ATTRACT LOVE INTO YOUR LIFE

Rev. Hillary Dawes, PhD, SC-C

"I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine" (Song of Solomon 6:3).

 Many people go through life seeking for that perfect relationship which will bring them joy, peace, and happily-ever-after in marriage. They are seeking for true love, which brings joy and happiness in life. Unfortunately, many people go through life seeking love but never finding it. They go through relationship after relationship, marriage and re-marriages all in an effort to find love, but cannot find it.

The Four Loves Spiritual Coaching Program is a four-week  program designed to teach you about love, and how you may find it.  Each week we deal with a different topic about love and relationships, which will open your mind and heart about love. You will learn what love truly is, how you can find it, and and also how to attract love in your life.   You will also learn about the role that relationships/marriage plays in finding love.

The program is divided into four sections, covering four weeks, and is as follows:

WEEK ONE: Introduction to the Four Loves
WEEK TWO: Sexual Desire and Lust
WEEK THREE: Marriage
WEEK FOUR: Universal Love

In week one, you are introduced to the four loves - agape, agapeo, phileo, and eros. You will learn what they are and how they interact with each other in God’s Divine plan, so that you can attract love into your life.  In week two, we explore sexual desire and lust. You will learn how to define each one,  and discuss the common confusion people have about sexual desire and lust. How could something, which is seen as sinful outside of marriage, can all of a sudden be not sinful within marriage, when it is all the same as far as feelings are concerned? In week three, we will look at marriage and compare marriage as a legal contract vs. marriage as a spiritual union. Is marriage the only vehicle in which one can find complete love? And finally, in week four, we will examine this concept called Universal love, and show how you can increase love in your life by practicing Universal love.

If you are interested in the Four Loves Coaching Program, please visit my website to learn more about it, and to sign up.   

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FREEDOM FROM FEAR

Rev. Hillary Dawes, PhD, SC-C

^“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7).

Fear of the unknown, and its great power on us, was none the more evident than these past two weeks, with the mystery of the missing Malaysian airline MH370, with all its 239 passengers.    Not only were people fearful of what could have happened to their loved ones, but many were fearful as to why the plane disappeared in the first place.  The news media bombarded us with all kinds of theories and speculative reports as to what could have happened.  Social media was abuzz with conspiracy theories.   Reports ranged possible terrorist attacks to abduction by aliens, and even the rapture.   Hardly any scenario was left out of the imaginations of people, as they tried to piece together what could have possibly happened to that plane, and all its passengers.   Globally, the entire planet was gripped in fear as to what that missing plane might mean for us.  From the state of Israel taking extra precautions just in case the plane might come back as a missile to attack them, to other countries trying to assign blame wherever possible – blame the pilots, blame politics, blame hijackers, blame the Malaysian government.  You name it; there was lots of blame to go around.  

One thing we have learnt is that fear, once it takes a grip of you, has a life of its own.  Fear always seeks out the thing that which it fears to validate itself, even if it means making up stuff, and going out of its way to try to prove that it is not unfounded.  People see what they want to see, and believe what they want to believe, based upon their OWN fears.  Those who wanted to prove terrorism found ‘evidence’ of terrorism.  Those who wanted to prove hijacking found ‘evidence’ of hijacking.   Those who wanted to prove the plane was still around found ‘evidence’ of the plane.  For some reason, the plane loomed larger than real life, bigger than reality, and became the bogeyman now to fear.   The problem however with all these theories, was that they sent false hope to the families of the victims, that their loved ones could still be alive, only to have their hopes dashed with every false lead.   Because of all the false reporting, and fear surrounding the reporting, many family members became suicidal, as they were hanging on to every last thread of hope that was thrown at them, only to have that hope taken away from them.

As a spiritual counselor, part of my job is to bring comfort to those who are grieving, and to bring them back to a place where they can deal with their emotions, and grieve without falling into despair and hopelessness.  Psychologists have identified five stages of grieving, and they are:  denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.   Proper grieving involves going through all the stages until one reaches acceptance, but many times people get stuck in one stage or the other, unable to reach that place where they finally accept that their loved ones may be gone.   As a spiritual counselor, I help them to come to terms with their own beliefs as it relates to death and dying, and the afterlife.  Sometimes they may have dreams, visions of their loved ones, or feelings that their loved ones are still here and not dead.  I help them to process those feelings, and share scripture with them to bring them comfort and closure.  Sometimes deep down they believe their loved ones are gone, and sometimes they are in denial, ignoring all the facts presented, especially if there are no bodies to prove that their loved ones are gone.   In situations like where there are no definitive answers as to where their loved ones could be, I help them pray through their fears.    There is a lot of peace to be found in prayer.  It also helps to know that someone is there to give you support and help carry your burdens, so that you don’t have to bear them all alone. 

^“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2).

Freedom from fear means trusting in God that all things are working for your good, no matter how terrible they look on the outside (Romans 8:28).   To have a trust like that takes deep faith and understanding, but once you develop that trust, then everything will begin to come together for you, and your mind will slowly be at peace.   Freedom from fear means putting away blame, anger, and bitterness, which only serves to eat you up on the inside, creating more problems instead of solving them.  Freedom from fear means understanding what life is about, and how everything fits into God’s divine purpose, knowing that “it is well” (2 Kings 4:26). 

If you are grieving because of you lost someone in your life, or you are struggling with chronic anxiety because of fear, as a spiritual counselor, I can help you sort out some of the spiritual questions you may have, and help you clear up any confusion in your mind, as well as help you diffuse the stress associated with fear and anxiety.  In addition to grief counseling, I coach you so that you can get your life back on track spiritually and emotionally, by removing the negative effects and toxic emotions associated with living in chronic fear and anxiety, with my three-week Spiritual Renewal Coaching Program.

Spiritual Renewal Coaching Program

The spiritual renewal coaching program is divided into three sections which will address three areas of your life where you can find relief for stress – physical, social, and spiritual. This is a three-week program, but at the end of it all, you should have less stress in your life, be better able to enjoy life, and most of all find peace with God, yourself, and those around you.

The program outline is as follows:-

WEEK ONE: Physical relief
-Physical exercise, therapeutic touch, and affection

WEEK TWO: Social relief
-Social activities, gratitude, relationships

WEEK THREE: Spiritual relief
- Worship, life goals, spiritual growth

For more information on all my spiritual coaching programs, please visit my website:  http://www.hillarydawes.com/

MY FIVE-FOLD MINISTRY

It's been a long time since I have been here folks - almost one year.   I must say that this has been one of the most exciting years for me in my spiritual walk and growth in the Lord.  So much has happened for which I am truly thankful.   I am posting today to unveil the five-fold ministry which God has inspired me with.  It all surrounds the topic of my book, "Surviving a Global Economic Crisis: A Biblical Perspective."  If you follow these five basic principles for living, your life will be filled with everlasting PEACE.  I know, because I live them.  Amen. 

Below is a post from my facebook page, which was posted on October 7, 2011. 

"In light of the ongoing economic crisis facing the world, I am posting my end time survival kit, or things we each can do to survive and even thrive in these difficult times.

1) PRACTICE SACRED LOVE - Sacred love is loving God and your fellow human beings (The Greatest and Second Commandments). Demonstrate compassion, care, and affection for each other. You cannot say you love God, yet do not show love for those around you. Share resources to help those in need. By the sharing of resources, you are helping others, and others are helping you to survive during rough times.

2) EXERCISE - Exercise for physical health and physical strength. You need health and strength to enjoy life, and create wealth. "But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth." (Deuteronomy 8:18). "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their STRENGTH; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint" (Isaiah 40:31).

3) FOLLOW A SACRED DIET - Eat for health and strength. Follow a diet that does not deplete the natural resources of the Earth as much you can, as such a diet actually strengthens you (natural diets vs. processed foods, organic vs. conventional, etc).

4) PRACTICE FAITH BASED ECONOMICS - Follow spiritual financial principles laid out in my book, "SURVIVING A GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE." Learn how to avoid financial pitfalls and scams. Learn how God provides for your EVERY NEED, even in hard economic times. Understand what true prosperity is, and what is behind our sense of lack. My book will open your eyes to the spiritual workings controlling our finances, and how you can be released from the 'Babylon' mindset about finances, which is entrapping the world right now. A link for my book is provided below.

5) Finally, FOLLOW THE MIND OF CHRIST IN YOU! The mind of Christ within, is the kingdom of God within you. This mind of Christ allows you to see and process the world with a different mind set, with a different approach to life, which is different from the 'Babylon' mind set which is gripping the world in its vice. The mind of Christ frees you to enjoy life, and to reap the fruits of the Spirit such as love and joy, and gives you inner peace."

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2012: The Start of a New Age?

Matthew 24:3-8, NASB (Caps supplied for emphasis).

3As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the END OF THE AGE?"

4And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.
5"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.
6"You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
7"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
8"But all these things are merely the BEGINNING OF BIRTH PANGS.

The age-old question for over two thousand years has been, "When will Jesus return and when will the world come to an end?"  This question was asked by Jesus' own disciples as they sat upon the Mt. of Olives overlooking Jerusalem.  Naturally, they would have liked to know when He was coming back, especially since He left some unfinished business such as the restoration of the nation of Israel to a independent theocracy, free of Roman rule, undone.  In the prophetic timeline of Matthew 24, Jesus led them through a series of events which must take place before He returned.  It should be noted that the return of Christ was contingent upon the end of an old age, and the beginning of a new age.  No, this is not new age teaching, but 100% Biblical stuff here folks.  Many Bibles translate the Greek word "aion" to mean "world", but the word actually means "age" (Strong #165).  So the disciples were not asking Jesus about the end of the world, but about the end of the age they were living in.

What age were the disciples living in?  When was it supposed to have ended, and what age was to supposed to have gotten started?  When that new age ended, and was there supposed to be another age after that?  To answer those questions, one must understand something about time charting based upon astrological/astronomical signs.  Astronomy and astrology were a big part of Jewish culture.  Signs in the sky were important factors in prophecy as omens of impending changes upon the world scene.  In Genesis 1:14  it says that God gave us the celestial bodies in the heavens for signs.  ^"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for SIGNS, and for seasons, and for days, and years." The knowledge therefore as to how these celestial bodies act as sign posts is definitely essential for understanding time,  and God's timing for doing certain things upon the earth.  Before I go any further, let me just clarify the major difference between astrology and astronomy, because I will be using some astrological time concepts.  Astrology is the study of stars and celestial bodies, and the reading of omens, with the purpose of studying the effect of the stars on the social/economic/political conditions on earth.  This also implies a worship of the stars and planets as rulers over mankind.  Astronomy is the study of stars and celestial bodies without any implication of worship of those celestial bodies.  The sages of old practiced a form of astrology where God was recognized as the ruler of the stars and celestial bodies, who used the stars and heavenly bodies to warn us as to WHEN certain prophecies were to be fulfilled.  Hence we have the prophecy of Balaam about the star of Jacob, and the wise men from the east following a star to see the Christ child (Numbers 24:17, Matthew 2:2).  We see in the book of Isaiah where God turned back the course of the sun for king Hezekiah, as a SIGN of sure victory over the king of Assyria (Isaiah 38:4-8).  The Bible is replete with references to celestial bodies, as they are not up there for our entertaiment  and worship, but as signs from God to us.  We have Joseph dreaming about "the eleven stars" with himself being the twelfth star, which is probably an allusion to the twelve signs of the Zodiac or the planets, and the book of Job is filled with lots of references to constellations and stars (Genesis 37:6-10; Job 38:31-33).  Even Jesus spoke about watching the signs of the sun and moon to know when His appearance is near.

Matthew 24:25-27 (caps supplied for emphasis)

25And there shall be SIGNS IN THE SUN, AND IN THE MOON, AND IN THE STARS; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

So how long is an age?  According to astrologists, an age is approximately 2,160 years.  Personally, I am not sure of the name of the age in which the disciples lived because even astrologers disagree among themselves as to when certain ages started and ended.  We however need not be confused as the Bible has given us clear guidelines as to when the age to which the disciples were referring was to end.  Jesus tells us very plainly in Matthew 24:7-8 that the new age will start when nations start rising against nations, with famines in various places and earthquakes.
 
7"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.

8"But all these things are merely the BEGINNING OF BIRTH PANGS.

Have we not seen, since Christ left the earth even more calamities and wars between nations than ever before?  Starting with the Great Jewish rebellion in AD 66, the destruction of the Jewish temple in AD 70 by the Romans, the Roman conquest of Western and Eastern Europe as well as North Africa, the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Colonialism and world wide slave trade, World War I and II, global wars against terrorism, and so on.  What about the earthquakes and calamities we experienced quick succession in this year 2010?  What about the shift of the earth on its axis after the Chilean earthquake this year?  What about the global economic crisis and the shift to global finance and a world economy that is taking place?  Expect more paragdigm shifts as we approach the end of the age in the political, social, economic, and religious realms as well as in nature.

Most astrologers agree that we are living in the age of Pisces.  The Age of Pisces is set to end in the year 2150, but that is disputable as the Mayan calendar places the end of the our present age in 2012.  So you see, this is all so confusing as even astrologers cannot agree among themselves, but one thing is certain.  This age will end and a new age will be ushered in.  Will it be an age of peace, brotherhood, and Christ consciousness?  Or will it be a new age of clashing spiritual battles between religons?  I think a little of both will be seen.  With the spread of the gospel around the world, more people of various religious backgrounds will develop a sense of love for Christ, give their lives to Christ,  and Christ consciousness will increase around the world.  With that will also come rivalry from those who feel threatened by the rise of Christ consciousness, and the battle lines will be drawn over religion.  This new age will be the one that will take us to the second coming of Christ!  Are you ready for it?

ADDENDUM (10/8/11):  I tend to go with the idea that the disciples lived in the age of Aries (the ram).   Why do I believe that?  Based upon Biblical markers, and Jesus' own words that His generation would live to see the end of the age, tells me that a new age started in the time of the disciples/apostles, with the destruction of the temple in 70 AD (Matthew 24:1,2,34).  The new age which began, was the age of Pisces (the fish), and Aries was the preceding age to Pisces.  I have other  Biblical markers as well which seem to verify this, but I am open to other points of view. 

What I Have Been Up To

I know, it has been a month since I last posted anything to my blog.  That is quite unusual, but I have been very busy on Facebook!  You can follow me there, as I post almost daily there, and engage in lots of interesting conversations!  In addition, I also left my last post up on purpose because of the remaining questions surrounding the oil spill going on in the Gulf Coast, and other man-made and natural castrophes going on around the world.  I tell you, it is the time of the end, and the nearness of Christ's coming is at hand.  We need to prepare our hearts and soul to receive Him when He comes.  A lot of false theories are going to spring up about what is going on, and yet I see a softening of hearts during this latest oil spill.  When this oil spill FIRST started, many people on Huffington Post mocked me for saying we should pray about it because, in my view, only God can help us to get out of this problem.  I was mocked terribly, but I held my ground.  Now, I am seeing greater acceptance by people on Huffington Post that prayer may be our only solution.  Even self-called pagans are getting into the act!  Please read this interesting article from Huffington Post and the responses of people.  Here is another article from Huffington Post as well, about Gulf Spill Seeps Into Spiritual Life.

God has been good to us here in Florida.  For weeks now we have been threatened by the oil, but praise God, not a drop of oil has touched our shores.  "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" (James 5:16)!  Amen!

A New Earth

No, this is not a review of Eckhart Tolle’s (New Age spiritual teacher) popular book, but what I am doing is trying to make sense and put into perspective the rapid succession of natural disasters that have plagued Earth since the beginning of this year. Who can forget the large earthquake in Haiti, which was followed afterwards by earthquakes in Chile, Turkey, Indonesia, and other countries around the world, all within the first six months of this year? What about the volcanic eruption in Iceland, which is still a threat to Europe, and which has caused the shutting down of airports and air travel within and to and from Europe? How about this latest oil ‘spill’ where man has tapped into an underwater resource of oil, which has gushed out of control? I tell you, none of these events are just happening by coincidence. In my mind, they are all a part of a larger picture – a new Earth.


In several places in the Bible, many references are made to a new Earth coming. We read in Isaiah 66:17, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.” Again, we read in Revelation 21:1, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.” In order for God to create this new earth, the present earth must pass away – it must be done away it! Contrary to popular belief, God is not coming to take us to heaven for us to live there; rather, He is going to re-create this planet Earth we live on, for us to live here. Read what it says in Isaiah 66:22-23.

“For as the new heavens and the new earth which I shall make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that form one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me saith the LORD.”


People will be actually living on this new earth, and living productive lives. It will not be a metaphysical environment where we will live as disembodied spirits floating around on clouds – all flesh, meaning people with bodies, will worship God in this new Earth (Isaiah 66:23). It will not even be a place where only those who are recipients of eternal life and salvation will live; rather, it will be place where all people – saved and sinners -will live out their lives under a new era and system of things. Isaiah gives us a glimpse of what life will be like in the new Earth.

“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat (Isaiah 66:21-22a).”


The lifespan of man will be increased. The sinners will be live to be 100 years old, and the lifespan of the saved will be as “trees,” meaning, several hundred years old, perhaps I believe to 1,000 years (vss. 20, 22). Already we have seen that the lifespan of man has increased to 100 years, up from 70 years. I did a post  about the lifespan of man here to document this change. It should be noted that the increase in life span is NOT due to better health care or modern medicine, for it is IMPOSSIBLE for one to increase one’s lifespan. The lifespan of man is a pre-determined limit of how long man is supposed to live, under FAVORABLE conditions. This is different from life expectancy, which takes into account variables such as health status, hygiene, sanitary practices, lifestyle choices, and the availability of health care, and hence can be less than the life span IF those variables are unfavorable.

I know we have been taught that when Jesus comes back we will live forever, and the sinners will suffer eternally in hell, and the saved will live forever in heaven. What I am describing in this article is not eternity, but a transitional stage, before eternity. The earth must go through this transitional stage before eternity, and like all transitions, it can be painful. The Earth is right now undergoing ‘growing pains’. Paul, the writer of the book of Romans, compares the Earth’s transitional status with the labour pains a woman experiences while giving birth. “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” (Romans 8;22). Jesus uses the same metaphor of pain and sorrow in describing this age we are living in. He says, “All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew 24:8; John 16:21). Jeremiah writes that the Earth shall “mourn” in these last days.

“For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the earth MOURN, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it (Jeremiah 4:27-28, capitalized italics supplied).

Earth is under construction my friends. God is constructing and re-creating a new Earth right before our very eyes. As in construction, things have to be broken down, and torn apart to make room for the new; and so this world is being broken down, and torn apart to make room for the new Earth. The old things are passing away, so that we can experience the new (Revelation 21:4-5).

So, are you ready for the new Earth? A new era in time – a new age if you will? Where will you be in this new earth? Will you be one of the saved who lives in peace and harmony with your Creator in this new Earth? Or will you be among the unsaved who will live a shortened, accursed life in the new Earth (Isaiah 65:20)? To live successfully in this new Earth, change and transition must also start within you. You will need a new heart, or as Tolle puts it, a new level of consciousness, to enjoy the utopia of the new Earth. In any case, that new level of consciousness or new heart cannot be achieved by our own efforts. It must come from God. He wants to change our old stony hearts (the selfish, hard-hearted, egotistical self) and give us a new heart, or a new level of consciousness, that will be in harmony and at peace with Him, and the planet; because there is no way we can enjoy the new Earth, if we take with us our former ways of thinking and attitudes into it. It would just be more of the same heartache, anguish, despair, and distress, we are experiencing now in this dispensation, but only in a different setting. For utopia to be utopia, we have to learn how to relate to each other, and our planet, in a positive and loving way. God is willing to give us this new heart if we so desire to have it. Below, I have taken the liberty to amplify Ezekiel 36:26-28 to make it relevant to our modern way of thinking, as these verses speak very much to the necessity of us having a new heart, or new level of consciousness for a better world.

“A new heart [level of consciousness] also will I give you, and a new spirit [attitude] will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart [ego/selfishness/hard-heartedness] out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh [new level of consciousness]. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave your fathers [the new Earth]; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God” (Words in square brackets supplied).


So we see, a change of heart and attitude is essential for us to enjoy life in the new Earth, for it will be a time of great peace upon the Earth. Finally, the Earth will be at peace.

“They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like a bullock; and the dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD” (Isaiah 65:22-25).

More Earthquakes!

Indonesia hit by an earthquake on Wednesday, May 5 2010 for the second time this year.  Please see this blog post I did on March 6, for a running list of earthquakes for this year.  I am trying to keep up.  Not easy!

ADDENDUM:  Okay, I have now given up on keeping a current list of natural disasters and earthquakes.  Too many to list, and happening too fast!  But at least we all have an idea of the times we are living in.  Keep safe, and be blessed.