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I OVERCOME HATE BY THE RECOGNITION OF LOVE

There is but one Presence in the universe.  Since It is in and through everything, It must be in and through you.  This Presence manifests Itself in and through all forms, all people, and all conditions.  This Presence is Life Itself.  Its nature is love and givingness. Continue reading “Sep. 30, 2016 – I OVERCOME HATE BY THE RECOGNITION OF LOVE”

THE HEALING CHRIST ABIDES WITH ME

You have heard about the healing Christ who can come to you with power.  Do you realize that this Christ is already here?  This Christ is the incarnation of God in every individual.  There is not a person who lives that does not at some time in his life sense this inward Presence, this vision of the Divine which presses against us.  It is seeking entrance through our thoughts.  We must open the door of our consciousness and permit It to enter.  It is willingness, acceptance and recognition that give entrance to the Divine Presence.  It is faith and acknowledgment that permits Its creative power to flow through our word. Continue reading “Sep. 29, 2016 – THE HEALING CHRIST ABIDES WITH ME”

I RECEIVE BECAUSE I ASK IN FAITH

“Ask and ye shall receive.”  This is one of the most wonderful statements ever uttered.  It implies that there is a Power which can and will honor your request.  But it is only as you let go of the lesser that you can take hold of the greater, only as you drop confusion that you can entertain peace, only as you transcend doubt and fear that you can be lifted up to the hilltops of the inner Life.  In asking, you must identify yourself with the greatness of the Spirit.  Permit your consciousness, through faith, to rise to a greater and broader realization of that Divine Presence which is always delivering Itself to you. Continue reading “Sep. 28, 2016 – I RECEIVE BECAUSE I ASK IN FAITH”

I AM BOUNTIFULLY SUPPLIED FROM DIVINE SUBSTANCE

Life fills all space and Spirit animates every form.  But since you are an individual, even the Spirit cannot make the gift of Life unless you accept it.  Life may have given everything to you but only that which you accept is yours to use. Continue reading “Sep. 27, 2016 – I AM BOUNTIFULLY SUPPLIED FROM DIVINE SUBSTANCE”

SPIRIT PERMEATES MY CONSCIOUSNESS AND ENVIRONMENT

It is only as you live affirmatively that you can be happy.  Knowing that there is but one Spirit in which everyone lives, moves and has his being, you are to feel this Spirit not only in your consciousness but in your affairs.  You are united with all.  You are one with the eternal Light Itself.  The Presence of Spirit within you blesses everyone you meet, tends to heal everything you touch, and brings gladness into the life of everyone you contact.  Therefore, you are a blessing to yourself, to humanity and to the day in which you live. Continue reading “Sep. 26, 2016 – SPIRIT PERMEATES MY CONSCIOUSNESS AND ENVIRONMENT”

I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE LAW OF GOOD

The good in which you believe can triumph over every evil you have experienced.  You have a silent partnership with the Infinite.  This partnership has never been dissolved, it never can be.  You are to have implicit confidence in your own ability, knowing that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself in your affairs, knowing that you are the thinker.  You are going to turn resolutely from every sense of lack, want and limitation, and declare that the perfect Law of God is operating in, for and through you. Continue reading “Sep. 25, 2016 – I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE LAW OF GOOD”

THE ESSENCE OF LOVE EXPRESSES THROUGH ME AS HARMONY

“The law of the Lord is perfect,” and the law of the Lord is love.  You are made perfect in the law when you enter into conscious communion with the love.  It is only through love that the law can fulfill itself in your experience, because love harmonizes everything, unifies everything.  You can never make the most perfect use of the law of your life unless that use is motivated by love. Continue reading “Sep. 24, 2016 – THE ESSENCE OF LOVE EXPRESSES THROUGH ME AS HARMONY”

I SENSE THE DIVINE PRESENCE WITHIN ME

The Spirit of God is an undivided and indivisible Wholeness.  It fills all time with Its presence and people space with the activity of Its thought.  Your endeavor, then, is not so much to find God as it is to realize His Presence and to understand that this Presence is always with you.  Nothing can be nearer to you that that which is the very essence of your being.  Your outward search for God culminates in the greatest of all possible discoveries – the finding of Him at the center of your own being. Life flows up from within you. Continue reading “Sep. 23, 2016 – I SENSE THE DIVINE PRESENCE WITHIN ME”

I PARTAKE OF THE DIVINE BOUNTY

Today you are to identify yourself with the more abundant life, to think on those things which make for peace, to dwell on the unity which underlies everything.  As you poise yourself in the realization that you live in pure Spirit, new power will be born within you.  You will find yourself renewed by the Divine Life, led by Divine intelligence and guarded by Divine love.  Focus your inward vision on this indwelling harmony, knowing that as you contemplate its perfection you will see it manifest in everything you do. Continue reading “Sep. 22, 2016 – I PARTAKE OF THE DIVINE BOUNTY”

MY FAITH MAKES ME WHOLE

Faith is a mental attitude.  A certain man came to Jesus, and, from the inspiration of his hope and the enthusiasm of the occasion, standing in the light of one whose wick of life was ever kept trimmed and burning, feeling the warmth and color of its eternal glow, exclaimed, “I believe!”  This was a simple, sincere and enthusiastic response to the consciousness of one who had faith.  But no sooner had he exclaimed, “I believe!” out of the enthusiasm of his will to believe, than old thought patterns arose to block his faith and he said, “Help thou mine unbelief.” Continue reading “Sep. 21, 2016 – MY FAITH MAKES ME WHOLE”