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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am ABRAHAM. Greetings. I
am always made to feel joyful when we can meet. I enjoy your humor and wisdom,
your willingness to share life’s discoveries. I realize each day that you live
there are happenings that are molding you into that person who will one day be
at-one with the internal Father. Living the mortal life is practically a series
in making mistakes and continuing to improve.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">How wonderful it is to know
Father will never forsake us. There is always His mercy, His kindness, His
loving watch care and His hard lessons in truth. Many times as a mortal I had
felt my struggles had embittered me to the point that I would question why such
a magnificent Father would have anything to do with such an erring child. I came
to see that even in all my misunderstanding that Father had never left me or
punished me with His absence, no. He was always there, always pointing the
way.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">People of this day and age
speak of the wonderful possibilities of having second chances, as if life is
quite random and luckily you have opportunity to correct your mistakes and
progress. With Father there are endless chances and numerous possibilities to
correct and move further along that eternal path to Him. Last week we discussed
the possibilities of salvation. What is salvation? This evening I present to you
our friend and teacher, EMULAN.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Greetings, my friends. I am
overjoyed to have opportunity to be with you again. I am honored my friend and
mentor, Abraham, would recommend that I speak this evening. Most of you know my
history of living the mortal life, my tragedy of having lost my family to an
accident and losing my mental capacity for a time, which led to my interest in
the psychiatric field.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">At the lowest point in my
experience of having lost those in whom I had loved so much, I was indeed lost
and felt nothing but a future of doom. With all the human emotions that one
would experience because of tragedy, such as despair, guilt and anger, I was
practically my own worst enemy. By that I mean I took the tragedy on as my own,
as if I had somehow caused it or could have prevented it. The guilt was
tremendous. In this emotional state there seemed to be nothing but darkness,
nothing but loneliness, nothing but a future of reoccurring
doom.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">My salvation came when I
could move beyond the emotionalism to accepting the simple gift of love from our
Father. His saving grace was there all along, but my cycling emotions had kept
me blinded. Salvation is indeed simple. It is accepting what God, the Father,
offers you. It is accepting your sonship status. It is accepting His
unconditional forgiveness, His ever abiding mercy and expanding love. Father’s
offerings are endless. It is the darkness of our own emotions that keep us from
reaching for salvation. In Him I am truly saved. In Him I am truly safe. In Him
I am pointed Paradiseward.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">With the complexities of
mortal living many are made to overlook the Father’s offerings. Old thinking has
some stuck in a cycle of guilt, atonement or self-punishment. Many look at
Father as if He were also mortal. Needless to say, this indeed limits Father to
what He can do in your life. Every day Father offers you abundance, He gives
gifts that cannot be measured by man’s understanding. His gifts involve all
aspects of mortal living. I do remember the impatience I felt toward getting
what I truly needed and receiving what Father knew I truly
needed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We must remember in this
day and age that many ideas are built on emotionalism. The instability of
emotions are for the most part leading to lower thinking or the animal mind. In
this state of the animal mind, judgment is cloudy and one may tend to rely upon
one’s own understanding. The higher mind is one who trusts in Father and His
ability to do any and all things. Salvation is simply accepting the Father’s
offerings.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am overwhelmed with
gratitude from time to time when I think back over my experience and see how
Father never gave up on me, never lost love for me, never lost faith or hope in
me. His love is unfailing and His tenacity to continue to be ever close with His
children is unending. My regards to you, my friends.
Farewell.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am ABRAHAM. Gratitude to
our brother and friend for this evening’s lesson. This week ponder your
emotional roadblocks. How might your emotions lead you to a lower thinking
level? Take time to think about what the Father’s offerings are. Take time to
journal your understanding of salvation. How can this new concept affect those
you may have discussion with? This week find time to have a moment or two of
real worship, real gratitude. How does that change your outlook in your overall
everyday living? No questions this evening. Know that I make it my personal task
to take time with each one of you every week. Look for me. My love is ever
growing for you each. Until next week, shalom.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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