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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">ABRAHAM<?xml:namespace
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Year="2003"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">DECEMBER 1,
2003</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
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GROUP<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 ABRAHAM. Greetings. I
am with awe to be witness to your interaction this evening. You are providing a
living example of your inner beliefs. This evening I am not your teacher but
your student. We have waited many years for the roots of our teachings to become
deeply embedded into the soil of reality. This is a new era in thought and
action. Your efforts in this work will be challenging. While the labor seems
difficult, the birth of new reality is beautiful to behold. What is true is here
to stay. What is not will be forgotten in time. We shall again have discussion
on the Kingdom and personal cost.<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">Your spiritual life has
surely been a journey with its peaks and valleys. You are now, have been and
will be the sum of your thoughts and beliefs. This is not good or bad, but
experiential and with endless meanings and values. For this sum total in
personal reality, and your striving to be God-like you have and will continue to
do so--pay a price. In your life lessons there have been blows to the ego, which
can be counted as your greatest spiritual growth. This always requires a cost,
this is however toward the positive.<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">To learn one has to be
teachable and the soul is naturally that. Mortal conditioning, animal nature,
possibly up-bringing would have the ego believe it is already with all
knowledge. The soul within is a child and with eyes that are anxious for
adventure. To serve Father, to understand His will, there is personal cost.
There is that surrendering child who is driven to absorb, to live out to the
best of ability the understanding of Father’s will. Personal cost is varying
from believer to believer and the examples are really quite numerous. You each
have understanding of what that has meant in your own
life.<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">Have you bought your way
into the Kingdom? Of course not, but definitely have you sacrificed and changed
for your advancing soul. Do you give up your desires? No. Are you exercising
patience? Yes. Are you mechanistic without distinction? Of course not. You are
each known and loved beyond your comprehension. Are you required to listen, to
practice being spiritual, to study, to commune, to produce fruits of the spirit,
to be God-like, to love one another as Christ has loved you, to understand
perfected humility? Yes. Yes, this is the path we tread. This is the price we
are willing to pay.<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">When I was a child I had
childish things. As a man I put childish things away. You are each endeavoring
to mature in spirit, but also are you striving to become a better mortal and
much of the time this is where the difficulty lies. Be not discouraged. Know
that what may cost you your animal nature is the keys to the Kingdom. Have not
fear. Each practicing day you experience, you are one step closer to who you are
becoming. This is indeed something to be honored.<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">Our exercise for the week
is to acknowledge our Sovereign, acknowledge our Father in whose will we desire
to follow at any cost of the ego. Request Father to walk before you, acknowledge
His presence, His sovereignty at the beginning of these meetings. Remember
children there is great growth in the pains of labor. You are each one another’s
assignment. Be observant and look for the value. You do well. No questions. Know
that I am standing by along with a vast resource of Kingdom helpers. Go in
peace. Until next time,
shalom.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>