No matter what your religion, faith, culture or background is, if you recognize the core of God as the embodiment of Love, you will be able to hold all things up to that, and you will know if it is from God or not. We are sparks of his divine flame; therefore, what is of love will resonate in a deep place within us, and love will recognize Love. This is the easiest way to know God. But what about the details? Does God have a name? Do all the names mean the same God? Is God really a “He”? And what about the terrible things that so many religions teach? How do we know that God even exists?

God’s core essence is unconditional love – this may seem like a difficult answer to many. Many have been taught that God is similar to a strict high school principal or prison warden. Many are taught that we have to earn love, be perfect and never make mistakes or there will be dire consequences. These are all manipulations and scare tactics that have been passed down by men, fear traditions to control humanity, and do not reflect the true nature or characteristics of God. Much truth about God’s love can be found in the Bible, but many of the distortions of its beauty continue to occur by those who seek to influence and control through fear; for their own benefit, or simply because they want to be safe and follow a tradition instead of knowing God for themselves.

Religion is often used as a fence, while God prefers the freedom of open pastures. Houses of prayer and fellowship are wonderful when they are focused on Love. God does not want us to follow one another; he wants each one of us to be the mystic, that we can hear the Love in our own hearts, that we follow it. But God wants us to encourage each other to actively seek Love, to help each other become aware of spiritual need, to share how Love has guided, protected, and healed us on our journey. Be a reflection of the power of Love in the lives of others every day. A great spiritual connection is what Love wants for us, and the tradition or path a person takes to receive it can vary depending on where the person lives or what the person can recognize at the time. “Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:7,8)

Does this mean that the God Christians pray to is the same God Muslims pray to? Is any way to worship God okay? First of all, we must not lump prayers into one group, and just as Christianity has many divisions, so do all other world religions. In Love’s desire to interact with us personally, He also listens to individual prayers. “The Lord hates the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.” (Proverbs 15:8) There are people who make good and bad decisions in all religions. No matter where we affiliate, we are still the ones in charge of what we choose to do with what comes our way. If we choose to hate each other because our religion or culture tells us to, that’s a problem, because it goes against the core essence built within us. God is pure and full of light, and he always has his hand outstretched towards us so that we can come closer. When we choose things that are not of love, we separate from it and darken. Light and darkness cannot be together in the same place. That is why when we choose to do things of Love, we can hear and see more clearly more opportunities to spread love around us. And when we don’t, we lose our way and lean more on our own limited understanding or easily give our power away to others.

So if you’re a Christian praying to the big Santa in heaven for the next item on your list, you’ll see God in a different way than I do, even though I’m a Christian. If you are praying not to go to a fiery hell, you are praying to a God I do not know, as the God I know has used parables many times to explain things, but torture could never coexist with Love. In fact, in Biblical days there was a pagan ritual of sacrificing children to false gods by burning them to death in fire, and God shows his disgust at that by saying, “The people of Judah have done evil in my sight…they have built the high places of Tophet… to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my heart”. (Jeremiah 7:30, 31) It is not in the heart of a loving God to do such a thing, it is unreasonable. And that’s why we don’t have to be trained scholars or considered wise in the ways of the world and decipher all the arguments and translations of ancient words to know the heart of God. The truth of his love will always be reasonable. This also helps us to recognize when people are listening to God or other supernatural beings, due to the characteristics of their god. There are many fallen angels (demons) who have set themselves up as gods since ancient times and want to communicate in order to deceive and control humanity, and behind the facade of “goodness” they will be recognized as unloving and sensible at their core. .

“God” is a title, just like “President” is a title, but both the President and God have a personal name. What is the name of God? Only in the Bible do we see many names by which he has passed: Yahweh, Lord Almighty, Alpha and Omega, I AM, Jehovah, Creator of Heaven and Earth, etc. This was one of the first questions I asked God, and he told me that even if his name was written as a series of numbers, when he finished saying it, it would be wrong. Why? Because God continues to change and expand, and that is the nature of Love. God is neither male nor female, but he has mothering and nurturing qualities like a woman has, and the protective and supportive qualities that a man has. Most people refer to God as man and as a father figure, and this is what Christ also did, which also reflects a desire to accept the leadership or authority of Love in our lives. So it doesn’t matter if you call God Heavenly Father, Divine Love, The Great Man, etc., it’s not going to encompass all that he is; but to address him with love and respect, and to know the Love that he represents behind whatever name is given to him. God knows his full name at every moment and all that it encompasses, just as he knows our unique heart and spirit behind whatever name we were given at birth.

We were made in the likeness of God. What does this mean? We know that it goes far beyond the physical body. God does not have flesh, hands and legs. So what does it really mean to be made “in the image of God”? In short, we have the same spirit. As previously stated, each one of us is a spark of the Divine Flame, spirit created from Spirit, love from Love. “Then God said: ‘Let us make man in our image… and God created man in his image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them… and God blessed them… (Genesis 1:26-28) Love has many facets, like a beautiful revolving gem.Every time we show compassion, mercy , kindness, empathy, encouragement, joy, happiness, forgiveness, peace, faithfulness, self-control and any of the other attributes of love, we are expressing who we really are in the depths of our being, which is why it feels so good to do these things, and it’s part of fulfilling the purpose of why we’re here: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength… (and) love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:30,31) When we love, we remember who we are, who God is, and who our neighbor is. Once Plus, it’s about Love.

But how do we even know that God exists? Move the leaves. What does this mean? God knows it’s hard for us because he’s invisible. We can’t see it. But microwaves, radio waves, gravity, wind, all of these are also invisible, but we know they’re there. How? For the things they do. We know that the wind exists because it moves the leaves on the trees, and that helps us to know that it is there and to believe in the invisible. This is why God has used physical signs and wonders throughout time in all cultures in all parts of the world, supernatural things to show that he not only exists but wants to participate in our lives and has the power to help, because he loves. U.S.

Just as parables and illustrations have always been a part of the teaching on love, so have miracles, healings, true prophecy, sacred stigmata, words of knowledge, intuitive gifts, visions, apparitions. , near-death experiences, special dreams: everything and more are opportunities. so that we see and know that we are not alone, never have been and never will be. The “proof is in the pudding” as they say. In other words, God will always verify what is his, and what is not; just if we ask you. Try it. “Taste and see that God is good…” (Psalm 34:8) Hold all things shared with you to Love and see if your essence rings true with it. Prayerfully ask God to validate you, to let you know, and to express it in a clear and identifiable way so you don’t miss it. Also use your God-given reasoning ability, any validation of personal evidence or empirical experience, and see if the information makes positive changes and differences in your life.

So, recognizing the core essence of God as unconditional love frees us from all fear, traditions, or teachings that are not of divine origin, and helps us to discern that everything seen, experienced, or heard by holding it up to see is good and God, or No. As the divine flame ignites, a resonance will occur within us as we identify Love and make our decisions accordingly. More important than giving God a particular name is giving him love and respect, and wishing to expand the mystical and personal communication between the two of you, which can include many different ways of identifying with each other. We can become God’s instruments by reflecting his love in everything we do, because we were created in his image. Sometimes this can include demonstrations of the supernatural power of your love through gifts such as miracles, healings, and sharing experiences of dreams or visions, etc., which are part of your unconditional fullness of Love. “God is love. Who lives in love lives in God.” (1 John 4:18)