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ABRAHAM & EMULAN –
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===Topic: ''What is Salvation''===
===Group: [[Woods Cross TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Abraham]], [[Emulan]]===
===TR: [[Nina]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
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.
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.
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.
===Lesson===
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.
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.
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.
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 [[Paradise]]ward.
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.
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.
===Closing===
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.
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]].
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Woods Cross TeaM]]
[[Category: Abraham]]
[[Category: Nina]]
[[Category: Salvation]]
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