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Psa 37:3 Trust in Jehovah and do good; live in the land and feed on faithfulness.
Psa 37:4 And delight yourself in Jehovah, that He may give you your heart's desire.
Psa 37:5 Roll your way on Jehovah and trust in Him; and He will work.
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Today can be lived in the consciousness of God's contact,
upholding you in all good thoughts, words, and deeds.
If sometimes there seems to be a shadow on your life and you feel out of sorts,
remember that this is not the withdrawal of God's presence,
but only your own temporary unwillingness to realize it.
The quiet gray days are the days for doing what you must do,
but know that the consciousness of God's nearness will return
and be with you again, when the gray days are past.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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The inward peace that comes from trust in God
truly passes all understanding.
That peace no one can take from you.
No person has the power to disturb that inner peace.
But you must be careful not to let in the world's worries and distractions.
You must try not to give entrance to fears and despondency.
You must refuse to open the door to the distractions that disturb your inner peace.
Make it a point to allow nothing today to disturb your inner peace, your heart-calm.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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You must be, before you can do.
To accomplish much, be much.
In all cases, the doing must be the expression of the being.
It is foolish to think that we can accomplish much in personal relationships,
without first preparing ourselves by being honest, pure, unselfish, and loving.
We must choose the good and keep choosing it,
before we are ready to be used by God
to accomplish any thing worth while.
We will not be given the opportunities until we are ready for them.
Quiet times of communion with God are good preparation for creative action.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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You should hold your life in trust for God.
Think deeply on what that means.
Is anything too much to expect from such a life?
Do you begin to see how dedicated a life in trust for God can be?
In such a life miracles can happen.
If you are faithful,
you can believe that God has many good things in store for you.
God can be Lord of your life,
controller of your days,
of your present and your future.
Try to act as God guides and leave all results to Him.
Do not hold back,
but go all out for God and the better life.
Make good your trust.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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God does not withhold His presence from you,
He does not refuse to reveal more of His truth to you.
He does not hold back His spirit from you.
He does not withhold the strength that you need.
His presence, His truth, His spirit,
His strength are always immediately available to you,
whenever you are fully willing to receive them.
But they may be blocked off by selfishness,
intellectual pride, fear, greed, and materialism.
We must try to get rid of these blocks
and let God’s spirit come in.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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These meditations can teach us how to relax.
We can be of service to other people in a small way, at least.
And we can be happy while doing it.
We should not worry too much about people we cannot help.
We can make it a habit to leave the outcome
of the things we do to God.
We can go along through life doing the best we can,
but without a feeling of urgency or strain.
We can enjoy all the good things and the beauty of life,
but at the same time depend deeply on God.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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I will try to help others.
I will try not to let a day pass
without reaching out an arm of love to someone.
Each day I will try to do something
to lift another human being out of the sea of discouragements
into which he or she has fallen.
My helping hand is used to raise the helpless to courage,
to strength, to faith, to health.
In my own gratitude,
I will turn and help others with the burden
that is pressing too heavily upon them.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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I believe that complete surrender of my life to God
is the foundation for serenity.
God has prepared for us many mansions.
I do not look upon that promise as referring only to the after-life.
I do not look upon this life as something to be struggled through,
in order to get the rewards of the next life.
I believe the Kingdom of God is within us
and we can enjoy “eternal life” here and now.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Each day is a day of progress,
steady progress forward,
if you make it so.
You many not see it, but God does.
God does not judge by outward appearance.
He judges by the heart.
Let Him see in your heart a simple desire always to do His will.
Though you may feel that your work has been spoiled or tarnished,
God sees it as an offering for Him.
When climbing a steep hill,
a person is often more conscious of the weakness
of his stumbling feet than of the view,
the grandeur,
or even of the upward progress.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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"Behold I make all things new."
When you change to a new way of life,
you leave many things behind you.
It is only the earth-bound spirit that cannot soar.
Loosen somewhat the strands that tie you to the earth.
It is only the earthly desires that bind you.
Your new freedom will depend on your ability
to rise above earthly things.
Clipped wings can grow again.
Broken wings can regain a strength
and beauty unknown before.
If you will,
you can be released and free.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Build your life on the firm foundation of true gratitude to God
for all His blessings and true humility
because of your unworthiness of these blessings.
Build the frame of your life out of self-discipline;
never let yourself get selfish or lazy or contented with yourself.
Build the walls of your life out of service to others,
helping them to find the way to live.
Build the roof of your life out of prayer and quiet times,
waiting for God's guidance from above.
Build a garden around your life out of peace of mind
and serenity and a sure faith.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Refilling with the spirit is something you need every day.
For this refilling with the spirit,
you need these times of quiet communion,
away, alone, without noise, without activity.
You need this dwelling apart,
this shutting yourself away in the very secret place of your being,
away alone with your Maker.
From these times of communion you came forth with new power.
This refilling is the best preparation for effective work.
When you are spiritually filled,
there is no work too hard for you.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Fret not your mind with puzzles that you cannot solve.
The solutions may never be shown to you until you have left this life.
The loss of dear ones, the inequality of life,
the deformed and the maimed, and many other puzzling
things may not be known to you until you reach the beyond.
"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."
Only step by step, stage by stage,
can you proceed in your journey
into greater knowledge and understanding.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Love is the power that transforms your life.
Try to love your family and your friends
and then try to love everybody that you possibly can,
even the "sinners and publicans"- everybody.
Love for God is an even greater thing.
It is the result of gratitude to God
and it is the acknowledgement of the blessing that God has sent you.
Love for God acknowledges His gifts
and leaves the way open for God to shower yet more blessings on your thankful heart.
Say: "Thank you, God,"
until it becomes a habit
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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I should strive for a friendliness and helpfulness
that will affect all who come near to me.
I should try to see something to love in them.
I should welcome them,
bestow little courtesies and understandings on them,
and help them if they ask for help.
I must send no one away without a word of cheer,
a feeling that I really care about them.
God may have put the impulse in some despairing one's mind to come to me.
I must not fail God by repulsing that person.
They may not want to communicate with me unless they are sure of a warm welcome.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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I will try to grow in this new life.
I will think of spiritual things often and unconsciously I will grow.
The nearer I get to the new life,
the more I will see my unfitness.
My sense of failure is a sure sign that I am growing in the new life.
It is only struggle that hurts.
In sloth-physical, mental, or spiritual-there is no sense of failure or discomfort.
With struggle and effort,
I am conscious not of strength but of weakness
until I am really living the new life.
But in the struggle,
I can always rely on the power of God to help me.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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Cooperation with God is the great necessity for our lives.
All else follows naturally.
Cooperation with God is the result of our consciousness of His presence.
Guidance is bound to come to us as we live more and more with God,
as our consciousness becomes more and more attuned to the great Consciousness of the universe.
We must have many quiet times when we not so much ask to be shown and led by God,
as to feel and realize His presence.
New spiritual growth comes naturally from cooperation with God.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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The lifeline, the line of rescue,
is the line from the soul to God.
On one end of the lifeline is our faith and on the other end is God's power.
It can be a strong line and no soul can be overwhelmed
who is linked to God by it.
I will trust in this lifeline and never be afraid.
God will save me from doing wrong and from the cares and troubles of life.
I will look to God for help
and trust Him for aid when I am emotionally upset.
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 10/7/2008 Posts: 2,854 Location: Caldwell Tex
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The spiritual life has two parts.
One is the life apart, the life of prayer
and quiet communion with God.
You spend this part of your life apart with God.
Every day your mind can be set in the right direction
so that your thoughts will be of the right kind.
The other is the life impart-imparting to others
what you have learned from your own meditative experience.
The victories you have won over yourself
through the help of God can be shared with others.
You can help them by imparting to them some of the victory
and security which you have gained in your life apart.
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