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SEPTEMBER 5

I EXERCISE MY GOD-GIVEN DOMINION

They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.

Psalm 36:8

There is a God Power at the center of every man’s being, a Presence that knows neither, lack, limitation nor fear, sickness, disquiet nor imperfection.  But because everyone is an individual he can build a wall of negative thought between himself and this perfection.  The wall which keeps you from the greater good is built of mental blocks, cemented together by fear and unbelief, mixed in the mortar of negative experience.

Now you are to tear down this wall, to completely destroy it.  The view which this wall obstructed is now seen it all its grandeur.  The sun never really stopped shining and the River of Life forever flows.  Every man’s experience is an attempt to merge his own being with this eternal river, not to the loss of his identity, but to the discovery of that self which has newer wholly left its heaven.  Say:

I know that there is a Presence and a perfect Law irresistibly drawing into my experience everything which makes life happy and worthwhile.

The good that I receive is but the completion of a circle, the fulfillment of my desire for all.

I have placed my reliance in the Power, the Presence and the Perfection of God.

Therefore, I have dominion over all apparent evil.

I repudiate all its claims, cast out ever fear of, or belief in, that which is not good and exercise the dominion which by divine right belongs to me.

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

SEPTEMBER 4

HIS LAW IS WRITTEN IN MY HEART

The energy of God is Power that naught can e’er surpass, a power with which no one can make comparison of any human thing at all, or any thing divine.”

Thrice-Greatest Hermes

Since the only life you can have is the Life of the Spirit within you, you need but permit Its radiance to flow through your thought into self-expression.  You are surrounded by a dynamic force, a great surge of living power.  You are immersed in and saturated with the vital essence of Life.  Its presence permeates everything, binding all together in one complete whole.  Say:

Because my whole being is the Life of God in me, I have nothing to fear.

Everyone I meet is part of the same Wholeness in which I live.

Every person I meet is a center of the great unity in which I live.

It is this center of Life that I meet in all persons.

It is this unity in and through all that I respond to.

I cannot wish anyone harm, nor does anyone desire to harm me.

Through my consciousness of love, which is the very essence of goodness, I transform any apparent imperfection into the perfect idea of true being.

I am knowing people as God knows them.

I am seeing everything as God must see it.

His Law is written in my mind and felt in my heart.

I see God everywhere.

SEPTEMBER 3

I SING LIFE’S SONG OF JOY

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication,  with thanksgiving let your requests be known unto God.
Philippians 4:6

You are part of the Universal Mind, one with the Universal Substance.  You live, move and have your being in pure Spirit.  All the wealth, the power and the goodness of this Spirit exist at the center of your being.  You experience this good in such degree as you accept, believe in and feel it.  As you enter into life, feeling the Divine Presence in everything, more and more you will hear a Song of Joy singing at the center of your being.  You have only to be still and listen to this Song of Life, for it is always there.  Say:

Knowing that the Loving Presence is always closer to me than my very own breath, I have nothing to fear.

I feel Its loving protection around me.

I know a Song of Joy, of Love and of Peace is forever chanting its hymn of praise and beauty at the center of my being; therefore, I tune all unhappy and negative ideas out of my mind.

I turn the dial of my thought into the sunshine of life, into brightness and laughter, into the joyous presence of radiant Spirit.

I lay aside all anxiety, all striving, and let the law of Divine Love operate through me into my affairs.

Joyfully I anticipate greater abundance, more success and a deeper peace.

Joy wells up within my mind and Life sings Its song of ecstasy in my heart. 

SEPTEMBER 2

I LIVE FULLY TODAY

Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Luke 17:21

The wisest man who ever lived said there is a truth which can set you free from fear, want, unhappiness and finally death itself.  He said that this truth is already within you.  Suppose you accept this spiritual wisdom, since the one who gave it was able to prove his claims.  Don’t you think that this great and glorious person was telling you that the kingdom of your good is here today?

Now, this means that evil, no matter what face it wears, or what form it takes, or how many people believe it, is never a thing in itself.  Jesus did not say that evil has no reality as an experience.  He did say that you should not judge according to appearances.  He said that you are to live as though the Kingdom were already yours.  No matter what the negation of yesterday may have been, your affirmations of today may rise triumphant over them.  Cease weeping over the mistakes of yesterday and steadfastly beholding the face of the great and divine Reality, walk in that Light wherein there is no darkness.  Say:

I know that every negative condition of the past is swept aside.

I refuse to see it or to think about it.

Yesterday is no longer here; tomorrow has not yet arrived.

Today is God’s day.

God’s day is my day.

Today, bright with hope and filled with promise, is mine.

I am alive, awake and aware – today.

SEPTEMBER 1       

I ACCEPT THE FULLNESS OF LIFE

And God said, Behold, I have given every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Genesis 1:29

YOU know that Life cannot withhold Itself from you.  All that Life is and has is fully given to you to enjoy.  The Life of God is perfect and eternal.  It is the essence of everything that is.  Life is God’s gift to you.  It is always ready to manifest Itself through you in Its entire fullness.

You are a self-choosing mind in a Divinity which permeates everything.  You are always in the midst of Life, a Life that lives eternally and lives through you now.  Therefore, you need not be disturbed by the passage of time, the movement around you, not the variations of experience through which you go.  There is something within you that remains unmovable, that always speaks directly to you, saying, “Be still and know that I am God.” Say:

CONSCIOUSLY, I draw upon the Life that is mine.

I know that the fullness of Life, which is Divine in Its origin,

Eternal in Its presence, and forever available is mine.

The Life of the eternal Spirit is my life.

The infinite riches of Its being are mine to enjoy.

The vitality, the wisdom and the peace of God are mine.

I accept them in fullness, in joy and in peace.

My thought is a gateway to illumination; it is the secret place of the most High within me.

Therefore, I accept the fullness of life this moment.

I accept as a glorious experience, a spiritual adventure.