The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

At this moment there are approximately 2.6 billion Christians on the planet. And I have to say, the teachings from Jesus, as recorded in the Bible, are truly amazing. They can really help us do our part in repairing the relationship with Our Heavenly Father, to find lasting happiness once again.

Recently, I was contemplating the Lord’s Prayer, especially the sentence, “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,...” So many Christians pray this beautiful prayer. Yet I still believe that the full meaning and implications of this prayer are not clear to everyone.

Personally, I am convinced that when we pray, “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,...” that God Himself is listening, and answers with something like, “Yes, that’s right, and You are my Beloved Children, and all that I have is Yours! I want to share My Kingdom, my Power and my Glory with all of My Creation! It belongs to All of Us!”

Jesus was very clear in the Bible. He stated that this planet is not Our Father’s Kingdom. That we have to be born again in the Spirit to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That He has prepared a way for us, and went before us to Our Father, Who welcomes us back Home. And, Jesus wants us to follow Him!

We are saved by faith through Grace. How? By trusting in the Lord and not leaning on our own understanding. By opening up to the Grace of God, to lift us above our perceived circumstances, so we can experience again the Peace of God, which passeth all understanding. We will no longer sleep. Resurrection!

The great tragedy is that many Christians believe they should just lead a good life as human beings, and that when this life is finished, they will be taken into higher dimensions. Yet Jesus states that we have to give up this life, pick up our cross, and follow Him! To do the same things He did, even greater things!

So, what are we to do? We should let go of our current understanding and open up for the Grace, Wisdom, Power and Love of the Holy Trinity, to help us remember the Truth That will set us free. Not in the future, but right now. To follow Jesus, Who is with us even until the end of the world.

How will you know that all of this is true? By taking a leap of faith, by praying, and then listening, learning, and following. By training yourself to be aware of the still, small voice within and the Divine Presence, which are both always available to those who have ears to hear. Then you will realize that you are not alone now, and never have been.

Ask and you shall receive. Knock and the door will be opened. Seek and you shall find. In fact, it is all really simple. All it takes is a bit of willingness. The willingness to give up your own ways, and to turn to God to show you His ways. Then, He will bless you with His Power and Glory, and remind you that you are part of His Kingdom. Hallelujah!

On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL, Thijs Hottenhuis

Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience

There are so many spiritual websites, blogs, social media accounts on the Internet that it is astonishing. When I browse through what is available, I notice that most talk about how you can get brighter spiritual experiences as a human being. When you want to reduce spirituality to that, then you are missing the point.

All the Awakened Ones, the Masters who have been among us, talk about leaving the human identity behind. About remembering the Christ, the Buddha, or the Real Self That We are. Or, as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin stated it, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

Jesus has mentioned in the famous spiritual classic, A Course In Miracles, that we do not ask for much, but in fact, we ask for far too little. When we reduce our spiritual experiences to things that are related to the body, to the personality, we don’t expand to having a full Awakening to Oneness.

It is all about letting go of the world, the body, the personality, and turning to the Divine for help with remembering the Truth that shall set us free. What Truth? That we are spiritual beings temporarily caught in a human experience. That we can wake up from this human experience to our Divinity. That That is our God-given birthright! YAY!

On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL,

Thijs Hottenhuis

The Great Awakening

It is interesting to see how things work in the collective human consciousness, and what changes in the way the “general population” thinks about things. What often happens is that a few people start doing something out of the ordinary. They are ridiculed, but then eventually everyone starts doing and thinking the same.

Take running. In the 1950s and 1960s, if you were into long-distance running, people would laugh at you, yell at you, and if you were unlucky, even throw beer cans at you. Then, after Frank Shorter won gold for the USA at the 1972 Summer Olympics, this all changed. Now, running was something truly positive, admirable.

People picked up jogging, and started to run marathons, and it became a hype. More and more marathons were organized, for young and old, and this movement kept growing. Running was no longer weird. No, now it is weird if you are happy with only sitting on your couch and driving in your car, and you don’t pick up running!

I believe that the same thing will happen with spiritual Awakening, with the teaching of pure non-duality. Now there are pioneers like you and me and a couple more, who are genuinely interested in pursuing the path of Awakening from the dream of the world. We are the trendsetters.

What I hope and think is that more and more people will realize that the world can never offer us lasting happiness. Only the Divine, our Source, can give us permanent happiness. Then, a shift in thinking can occur. Then, Awakening to Oneness becomes a mainstream event, not just for a select group of individuals!

The Great Awakening! 4Him wrote a beautiful song about it; check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nb2IPoRdZI

On behalf of Magnum Opus Ministries NL, Thijs Hottenhuis