Go Within To God

Today I go within to my temple to spend time in my holy relationship with God. Before entering, I shed the unessential and stroll into my place of peace. I cherish each sacred moment knowing that power does not lie in external things but in my inner vision constructively designed and followed by dynamic action. I know that what I think and feel here will be the foundation for my physical being and outward circumstances. Being in this place, at this moment, I am enveloped in knowledge, strength, power and love, for God is my Guide. And So It Is.
- Dr. Robbie Gholson Smith, City of Angels Church of Religious Science
September, 2007


Keep the faith!
Rev Bates

Holiday Spirit

I rejoice and give thanks for all the love and joy being expressed in my life and in the lives of all those who I come into contact with today. I know this is G-d expressing through us gloriously and perfectly. I affirm that the "Holiday Spirit" expresses through each and every one of us as we move forward to celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year. We are truly living in the best of times and the best of everything is demonstrating through our consciousness of knowing that we are blessed and blessed even more still. As I daily practice the principle, "give and be given to," I am assured that all that I give returns to me multiplied abundantly; love, kindness, friendship, the spiritual and the material. It is with a glad and grateful heart that I know this is true for me and true for everyone, now. I let these words work through my consciousness knowing that they "stir up" the spirit within me now and always. I know this is so, I believe it, I accept it. I let it be so. And so it is.

Keep the faith!
Rev Bates