Feb. 21, 2021 – GOD IS NEVER LATE, MIND IS ALWAYS ON TIME AND SO I AM

FEBRUARY 21   

GOD IS NEVER LATE, MIND IS ALWAYS ON TIME AND SO I AM

I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go.  Psalm 32:8

The accuracy of nature is apparent to all.  The universe is an orderly system of intelligence, and we exist in it as orderly spiritual beings.  Procrastination and delay are unknown to the divine Presence, and should be unknown to us.  Time, spiritually understood, is an orderly method of living easily.  Its sole value is measurement.  Many people develop an unconscious resistance to time, and are habitually late for appointments. These same people usually find their demonstrations delayed, because they are in a consciousness of delay.  If we are often late in our daily schedules, we can hardly expect the Law of Mind to deliver our demonstrations at the instant we think they should appear, because the Law can only deal with our own thought.  Students of this teaching would do well to think deeply on this idea.  Ideas appear on time.  Nature is orderly and accurate.  We can easily discipline ourselves to new habits of time which agree with God’s.

I live in the presence of God, where all is accurate, orderly and right.  There is no delay in God’s response to me, as I now clear my thought of every belief of delay.  I do whatever needs to be done on time and in order.  I refuse to believe that I am under any pressures of time and space.  Every idea I need appears in my consciousness on time and in right sequence.  I see my watch as a friendly means of being prompt in every engagement this day.  I arrive on time with ease and peace of mind.  I am accurate, prompt and orderly in everything I do.  As the Father in me doeth the work, it is easy and light.  God is never late, Mind is always on time, and so am I.

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

Feb. 20, 2021 – NOTHING CAN PREVENT INCREASED ABUNDANCE FROM APPEARING IN MY LIFE TODAY

FEBRUARY 20   

NOTHING CAN PREVENT INCREASED ABUNDANCE FROM APPEARING IN MY LIFE TODAY   

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.  Psalm 30:6

Prosperity is the Presence of God as ease.  It is the ability to do whatever needs to be done at the instant of time that it needs to be done.  We must realize that prosperity is a larger term that just money.  Money is the symbol of the exchange of ideas in mind, and as such it is good and necessary.  Numberless people demonstrate prosperity without using much money.  They always have what they need and want at the time they need it and want it.  Most families have a “poor relation” somewhere who has never worked in his life, but has always managed to get along comfortably.  Such people are clear in their thought regarding prosperity, but are not clear in their thought regarding money.  So, they demonstrate ease and freedom without actual money in their hands.  We want to make a complete demonstration, and have both money and freedom, and this can be accomplished by scientific prayer, which is the disciplining of consciousness.

There is only one power, the power of God.  This power is the only power at work in my affairs, and it is always working for increase.  I am now under the law of addition and multiplication.  Never again will the law of subtraction and division operate in me.  I fill my mind with God’s ideas of abundance, and nothing can prevent their full demonstration in my affairs.  There is no evil to stop this from taking place, as God is all there is in my world.  I praise prosperity.  I talk prosperity.   I love prosperity, for God is my prosperity.  I accept it with joy, use it with wisdom and release it again into my world with love.  My world is easy, and increased good is appearing.

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

Feb. 19, 2021 – EVERY NEGATIVE IS DESTROYED BY MY KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH

FEBRUARY 19   

EVERY NEGATIVE IS DESTROYED BY MY KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH

I will extol thee, O Lord: for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. Psalm 30:1

Every negative condition that stands on our pathway is a test of how much we know about God and His Mind.  If we agree with evil, we are the victims of evil.  If we agree with good, we are demonstrating the power of God. This day, like all others, will offer us many opportunities to give evidence of our ability to overcome evil with good.  To the extent that we accomplish this we are worthy of the name “the sons of God.”  Like David, we must affirm that “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.”  The hidden enemies of our own consciousness need to be revealed and destroyed by such affirmations of what God really is.  They wither under prayer and flourish under worry.  Consistent right thinking of ourselves as creative outlets for the Infinite Mind and Its Infinite Love guarantees their  demise.

God is Truth and I am the expression of Truth.  Only the Truth functions in my thought today.  To every negative I say “begone.”  I am willing that every destructive idea in my unconscious mind now be revealed to me, and I now dismiss it.  God fills my whole area of consciousness with His unlimited power of good. I am cleaned of all error, and filled with all Truth.  My mind and God’s Mind are one and no evil can exist in me, happen to me nor proceed forth from me.  I am a son of God releasing good into my world, and offering good to everyone with whom I love, work and have fellowship.  God speaks through me His Truth and I live in a perfect world right now. 

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

Feb. 18, 2021 – DIVINE INTELLIGENCE IS IN CONTROL AND I AM VICTORIOUS IN EVERYTHING I DO THIS DAY

FEBRUARY 18   

DIVINE INTELLIGENCE IS IN CONTROL AND I AM VICTORIOUS IN EVERYTHING I DO THIS DAY   

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.  Psalm 27:14

The secret of self-mastery is a simple one. It is the clear concept that creation begins and ends within the consciousness of the individual experiencing it.  Mind is the only cause and Law is the only process.  The Law does not work with our dreams and visions, the law works with what we really are.  It brings forth into visibility our real understanding of ourselves.  We are in control of our worlds only when we are definitely watching our thought and directing it into the Law.  We are always the centers of our universe.  God never looks down upon us, for Good is looking out from the midst of us.  The Psalmist reminds us to wait on the Lord.  This means to stop a moment and decide whether the idea you are giving the Law is a good one, a divine one.  God strengthens the good ones, and ignores the others, for they are not of His eternal comprehension.

There is only one Mind, so my mind is a function in that one Mind.  God’s Mind expresses intelligence, love and perfect right action.  These activities are now in me and are now working through me.  I let these spiritual ideas have full control of my thinking and my feeling today. I set aside all my personal opinions based upon the questionable appearances of evil.  Divine Intelligence in me guides me to right and loving decisions.  God’s Love in me maintains me in perfect health.  These are statements of Truth and I accept them.  There is nothing in me to oppose them, for God is in control of my thinking today.

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

Feb. 17, 2021 – I STOP DREAMING OF GOOD AND START PRODUCING GOOD

FEBRUARY 17          

I STOP DREAMING OF GOOD AND START PRODUCING GOOD   

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 

Psalm 19:7

We are the producers of the works of God.  Mind’s only conscious outlet is through man, and this means definite, specific work on our part.  Dreams and visions are of little value unless brought forth into visibility in this world. Ideas without forms through which to operate are inconceivable to those who know the Law of Mind.  Nebulous thinking produces nebulous results.  Generalizations may sound well to the ear, but not until practical application has been made do they help to lift the race of men.  God as our inner life, love, intelligence and capacity to produce is an actual God. Our lips may declare our belief in God, but our bodies and affairs show the proof of what we really know.  We may glibly talk metaphysics and remain sick, unhappy and limited.  When we practice metaphysics we demonstrate that we really know the One Mind and Its processes, and good is produced.

Today I am going to prove my beliefs in the supremacy of Spirit, and of Its indwelling action as life, health, power and beauty.  I am showing to the world my true understanding of Truth.  I state that God is my life, and I prove it by speaking and doing only those things which are wise and true.  I affirm spiritual prosperity, and refuse to discuss, envision or fear lack.  I believe God’s presence is in all men, and I shall find some good in each person I meet.  When night comes, I shall go to sleep knowing that to my best knowledge, I have been faithful to Him in whom I have believed.

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

Feb. 16, 2021 – GOD MADE THIS WORLD AND I FIND IT GOOD TODAY

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.

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

Feb. 15, 2021 – THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MINE TODAY

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

Sunday Worship Experience – February 14, 2021

If you would like to watch the event with the congregation live and participate in the live chat, go to the watch page on YouTube.

Sermon Title

The Love Experiment: What would happen if you let LOVE take over?

Scripture

Matthew 19:23-26

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”

Sermon Notes

Deeper Meaning of the Scripture

The kingdom of God is the Christ consciousness. It’s the awareness of oneness with God. The LOVE spot.

The kingdom of heaven is the harmony of the soul (within) and body (your outer body, life world and affairs).

The rich person that Jesus is referring to has nothing to do with money. It’s where you seek your wealth or where you seek your value.

What’s included in the Love Experiment?

  1. Daily Doses of Love for 40 days and 6 Sundays 30-minutes of power each morning live – this year on Zoom!
  2. A routine for Daily Soul Maintenance
  3. Weekly Toolkits
  4. Access to Video and Audio Recordings
  5. Guided Meditations on Love
  6. Laws of Love by Margaret Pounders is our text. We will provide a digital PDF version.
  7. Online Classroom
  8. Private Facebook Group
  9. You get Rev. Sheree as the facilitator, operating at her highest vibration, giving you everything God gives her to share with power, conviction, love and joy.

Register for only $50 – that’s just over $1 per day

Special offer:

Join with at least one friend for $40 each.

Consecration

We Bless UP Church Lent 2021 Experience: The Love Experiment

We Prepare Ourselves for the Journey

Closing Scripture (adapted from Psalm 119)

I treasure your word in my HEART,

so that I may not sin against you.

Blessed are you, O Lord;

teach me your LOVE statutes.

With my lips I declare all the LAWS OF LOVE.

I delight in the way of your DIVINE LOVE

as much as in all riches.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of

your DIVINE LOVE,

and I will observe it to the end.

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law

and observe it with my whole HEART.

Lead me in the path of your commandments,

for I delight in it.

Turn my heart to your UNCONDITIONAL LOVE,

and not to selfish gain.

Turn my eyes from looking at appearances;

give me life in your ways OF LOVE.

Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Your LOVE is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

Feb. 14, 2021 – I ACCEPT ALL CHANGES ON MY PATHWAY AND FIND GOD IN THEM

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

Feb, 13, 2021 – THERE IS NO RESISTANCE IN ME – I LET GOD ACT

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