Oct. 18, 2022 – The God in Me Loves the God in My Fellowman

October 18

The God in Me Loves the God in My Fellowman

Let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

I John 4:7

THE word “love” when used to describe the nature of God can be easily understood by everyone, for we are always responsive to love.  Rich or poor, religious or nonreligious, we know the word and feel an expansion within us when it is used.  Believing that God acts through humanity, then love must act through humanity.  It is easy to love the people who agree with us, but Jesus had the knack of loving the people who didn’t agree with him.  We must make a sincere attempt to love those who oppose us, who disagree with us.  If we realize that within them is the love of God, even as it is within ourselves, and we salute it and thus bring it forth, we shall be worthy if the teachings of the Man of Galilee.  We may not love the outer actions of our fellowman, but we can love the fact that God dwells in him.

I BELIEVE that divine love indwells all the people whom I meet this day.  I salute that love within them and expect good in some form from each one.  No one dislikes me, and I dislike no one.  I seek until I find some good in everyone.  I am loving, kind and courteous to all.  I show through the words of my mouth and the unseen thoughts of my mind that love is in my heart and joy is in my soul.  To all who would irritate me I say, “The love of God in me loves the love of God in you.”  The world is alive with divine love and I abide in it as a loving and gracious expression of Spirit.  I give beauty and peace to my world and, therefore, I can only receive beauty and peace from my world.  I give thanks that God loves by means of me. 

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

Oct. 17, 2022 – I HAVE NO ENEMIES, I HAVE ONLY SONS OF GOD EXPRESSING LOVE TOWARD ME

OCTOBER 17

I HAVE NO ENEMIES, I HAVE ONLY SONS OF GOD EXPRESSING LOVE TOWARD ME

See that none render evil unto any man:  but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 

I Thessalonians 5:15

Disagreeable people are a problem to all of us, and it is a problem that has to be met.  It is easy to go through life feeling that we are the victims of other people’s thought and action.  We all have an adequate vocabulary to describe just how vicious and mean the other fellow is. One of the essential teachings of Jesus was a spiritual way of handling our fellowman.  He, also, had vicious and unkind people in his world, but he understood that the people who were unkind needed his love and understanding more that all the others.  They needed healing.  We are practicing his teachings, and we know that all that needs correction is our own thought.  The other man’s actions and words fail to register in our consciousness, when our minds are sustained in a Spiritual concept of what he really is.  God is in the so-called enemy.  God’s life is his life, and God’s Mind is his Mind.

Everyone in my life is blessing and benefiting me.  They are Spiritual Beings expressing toward me the love and justice of Almighty God.  I do not have an enemy.  I have only God’s people in my world. No one is vicious, mean or unkind to me, for my consciousness cannot receive such wrong ideas.  I believe that man is the individualization of God, and as such the people in my world are good, loving and kind.  No one can hurt me but myself, and I refuse to do that.  I keep my thoughts worthy of the Infinite Thinker that is expressing through me.  I believe in the Christ in my fellowman, and I see him as he really is. 

Oct. 16. 2022 – I REFUSE TO WORRY, I TRUST GOD AND MAN

OCTOBER 16

I REFUSE TO WORRY, I TRUST GOD AND MAN

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Matthew 6: 34

The most insidious thing which the student of Truth must handle is worry.  We do not consciously set aside times for worry, as we do for right thinking, and often we are startled to find that we have been wasting an hour fussing over some problem or fear.  We immediately say “But, I know better than to do that,” and we start making positive statements of Truth.  This is what Jesus meant when he said “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.”  Like sentries of an army, we must watch hourly over the trends of our thinking and the deep feelings of our souls.  To start the day with a firm resolve not to worry is to practice the teachings of Truth.  To follow this resolve with a constant watch of the mind and its activities is the fulfillment of the teaching.  This is a friendly universe and God interpenetrates it as a loving Presence and all-intelligent Mind, so we fret not and go ahead.

Because I know that I am the operation of a perfect God, I do not worry.  I let that Mind be in me which was also in Christ Jesus.  I acknowledge It in all my ways.  I trust Its guidance, Its plan and Its purpose.  I believe that Spirit is in me seeking to express through me.  I walk this day in full confidence that my good is seeking me, and I shall know it as it appears.  Hour by hour, my every need is met on time and in order by Divine Mind and Divine Love.  Never late, never delayed, always at the instant I need God and His Intelligence, It is with me and thinking in me.  I refuse to worry, for I trust God and man, and I live in peace.

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

Oct. 15, 2022 – GOD AROUND ME, GOD WITHIN ME, ALL IS WELL

OCTOBER 15

GOD AROUND ME, GOD WITHIN ME, ALL IS WELL

One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in you all. 

Ephesians 4: 5,6

We live in the midst of an unlimited Presence, forever in action as unlimited Mind.  It created us, and it sustains us. It operates through us.  All it asks of us is our recognition of It.  As we affirm the Presence and Power of God in our lives, something happens within us to improve us.  This can be tested by anyone who wishes to see what will happen when God works in his experience.  It requires no advanced study, no educational background, no particular vocabulary or posture.  The process of approaching the Deity is merely one of knowing It is, and that It abides within. What we affirm, we become. As we affirm God, we actually become the Sons of God and heirs to all that God is and has.  “Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh unto you.”

There is only one Presence, God, and I am in It.  There is only one Power, God, and it acts through me this day.  There is only one Mind, God, and it is my mind now.  All around me at every instant is the same Presence that enfolded Jesus.  The same mind which acted through him is now in action through me.  I am the heir of all that God is and has and I know it.  I live in a Spiritual universe governed by a Spiritual law that is always working for my good.  I am safe for God is with me.  I am wise for God is in me as my consciousness.  There is nothing to fear.  God around me, God within me, all is well with me today.  

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

Oct. 14, 2022 – GOD IS MY EMPLOYER: MY WORK IS EFFICIENT, CREATIVE AND RIGHT

OCTOBER 14       

GOD IS MY EMPLOYER: MY WORK IS EFFICIENT, CREATIVE AND RIGHT

For we are laborers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. 

I Corinthians 3: 9

Living in a universe of activity we are expected to be efficient and creative.  Our work, whether in office, factory or home is that part of the universal activity which we have selected to do. Therefore, we should do it with ease, with efficiency and with pleasure.  We confuse issues and think we are earning money, instead of seeing our true position as a center through which the universal activity of mind focalizes itself by means of us.  The Mind of God is our employer.  It asks that we be receptive to its Ideas, Its plans and Its purpose.  The inner Spirit knows what to do, how to do it, and does it when we believe in It.  As we turn to the indwelling presence of God and affirm Its action through us as our true employment, we work easily and efficiently.  Then we can render service to God and to man.

 Today I work for God, and His Mind directs my every move.  I dedicate my thoughts, my hands and my heart to Divine Intelligence and Divine Love.  All my activities take place in the One Presence and are the out-picturing of One Power that is forever releasing Itself through me.  Every idea I need for efficient service comes to me from the greatest Universal Mind as and when I need it.  I refuse to worry, for I have complete trust in the Mind of God which does all work by means of me.  I refuse to shirk responsibilities for I do what needs to be done under Divine Inspiration, and every task is light and easy.  God is my employer, and my work is efficient, creative and right.  

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

Oct. 13, 2022 – WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT IS BEING DONE NOW BY THE ACTION OF GOD, THE ACTION OF MIND

OCTOBER 13

WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT IS BEING DONE NOW BY THE ACTION OF GOD, THE ACTION OF MIND

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me. 

Psalm 138:8

Patience in spiritual demonstration is not only a great virtue; it is also a definite necessity.  We must believe that the word we have spoken does accomplish that whereunto it has been sent.  Too often we pray and then immediately look to see if the result has appeared.  We fail to realize that a process is involved. Our word has set the Law into activity, and the result will take place when the process in demonstration has been completed.  Having spoken the word, we then rest in the knowing that the Law is doing the rest.  This takes the strain and stress out of metaphysical practice.  It brings calm assurance, which is the mental atmosphere necessary for the seed to take root and become the full-blown flower.  Declaring the Truth is our work.  Producing the demonstration is God’s work.  The word is always made flesh when we let it evolve in its own way.

I declare the Truth, for it is that which is true of God.  I believe the Law of Mind is now in action in my consciousness bringing forth the good I need and desire.  I rest in complete confidence that all through this day the invisible Mind of the universe is working for me and through me in perfect ways.  There is no sense of hurry or impatience, for God is at work.  Whatever needs to be done in my life, is being done now by the activity of the Spirit.  I relax and rest in the one Presence and the one Power.  All is order, harmony and intelligent activity. Great events of good are being born into my world and I rejoice, give thanks, and am glad.    

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

Oct. 12, 2022 – I AM POISED AND ESTABLISHED IN THE ONE MIND

OCTOBER 12       

I AM POISED AND ESTABLISHED IN THE ONE MIND

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.  Isaiah 26: 3

The assets of a spiritually minded person are his ability to remain untouched by the confusion of the world around him, and to instigate a creative process which will bring order out of chaos.  It may seem easier to exist in a panicky state of mind, telling all whom we meet how difficult life is, than to remain poised and say nothing at all. Yet, we are assured that there is a way of thinking wherein we can handle every situation with ease, stability and poise, by becoming still, and from a center within ourselves,  find a peace which has never been disturbed.  God in the midst of us is instantly available as peace, order and harmony.  All that is required is to turn within and think in His terms, His ideas.  As we do this the panic flees and order is born.  We are already in the Mind of God which always operates in peaceful and perfect ways.

My thought is stayed on the Christ-Mind within me and from It I drink the waters of peace.  There is nothing to fear for my God indwells me; His Mind thinks through me; His Love enfolds me.  Every Idea I need to meet any situation is already given unto me by my indwelling Spirit.  I know what to do, and how to do it, and I do it with ease and efficiency.  Nothing can disturb me, for His perfect presence fills my world and all things now work together for good.  I radiate peace and receive peace, for God is peace.  I am poised and established in the One Mind and nothing can disturb the calm and peace of my soul.  I give thanks for perfect spiritual poise in handling my world and the people in my life.

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

Oct. 11, 2022 – THERE IS NOTHING IN MY WORLD BUT THE LIFE AND LOVE OF GOD

OCTOBER 11

THERE IS NOTHING IN MY WORLD BUT THE LIFE AND LOVE OF GOD

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof: the world, and they that dwell therein. 

Psalm 24:1

Our world offers us the opportunity to co-operate with it on a spiritual basis, or to argue with it on a material basis. If we do the first, we have an abundant life with great peace.  If we resist and argue with circumstances we find our troubles heap themselves upon us in even greater measure.  The Bible states that man has dominion over his world if and when he assumes if from a spiritual premise.  It also states that the world is a spiritual organism.  Putting these statements together we have the key.  The conscious can always control the subconscious; therefore, we can control the conditions of our world when we see it as the creation of God-Mind.  If God created it, then His Life and Love must dwell in it.  This we believe, and for this we look on every side.  We agree with Life and with Love.  We expect these qualities of Spirit to be in our present environment and experience.

There is nothing in my world but the life and Love of God.  I refuse to believe otherwise.  I live this day abundantly and lovingly, for I accept and express God’s Life and Love.  Wherever I go and whatever I do I am surrounded, upheld and maintained by this perfect good.  I behold good in every situation, every person and every place I go.  I walk in God’s presence upon God’s world and greet my fellowman as God’s beloved creation.  I expect more Life and more Love to be mine today than I have ever known before.  My body is filled with perfect Life; my world is filled with perfect Love.  I declare this, I believe this, and I know this is true right here and right now.   

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

Oct. 10, 2022 – I AM ALIVE WITH THE CLEAN, FRESH LIFE OF SPIRIT

OCTOBER 10

I AM ALIVE WITH THE CLEAN, FRESH LIFE OF SPIRIT

There if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away: behold all things are become new. 

II Corinthians 5:17

The Bible reminds us that it is the essential nature of God to ever renew and ever revitalize His creation. “Behold, I make all things new.”  This great healing, energizing activity is around us as a vital Presence and within us as a vital Life.  We did not create it, neither does our food, nor our exercise and play create it.  It is an impersonal gift from the Universal Spirit. Our food habits, our sleep, and our times of exercise merely keep the channels open for It to function through us more efficiently.  We are endowed with life, health and vitality by the Creative Principle of Being.  It is ours.  We either use it rightly and are healthy and fresh at all times, or we misuse it and are sick and depressed.  It is our individual responsibility.  Knowing the power of thought, we keep our minds filled with the idea of a fresh, clean life that is forever welling up within us and seeking releasement by means of us.

Divine Life can never grow stale, grow old, or wear out.  I know that God’s life is in me as my life now.  It is an endless stream of clean, fresh, vital energy.  It fills every cell and organ of my body with its healing presence.  I am renewed this day by the Life of Spirit working in and through me.  I am refreshed as I speak this word and know this truth.  I joyously respond to fresh life, and it joyously responds to me and is working in every part of my body.  I dedicate my thinking to this youth-giving Life of God.  Old conditions have now passed away, and fresh life is pouring through my being.  I am energized and vitalized by God.

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

Oct. 09, 2022 – THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH, THE MEDITATIONS OF MY HEART AND THE ACTIVITIES OF MY HANDS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO INFINITE MIND

OCTOBER 9

THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH, THE MEDITATIONS OF MY HEART AND THE ACTIVITIES OF MY HANDS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO INFINITE MIND

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. 

Ephesians 4: 24,25

The inner life of man is his most priceless possession.  In the center of our beings, we decide whether we shall be worthy of the Divine Life with which we have been endowed by the Creative mind of the Universe.  When the inner life is creative, orderly and growing then our outer activities are fine and true. We know the Law of Mind, and to be the sincere and creative people we hope to be, we have to be truly consecrated within.  We are equipped to speak the kindly word, to pray for others in the depths of our heart, and to do those things in the world which are constructive.  The equipment we have, but the impulse must arise within us to use it rightly.  God seeks through each of us to express all that Mind is, all that love is.

I believe that I was created by a perfect intelligence to be Its means of expressing thought and feeling.  I, therefore, dedicate myself this day to the original purpose of my being.  I cleanse my mind of all that is unworthy of a Spiritual Being.  I dedicate and consecrate the words of my mouth, the meditations of my heart and the activities of my hands to Almighty God.  Nothing shall cause me to be unkind, unloving or mean.  I believe that God indwells me as Mind, and this eternal Spirit is now blessing the world by means of me.  I know that all my inner capacities are now quickened for good.  I am strong in my determination to speak the Truth, love my fellowman, and act as the son of God. 

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