I Foundation II. Perspective III. Vision IV. Self-Realization

Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to me. What about you?

IV. Self-Actualization

Self-Realization is the highest level of spiritual development. It resides far beyond blame-shifting somewhere in the vicinity of faith conducting life in a way where you see things as they are.

Vision Boards worked for me in the past. Leading up to a reality never before realized. Visualization is seeing with the mind’s eye and experiencing emotionally in a heartfelt way.

Experience the emotion. Practice the habit and lastly pray until something happens. These are the elements involved in the vision process.

BEREA COGIC | BUILDING A HOUSE | S. 17 E. 2 | MARCH 6, 2023 | PASTOR RE BOSWELL|

Your fruit is a source of peace. Being purposely driven is to know where your peace comes from. You secure, maintain and multiply your peace towards your God-given purpose.  The Peace of God allows God’s anointing to flow upon your life.  Because you’re not seeking gain, your seeking peace with you mind on Jesus.   

Goals without God involved are merely temporal fantasies that ultimately cease.  We are passing through his earth portal into a greater hope.  

Prayer is communication with God. Some people meditate.  Meditation requires focus. What is your focal point?  Who a re you concentrating on? As a Christian we abide in Love and Focus on Peace, our concentration should be on  the Prince of Peace (The Lord Jesus Christ).  

PURPOSELY DRIVEN | S. 17 E.1 | Feb. 26, 2023 | Berea COGIC | Pastor Reginald Boswell

We often pray for protection against enemies seen or unseen. We understand that spiritual warfare is a battle that is invisible but with tangible consequences. In Noah’s day all flesh that crept upon the face of the Earth was destroyed. 

However marine life could have thrived in the water noting that fish were not listed as coming unto the ark.   Leviathan The face of the deep has an underbelly. Within this environment many species of marine life exist. The first book written contained in the Bible (Job) speaks of Leviathan a mighty sea creature with scales that exists as a terror to man. 

Also, a sea creature was the source of Egypt’s strength as a towering power in the ancient world. The Pharoah’s were rulers of the Nile. Many of whom drew strength from the unseen life in the sea that pridefully boasted of a possessive dominance similar to that of Lucifer.  Marine spirits must be suppressed in order to thrive above ground.     

Salamander has a Dual Nature  The characteristics of an animal are good ways to describe human behavior because animals live by instinct. When describing a person’s character using a dove or a snake could let you know what you are dealing with. I believe a saboteur could be best described as a salamander.  

KNOW YOUR ENEMY: Victory Mode in Spiritual Warfare | Season 16 Episode 5 | February 23, 2023 | Berea COGIC, Rogersville AL | Pastor RE Boswell

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I M COMING OUT

It is the glory of a King to search out a matter. The foundation laid by the Noble Bereans was excellence indeed and in measure. In all your searching you as we should soon arrive at the reality that Jesus is Lord!

SCRIPTURE: “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.”

2 Thessalonians 2:3I’M COMING OUT | SEASON 15 EPISODE 10 | Feb. 12, 2023, | BEREA COGIC

Encourage yourself, Love. Give no place for fear. Give the enemy an inch and he or she will take a mile. When life causes you to grieve and you are beyond bereavement. Or when others look upon you with such disdain even to the point of stoning you must respond in a way that is true to your God-given regenerated DNA. Whom Christ called you to be is on the inside speaking to the situation. To sleep at night and to look at yourself in the mirror without disgust you must sometimes go against the zeitgeist.

SCRIPTURE

"And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God." 1 Samuel 30:6

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ENCOURAGE YOURSELF LOVE | SEASON 16 EPISODE 4 | FEB 08, 2023 | BEREA COGIC

Keep Christ at the center of all your activities. There should be an observable difference between the church and the world. Feelings are such a vital part of our emotional experience. The Prince of the Power of the Air (Satan) seeks to latch on to build mirages in the mind. Get it right the scripture emphasis the Mind of Christ (spiritual), not the brain of Christ (physical). 

SEEK DOMINION BY DOMINATING SELF Letting the spirit control, the natural gives root to a person actual managing their own destiny. Yet, when the physical has a tendency to override the spirit, weak elements (caffeine, THC, emotions) seek to rule your life. 

STEP 1 Develop the mind of Christ within your being by developing your faith (not what you see). This is primary done by hearing or reading the Word of God. STEP 2 Step two involves the efforts of others. We are not islands to ourselves the Christian walk is not a monastic journey. It is a walk of relationships and seeking how to bring the glory of God in all your interactions with others. Connections of uniformity must be Christ centered in order to influence others to seek more of God. 

MENTAL IMAGERY Feelings Are such a vital part of the Emotional experience. Satan (the prince of the air) latches on to build mirages in the mind. The Soulish Realm Is the realm of intrigue? It seeks to satisfy great pleasure and avert pain. The soul intersects with so many things. It’s the international man of mystery living in dual time zones. It can dwell in the past and create new experiences. It remembers when you were forced to stretch: to make something happen. It remembers your repeated victories and your losses. It speaks to your ambition. It dulls your attention and lifts you to another place and time. And it excites your imagination and camouflages hope well, even while in the midst of your enemy. Yet the Word of God brings you out into a higher plane, and creates relief by bringing order in your life. We must discern when to confront or walk away. 

To become a pit bull (pit bulls have only one mode: attack) or Lambs (meek). We must even discern when to agree with our enemy as it is written as Jesus suggested while we are in the way with them. 

Meditative Mind Realigning and Moving with Purpose | Season 15 Episode 7 | Jan. 22, 2023 | Berea COGIC | Pastor Reginald Boswell

Offenses come when interacting with others. So being offended is unavoidable, unless you make your own clothes, grow your own food, and

provide your own shelter. Some product from another is likely to fail and offend you unless your doing the afore things mentioned and walking alone.

Spiritual individuals look before criticizing others. We must assess our own ability to cause an offense. We know the danger associated to those who kick against the pricks so to speak. Knowing that it is dangerous to interfere with the purpose, gifts and callings of those chosen by God, we allow patience to run its course.

Placing roadblocks on a person, or a people who are obedient to God is perilous. There are historical examples of individuals who surmounted great opposition to achieve great things. When these accomplishments consist of God’s plan for man those who oppose are muted and placed on the wrong side of history.

God will intervene in your life to break a generational curse. 

Cycles of being in the rear, cycles of being broke, and cycles of defeat shall no longer be a norm.  

The Work of God and Man 

No matter what position you hold in life. There is something that you must overcome. Just as every garden need weeding and bushes need pruning, every kingdom need deliverance from suffering loss. For even the Kingdom of Heaven had an occurrence that God dealt with swiftly casting Lucifer to the earth.   Idols Sometimes there are physical objects that must be destroyed that cause loss and destruction. A physical object that gives the enemies of your progress strength becomes an idol. These may come from people you love or people that hate you. Nevertheless, we must endeavor to recognize, then combat the sources that seek our untimely demise.    

False Worship 

The Bible shows what happens when the Congregation of the Righteous allows idolatry to replace worship. False teaching emerges dividing people, nations, and tongues. These are aided by symbols used to transfer curses and word meanings that are widely accepted but are an indignation in the ears of God.  

We must Combat the Sources that Seek our Defeat.  

Ideologies like racism when in reality there is only one human race or species. Abominations of desolation reoccur with impunity pushing to normalize radical sins. There is nothing common that we face that Christ did not face. Tech advances are made but human nature remains the same. People love to condemn each other to get the spotlight off of their aberrations.  Many are uncomfortable with dealing with personal issues. People know how to hide very well. Today hiding and not getting caught is valued over integrity and truth.  

Iceberg paradigm  

The problems you often see have unknown reasons why they exist. Yet every sickness has a cause as every plant has a root. Combating the source that seeks your defeat must be aimed at the right origin. When something goes under ground or underwater it must be revealed. Great Kingdoms such as Egypt had derived much power from Leviathan-like creatures of the deep and had strength nestled within hidden objects (Ezekiel 29:3).  

Berea Church of God in Christ | Recognizing the Source seeking your Defeat | S. 16 E. 2 | Jan. 11, 2023 | Pastor Reginald Boswell

YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN

Removing of the WORD OF GOD from Israel, removing the undergirding is removing your armor. Even when you are scattered, and, when you are divided, and disunity is abundant. Keep your undergarment (The Lord Jesus Christ) secure. Your undergarment is most precious. To your individual protection, or to your collective posterity. If you were to remove the Word of the Lord from your life you remove your garment of protection.