Category: Religious Messages

Make Experience The Basis Of Your Faith

“Faith must be cultivated.  It cannot be achieved by mere wishful thinking.  If you throw yourself off a mountaintop with the affirmation, ‘God will protect me,’ just see if He does! He expects you to use the common sense He has given you.  Have faith, but at the same time be practical.  Don’t make unnecessary demands of God, nor expect Him to do everything for you just because you believe in Him.

He will take care of you, but you must also do your share.  Surely, if you do your best, and always act sensibly, you can leave the results in His hands.  Faith, however, must be watered by inner experiences, like a plant. The more you actually experience the care He takes of you, the more you will come to rely on Him — not fanatically, but naturally, in a divine way.

There is much in your life that might give you faith even now. You don’t have to wait for visions to give it to you.  Go by what you’ve experienced already.  Don’t keep your religion on a merely mental level.

Have you ever felt God’s peace in meditation?  Have you felt His love touching your heart? Aren’t these already something real and meaningful to you?  Cling to them.  Make experience the basis of your faith.  As Jesus said, ‘We speak that which we know.’  (John 3:11) Build on what you already know.  As Jesus said also, ‘Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance.’ (Matthew 13:12)

Faith means expanding your intuitive awareness of God’s presence within, and not relying on reason as your chief means of understanding. The degree of faith, and the flow of divine grace in your life, are determined by your depth of Self-realization (awareness of one’s inner experience of God).  What you attempt to accomplish by grace should be tempered (or moderated) by what you have received of God’s power in your life.”

The Essence Of Self-Realization – The Wisdom Of Paramhansa Yogananda, Recorded and compiled by his disciple, J. Donald Walters, p. 104 – 107.

 

 

Finding Me

” You to whom, therefore, I have permitted failure, disappointment, even poverty, in order to let you learn the false value of all worldly things, their impermanence, their lack of power to provide happiness, their having nothing to do with My Real Life;

You, dear child, who do not yet see this and whose heart is full of anxiety and fear because you do not see where tomorrow’s bread is coming from, or the money for next week’s rent, or for the past due mortgage;

Listen once more to My Words long since given to you in the Sermon on the Mount.

Matthew 5: 25-34

25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?[p] 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 

34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.’

Do you need any more definite Commands or any more definite Promise than these?  Have I not always provided everything?  Have I not always appeared with help just at the right moment?  Has there ever been a time when things looked dark that I did not bring Light?

And now, My Child, draw close.  For I AM now going to tell you the means of obtaining all these things — Health, Prosperity, Happiness, Union, and Peace.

KNOW I AM in you.  KNOW I AM You.  KNOW I AM your LIFE.  KNOW All Wisdom, All Love, All Power abides in this Life, which is flowing freely through your entire being NOW.  I AM THE LIFE.  I AM THE INTELLIGENCE.  I AM THE POWER in all Substance.

KNOW THAT I AM FILLING YOU FULL TO OVERFLOWING WITH MY DIVINE POWER.  For I AM within you.  You and I are One.”

The Impersonal Life, Joseph S. Benner, p. 234 – 244.

As You Think So You Are


So often you forget the power of thought and you say something unthinkingly or think an unloving, critical thought about someone or something, and then you wonder what is wrong with you, why you are unhappy or depressed, why life is so hard and dull and dreary.

Very often it is your own negative thoughts boomeranging back to you. Try to remember that as you think so you are.

Start right now to think aright about everyone and everything. Look for the very best in every situation.

Never for one second dwell on the negative.

When I say rise above the negative into the Light of truth, do so with My help. I never ask you to do the impossible.

I AM with you always, your ever-ready help when you call upon Me.

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Have No Fear

“I WANT YOU TO HAVE NO FEAR of bad news.  The only way to accomplish this feat is to have a steadfast heart, trusting in Me.  There is an abundance of bad news in the world, but you don’t need to be afraid of it.  Instead, confidently rely on Me — believe in Me.  Find encouragement in My sacrificial death on the cross and My miraculous resurrection.  I, your living Savior, am Almighty God!  I am sovereign over global events; I am still in control.

When things around you or in the world seem to be spinning out of control, come to Me and pour out your heart.  Instead of fretting and fuming, put your energy into praying.  Come to Me, not only for comfort but also for direction; I will help you find the way forward.  Moreover, I take your prayers into account as I govern your planet — in ways far, far beyond your understanding.

Don’t dread bad news or let it spook you.  Instead, keep your heart steadfast and calm through confident trust in Me.

He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. PSALM 112:7   Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. — ISAIAH 40: 10 NLT.  Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. — PSALM 62:8 NKIV. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government, will be on his shoulders.  And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — ISAIAH 9:6.”

Jesus Always – Embracing Joy In His Presence, Daily Devotionals, Sarah Young.

Every Moment Of An Individual’s Life

“Every moment of an individual’s life has a magical, mystical quality that is both simple and complex. The simple aspect is that we are all a part of creation. The complex part is that we have forgotten our true essence. Because we have lost our feeling of connection, life can sometimes appear to be tedious and without purpose. Yet we are Divine Beings, experiencing life in physical form, and there is great beauty in this.

It is important to find joy, even in the simple things in life. You can find beauty in each moment, even when it appears to be mundane and even when you are doing routine activities such as chores. Recognize that in every single moment, you can find joy in what you are experiencing through maintaining a conscious awareness of your connection to all that is. In every moment, there is the opportunity to connect with your Divine Self, and in doing so, finding truth, peace, love, joy, and beauty. This holds true in beautiful, breathtaking moments and in moments that are boring, repetitive, and even painful.

We honor every individual’s life, no matter where they are on their journey. Each of us are on a unique path and that is beautiful in and of itself. Take a moment to honor your own personal journey, and then perhaps reflect on where you wish to go from here. There are many paths and there is no right or wrong way.”

“There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading to the same place, so it doesn’t matter which path you take. The only person wasting time is the one who runs around the mountain, telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.” —Hindu Proverb

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Faith

“Faith is developed by the use of it.  It cannot be taught or forced, and neither can true faith be destroyed.  Through the exercising of faith, we are able to give enlightenment to others.

Let the mind be in us that was in Jesus the Christ; then there will come faith that is sufficient unto every need, even that faith which removes mountains, changes the destiny of nations, yea, and even brings worlds into existence.  Do we believe this?

Then, how may this be accomplished?  By opening our hearts in meditation to the unseen forces that surround the throne of grace, beauty, and might, and at the same time by throwing about us the protection found in the thought of the Christ…

Then let us add to our faith works which show forth attributes that are expressions of His Spirit in the world.  Thus shall our faith develop and become to us evidence of things not seen.”

Edgar Cayce – A Search For God, Book 1, pp. 51-52.

Take The Time To Be Grateful

“The following passage comes from the Gospel of Matthew in the Holy Scriptures, and it has mystified, confused, and been misunderstood by many people over the centuries.

Matthew 13:12, NIV: Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

The answer to the mystery that has eluded so many for centuries is in one hidden word: gratitude.

“Whoever has gratitude will be given more, and he or she will have an abundance.  Whoever does not have gratitude, even what he or she has will be taken from him or her.”

By the revelation of one hidden word, a cryptic text is made crystal clear,  Two thousand years have passed since those words were recorded, but they are as true today as they ever were: if you don’t take the time to be grateful you will never have more, and what you do have you will lose.  And the promise of the magic that will happen with gratitude is in these words: If you’re grateful you will be given more, and you will have an abundance!

From the Koran the promise of gratitude is equally emphatic:  “And (remember) when God proclaimed: ‘If you are grateful, I will give you more; but if you are ungrateful verily my punishment is indeed severe.’ “

It doesn’t matter what religion you follow, or whether you’re religious or not, these words from the Holy Scriptures and the Koran apply to you and your life. They are describing a fundamental law of science and of the Universe (‘Like Attracts Like’ also called The Law Of Attraction).”

The Magic, Rhonda Byrne, p. 5-6.