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Daniel: "Good afternoon my [[friends]]. I am Daniel, your friend, [[teacher]], and [[guide]]. You, my [[faithful]], have [[demonstrated]] once again your willingness to put aside your own wants and [[desires]] and are striving to find that [[course]] that bespeaks of [[the Father]]'s will. It is indeed through your [[commitment]] that you will and shall be led down the [[path]]; that you will by this [[commitment]] know that course, that which you must do.

Daniel: "Good afternoon my [[friends]]. I am Daniel, your friend, [[teacher]], and [[guide]]. You, my [[faithful]], have [[demonstrated]] once again your willingness to put aside your own wants and [[desires]] and are striving to find that [[course]] that bespeaks of [[the Father]]'s will. It is indeed through your [[commitment]] that you will and shall be led down the [[path]]; that you will by this [[commitment]] know that course, that which you must do.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Free will]]'''''====

===='''''[[Free will]]''''', '''''[[Sharing]]'''''====

Those who are not of great [[faith]], [[strength]], and [[steadfastness]] often are sidetracked along life's [[path]]. And this is not a thing for you to [[judge]]. Rather [[realize]], my friends, that in each [[individual]] is there that [[Indwelling Spirit]], and in each [[individual]] is [[God]] working through them. As they [[choose]] their life's [[path]], so shall they in time come to the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] and [[purpose]] of [[life]]. Pray for your fellow [[brothers and sisters]] that they, like yourselves, can come to greater [[commitment]] in fulfilling their [[potential]]. But do not [[feel]] that you must drag them! For this would not be Father's will. Father's will is for all to make that [[choice]]. And there is much time that this can be done. Rather is it asked that you, the [[individual]], [[lead]] your [[life]] in that framework which constitutes a willingness to follow the [[First Source and Center]]. Through [[Fruits of the spirit|your fruits]] you shall be known. Through your fruits and your demeanor shall you lay the [[seeds]] and scatter them among barren ground. It is a [[choice]] that must be made [[individually]].

Those who are not of great [[faith]], [[strength]], and [[steadfastness]] often are sidetracked along life's [[path]]. And this is not a thing for you to [[judge]]. Rather [[realize]], my friends, that in each [[individual]] is there that [[Indwelling Spirit]], and in each [[individual]] is [[God]] working through them. As they [[choose]] their life's [[path]], so shall they in time come to the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] and [[purpose]] of [[life]]. Pray for your fellow [[brothers and sisters]] that they, like yourselves, can come to greater [[commitment]] in fulfilling their [[potential]]. But do not [[feel]] that you must drag them! For this would not be Father's will. Father's will is for all to make that [[choice]]. And there is much time that this can be done. Rather is it asked that you, the [[individual]], [[lead]] your [[life]] in that framework which constitutes a willingness to follow the [[First Source and Center]]. Through [[Fruits of the spirit|your fruits]] you shall be known. Through your fruits and your demeanor shall you lay the [[seeds]] and scatter them among barren ground. It is a [[choice]] that must be made [[individually]].

This week I am very pleased to be back with this [[group]]. It is a time of [[pondering]], indeed. For the [[events]] and the happenings of [[1993-08-21-The Master's Birthday|last week]] are many fold. And, indeed, has much been done to further [[the will of the Father]], to further the [[Teaching Mission]]. For many [[celebrations]] from many areas across the world have brought together a greater [[consciousness]] and a firmer [[commitment]] of [[love]], and a further [[understanding]] which creates that [[unity]] and bonding for all. You, my [[friends]], are part of a much broader whole. And as you see the [[unfoldings]] of life piece together in a framework that causes you [[amazement]], realize that it is by your willingness to remain open, to take [[chances]], to follow that [[path]] that these kinds of seeming [[coincidences]] are seen by you as part of the [[divine]] [[plan]].

This week I am very pleased to be back with this [[group]]. It is a time of [[pondering]], indeed. For the [[events]] and the happenings of [[1993-08-21-The Master's Birthday|last week]] are many fold. And, indeed, has much been done to further [[the will of the Father]], to further the [[Teaching Mission]]. For many [[celebrations]] from many areas across the world have brought together a greater [[consciousness]] and a firmer [[commitment]] of [[love]], and a further [[understanding]] which creates that [[unity]] and bonding for all. You, my [[friends]], are part of a much broader whole. And as you see the [[unfoldings]] of life piece together in a framework that causes you [[amazement]], realize that it is by your willingness to remain open, to take [[chances]], to follow that [[path]] that these kinds of seeming [[coincidences]] are seen by you as part of the [[divine]] [[plan]].

===='''''[[Perfection]]'''''====

===='''''[[Perfection]]'''''====

And so, my [[friends]], today I ask you to think back to Christ [[Michael's birth]]. [[His bestowal]] on [[this planet]] was one of great significance for not only this planet, but for all of this [[local universe]]. For His bestowal here gave Him, this [[God]] and Man, the [[experience]] necessary to rule in His [[local universe]]; gave Him the experience of knowing what it was like to walk the [[material]] [[plane]]. And the life that He led is one that can, indeed, be one that you, the [[individual]], can look at and can mold your life as such. Given your own life [[circumstances]] each and every one of you will [[act]] out the [[understanding]] of Christ [[Michael]]'s [[message]] differently in your own lives. The [[message]], of course, is that of your sonship and daughtership from a [[Deity]] of much [[love]]. The [[First Source and Center]] has given to you that [[free will]] choice to follow, then, the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Michael]. And as you [[read]] through the [[life]] of your [[Creator Son]]'s [[bestowal]] you will each come to greater [[understanding]] of the depth that this man had, and how He was able to rise up above the [[human]] frailties and [[weaknesses]]; that even in His [[perfect]] [[example]] you can find areas that you, too, can follow, that you, too, can [[ascend]] to. For even [[Michael]] Himself has said, `And greater [[works]] than these you may do'.

And so, my [[friends]], today I ask you to think back to Christ [[Michael's birth]]. [[His bestowal]] on [[this planet]] was one of great significance for not only this planet, but for all of this [[local universe]]. For His bestowal here gave Him, this [[God]] and Man, the [[experience]] necessary to rule in His [[local universe]]; gave Him the experience of knowing what it was like to walk the [[material]] [[plane]]. And the life that He led is one that can, indeed, be one that you, the [[individual]], can look at and can mold your life as such. Given your own life [[circumstances]] each and every one of you will [[act]] out the [[understanding]] of Christ [[Michael]]'s [[message]] differently in your own lives. The [[message]], of course, is that of your sonship and daughtership from a [[Deity]] of much [[love]]. The [[First Source and Center]] has given to you that [[free will]] choice to follow, then, the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Michael]. And as you [[read]] through the [[life]] of your [[Creator Son]]'s [[bestowal]] you will each come to greater [[understanding]] of the depth that this man had, and how He was able to rise up above the [[human]] frailties and [[weaknesses]]; that even in His [[perfect]] [[example]] you can find areas that you, too, can follow, that you, too, can [[ascend]] to. For even [[Michael]] Himself has said, `And greater [[works]] than these you may do'.