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Today's Thought Gem—September
61 posts · 1 participants · started Sep 1, 2014, 12:42 AM
The adult is willing to sow seeds
of self-denial in order to reap
subsequent harvests of
augmented happiness
You do not have to see alike
or feel alike or even think alike
in order spiritually to be alike
fear is man’s chief enslaver
and pride
his greatest weakness
The Father in heaven
never fails to accept
the sincere worship
of his children on earth
the evidence to all the world
that you have been born of the spirit
is that you sincerely love one another
Real families are built
upon tolerance,
patience and forgiveness
You must realize that the
best method of solving some
entangled problems is to
forsake them for a time
Work should alternate
with play
religion should be
balanced by humour
Worship is intended to anticipate
the better life ahead and then to
reflect on these new spiritual
significances back into the
life which now is
Worship is the act
of a part identifying itself
with the whole
the finite
with the infinite
the son with
the Father
Do you not realize that the
hope of a better world
is bound up in the progress
and enlightenment
of the individual?
The Father in heaven has
forgiven you even before
you have thought to ask him
The sincerity
of any prayer
is the assurance
of its being heard
When you have become wholly
dedicated to the doing of the will
of the Father in heaven,
the answer to all your petitions
will be forthcoming…
Prayer does not change the
divine attitude towards man
but it does change man’s attitude
towards the changeless Father
Prayer is not designed as a
technique for aggrandizing self
or for gaining unfair advantage
over one’s fellows
When you pray for the sick
and afflicted do not expect
that your petitions will take
the place of loving and intelligent
ministry to the necessities of these
afflicted ones
Prayers of thanksgiving
are appropriate for groups
of worshippers but the prayer
of the soul is a personal matter
You should never forget that
intolerance is the mask covering up
the entertainment of secret doubts
as to the trueness of one’s belief
