When you take the time to quiet your mind and listen, you become aware of Spirit infusing you with inspiration.

"I meet no one but me", is a puzzling statement. It's a mystic statement but it will have many practical applications. Everyone you meet is an outward reflection of something in your life that you need to deal with. And here’s the bitter pill: Whenever something or someone outside of yourself needs changing, you must go to yourself to make the change within yourself! "Everybody may not be ready for this eye-opening lesson, but once you understand it you will have the key to managing people and controlling conditions in your life." Rev. Ike

"Get excited about the fact that God is in you, if you want to experience the sweetness of life, you have to let your attitude toward life be,"HOW SWEET IT IS!" Rev. Ike

The TRUTH that Peace Begins At Home.

Clara Berenger ( 1886 –  1956 ) was an American screenwriter of the silent film era and a member of the original faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Baranger would retire from writing pictures in 1934, though she remained a frequent contributor to magazines such as Liberty and Good Housekeeping, and writer of inspirational books.

Within a wide circle of acquaintances and friends, I have found that the only persons who have achieved true inner peace and serenity are those who believe in God and try to live according to the moral principles embodied in the Bible. They recognize the truth that peace begins at home. They know that in order to extend peace from the home to the world they must cultivate habits that create peace. At the same time they must free themselves from old habits that cause inharmony and dissension.

Look not behind thee, face the future with hope and confidence.

Gloating over old achievements or victories, being content with what we have done in the past is as much hindrance to growth as regret for past mistakes. In the 19th chapter of Genesis is the story of two angels who came to Sodom and warned Lot to take his wife and daughters and flee from the city before it was consumed by brimstone and fire. The angelic command was: "Look not behind thee." But Lot's wife disobeyed the order and consequently, was turned into a pillar of salt. Salt is a preservative. When we keep our eyes on the past our thinking becomes crystallized, and further growth is prevented.

F(alse)E(vidence)A(ppearing)R(eal)

"The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents” Montaigne

We can rid ourselves of resentment by focusing our attention on its opposite love. Clara Berenger

disTRUST?

If you find distrust in any form in your consciousness, you can start at once to get rid of it. You can affirm: I am trustful of myself. I have faith in the power of God to guide me to my good. I trust the goodness of others, because I know that the Spirit of God is in them. I am strong in the faith that "with God all things are possible.”

"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him."

I Can't Say Till I Know What's In It (Sword&Trowel Tract #19)—"In these times there are thousands of bad books published, and herds of bad teachers sent forth to deceive the unwary; you must be on your guard, lest you be led into error." C. H. Spurgeon

“Truth is within ourselves” see

La Parure

La Parure,
 illustration of the title page of the Gil Blas,
8 October 1893

A short story, "The Necklace” (French: La Parure) by the French writer de Maupassant, illustrates the tragedy that can result from the fault of envy. Mathilde Loisel, a beautiful young matron, is endlessly discontented with her own poor surroundings and envious of those who are rich. Borrowing a diamond necklace from a rich friend to wear to a ball, she loses it and her husband has to go heavily into debt to replace it. It takes ten years o scrimping and drudgery to pay off the debt. And by that time Mathilde is an old hag, hard and coarse.