the pastor acrobatic for the people i bend over backwards trying to keep us moving forward never going backwards harriet tubman in a tunnel holding up atlanta trying to lead the way to deeper understanding deepest canyons taking chances i just keep expanding the love that i'm feeling goes beyond romantic it's looking out for my brothers like we always family it's lifting up my sisters like she was a queen empowering these youth to tell them they can't be anything and spreading synergies energies through vicinity seeking remedy ending poverty prayers to my enemies lord how mercy can i get a witness practice and forgiveness clear attention positivity speaking into existence make that first million spread it back into the community making feel good music for our healing come on i spread universal love all around the world this one for my people near and far hit you with the sound that'll touch your heart this blessings like a message that we sin from raw i spread universal love all around the [Music] spread love all around the world to spread love all around the [Applause] world around the world [Music] you [Music] spread love all around the world spread love all around the world spread love all around the world all around the world we spread love all around the world all around the world all around the world [Music] [Music] much love much love spread love all around the world that's camp choice that was great the musicality the lyrics the song the rapping the singing the whole package kef choice jennifer johns our agape international house man and you but without you absorbing responding embracing it's a whole different ballgame so we welcome you as we spread love all around the world and that's our mission here at agape the name agape means unconditional love and we're seeking to bring that song into reality god's got the whole world in his hands we're seeking to embrace the entire globe with a dynamic love ethic that transcends greed and selfishness cracks transcends narcissism egocentricity so that individuals are in a vast sea of love that births the highest aspect of their own life of which there is divinity within all of us i welcome you today i want you to consider yourself for a moment i want you to just consider as you consider yourself release any sense of lack or limitation or not being enough for for a moment if you want to pick it back up later you have free choice to do that but just in this instant i want you to stop i want you to place your hand over your heart and i want you to make a vow with excellence i want you to take a vow of joy i want you to take a vow of peace i want you to take a vow that you become willing to see yourself the way god sees you this presence that is everywhere in its fullness reveals itself as the all-seeing eye of horus i want you to understand what is written when it says guys god's eyes are too pure to behold in equity that when god looks into the mirror of your soul god sees itself and the full potentiality of it becoming more you you just release for a moment anybody's opinion of you anything that's ever been said about you and just breathe into the awareness that your life is so precious your life is so divine do not judge yourself or compare yourself with anybody else on the path just embrace yourself right where you are right now full of potential possibility and infinite opportunities let go of the superstitious thought that says that opportunity only knocks once that is a lie opportunity is knocking perpetually because we are worshiping a presence that is never in absence here now and as you are embracing yourself capital s as you are embracing yourself as an emanation of the most high god and becoming willing to see yourself the way god sees you you're willing to eliminate dissolve let go of anything that would hinder delay obstruct deny the fullness of life from moving through you you're letting go you're embracing the art form of letting go right now that you may solely identify yourself as a luminous being as you open your eyes if you are if you desire to begin to look around your room that you're in but see it differently see it from a different positionality instead of seeing it from the compartmentalized self begin to see from your inner eye using the outer eye that all around you is a field of joy and of love and of harmony that you're walking in this field of absolute opportunity possibility potential that you're living in this dynamic right now now give yourself permission to feel into that and in so doing you're feeling into what has been the theme of this month when losing is really winning the art of letting go you've heard me bring that in into the beginning at the beginning of the month you've heard iterations of it through reverend jason mitchell to reverend susie lula you're feeling into this this teaching that when losing is really winning you felt the frequency in the vibration of yeshua ben joseph jesus the christ saying in in substance that they who would save their life will lose it those that would save their their their little viewpoint of themselves their their over identification with personality those that would try to save their little life will lose it but if you lose your life for my sake for the sake of the christ's presence that is within you then there is life eternal there's the unfolding life that is forever and forever and forever unfolding world without in glory after glory so that you're being reminded today in this month that that all gain it really comes from a loss that all spiritual growth development and unfoldment is about letting go of something and allowing that which is here that which is impervious to time and space to to show itself so you are letting go of the vows that you have taken throughout the course of your life from the lesser versions of yourself there have been iterations of yourself that came into manifestation because they needed to at that time you may have gone through some trauma or some drama and you needed to protect yourself you needed to defend yourself you needed to cope with with circumstances that were debilitating or hurtful so you had to develop certain personality structures to move through life and in so doing you may have you may have taken vowels from that limited perception you may have vowed to be detached from your heart you may have detached yourself from playing full out because you didn't want to be hurt you may have detached yourself from parts of yourself that were waiting in the wings so to speak to express themselves but today today under the vibration of the art of letting go under the vibration of when losing is really winning you are releasing the vowels and releasing your over identification with the previously inter previous iterations of yourself so that you can take a new vow today that you can vow to hold hands with excellence you can vow the whole hands with peace and love you can vow to whole hands with strength and vitality and vigor you can involve the whole hands with dynamic health and wholeness and well-being which are states of consciousness before they manifest remember signs follow consciousness they they follow states so you are no longer in this particular precise second holding on holding on and trying to save your little life nope you're opening up to the art of letting go you're letting go of anxiety holding on to peace you're letting go of anxiousness holding on to an inner joy you're letting go of resentment and holding on to that forgiving vibration that can move through you you're letting go so that which is intrinsic within you can come forth and express yourself and play like never before indeed you're coming into being a soulful artist of your own inner being the art the art of letting go remember remember remember that all 100 this is 100 it's not 99.9 100 of spiritual growth development unfolded though the mind would look upon there's something that you're gaining it's really something that you're letting go of letting go of a misperception of yourself you're letting go of ideation that's not true you're letting go of opinions beliefs you're letting go of perceptions letting go of over-identification with aspects of yourself that were there as temporary structures to hold you together and in the process of letting go you hear jesus saying who by taking thought can add one cubit to their stature you can't add anything to this with the presence of god when you presence of god allow to emerge from god it's perfect in every way contained every single aspect of the presence so you can't you cannot gain anything you can't put anything can add anything to it but you can reveal it you can let it shine and so today today you're coming to an understanding that that losing apparent loss is really winning you see remember win win win forget everything else win win win all that begins with letting go so that as i'm speaking to you today and i'll come back to this begin to consider and let it pop into your awareness don't go run look for it right now but just see what comes up what are you willing to let go of today what are you waiting to what what aspect no longer serves you what opinion what conversation what habit doesn't serve you anymore and and it may just flow into your awareness that you're willing to let that go so that there'll be more spaciousness in your being because the presence of god is already here then you'll understand the topic of today which is how low can you go does it matter god is there you see god is not merely the god of the mountaintop peak experience slow motion god is not merely the god of bliss and ecstasy god is the god of the valley as well the the presence of god does not come and go whether you're having a valley experience or whether you're having a mountaintop experience as a matter of fact most people are not walking around in a mountain top experience they're walking around in life seeking to navigate through certain circumstances and situations humanity is seeking to navigate through all manner of things that have manifested in the world politically and otherwise and and not necessarily living every single moment of one's life at this peak you see it's a but god is the god of valley as well and so when we find ourselves in that valley of despair we find ourselves in the valley of anxiousness in the valley of disease the valley of fear the oftentimes that comes from uh uh sometimes there's you're doing your spiritual work you're you think nothing's happening in your life you're praying medit praying and meditating and studying and having fellowship on a regular basis and it feels like nothing is happening and then and then suddenly things seem to get worse and oftentimes what's really going on there is that your previous personality structures and substructures have been interrupted by an insight in the worlds that they have built coping defending uh compulsive behaviors ways that we've had to navigate through the world that starts to fall apart and there's a is a feeling of anxiety i call it human interruptus that human conscious being interrupted but the world that's been built is shaking and it feels like the world's coming to an end it feels like everything is for lost and it is that particular paradigm is dying that particular world is dying and and the newness of your life is about to be uncovered but in that in between space it feels like you're walking through the valley and so you have to you have to begin to be aware that you're surrounded by a womb of ooziness dark infinite potential that's unmanifest good waiting to take shape based on your letting go based on your coming to an understanding and i know it's difficult i'm not saying this is an easy thing this is why we call it practice you see that when you're walking through that and you hear the 90 the 191 psalm talking about even if you make your bid in hell i am there the darkness and the light are both alike to thee and the night shines as the day this is the mystical viewpoint from the spirit of god that the darkness and the light are both the same ones unmanifest ooziness containing infinite potential ones the manifest filaments of of of holding more light and bringing things into manifestation but through the presence of god both are alike and in some way somehow as you go into your spiritual practice you feel the ooziness of infinite potential trying to come through and you give up resistance and you don't ask how are things going to change instead instead of asking how you do your best to give up resistance to that which is and manifest and that which is trying to happen because we live in a progressive universe so something is always uh unfolding something is always happening the presence of god is always shining and you're giving up resistance to it so in this this time in which we're living uh scripture would say the whole world is groaning the whole world grown us up to now that the whole world is groaning there's a there's a there's a dynamic uh a global brain that's connected that has been hijacked by by the old paradigm that's seductive and intimidating and provocative to keep people in fear and doubt and worry all of the time the whole world is groaning until now until a word is spoken shattering the illusion of separation you see and so question people are asking all kinds of immature questions and you want to begin to ask questions that lead you into letting go letting go of resistance and coming into the awareness that the light is that the darkness is shining as light the infant potential is shining as the activated potential the light in the dark of all the light to the presence of god and so if people people ask you know did you get vaccinated you got vaccinated wrong question that question is like fourth or fifth down the line that's political stuff the question is how do you stay healthy that's the question you want to ask how do i stay healthy if you ask how do i stay healthy the spirit of the living god is going to pull you into prayer i'm not talking about begging you'll be teaching a reluctant deed to come down and help you i'm talking i'm going to pull you into prayer where you're having an insight into your oneness with the presence of god that becomes a state of consciousness that makes you impervious to all matter of things that go bump in the night you go into prayer you go into meditation you begin to be guided about your your exercise you begin to be guided about your nutrition you begin to be guided about your supplements your your your d your c your zinc your your enzymes you'll be you'll be guided by how to stay healthy for such a time as this you see during this time in which society is mimicking political theater mimicking political you know it's called political theater for for for a reason you know people fighting each other we're in the same club everybody's eating from the same trough of whoever's donating to their their political uh campaigns and so a world that's unconscious is is is mimicking political theater divisiveness polarity now go back a few weeks ago when i was teaching you about state and stage and i brought forth the truth that you know there are stages of unfoldment that we go through but you must be you must be able to hold a particular state of consciousness in order for that stage to manifest perfectly so it's not a miscarriage you see it's actually actually birth to the next stage of your unfolding but you have to be able to hold the state it can't be iffy you see and so we're seeking to hold a state of unconditional love a perfect piece of divine joy independent of a circumstance now if you have a happiness based on circumstance that's temporary at best because circumstances change that's not the peace that passes human understanding that comes from having a direct contact with the presence of god developing a state of consciousness where you intrinsic joy and peace and wholeness is active in you even as the world is going through changes even as your personal world is going through changes that's the kind of faith you want so during this particular time which the whole world grown it's until now individuals are mimicking political theater you want to ask the question how can i love those that i disagree with how can i stay in communion with how can i stay in compassion for how can i stay in kindness how can i stay in prayer how can i stay in patience i don't have to agree with everybody i'm not talking about uh agreeing with each other's positions because just as two wrongs don't make a right two rights don't make a right either there's only one truth capital t god you see but it means that you're not going to allow yourself to be pulled into hating someone that disagrees with you and see things differently now if you can work on yourself and hold the state and if we can hold the state then the stage of unfoldment if you humanity will happen but it's not going to unfold on a disparate state it's not going to unfold on the state of confusion it's not going to unfold in the state of fear doubt worry hate resentment you have a precious life in this life it's very very precious and it can't afford to be weighed down by a chip on your shoulder you see and so you ask how can i stay in compassion for individuals that i may not necessarily agree with so that the potential of dialogue can occur so the potential of exchange of ideas can occur so for the potential for everybody to grow can occur so that the two rights don't make a right there is a wider transcended truth that's seeking to be born independent of our rights i'm not talking about our civil rights i'm talking about our perception of what we think is right and then we have to ask this question in the midst of whatever is going on in our life we have to ask how can i have a closer connection with the presence of god sounds simple but the reason why it's not so simple because when you're in the valley you really really really really really want whatever it is that's oppressing you at that moment to go away you don't want it to be there it shouldn't be here god why is this happening to me why what did i do to cause this you you're down in the valley asking feudal questions what did i do why me why is this happening i wanted to stop let it go away i'm you're in resistance to the is-ness but if you say i i i want to i want a realization of my oneness with god that's what i want now you're coming into an understanding of what happened to ralph waldo emerson while fallen emerson was suffering with tuberculosis and he went to the doctor no avail he tried all manner of different nutritional aspects he did everything he was supposed to he went to emma curtis hopkins to get prayer work could not get rid of the tuberculosis his body was tired and wasting and finally in a fit of just letting go he said god i do not care if i ever get rid of tuberculosis what i want is a closer walk with you i want my connection with the presence of god shortly after that he was healed the resistance to tuberculosis and the resistance to what was happening in his life dissolved and there was a spiritual openness that took place because he wanted the presence of god more than he wanted a change of circumstance he came to a state that then revealed a state of health and well-being in his life you want to ask that question and yes what happens is the things that you really really really want or things that you really really really don't want they go they become preferences rather than i'm not going to be happy until the pres you prefer something you prefer this in your life rather than that you prefer that in your life rather than this but what you really want is your connection conscious you're already connected you want conscious connection and then the whole world grows your little world growneth until now an opening takes place and then you begin to grow into a peace that passes understanding because the peace is not built on what you want or don't want your peace is intrinsic to you and and your joy is intrinsic it's a you release the obstacles in your soul so that joy can come through that's why maya angelou said let me tell you why the caged bird sings you see something happens and then what else happens because of that you hold that state long enough and then even [Music] the external world begins to change because external world is a is a condensation it's coagulation of previous previously held points of view and thought forms the external world is an artifact of a previously held point of view so as you're saying as ralph alder emerson said i whatever is going on whatever is happening yes i prefer this over that but whatever is happening when i really really really want is my conscious connection with the divine presence and then there's a freedom resistance dissolves itself within you the presence of god becomes more real to you it's no longer merely a belief system it's like job you're able to say i've heard about you through the hearing of my ears but now i can't even wordless and he was in the valley and the valley was in him how low can you go it doesn't matter god's there if you make your bed inhale low i'm with you in heaven low i'm with you the presence and so as i initiated this train of thought at the beginning what are you willing to lick off well you don't have to make it up you can just see what it what emerges what are you willing to let go of you remember the story of the gentleman going to the doctor and the doctor said you you're going to have to give up smoking or i can't help you man i don't smoke never have you could have it you can have to give up drinking i i don't drink you're gonna have to give up growling and running around all night partying all through the wee hours of the morning he said i don't do that he said listen young man you're going to have to give up something or i can't help you that's what the universe is saying you got to give up something you see so you just ask where am i ready to let go of here what what perception what point of view what opinion what conversation so that i can let go of anxiousness that my vow around that of worry and anxiousness except i can let go and take a vow of a higher order letting go of all the promises and vows that i took as a lesser version of myself they were good for that person at that time but today i want to make a vow for excellence and beauty and love and harmony and wholeness from a much more mature vantage point you see and then perhaps you might be saying to yourself two or three years from now even this iteration of yourself you may have to let go of something you're holding on to right now as your awareness keeps expanding but today just second would you rather let go off what no longer serves you now remember you don't have to make anything happen you have to get out of the way so that which is happening can happen through and as you the presence that's never an absence there's a lot happening here it wants to happen through you will you let it will you allow it will you say yes to it will you embrace it come what may you got to put in the come with me because the world that you have built from your limited perception they're going to change just feel into that with me take a deep ventilation release deep inhalation deep pure sustain at the apex feel into your expanded nature now as we did in the beginning put your hand over your heart left hand up and say after me i enthusiastically swear and take a vow to hold hands with excellence fill hands with a dynamic piece of self love and appreciation and a feeling tone that all of my needs are met i promise to the best of my ability to maintain this state of consciousness that my eternally new life may emerge come let me i let go and i let god come what may when losing is really winning the art of letting go how low can you go doesn't matter god's there ask how can i be closer to the presence of god consciously how can i have that revelation of my oneness with the spirit i want this more than anything try it on for size try that on see what happens sometimes you just gotta just try it on just just try it on before you buy it to see what it feels like to be in a certain state you know i've told this before and i'm we're going to get out of here we got to dance we've got to pray one of our practitioners was in between a long period of long period of unemployment and so her money was funny as they say so she decides to go window shopping down in rodeo road that rodeo anyway she sees this beautiful outfit in the window with all of these you know accessories she knew she couldn't afford it but she was just looking at it and the salesperson came on and said you look really good in that you should come try it on she's saying no no no i really can't she said come on just there's no harm in you trying it on so she went in and she tried it on the whole thing the dress the shoes the whole deal she was looking at herself in the mirror at that precise moment flip wilson saw her and said oh i'm paying for this pulled out his credit card and bought the whole thing for her paid for it and left why because she tried it on she tried it on i want you just try on the state just move yourself into a state of peace not subject to a circumstance love not subject to circumstance sense of well-being just try it on hold the state for a while you'll give birth to another stage of your own unfolding this is what i know for sure so right now as you're taking what you're letting go close your eyes for a moment just take it could be one thing it could be one thing it could be a minor to you but you know what if you ever had a small pebble in your shoe it was a little tiny pebble but it it disturbed your walking you may say it was a little tiny pebble but when you got rid of it it was like oh my god that was great to get that pebble out of my shoe so you may think whatever it is you're letting go with little but it's not it's it's creating um obstacle hindrance so just take what you want to let go of close your eyes and see the blazing fire of transformation in front of you and just toss what you're letting go into the fire of transformation just toss it energy is never created or destroyed so it's being tran that it's being whatever it was is being transmuted into a different frequency see that and then feel the flames and feel the flames as a dimension of celebration burning up the dross the hindrances the obstacles the misperceptions burning it up celebration celebration celebration allow yourself to be lifted into the state of celebrating something celebrate the feeling tone that all needs are met right now even before there's evidence remember what i said in the last service the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence because god is presence never in absence feel the vibration of the celebration feel it feel it feel it and then to augment that watch these celebrants dance with the ref maria lorenz and her family from hawaii it's family day nine o'clock service we had the reyes family now we have the lorenz family [Music] sweet it is to be loved by you how sweet it is [Music] hey there it is to be loved by the presence of god remember what reverend joanne coleman said a few weeks ago torah taught us how the love of god and jesus came through and taught us how much god loves us how sweet it is to be loved by the presence of god can we love ourselves can we hold that space for ourselves feel into that feel into that as we begin to move the body a little bit coming to the frequency of a celebrant the frequency of one who's hearing the sacred sounds hearing the the magnificent music of the spheres that is loaded and coated within all aspects of creation saying that when you come into this state there's nothing that can stop you when you come into this state everything is for you and when you come into this state all things are working together for your good feel into that feeling to that feeling to that feeling to that feeling to that here we go here we go here we go [Music] there you go ain't no stopping us now we're gonna keep on we are [Music] [Music] ain't no stopping oh [Music] there's been so many things that held us down but now it looks like things are finally coming around i know we got a long long way to go and where we end up i don't know [Music] god [Music] oh [Music] i know you know someone who has a negative eye and when you're trying to make it only push your side from help me [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] robinson member of agape check out her instagram we've moved the body temple [Music] allow yourself to feel the vibration of ain't no stopping us now as you're becoming more and more still reverend joanne come here [Music] inject into this body this field frequency of aramaic from the christ [Music] close that outer eye let that body become still quiet [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] feel into that frequency feel into that command give me these hands speak mother father god infinite spirit lord god almighty how great thou art everywhere present vast and limitless but operating through our awareness as our expanded awareness i speak from this place that all beings may be free [Music] free from pain and suffering [Music] free to reveal their real nature and their real being this global congregation now embraces the entire planet god has the whole world in his hands through our awareness right now let peace reign supreme let love reign the supreme let joy bubble up all over and let peace bubble up all over let harmonizing prosperity bubble up already and all over as the activity of our awareness because the earth is the lord's and the fullness thereof and the cattle of a thousand hills which is an analogy is ours abundance is ours now oh feel it in your bone [Music] accept the state assuming on the state [Music] reverence reference for life reverence for nature reverence for all the trees rivers for the soil the mountains and the valleys and the rivers and the lakes and the oceans reverence for mother earth tried on reverence for each other whether we agree on a point or not reverence for the light of his mind within each other oh try it on try it all [Music] [Music] something is something is that's another word for god something something told me [Music] something moved me something warned me oh god is something something else and so inside it's saying it's saying it's saying i am it's saying i am i am that i am that i am [Music] i am that i am prosperity [Music] [Music] i am that i am true happiness [Music] oh my god i'm celebrating i am i am i am i am i am i am i am that i am beauty beauty [Music] [Music] when you're in [Music] god [Music] not the man in the sky this earth the earth [Music] the presence of god [Music] when the river is [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] you gotta feel your way back to yourself [Music] i want you to hear these names and i want you to to feel the wholeness for tonya benzeker's mom gene williams i want you to feel the wholeness for billie jean knight who's holding patrick durritar in prayer is sandra better her son victor 15 years young we want him to be surrounded with safety and well-being right now we want him to return home to himself when we return home to his mom we're sending out a signal now come home to yourself you're loved and appreciated come home to yourself you're loved and appreciated come home victor safety surrounds him right now and and guess what peace of mind is the order of the day for sandra come home terry clark's friend pat shuffled off the mortal coil peace of mind where the entire family and friends were pat sarah dash moved on into the great beyond beyond our physical sight but still alive friends family peace be still [Music] the great pioneer the great trailblazer melvin van peeble shuffled off the mortal coil 89 years young god bless you melvin god bless you melvin god bless you melvin thank you thank people sweet sweet bats that was my nickname in college sorry too much information it was actually sweet back [Music] [Music] so as you have released whatever into the fire of transformation celebrating your way home [Music] feeling the stillness and your oneness with god [Music] we say and so it is [Music] it is done [Music] so be [Music] i am i [Music] that we're am is seeking us oh it's found us it's found us it's here it's now it's our life and so what do we do we give what do we give we give thanks thanksgiving thank you turns to thanks living [Music] thank you god thank you life we live in perpetual gratitude [Music] and we allow it to be so and so it is i'm in um [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] oh [Music] it is done now feel into the quietness of your own soul for just a moment just a couple of seconds of complete stillness quietude silence integrating any insight that you may have had during this day any aha moment just be with it the quality of our consciousness has changed from good to better now amen this is our opportunity to give from the overflow of our consciousness this is your opportunity to be to become generative birthing generosity and being an ambassador transcending greed malice and fear hoarding entering into circulation of good so we turn within and we give thanks for what we have to give today we bless it that it may be vitalizing energetic nourishment to the community and all that we support dedicating it to the knowing of truth that makes us free we give thanks for this and we allow it to be so and so it is so a couple of things one if you know how to give already to your support your spiritual community otherwise known as agape international spiritual center begin doing that right now if you need a little assistance you're on youtube or any of the other platforms you can take your phone right now and you can text the word give to four to four 321-6243 your phone will prompt you and you can decide the amount and the regularity of it you can go to our website at agape live and all this is on your screen you can go to our website at agapelive.com find the donation button and give that way you can mail it in make out your checks and or money orders to agape international 8549 wilshire boulevard suite 1156 beverly hills california 90211 and on facebook there's also a donation button go forth and multiply i'll say this to you as you're preparing two things one you know i mentioned to you a few weeks ago that one of the one of the part of agape's dna from the beginning even when we were in our visioning for agape we wanted to we wanted to begin to be the next stage of human evolution we wanted agape to look like what's possible and we wanted to support the birth of the golden age we wanted to support the birth of the beloved community so we support other organizations that do what we don't do and i gave you a list of them a few weeks ago and i'll give you more next week but this week one of the one of the gifts that we're giving to is an organization called core c-o-r-e community organized relief effort it's based here in los angeles they respond immediately to support underserved communities across the globe through and beyond crisis moments this august when the hurricane ida hit they always named these hurricanes after women most of the time that's kind of sexist i think yeah oh i don't know i'm just saying okay um in louisiana yeah louisiana was devastated by this strong storm and you know what happened there anyway they showed up with local partners providing emergency shelter solutions roof repair water and essential resources as they work now to develop long-term solutions there in louisiana in haiti when that 7.2 earthquake hit core was the only organization on the ground with local haitian leadership allowing them to respond to the most pressing needs as they evolved they're working with local government partners such as department of civil protection partnering with heytrack the world central kitchen and global hope to support the immediate needs of the haitian people while developing a long-term recovery plan and you know haiti has been devastated not only by earthquake but by politics in our own country intervening and stealing from this country stealing taking care taking stealing the gold and controlling it you see so we so this is not just just an earthquake it's also the greed and avarice of man you see so this this is we call the thing a thing core is there assisting so we're donating to them okay so when you give to us you're also giving to other organizations that are doing what we don't do but we're in partnership with them so give large give big give bold thank you it's a lovely day no matter what your eyes say go with your heart your spirit will always lead you to the truth and that's true [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] seems impossible to take [Music] there's someone else instead of me always seems to know the way then i look at you and the world's all right with me [Music] i just want to look at you [Music] and i know a lovely day get out there when i wake up in the morning [Music] always lovely [Music] ah [Music] so [Music] lovely day lovely day and the sunlight [Music] all right with me [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh my god [Music] we're talking about a lovely day in every way that something screams out from within us hey hey hey it's a glorious day and i'm on my way to more good than i could possibly imagine turn within and we give thanks for the bountiful beautiful abundance that's everywhere and we do not go with the symbol we go with an openness that allows for the great god of the universe to pour itself through us don't ask how we just say yes and god does the rest and so it is agape is blessed we're blessed the world is blessed and it's happening now amen [Music] so you know what you want to do you want to make up the rest of your day what it's going to look like i shared this in the earlier service we all graduated some level or another from the university called msu making stuff up but oftentimes you look at your previous self and it made up a lot of worst case scenarios remember the reading that akuyo read from today it'll make up judgments and perceptions that have nothing to do with reality this past week i was privileged to hang out in houston texas with my boy rick smith we had sound spots bath and yoga and we went to the shaolin temple every day you're going to see sifu there at houston south uh shaolin temple and then brother rick really powerful beautiful friend of mine great host so i come back for the initiation of the practitioners you met two of them today the two that graduated brother willard says hey the rumor is you took two sundays off because you had covet now why would somebody make that up we got to watch what we make up let's make up good stuff you know why because you get to experience what comes out of your mouth you get to experience what comes out of your mouth i'm not saying you said that probably nobody on the line here maybe somebody you know but why don't we make up oh my god he's resting and rejuvenating why don't we make up that your life is gonna be better than it ever was before why do we make up that agape is growing so strong that it changes the thought of the planet why don't we make up that god is coming to earth through us why don't we make that up use your mind for something creative something wonderful something artistic something loving something generous don't let those lesser selves hijack your mind and and cast judgment on anyone judge not least ye be judged judge righteous judgment yes god is everywhere stand up where you are let's sing out [Music] always [Music] us and always [Applause] god thank you for having the good manners to stay through the benediction reverend julie i bless this beauty-filled service i bless all the goodness all the love all the kindness upwelling overflowing out the pores and the beingness of reverend michael all the musicians all the singers seeping deeply into the chat and all those streaming in all around the world all those archiving there's a field of beauty washing over all of us a field of goodness and kindness and love and possibility and creativity i'm so grateful for this time of becoming a loosed of all the stuff the debris anything that doesn't serve and moving into an expanded state of spaciousness spaciousness and consciousness and i know and trust and declare that this is the place in which all manner of possibility reveals itself for every single one of us for this planet for all of life i give special gratitude and thanks forever michael bernard back with blessing his life blessing all the goodness all the possibility all the creativity all the opportunities upwelling and overflowing through him and as him knowing good and more good spreads all around the globe because of his yes yeah and it beckons us to find ours and live it with great gratitude i allow it to be and i say and so it is amen and so it is amen now remember 8 a.m pacific time you can be in a prayer field with our practitioner on our facebook page 12 p.m afternoon you can come into a state of meditation with us on facebook all of this is to maintain a state of awareness for the emergence of the next stage be about it [Music] you [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Music] let [Music] let me live my mom [Music] [Music] let me live let me live [Music] uh [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] oh love my life [Music] oh [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] my [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] find a way to find a way um [Music] oh [Music] oh yeah [Music] my dreams are coming true working with these two stars [Music] i [Music] thy name [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the line is the hello a [Music] can we do man one more time yes okay can i grab a music stand yeah i won't have to hold this thing with my thumb thumbs my thumb let's take that yeah i'm going to say that one more time one more time okay yeah [Music] okay got it okay 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