WHO IS "THE REAL, THE TRUE, THE LIVING" JESUS?
Just sharing some thoughts on the LIVING Jesus (see https://thelivingjesuschrist.wordpress.com/)
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html http://www.lulu.com/craiglock and http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock
All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children – mine!
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BOOKS (NEW) ON SPIRITUALITY (“The Spiritual Journey”)
By Craig Lock
All in paper-back (as well as Kindle editions)
From http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=la_B005GGMAW4_sr?rh=i%3Abooks&field-author=Craig+Lock&sort=relevance&ie=UTF8&qid=1374375740
Beyond the Zone: “A book out of this world” by craig g lock (Jul 17, 2013)
This book is available at: http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Zone-book-this-world/dp/1491018135
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The Spiritual Path: “The Way”: What is God? I’ve thought a lot about God over the years by craig lock (Jul 19, 2013)
This book is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1491037512
Paper-back and Kindle editions
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A Simple Look at Religion(s): “Spirituality for Dummies” by craig lock (Jul 19, 2013)
[Paperback]
This book is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Look-Religion-Spirituality-Dummies/dp/1491038292/
“My Talks with God”: A Journey of Listening to the Still Voice Within and Following My Calling in Life by craig lock and A Spirit (Jul 20, 2013)
This book is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Talks-God-Listening-Following/dp/1491040858
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“When the Penny Dropped”: A Beginner’s Guide to Spirituality (in Finding the Holy Grail) by craig g lock and a Spirit (Jul 20, 2013)
This book is available at:
http://www.amazon.com/When-Penny-Dropped-Beginners-Spirituality/dp/1491044403
“My Talks with God”: A Journey of Listening to the Still Voice Within and Following My Calling in Life by craig lock and A Spirit (Jul 20, 2013)
Available at http://www.amazon.com/My-Talks-God-Listening-Following/dp/1491040858
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How to Understand and Know God: God simplified and demystified! by craig lock and a Spirit (Jul 21, 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/How-Understand-Know-God-demystified/dp/1491046422/
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Jesus For “The Non-Religious” by craig lock (Jul 21, 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Non-Religious-craig-lock/dp/149104926X
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“The Two…or Three Jesus’s”: Teacher (great)… Prophet…or God? by craig lock and a Spirit (Jul 21, 2013)
Available at http://www.amazon.com/Two-Three-Jesuss-Teacher-Prophet/dp/1491052775/
“The Two…or Three Jesus’s”: Teacher (great)… Prophet…or God? by craig lock and a Spirit (Jul 21, 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Three-Jesuss-Teacher-Prophet/dp/1491052775
New Used
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The Real, the True, the Living Jesus: “The Word” by craig lock and a Spirit (Jul 22, 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/Real-True-Living-Jesus-Word/dp/1491055359/
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The Overlap between the Mind and Spirituality: An Examination into Human Consciousness by craig lock and A Spirit (Jul 21, 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/Overlap-between-Mind-Spirituality-Consciousness/dp/1491055707
Used
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Beyond the Zone: “A book out of this world” by craig g lock (Jul 17, 2013)
Formats Price New Used
http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Zone-book-this-world/dp/1491018135/
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“When the Penny Dropped”: A Beginner’s Guide to Spirituality (in Finding the Holy Grail) by craig g lock and a Spirit (Jul 20, 2013)
http://www.amazon.com/When-Penny-Dropped-Beginners-Spirituality/dp/1491044403
“Our Journey”: MY NOTES FROM BIBLE 1 (black) [Paperback]
http://www.amazon.com/Our-Journey-NOTES-BIBLE-black/dp/1491092904
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html
http://www.lulu.com/craiglock and http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock
All proceeds to needy and underprivileged children –
MINE!
PPS
Don’t worry about the world ending today…
it’s already tomorrow in “little scenic and tranquil” New Zealand
A Simple Look at Religion(s): “Spirituality for Dummies” [Paperback]
A SIMPLE LOOK AT RELIGION(S)
(SPIRITUALITY FOR “DUMMIES”)
An introductory look at the major religions of the world … for “thinkers” (and “tinkers”)
A collection of Craig Lock’s various articles on religion (and different religions).
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html
www.lulu.com/craiglock and http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock
One night I dreamed a dream.
I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord.
When the last scene of my life shot before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. There was only one set of footprints. I realized that this was at the lowest and saddest times of my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma.
“Lord, You told me when I decided to follow You, You would walk and talk with me all the way. But I’m aware that during the most troublesome times of my life there is only one set of footprints. I just don’t understand why, when I need You most, You leave me.”
He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you.”
Margaret Fishback Powers, 1964
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From Craig’s e-book A New Heart (Spirit) [Kindle Edition], which is available at http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-New-Heart-Spirit-ebook/dp/B006OT9KQQ
“Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love Him.”
James 1:12
As a sequel to The Greatest Race…the Race of Life
better start writing it then… OK. Here goes…
* EPILOGUE
(From To the End of the Rainbow)
THE GRAND PRIX CHAMPION
The Grand Prix driver crossed the finishing line on the ribbon of tarmac beneath the colourful banner stretching across the width of the oil and rubber smeared tarmac below to win the Monaco Grand Prix in the year that was 2009. Exhausted (both mentally and physically) and saturated with sweat, the champion driver in the theatre of speed raised his arms, in celebration, glorious triumph, knowing that he had driven his last.. and the best ever race in his long and illustrious career. As the great champion of the world drove under the banner proclaiming ‘Sport for Peace’ and received the chequered flag to the silent roars of the crowd, he also knew that a new chapter in his rather eventful life, yet also his greatest challenge lay in the days ahead.
SPORT FOR PEACE
From To the End of the Rainbow by craig lock
http://www.amazon.com/To-End-Rainbow-ebook/dp/B004YTPE9A
“If a man is called to be a street-sweeper,
he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted,
or Beethoven composed music, or
Shakespeare wrote poetry.
He should sweep streets so well
that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say,
here lived a great street sweeper
who did his job well.”
– Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tags: books by craig lock, Monaco Grand Pri, Monaco Grand Prix,Sport for Peace, To the End of the Rainbow
“Having pursued the goals, the dreams set before us and run the race with persistence and endurance, after giving it all. Then one day standing on the summit of life, breathing in the pure sweet oxygen of achievement, totally satisfied in running the greatest race, the race of life one that ANYONE can run and win.”
craig Nov 2011
http://www.amazon.com/THE-CHEQUERED-FLAG-GREATEST-ebook/dp/B0064R6D36
The various books* that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 http://goo.gl/vTpjk
http://www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/craigs-books +http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html
THE PROPHET (from ‘A New Dawn of Endless Possibilities’)
by craig
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Picture: Magnificent dawn on beautiful and deserted Midway beach, Gisborne, East Coast , New Zealand…a place where I dailyget my dose (“fill”) of upliftment and inspiration
Submitter’s Note:
The following is a short extract from a new work by Craig Lock ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Great Horizons’ (which he’s presently writing): a true story based on the words of one the characters in the story, his “actual” friend L, “the prayer-warrior and The Prophet’.
THE NEW PROPHET (from ‘A New Dawn of Endless Possibilities’)
These are the words of the Prophet.. that he wrote upon the stone at Mount Hikurangi on the isolated East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand (or “Godzone” as it is sometimes called)…
The Prophet made a pilgrimage up the coast from his home town, Gisborne, the First City in the World to see the New Day Sun to the imposing mountain. And Mount Hikurangi was a place of great spiritual significance to the indigenous Maori people, the Ngati Porou natives of the area.
And on his tablet, his notebook, The Prophet wrote these words…
“The deepest yearning of the human heart is to know God , And the Christian faith is not merely a collection of dogma, a series of “do’s and don’ts”; but a LIVING FAITH that TRANSFORMS people’s lives, as they meet a risen Saviour in Jesus Christ. And God’s spirit is LOVE!
Don’t limit God. We all have a spirit, but it can be added to, enhanced (without your own unique spirit being replaced). Summon a NEW SPIRIT. The spirit that made the world, the divine spark is within YOU; but it has to be activated through faith.
‘Faith sees the invisible, follows the unfathomable… and achieves the impossible.’
Each one of us is ‘hard-wired’ by God to find meaning and purpose in our lives. The Lord gave me a task for my life…. And God will never tell us to do something that is impossible to do. The Prophet had a ‘divinely inspired’ sense of purpose for his life: preparing the way for the much-prophesised impending return of Jesus Christ on earth. This strong ‘mission’ daily clarified his sense of focus. to SERVE others in his life and to seek the highest good for the greatest number of people.
However, the Lord says that we must remain humble. We are all just ‘ordinary’ (what’s that?) … yet God gives us ‘special assignments’. God does not need to receive, but human beings need to GIVE. And God, Divine Source, will not give to us what will not flow through us, a ‘generosity of spirit’.
Get yourself right with Jesus, man. His followers speak for Him today, so that each one of us are His eyes, hands and voice.
Get your next ‘fix’ from Jesus. It cost’s you nothing, yet it cost Christ His life!
YOU can become your ministry. A powerful vision, mixed with belief gives me the commitment to continue down this path I’ve chosen for my life.
I’ve been through great hardship in my life; yet it has brought me much closer to God… if you let Him. He will give you a strong, resilient spirit.
‘If you can conceive it on the inside, God can bring it to pass on the outside.’
‘Faith without engagement in the socio-political world is faith without works.’
No-one in history has had insight into the human mind and personality like Jesus Christ. Christianity is different to other religions in that God reaches out to us through the infinite power of Christ… and this ‘spark in the soul’ can hugely change lives for the better… and even lead to snow-capped peaks of human achievement.
Through Christ, after my mistakes and “mess ups”, I can now truly love myself… at long last. Accepting myself as “A Prophet” to herald in a New Age. The imminent return of Christ as God for a New Age. I have found my passion… to love and serve God (and my neighbour) with all my heart and soul … and of course to love myself… as God has always loved me in a bright new tomorrow. ”
With those words the great Prophet paused and put down his pen. Looking up at the high mountain rising above him. Taking a sip of cool water from the bubbling stream beside him, this humble servant thanked the Good Lord for the day, totally surrendering his rather eventful life to the Great Designer of the Universe.
The vision was so clear… and as the Great Book says, “without a vision the people perish”.
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Refreshed, after a few minutes the Prophet picked up his pen and resumed writing…. and these were his words in his black diary.
“‘Pursue excellence. Should you stumble. Let it be on a lofty mountain.’
As Mother Teresa said: ‘Do something beautiful for God’. Through you, Jesus, I have entered into a new, a higher form of existence, with a new wealth of spirit. Christ, you are the beacon for my life, the ‘anchor of my faith’…, guiding me each step along the amazing journey of life.
As said Father, ‘My Grace is sufficient for you’.
The Highest goal of my life, the deepest yearning of my heart is knowing You, God. Lord, increase my faith and make me, my ‘little’ life a channel for your peace, your love and infinite Grace to flow through to everyone I meet. I’m ready to receive Your Infinite favour.”
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will award to me on that day.” – 2 Timothy 4:7
And with those words the Prophet ended the prayer that he wrote in his sacred diary, the one he had specially bought for his trip to Mount Hikurangi. He know that the Lord would speak to him there… and the words were so so clear, a ‘still voice within’ on that early morning on the last day of March in the year 2008. Totally content, filled with joy and with heart at total peace, the New Prophet slowly put down his pen and looked up at the sacred great mountain. Glistening white snow covered the peak of Mount Hikurangi, shining ever so brightly in the brilliant sunshine .
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“People don’t decide to be extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” – Sir Edmund Hilary (New Zealand conquerer of Mount Everest (1919-2008)
My New Book The Prize is now available at Smashwords (thanks, Bill).
Just click on www.smashwords.com/books/view/277286
The various books* that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/books/74-craigs-books
http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html and http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock
All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children –
MINE!
A NEW HEART
Stories of hope, renewal, transformation, the redemptive power of LOVE and ultimately the pursuit of PEACE. A never-ending” story!
“We can learn far more from our tears than from our laughter”
“This too shall pass and things WILL get better”
“Peace: This does not mean that we are immune from life’s daily struggles, trials and tribulations (and also the tragedies and wars occurring around the globe. It’s a choice of living amidst the disappointments, the daily “ups and downs”, yet having a calmness in our hearts and truly being at peace …with ourselves and the world.”
craig (20th Dec 2011)
Themes of justice, hope, love and peace.
“There are better ways than war to resolve conflict.”
A NEW HEART
Stories of hope, renewal, transformation, the redemptive power of LOVE and ultimately the pursuit of PEACE. A never-ending” story!
“We can learn far more from our tears than from our laughter”
“This too shall pass and things WILL get better”
“Peace: This does not mean that we are immune from life’s daily struggles, trials and tribulations (and also the tragedies and wars occurring around the globe. It’s a choice of living amidst the disappointments, the daily “ups and downs”, yet having a calmness in our hearts and truly being at peace …with ourselves and the world.”
craig (20th Dec 2011)
Themes of justice, hope, love and peace.
“There are better ways than war to resolve conflict.”
The great power of LOVE to effect transformation…in people’s lives, in countries…everywhere.
The characters (and readers) can/will choose different stories, different paths…and we’ll see where it all leads (and test my creative imagination)…_________________________
Footprints: Also Known As “I Had a Dream”
One night I dreamed a dream.
I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my Lord.
When the last scene of my life shot before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. There was only one set of footprints. I realized that this was at the lowest and saddest times of my life. This always bothered me and I questioned the Lord about my dilemma.
“Lord, You told me when I decided to follow You, You would walk and talk with me all the way. But I’m aware that during the most troublesome times of my life there is only one set of footprints. I just don’t understand why, when I need You most, You leave me.”
He whispered, “My precious child, I love you and will never leave you, never, ever, during your trials and testings. When you saw only one set of footprints, It was then that I carried you.”
Margaret Fishback Powers, 1964 *************
“The Journey’ entails a man or woman confronted with reversals, difficulties or tragedy, but who through courage and perseverance confronts each of these in turn and overcomes them.
At each step the hero ascends to a higher level of wisdom or maturity, until by the completion of the journey, she or he has reached some state of equilibrium, an accommodation with life, a sense of serenity or acceptance. Or NOT!”
– fine words on writing by John Cranna (Founder of the Creative Hub* and AUT Centre for Modern Writing) * Web site: http://www.thecreativehub.net.nz/page/tutors_and_workshop_leaders.html
and like John, Craig too loves to write about similar uplifting, empowering and inspiring themes in his various books. He has a ‘passion’ for writing books that tell stories about people doing positive things in this often so hard, sometimes unkind world, occasionally so cruel, yet always amazing world He loves ‘telling tales’, sharing true stories that leave the reader feeling uplifted, empowered and perhaps hopefully even inspired. He loves to try to “test his writing limits and imagination “and is currently writing ‘To The End of the Rainbow(New)’.
“Together, one mind, one life at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, encourage, empower, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light… and where there is sadness, joy. I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”
– St Francis of Assisi (thanks, dearest mom for sharing those inspirational words with me)
Together, one mind, one heart at a time, let’s walk (or march) bravely into a bright new tomorrow
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CRAIG’S AMAZON BOOKS ON SPIRITUAL GROWTH (THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY)
The Awakened Spirit (A New Dawn and Craig’s Spiritual Books) by Craig Lock (Aug 13, 2004)
CRAIG’S SPIRITUAL BOOKS: A COLLECTION (My Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock and spirit (Sep 9, 2011)
My Journey of Faith (Spiritual Thoughts) by Craig Lock (Sep 4, 2011)
“When the Penny Dropped”: A Beginners Guide to Spirituality (The Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock and spirit (Sep 4, 2011)
“Talks with God”: A Journey of Following the “Still Voice Within” (1999) (The Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock (Sep 6, 2011)
How to Understand and Know God (My Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock (Sep 6, 2011)
The LIVING Jesus: Jesus for the “Non-Religious”… without the dogma (The (My) Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock and Spirit (Sep 20, 2011)
The Spiritual Path: “The Way (of Spirit)” (“In the Zone”) by craig lock (Dec 13, 2011)
‘The Spiritual Mind’ : The Connected Mind (The Overlap Between the Mind and Spirituality) by craig lock (Jan 2, 2012)
A New Dawn by Craig Lock (Apr 17, 2006)
The Awakening (Savuka)* (A New Dawn) by craig lock (Dec 29, 2011)
A New Heart (Spirit) by craig lock (Dec 21, 2011)
“When the Penny Dropped”: A Beginners Guide to Spirituality (The Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock and spirit (Sep 4, 2011)
A SIMPLE LOOK AT RELIGION (SPIRITUALITY FOR “DUMMIES”) by Craig Lock and Spirit (Aug 27, 2011)
‘The Spiritual Mind’ : The Connected Mind (The Overlap Between the Mind and Spirituality) by craig lock (Jan 2, 2012)
The Overlap between the Mind and Spirituality: An examination into Human Consciousness (‘The Zone and Spirit)) by craig lock (and spirit) (Dec 15, 2011)
Love Never Fails…Nor Dies (Craig’s Articles) by Craig Lock (Sep 2, 2011)
The LIVING Jesus: Jesus for the “Non-Religious”… without the dogma (The (My) Spiritual Journey) by Craig Lock and Spirit (Sep 20, 2011)
The Spiritual Path: “The Way (of Spirit)” (“In the Zone”) by craig lock (Dec 13, 2011)
from The Choice : YOUR Choice (I’ll Do it My Way) [Kindle Edition]
from The Choice : YOUR Choice (I’ll Do it My Way) [Kindle Edition]
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