CHRISTIANITY IN THIS CONTEXT

O U R C H A R I S M A T A with Anne Marie
CHRISTIANITY IN THIS CONTEXT
CREATING A SACRED SPACE in a Controversial Setting.
Inspiring Peaceful Dialogue

There are many who are receptive to intuitive Spiritual counsel service who identify as "Spiritual" and do not identify with any religion or defined Spiritual community and corresponding beliefs about ultimate Reality, and so this content may not be relevant.
This content is relevant and hopefully clarifying for those who do identify with a religion, a faith practice.
This page, the "Christian Dialogue" page, and "Portrait of a Spiritual Companion" page address how these services fit into the established framework of the Christian religion denominations, those teachings, Principles, doctrines, any catechism, and the range of views on charismata. This is supplied because, from experience, I have heard and observed repeatedly a gap in the validity of connecting these services to Spiritually religious discernment.
There is a gentle necessity to bring up the elephant in the room among Christians.
Have you read about "The Blind Men and the Elephant?" Read the Parable here!
I aim to help restore the clarity, propriety, inherently sacred nature, and the long, positive history of conveying the Expression, Grace, of the Holy Spirit within the Christian paradigm.

"By the Grace of God I am what I am...yet not I, but the Grace of God with me." [1 Corinthians 15:10]

On a personal note
"The presence, the unconditional Love, and provision of God have freed me to convey the expression of the Holy Spirit for our sessions. With a consecrated heart I have been singing a new song of praise for Grace, for being shown this entirely profound relationship to all of Life." Anne Marie

Defining the Key Terms for Clarity
In non-secular terms, a "psychic" is called a "prophet
:::disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of Spiritual Truth :::
The use of "prophet" is written here with much vigilance and humility, please see DEFINITIONS page for mutual clarity.
Anne Marie's services do not add to, or change, the Judeo-Christian Scriptures.
Anne Marie does not act as a prophet to lead you to worship foreign gods.

In non-secular terms, a "medium," is someone (a person practicing the Christian way of faith, in this case) who can discern spirits and brings the gifts of the Holy Spirit to connect you with Messages of a departed Loved one.

In essence, conveying the expression of Holy Spirit has always meant to provide stability, and to inspire. In addition, it is commonly practiced to reflect on the Messages after a session and to discover how they remind or expound upon an established Spiritual premise for the seeker, but not "to add to" any existing fundamental reality, or religious principles.

A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC - "PSYCHIC" - AND I CHOOSE TO ADDRESS IT BOLDLY, AND CLEARLY.
ALL BACKGROUNDS WELCOME. I DO NOT IMPOSE MY BELIEFS ONTO YOU OR YOUR SESSION.

QUOTE FROM POPE FRANCIS (JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO)

"'True faith means abandoning oneself to God "who makes himself known not through occult practices but through revelation and with gratuitous love," the pope said Dec. 4 during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.'"
-Excerpt from Article: "Trust in Christ, Not in Psychics, Sorcerers, Pope Says at Audience" 2019.

TO BE CLEAR ABOUT MYSELF AND MY SERVICES [ESPECIALLY FOR CHRISTIAN AUDIENCES]

To be clear:  I cannot speak for any other person who chooses to use "psychic" as a descriptor.
I am speaking for myself, and my service, with vigilance about Spiritual vanity.

The term "psychic" is the 'given name' by the secular world, and it is the search term used on all internet search engines for people seeking the benefits involved.
At root, psychic is prophesying, but to be clear: not adding to the Judeo-Christian Holy Scripture or changing it in any way.
"Psychic" does not have a simple name in the Christian context. I follow this Scripture, as an example:
DEUTERONOMY 18:17,18,20
"The Lord said...I will raise up a prophet...and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die."

1 CORINTHIANS 14:3
"But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation."

More Helpful Definitions found clicking here.

To be clear:  I do not tell you to put your Trust in 'me' as a (Prophet) Psychic, Medium, or Intuitive. Rather, all focus is to Trust in, and be blessed by, the divine Messages conveyed through me, as a Steward of God's revelations. We are trusting in the Holy Spirit's provision.

The intention is to continuously Trust in Christ as the center and circumference of how all of this is possible, with thanks, with praise, with glory to God - not me.

Again, I proclaim and practice gladly! "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you." [Matthew 6:33 NASB]

Receiving messages from the Holy Spirit is aligned with seeking the Kingdom of God; it is not a separate, discordant action in one's faith Life.

To be clear:  The Lord knows my Heart.   1 Chronicles 28:9   1 Samuel 16:7   Psalm 44: 20-21

To be clear:  I am not engaging in occult practices, sorcery, fortune-telling, magic, or "mediumship" in the secular, spiritist context.
On the extraordinary contrary:
I witness time and again God's "revelation with gratuitous love" with each session. These experiences serve to strengthen my faith and unconditional Love, and also for the Lives of countless many with whom I have connected. These miraculous experiences glorify the works of God through the Holy Spirit, which naturally inspires deepened Trust, in Christ. There is no - thing 'occult' about it. Nothing at all. Not in my approach.

This work is not to replace "Trust in the Lord," or prayer. When you are wholly present in a session you are "drawing closer to God" (James 4:8). So, rather than placing your Trust elsewhere (the finite mind, magic, etc.), here, you are actively choosing to place your Trust in the Lord. There is more than one way, supported by faith, doctrine, and the Biblical word, to seek the Lord, and remain an 'uncorrupted' Christian, and you may, in turn, mature in your faith-Life opening your Heart to this branch of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, even within your own being.

Here we actually experience a supporting companion to our daily Trust in the Lord. We are engaging in a form of augmented prayer, by the exacting Grace of the Holy Spirit.

If we are looking at a method, or means by which we are truly "abandoning oneself to God," here is one of the most radical forms to do so. I am prepared that way, to provide this service. Each session offers you the opportunity to allow the unlimited Grace of Christ to be so welcomed into your Heart, Soul, and Mind that it is an abandonment of "self" to make way for a direct revelation in your Heart, your Spirit.

- Anne Marie, founder of Our Charismata: a consecrated place for essentially abandoning one's self to God during faithful discernment by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I hold no intention that the service I offer should supersede the Principles and teachings of many Religious traditions.

"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Cor. 10:31.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification." 1 Thess. 4:3

CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE

why 'our charismata'

ALL BACKGROUNDS ARE WELCOME. I DO NOT IMPOSE MY BELIEFS ONTO YOUR SESSION.
ALL TERMS OF REVERENCE ARE RESPECTED.

Please be assured that I do not impose my beliefs onto your session. I practice this with vigilance.
All backgrounds, faiths, non-spiritual, other, are entirely welcome and will find a home here that is free of judgment, and full of support.

My profession in assisting you is to combine my connection with the Expression of the Holy Spirit with the qualities found below [Called Spiritual Companion] for an enhanced and anchored session.

Terms of Reverence All faiths, non-faiths welcome!
"Spiritual directors (companions) may name the deepest of truths in diverse ways. They also honor the names that others revere.
Here are some of those terms of reverence:
Universe, God, [The Holy Spirit, Jesus, Christ], Lord, Allah, YHWH, Great Spirit, Higher Power, Mystery, Sunyata, Brahman, Tao, Divine, Sacred, Holy, Almighty, Ultimate, the Beyond, Intimate, Abba, Nirvana, Wisdom, Source, Vishnu, Creator, Enlightenment, Interconnection, Holy One, All."

https://www.sdiworld.org/media/portrait-spiritual-directorcompanion.

My approach to each session

Portrait of a Spiritual Director - Companion

WHY MENTION CHRISTIANITY?
CREATING A SACRED SPACE in a Controversial Setting
Inspiring Peaceful Dialogue

Although providers in this profession are obligated by law to say, "For entertainment purposes only," and you may be seeking just that, which is fine, this work is very sacred to me.

An intention of mine is to create a space where all denominations of Christians also feel welcome to be assisted with the Expression of Holy Spirit because I Live and practice within a fluid Christian paradigm, and I view Charismata as being one of many ways that magnify God's presence and Love.
[Kindly know that I do not impose my beliefs onto you or your Session.]

I have experienced the majority of misunderstanding and stereotyping from those who attest to be practicing as 'Christians.'

I aim to help restore the clarity, propriety, inherently sacred nature, and the long, positive history of conveying the Expression, Grace, of the Holy Spirit within the Christian paradigm because within Christianity and its faith groups there are strong and conflicting viewpoints about Charismata. This creates divisiveness and often shrouds these services in an uninformed, negative way. The misinformation also feeds discrimination. My intention is through dialogue and awareness, and through my own service, to make divisions whole again.

Unity, interconnectedness and a Love that transcends faith boundaries are very common messages and experiences in this service; if only there were a way to share that imprint in a non-threatening way.

One could be banned from his or her Church and community for having an intensified relationship with Spiritual expression / Gifts of the Holy Spirit (the secular culture calls this 'Psychic/Medium/Intuitive/Animal Communication') or for using my services.
Or one could be appreciated.
It comes down to interpreting or misinterpreting Judeo-Christian Scripture (its many revisions) and historical context.
Let us move past that and reconnect to the ancient roots of this sacred lineage, which were once fully integrated into the everyday spiritual lives, like a living stream, and bearing Good fruits.

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Excerpt from James A. Fowler
"Charis, Charisma, and Charismata"

"Understanding of the charismata must commence with an understanding of the dynamic expression of God's activity in grace (charis). Such grace was (and is) realized through Jesus Christ (Jn. 1:17).

To the Romans, Paul explains that "the charisma of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Rom. 6:23), for Christ is the divine life of God (Jn. 14:6).

Previously in the same epistle to the Romans (Rom. 5:15,16), Paul had referred to "the charisma" of God in Jesus Christ, explaining that the grace (charis) of God had been manifested in abundance to all men in the gift in grace (charis)

...The charis of God is extended to mankind in the charisma, the grace-expression of the salvific gospel of Jesus Christ."
https://www.christinyou.net/pages/chrsmata.html

MORE ON WHY OUR CHARISMATA?

Substantiating my services by a Christian, Biblical Scholar and Theologian.

* * * SEE THE SCHOLARLY BOOK: On the Cessation of the Charismata by Jon Mark Ruthven * * *

Thank Goodness for this astute, academic work steeped in scholastic wisdom and keenest intellect, the likes of which can only be coherently presented from a gifted author and teacher. Professor Ruthven is an exemplar in Dialogical thinking within the theological studies framework, and thankfully he was inspired to write on the very topic of Charismata. How does that apply here?

At home, connected, in an oftentimes isolating profession In his writing, Professor Ruthven has helped me to feel more 'at home' in putting into action how I have been called to serve... even if it means being lumped in with the skewed descriptors of "psychic and medium" and how being associated with those terms (as popularly defined with poor guidance) is a risk on various levels in both secular and religious world views.

A substantiated validation To have such a landmark, vibrant exposition of the facts accessible for anyone to read, On the Cessation of the Charismata, gives me the support, the encouragement, and the articulation that I have needed and wanted to find, in a concise way, from both a Biblical scholarship and Christian-rooted resource!

With scholarly reference upon reference, Judeo-Christian Scriptural references, insightful commentary, and pulling from his own decades of applied study, and reflection, (including ministry as a missionary) Professor Ruthven spells out for me the validity of Charismata, and I hope that his publications may do the same for the dear reader.

"Protestant theology has usually tended toward cessationism, the belief that the miraculous, including various spiritual gifts, ceased early in Christian history. The Princeton theologian Benjamin B. Warfield strongly advocated this view, especially in his influential work Counterfeit Miracles. The present study, On the Cessation of the Charismata, thoroughly critiques cessationism generally and Warfield specifically. It shows that cessationism arises from sources other than-some even contrary to-Scripture itself: namely, cessationists' experience of history and their embrace of philosophies that distort their interpretation of Scripture. Instead, as On the Cessation shows, Scripture expects the miraculous, including all gifts of the Holy Spirit, to continue until the Second Coming; and that far from being signs merely accrediting the gospel only during its earliest proclamation, such manifestations of the Spirit are part and parcel of the good news of God's saving reign." SOURCE

"...cessationism (a doctrine that insists God does not reveal himself directly today)...[in contrast to]...the central characteristic of the New Covenant from Scripture itself, namely, the ongoing and Biblically normative process of the revelation of God directly and immediately into the hearts of believers (Acts 2.39>Isa 59.21; Jer 31.31-34)." (Ruthven xx)

I hold no intention that the service I offer should supersede the Principles and teachings of many Religious traditions.

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE (Jewish and Christian Scripture) SAY ABOUT CHARISMATA GIFTS?
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Skepticism, disbelief, and discriminatory behavior about the expression of the Holy Spirit (non-fraudulent Psychics and Mediums) have arisen over time due to many factors:

The norms of secularism, commercialism and the related disconnect from the basic essence of ourselves beyond the limits of our five senses.
People using the expression of the Holy Spirit with impure intentions, or they wittingly try to connect with various "spirits," as the sources for your Messages, which is then an entirely different profession.
Royal Sponsorship: King James of England (1611) published his own revision of the Judeo-Christian texts based on his personal biases and agenda; the KJV Bible. This revised version degraded many key words, separating them from their original meaning.
Misinterpretation of the related scriptures, or using them out of context.
People falsely claiming to have these gifts, and taking your time and payment anyway.
People falsely calling themselves Psychic/Mediums knowingly taking advantage of those who are vulnerable because they are grieving or in a desperate situation.
Misrepresentations through films and television giving all sorts of false impressions and distorted information. [Not always!]

Unfortunately, all of this misrepresentation envelops and wrongly affects the practices of true-hearted, well-meaning, extraordinarily attuned, and service-oriented Mediums, Clairvoyants, Psychics, Energy Healers, Medical Intuitives, and Prophetic services.
There is Hope!
Check with your Heart, or your established personal discernment methods, for further assurance.

THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE MANIFESTATION OF SANCTIFYING GRACE
by Scott P. Richert

TIP! Tune into "Counsel," listed as the third gift of the Holy Spirit.

"With the gift of counsel, the Holy Spirit speaks, as it were, to the heart and in an instant enlightens a person what to do," writes Father Hardon."

Read the article here

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PLEASE STAY and Feel Welcome if you are not a Christian or otherwise!
Here is why: Even though my Spiritual paradigm Informs my practice, it does not have any mention or imposition during our sessions together. My clients are from every background.
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All faiths, non-faiths, and other are Welcome.

Click Here to read more about the conflicting perspectives within Christianity and about Dialogue
within the OUR CHARISMATA website.

I ain't lookin' to compete with you
Beat or cheat or mistreat you
Simplify you, classify you
Deny, defy or crucify you

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