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Coeur d'Alene Teaching Mission Group

 

===Topic: ''Christmas''===

Teachers:

===Group: [[N. Idaho TeaM]]===

 

Gabriel,

===Teacher: [[Gabriel]], [[Michael]], [[Elyon]]===

 

===TR: [[Jonathan]], [[Mark Rogers]]===

Michael,

 

Elyon

Gabriel (Jonathan TR): Ministers of light, I greet you. I come to you today to prepare your minds for your upcoming holiday, to compare certain factors that you experience during these times that are quite similar to the master's experience of visiting the temple at Jerusalem during Passover. This Christmas celebration is, itself, a renewal, another opportunity for your culture and for various civilizations to rekindle the spirit of friendship and giving, of extending yourself in kindness and love to another, to put away for the time being your own needs to focus on uplifting others. Yet just as the temple was filled with money changers and profiteering, your season is fraught with similar hectic demands. I ask you during this hubbub of activity to step aside, to retire to the garden of Gethsemane of your own, to sit on that brow of Mount Olivet and contemplate that grander picture, to see the spiritual significance, and to carry your comprehension of this spiritual significance beyond the calendar event into every day. Michael lived every day as if it were Passover, the time when the angel brings its blessing upon the children of God. This is evident in his often repeated phrases, that "I do what the Father wills I do," and "I wait upon the hour when I should fulfill His will." It is our hope that each year increasing numbers of people walk in the wake of the master, begin to live truly as he lived, in full confidence of the Father's care and guidance, ever mindful of those higher realities, those ideal values which will ultimately uplift mankind and improve living conditions socially, politically, and economically throughout the world.

 

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Sharing Jesus,

 

 

 

*          Gabriel (Jonathan TR): Ministers of light, I greet you. I come to you today to prepare your minds for your upcoming holiday, to compare certain factors that you experience during these times that are quite similar to the master's experience of visiting the temple at Jerusalem during Passover. This Christmas celebration is, itself, a renewal, another opportunity for your culture and for various civilizations to rekindle the spirit of friendship and giving, of extending yourself in kindness and love to another, to put away for the time being your own needs to focus on uplifting others. Yet just as the temple was filled with money changers and profiteering, your season is fraught with similar hectic demands. I ask you during this hubbub of activity to step aside, to retire to the garden of Gethsemane of your own, to sit on that brow of Mount Olivet and contemplate that grander picture, to see the spiritual significance, and to carry your comprehension of this spiritual significance beyond the calendar event into every day. Michael lived every day as if it were Passover, the time when the angel brings its blessing upon the children of God. This is evident in his often repeated phrases, that "I do what the Father wills I do," and "I wait upon the hour when I should fulfill His will." It is our hope that each year increasing numbers of people walk in the wake of the master, begin to live truly as he lived, in full confidence of the Father's care and guidance, ever mindful of those higher realities, those ideal values which will ultimately uplift mankind and improve living conditions socially, politically, and economically throughout the world.

It was an eventful time when Michael bestowed himself here, yet this is but one birth, though it be the birth of the Creator Son in human form. How much more striking will it be when all born on this world live as the master lived! That will be the day of holiness. That will be the time of Light and Life, peace on earth and goodwill among men. This is your duty as well as your honored privilege to promote this understanding and to demonstrate in living the principles that you have come to know through faith.

It was an eventful time when Michael bestowed himself here, yet this is but one birth, though it be the birth of the Creator Son in human form. How much more striking will it be when all born on this world live as the master lived! That will be the day of holiness. That will be the time of Light and Life, peace on earth and goodwill among men. This is your duty as well as your honored privilege to promote this understanding and to demonstrate in living the principles that you have come to know through faith.

I thank you for your diligence and dedication. I take my leave by saying carry on, my friends.

I thank you for your diligence and dedication. I take my leave by saying carry on, my friends.

*          Michael (Mark): Once again I am extremely pleased to come among you as the one who you would celebrate in this season. You who know of me as well as you do are aware that this anniversary is not strictly accurate of the time of my birth on your world. But I am pleased to be recognized by yourselves and by those around you anytime and under any circumstances. I am graced with these two opportunities to be the centerpiece of your fellowship. I would encourage you to share to those around you my attributes of peace and love and hope and in this way recall me in your interactions with those around you. It is more effective to portray me through any of these attributes than to cite my name or make reference to my birth.

Michael (Mark): Once again I am extremely pleased to come among you as the one who you would celebrate in this season. You who know of me as well as you do are aware that this anniversary is not strictly accurate of the time of my birth on your world. But I am pleased to be recognized by yourselves and by those around you anytime and under any circumstances. I am graced with these two opportunities to be the centerpiece of your fellowship. I would encourage you to share to those around you my attributes of peace and love and hope and in this way recall me in your interactions with those around you. It is more effective to portray me through any of these attributes than to cite my name or make reference to my birth.

To those of you who have an enhanced perception of who I am, it is incumbent to share me, to share what it is about me that comes to the forefront of your minds and your hearts. In this way those around you will be graced with the essence of who I am and what my mission is in your hearts and on your world. When you spread love and joy and peace you are treating all of my children as I desire that you do so. In this way you are serving me as you serve them. This is the gift I would ask of each of you during this commemoration of my life on your world; the gift which is most pleasing to me is that of service to my children. You are my emissaries; you are my hands; you are my voices. It is through you that I spread these tidings of love. It is a joyous opportunity before you to be of such service to those around you. I know you will take advantage of this opportunity and bestow upon all who you come in contact with a part of me.

To those of you who have an enhanced perception of who I am, it is incumbent to share me, to share what it is about me that comes to the forefront of your minds and your hearts. In this way those around you will be graced with the essence of who I am and what my mission is in your hearts and on your world. When you spread love and joy and peace you are treating all of my children as I desire that you do so. In this way you are serving me as you serve them. This is the gift I would ask of each of you during this commemoration of my life on your world; the gift which is most pleasing to me is that of service to my children. You are my emissaries; you are my hands; you are my voices. It is through you that I spread these tidings of love. It is a joyous opportunity before you to be of such service to those around you. I know you will take advantage of this opportunity and bestow upon all who you come in contact with a part of me.

Mark: I thank you very much. I will take your advice and spend time in contemplation of this. I appreciate your help.

Mark: I thank you very much. I will take your advice and spend time in contemplation of this. I appreciate your help.

*          Elyon: As always, you are welcome. On the morontia spheres throughout Nebadon you will experience great focus; all beings will have the same directed perspective about their daily activities. You will experience a foretaste of the harmony of Havona as people work through their growth experiences contributing to one another in concert. Here on Urantia much of life appears like a symphony tuning up before the classic piece begins. It appears so disharmonious and random and scattered. The condition of the world today in the end will contribute to immense faith on your part. Your experience of finding a tune for yourself among all the clatter will carry with you into the stretches of eternity and will reward you again and again, age upon age. So, even though within the year or the next you still struggle with these conflicts, rest assured of your eventual triumph. You will attain your desired goals, but this assurance should never foster complacency. It does require hard work.

Elyon: As always, you are welcome. On the morontia spheres throughout Nebadon you will experience great focus; all beings will have the same directed perspective about their daily activities. You will experience a foretaste of the harmony of Havona as people work through their growth experiences contributing to one another in concert. Here on Urantia much of life appears like a symphony tuning up before the classic piece begins. It appears so disharmonious and random and scattered. The condition of the world today in the end will contribute to immense faith on your part. Your experience of finding a tune for yourself among all the clatter will carry with you into the stretches of eternity and will reward you again and again, age upon age. So, even though within the year or the next you still struggle with these conflicts, rest assured of your eventual triumph. You will attain your desired goals, but this assurance should never foster complacency. It does require hard work.

Mark: Thank you once again.

Mark: Thank you once again.

*          Elyon: Thank you and I will leave you now. Please ponder the words of Michael and Gabriel and also think of mine as well. Take care.

Elyon: Thank you and I will leave you now. Please ponder the words of Michael and Gabriel and also think of mine as well. Take care.