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Saturday, July 28, 2007

July 28, 2007 & Celebration

This is the time of year when so many people I know have birthdays. I enjoy the feeling of celebration that I feel when I acknowledge someone's birthday, anniversary, the birth of a child, weddings and just about anything else that people celebrate. Daniel Nahmod wrote and performed a song titled, "Celebrate Your Life Today" .... and I have always thought this was a terrific affirmation. As we set our intention to "celebrate Life" ... we will find something to celebrate. Let us know that this is so:

Understanding my Unity with All of Life, I recognize and know that whatever I celebrate, whether for me or for someone else, I am celebrating the Life of God in expression. And in this knowing I understand that as with "gratitude" ... celebrations of Life create balance, harmony and an openness to greater abundance and joy in my life. And in the spirit of celebration, I celebrate my abundant life now; a life of abundant joy, abundant happiness, abundant health, wealth and love. My consciousness of "giving and receiving" insures that I am always receiving something in my life to celebrate. So, today and everyday, I celebrate my life ... and I celebrate all Good things for all the people around me. I enjoy and celebrate this Life with love, hope, faith and happiness ... every day in every way, I feel a greater sense of celebration in my heart and mind ... "life is Good, all the time" ... and for me, celebrating Life keeps it Good ... and very Good. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Friday, July 27, 2007

July 27, 2007 & Happiness

"Love & Happiness" ... the words always remind me of the classic Al Green song ... and always give me a warm feeling about Life. God Is Love and we are here to express the Spirit of God, so it is only logical that we are here to express love ... and in expressing love, we shall be happy. Let's know it is so for us today and every day:

Recognizing that I am "in God and of God" ... I know that within me is all the love and happiness I desire to experience. As my thoughts are centered on my Divine nature, I feel a greater sense of the love, beauty, harmony, strength, and joy that is my true nature ... and the nature of God. I do not abandon my own unique personality in expressing God, as God expresses uniquely through me and as me at all times. I celebrate the love and happiness that I am experiencing today and I know that as my mind is steadfast on the Good, on God ... that love and happiness will always be reflected in my daily experiences ... and I give thanks to God for this and so much more ... today and every day. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Thursday, July 26, 2007

July 26, 2007 & Genuine Gratitude

Metaphysical teachers from Wallace D. Wattles to Louise Hay, have instructed us to express Gratitude. As we express genuine gratitude for our life, love and joys ... and even for our material possessions ... this expression of gratitude is guaranteed to lift our mind above our momentary struggles and opens our mind to the ideas and thoughts that sets us free from limitation.

As I go within my consciousness and recognize the Presence of God expressing in and through me; I unify with the Power of Creative Mind. I realize and accept that all that I have and all that is unfolding in my life, comes through my very own consciousness. As I lift up my mind to a greater influx of God-consciousness, I sense a genuine gratitude in my mind for all things in my experience. I know that all is Good and all is God and so I accept that all that comes to me is Good and very Good. In gratitude I see everything as more than it appears to be ... for I know that even more Good is to be realized from all things that have been made manifest in my world of affairs. Everyone is more than they appear to be ... and everything has more value than I have realized to date ... Good is not limited in my life ... and the unlimited Good that I am to receive from everyone and everything in my experience is revealed to me in the right and perfect time. I know this is so ... and I am genuinely grateful that it is so. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

July 25, 2007 & Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Life can be filled with distractions and oftentimes the distraction can be people who want us to support their goals at the expense of our own. But, we can know that as we persist in the strength of our convictions and faith in our purpose, that we are unmoved by manipulation or congenial intimidation. The Master Mind Jesus questioned his disciples, "what did hinder you?" ... and if we are not achieving the results that we seek in life, this is a good question for all of us.

Knowing that my desires come from the One Mind, I know that my desires are ideas that the Infinite is pressing upon me ... and as I accept that with these desires come all things for their fulfillment, I am not hindered, distracted or delayed by any one or anything. I am staying "on purpose" for I know that within my "purpose" is my happiness, my joy, and my success and a greater happiness, joy and success for others. My mind is stayed on my Good and I am steadfastly moving toward each goal that I have set for myself to achieve and I am witnessing their magnificent unfoldment.
And so it is!

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

July 24, 2007 & Change for the Good

Most of us are eager to move into new and exciting changes in our lives, and in our eagerness, we sometimes try to "make" something happen ... rather than "let" it happen. I find that "letting" is much more productive than "making" and as we "let" things happen in Divine Law and Order, we find a much greater ease with the change.

Knowing that I am in the One Mind, I know that the ideas that I choose to experience for myself originated in this One Mind. As I accept the ideas that create change in my life, I immediately "trust" the Presence and Intelligence that gifted me with the idea and I "let" my Good unfold in Divine Law and Order. I know that my mind is One with God ... and I not only trust in God ... but I also trust in the process of the unfoldment of my ideas. My mind is alert, my awareness is heightened ... and I consciously allow my Good to unfold as perfect, whole and complete ... knowing that God, Infinite Spirit, is acting on that which I choose and accept to experience. No time is wasted, and all is in right timing as my thoughts are turned with expectation that right action prevails in all things that concern me, now. And so it is.


Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Monday, July 23, 2007

July 23, 2007 & Enthusiasm

Judge Thomas Troward wrote that it is our responsibility to "stir up" the Spirit within ... and this is an excellent instruction. Even when we think all is well and we are in "good spirits" it is still beneficial that we affirm our enthusiasm for Life ... and then, if something goes awry, our state of mind, will not be disturbed.

Every day in every way, I affirm my One-ness with Infinite Spirit, receiving from It, ideas and images that create great enthusiasm within me. I am thrilled to be living this Thing Called Life, and I know that who I am is important and necessary to complete God's perfect expression on this planet Earth. My attitude is always one of open-ness and I consistently seek the greater in all experiences that make up my life's expression. My life is never routine or ordinary in any sense ... but instead, it is a life of adventure and new experiences. I attract wonderful new adventures and opportunities to me for I have established in my consciousness a great attraction for adventure and opportunity. No one or no thing is ordinary to me, as lift up my mind to the greater in all things and all people that I encounter. My world is filled with the joy of living and a love of Life that increases tremendously each day. And so it is!

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Sunday, July 22, 2007

July 22, 2007 & Security

As we turn to the Power within and connect with Spirit, no matter what we may be experiencing ... through this simple act of turning to God, we can feel a greater sense of confidence and security. By turning within, we are turning to a Power greater than anything in the world. And as we seek the security and peace of this Power, we immediately feel Its Presence in our mind ... and in turn, accept Its Presence and Power in our life in a greater way.

I know and accept that there is a Power Greater than me that is always available to me. I accept that this Power and Presence responds to me as I turn to It with confidence, love and joy. I know that my security is in my relationship with God ... and in God, I am always secure and confident that all things that concern me are perfected as Good and very Good. I am never alone and I am never without the eternal help and love of God. I know that this Power has created me, and this Power never leaves me nor forsakes me. No matter what conditions or circumstances I may find myself in, I know that the way out ... the way to overcome them ... the way to move through them ... is with God. God lives in me and through me ... and as I realize this to a greater degree, I know that God is always increasing Its Life through me. I accept the increase of Good ... of Love, of Joy and Happiness, of Abundance and Peace. I know that I am deserving because God always sees me as deserving. And in this realizaton, I move forward with a consciousness of deserving and accept more and more of the infinite Good that God has prepared for me ... today and always. I am grateful that this is so ... I am at peace with myself and my world ... as I surrender all things to God, now. And so it is.


Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates