62nd Live Stream with Carlton Pearson - Struggle with Imperfection

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Do you Struggle with a sense of imperfection? Are you pre-occupied with "sin consciousness"? You'll never know you're free from "sin" until you know that you are actually free to "sin" and still be loved by God as a god! According to the book of Genesis, the council of Gods said, after Adam and Eve ate from the "forbid" tree, "They have now become like one of us, knowing good and evil". So stop panicking over the wheat and tares or "good and evil" growing in your life! Without it, you're not like God or the gods of creation that many say they believe in. In the parable of the wheat and tares (Matthew 13:24-30), Jesus is quoted to have said, after disciples asked should they pull the weeds or tares from the garden: "No; for while you are gathering up the tares, (weeds) you may uproot the wheat with them. 'Allow both to grow together until the harvest..." Don't destroy the garden of your life by trying to make it completely weedless. Learn to co-exist with your perceived imperfections without allowing them to intimidate you. Your integrated self has purpose and worth as it is. Celebrate it as part of your wholeness. There are growths (weeds) or unwanted plants in your life and mind that will remain there for extended periods of time and for some of us, until we die (transition). Don't fret over that reality. Carlton Pearson After college at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa Oklahoma he served for 15 years on its Board of Regents, and two years as Associate Evangelist of The Oral Roberts Association, (ORA). In 1977, Pearson founded Higher Dimensions Ministries (now New Dimensions ), in Tulsa, which grew to over 5,000. Bishop Pearson was consecrated to the office of Bishop in 1996 thru a College of Bishops headed by Bishop Charles E Blake, presently the Presiding Bishop of the Churches of God In Christ, the denomination he was raised in and through whom he was ordained in 1971. In 1993, Carlton married the former Gina Marie Gauthier who is a professional Life Coach and Yoga teacher. More recently, he has felt a passion to proclaim the "Gospel Of Inclusion" and has written a widely acclaimed book by that name, published by Simon and Schuster. It confronts the Christian church's exclusivism as being inconsistent, in spirit with the teachings of Jesus. Pearson's frank and often controversial take on a number of different subjects has earned him appearances on television programs such as NBC and MSNBC's Dateline, ABC's Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley, The Edge with Paula Zahn and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Monique Show on BET, and a number of other television, radio and print media outlets. Bishop Pearson was recognized as one of America's 10 Most Influential Black Ministers by Gospel Today and Belief.net. He has received several honorary doctoral degrees. Bishop Pearson recently served as the Interim Senior Minister at Christ Universal Temple in Chicago. He and Gina now host New Dimensions of Chicago, building a local multi-cultural and radically Inclusive spiritual community that emphasizes expanded consciousness and Self Actualization. His newest book, God Is Not A Christian, Nor A Jew, Muslim, Hindu...God Dwells With Us, In Us, Around Us, As Us was published by Simon and Schuster and released in the spring of 2010. Visit our Youtube Channel for more video! Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/bishoppearson Website: http://www.bishoppearson.com Join Email List: http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=cqgwpvn6&p=oi&m=1011112155650

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• Strength in Hard Times