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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What is the quickest way of gaining peace?

What is the quickest and most effective way of gaining peace—any form? 

It all comes back to this—

To those little acts of service, to the constant rededication of the mind, and to the wish and the determination to build up faith as you go along.

Take comfort in this thought—

The wish to do better, even though that wish is enmeshed by the shadows and their temptations—if the wish beneath it all is to do better, then Christ can bring up to standard that which you failed to do yourself.

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The Price Exacted!

There is no inducement to the spiritually enlightened to fail themselves—the price exacted is too heavy and the anguish is too great.

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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.

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But I pray and no answer comes!

But I pray and no answer comes! It may seem at times that prayer avails little, but could you see things as they are actually taking place, you would know without a doubt that the smallest prayer, which is voiced even by an unbelieving mind, is creating power and bringing assistance as it rises—no waiting, even before the words find expression when they are way back in the physical mind—from that stage, the help is forthcoming.

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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.

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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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Go on, in spite of everything.

Go on, in spite of everything, and you will find that the Presence is there, which will guide you into a security, which you thought forever beyond your reach.

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What is the greatest adventure of all?

What is the greatest adventure of all?

The greatest adventure of all is the knowledge of the love of God, and in trying to understand the meaning of it all.

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The Revelation of The Spirit

Let not your hearts be troubled for I will send you a Comforter. I remind you of this again—of this beautiful promise and what lies beneath it. Once more, square the shoulders, take a good look at the opposing forces, tighten your wills, and go on—go on, not to more sorrow, but to joy and achievement and to that revelation which only the hard and upward road can bring you and which only the soldier who is out to conquer can achieve—the revelation of the Spirit when each one is at liberty to divest himself of the body and its hindrances and to meet us free and untrammelled and to see something of that unfoldment of Divinity, which is the possession of all who have tried to love and serve the Saviour. The unfoldment of Divinity—you cannot take it in but try to build up something, so that the necessary impetus may be found within to send you on without a backward glance and to take that chill from your heart and to make it a journey of rejoicing.

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Rise in heart and mind.

Rise in heart and mind; take that which is offered to you so freely, so eagerly; see the vision glorious, and seeing this, rejoice that Christ has said—Follow Me—not to the cross, but to that perfect harmony and gladness and elation which only unity with the Spirit within, which is of God, can bring you.

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Let me demonstrate God in my life!

Let the world go by; don't cling to the little material things—the toys and those attractions that draw you and distract your attention from the things of the Spirit—let them all go. We are offered gifts in plenty, gifts which will not please the mind for a moment and leave you dissatisfied later but the gifts which once had you will never wish to part with because the things that are of God grow in beauty and in power and in revelation and these only can satisfy the hungry heart. We try to get the happiness, which forever escapes us, trying to drug the spirit which cries out—Let me be free and let me demonstrate God in my life!

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Let me be free and let me demonstrate God in my life!

Let me be free and let me demonstrate God in my life!

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Prepare your heart and mind to meet The Saviour.

Prepare your heart and mind to meet the Saviour, to meet Him with the wish to be as He was and to live as He lived. That done, the Saviour does the rest. This is the only gift we can make—the dedication of our hearts and minds—the only thing asked of us, and, as we step forward, the greatest gift of all—the further revelation of the Love of God and all that means.

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Are you finding the way too hard?

Think of the Saviour—

Come unto me all ye that are heavy-laden and I will give you rest.

Keep the enemy at bay.

Each time you shrink from God, evil triumphs. Remember that.

Be more careful, run no risk; cling to Christ, even as a child would cling to its mother, and, in so doing, be certain of protection from all that can injure and wound.

Think of Him more!

Think of Him more, think of Him more. Christ's blessing is upon you and His healing touch blots out the remembrance of the sadness borrowed from the past, closing the wounds and sealing them with His Love.

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The sun of God's love cannot be shut out by anything.

Listen to the voice of the Spirit. When evil strikes, take it to Christ and leave it to Him to disentangle. Let Him be your friend in need as well as your friend when the day is bright. It is at the time of distress that friends should draw near and it is His privilege and His right to lead you out of the valley onto the plain so broad and free, where the sun of God's love cannot be shut out by anything.

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Rest in the love of God.

Be reminded that the dark night leads on to the glad day, and the glad day is in God's keeping. Rest in the thought of this, confident of the love of God—of the protecting arms around you if only you will try and remember it, will shut out the cold winds of life and keep you snug within.

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The forecast for tomorrow and all the many tomorrows to come.

Light on the horizon, light in your minds, and joy in your hearts—that is the forecast for tomorrow and all the many tomorrows to come.

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