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The Source Within Newsletter
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Give Birth to a New
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December 2015
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This is a most delightful month. Those who decorate their homes, expresses beauty for others to see and we thank you.
In our Newsletter this month are articles that if we have faith in Our Father God, we will understand there are many ways to return to Him. It is a time that we can open our hearts, sing, enjoy and feel the "Christ Spirit" throughout our days during this celebration of the birth of the Christ Child. To embellish it even more, let us try letting these beautiful moments open our heart, show on our faces and express in our actions.
Do have a most beautiful 
In Divine Love and Delight,
Reverends Pat and Fred
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The Spirit of Christmas
We have the right idea about gift giving at Christmas, but have gone about it in an incorrect manner. The Wise Men brought gifts to the Christ Child, but those gifts had nothing to do with marketing!
Frankincense, myrrh, and gold have very significant meanings. Let us look at it now and see if we are following a correct path to Our Father.
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Frankincense is an herb, a resin. When we use this herb it strengthens us, our character, our hearts, our soul. In fact, it aids in transmuting the material body to a spiritual body.
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Myrrh is also an herb, a resin, a gum. It is classified today as bitter and spicy. Myrrh represents love, which is the eternal Spirit of Our Father. It was very expensive and was also used as a perfume.
In the East it is used by the Chinese and Ayurveda as a medicine and as an incense. In the East and regarding the Christ, we have to remember that the Prophets had predicted that a King was to be born and they also knew that he would be crucified. All the gifts that were given to him were for the protection of his body, his soul.
The Scriptures give us many herbs that were used as cures for problems of the body. Frankincense is one of those, however, herbs are very powerful and careful attention is to be used always. Besides, as man feels he knows more than God knows, particularly when there are things he does not understand, it may be that man adds to, or changes something in the original herb to help it make sense to him.
Thus, we may never be able to know what the original herb frankincense, or myrrh really was, is, or what it can do for us.
All of this is said so that we understand that all the Christmas lights, expensive toys given, trees, the beauty that we do at Christmas, may have nothing to do with The Christ Child.
Each year, we begin earlier to celebrate all this. We now even forget about Thanksgiving and begin with Christmas before we give thanks. In fact, we take everything for granted. This may be the reason for the new topic for the Website. Let us allow this year to be different. Let us really act as the Wise Men acted. They came to celebrate the birth. Let that birth come forth in yourself, in us and in each person.
In Divine Love and Delight, Rev. Pat |
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 The Road to Heaven
Many probably have wanted to know how to get to Heaven, yet, many never ASK. Well, the road to heaven is paved with happiness. Thus, if we are unhappy here on Earth, we are on an iniquitous road. Even if someone tries to make others unhappy, those actions are inappropriate if plans are to travel the Road to Heaven.
Jesus rarely used the words of contentment, joy, glee, or bliss, but all his teachings led to these feelings of delight and ecstasy. If it is our desire to travel the road that leads to Heaven, then we have to do better than we are doing right now.
Just remember this, Earth is called the First Heaven. The question has been asked how many heavens are there, but the answer came that we do not need to know that right now.
Also, it means that if mean things are done by any of Our Father's children, they have to remain on Earth until they change their ways. Did you ever ask, "Why does all the good people die?" Well, Our Father uses the "good" people. That is the reason. If those who do mean things are killed before they change their ways, they return to us worse than before.
Perhaps, it would be wise to allow all your thoughts, actions, ideas, behaviors, and activities be wonderfully affirmative, positive and set toward living happily.
The questions are, "Do we really understand what happens when we allow our soul to embrace the negative? Is this something that we truly want to experience?"
These two questions are valid and it would be wise for us to answer them. It requires that we take a look at ourselves and that includes me.
Everything is in our hands.
In Divine Love and Delight, Rev. Pat
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The Spiritual Wedding of the Heart and Mind
Noticing the News on the Internet about a drop in Religiousness is one that we would be wise to note ourselves. It is difficult for me, in particular, to ever think that there is no God, no Creator. However, it may be that 9/11 caused more than the erasure of The Twin Towers. In the minds of many, even Religious Scientist (from our own experience) the question came, "How could God let this happen?"
I was amazed since we teach that we have free will, authority over our own lives and still in areas of our life we believe that God still lets things happen.
To allow the head and the heart to unite takes a lot of faith and a lot of work. The word is really, marriage. The two are to marry, become one-the spiritual wedding of the heart and mind, spirit and soul.
Our heart can be foolish, believing anything and everything. When this happens, the heart filled with wisdom is not used, and it can get itself in lots of trouble. Once that happens, it is a long road back to the civil mind trying to draw the soul on its side. The best plan is to accept that spiritual wedding that Our Father offers us is the greatest plan on Earth.
If we want saneness, self-worth, security, and to always be alert, aware and awake, then using wisdom is the key. It is an art that we must practice. It never falls out of the sky on, or in our head, our mind, or even our heart. If we can recollect the teachings of Jesus, we will realize that we are never to judge by appearances. Generally, that is how most see things. Whatever is in front of our eyes, unless we think, we take that for granted.
Our Father, because He gave us authority over our own life, cannot interfere. He, Jesus and the entire Heavenly Host can only watch. He has made it so that NO ONE can interfere with what man wants. Man includes woman! Thus, the definitive word "ASK" is the absolute and ultimate decision that each of us must make.
In Divine Love and Delight,
Rev. Pat
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 From Where Do We REALLY Come ©
This is a question I have asked many times, and recently received an answer when I decided to talk with Our Father about this-just where we come from. It is delightful to know that Our Father is directing and scheduling (this does not mean that we lose control over our livingness) our life, because we are the ones who have the authority over what happens to us in our life.
It is like this:
When we are ready to incarnate, we have a talk with Our Father. He tells us everything that we are to know about a life we are about to live and that we will remember, or recall none of it. He asks us what kind of parents we want; what kind of life we want to live. Then He gives us a chance to choose and take responsibility for the life we are about to begin.
If we do not know the kind of parents we want, do not really care, or do not choose, then we are left with Our Father not being able to assist, so we are born illegitimately. We take NO responsibility for what is about to happen and Our Father cannot interfere, or His Holy Angels. I did not ask if this is something that SOME individuals want to experience, nor did I ask if at any time during this life if things can change for those who fail to ask.
There is one thing for sure, when those individuals do incarnate, the person who connects to that person is in for a very unhappy life, particularly if those individuals are unhappy people. The person that did not choose parents before incarnating will continue that same action after incarnating with their spouse
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Unless that person awakens and get help from God, Our Father, or seek to know the Holy Angels, their life will be very unhappy and anyone involved with them will be unhappy. However, the one who fails to choose may be living the life they want.
At any rate, it is much happier for everyone involved to choose parents so they can learn what is important for themselves and all involved with them.
We return lifetime after lifetime to grow spiritually. We are trying to return to our original state, which is spiritual. Although, at the time of rebirth, anger could blossom and cause the one incarnating to misunderstand what is about to happen even though The Father is explaining everything.
Past lives do affect present thinking. That is the one reason it is so very important that we be honest, truthful, loving, learn to be kind to everyone in whatever we do, so that the life we live now will be a very good influence on the next life should we have to return.
Most teach about Heaven and going there, but we all have to understand that if we disobey the Universal Laws, there will be consequences-NEVER PUNISHMENT-just consequences.
Let us understand consequences. It is said if we do not watch where we are walking and a banana peel is on our path-if we step on it we may slip and fall.
Would we consider it a punishment if we broke our leg, or really hurt ourselves? Would the banana be at fault, after all, maybe it should have known that we were coming? NO! That is simply a consequence, but it can be serious. What is the wise thing to do? OBEY!
We here on Earth have a BIG problem with that word obey, particularly the male. So many are taught that it is unmanly to obey. The males are made to feel they are under the apron strings of the female if they obey. This is not a criticism, or judgment, simply an observation.
To answer the question that this article raises is this--there is only ONE PLACE from which we REALLY come--it is from one of the other heavens.
We know there are at least seven heavens, because the names of some Holy Angels are described where they rule. It may be that the Holy Angels are so busy, that they no doubt can rule wherever Our Father sends them. Only Our Father can go further than that.
I am aware that many will object to this entire article, but think about it. Our Father is loving, kind, gives us authority over our entire life and does not interfere with what we desire.
When the people refused to listen to the Prophets, God sent Jesus to guide us and we still refused to listen.
Have you ever thought about the fact that maybe God wants to be involved in the lives of His children?
Maybe He truly wants us to love Him. Remember, forced love is NOT LOVE. A robot's love is NOT LOVE. Someone made to love another is NOT LOVE.
Love, to be real must be Divine and desired to be given another by each of us of our own free will. NOW THAT IS LOVE!
In Divine Love and Delight, Rev. Pat
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 Think On These ThingsThink on These Things Jesus made a point about the importance of asking. There are some things that we may desire and it comes with a price. The price tag says, "ASK." If you want to be guided by Our Father every moment of our life, then it may require that we ask each day for this to take place. When we ASK whatever it is we desire, that is what will be done.
Jesus also taught that we are to keep the Great Commandment, "Love thy God with all they mind, soul and spirit and thy neighbor as thyself. My question to Jesus is this, "Perhaps this is where our biggest problem rest, because we do not understand how to do this. If all our love is on God, how do we love a spouse, mother, child, dad, siblings, etc." I wanted to know if there were steps, so I asked.
- What are the steps?
1. Keep that commandment 2. Never allow anything that is unlike My Father to enter your mind, soul, or spirit.
- Keep only GOOD in your thoughts
1. That means if you are of a jealous, or envious nature--something other than My Father has entered
- Loving every GOOD thing is loving My Father
- Let nothing disturb you
- There is NO NEED to be concerned about Money, or needs of any kind! If you love My Father, He will take care of you. He already knows what you need even before you ask.
- Have great faith
- Believe He speaks TRUTH
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 Thank you for reading our Newsletter. It gives us great pleasure to be able to bring this to you each month. We do our best to bring it on time, but when the unforeseen takes place, we do the best we can. Please know that what is in our Newsletters is what Our Father wants His children to know. Enjoy what is here.
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In Divine Love and Delight,
Reverend Dr. Fred Ogletree & Reverend Dr. Pat Ogletree
Founders & Team Minister
Email: therevs@universalwisdomfellowship.org
Email: pwogletree@outlook.com
Phone: 203-916-8287
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P.O. Box 776
Stratford, CT 06615
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Prayer
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December
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O Heavenly Father, I recognize You as the only Power in the Universe. You are grand, magnificent, loyal, perfect, whole and complete. I unify with you and accept my oneness that connects us.
I ask that the Christ child become alive in me and all others who desire this. Let us know that all is well with our soul. Show us how to allow this Christ Child to come alive in our lives. Let it be guided by Divine Wisdom and Love. I am so very grateful for all the wonderful gifts you, My Lord have given me. I say thank you with all our heart. Every fiber in my being radiates with your Divine Love. For this, I say thank you Divine One. I let it be and so it is. Selah. Amen and Amen.
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God Always Answers Our Prayers
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