Messages to Our Family: From the Brotherhood, Mother Mary and Jesus [Paperback]

Annie Kirkwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1994

"Gather your family together to pray and meditate." Originally conveyed over five years to Annie and Byron for their weekly family gatherings, this most powerful, beautiful, and thorough course conveys life-changing lessons in spirituality. In the most loving and inspiring manner, the family group was taught how to pray and meditate, to turn within, ask for help, and learn to grow in unconditional love. This profound book contains many prayers, affirmations, meditations, helpful tools for releasing abuse, resentment, and anger and for healing earthly wounds to the soul. Endorsements "Families everywhere will be blessed and awakened to their potential by this wonderful book of messages, which is destined to become one of the greatest works of our era." Jean Foster, The God-Mind Connection "I expect this material may equal A Course in Miracles in finding its way into the hearts and minds of many. It provides spiritual food to nourish the journey through daily life." Carol E. Parrish-Harra, Sparrow Hawk Village "I've read a great deal of channeled material, and this strikes me as some of the best: solid, practical, and very accessible. This rich spiritual motherlode can be mined for a lifetime." Carol Bee, Napra ReView First published 1994, 3rd printing, new edition, February 2005

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About the Author

Annie and Byron Kirkwood were married in 1985 and now live in northeastern Oklahoma. They have a blended family composed of five sons, three grandsons, a granddaughter, and a great-grandaughter.

Annie Kirkwood, a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) since 1965, travels giving talks, workshops, and seminars. Urging Annie to "Live the message," the Blessed Mother has directed Annie to encourage people to do the same. Annie speaks from the heart about her experience and personal dedication to spiritual growth and healing. When she is not working, Annie enjoys playing the piano, and painting, and working in her yard.

Annie began receiving messages in her mind from Mary, Mother of Jesus, in 1987 and continues to receive messages from Mary and other spiritual guides.

Byron Kirkwood has an MBA from Southern Methodist University and was previously employed in the microcomputer and electronics industries.

Together they publish a bimonthly newsletter and operate a catalog mail-order business, marketing products for spiritual advancement and emergency preparedness.

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Learning to Pray and Meditate

In late 1986 Annie Kirkwood, author of Mary’s Message to the World, started receiving messages from the spiritual entities known as the Brotherhood of God. It started in a simple manner, with Annie handwriting the messages using pencil and paper. However, with my (Byron's) background in microcomputers, I soon had Annie set up on the computer using WordPerfect,1 complete with the internal "speller" program for correcting spelling errors. Now all she had to do was key in the program name "ANNIE," and the computer would be ready to enter the messages, complete with a heading and the date the message was being received.

After receiving messages from the Brotherhood and Mother Mary for two years, they requested that we share what we were learning with our family. The following is a portion of the message Annie received on August 14, 1988, which explained how this was to be accomplished.

Gather Your Family Together (August 14, 1988)

...Now then, prepare your children and your friends by publishing the words which you will receive from Mary. Gather your children together, and teach them to pray and meditate. Teach them how to meditate and how to pray. They in turn will revise this method to suit themselves. But at this time they are not meditating. Some are trying, and we regard these efforts well worthwhile. It is not to these few, but to the others who are not even trying, that we wish to speak.

Children of Annie and Byron, listen to these writings that your mother is receiving. These writings are all truth. The events that are predicted will occur. There is no way to avoid them now. The planet Earth needs this turning over in order to heal and survive. Learn from these parents, who so love each of you. Come together once a week and pray and learn to meditate. This we request and have been commissioned by the One God to commence. In this once-a-week meeting you are to discuss and question those topics that bewilder you. We will give the group special messages to read at this time. Only united will you stand. And, if there are others who wish to join this family group, welcome them and urge them to pray for guidance.

Your first task as a group is to discuss the imaging of your individual temples. Each of you will build a temple in your mind to suit yourself. Do not tell anyone what your temple is like. This will be your special place to meet with us and with the One God. This is imperative. During the first week, work to build your temple elegantly. It should be so detailed and complete that you could build it on earth out of three-dimensional materials. Read excerpts from Jean's book that give the instructions on building your temple. We will be with this family gathering and will be teaching each person to open their mind to receive all the material we will be giving you. We once again urge each of you to comply with this request. We are always available to you for anything and at any time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Blue Dolphin Publishing, Inc (April 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931892813
• ISBN-13: 978-0931892813
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #897,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is one of my life-lines, September 28, 2005

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I picked this book up thinking it was a Waldorf School book because of the cover art. It turned out to be just what I needed and still do need, a year later. It's the kind of book that I can open to any page and it says what my soul yearns to hear. It's a book that I will give to all the new generation of my family when I feel they're ready.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, February 9, 2002

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This is a wonderful book. It's filled with hope, love and inspiration. As a daily guide, it is right up there with the Bible, only much easier to understand. The only problem I have is with the "good and evil" part -- that there is no evil. That doesn't make sense, because it contradicts the Bible big time. The other 99% is right on. If you're looking for help in your spiritual journey, you'll love this one.

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Best of the series! A little lengthy but worth the reading! Wonderful and mind provoking insight. You, the reader will time and again refer to this book for further (self introspection) gentle self guidance. This is a book for all families, cultures, and religions to read. Learn to internalize the concepts. Perhaps then...you will put into practice the concept, that "ALL PEOPLE" have a right to be who they are(beliefs,religions,ethnicity's,cultures).Then you can bring; "PEACE ON EARTH,GOODWILL to MEN!" One person at a time!