Changes

Prayer (Men-o-Pah): Last year our choir sang this piece and it kind of colludes to us. We sang it about three or four times, which is kind of unusual for us. We sang the piece both before and after Easter. The composer of this piece is Kenneth Medina. Kenneth Medina is black and his life is full of the spirit.

Prayer (Men-o-Pah): Last year our choir sang this piece and it kind of colludes to us. We sang it about three or four times, which is kind of unusual for us. We sang the piece both before and after Easter. The composer of this piece is Kenneth Medina. Kenneth Medina is black and his life is full of the spirit.

<blockquote>"Oh, listen to your children praying

<center>"Oh, listen to your children praying

 

Oh, send your spirit into this place

Oh, send your spirit into this place

Oh, listen to your children praying

Oh, listen to your children praying

You gonna know it when the Lord stretches out his hand

 

 

<center>You gonna know it when the Lord stretches out his hand

 

And the people of the Lord get down to pray

And the people of the Lord get down to pray

You gonna be singing a brand new song of victory in this land

You gonna be singing a brand new song of victory in this land

Oh, listen to your children praying

 

 

<center>Oh, listen to your children praying

 

Oh, send your spirit into this place

Oh, send your spirit into this place

Oh, listen to your children playing

Oh, listen to your children playing

Send us love, send us power, send us grace."</blockquote>

 

Send us love, send us power, send us grace."</center>

MERIUM: Amen and thank you, brother Carl/Wayawahili/Men-O-Pah & Co. for reminding us of his love, his power and his grace in the eyes of this old Negro spiritual. There is great heart in these words. There is great heart in the soul of each of you, each of you here today, as well as those of you who respond to the harmonious patterns from On High which you can use as steps on the ladder of cosmic ascension, even as we each condescend to climb that ladder in our individual destiny paths and tasks today.

MERIUM: Amen and thank you, brother Carl/Wayawahili/Men-O-Pah & Co. for reminding us of his love, his power and his grace in the eyes of this old Negro spiritual. There is great heart in these words. There is great heart in the soul of each of you, each of you here today, as well as those of you who respond to the harmonious patterns from On High which you can use as steps on the ladder of cosmic ascension, even as we each condescend to climb that ladder in our individual destiny paths and tasks today.

We got heart. "Ya gotta have heart. Miles and miles and miles of heart." Is that not the song? Intellectual assurances are invaluable and the spirit is unfailing, but when you have heart invested in this experience of living the life, you have added the flavor of fine soup, the aroma of an exotic flower, the pain of experiential living, and the certain thrill of triumph. These elements of character are the playing fields upon which we act out our lives and demonstrate our faith.

We got heart. "Ya gotta have heart. Miles and miles and miles of heart." Is that not the song? Intellectual assurances are invaluable and the spirit is unfailing, but when you have heart invested in this experience of living the life, you have added the flavor of fine soup, the aroma of an exotic flower, the pain of experiential living, and the certain thrill of triumph. These elements of character are the playing fields upon which we act out our lives and demonstrate our faith.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

We come to a new passage in this season, the winter solstice, into a new dispensation, a New Year, a new chapter in global history and in personal cycles of adventure in the flesh. Life is ever ongoing. Always are there opportunities for you to delve into a new pattern, in the experience of which you can gain wisdom through trial and error, through practice, by comparison, and in ways that will augment your existence.

We come to a new passage in this season, the winter solstice, into a new dispensation, a New Year, a new chapter in global history and in personal cycles of adventure in the flesh. Life is ever ongoing. Always are there opportunities for you to delve into a new pattern, in the experience of which you can gain wisdom through trial and error, through practice, by comparison, and in ways that will augment your existence.