How do I know if I am where God wants me?

Hold on to that which is highest―wish to be as God would have you be―pray for strength, and I say, in God's Name, that strength will come and you will be free indeed.

―Zodiac, The Christ Messenger

How do I fight my enemies spiritually?

Could you but see it there, right away, the clouds are parted and the Heavens are revealed—nothing between you and the Spirit. If only you could have more faith—nothing between you and God except the enemy—no, that is wrong—nothing between you and God although the enemy tries to make it appear so.

—Zodiac, the Christ Messenger

You reflect that which is divine.

The greater Light, shining on the smaller light, enables that smaller light to cast out rays of beauty, and these, according to the Light, which shines upon it, are able to reflect that which is divine.

―Zodiac, the Christ Messenger

Long to rise

In the heart of each one, there is the longing to rise, and if circumstances, or environment, for a time suffocate that longing, yet take it for an unalterable fact that the day will come when that longing will be stronger than anything else.

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The Antelope Canyon in Arizona—Lucas Löffler

You are right in answering that God is in command.

Never fence the question as to God's responsibility to man. Take it up bravely, and be certain that you are right in answering that God is in command—that His love faileth not, and if only the patience is there, even the very evil itself shall be shown to cover up that which is of safety and security; that the darkness was but a veil for Light, and that they were held, guarded, protected, forewarned, from the beginning to the end.

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Is God less of a Parent than you?

Any parent wishes to give his child the things that please. Is God less of a Parent than you? It is an indictment that many make, unconscious of the blasphemy that lies behind. But be on your guard, for where your treasure is, there is your heart—and if your treasure is of the earth, then it certainly means that your thoughts do not turn towards Heaven.

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God the Father and Angel | Guercino (Giovan Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666) | Musei di Strada Nuova

God sees all, knows all, and will withhold nothing.

This is not a promise to steady your wills—it is an instruction; it is a direct injunction from the Most High that I should tell you that God sees all, knows all, and will withhold nothing.

Zodiac, The Christ Messenger

Separation of Light from Darkness | Michelangelo (1475–1564) | Vatican Museums

In God's Sight

Go forward, and follow the guidance of the Master. It is enough to wish for spiritual wisdom, for that wisdom to come. It is sufficient to ask for holiness, which is the gift of God, to descend upon you. It is, in God's sight, a sign of purity to wish to be pure.

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In the way God expects

It is for us to respond in the way God expects.

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Let your wings grow a little more.

Let your wings grow a little more; don't weigh yourself down to the earth as you do; let your mind soar. Happiness is your right, it is the gift of God to all, and when things go awry, then that is against God's wish—and, in many instances, if one or the other had only kept close to Him, it might have been avoided.

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The threefold blessing—never forget it!

Keep yourself free from sorrow—open your hearts to joy. And be certain that although Christ is with you in your troubles—joy is the gift, which comes from Him. Grief is but the blows of the evil—happiness akin to the Spirit. Sorrow linked to the earth, something from which you have to detach yourself—and thus emancipated to rise above the valley and to be free in the illimitable expanse of the blue.

That is God's will and this will be the future—The threefold blessing—never forget it.

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You belong to Him in very truth.

Cling to this thought—

That between you and Christ, there is no division, and that temptation and testing and trying are only to prove your worth—to prove that you belong to Him in very truth.

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Follow the Star, which is Christ.

Follow the Star, which is Christ; keep your eyes above the level—there on high is your Inspiration, and by the power of the Spirit, you can realise your ideals and you can bring them into your own lives if only the will and the determination hold good.

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God's Hand is at work in a wonderful way.

A passing wind, the destructive hand of man—many trivial things of this nature can alter the aspect of the surface of the earth, and, in a few short minutes, destroy that which has been erected or planted by much care and effort.

You see, dear children, from this the wisdom of carrying on the important part of the work under the surface. The work then instead of being at the mercy of destructive forces, the surface is used as a cloak and protection for the plans being worked out underneath. All the most important things are covered up—it is the only course, the safest and the wisest for those who intend to bring anything through without the marring hand of evil.

Therefore, dear children, take heart of grace and be certain that things are not what they seem; that God's Hand is at work in a wonderful way, and soon you shall see something of the beautiful pattern which He has been weaving and which is going to produce so much.

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Things are only bad from the outside point of view.

Take fresh heart; things are only bad from the outside point of view, but, underneath, they are shaping perfectly, and it’s the underneath that counts.

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By the power God lent to us by God.

Remember that when the contest is over, a gain is added and the remembrance of the pain is wiped out by the power lent to us by God.

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See that the foundation is firm.

See that the foundation is firm, so that when the beautiful edifice is erected, piece by piece, above that which was done in ignorance and with much suffering and self-denial, it shall be found worthy to bear that which is of God.

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Drag that curtain of evil aside.

Nothing in our world; nothing even from the darkest planes in the next could be strong enough to separate us either from the love and protection of God or from the constant companionship of those who love us in the spirit worlds—nothing can do that. But the shadows have it in their power to draw the curtain of evil in between. We have to be willing and to find sufficient effort to drag that curtain aside—and, all the time, the shadows tell you it is darkness itself and no veil at all.

Zodiac, the Christ Messenger

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Listen to the Voice of the Spirit.

Listen to the Voice of the Spirit, cast care aside, lean on your Guide and know that Christ is here—here in all His Majesty. But here much more in all His Love—that Love which knows no barriers, which no defective faith can put aside because it is the Love of God and you are His little children.

Zodiac, the Christ Messenger

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There is One that walks behind with outstretched arms.

There is One that walks behind with Outstretched Arms, controlling, influencing, and seeing that we do not miss the unbeaten track. 

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