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False Evidence Appearing RealErnest Holmes, Our Founder “Fear not, little flock, it is you Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32) Fear is the great enemy of man. But fear is a mental attitude and as such can be converted into something else. Fear is the reverse mental attitude to faith, and is a result of the lack of faith. Fear brings limitation and lack in its wake and destroys the happiness …
Faith Beyond Appearanceby Nancy R. Bowers I breathe into the stillness. Drop my breath deep into my abdomen and feel how my body relaxes as I gently fill my belly and empty it. In that relaxation, in that stillness, God is. I allow gratitude to well up and my heart feels once again connected to the Love of God, where there are no worries and nothing to fret about. I list some of the wondrous …
A Prayer on Behalf of Those Who Would Like to Increase their Faithby Chris Duvall, RScP Please make this prayer your own. Read it out loud with great conviction. There is One Life, and It is Love. It is Source and Circumference. It is All there is. I am of this life, so I am the love and the beloved. This, my spiritual reality, is not affected by life experiences and is undiminished by feelings …
A Place of Loveby Alicia K. Hanlen, Practitioner EmeritusMile-Hi CSL I take a moment to pause and reflect on the One Life, which I know surrounds and protects me always, in every way and in every circumstance. It brings me profound gratitude and joy for this gift of faith that provides me solace and strength. For even in challenging times, I know I can turn within to that place – that place of Love — …
Dissolving our Fearsby Yvette Trujillo, RScP What if we could move about our world without so much fear? It seems that if I pay close enough attention to the motivations running through my head, often I can find fear at the core: fear of the consequences of doing or not doing this or that, fear that I won’t have enough or my share, fear that someone is going to take advantage of me or that …
Peaceby Tilia Giron, Chaplain and RScP I call in peace for myself and all my brothers and sistersThose present and living during this time of unrest across the planet And those who’ve recently passed who carried much light that shone the way.Sadness and grief mine can still carry peaceDenying it certainly doesn’t. Acceptance does. It is in the turbulence the dearest gifts may be found. Unexpected and such a blessing.For the Presence of God is …
Being Happy by Remaining in Faithby Ernest Holmes, Our Founder We must heal ourselves from worry. This tension is relaxed as we gain confidence in good, in truth and in beauty. Faith must overcome fear, and strong statements of faith should be used to erase the thoughts of doubt and worry that have assailed us. “I have faith. I am faith. I abide in faith. All doubt and fear have left me. I understand why …
Faith and Trustby Liza Kerr, RScP “One who has learned to trust will not be surprised even when he finds things coming from the most unexpected sources.” Ernest Holmes, “Creative Thought,” 1983 edition, page 49. Let us pray: There is one God, That God is the Creator, and is source my existence. That God is Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Immortal. That God, my God, is Love, Compassion, Trust, Absolute Faith, Kindness, Prosperity, and Abundance. I know …
Faith Callsby Marilyn O’Leary, RScP “The Point of Power is in the Present”—Louise Hay This is a time that challenges my faith. Fear abounds—it is in the news, in entertainment, in the pandemic, in politics, in global warming. What can we do? Call upon faith –faith in that thing bigger than we are – faith in Oneness that joins us with all creatures, faith in Love, the most powerful force in the Universe, faith in …
Freedom from Bondageby Rev. Karen Linsley, M.A., Former Interim Minister Ernest Holmes: “We have thought that outside things controlled us, when all the time we have had that within which could have changed everything and given us freedom from bondage.” And so I sink into that delightful place where I once again know that God is all there is. All Source, all Power, All Spirit. No place where God is not. And I also remember …
