© 1995 The Christian Fellowship of Students of The Urantia Book
Universal Father, among your vast assemblage of
celestial agencies and personalities, we
acknowledge the Most Highs as the
overcontrollers of our planetary progress.
We rejoice that they use the limitless resources
of the cosmos to curb our misdirections and
stimulate our growth.
May your Spirit of Truth guide us past the false
security of militarism into the sure influences of
social brotherhood establishing peace on earth.
Inspire intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization
that we may discover the perennial values of
true philosophy.
Stir us to courageous ethical awakening that
goodness and righteousness may become the
standard of the land.
Enlighten our political wisdom that we may select
competent national leaders and public servants
who work toward international cooperation
and world government.
Give us spiritual insight and cosmic intuition to
envision the eternal realities of your kingdom
that we may be energized by living faith to
bring spiritual pressure from above to shape
our human destiny. (82)
“Never should a righteous cause be promoted by force; spiritual victories can be won only by spiritual power. This injunction against the employment of material influences refers to psychic force as well as to physical force. Overpowering arguments and mental superiority are not to be employed to coerce men and women into the kingdom. Man’s mind is not to be crushed by the mere weight of logic or overawed by shrewd eloquence. While emotion as a factor in human decisions cannot be wholly eliminated, it should not be directly appealed to in the teachings of those who would advance the cause of the kingdom. Make your appeals directly to the divine spirit that dwells within the minds of men.” (UB 159:3.2)