365 April 29
Ernest Holmes 365
The Lord is my light and my salvation. —PSALM 27:1 "Of course, we all wish for salvation. We all want to be happy; we should like to be well. We want people to like us. We desire to love and be loved. And above everything else, we want and need an inward sense of security and peace of mind. It is true that we all long for the Kingdom of God on Earth, and the great struggle of man is toward freedom, emancipation from want and fear and disease, and from everything that can hurt. We all long to return to our lost paradise. Man is put on Earth to enjoy life, and he is given the freedom to...
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365 April 17
Ernest Holmes 365
If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be cast into the sea; it shall be done. —MATTHEW 21:21 "Our activity of thought is actually a Divine compulsion of the One Mind in us seeking an ever-increasing achievement and expression through us. The forms and outlets for this self-conscious process of thought, which appear as a unique creation of life in man, may manifest in many ways. We each interpret and use the urge for greater expression. For some, the fulfillment of this...
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365 April 14
Ernest Holmes 365
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth thee. —PSALM 138:8 "The natural order of evolution has brought us to a place where there is a quickening of the spirit, a keener perception of the mind, a deeper introspection of the soul; the veil between Spirit and matter is thinning. We are emerging into a spiritual universe, proclaimed alike by the philosopher, the religionist, the scientist, and the idealist, and yet the nature of Reality or ultimate Truth cannot have changed. Two and two were four a million years ago. The awakening is to the Mind and Spirit. The passing of old orders...
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365 April 12
Ernest Holmes 365
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. —JOHN 1:3 "Every human being thrills at the thought of having dreams come true. The idea means different things to different people. To one it may mean physical health: the ability to walk, run, play, and engage in activity. To another, it may mean abundance: a home, a car, opulence. To yet another, dreams may mean education, the ability to get along with people, or to have a loving mate. Whatever your personal desires may be—as long as they do not hurt you or someone else—you have a right to attain...
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365 April 11
Ernest Holmes 365
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death. —PROVERBS 12:28 "You and I should look across the new horizon of the greater possibility that resides within us and meet the living God and feel the embrace of His Presence and come at last to know the infallibility of His Power. From out of the great Mind that is God, the way of life is made perfect and straight and immediate. It is made happy and whole and prosperous. We should awake to the living Presence of the Eternal God within each one of us and enter into a realization of a new peace and joy. As we...
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365 April 10
Ernest Holmes 365
In God we live, and move, and have our being. —ACTS 17:28 "Life is activity, and when we stop being active we turn away from the newness of life. And the person who grows old in years without an inward expectation and assurance that he is going to live forever, somewhere, will find the last part of his life burdened with the thoughts of yesterday. Let us make up our minds that yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet arrived. But today can be filled with wonder if we know that we stand on the threshold of that which is wonderful and new. I have never yet met a single individual who maintained...
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365 April 8
Ernest Holmes 365
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. —REVELATION 21:1 "Fear is the great enemy of man. It is impossible for a person to do his best if he is filled with anxiety. Unless we live without fear today, we will dread tomorrow. Those who live in the dread of tomorrow generally harbor memories of things that were unpleasant in their previous experience and expect that more of this unpleasantness will transpire in the future. The present day in which they live is robbed of all peace and joy. This so disturbs the...
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365 April 7
Ernest Holmes 365
If the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. —ECCLESIASTES 11:3 "We are all spiritual and mental broadcasting stations. There is a Silent Force flowing from us in every direction at all times. How necessary it is that we assume the role of the announcer and the broadcaster. How necessary it is that we write our own program and deliver it ourselves. When a person speaks into a microphone in a broadcasting station, his words are carried to the far corners of the Earth, where they are reproduced. But the force that carries them...
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365 April 6
Ernest Holmes 365
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones. —PROVERBS 17:22 "All of us are rooted in the Mind of God. We did not plan it this way; this is the way it is. God is still the Supreme Power, and the Divine Spirit is still present with us no matter where we are. We must learn to tune in to the Mind of God, for when we do, we are turning in to the most dynamic Reality in the Universe. Do not be afraid to talk to God, always remembering that God speaks a certain kind of language and there is nothing negative in it. We believe in prayerful, affirmative meditation...
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365 April 2
Ernest Holmes 365
"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." —PSALM 51:10 "Life is an adventure in which we never know what is going to happen just beyond the turn of the road. But too often our today is filled with regrets over the past. If we could convince ourselves that the limitations of the past need not be carried into the future, what a happy outlook we would have. One of the outstanding things that Jesus taught was that the mistakes of yesterday can be canceled, that God’s creation is always taking place, and, no matter what the experiences of yesterday may...
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"There can be no real gift unless the giver goes with it. Giving includes more than the giving of money or things, it includes the giving of service or whatever we have to others, but always the gift and the giver must go hand in hand. The surrender of everything we have and everything we are into the joy of its own self-expression—this is the way that God gives. This is the way we should give.
Real giving is the art of transmitting ourselves to others and to the conditions and situations that surround us. This kind of giving is not something for special occasions only; for it should become a habit growing out of our desire to live life to the fullest extent. Only that which becomes an inward habit of thought can spontaneously flow from the heart and transmit itself to everything we touch. Just as life belongs to the one who lives it, to the one who takes it, so the fuller life belongs only to the one who scatters every good he has. It is by giving of oneself to every person, every project, and every association with zest, love, and friendliness that one sees the larger possibility in all things: beauty instead of ugliness, love instead of hate, the Divine hidden within the human.
“Today and every day it is my desire that what Life has given to me so abundantly shall be shared with others. I desire to share this realization of the indwelling Presence with everyone. In this consciousness I say, Bless you, my friend. I desire for you health, happiness, and success. I desire for you love, peace, and joy. I desire for you the benediction of the kingdom of God here upon earth."
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth.
—PROVERBS 11:24
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365 Science of Mind
Ernest Holmes