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Flee Desolation

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on October 4, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The moment you catch yourself thinking a negative thought, you should reject it instantly. Do not stop to say“good-by” to the error but immediately switch your attention to the presence of God. Indeed, we may say that when error presents itself to consciousness, the first five seconds are golden.
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains;
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house;
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes(Matthew 24:15-18).
Jesus teaches this lesson in his own graphic way. The holy place is your consciousness and the abomination of desolation is any negative thought, because a negative thought means belief in the absence of God at the point concerned.
It is impossible to forget this illustration once we have taken it in.
Negative thoughts are like hot cinders that land on your jacket. If it is flicked off immediately, it causes no harm. If not, it burns a hole in the jacket. So, let us avoid negative thinking\ and when they do come, flick them away immediately.
Flicking away,
Z gardener

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Consistent Building

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on October 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »

…be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…(Romans 12:2).
This is Paul’s admonition.
Many people understand this in principle, but they fail to demonstrate because they do not carry it out logically in practice. During prayer, they carefully build up the new mental structure, but as soon as their time of prayer is over, instead of faithfully preserving that structure intact they promptly knock it down again by negative thinking. Obviously, a bricklayer could work hard in this fashion year after year without ever accomplishing anything.
If you are failing to demonstrate, it is probably due to the same cause—building followed by wrecking. We are transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Negative thinking is the metal equivalent of acid or rust. Pessimism, cynicism, doubt and anxiety, like rust slowly eat away at our mental and spiritual structures. Hate, anger, revenge, harsh judgements and condemnation, like acid quickly dissolve our mental house and lead to catastrophic breakdowns of our happiness, peace and joy.
Hope, optimism, faith and anticipation strengthen and reinforce our mental constructs. Love, hope, tolerance, acceptance and joy build new and even stronger mental states that renew us and those around us. Practicing positive mental activity is the antidote to our fears and is the path to true peace.
Building peace one thought at a time,
   Z gardener
Author’s note: A new sister joins us today in the garden. She devotes her life to teaching others in a spirit of joy. We are blessed to have her in our midst. Welcome sister. Z.

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Priming the Pump

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on October 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

            An Understanding faith is the life prayer. It is a great mistake, however, to struggle to produce a lively faith within yourself. That can only end in failure. The thing to do is to act as though you had faith. Act out what you wish to demonstrate, and you will be expressing true faith. This is the right use of the will, scientifically understood.
…Verily I say unto you, 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 thou cast into the sea, it shall be done (Matthew 21:21).
This statement of Jesus is perhaps the most tremendous spiritual pronouncement ever made. Jesus knew the law of faith and proved it many times. We shall move mountains when we are willing to believe that we can, and then not only will mountains be moved, but the whole planet will be redeemed and re-formed according to the Pattern in the Mount.
Acting on our faith is where the rubber meets the road. It is in acts that we find faith’s fruition. Forgiving those who hurt us, showing tolerance to those with which we disagree, facing the truth when it is the hardest and speaking it when its most difficult are all ways to act on our faith. Showing compassion to the despised, making ourselves vulnerable and refusing to yield to wrongheaded social pressures are other ways to act on our faith. When we act according to God’s will, our faith becomes real.
In faith,
Z gardener

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Register Joy

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on October 1, 2012| 1 Comment »

            The principal revelation of the Jesus Christ teaching is the omnipresence and availability of god, and the belief that God not only transcends His universe but is everywhere immanent in it—that He indwells in it.
If you really believe in the existence of God you should be happy and cheerful. God has all power, and God is good; so life must be good too.
Meet the world with a smile. You owe this to God, to your fellows, and above all, to yourself.  If you go about with a face like an east wind, what can you possibly expect to attract from the world? We all know people who carry a fixed, frozen, mirthless, almost professional, smile. Such a smile is just a permanent wave in the face.
Smile, even if it takes a little effort, and keep it up until it becomes spontaneous, as it will. In the graphic language of Hollywood, register joy, and hold it!
For ye shall go out with joy… (Isaiah 55:12).
We instructed by the Bible that “this is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it, ” and that we are to be “thankful for all things”. This is not meant like the ubiquitous “have a nice day”. It means that God created an Eden for us to inhabit in joy, and that is his desire for us. It is God’s expectation that we should be filled with joy and peace in all circumstances. If we are to live according to God’s will, then we must fulfill the purpose for which we were made. It is our part of the job to live happily according to our created purpose.
Have a joyful and glad day,
Z gardener

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