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Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
9 AM and 11 AM
“Practitioner Sunday: A Basis for Spiritual Healing”
Rev Martha Quintana, Senior Minister
It’s Practitioner Sunday and it’s particularly good to talk about our form of prayer. Spiritual Mind Treatment is a hallmark of our philosophy and an art practiced by our spiritual practitioners. It is a form of affirmative prayer that gives the person praying the ability to use that Power for Good. It allows us to change the conditions of our life and it changes the old paradigm of a deity sitting outside of us deciding whether we’re worthy of consideration. Each of us is meant to be here experiencing our lives exactly as we believe! Join Rev. Martha and the Practitioners as we claim the Good in our lives!
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Susan Clark, Music Director
Susan Clark is joined by
Lewis Winn on guitar/bass guitar and Jay Blea on drums/percussion
The Daily Prayer 11.05.2014
“As We Believe”
Ernest Holmes, Our Founder
A treatment is a spiritual entity in the mental world and is equipped with power and volition—as much power and volition as there is faith in it, given to it by the mind of the one using it—and, operating through the Law, It knows exactly how to work and what methods to use and just how to use them. We do not put the power into this word, but we do let the power of the Law flow through it, and the one who most completely believes in this power will produce the best results. This is the Law of cause and effect, again.
When one gives a treatment for right action, and does not believe that right action will be the result, he makes his own treatment negative. Therefore, we should spend much time in convincing ourselves of the truth of our treatments. Now this is not a power of will, but a power of choice. We do not put the power into the treatment, and we will take out of the treatment ONLY AS MUCH AS WE BELIEVE IS IN IT!
If one doubts his ability to give an effective treatment, he should specifically treat himself to remove this doubt. He should say something like this, but not necessarily these words: “I am convinced that this word has power, and I firmly believe in it. I trust it to produce the right results in my life, (or in the life of the one for whom I am using my word).”
We should work, not with anxiety but with expectancy; not by coercion but with conviction; not through compulsion but in a state of conscious recognition and receptivity. We do not have to drive or push but we must accept and believe. We should, then, leave everything to the Law, expecting a full and complete proof of our faith. We shall not be disappointed nor chagrined, for the Law is our faithful servant.
Holmes, Ernest (1998-08-24). The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition (pp. 58-59). Penguin Group. Kindle Edition.
Ernest Holmes, Founder of Religious Science and author of many books, including “The Science of Mind“.
Rio Grande Center For Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, NM 87107
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Prayer Request Email
The Spiritual Practitioners of the Rio Grande Center for Spiritual now offer a Prayer Email. The prayer email address is prayer@rgcsl.org . You may leave a prayer request or, if you want to pray directly with a Practitioner, leave your name and number and a Practitioner will call between 8am and 9 p.m.
What We Teach
We teach the Science of Mind, which is the study of Life and the nature of the laws of thought; the idea that we live in a Spiritual Universe; that God or Spirit is in, through, around us; and that this Presence is a loving source of all Good.
Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living
VISION Connecting Community Through Spirit!
MISSION We recognize that an inherent desire in every individual is to realize the person God intended us to be. As we realize our true God selves, the greatest gift we can give another is to support him or her in becoming that God person too.
Most important, every man, woman and child who lives in the Universe is significant to the Creator. Our doors will forever be open to all…
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