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Year="2004"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">JULY 12,
2004</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; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am ABRAHAM.
Greetings. Being with you is like a warm embrace. I could never tire of that. I
enjoy meeting with you to re-center our focus, to unify in fellowship and to
bring us back to the hope and faith from which all life springs
forth.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">This week I
am led to remember the Master in the </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"> when He was driven to clear out the money
changers from the supposed house of the Lord. I am inspired by His passion.
While He would appear emotional to some, to most of us He appeared empowered,
driven to listen to Father’s voice from within to go forth and do His
work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">It would seem
in your society today many individuals lean toward what would make them
acceptable in the eyes of their peers. So many mortals seek approval and
acceptance that they are driven to live a life defining that ideal. Many
individuals catch onto the energy-wave of the day. It is as if drama snowballs,
gathering those who wish to be noticed or to feel accepted in some area of
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; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">There are
those who fear the negative repercussions of other people, everyday life
occurrences and at times are practically afraid to be themselves and live out
who they really are. You have people-pleasers, those who need much attention,
those who want to stand out as superior, those who cannot help but feel
inferior, those that want to experience the mortal life and those that want to
escape it. What seems to be an awkward formula, if you add a personal
relationship with God, it does bring about balance and settling, but also does
it empower.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Master’s
goal—what was the Master’s goal here on earth? What were His deepest desires?
While some feel Jesus was a meek and solitary individual, we see Jesus as a
force of one, that one containing many facets of the spirit. He was empowered to
have spiritual strength that brought forth His desired results. Jesus simply
wanted what the Father wanted and nothing would stand in His way. No popular
opinion would sway Him from the course. He was Himself—like it or not. He was
without fear. He lived a free life because of the spirit. Many mortals do not
live such freedom, for they are bound to temporary desires, be they material or
emotional things.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">When you have
developed your life in the spirit, your personal relationship with Father, your
maturity level in the spirit, then are you allowing the circuits to make a real
connection with you, then are you empowered, then are you driven by the spirit.
What one can do alone is nothing compared to what one can do when they encompass
all facets of deity.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Think about
the Master’s passion, how the Master was immovable by those fellows that
whispered in His ear. Think about the Master’s strength, how He cared not if He
was left alone by every individual on the earth as long as He had His Father in
Heaven. He was strengthened to live out the Father’s will. This is the power of
living a life in the spirit. You can do good. You can make good happen. You can
live on the energy of the spirit and be not bound by the world around
you.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">This week
journal you utmost desires. What is it that you are truly seeking? What
spiritual goals might Father help you to achieve? What egotistical goals might
Father show you that you hold to? No questions. Know that my thoughts are always
with you each on your paths of differing growth. I love you. Go in peace. Until
next time, shalom.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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