Leader:
Sylvia
Lesson:
FELLOWSHIP
Experiment
1. Select one pattern that you frequently hold of resentment toward or
irritation with another person. Each day for a week work with letting go of
that pattern. Stop feeding it and giving attention to it when it comes to your
mind. Even though a part of you may enjoy entertaining it, affirm that the reward
of knowing fellowship with God will be a greater experience. Keep a record of
your experiences of knowing a greater sense of fellowship in this way.
Experiment
2. Take the initiative in speaking to others (especially strangers) and showing
your love for all mankind. Do those things that you know will be helpful,
risking the possibility that you may not be understood or appreciated. Record
your experiences.
Business: Discussion of group preferences and suggestions for weekly minutes of weekly
meetings, to prevent further errors, that meets needs and allows everyone to
feel comfortable with the degree of confidentiality held, and provides a
summary of the lesson read.
Next
week we begin reading Mark Thurston’s “Experiments....” on page 67, just below
the experiment.
The
reading accomplished tonight for the first experiment describes the importance
of living lives in service for others as Jesus did. It could be living for, or
serving a cause or a person courageously giving daily of
our life’s energy. The bare bones of Cayce’s reading 262-29 asks the listener
whether you gave “the truths” that another might enjoy a moments rest in the
Lord? He advised being “the best” in whatever role we take on. Just
as vital, we give of our lives to others if we decide to “let go of anything”
that hinders someone else: negative, critical thoughts of them, desires,
habits.
For
second experiment, we learned from reading our book to investigate what it is
within ourselves that makes us fail to be daring and take the initiative in
reaching out to another. Reaching out to share our Truth, to minister to their
needs, to be the best, a friend as close and protective, “give my life”
brotherly like friend.
To
begin our study of the ASFG book, we will discuss the remainder of the long
section we read on “Fellowship with God”, from p. 72-74. Following
our digestion of this section via discussion, we’ll read the “Fellowship with
God, the Need of the World”. We begin to read ASFG on p. 74, slightly more than
halfway down the page.
A
thought to ponder: Is this “minutes” as is given here according to what was
discussed? Where
there unresolved issues to resolve by taking a “show of hands” vote?
In
Loving Oneness
Of FELLOWSHIP,
Sylvia
Of FELLOWSHIP,
Sylvia
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