Author: DailyPrayer

FEBRUARY 16   

GOD MADE THIS WORLD AND I FIND IT GOOD TODAY   

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.  Psalm 19:1

Our only contact with the world is through our five senses. Each of us reacts to the impressions that come to us from them in different ways.  When we make judgments of the world, and of our particular situations in the world, we are actually stating our own limited viewpoints.  We are the only thinkers in our individual worlds.  We alone decide and evaluate the impressions that come in to us.  No matter what negative reactions appeared in the mind of Jesus, he cleared them out and saw the goodness of God in his world.  He was able to heal, prosper and free those around him, because he kept his thought cleared of the false judgments which his senses told him were seemingly true.  We can face the negatives of the universe and see through them to the divine world made by the one perfect Mind.

Today, I dedicate my five senses to the Presence of God.  Whatever my senses tell me about myself, my fellowman or my world, I shall question.  I shall see if it is in accord with God’s idea of man and his world.  I shall see if it accords with a perfect God, creating a prefect man, and maintaining that man in a perfect world of order and love.  I refuse to accept any judgment based upon the false standards of illness, fatigue, lack and inharmony.  These are not of God, and they cannot be true of my world, myself or my fellowman.  I affirm that God is perfect, He made me perfect, and He made this world a heavenly place.  I know this is the Truth.  Only God I see, taste, touch, smell and hear, for God is all there really is.

FEBRUARY 15   

THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MINE TODAY 

Thou wilt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.  Psalm 16:11

Self-pity is the indication of an egocentric mind.  This common error should be treated primarily as definitely as we would treat a disease. Actually, it is a temporary illness of the consciousness.  Its cure is to realize that the only way the joy of the Spirit can function in our world is by functioning from a point within us.  We cannot experience joy around us, until we have created it within us.  God is the joy and zest of life.  His Presence within and around us is forever calling our attention to the happiness of living the abundant life.  Too much thinking in personal terms causes us to start sympathizing with ourselves.  It is easy to describe the hurts and offenses that are offered us, and to inwardly build them into false judgments of people and conditions.  But no one destroys our joy but ourselves, and no one creates our joy for us. God’s Spirit within is the cause and the producer of our happiness.

The fullness of joy is for me this day, because I love God and appreciate His Spirit in my fellowman.  There is no self-pity in my consciousness.  I believe that the joy of the Lord is within me, and I saturate my thinking with it this day.  I have happiness in my heart and joy in my soul.  I laugh and live in peace.  I give joy to all whom I meet.  I speak only of those things which bring joy to my friends and happiness to myself.  I see my present world as heaven.  I see my present family, friends and co-workers as spiritual beings.  I see God everywhere, and my joy is full.  I give thanks to the unfailing Presence of God for this joy in my life.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 14        

I ACCEPT ALL CHANGES ON MY PATHWAY AND FIND GOD IN THEM   

I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.  Psalm 16:8

The pure in heart see God.  All others see a material world filled with problems.  Thomas Troward says that the higher intelligence always controls the lower.  As we develop spiritually, we move to higher levels of intelligence and begin to control the lower ones.  When our world pushes us around, it is indicative that we are not in control of our consciousness.  We have not realized that Mind is supreme, and we are the directors in Its Law.  As we take control over our thinking and direct it toward that which is good, we are the sons of God.  This is the aim of this teaching, and these daily lessons are awakening within us the higher Intelligence and projecting It through dynamic right thinking into the world.  As we do this we become the “pure in heart” and our world becomes radiant with God.

To every problem in my world, I now speak the Truth.  I say of these, that they are insults to the God-given Intelligence within me.  I now take dominion over my consciousness.  I believe that God dwells in me and operates through me as I think.  I now declare that God is on every step of my pathway.  Whatever needs to be done, is being done now by the action of Infinite Mind.  Therefore, I accept every change that appears on my pathway, and I find God in it.  Every problem is now disappearing, for God is increasing in my world all the time.  I see God everywhere, and where God is, no evil endures.  I am in control of my world, and I release God into it, until there is nothing to see there but good.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 13   

THERE IS NO RESISTANCE IN ME – I LET GOD ACT   

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill?  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 

Psalm 15:1,2

If the power of God is greater than the assumed power of evil, then it is up to us to prove it.  Too many people say they believe that God is omnipotent, and continue to demonstrate unhappiness, illness and lack.  The fact is that if they really believed it, they would prove it in their own experience.  One of the reasons for failure in proving our principle is an unconscious resistance to spiritual things.  Often we are unaware we have this resistance, and thus seek alibis for our lack of good.  There is a simple way of removing this block to spiritual demonstration.  It is affirming that God in man doeth the work.  It is the knowing that Infinite Mind thinks through our minds at every instant, and Its ideas are flowing through us into form.  The “righteous” are those who let God work through them for the accomplishment of good.

I believe that this is God’s universe and that His Mind releases through me Its perfect ideas at every instant.  I believe that I am the creation of Infinite Mind, and therefore I am open and receptive to all ideas born of God.  There is nothing in my consciousness which refutes the things of the Spirit.  There is no resistance to God and His good.  I am now consciously receptive to the divine inflow of Truth.  I accept It, I assimilate It, and I pass It on to my fellowman in joy and delight.  I let God work in my mind, my heart and my affairs.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 13   

THERE IS NO RESISTANCE IN ME – I LET GOD ACT   

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill?  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.  Psalm 15:1,2

If the power of God is greater than the assumed power of evil, then it is up to us to prove it.  Too many people say they believe that God is omnipotent, and continue to demonstrate unhappiness, illness and lack.  The fact is that if they really believed it, they would prove it in their own experience.  One of the reasons for failure in proving our principle is an unconscious resistance to spiritual things.  Often we are unaware we have this resistance, and thus seek alibis for our lack of good.  There is a simple way of removing this block to spiritual demonstration.  It is affirming that God in man doeth the work.  It is the knowing that Infinite Mind thinks through our minds at every instant, and Its ideas are flowing through us into form.  The “righteous” are those who let God work through them for the accomplishment of good.

I believe that this is God’s universe and that His Mind releases through me Its perfect ideas at every instant.  I believe that I am the creation of Infinite Mind, and therefore I am open and receptive to all ideas born of God.  There is nothing in my consciousness which refutes the things of the Spirit.  There is no resistance to God and His good.  I am now consciously receptive to the divine inflow of Truth.  I accept It, I assimilate It, and I pass It on to my fellowman in joy and delight.  I let God work in my mind, my heart and my affairs.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 12   

GOD’S ACTIVITY IN ME MAINTAINS ME IN PROSPERITY

I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.  Psalm 13:6

The recognition that prosperity is born of God, and is the rightful experience for all who are spiritually minded, is necessary if we are to evolve according to God’s idea of man.  Too long has money been the symbol of evil. The very people who proclaim against prosperity are merely giving emphasis to their state of mind which prevents them from having it in their own lives.  We need to love the Wealth of God as well as the Wisdom of God.  His eternal abundance surrounds us at every instant, but we can partake of it only as we accept it as our own.  We do this by acknowledging that all creation is the manifestation of God’s mind, and that we are the sons of God equipped to receive and dispense the universal goodness.  It flows to us and operates through us as we accept it as our own.  Rather, as we demonstrate prosperity we can share it with those who do not yet know its divine Source.

The abundance of all good surrounds me and operates through me this day.  I have faith in God’s prosperity for me, and I accept it now as mine.  Like Jesus, I say “all that the Father hath is mine.”  I accept it with joy and use it with wisdom.  I realize that I am responsible for the right use of God’s money in my life.  I have no fear of lack, and do not believe that lack can affect me.  I know that I am the inlet and the outlet to all that God is and has.  I lovingly share my good with my fellowman, for it is not mine, but of Him that made me.  I affirm abundance and expect abundance.  I look out upon my world and see the bounty of God made manifest, and I love it.   

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 11  

I DEDICATE MY SPEECH TO THAT WHICH IS TRUE, JUST AND LOVING   

The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things.  Psalm 12:3

Honest people speak truthfully and wisely. It takes greater wisdom to know when to be silent, than when to speak.  Most of us talk far too much, and our effusiveness bears witness to our undisciplined minds.  We flatter people and while doing it know that the words are not true, but we also know the person to whom they are addressed will probably hope they are true.  True religion should produce a race of honest people who say only what they mean.  Too often we are weighed in the balances of life and found wanting, because we have made extravagant and incorrect statements.  The Law of Mind gives us back our words in form, and this is not always a pleasant experience.  Students of the Science of Mind should make an honest attempt to control their speech, watch their words and always say that which is loving and wise, not always easy to do.

My words shall not return unto me void and they shall accomplish whereunto they are sent; therefore, I dedicate my speech to Truth.  I speak that which is loving and wise in the sight of God and of man.  I know that God speaks through me, when I am at one with His Mind in the midst of me.  I let every word of my mouth be one of true appraisal based on the way the situation is in God.  Thus, only that which is constructive, valuable and just comes forth from my lips today.  I speak the Truth, and the Truth is that which is true of God in man.  I praise the good, and I deny the evil.  I love to speak the loving word unto my fellowman.  

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 10                  

NO CONFUSION CAN EXIST FOR ME, FOR I AM ESTABLISHED IN PEACE   

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity.  Psalm 10:6

We are established eternally in a peace which has never been disturbed.  When the appearance of adversity and confusion confound us, it is indicative that definite meditation is needed to restore our thought in the peace that forever abides in fullness.  God is never disturbed, hurt or aware of adversity.  The Universal mind only knows the peace, order and harmony of Itself.  Within us this same Spirit knows these things for us in our individual worlds.  As we remember this and affirm this, we are moved out of adversity into prosperity, out of error into truth.  No confusion can exist in the mind of him whose thought is stayed on God.  Our homes and business will take on this same harmony, for these are merely the extensions of our thinking, and respond to each mood of our consciousness.  We then abide in peace and work in order.

To every inharmonious and disturbing idea in my mind I say “Get thee behind me Satan,” for I refuse to be disturbed today.  I dedicate myself to twenty-four hours of peace, order and constructive thinking.  God’s Presence in my world guarantees my peace.  The adversities of material thought and situations cannot come nigh me, for God’s inner Love maintains me in divine accord with all that is good and true. Nothing can confuse me, for I know that His Mind in me is always calm, poised and sure, and this Mind is my mind now.  I use each hour to demonstrate the Peace of being.  I work in peace.  I walk in peace.  I live in peace, for God is the peace of my Soul.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 9   

I MAKE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THE JUDGMENT OF GOD WITHIN TELLS ME WHAT TO DO AND WHEN TO DO IT   

The Lord is known by the Judgment he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.  Psalm 9:16

People come to the doors of professional consultants with the query “What shall I do about this?”  Apparently, we have lost our own inner resources.  Yet, the Prophets of every faith have told us of the inner capacity, born of God, to set ourselves straight and to know what to do. The quandaries of the human mind are amazing in their complexities, and the wisdom of the Divine Mind is amazing in Its simplicities.  God in the midst of us knows what to do and is seeking to impel us toward right decisions.  Whenever we do not know what to do and when to do it, we turn to that One in the midst of us and affirm Its capacity to give us the clue.  Infinite Wisdom never fails to respond to the receptive mind and the loving heart.  Divine ideas appear in our consciousness and we make right decisions with ease.

Every question in my life has an answer, and every problem has a solution.  I turn in thought from that which seems to be, to that which really is.  Divine Intelligence working in my mind now knows exactly what to do.  I accept this inner guidance, and follow Its instructions.  Every moment of this day I make wise and loving decisions which bless and benefit my fellowman as well as myself.  I judge not by appearances, I know they are often incorrect and false.  I have faith that God’s Mind now decides every issue, selects every right idea, and gives me true accomplishment with ease.  My thought is clear and strong, for God’s ideas are mine today.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 8   

TODAY I PRAISE THE HEALTH OF GOD IN MY BODY   

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works. 

Psalm 9:1

The law of response is the law of praise.  Whatever we bless increases, and whatever we curse decreases.  The key to the use of this law is to watch our ideas and note the ones we are praising.  This is easy to do, as the ideas we talk about the most are the ones we are praising.  Like all laws it is impersonal.  When we constantly discuss disease, we are actually raising its power in our lives, and the law produces further illness and discomfort.  Likewise, when we are not at our best physically, we can praise the health of God in our bodies, and the law will bring forth greater ease, vitality and strength.  Those who are sick need to praise the Health of God within them to be healed.  Those who are in perfect health should praise this same divine Health, as it will then be maintained and made permanent.  Health is a part of our spiritual inheritance and we bless the One Mind for it.

I believe that God is the health of my body.  I recognize this great spiritual Gift in every part of me.  I have faith in Its healing, restoring, refreshing power.  It fills me now with perfect life, energy and strength.  I praise and bless this great inner action of God.  I dedicate myself to the right use of this health.  No fatigue, strain nor illness can touch me this day, for God is my perfect health.  My work is easy, and my body responds to every action necessary to my work today.  All is ease, comfort and joy.  I respond to the health and vitality of my fellowman.  All whom I contact are equally alive with God’s radiant health, for God is the health of His people.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

FEBRUARY 7   

I TAKE DOMINION OVER MY WORLD TODAY AND HANDLE IT RIGHTLY  

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet.  Psalm 8:6

Timidity has never been a virtue, and modern psychology has proved that it is a definite indication of a wrong habit pattern in the unconscious.  Many people who never give the impression of being timid, fail to really take dominion over their own thought and organize it into efficient patterns.  As metaphysicians, we know that until we control our thinking, we shall never control the conditions of our environment, business and personal health.  The point of control is always within, and the wise person starts to assume dominion over his disorganized thinking.  This is easier to accomplish when we realize that Spirit within us is urging us in this direction.  God wants us to control ourselves, and not other people.  We are spiritually equipped to do this.

By the power of God in the midst of me, I now take dominion over my own thinking.  I know that peace in my mind means peace in my world.  I recognize that within myself this day the Mind of God is in full control of my every activity. I am poised and centered in God’s eternal peace.  I meet every situation as it arises with confidence, for I have faith that the right idea will emerge out of God’s mind for me to use at every instant.  I refuse to let fear control me, and I joyously let God have dominion in my affairs.  I accept each idea as it comes to me, knowing that God’s ideas answer every question and solve every problem.  I am in control.

Taken from “ 365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker