What are some temptations we face today?

A twofold warning, now, and all time, keep free from everything, which comes between you and Christ.

Remember, in Christ, there is power, there is opportunity, there is revelation, which can never be fathomed. 

In the name of Christ alone, there is a power, which can dominate and control the fiercest forces of darkness there may be.

Pride, that consciousness of self and mental advancement, all these are the subtle temptations of those who are out to destroy, and must be faced as such. 

Without Christ, you would not have the power to raise your hand, without Christ, no thought could flit through your mind.

Think of the world's conception of power, and then remember that without Christ, this little world could not be. Until you know your source, until those governed by their physical minds can realise to whom they belong, so the road goes on and on, so dissatisfaction and sadness step with them, so they wander round the mountain and the heights are never reached.

Waste, waste, waste, seeking for what can never be attained, they turn their back on the promise, and so, although God's love never changes and never fails, they shut themselves off from the brightness, which is their own.

Think of the power of the spirit, the power of the name of Christ, the power of the protecting care of the Father. In the simple narrative, which His disciples, those who loved Him, put together with much care and thought, in that simple narrative, you have all you require to reach the highest—

Let not your hearts be troubled, for I will send you a comforter.

—John 14:16

Those words ring out again and again, I will send you a comforter, the comforter, which shall give you all knowledge, all joy, all peace.

Gather unto yourself that which is so freely offered and thank God, that as His child, child in simplicity, you can come, you can ask and you can receive.

The words of God given in those days of old—love God and your neighbour (Matt. 22:36-40) are all that is necessary to give you your heart's desire when the body is laid aside and you receive consciously the blessing of Christ.

Keep this thought fixed firmly in your mind—humility, simplicity, faith and trust in God.

My love for Him, Who gave me so much, the joy and peace and happiness, which filled my soul—ah, that was a million times stronger than any pangs of the physical could be.

I saw Christ! I saw that which was worth ten thousand deaths to reach—I saw in miniature, it is true, the reflected glory of God, and then was centred in the light, which never fades.

—Spirit St Stephen