Mar. 08, 2024 – I SPEAK THE TRUTH OF GOD 

MARCH 8   

I SPEAK THE TRUTH OF GOD   

He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness…the lip of truth shall be established forever.  Proverbs 12; 17–19

We all wish to speak the Truth, but have we realized that every time we make a claim about ourselves that is different from the claim we would make about God, we are falling into the error of denying the Divine Presence in our experience? God is Truth and Truth is God.  We also are included in this divine and perfect unity.  Therefore, every claim we make about God, the Living Spirit, should equally be made about ourselves because we live and move and have our being in this infinite Truth or Presence.  To say that we are poor or sick or weak or unhappy, is to deny God.  God is not poor, God is not sick, God is not weak, God is not unhappy.  We must, then, make every endeavor, in simplicity and in truth, to identify our personal lives with that One Life which forever more proclaims: “I am that I am,” or, “I am and that and this and everything else I also am.”  There is nothing separate from this one I Am.

Today I say to myself: I am one with the Truth of God.  I speak this Truth and proclaim it to be the reality of my experience in what I call “little” and in what I call “big.”  In the simplest and the most complex things I recognize the one Truth – changeless, permanent and eternally manifesting Itself.  Therefore I know the Truth about myself.  I know the Truth about everything I do.  I know the Truth about everyone I meet.  I know the Truth about every situation I find myself in.   This Truth is not only perfection, it is also power.  It is not only presence, it is also action.  Therefore, the Truth and the Power and the Presence and the Action of the Living Spirit flow through everything I do, say and think.  I do know the Truth, and the Truth I know frees me and keeps me free.

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

Mar. 07, 2024 – I AM RICH WITH THE RICHNESS OF GOD

MARCH 7   

I AM RICH WITH THE RICHNESS OF GOD   

…every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills…for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. 

Psalm 50:10, 12

How beautiful was the thought of Jesus when he told us to “consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.” Jesus was telling us to identify ourselves with the abundance of nature, the constant outpouring of the divine Life in goodness, in riches, in everything that makes for happiness and wholeness and success.  God cannot fail.  The Divine will never fail us if we have implicit confidence in It.  But if we are so caught with fear and doubt and uncertainty that it becomes necessary for us to take time every day to reaffirm our union with the great out-flowing givingness of Life.  This is the purpose of prayer and meditation. It is natural that we should wish the more abundant life.  It is right that we should accept it.  God has already made the gift; it is up to us to receive it.

Today I receive this goodness.  Today everything that I am and have is increased by it.  I identify everything I do with success.  I think affirmatively, and in all my prayers I accept abundance.  Whatever I need, whenever I need it, for as long as I need it, will be at hand.  I no longer see negation or delay or stagnation in my affairs, but rather, claim that the action of the Living Spirit prospers everything I do, increases every good I possess, and through me brings gladness and joy, happiness and success to everyone I meet.  Everything I think about shall be animated by the Divine Presence, sustained by the infinite Power, and multiplied by the Divine Goodness.

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

Mar. 06, 2024 – I AM COMFORTED BY THE PROMISES OF GOD

MARCH 6   

I AM COMFORTED BY THE PROMISES OF GOD   

Blessed be the Lord…there hath not failed one word of his good promises. 

I Kings 8:56

The Bible is filled with Divine Promises, revealed through the spiritual intuition of great souls.  We are promised long life and happiness, riches and abundance, health and success.  The Bible contains more promises than any other book ever written and tells us to accept the fact that these promises are not vague, uncertain things.  More particularly it tells us that these promises are fulfilled right now, in the day in which we live.  “Beloved, now are we the sons of God.”  We need not wait to enter into the fulfillment of these promises.  They are eternally given and wait only on our acceptance.  This acceptance is a mental as well as a spiritual act; it is the mind accepting its highest hope in complete confidence, placing its entire reliance on a Power greater than itself.

Today I accept the Divine Promises.  I accept them with the simplicity of a child, with the joy of one who receives his good in grateful acknowledgement of “the all-sustaining beauty.”  I accept Divine guidance watching over me.  I accept the beauty and the peace of this Presence.  I accept happiness and success.  I accept health and wholeness.  I accept love and friendship.  I realize that what rightfully belongs to me as rightfully belongs to everyone else.  Therefore I promise myself and all others to live as though the Kingdom of God were at hand for all people.  I accept a good beyond my fondest imagination, beyond my greatest dream, knowing that this good which I accept will flow through me into complete expression.  He shall give to me even more abundantly that I have asked, for the promises of God are as certain as life, as immutable as law, as personal as the air I breathe.  Today I accept my good.  

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

Mar. 05, 2024 – I SHARE THE GIFTS OF GOD 

MARCH 5   

I SHARE THE GIFTS OF GOD   

I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.  Revelation 21:6

What a wonderful thought this is, that the very fountain of Life flows open and free; that the gifts of heaven and earth are so bountifully bestowed upon all who receive them.  But there is another thought for us to consider. If God, or Life, has already made the gift, then even God, the Supreme and Perfect One, must wait our acceptance of this gift.  Perhaps we err in that we do not expect to share the gifts of God.  Perhaps we are bound by the thought that we are not yet good enough to accept the gifts of the Kingdom of Good, or that we have not developed spiritually enough to appreciate them.  Too often we feel that these gifts are withheld and so we do not live in an enthusiastic and confident expectation of sharing with the Infinite.  What a wonderful thought this is to actually share with the Infinite in the boundless gifts of Life!

Today I consciously share in the gifts of Life.  I open my whole thought and my whole being to the Divine influx.  I empty myself of everything that denies this good I so fervently desire.  I establish my mind in expectancy, a feeling that all the good there is must belong to everyone who will take it.  I am receiving the Divine gift right now.  I am entering into the spiritual inheritance which Life has willed that every person should possess.  Today I am seeing the gift of Life coming to me from every source, and even as it comes into my outstretched hands, uplifted to receive it, I enjoy the gift and pass it on.  Freely I give everything I have, blessing the gift as it passes through me to others, that it may be multiplied in their experience and in God’s good way come back again to me.

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

Mar. 04, 2024 – I AM FREE WITH THE FREEDOM OF GOD   

MARCH 4   

I AM FREE WITH THE FREEDOM OF GOD   

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free. 

Galatians 5:1

We all wish to be free, but at the same time we should realize that liberty is not license.  To say that we are free with the freedom of God does not mean that we are free to do that which contradicts the Divine nature.  We are free only in that freedom which God is – the freedom to be alive, to enjoy living, to enter into the activities of everyday living with enthusiasm and interest.  We are free to love and be loved. We are free to give full and complete expression to every capacity we possess, provided this freedom harms no one and hurts no thing.  This is freedom enough because if we were free to do that which is destructive we should ultimately destroy ourselves.  And, in so doing, we would not only deny but would defame the nature of Divinity itself.  Therefore we always pray, “Thy will be done,” but within this will we know there is scope enough for self-expression – plenty of room to move around and express life to its fullest.

I am free with the freedom of God.  Today I manifest this freedom in joy.  I think of it with deep gratitude to the Giver of all life and with a deep inward sense of my union with the Whole. In my own will and imagination I see myself free, complete and perfect.  I feel back to the center of my being, which is God, and affirm that His freedom is my freedom.  And I include my own physical body in this freedom as well as every activity in which I am engaged.  I expand my consciousness and invite new experiences, knowing that they shall be created for me by the same Power that makes everything.  I enter into this freedom with complete abandonment, with the feeling that all things are working out well, and with the deep and sincere desire to so live that my freedom shall be imparted to others, that we all may feel that we are in partnership with the Infinite.

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

Mar. 03, 2024 – I AM HELD IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD

MARCH 3    

I AM HELD IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD

… and God, even our Father, which hath loved us… comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work. 

II Thessalonians 2: 16-17

If we assume an all-powerful or infinite Presence and Power back of, within and through everything – as we must – then we should realize that this Power or Presence, which is God, could not possibly operate against Itself without destroying Itself.  We know of no energy in nature that can destroy itself.  This means that the Power back of everything actually is good, or, as Jesus said, “There is none good save one, which is God.”  We need not worry about this or wonder about it or ask questions about it. It is self-evident that goodness alone can endure forever.  Good is a synonym for God.  Good and God mean the same thing. Therefore, the final truth and absolute reality about all things is that God is good.  And since God is the Divine Presence right where we are, good is right where we are and ever available to us.  But we must recognize and claim this good if we are to use it.

Today I know that my good is at hand.  I see this good in persons and places and things.  Nothing but goodness can go from me, and nothing but goodness can return to me.  There is nothing unlike goodness in my experience.  There is nothing but kindness, nothing but generosity.  My whole inner being responds to this goodness, recognizes it everywhere.  Feeling it everywhere, seeing it everywhere, I am enveloped in it.  And even as I draw this goodness to me and become saturated with it, it flows out in every direction, blessing everything it touches, helping everyone, bringing wholeness and happiness to everyone.  “His goodness endureth forever,” and I endure forever.  In joy, then, I awake to every new day; in joy I rest in the eternal goodness, and evermore there is a song in my heart as it overflows with the acknowledgment of good.

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

MARCH 3    

MARCH 3    

I AM HELD IN THE GOODNESS OF GOD

… and God, even our Father, which hath loved us… comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.  II Thessalonians 2: 16-17

If we assume an all-powerful or infinite Presence and Power back of, within and through everything – as we must – then we should realize that this Power or Presence, which is God, could not possibly operate against Itself without destroying Itself.  We know of no energy in nature that can destroy itself.  This means that the Power back of everything actually is good, or, as Jesus said, “There is none good save one, which is God.”  We need not worry about this or wonder about it or ask questions about it. It is self-evident that goodness alone can endure forever.  Good is a synonym for God.  Good and God mean the same thing. Therefore, the final truth and absolute reality about all things is that God is good.  And since God is the Divine Presence right where we are, good is right where we are and ever available to us.  But we must recognize and claim this good if we are to use it.

Today I know that my good is at hand.  I see this good in persons and places and things.  Nothing but goodness can go from me, and nothing but goodness can return to me.  There is nothing unlike goodness in my experience.  There is nothing but kindness, nothing but generosity.  My whole inner being responds to this goodness, recognizes it everywhere.  Feeling it everywhere, seeing it everywhere, I am enveloped in it.  And even as I draw this goodness to me and become saturated with it, it flows out in every direction, blessing everything it touches, helping everyone, bringing wholeness and happiness to everyone.  “His goodness endureth forever,” and I endure forever.  In joy, then, I awake to every new day; in joy I rest in the eternal goodness, and evermore there is a song in my heart as it overflows with the acknowledgment of good.

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

… and God, even our Father, which hath loved us… comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.  II Thessalonians 2: 16-17

If we assume an all-powerful or infinite Presence and Power back of, within and through everything – as we must – then we should realize that this Power or Presence, which is God, could not possibly operate against Itself without destroying Itself.  We know of no energy in nature that can destroy itself.  This means that the Power back of everything actually is good, or, as Jesus said, “There is none good save one, which is God.”  We need not worry about this or wonder about it or ask questions about it. It is self-evident that goodness alone can endure forever.  Good is a synonym for God.  Good and God mean the same thing. Therefore, the final truth and absolute reality about all things is that God is good.  And since God is the Divine Presence right where we are, good is right where we are and ever available to us.  But we must recognize and claim this good if we are to use it.

Today I know that my good is at hand.  I see this good in persons and places and things.  Nothing but goodness can go from me, and nothing but goodness can return to me.  There is nothing unlike goodness in my experience.  There is nothing but kindness, nothing but generosity.  My whole inner being responds to this goodness, recognizes it everywhere.  Feeling it everywhere, seeing it everywhere, I am enveloped in it.  And even as I draw this goodness to me and become saturated with it, it flows out in every direction, blessing everything it touches, helping everyone, bringing wholeness and happiness to everyone.  “His goodness endureth forever,” and I endure forever.  In joy, then, I awake to every new day; in joy I rest in the eternal goodness, and evermore there is a song in my heart as it overflows with the acknowledgment of good.

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

Mar. 02, 2024 – I AM GUIDED BY THE WISDOM OF GOD   

MARCH 2   

I AM GUIDED BY THE WISDOM OF GOD   

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom…. But let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me. 

Jeremiah 9: 23-24

Some universal and infinite Intelligence governs everything, holds everything in place, and directs the course of everything.  The Intelligence that governs the planets in their courses is the same Wisdom that is in the anthill or the beehive; this same Wisdom is in the bird that flies north in summer and south in winter and knows where to find its food.  But that which is blind or instinctive knowing in the animal, should become conscious knowing and will in the human.  In the animal kingdom it works as a blind force; in the human kingdom it works through blind force only in the automatic reactions of nature such as the involuntary functions of the human body.  But the more personal use of it – whether or not we shall call upon the One Mind and Spirit to direct and govern our affairs – this depends upon our personal choice.  This is what freedom and individuality mean.

Today I am guided by the Wisdom of God in everything I do, say or think.  Since there is nothing large or small in the Infinite and Divine Mind, I know that the same Wisdom that governs everything in the universe is brought to bear upon the little things in my personal life. I permit this Wisdom to direct me.  I affirm the presence of this Wisdom and acknowledge Its action in everything in my life.  Therefore I know what to do under every circumstance.  I know how to plan my life and direct my path because I recognize the Infinite Wisdom is doing this for me by doing it through me.  There is no uncertainty nor confusion in my life.  The Divine Spirit always knows what to do; therefore I am never without guidance.  There is one Wisdom, one Intelligence, one Mind.  I live and move and have my being in this One.  My every act, thought and purpose is guided by this Wisdom.   

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

Mar. 01, 2024 – I AM STRONG WITH THE POWER OF GOD 

MARCH 1        

I AM STRONG WITH THE POWER OF GOD   

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers.  For there is no power but of God:  the powers that are ordained of God.

Romans 13:1

The Bible tells us that the powers that be are ordained of God.  And since God exists everywhere, the Power of God is wherever we recognize it – not only all the Presence, but all the Power.  We have no power of ourselves, as though we were separate entities, therefore we say with the Psalmist that our strength cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth.  What we really do is to use a Power greater than we are, which Power is our strength, but we ourselves are not the Power.  Of ourselves we can do nothing, nor of ourselves do we even hold our bodies in place; rather, we rely on the power of gravitational force which operates upon us.  In just manner we are operated upon by spiritual powers which become our strength when we use them. It is in this sense that we are strong with the Power of God, the only Power there is.

My strength cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth.  Recognizing this strength which is perfect, complete and ever-present with me, I have implicit trust and confidence not only in its availability right where I am, but in its action in and through everything I am doing.  There is a Power behind my every thought and word.  There is a Power going before me and preparing my way.  I rest in this Power in calm and serene confidence, with perfect trust and faith.  I know that this Power is good, it is constructive, it is activated by love, it is directed by Divine Intelligence, and I use it even in the simplest things in my life.  Today, then, I accept that all the Power there is belongs to me.  In joy and in gladness I recognize and use this Power.  Therefore, today I am sustained and upheld by It, in peace, in joy and in wholeness.

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

Feb. 29, 2024 – THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS, THERE IS ONLY THE ETERNAL PROTECTION OF GOD

FEBRUARY 29

THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS, THERE IS ONLY THE ETERNAL PROTECTION OF GOD

Trust on the Lord, and do good: so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily shalt be fed.  

Psalm 37:3

Right thinking and living is spiritual life insurance.  We are secure from all evil when we view life as it is in God.  This establishes us in law and order, and no accident can befall us.  Disorderly thinkers have disorderly experiences. Those who sense and assimilate the Law of the universe rise into a way of life that is one of order.  The Presence of God enfolds us, indwells us and operates through us, but unless we know this we experience fear. As fear ensnares us in its false conclusions, we become accident prone. As faith takes hold of us, we become poised and established in order.  There are no accidents for God is Law, and Law bespeaks order.  Each accident is merely the effect of a hidden cause within the one experiencing it.  As we trust in the Lord and His Law of cause and effect, we set up only positive causes and receive only positive effects.  Thus, we are set free from the belief in accidents, and God’s Presence is our security.

Today Law and Order are the basis of my living.  I refuse to believe that I can be the victim of circumstances.  Nothing can happen to me that is not caused by me.  I now dedicate my thinking to the perfect ideas of the Spirit, and I do not set up any disorderly causes which will produce disorderly effects.  I live in God.  I think with the Mind of God.  I am secure in the divine protection of an unfailing Presence and an unlimited Power.  I give orderly thinking to my world and receive orderly results from my world.  My knowledge of the Truth has set me free from the confusions of false thinking.  I know that only good will happen to me today.

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

Feb. 28, 2024 – LIFE MOVES ME INTO EVER-INCREASING GOOD TODAY

FEBRUARY 28   

LIFE MOVES ME INTO EVER-INCREASING GOOD TODAY

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. 

Psalm 36:9

The universe is pushing us forward.  It does this because it must.  There is no retrogression in God.  Mind is forever evolving new ideas and these ideas are forever urging us on to greater good. Only those who look backward grow feeble.  Their disintegration touches our sympathy, but wisdom tells us to release them to their own stagnation, and catch up with those in the vanguard of advancing souls, who let God work through them.  To the alert, God speaks.  Mind reveals Its ideas and good appears everywhere. The Law of Life is the Law of growth, expansion and increase.  We must accept this, for It has been given unto us freely, and all that It asks is that we follow Its instructions.  As we look ahead and behold the ideas of God unfolding within us and projecting themselves into form through us, we see our increased good.

I move forward in the divine design of my life, and find the future pregnant with good.  The Christ Mind is within me, and I follow Its urges toward a richer and fuller life.  There is no bondage to the past, for today I am free in God to express all His ideas fully.  I see ahead on my pathway with faith, vision and love.  I accept the great and true experience which my God has prepared for me because I love Him, His Mind and His Truth.  The Life of the Spirit within me compels me to move on from the past, do my best in the present, and envision good in the future.  No evil can stop me; no wrong thinking can hold me back, for I know that His plan for me is undefeatable.  I give thanks that Life moves me forward into greater good today.  

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