7035. My son, My firstborn, is Israel. That this signifies that they who are in spiritual truth and good have been adopted …. 7038. That they may serve Me. That this signifies elevation into heaven in order to perform uses therefrom, is evident from the signification of “serving Jehovah,” or the Lord, as being to perform uses; and as this is said of those of the spiritual church who have been saved by the coming of the Lord, and who before His coming were in the lower earth, and were afterward elevated into heaven (n. 6854, 6914), and thereby came… Read more »
Submission: Moving doves & feathers drew my attention to my key phrase for this week: ‘I am adopted by the Lord’. A short & pithy statement helps me remember my LP task & I felt joy when repeating it, as well as raised up out of my worries. My passages from the Arcana also made me more aware & grateful for others discharging their uses wisely & faithfully. I was also drawn to AC 7046 – to ‘speak as I think, & think as I speak’ – but chose something softer that makes me feel loved & loving, in the… Read more »
Mandy Millar
August 14, 2024 8:44 pm
Matthew 12:43-45 And when the unclean spirit has come·out from the man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it. Then he says, I will return into my house, whence I came out; and coming, he finds it empty, swept, and adorned. Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So shall it also be to this wicked generation. AC 7045 It is said “without an internal,” and by this is meant no acknowledgment of… Read more »
Judy & Len Robinson
August 14, 2024 4:23 pm
ACV9S17-Judy #7046….”The interior with man in the world cannot appear until the exterior has been removed; because with the evil the exterior acts quite differently from what the interior wills and thinks; for the man feigns what is honorable, what is just, and also Christian good or charity; and this in order that it may be believed that he is such inwardly…..” Principle: The internal mind and external mind can be acting in diametrically opposite ways. Task: Try to be awake to the thoughts ruled by self/hellish proprium as opposed to alignment or not with what is higher. Submission: Not… Read more »
7035. That ” My son, My firstborn, Israel,” or those who are in spiritual truth and good, that is, who are of the spiritual church, have been adopted, and thus acknowledged as sons, is because the Lord by His coming into the world saved them; hence also, and likewise by virtue of faith in the Lord, they are called the “firstborn son.” These are also meant by the Lord in John: And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, and… Read more »
I do appreciate that the Lord loves me as a special adopted child, but I so frequently forget to acknowledge this. With the truths I have learned and the feelings I have sensed I sometimes catch glimpses of how much He loves me. It is mind blowing and I can’t hold the thought or feeling for long. I know this gives me a strong security to live my life and be of use to others, but I am so sad and disappointed in myself for forgetting to thank the Lord, and taking more time to study and to worship Him… Read more »
Denyse Daurat
August 9, 2024 12:38 am
7044: The reason why purification is effected by means of the truths of faith is that these truths teach what good is and also what evil is, and so what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. And when a person knows those truths and wishes to act in accordance with them, he is being led by the Lord and purified by the Divine means that are His.
Task: Practice bringing to mind the truths of faith and acting from them.
Liz Coggins
August 5, 2024 3:48 pm
AC 7030: see all the wonders which I have put in thy hand. That this signifies means of power from the spiritual then is evident from the signification of ‘wonders’ and ‘miracles’ as being means of Divine power, and from the signification of ‘hand’ as being spiritual power. 7031: And thou shalt do them before Pharaoh. That this signifies against the infesting falsities is evident from the representation of pharaoh as being falsity infesting the truths of the church Task: It draws me to consider what ‘power’ could mean in terms of my own life; is it the power of love to the… Read more »
Submission: The 3 numbers together seem to be referring to stages in a process where there is an awakening or observation of the invaluable and precious relationship between the internal and external of the personal life in the natural; where the Divine truths in the form of doctrine and natural laws are held to be precious in application, and are the ‘means’ of power; and the dynamics of this process taking place (in me) in the face of the struggle with acknowledged personal evils. Things that came up in personal experience related to making efforts to engage with… Read more »
AC 7029-7032: When you return to Egypt, Pharaoh is there. The spiritual life will be in the natural plane and there is power to resist falsities and infestations. Yet, Pharaoh in me will ever be obstinate and not desire liberation. Pharaoh in me would like to stay put and maintain the state of faith without charity in me. Principle: AC 7038 The very worship of the Lord consists of performing uses – a real practical exercise of charity. Task: Observe when I perform uses as opposed to when I act to help my self or derive some self-serving delight or… Read more »
AC 7046: By the quality of the natural being shown, is meant the quality of that nation interiorly, which appears when the exterior is removed. The interior with man in the world cannot appear until the exterior has been removed; because with the evil the exterior acts quite differently from what the interior wills and thinks; for the man feigns what is honorable, what is just, and also Christian good or charity; and this in order that it may be believed that he is such inwardly. He is compelled so to act by fears of the loss of gain, of… Read more »
7035. My son, My firstborn, is Israel. That this signifies that they who are in spiritual truth and good have been adopted …. 7038. That they may serve Me. That this signifies elevation into heaven in order to perform uses therefrom, is evident from the signification of “serving Jehovah,” or the Lord, as being to perform uses; and as this is said of those of the spiritual church who have been saved by the coming of the Lord, and who before His coming were in the lower earth, and were afterward elevated into heaven (n. 6854, 6914), and thereby came… Read more »
Submission: Moving doves & feathers drew my attention to my key phrase for this week: ‘I am adopted by the Lord’. A short & pithy statement helps me remember my LP task & I felt joy when repeating it, as well as raised up out of my worries. My passages from the Arcana also made me more aware & grateful for others discharging their uses wisely & faithfully. I was also drawn to AC 7046 – to ‘speak as I think, & think as I speak’ – but chose something softer that makes me feel loved & loving, in the… Read more »
Matthew 12:43-45 And when the unclean spirit has come·out from the man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it. Then he says, I will return into my house, whence I came out; and coming, he finds it empty, swept, and adorned. Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last things of that man are worse than the first. So shall it also be to this wicked generation. AC 7045 It is said “without an internal,” and by this is meant no acknowledgment of… Read more »
ACV9S17-Judy #7046….”The interior with man in the world cannot appear until the exterior has been removed; because with the evil the exterior acts quite differently from what the interior wills and thinks; for the man feigns what is honorable, what is just, and also Christian good or charity; and this in order that it may be believed that he is such inwardly…..” Principle: The internal mind and external mind can be acting in diametrically opposite ways. Task: Try to be awake to the thoughts ruled by self/hellish proprium as opposed to alignment or not with what is higher. Submission: Not… Read more »
7035. That ” My son, My firstborn, Israel,” or those who are in spiritual truth and good, that is, who are of the spiritual church, have been adopted, and thus acknowledged as sons, is because the Lord by His coming into the world saved them; hence also, and likewise by virtue of faith in the Lord, they are called the “firstborn son.” These are also meant by the Lord in John: And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, and… Read more »
I do appreciate that the Lord loves me as a special adopted child, but I so frequently forget to acknowledge this. With the truths I have learned and the feelings I have sensed I sometimes catch glimpses of how much He loves me. It is mind blowing and I can’t hold the thought or feeling for long. I know this gives me a strong security to live my life and be of use to others, but I am so sad and disappointed in myself for forgetting to thank the Lord, and taking more time to study and to worship Him… Read more »
7044: The reason why purification is effected by means of the truths of faith is that these truths teach what good is and also what evil is, and so what ought to be done and what ought not to be done. And when a person knows those truths and wishes to act in accordance with them, he is being led by the Lord and purified by the Divine means that are His.
Task: Practice bringing to mind the truths of faith and acting from them.
AC 7030: see all the wonders which I have put in thy hand. That this signifies means of power from the spiritual then is evident from the signification of ‘wonders’ and ‘miracles’ as being means of Divine power, and from the signification of ‘hand’ as being spiritual power. 7031: And thou shalt do them before Pharaoh. That this signifies against the infesting falsities is evident from the representation of pharaoh as being falsity infesting the truths of the church Task: It draws me to consider what ‘power’ could mean in terms of my own life; is it the power of love to the… Read more »
Submission: The 3 numbers together seem to be referring to stages in a process where there is an awakening or observation of the invaluable and precious relationship between the internal and external of the personal life in the natural; where the Divine truths in the form of doctrine and natural laws are held to be precious in application, and are the ‘means’ of power; and the dynamics of this process taking place (in me) in the face of the struggle with acknowledged personal evils. Things that came up in personal experience related to making efforts to engage with… Read more »
AC 7029-7032: When you return to Egypt, Pharaoh is there. The spiritual life will be in the natural plane and there is power to resist falsities and infestations. Yet, Pharaoh in me will ever be obstinate and not desire liberation. Pharaoh in me would like to stay put and maintain the state of faith without charity in me. Principle: AC 7038 The very worship of the Lord consists of performing uses – a real practical exercise of charity. Task: Observe when I perform uses as opposed to when I act to help my self or derive some self-serving delight or… Read more »
AC 7046: By the quality of the natural being shown, is meant the quality of that nation interiorly, which appears when the exterior is removed. The interior with man in the world cannot appear until the exterior has been removed; because with the evil the exterior acts quite differently from what the interior wills and thinks; for the man feigns what is honorable, what is just, and also Christian good or charity; and this in order that it may be believed that he is such inwardly. He is compelled so to act by fears of the loss of gain, of… Read more »