April 21, 2021 – I LET GOD’S PERFECT WILL BE MINE THIS DAY

APRIL 21  

I LET GOD’S PERFECT WILL BE MINE THIS DAY

Thy will be done   Matthew 6:10

I am the agent of the Eternal.  I am an ambassador at large for God.  His will is that I shall express all His attributes, and I do this with joy.  In me the will of God is accomplished by my right thinking, right loving and right action.  I love to do the will of my Father, for as I do it, I have increased good in my life.  I let my light shine before men, that they seeing that light shall glorify my Father.  

I am aware of a Divine Purpose and a Divine Plan.  God knows what he is doing, and in me God always knows what to do.  I am a part of His Plan, and I play this part with my whole being.  In me the Mind of God is in full control, and this is my security.  Knowing that the will of God is for greater good, I let that will be mine now.  I cooperate fully with the indwelling Spirit.  I turn within to this Spirit for the answer to every question, and the solution of every problem.

I accept the Divine Design of my life.  Ahead of me is a planned road of ever-unfolding good.  Each day brings added power.  Each hour brings new and greater possibilities for my advancement.  I look ahead and see my spiritual destiny evolve with ease.  There is nothing to cause fear, worry or discontent, for God’s will is my certainty of good.

I rest in the complete assurance that God’s Idea of me is perfect.  God only knows that I am alive with His life, radiant with His health and expressing fully His purpose.  All of this I now know for myself.  I let God’s perfect will be mine this day.

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

April 20, 2021 – I AM TRUE TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IN MY THOUGHT THIS DAY

APRIL 20   

I AM TRUE TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IN MY THOUGHT THIS DAY   

Thy Kingdom come    Matthew 6:10

I let the Kingdom of God be my basis this day.  I know that this Kingdom is one of righteousness and truth.  I know that It is already here, and that I am already in It.  I open my eyes to see God where I am.  I open my consciousness to the inflow of Spiritual Ideas.  I open my heart to the divine Love of God.  Into me now pours the living stream of Truth and I give It full power to act by means of me.

I am willing to set aside my personal opinions, prejudices and will, for “greater is He that is within me than he that is within the world.”  Divine Intelligence now governs my thinking.  I let God take over the operation of my life.  I have absolute faith that increased good is the only result of God’s activity.  I believe that God’s will for me is good and It is working for me now.  Perfect Mind inspires me; Perfect Love upholds me.

I am a thinker in a Divine Law of Mind action.  What I think causes something to happen.  I gear my thinking to the Divine, and all that happens to me is good.  I am cause to my world, and my thinking is based on right motives.  My right causation necessitates my right experience.  It is easy to prove God where I am, and in what I do.  I now do this.

The Kingdom of God is within me, and I now release It into my world.  Through my mind, heart and hands God works, thinks and loves.  Through my voice the Word of Truth is spoken.  All who contact me are healed, blessed and prospered, for I am true to the Kingdom of Heaven in my thought this day.

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

April 19, 2021 – KNOWING WHAT GOD IS, I NOW EXPRESS ALL THAT GOD IS

APRIL 19   

KNOWING WHAT GOD IS, I NOW EXPRESS ALL THAT GOD IS

Hallowed be thy name

Matthew 6:9

I honor my Creator by living in justice today.  I give full credit to the Infinite Mind that thinks through me.  I know that as I let God govern my thought and control my emotions I will be successful.  I cannot make a mistake for I affirm that God indwells me, acts through, and acts for me.  This I do, for I believe that true Wisdom is not of man but of God.  This Wisdom is now mine, and It directs the affairs of my life.

I am indebted to God for His patience, His love and His wisdom.  I pay my debt by living according to His Laws.  I forgive myself my own wrong conclusions, and free myself from the past.  Today is alive with Truth, and I know Truth now.  I believe in my own Divinity and give all honor to Him who brought me forth out of His own Substance of Love.  I act with wisdom worthy of the Mind which created me.  I forgive and forget all evil, and hold fast to that which is good.  I am conscious of God at this instant.  

The Wholeness of God is seeking expression through me.  Mind never does things in parts; It always fulfills Its Ideas.  Spiritually I am a whole person.  This means I am not frustrated, not unhappy and not limited.  All that the Infinite is, individualizes Itself through me.  This wholeness is my real satisfaction.  I am now happy with a permanent happiness.

To me is given the joy of knowing God and knowing him aright.  Knowing what God is, I now express all that God is.  I so live that all people shall call me blessed.  I am a credit to God and a joy to my fellowman.

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

Sunday Worship Experience – April 18, 2021

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Open Your Mind to Receive [Based on Catherine Ponder’s book Open Your Mind to Receive https://amzn.to/32qAkmM]

Sermon Title

I AM the Gardener

Sermon Notes

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 6:33 “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

SERMON THESIS: I AM the gardener who plants the seed that produces the tree that brings me the fruit of prosperity.

DENIAL: Nothing is too good to be true. Nothing is too wonderful to happen. Nothing is too good to last.

AFFIRMATION: I am receiving. I am receiving now. I am receiving all the wealth that the universe has for me now.

POINT #1: True seeking is seed planting.

POINT #2: Plant the seed for the tree you want to grow.

POINT #3: Make room for the fruit you expect to receive.


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April 18, 2021 – I ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS TODAY FOR I AM ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS

APRIL 18   

I ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS TODAY FOR I AM ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS

Which art in heaven

   Matthew 6:9

In God I live and more and have my being.  In me God lives and moves and has expression.  All that God is, I am.  All that God is, is where I am, for this world is heaven when I see it rightly. I cannot escape God and, therefore, I cannot escape my good.  There is a Divine Inevitableness to my life.  I cannot be held in limitation, for my Divine Self impels me to right solutions.  No error can long endure, for God alone lives forevermore.

Established in the conviction that God is my only experience, I am now open to Spiritual Ideas.  I welcome them, for they reveal to me the true riches of the Kingdom of Heaven.  I enjoy every attempt to solve my problems through right thinking, for I know I am developing spiritually.  I know that my thinking is based on Truth and that all doors are open to me, and that all limitations have ceased.  I know this because every prophet, savior, teacher and Bible has assured me that it is so.

The God which has inspired every great individual, is the same God who is the true essence of my consciousness.  One Mind rules and governs all.  This Mind in me is authority over all that is unlike Itself. Evil is erased by my recognition of the Power and the Presence of God.  I walk with the great, the true and the mighty.  Before me is the pathway of greatness.

Today, I have faith in God’s universe; His heaven is my present abode.  Unto me is given the fullness of Truth, the everlasting Joy and the Hope eternal.  I am a true citizen of the Kingdom of God, and I am established in His righteousness.  I accomplish great things today.

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

April 17, 2021 – TODAY IS A DAY OF RESULTS AS I LET GOD THINK IN MY CONSCIOUSNESS

APRIL 17   

TODAY IS A DAY OF RESULTS AS I LET GOD THINK IN MY CONSCIOUSNESS  

Our Father   

Matthew 6:9

One God, one Presence, one Mind, one Law and this is my divine heritage, for It created me out of Itself.  All this surrounds me, dwells in me and acts through me.  “I stand in the Great Forever, I live in the ocean of Truth.”  I am the beloved Son of the Father, and I do that which pleases Him today.  With eyes uplifted unto the hills of Truth, I walk my pathway in wisdom and love.

I have Divine Integrity.  I know that with His Wisdom inspiring me I can never make a mistake.  The world cannot fool me, and my fellowman cannot confuse me.  I am a Spiritual Being in a Spiritual experience right now.  Ideas are coming to me at every instant, and they offer me a greater portion of life than I now have.  I accept them, and increase my good.

Unto me is given the Truth, for all that the Father hath is mine.  God presents Himself to His universe by means of me.  “He that seeth me, seeth Him who sent me.”  I accept this Divine Inheritance and fulfill my true place in the Father’s plan.  I am the child of a King, who rules in grace and truth.  Knowing this, I dedicate my life to expressing the attributes of God.

I am an ever-unfolding expression of infinite Mind.  This Mind indwells me and leads me into health, prosperity and peace.  I let God think in my consciousness.  I let Divine Love be my expression and my joy.  I know that He who made me will never fail me.  I give thanks that I am a spiritual being living in God’s universe of order.  The benediction of the Almighty is upon me, and today is filled with good.

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

April 16, 2021 – I STEADFASTLY INCREASE MY AWARENESS OF GOD IN MY PRESENT WORLD

APRIL 16   

I STEADFASTLY INCREASE MY AWARENESS OF GOD IN MY PRESENT WORLD   

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.   

Psalm 23:6

I live in an expanding universe that is potent with Divine possibilities.  On every hand the presence of God is beckoning to me, inviting my growth.  Truly, I dwell in the house of the Lord today.  There is nothing to hold me back, for His Mind in me presses me forward into larger living and greater thinking.  I steadfastly increase my awareness of God in my present world.  Right here and now I make my demonstration.  I joyously accept an expanding, unfolding life of true service to God and to my fellowman.

I live in an evolving universe that bids me grow in the ways of the Spirit.  God is seeking to make me a greater person, and a more useful citizen of His good heaven on earth.  I seek out larger Ideas of Truth.  I keep the windows of my soul open to new and fresh ways of knowing Truth.  I evolve into that “image and likeness” which is already my inner Pattern.  I let go of the “little” to accept the “more.”  I grow in wisdom, in spiritual stature, in favor with God and with man.

Where I am, I shall make my demonstration of Truth.  I no longer wait for the future to solve my problems.  Today, I live in Omnipresence, and right now my good is at hand. What I seek is seeking me.  The Idea I need is now in my consciousness, and the Law of Mind is producing it.  I relax and realize that today is good, tomorrow will be better, and each day is God’s day.

I live in a loving universe, where God’s friendliness is on every hand.  Divine Love enfolds me and flows from me.  I love the Love of God in everyone I know.  I am loved by the Love of God in everyone I know.  I dwell in Love this day.

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

April 15, 2021 – I AM IMPELLED TO COUNT MY BLESSINGS, AND TO SEE GOD EVERYWHERE

APRIL 15        

I AM IMPELLED TO COUNT MY BLESSINGS, AND TO SEE GOD EVERYWHERE   

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life   

Psalm 23:6

Permanent good is now mine, for I am established in the Mind of God.  Never again shall temporary good be mine.  This day, I am in my eternal good, because I know that I am in God forevermore.  My security is in Him who is the Author and Finisher of my faith.  Though the world may change about me, yet within I am at peace for I know God, love God and appreciate God.  God never begins and never ceases.  This constant flow of God through me is my life and my eternal hope.

I am free in the belief of time and space.  I use both of these for my convenience, but they never limit me.  I know that Eternity and Infinity are mine, and I enlarge my consciousness daily.  I look at my changing world and see the permanence of heaven.  I look at my own calendar years and see Eternity unfold.  All sense of age leaves me, and I let God’s eternal Life be mine.  I am living the Life of God.  I am in God’s perfect heaven right now.

Mind outpours Its rich treasures of Truth to me.  I am receptive to them, and my subconscious establishes them. I accept myself as an unlimited creation of a perfect Mind.  I assimilate God’s Ideas and they transform me into a new and greater person.  God uses me as His open channel for the production of beauty, peace and power.  I am a blessed outlet of an Infinite Mind.

I am impelled to count my blessings and to see God everywhere.  Surrounding me is His Presence, within me is His Mind, I abide at every instant in a Holy Peace, an unending security and a Love Divine.

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

April 14, 2021 – I KNOW THAT GOD IS BLESSING ME NOW WITH HIS WHOLE SPIRIT

APRIL 14        

I KNOW THAT GOD IS BLESSING ME NOW WITH HIS WHOLE SPIRIT

My cup runneth over   

Psalm 23:5

I alert my mind to every blessing in my life this day.  I know that I abide in the omnipresence of Good, and that round me on all sides God is pressing upon me as good.  “My cup runneth over.”  There is no limitation to the amount of God in my world, and I let this great Presence flood me with blessings.  Unlimited health is mine; uncountable prosperity is mine; peace is mine.

I drop out of my consciousness every contracting thought of limitation.  I know only the expanding truth of life, and I become a greater person, a rarer soul and a more loving companion today.  I know that God is blessing me now with His whole Spirit.  I have faith in the Christ that abides in me in fullness.  I have faith in the overflowing cup of truth, and I drink therefrom of the living waters, and I shall never thirst again.

The Holy Spirit of Life, Love and Wisdom is upsurging within me to make me a greater person.  Unto me there comes the guidance of a Mind supreme.  I know that more Good is within me than I can now sense and appreciate.  All that is of Truth pours Itself into my consciousness, and I freely accept all Its bounty.  The richness of the universe is mine to use and to enjoy.

Knowing that abundance is mine, I also know this for my friends, my co-workers and my family.  Theirs, also, is a cup that runneth over.  To them also is given Richness of the Spirit.  We are all living together in a spiritual universe that is forever showering us with blessings.  For all those blessings that appear on my pathway, I rejoice and give thanks.

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

April 13, 2010 – I AM A RADIATING CENTER OF JOYOUS ACTIVITY

APRIL 13   

I AM A RADIATING CENTER OF JOYOUS ACTIVITY

Thou anointest my head with oil  

Psalm 23:5

I am filled with the joy of living, for I know that I am created of the Spirit to express the Spirit.  Therefore, I am a channel for joy, and I let it flow from God through me into my world.  I am a radiating center of joyous activity, and today I offer this to my world.  My business is joyous; my home is joyous; my whole being is joyous.  I thank God for life and for the zest of living victoriously in His perfect universe.

My head is anointed with the joy of the Lord.  It flows through my body as healing.  It pours into my consciousness as unending inspiration.  I relax and let this inner Joy of the Spirit take over my life and all its affairs.  I rest in the assurance that this is my day of demonstration, for my heart is glad and my whole soul is at peace.  I am glad to be living in these times.

There is permanence to all good feelings when they are recognized as God in action.  The zest of living is mine, because I know that Life flows through me with a joyous purpose.  Within me is the Good Shepherd, the Christ, and He gives me joy that will not pass away.  I enjoy life, and I enjoy my relationships with people.  God brings me a happy experience through every person I meet.  I am glad to be alive as a spiritual being.

Thinking of God as the source on my joy, my way is now easy and my burden is light.  I know, as did Jesus, that “He that sent me is with me.”  Mind directs me, Love upholds me, Power acts through me.  Steadfastly thinking of Truth, I walk in life knowing that all things work together for my good.

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