Allegory of Spots

Welcome to the Allegory of Spots. This Podcast series will give you an understanding of why you matter, and why all people matter, and yes, we matter together. You will be taught how to identify truth, remember love, and how to rid yourself of bad habits and behaviors that are hindering your progression mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. You will learn about Spots, what they are, and how they affect you and those you love. You will gain an understanding on how to remove your Spots. Let's get started.

The Account and the Ability.An Account is a statement of conduct; this is the knowledge required. The Ability is the power or capacity to do or act in any relation, and this is the power to move forward; Account & Ability.What does the word accountability mean to you? What are you accountable for? Your choices, your actions? And how does what you do impact others every day? It’s time to wake up. Every choice and every action DOES impact everyone with whom you come in contact with.Consider this saying: what I say and do are the things that others remember, I am accountable for my words and my actions. The great changes that are taking place in the world, move me to change and choose each day to see the impact of my words and actions, and strive to be an influence for good in this chaotic world.

Have you ever stopped to think about how addictions affect you mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically, and how addictions are impacting every aspect of your life? Remember this, an addiction is anything that keeps you from progressing.We often associate the term addiction with drugs, alcohol, overeating, or activities that take all our time, focus and energy. But did you know that an addiction is anything in your life that is keeping you from progressing or moving forward? Addictions are mental, emotional, spiritual and physical. Addictions are Spots and these Spots keep us from seeing or beholding ourselves and others as God sees us. They cover us like a dirty windshield constantly trying to obstruct our views. We need to remove each and every Spot so that we can progress. As you follow the steps outlined in this Podcast, your eyes will be opened to see yourself and to see others in a way that God sees us all (it's called beholding). You'll behold yourself and others in a whole new light.

Agency is something or someone that acts to produce a particular result. Have you really ever stopped to think about the word Agency? What about the impact each decision you make has on the direction and outcomes in your life, whether those decisions are big or small, simple or complex.Did you know that your agency can be taken away by your choices? You hear the word consequence used a lot; it's the result or outcome which follows the choices we have made.  Agency is choosing who you want to follow.  Choosing good verses evil. Acting and not being acted upon. And by choosing good, we are binding ourselves to God.

As you begin to behold others the way God beholds them, and begin seeing them for who they really are, the spot of disobedience and unruliness goes away. Obedience, love, and light return.Those around you may question the new “you” and ask, where is the person we used to know? Bring him / her back. Remember, darkness does not gravitate toward the light. But in reality, every time you choose to listen and follow your decision to become unspotted, you change, and you begin to let the light of Jesus Christ into your life.

An internet search reveals thousands of results for the what, the how, and the why of Eating Disorders. If you are sitting in misery you might think the only thing that will feed you or bring you peace or comfort is: food, alcohol, drugs, or sex; but that is wrong.There is a beautifully simple way to overcome Eating Disorders. What you feed your spirit is what feeds your flesh. Your body will follow your spirit, so feed your spirit what you want to become.What types of things are you feeding your spirit?

Holding on to Hate is like filling a backpack full of rocks and carrying it around with you everywhere you go. It only weighs you down and serves no purpose but to slow you down.When you come upon someone speaking negative, turn away. Don’t get drawn into a negative dialogue, and don’t draw others into negative conversations. Work to eliminate them totally. You don't need to hold onto thoughts or feelings that will lessen the light and love of Christ which is in you.

Have you ever heard of the “book of life”? In this episode, we share with you how you may get your name written into this book and likewise how you may have your name blotted out from this same book. There is a formula or equation for this and it is quite simple; here it is: Repentance + Faith + Atonement = Born Again. If you’re not practicing any of the following: repentance, faith and using the atonement of Jesus Christ, then you won’t be reborn again!We are taught to ask, to seek and to knock as shared in the book of Matthew in the New Testament: “Ask and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” A fool is someone who lacks sense or judgment. If you really don’t believe in Christ, why would he open the door when you knock? Don’t be the fool, Christ has marked the way.Refer to: Matthew 7:7 / Acts 3:19

Perspective is everything. It is not what we see, but the way we see it. When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.How do you stop complaining emotionally, spiritually, mentally and physically? Think before you let the complaints come out of your mouth. Change your thoughts into moving forward in a positive way. Nothing of value is ever accomplished by complaining.

Thou shalt not covet was given as one of the Ten Commandments. When we Covet we want what someone else has. What is your heart set on? We speak often of the two great commandments in this Podcast series. Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and love thy neighbor as thyself. Why are these so important? As you focus on what you do have, you turn your attention toward God, you begin to love God and in turn, you become consumed by his Love. Your desire then turns to loving your neighbor even as you love yourself, and your time is consumed with what is best for your neighbor and yourself. You begin to recognize and focus on what is needed for good to prevail. Are you starting to see the simplicity of God’s words!

Stop, think, and stop reacting. You do not need to lay hands on a person to teach them a lesson. Instead we should be fair, firm and friendly. When someone stops the progression of someone else, this is abuse.

How many times a day do we as believers of God do things that are so far from what we know a loving God would have us do and even be?Have you heard the saying, “do as I say and not as I do?”Be the change you want to see in the world. Christ said it well when he said, “Come follow me.”

We often want to Blame something or someone so that we have an excuse for falling short. If you Blame another, you have placed a Spot upon that person and also upon yourself.We have the greatest example of forgiveness from our Savior, Jesus Christ, who is blameless. Remember, there is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still; God will give us the love to be able to forgive our enemies. How do you stop from being spotted by blame, and how do you stop placing blame on yourself and others? The answer is, forgiveness!

Have you ever shouted out a comment when you are angry and thought afterward, that was the dumbest thing I could have said, why did I say that? Too often, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone. You don’t know damnation until you face it. Remember, Jesus Christ has already paid the price for each of these spots; he has paid for all the hate and all the anger, so that you can live with God again. Remove these spots so that you might continue to progress toward God.Anger is a Spot that acts upon you so that you lose control, you lose your temper, and by so doing you are literally losing your free agency. It may help to listen once again to the third Episode entitled Addictions. In that Episode we talk about “beholding” others. When you can look upon others and love them the way God sees and loves them, you won’t be annoyed or angry any more. The closer you get to God, the closer he can get to you.

Social media has supplied a prolific way to boast, and there are many articles and books that address the impact of boasting and its destructive results. Boasting is readily recognized as someone who is self-absorbed or tries to show themselves or glorify their accomplishments. Boasting can be found in all forms; mental, emotional, spiritual and physical. As spoken of by Christ, Let not thy left hand know what your right hand doeth (Matthew 6:3). Surely the opposite of boasting is to humble ourselves and show humility, and to consider others ahead of oneself. If we acknowledge the example of Jesus Christ’s life, we come to understand that He has provided the very tools we need to have humility.

Ponder for a moment how the words adultery and kill work together and why one might accompany the other.You may not see the correlation between the words adultery and kill; and you might even think it a contradiction that these two words would even be used together.If a wife or husband steps out on the other, it is as if one kills the spirit or soul of the other. The one who steps away has given into lusts and was being acted upon, and wasn’t thinking of themselves, their spouse, or even of God. Which is why it is so important to remove these spots, so that you can begin to act and not be acted upon.If you cave to these lusts, you are also stepping out and away from God mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically. If you transgress against God, you are acting adulterous toward him and in-turn, you are killing your spirit.

Why do people bully others? Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied anyone?Think of a rock thrown into the water. The impact create a ripple effect that continue on and on. The effects of bullying ripple out and can be felt for many years and beyond. They effect whole families and groups of individuals. Don’t let the adversary get hold of your heart. If you want God to quickly forgive you, then quickly forgive others.

Have you ever had a canker sore? It eats away at your skin and can burrow deep making it hard to remove. Would you be surprised to know that a canker is actually a corrupting influence; hate is one such influence and it is very hard to rid yourself of. So it is with Spots, they canker or corrupt us. They burrow deep into your soul and make it hard in some cases to remove. But with great effort and determination, you can remove these Spots that work to corrupt your soul. Salvation is yours if you use the Atonement of Jesus Christ and remove your spots. Damnation is yours if you don’t.

We are living in a world where doing NOTHING is okay. I has become the norm. We have forgotten why we are truly here on this earth. Which is to love God and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. To help one another return back to be with God.Stop being idle; Stop doing nothing and not making good use of your time Start moving; Start caring; Start doingStart loving your neighbor as much as you love yourself

Wouldn’t you agree that is critical that we know for a certainty if someone is honest and true? So how do you discern if a person is genuine and not false; especially a person to whom we are looking to for guidance and understanding. Opposition will always point you away from and never toward God; for example: I love God but I hate my brother.We can discern true or false teachers and leaders by the things they do and speak. Judge them by their fruits, for opposition will never point you toward Jesus Christ.