January 5, 2008 & Circle of Love

THE CIRCLE OF LOVE - A circle of love is drawn around me and mine, and all. No harm can enter the Sacred Circle, for it is the Love of God. It is a complete protection from all evil. "I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me." There is no evil and no harm. I am free from all sense of fear. "Love surrounds and protects me." ... Ernest Holmes, Meditations, The Science of Mind

AS LOVE ENTERS, FEAR DEPARTS - As Love enters, fear vanishes. I am so filled with Love that no fear can enter my thought. I am not afraid, for I know that a Perfect Intelligence guards and governs my every act. Perfect Love casteth out all fear. I am unafraid, and strong in my faith in that inner Presence that keeps me from all harm. "Perfect Love casteth out all fear." ... Ernest Holmes, Meditations, The Science of Mind

Dr. Holmes wrote these meditations in 1926 and they are just as beautiful and rich for the soul as they were then. As we meditate on them and embody Love in our consciousness, we will find greater confidence in all that we do.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

January 4, 2008 & One With God

"Until we awake to the fact that we are One in nature with God, we shall not find the way of life. Until we realize that our own word has the power of life, we shall not see clearly. The Bible points out that man has the same power, in his own life and in his own world, that it claims for God. "The Word was with God and the Word was God," is an oft-repeated but little understood statement. The promise to man is equally positive: "The word is nigh thee, even in thine own mouth that thou shouldst know it and do it." If any word has power, it follows that all words have power. It means that every word which we hear, speak or think, has some power." - Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind, pg. 145-146

Knowing that my word is the word that God has given to me ... I speak my word with wisdom and with joy for my Good and the Good of all others, for I know that God has breathed into me the power to speak my word with authority and dominion. I have faith in my word, for know I am One with God, and my word activates the Power of Spirit as It works for me, through me ... to do, to have, and to be, the highest Good that I can imagine for my life and the life of those in my experience. I speak my word generously and lovingly, for I know that I need not struggle, push, or strain ... my Good demonstrates, always, in the right and perfect time ... and for this I am continually grateful. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

January 3, 2008 & Unlimited Opportunities

Now is the time to set our sights high and "go for it" ... knowing that our desires are gifts from the Infinite for us to experience. Knowing that I am in the One Mind, I never doubt that my desires come to me from this Mind, so I quickly associate myself with my Good desires knowing that as I do, I am unifying with the Only Mind there Is, God. I allow myself to be confronted with unlimited opportunities, so I can choose with wisdom that which I am to successfully accomplish. I know that nothing can keep me from reaching my goals and I am forever thinking onward and upward, aspiring to experience more and more of the abundant Good that is available to me. My vision is always directed to the highest and the best, knowing that as I accept only the best ... this is what I receive. My acceptance of only the best insures that I live a "first-class" life ... filled with luxury and opulence. I know that the Universe is infinitely abundant and there is enough to share and to spare for everyone ... and my experience of God guarantees me that which is mine! And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

January 2, 2008 & Be Happy

"Some suffer, some are happy, some unhappy, according to the way they contact life. No one judges us but ourselves. No one gives to us but ourselves and no one robs us but ourselves. We need not fear either God or the devil. There is no devil, and God is Love. The problem of good and evil will never enter the mind which is at peace with itself. When we make mistakes, we suffer the consequences. When by reason of enlightment and understanding, we correct such mistakes, we no longer suffer from them. Understanding alone constitutes true salvation, either here or hereafter." - Dr. Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind, pg. 383

My mind is always focused on what I do right and what is Good. I know that as I do, my mind is in perfect alignment with the One Mind which is God. There is nothing between me and my Good for there is nothing between me and my God. And as I know this is so, I break through all the illusions of negativity that creep into my mind from the collective consciousness, and I declare with absolute authority that I am Happy, Healthy, Wealthy and at Peace with all things and all people. I choose to be happy, therefore I am happy. I choose to know God as Love and therefore I know God as Love. I choose to see God in all people, and therefore I see God in all people. I choose to see Good in all things, and therefore I see Good in all things. And this ... makes me Happy! And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

January 1, 2008 & Making it Great in 2008

I rejoice and give thanks for this New Year, and I feel a sense of the new-ness in my mind as it creates within me a great enthusiasm for 2008. Knowing that All Is God and All Is Mind, I know that the ideas that come to me for acceptance in the New Year, are from the Mind of God. And in this realization, I can know that everything that I accept as mine to do, is done successfully ... and everything that I accept as mine to have, I have. There are no obstructions to my Good for I depend on Principle, and Principle alone, to do that which requires to be done to prepare my Good for me, through me. I keep faith with my ideas, knowing that my faith creates within me the capacity to accept a far greater Good than I have in the past. I know that nothing in my past can surpass the Good that is mine now. I accept that the Good that I desire is mine to share, and I gladly share it with all those who enter my experience of life. My vision for a greater life experience is a vision for everyone and I know that as I move into this new experience of Life, that countless numbers of people will share in this vision. I have great faith that as I use the Power of God to express that which God has given me to do, that all things and all people necessary for the fulfillment of this vision are attracted to me in consciousness. I have the consciousness of great success and the consciousness of great prosperity ... and combined with my ever-lasting love for all the people in the world, including myself ... I know that my consciousness is filled with the Spirit of God. My action in mind is a leap of faith ... and I know that this leap will cause me to land on my feet with the greatest of ease, expressing, living, and enjoying the best of times and the best of everything, now! And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

December 31, 2007 & Happy New Year!

It's that time ... New Year's Eve ... and the "Happy New Year" wishes fill the air. And we can make these wishes come true by living the science of mind. We have what it takes to make 2008 - GREAT! ... let us proclaim our magnificence and release our imprisoned splendor!

From Dr. Robert H. Bitzer: "I am fully aware of my infinite being now. This present moment knows nothing of the past and is not subject to the future. I am not in bondage to any experiences that I have ever had. I am Infinite Mind knowing its limitless capacity to be. ... Since mind is eternally producing new manifestations of itself, I release all past experiences. No matter how great the good in my past, I am greater than it. I do not live in my past nor am I even subconsciously influenced by it. My awareness today has all the power necessary to make my new experiences that which I want them to be. ... I release all completed experiences for the eternal now includes only this present moment. Today I make my life that which I want my life to be. I am not dominated by any belief that I am subject to my past or have to wait for the future. I am the eternality of God knowing perfect being." And so it is!

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

December 30, 2007 & Time to Act

From Dr. Robert H. Bitzer - May, 1994 "The time to act is when you get an idea. Ideas do not appear at random or as casual experiences. Each idea has a pattern, a design and a plan. When it appears, learn to act on it quickly. To ignore it or postpone it is to deprive it of its power. To be effective the idea requires instant acceptance on your part because it may involve a time element. Perhaps it cannot be fulfilled for a week or on a certain date. Don’t let that deceive you. When it appears you either accept it or reject it. Although you may not think you can act on it on its due date, the moment you receive it is the time for action. Therefore, affirm this new project idea as acceptable by you this moment – that it is established in Divine Principle and that everything necessary for complete fulfillment is included now – this very moment. Neglecting to take this affirmative, instantaneous action of acceptance can result in all sorts of delays. The immediacy of the idea’s creativity can be delayed only by you. Lack of recognition is a neutralizing power. Don’t let this happen to you. It is not necessary to know how the idea is going to be fulfilled, but it is necessary to know that Divine Principle knows how, and includes that “know-how” as it is revealed to you and unfolded in your consciousness. Keep your acceptance current."

Today, I establish within my consciousness the acceptance of the idea that has come to me today to enlarge my capacities. I know that this idea was given to me to accept and to embrace it now. I realize and accept within my consciousness that my desire to actualize this idea in my experience is God's desire for me. I know and give thanks that I have been called to this new idea, and I realize that its fulfillment is assured. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates