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The "Son of God," which is Who we are as God created us, beyond all gender and personality of the ego, is free of all death. This lesson describes to a "T" the "unconcious death urge" and what its composition does to us. We have been mistaken about Life and death. We have thought "death is inevitable." The belief in death is a function of consciousness, and we can ascend to a new Consciousness. The reality is Life is Immortal and inevitable. Death is a decision we make in error. This Lesson #163, "There is no death. The Son of God is free," is the ultimate liberation from the ego's belief system. Death is the main "idol" constructed in the imagioned "separation" from our Source. As Teachers of God, we are the Messengers of Life, not death, of immortality, not of the "inevitable end" of our self. There is no death. There is only Life and we are Life itself. God blesses us with Immortal Being as the Christ, God's Child, who is free to be immortal, like God Himself. The Divine Mother joins our body with this Thought of Truth, the Immortality of Life. In Spirit, we live forever, and this Spirit can be infused even into our bodies which can then be the Communicator of this PURE JOY! Used to communicate only Divine Joy, we can keep them for this purpose as long as we choose. AMEN

SALVATION is total healing, total liberation from all problems in life. Complete freedom, salvation is a plan to release us from all forms of fear, guilt or anger, and to be saved from the confusion or pessimism that seems to grip our souls and keeps us tied to the troubles of the world. God has a plan, and it will work. The ego has a plan, and it will not work. The rule of the ego is to seek a better state of being but make sure it never finds what it seeks. We look for the answer where it is not. This Lesson asks us to surrender our question, our serach for guidance, over to our Creator's true guidance. We invoke this guidance in certainty. All things are possible to God. Salvation is God's plan for us. We simply need to ask for it, and not project our own separated "plan" that would not be so complete. Let us expect we will be shown.

Life presents us with many "problems"—unresolved issues that seem to cry out for solutions. This Lesson #79 indicates we only have one real "problem" and therefore one real Answer. "Separation" from an awareness of our Source is the one problem. And this Source is defined as the state of being free of all problems. There are various movements and energies in our lives, requiring response, but these are by no means a "problem" when we are acting consistently with our guidance from this Source. How do we know this is our real Contact? When the Gifts of this Divine Connection are apparent, then we can be sure of the Connection. Are we Happy? Peaceful? Feeling Good about our actions? These elevated states of feeling accompany our movements when we are Unified, (not "separated") from our Source.

The HOLINESS that we are—walks with GOD. GOD is LIFE. LIFE is LOVE. We are immersed in this LIGHT of truth. This Lesson helps us to realize our "oneness" with all of Creation. We are blessed by the picture of a heavenly garden in which we live. We are here to extend this holiness to all of the creatures of the earth. We bless the earth with our Divine Nature. Into the Presence of the Christ do we enter, and His certainty of His Holiness becomes our own. We step back and allow this Holiness of the Christ to come forward in us, and lead the way. This is an awareness of wholeness, oneness, perfect holiness.      

GOD'S VOICE SPEAKS TO ME. Am I listening? What am I hearing?Can we let go of the "chatter of thought" that distracts us? The Voice for God is speaking to us all through the day, but for the most part we are absent. We are distracted listening to the voice of the ego. This Lesson commits us clear out old stuff. There could be guilt we are holding towards the past. The past is over. It can only affect us if we allow it to. Forgiveness rests upon all things. Correction, or the Stillness of the Peace of God, is our goal. The purpose of seeing a mistake is to end it. Forgive yourself and move on.   

I AM AS GOD CREATED ME. This Lesson, repeated three times in the Workbook, is a simple statement of the truth. Can we receive it in it's full force to transform our life into something of peace and joy? This statement undoes all other projections of a "false self we made up." It removes our ego self long enough to see that it was never real. We have to let go and let the Truth of who we are into our awareness. In everyday life we can make contact with this Self Identity. It is essential that we do so, and release all the false notions of a self that decays, withers and dies.

WHAT HAS VALUE? Can we stop giving value to what has no value? This is a loaded question to those of us who value the fleeting and the corruptible. We are taught to pursue the things of this world with a dogged passion. And when these things evade us, we put the burden of blame on ourselves. This Lesson gives us the criteria for a different choice that makes attainable what is already ours, given to us by our Creator, and in immortal continuity with the Gift. The Gifts of God are valuable. Nothing else of temporal value compares to them. 

THE FUTURE IN THE HAND'S OF GOD would give us certainty. But we have to trust that God will only give us that which produces perfect happiness. If we thought God could give nothing other than love, then we would have no apprehension. But we have the fear of the future that we project onto God. This Lesson requires we TRUST in GOD and EXPECT GOOD THINGS to come from the very SOURCE of our BEING. 

SPECIAL LOVE RELATIONSHIPS are an illusion of Love. Underneath them is lurking a SPECIAL HATE RELATIONSHIP.This Lesson is for us to look upon the "specialness" we have fallen deceived by, and step out of the thought system of "specialness."LOVE is not an illusion. Love tempered by hate is meaningless. Real Love has no opposite. Can we rise to be in this Absolute Relationship with Real Love? This would put us in the Heaven state of mind.

"I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 18What if the way you see the world not only shapes your reality but also influences those around you?In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore Lesson 18 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, which teaches that our perceptions ripple outward, impacting others because our minds are interconnected. This lesson is a profound reminder of the shared nature of our thoughts and how choosing to see with love rather than fear creates positive effects beyond ourselves.This Lesson's Practice:Recognize the Ripple Effect:Look around your environment and say:“I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see this ______.”Expand Your Awareness:With eyes closed, bring to mind thoughts or situations and repeat:“I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see this ______.”Practice Daily:Do this 2-3 times a day for about one minute per session, adjusting as needed for comfort.Key Insights on Lesson 18:Perception Extends Beyond Ourselves: Our thoughts and perceptions aren't isolated—they contribute to the collective energy we all share. Recognizing this deepens our responsibility for how we see and respond to the world.Love Over Fear Creates Ripples of Healing: Each loving thought we choose sends waves of positivity outward, uplifting not just ourselves but also those around us.Seeing Through Love Strengthens Connection: A shift in perception toward love fosters a greater sense of unity and shared purpose, reminding us that we are not separate but deeply connected.This lesson invites us to acknowledge the interconnected nature of our thoughts and embrace the power we have to bring healing and love into the world through how we see it. By practicing awareness and choosing love, we can help create a more harmonious and peaceful reality for ourselves and others.CONNECT WITH JESSICA FLINTWebsiteInstagramMap My YearORACLE DECKS USEDTea Leaf Fortune CardsAnimal Spirit DeckThe Rose Oracle Deck

"I see no neutral things." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 17What if every thought you hold assigns meaning to the world you see, shaping your reality as an extension of either love or fear? In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore Lesson 17 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, diving into the idea that no thought is neutral, and therefore, no perception is neutral either. This lesson challenges us to recognize the impact of our thoughts and take responsibility for how they color our perceptions, opening the door to transforming our experiences and moving closer to peace and love.This Lesson's Practice:Observe Your Perceptions:Look around your environment with eyes open and say:“I see no neutral things because I have no neutral thoughts.”Assign Meaning Mindfully:Rest your gaze on each object or person long enough to say:“I do not see a neutral [object/person], because my thoughts about [object/person] are not neutral.”Repeat Daily:Practice this 3-4 times a day for a minute or so, or adjust as needed to remain comfortable. Use it whenever unease arises to bring awareness to the meaning your mind assigns to the world around you.Key Insights on Lesson 17:1. Thoughts Create Perception: Our thoughts come first, shaping how we see the world. Recognizing this gives us the power to change our inner reality and, consequently, the way we experience the outer world.2. Perceptions Reflect Love or Fear: No thought or perception is neutral. Each is imbued with either love or fear. By becoming aware of this, we can begin choosing thoughts rooted in love, bringing greater peace and joy into our lives.3. Awareness Opens the Door to Change: The first step toward transformation is noticing the habitual meanings we attach to the people, objects, and situations around us. Awareness helps us release fear and align with love and truth.This lesson reminds us that we're active participants in creating the world we experience. By acknowledging the power of our thoughts, we can begin to break free from fear-based patterns and embrace a reality shaped by love and forgiveness.CONNECT WITH JESSICA FLINTWebsiteInstagramORACLE DECKS USEDTea Leaf Fortune CardsAnimal Spirit DeckThe Rose Oracle Deck

In Acts 1:1-11, Jesus clarifies the mission for his disciples, and it's still our mission today! This Lesson dives into Acts 1:1-11, revealing God's promise of Holy Spirit power, God's mission of worldwide witness, and God's assurance of Jesus's return.For the study resources and manuscript go to VBVF.ORG

"I have no neutral thoughts." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 16What if every thought you have contributes either to truth or illusion, love or fear, oppression or empowerment?This lesson invites us to reflect on the power of our thoughts and recognize that none of them are neutral. Each thought shapes our perception of reality, extending either love or reinforcing illusions.In this episode of Love & Learn, we dive into Lesson 16 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, exploring how becoming aware of our thoughts can empower us to choose love and release the grip of fear.This Lesson's Practice:Observe Your Thoughts: Spend a minute with your eyes closed, letting thoughts arise naturally. Identify the central theme or person of each thought and say:“This thought about [specific thought] is not a neutral thought.”Name the Impact: Notice how the thought influences your emotions or perceptions. Acknowledge its power without judgment, and bring awareness to whether it stems from love or fear.Repeat Throughout the Day: Use this practice whenever you notice a thought that creates unease, applying the mantra:“This thought about [specific thought] is not a neutral thought because I have no neutral thoughts.”Key Insights on Lesson 16:Thoughts Are Never Neutral: Every thought either extends love or contributes to illusion. Recognizing this helps us take responsibility for the energy we bring into the world.Truth vs. Illusion: Thoughts rooted in truth align with love and peace, while fear-based thoughts perpetuate illusions. Becoming aware of this distinction empowers us to choose differently.Awareness Brings Healing: The first step to transformation is awareness. By noticing the thoughts we habitually hold, we create space to release fear and reconnect with love.This lesson reminds us of the profound impact our thoughts have on shaping our inner and outer worlds. It's a call to examine the mental stories we tell ourselves and begin shifting them toward truth and love.CONNECT WITH JESSICA FLINTWebsiteInstagramORACLE DECKS USEDTea Leaf Fortune CardsAnimal Spirit DeckThe Rose Oracle Deck

"My thoughts are images that I have made." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 15What if the world we see isn't reality, but a projection of the thoughts we've created? This lesson challenges us to question the images we believe are real and invites us to open our minds to true vision.In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore Lesson 15 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, uncovering the role of our thoughts in shaping how we perceive the world and how releasing fear-based images can lead to clarity and peace.This Lesson's Practice:Observe Your Thoughts: Close your eyes and observe the thoughts that arise. For each one, say:“This thought about [specific thought] is an image that I have made.”Apply Specificity: Bring to mind a particular situation or belief you're struggling with and acknowledge it as an image you've created.Example: “This thought about my financial struggles is an image that I have made.”“This thought about my stomach is an image that I have made.”Embrace Resistance: Notice resistance or discomfort, acknowledge it with kindness and return to the practice. This awareness is the first step toward releasing fear-based projections and reconnecting with love.Key Insights on Lesson 15:1. Thoughts Shape Perception: This lesson highlights that our thoughts do not merely stay in our minds; they project outward, forming the images we believe to be reality. Recognizing this allows us to question whether our perceptions are rooted in love or fear.2. Image-Making vs. True Vision: What we often call “seeing” is actually the projection of our own mental constructs. True vision, by contrast, reveals the divine truth beyond these illusions, helping us reconnect with love and inner peace.3. Light Episodes as Symbols of Awakening: The Course mentions “light episodes,” moments of clarity or joy that symbolize the beginning of real vision. These are not the destination but signs that we're on the right path toward perceiving with love instead of fear.CONNECT WITH JESSICA FLINTWebsiteInstagramORACLE DECKS USEDTea Leaf Fortune CardsAnimal Spirit DeckThe Rose Oracle Deck

This Lesson #169 is a further clarification of GRACE. It is our loftiest aspiration to live by GRACE. Why not? What blocks it? Do we still hold grievances? Are we still judging, hanging onto fear, guilt, anger? These are all the blocks to the awareness of our Oneness with God. Our mind determines when we allow Grace to enter. We have free will to block it. We have free will to cause ourselves to suffer. There is nothing our holiness cannot do, but are we in touch with our holiness? Grace would accompany this awareness of our holiness. Grace is the final step that God makes when we have mastered the Lessons of the Miracles God would have us learn. Then we have prepared our holy relationships, the "Altar" that is the table of truth upon which our Grace can enter. We can be determined to bring this Grace into our life. We can be determined to forgive everyone and everything.

This Lesson #70 states, "My salvation comes from me." We have to see that negative emotions, situations and experiences are formulated in the mind first. Depression is "made up" in ourselves when we think that happiness depends on external situations and possessions being a "certain way." Salvation is the freedom from all suffering. Salvation is the making our will one with God's Will for perfect happiness for us. But when we are in the momentum of a "depression," we have to have a different perspective. The guilt, fear, anger, anxiety that may be "attached" to an external condition, are really decisions made in the mind regardless of the external situation. We decide to suffer. We can also decide to find the Light of Forgiveness within ourselves that washes away the sorrows of the world. It's OK if we feel "depressed." We are not more "guilty" for that. But, it is an error that we can correct with the help of the Christ to forgive ourselves, and accept the inner Correction from the Holy Spirit. Therefore, these Helpers are within us to help us accept the Salvation that comes from deep within us.

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Peace be to me, the holy Son of God.Peace to my brother, who is one with me.Let all the world be blessed with peace through us. This is the last Lesson of section 14 of PART II of the Workbook of ACIM—"What am I." We are the Son of God, joined with our brother, and joined together with our Creator. We cannot see our own holiness without seeing his. Joined together in this mutual respect, we bless the world in tandem. One more Lesson awaits us, (#361-5). We will be guided when we maintain our Divine Connection and practice awareness of the same. This Lesson #360 helps us do so.

Sickness is but another name for sin.Healing is but another name for God.The miracle is thus a call to Him. This Lesson #356 brings of mind to the Altar of Truth. God and Healing are synonymous. Sickness and guilt go together. The Healing is the end of "guilt," in other words, our full and complete forgiveness of ourselves and others is Healing. Can we accept the Atonement for ourselves? This is the Healing. This is our connection with our Divine Creator. I am as God created me. I am fully INNOCENT even when I have made a mistake. God does not condemn us for our mistake. We are calling the Holy Spirit to help us correct our subconscious minds, and conscious minds as well. We ask to receive the help. Even for the errors in our subconscious minds we do not even know we have made. AMEN.

What you give you also receive. This is the basic tenant of A Course in Miracles. Give more love and you receive more love. Give anger, hate and resentment, and you receive more of that back to yourself. This Lesson discusses the fundamental principle that the Course is putting forth. How clear we are to extend forgiveness, because when we do, we receive the absolution of all of our mistakes and lack of love, and receive the gifts of God.

This Lesson is the "door to Heaven" through which we are asked to pass, and the "key" to opening this door is complete forgiveness. We let forgiveness rest upon every atom of creation in the universe—all things. Nothing short of complete forgiveness will be the "key to happiness." The means of our salvation is the Atonement. The key is in our own hands. This Lesson # 342 is the key Lesson to accepting the Atonement for ourselves. We give thanks to our Father for saving us from the "hell" we made. Perfect Happiness is ours now. Let's go through this doorway of complete forgiveness and be in the Blazing Light of Truth and remember God.

What are we requesting? If we receive what we "do not want," somewhere in our frequency we have requested it. If we are in pain, there are thoughts we have that put us in pain. This Lesson #339 gets us clear that we receive what we have requested. And all the more reason we need to forgive ourselves for the subconscious memories and thoughts that bring us ill effects. We need to make no decisions by ourselves. Can we ask that God's Will be made manifest in us? Only "perfect happiness" would be the result of this sincere and unilateral request. Let's make it then.

What is conflict, but a dream? And a "dream" is only a figment of our imagination that is not really there. The dream may contain areas of relationships that are in conflict, which may need to be addressed. But ultimately we are to WAKE UP from the dream. Forgiveness is the means. We step out of the self the ego made up, whose nature is conflict, and enter into the Self God Created, which is at peace. This is the action of Forgiveness here. This Lesson #333 offers it.

What do we "give up" when we say we would like to free ourselves from the ego? The ego is limitation. And limitations block our awareness of our sacred Self that has no limitations. This Lesson #322 asks us to give up the illusions of all the thoughts we use to convince ourselves of our "limitations." They are not real, even though we insist they are. Today we are able to take this step closer to our real Self that is free of fear, guilt, anger, conflict and even death. We give them up today. We connect with the wholeness of Creation in this action.

This Lesson is our choice to use Christ's vision of our "sinlessness." We are stuck on the concept of "sin" because of very strong programing about "sin" from our "church programming." Today we are allowing a new perception into us. We make contact together with our Eternal Innocence. This Lesson gives us this "new perception," beautiful and loving in our true Identity. Our Divine Connection we share, Christ Consciousness, is our to claim now. Forgiveness is the doorway. As we release others into this grace, we enter into grace ourselves. We can have this miracles now. Guilt and sin and fear are GONE. We can let this new perception in now. Why not?

We decide in this Lesson #312 to give up all of our judgments about any situation, person, or thing. Can we see through the eyes of the Holy Spirit? This would require that we give up the way we "see things." Our thoughts precede the events in our life. Thoughts precede perception. This Lesson is about giving up the thoughts that produce suffering in our life. We are responsible for cleaning out our mind of all these negative thoughts and judgments. Ultimately if we want the Peace of God, we have to "think with the Thoughts of God." It is always our choice to let go of our judgments that may be keeping us in our "hell." We can just as easily have "Heaven" instead.

A moment outside of time is where this Lesson takes us. Can we bask in the joy of it? Can we extend this joy into the whole of our life? This Lesson holds out a promise when we give attention to it. Nothing less that the awareness of Heaven is the advent of fearlessness and love. Can we enter into this sacred space of the Mind and stay there? Why would this evade us? It is offered here now when we completely let go of everything else. Can we "completely let go?" What do we have to lose, when Heaven is held out to us?

This Lesson gives us a choice to make, between the world of sorrow and death, or the world of complete forgiveness that represents Christ's vision. The real world is the latter, and from this platform does God Himself reach down to us and draw us nigh unto the Heaven in which we were originally created. The instant this will take for us is outside of time. It is here now when we let go of making our "illusions" into images that only seem real. We can still our minds and accept the grace that is given us. Here and now. And the world of sorrow and death endure only an instant when we are determined to see things differently.

This Lesson #294 tells us the proper perspective of the body. We all have one. It is not the Self, nor should we confuse it for our Self. It is, rightly seen, a "neutral thing" to be used in service to the Self. It is a communication device to communicate the Truth. The Truth is I am Love and you are Love and we are not separate from Love. Shared, our interests become one. This is the proper use of the body—to end the imagined separation and correct our minds to be restored back to their original Wholeness with Creation.

This Lesson helps us put our foot down and not listen to all the senseless rules and regulations by which we bind ourselves in life. We are under no laws but God's (Lesson #76). This is the lave of Love—what do I have to give? Giving is the only law under which I am governed. Let's find what we have to give and put our joy into that. It is something of the Spirit that brings us pure Joy.

"This day we enter into Paradise, calling upon God's Name and on our own, acknowledging our Self in each of us." What could be more clear? The way to Heaven is through acknowledging the Christ in each one of us. No one is excluded in this holy vision. We are apt to judge certain people as unworthy of being a "Son of God." This Lesson corrects us. To exclude anyone from the Sonship would be to exclude a piece of our Self. The Sonship is whole and complete. Exclusion would be contradictory to its nature.

Our choice is what we attend to. Will we give our attention to perfect peace throughout our day? How will we spend it? This Lesson shows us that Heaven is always here, within us, but we can distract ourselves with pain, suffering, and sorrow. This is a matter of decision. "Heaven is the decision I must make." (Lesson #138). Therefore, it is the only decision that requires our undivided attention. Giving attention to spend our day in perfect peace is the equivalent of deciding for Heaven. Will we, is the question, especially in the midst of challenges?

This Lesson makes it clear that all pain, suffering, and grief are not part of our true SELF. Therefore, we have to transmute them to Peace. The Peace of God is our inheritance, and this implies we need to undo and process out any fear, anger, or guilt that may be contributing to our suffering. The key in this lesson is to see that we have caused our own suffering, and with the help of the Holy Spirit in this Lesson, we can end it as well.

Why do we feel threatened? What is danger? Is it our physical body that we fear will be injured or come to an end? Why do we ever feel in danger? This Lesson gives us an antidote to fear and danger. There is a Divine Protection into which we can enter. This Lesson takes us into that. Are we willing to go there?

Can we be guided in this day we give to God? The TEXT tells us to "make no decisions by ourself." This Lesson instructs us to ask Him Who knows the way to God to lead us to our Holy Home. Will we ask? This is the challenge, isn't it--to ask the Holy Spirit, "What would You have me do? Where would You have me go? What would You have me say, and to whom?" These are the questions we can ask once an hour to keep ourselves on track with this Lesson.

Now would we be who God created us to be. Who else would we be? The "self we made up" is capricious and full of problems and conflicts. The Self God created is clear, changeless, and forever immersed in the Peace of God. Why would we want to be anything but that? This Lesson helps us to claimn our Self Identity. Let's be grateful for the clarity.

Who guides our steps? Will we step back and let God guide our steps? Jesus can help us do this, but we have to "step back" and let him lead the way? Are we doing this? This Lesson will help us do this. In this Podcast Markus tells us about the great sage Vivekananda, whose inner transformation allowed him to bring Vedanta to the Western world. He simply "gave his life to God to guide him," which provided everything he needed.

This is the truth about our Self Identity: "Love, which created me, is what I am." This Lesson has the potential to dissolve all of our beliefs in sin, suffering, anger, fear, guilt, and even death itself. Why would be not want to receive this Gift of God fully? We have to see the face of Christ in all our brothers, and drop all of our grievances in order to fully realize the power of this Lesson.

How do we condemn ourselves? Thoughts of limitation and lack? Anger and judgments? Fears and guilt? We don't have to look too far inside of ourselves to see we have become our own worst enemy. This Lesson is the end of all that self-condemnation in its many forms. This Lesson is the acceptance of ourselves in our true state of holiness. We are absolved of our errors, not condemned for them. This is the ultimate "correction" of our wrong thinking. Don't we think it is time to make this inner commitment never to "condemn" ourselves or others?

What is our home, but a state of Heaven consciousness? What prevents us from entering this state of Mind is our own preoccupations of thought. What have all of our "to do lists" done for us? What concerns and worries we have ever truly improved our life, or helped us to avert a deep feeling of being unfulfilled? Can we drop all of that? This Lesson is asking us to enter Heaven now. No need to wait on certain conditions to be met in the future. Heaven is NOW or not at all, and no conditions need to be met other than for us to drop all "conditions." Then we see Heaven is already here. We can go there now, inside of ourselves. We can hasten home in this Holy Instant.

Our Name is still known to God. Our Name is our Identity in Love. It is a State of Being free of all conflict of duality. It is a Unified field of Wholeness—Oneness. This Lesson introduces us to a deeper awareness of Who we are as God sees us. We can claim this Identity today. Why wait? We allow God to reveal it to us. AMEN.

We are in this physical dimension. Would we not find it holy? Even though we are "not a body" in essence, we do have a function in these physical planes to bring the Light of Truth into this Life. This Lesson brings this Light. The SOURCE is here in the air I breathe, the food I eat, the water that sustains me. It inhabits the holy Thoughts that guide me from the Spirit. This Lesson imparts an aura of holiness even in this level of our incarnation.

What does "placing the future in the Hands of God" really mean? It says, only good can come from this action, because God gives "only the good." Why would we not want to do this? Only if we felt fear of the future that we already have, and lack of trust that God would actually make a difference. This Lesson gets us to see things differently. Can we entrust our future into the "Hands of God?" After listening to this Podcast you just may.

Most of us have wondered at some point in our life, "Why are we here?" In these moments we invoke and answer that is beyond the status quo of survival. We know how to have jobs and earn money, but what is it beyond that we are supposed to be doing. What is our function. This Lesson addresses this question. Forgiveness is our function. Can we become masters of it. What are its deeper implications?

This Lesson is a huge leap in our frequency indeed. The ego would have to be totally silenced for this Lesson to be "realized" in us. That will take our Total Attention. Do we really want to be our Self God created? Our would we rather stick with the self we made up, with all its pains and little accomplishments? The decision is our to make. How long will we take to make it? Another Life Time? The time is only NOW to have this Holy Instant of true acceptance.

We have all heard the saying "shit happens." All things are lessons, and even the things that seem to go off are usually teaching us something about ourselves and our place in the world based on the thoughts we have about it. These difficult incidents are "lessons in forgiveness" mostly. No matter how challenging or "unfair" a situation may seem, the lesson is always forgiveness and returning to our inner Peace. This Lesson #193 is a good reminder of this. Can we take the challenging things in stride and maintain our faith that even this has an element leading us to our ultimate good? This is our test.

This Lesson has the potential to undo all fear, especially the anxiety we all hold about the unknown future. Murphy's Law—"what can go wrong will go wrong," does not apply to us when we are placing the future in the Hands of God. "God gives us only happiness" is part of a prayer in Lesson #66. God and Happiness are inseparable. As long as we place our future in the hands of certain happiness, what is there to fear? What "guilt" is left to undo? Forgiveness is complete in us, and therefore we can relax and let go into the care of our Divine Creator. Isn't that a relief!

"Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world." This is Lesson #62. This Lesson is a reminder of that function, and also a booster knowing that God's will is that I fulfill this function in the world. We who have studied ACIM a long time know this directive inside and out. More so, that Forgiveness takes on new meaning and urgency in our lives. We may receive tougher lessons that test our minds even deeper into fulfilling our function. It is good to know that what God wills us to do, God also gives us the help in doing. The Holy Spirit is always there to help us in times of doubt and resistance. This help is there if we can accept it. Why not accept it?

We have the glory of God in writing. We have the grace of God in writing. We have the mercy of God in writing. We have the goodness of God in writing. See our MP3 Series for other parts of the "John Series" or visit us @ gbible.org Exodus 33:19 Moses had seen the face of God face to face. A theophany is an old testament appearance of Jesus Christ. In this situation a theophany is Jesus Christ in a literally human body. To behold the Glory of God is to behold His goodness, His mercy, and His grace. Bible Doctrine is the revelation of the glory of God. The Word of God in writing. John 1:14 The Lord Jesus Christ was full of grace. Luke 4:22 Full of Grace has to do with the person of Jesus Christ. There will never be a person who will stand before God and not have had an opportunity to behold His grace. Titus 2:11, 12. Grace is simply God's unmerited favor toward the human race. Grace is God loving you when you don't deserve a single thing. Grace is the way God treats you and I because of what His Son did on the Cross. There is nothing that you could ever do to make God love you or bless you. God loves you because of who He is and not what you are. God loves each and every one of us with a perfect and unconditional love. God's glory is His graciousness, His mercy and His goodness. Luke 4:22 Our words usually reveal what we are thinking, unless one is a hypocrite. Jesus Christ constantly spoke gracious words, and He constantly thought gracious thoughts. Jeremiah 29:13 The reason why they are thoughts of peace is so that you can except reconciliation and come to God's expected end. Many Christians struggle to live the Christian way of life. How can you please God? The first prerequisite to coming to a place of being a Christian that pleases God is that you have to know God's thoughts towards who you are. Many people do not know what God's glory is all about and they begin to feel condemned. God's glory is His grace. God's glory is His mercy. God's glory is His goodness. Who wouldn't want to draw near to a God who is filled with glory filled with Mercy, filled with grace and God that is good to us constantly? When Jesus Christ walked on this earth, He was filled with not just Truth, but Grace and Truth.¬¬¬¬ You can't be filled with grace unless you're filled with truth and truth is God doctrines. You can't be filled with truth unless you're filled with grace. You can't have one without the other, the two go together. The more truth that I learn, the more grace that I'll know about God and then the more gracious I'll be to others. Jesus Christ, when He came down on earth, revealed His glory to the human race and His glory was revealed by grace and truth. That is so precious when you think about it. In fact Grace and doctrine, Grace and truth, doctrine is what sustained Him in His earthly ministry. You and I can go through any difficulty in life and have Bible doctrine, God's word and God's promises and the Holy Spirit to sustain us constantly. When Jesus Christ came, He was filled with grace and truth and when our sins were poured upon Him and judged, grace and truth is what carried Him. Grace and Doctrine carried Him through. The same thing that carried Him through you and I have the ability to carry us through right now, at any time because His grace, His truth, the Shekinah Glory, and God the Holy Spirit will never leave us or forsake us. God the Father will never forsake us because God the Son already paid that price for every single one of us… If you lived when Christ lived and if you followed Him all around and you sat and you learn with Him and you went everywhere with Him, you would still not have what you have today, you would still not have the Shekinah Glory inside of you. You could've seen Him all that you want but you couldn't behold all of His glory, Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. In the person of Jesus Christ when he came down on the earth mercy and truth met, and then in the person of Jesus Christ righteousness and peace kissed. What does that mean? That means that righteousness, God‘s righteousness, God‘s holiness now has been totally at peace with mankind through Jesus Christ. This LESSON is from our John Series

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