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July 18, 1999

A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul

Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.

Messenger: In the Shepherds of Christ Movement Jesus has called each of us to a unique mission. In the Movement we will develop our own personal uniqueness according to the Father's will. This does not mean doing what one wants, it means doing God's will.

People in authority in the Father's family are there to serve as Jesus served in the greatest love according to the Father's will. People underneath are not to become slavishly dependent on those above, but to have a relationship which allows all to develop their personal uniqueness in order to serve God according to His will.

The answer to the perfect garden is every relationship must be exactly as the Father wills.

If one is possessive of another, if one has a fear of abandonment, if one wants more than the Father wishes him to have in a relationship with another, the relationship causes disharmony for all.

God wills us to have specially close relationships with certain others. Our relationships are not the same with every person. Engaging in personal relationships according to God's will helps each to develop to his maturity as God desires.

Many times power is misused to fill up sick inadequacies in a person.

Structure is used by God to delegate authority flowing from the Father.

God operates in structure.

Mary obeyed the will of the Father.

Mary did it freely.

Mary did not have to be coaxed. She lived her life doing His will. She loved Him, she wanted only to serve Him and do His will.

Eve wanted her own will. She was tempted by the devil to disobey and she gave in because he said to her:

God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.'

Messenger: There is a struggle to try to be on the top. It is a tendency in our tainted human nature.

I am a messenger from God. He gives the messages. I have struggled and struggled, for men have tried to get me to stay below them in delivering the message. They think I am going over them.

The fallen nature says in its evil ways, "No one will be over me."

If we are to work as God will have it in the Reign of the Sacred Heart and triumph of Mary's Heart, we will work for souls living according to God's will, giving 100% of their lives in service to doing God's will. Authority is existent to teach them in God's name, acting only in His name.

Relationships in which one feels higher than another are silly. People may be in authority, but never should they think of themselves as better than someone else. All are precious souls created by God and redeemed by His love. One may be chosen for a mission as a prophet. They are not in competition with the messenger from God. They are grateful for God's gift to them, and they receive the gift for their own personal advancement.

I speak further of this relationship problem, for it is a problem. Every relationship must be fine-tuned to the precision of doing God's will as exactly as possible.

In surrendering Himself completely as the Father willed, the Good Shepherd came forth glorified in white robes, the Victor.

The victory for us is living according to God's will.

There is only one will. It is His will which will lead to the victory.

Freedom for sinful man is found in living according to His will.

The devil tries to get people enslaved to things that prevent them from living according to God's will.

Having relationships not according to God's will can lead to the death of the soul.

Satan stirs up passions, creates lights, stirs up emotions, wants people to act jealously and possessively to hold on to a relationship that is not one according to God's will.

Satan works in relationships in which he wants others to depend like children on those in authority, when in fact they are to be under those in authority, but growing as a mature Christian in a way of being free of slavishly dependent relationships.

It is not good when someone says, "They need me, they have problems emotionally, and they need me to help them grow out of that."

All of us need one another, all of us have a need to interact in deep mutual relationships with one another.

But there are sick relationships which feed the sick power some have over others. They create a dependency with another so that the person needs to be emotionally propped up.

It is one thing to be suffering and turn to another for properly-given assistance.

It is not good if one establishes a power which says, "You are sick and you need me all the time."

Who wants that? One is on top, one is on the bottom. One must have a problem, the other will help solve it.

This has to stop if we are to live as the Father wills.

It is a survivor-rescuer relationship in which one is always under, another on top.

In some sick relationships, two unhealthy people can take turns battling to determine who goes on top and who is on the bottom.

This is not the same as mutual love, mutually-given support when needed. This is healthy interaction.

In sick relationships there is a deep feeling on the part of one of being needed. Someone has a problem and you can help. Some spend their lives working on others' problems and never look at themselves because they feel good working out others' problems.

Only in mutual, loving relationships in which all come realizing their own imperfections and desiring to work on their own problems and wanting to mature to be more in the image of Jesus, can we grow as the Father wishes.

The child of God serves the Father willingly. He is not slavishly dependent on another. He serves with a 100% willingness, realizing it is for his own happiness.

The child of the Father is likened to Christ. Christ is the perfect Son.

At a certain level the child learns obedience and what it means more fully to live in the Father's will.

Children of God grow into mature Christians by living to serve God with a total gift of one's free will.

The mature Christian is one who engages in relationships according to God's will. He is the one who lives to bring forth fruit for the Kingdom.

...'Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?'(Mt 12:48)

Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.' (Mt 12:50)

Question for married couples and others in intimate relationships:

Q:  How does my love for Jesus help me love you more?

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