Absolute Faith in God

I have an absolute faith in God, Infinite Spirit and as surely as I live and breathe, I know that my life is God expressing Itself as me and through me. Knowing that God is One and indivisible, I know that I live and move and have my being in Spirit. I believe that God in-dwells me and in-dwells All of Life. I know and I know that I know, that God is Spirit and Spirit is Mind ... and since there is only One Mind ... what is known anywhere can be known everywhere. I know and I accept that my absolute faith in God is gifted to me by God Itself. I know my relationship with God is a spiritual union that can never be broken. My desires are God's desires for me ... my accomplishments are God's perfect work in form. I blend perfectly with God and God is my light, my love, and my everything. I know that God and only God gives me the fullness of joy and the satisfaction of a life of happiness and success in all things that concern me. I see God in all things and in all people and this absolute faith that this is true, reflects back to me as Good and more Good in my life experience. I remain ever-faithful to God ... to Life ... and to the Principle that responds to me without fail. I know this faith is a great blessing and for it and so much more ... I am forever grateful. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Spiritual Sensation

I know that as I affirm that the attributes of God; peace, love, joy, harmony, wisdom, happiness ... are within me, I am affirming that God and I are One. Whatever it is that I desire to do, God desires it for me. Whenever I begin, God begins with me ... to bring forth the highest and the greatest Good that I can imagine for myself. I know that as within, so without ... and so I begin to use my Divine Imagination to embody the Good that I desire to experience. In quiet confidence, I see myself as I choose to be ... and I see myself having that which I choose to have. As I live in this image of my life that I have chosen, I feel a spiritual sensation flow through my mind and heart as I accept that which is mine. I know who I am and I know what I am about ... and as I maintain this image of myself, I am never without that which brings a greater happiness and joy into my heart. I know that God works for me, through me ... and so I am definite in that which I choose to experience ... knowing that the Law of Life supports me always. Knowing that my Good is right now ... I rejoice and give thanks that it is so. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

I Believe

Taken from the writings of Dr. Ernest Holmes:

I believe in God, the Living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute and self-existent cause. I believe in the incarnation of Spirit in everyone and that all people are incarnations of the One Spirit. I believe in the eternality, the immortality and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding. I believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete emancipation from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all. I believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. I believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling Presence. I believe that the Universal Spirit, which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God; and that I am surrounded by this Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of my thought and acts upon it. I believe in the healing of the sick through the power of this Mind. I believe in the control of conditins through the power of this Mind. I believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-Kindness, and the eternal Giving-ness of Life to all. I believe in my own soul, my own spirit and my own destiny; for I understand that the life of all, is God.
And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

All Is Good, Right Here Where I Am

I rejoice and give thanks for knowing and believing that there is only One Life, this Life Is God and this Life is my Life now. God is personal to me and I am personal to God. And in this understanding and awareness, I can know that I am expressing the Life of God as me, for me and through me. It is with great joy and happiness that I live in this realization now and always for I know that Spirit moves through my mind to seek a fuller and more joyous expression of Itself in all things that concern me. I am never disturbed by any momentary lapses of thought that appear to separate me from the Divine Life, for I am here to do and to be a unique expression of Life's Infinite individualization. My thoughts and ideas are always for the highest and the greatest Good for me and for all others to express the spark of the Divine within us. I know that for every thought about anyone that enters my mind, I know for them and for me, that all is Good and very Good. God-in-the-midst-of-me is the Power in my world ... and besides this Power there is none other to obstruct Its Perfect work in my life, now. I love and approve of myself and I love and approve of all others for I know that the life of everyone ... is God. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates

Thankful Heart

from Dr. Joseph Murphy:

I give supreme recognition to the God-Presence within me. I sincerely and honestly give thanks for all the blessings received. I give thanks for all the good in my life; I live in the feeling of grateful rejoicing. My thankful heart strikes the magic of the Divine response. Every day of my life I express thanks for my knowledge of the laws of mind and the way of the Spirit. I know that thankfulness is a movement of the heart first, which is followed by a movement of the lips. My uplifted heart opens up the treasure-house of Infinity within me and bespeaks my faith in the fulfillment of my prayers. I am truly thankful because I have found God in the midst of me. "I sought the Lord, and He heard me and delivered me from all my fears." He who possesses a thankful heart is always in tune with the Infinite and cannot suppress the joy that arises from contemplating God and His Holy Presence. In everything, I give thanks.

Keep the faith!
Rev. Bates