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===Topic: ''Make Your Prayers Count''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “It would tremendously propel [[your world]] at large—you included—toward its [[ideal]] state of [[light and life]] if its citizens led sound [[prayer]] lives, as authentic prayers detain great powers of positive [[transformation]] if prompted by caring intentions.
[[Jesus]] admonished his audience to pray on behalf of their detractors—not against them, as it defiles this holy act. Hostile petitions are nothing but an [[abomination]] to [[the Father]]. You can gain much enlightenment about genuine prayers by reflecting on the sublime [[quality]] of [[Part 4|Jesus’ spiritual life]].
His heartfelt invocations were selfless acts of [[intercession]]. When divested of the crucial elements of [[love]], [[empathy]], or [[compassion]], prayers are nothing but a despicable [[expression]] of hostility. They ask the impossible of the [[divine]] Godhead. How could He ever shrink the scope of His all-pervading unconditional love to favor your petty and unrealistic negative [[wishful thinking]]?
Jesus never childishly ran to the Father to tattletale on his planetary [[siblings]] in a misguided attempt to [[earn]] his sympathy and prompt him to meter out severe [[punishment]] on their heads without any due process.
Seldom did he pray for himself. He did turn to his [[Ta|indwelling divine Fragment]] for [[guidance]] and to strengthen his resolve. He was—understandably so—grievously [[oppressed]], heavy-laden, and sorrowful in the fateful hours preceding [[his arrest]]. He prayed, “My Father, I came into [[this world]] to do your will, and so have I. I know that the hour has come to lay down this life in the flesh, and I do not shrink therefrom, but I would know that it is your will that I drink this cup. Send me the [[assurance]] that I will please you in my death even as I have in my life.” ([[182:3|UB 182:3.1]])
At the apex of his [[emotional]] and physical [[agony]], the only [[words]] he uttered were: “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” “He could not have so [[mercifully]] and lovingly interceded for his executioners if such [[thoughts]] of affectionate [[devotion]] had not been the mainspring of all his life of [[unselfish]] [[service]]. The [[ideas]], [[motives]], and longings of a lifetime are openly [[revealed]] in a [[crisis]]. ([[187:2|UB 187:2.4]])
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: 2021]]
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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Make Your Prayers Count''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “It would tremendously propel [[your world]] at large—you included—toward its [[ideal]] state of [[light and life]] if its citizens led sound [[prayer]] lives, as authentic prayers detain great powers of positive [[transformation]] if prompted by caring intentions.
[[Jesus]] admonished his audience to pray on behalf of their detractors—not against them, as it defiles this holy act. Hostile petitions are nothing but an [[abomination]] to [[the Father]]. You can gain much enlightenment about genuine prayers by reflecting on the sublime [[quality]] of [[Part 4|Jesus’ spiritual life]].
His heartfelt invocations were selfless acts of [[intercession]]. When divested of the crucial elements of [[love]], [[empathy]], or [[compassion]], prayers are nothing but a despicable [[expression]] of hostility. They ask the impossible of the [[divine]] Godhead. How could He ever shrink the scope of His all-pervading unconditional love to favor your petty and unrealistic negative [[wishful thinking]]?
Jesus never childishly ran to the Father to tattletale on his planetary [[siblings]] in a misguided attempt to [[earn]] his sympathy and prompt him to meter out severe [[punishment]] on their heads without any due process.
Seldom did he pray for himself. He did turn to his [[Ta|indwelling divine Fragment]] for [[guidance]] and to strengthen his resolve. He was—understandably so—grievously [[oppressed]], heavy-laden, and sorrowful in the fateful hours preceding [[his arrest]]. He prayed, “My Father, I came into [[this world]] to do your will, and so have I. I know that the hour has come to lay down this life in the flesh, and I do not shrink therefrom, but I would know that it is your will that I drink this cup. Send me the [[assurance]] that I will please you in my death even as I have in my life.” ([[182:3|UB 182:3.1]])
At the apex of his [[emotional]] and physical [[agony]], the only [[words]] he uttered were: “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” “He could not have so [[mercifully]] and lovingly interceded for his executioners if such [[thoughts]] of affectionate [[devotion]] had not been the mainspring of all his life of [[unselfish]] [[service]]. The [[ideas]], [[motives]], and longings of a lifetime are openly [[revealed]] in a [[crisis]]. ([[187:2|UB 187:2.4]])
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: 2021]]
