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December 3, 2025 – ONE TEACHER!
“Faith is a passionate intuition.”
― William Wordsworth
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26.
“The Holy Spirit is the only authorized interpreter of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and no man can know what His doctrine is unless he gets it direct from this one and only custodian.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 133.
“You said, ‘Who did you come with?’ I said, ‘The majestic imagination you gave me.’ ‘Why did you come?’ ‘The musk of your wine was in the air.’ ‘What is your intention?’ ‘Friendship.’ ‘What do you want from me?’ ‘Grace.’” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 78.
“The Holy Spirit is the activity of God-Mind in the consciousness of man. The long way, the most difficult way, back to the Father’s house is the way of experience. The shortcut is in being receptive and obedient to the leading of the Holy Spirit in thought, word, and deed, putting God first In your life.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 84.
“Real love never ends It will be reborn and reborn.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 112.
“We embrace everyone in consciousness until we have made peace with him and attained an absolute conviction that our desire is that the grace of God be his experience.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 116.
“Perhaps, if you are still enough, you can hear the universe breathing in and breathing out again. All the winds that sweep earth’s ocean of air — zephyrs and breezes and gales and hurricanes — are like a child’s blowing of bubbles compared to this breath. And it breathes for you.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 114.
“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.” ― Florence Scovel Shinn.
“Behold, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?” Job 36:22.
THRIVE IN ’25!
For 2025 our theme is: “Thrive!” According to Webster; to thrive is “1: to grow vigorously: flourish 2: to gain in wealth or possessions: prosper 3: to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances — often used with on, ‘thrives on conflict.’”
As the wholly perfect sinless child of God (Christ) that we are, we are meant not merely to survive, but to thrive. The only things holding us back are our own limiting thoughts and feelings of inadequacy and separation. To which, the Apostle Paul said, “I die every day!” 1 Corinthians 15:31. Each day we have the opportunity to release what was for what can be; we open the door to a new level of understanding and expression of the divine potential within. We are reborn as we are renewed in mind. “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2.
Our weekly Prayer Circle letters this year will follow the book ‘Talks on Truth’ by Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore. “Mind is the only causative power. By the power of the Word, it makes and unmakes all laws governing in personal life. The I AM floats in mind and formulates the words that set mind in motion.” (pg. 82.) When we change our minds, we change our lives. When our consciousness opens up to new awarenesses of being we are ‘born anew’: we begin again to realize peace, wholeness and abundance through greater and more fulfilling channels of expression.
For December we are sharing from Lesson 12: The Holy Spirit.
Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of self-realization and discovery of our Divine potential!
Please affirm with us: “The Whole Spirit of God works through me to overcome error thinking and open the door to experience Divine Guidance and Direction!”
Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God!
For so it is and so it shall be, Amen!
November 26, 2025 – THE WORLD OF IDEAS!
“The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.”
― Lady Bird Johnson
“Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made.” Romans 1:20.
“In the world of ideas, the metaphysician has discovered that there is a realm having potentialities whose depths he has not sounded. This realm is to him the greatest storehouse of wisdom and life, and he finds that his own center of consciousness is like it. He is essentially one with it.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 130.
“We talked through the door. I claimed a great love and that I had given up what the world gives to be in that love.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 78.
“Philosophy teaches that all that was ever known exists in the world of ideas. When we are able to rise into this realm, we shall know all things. But, in order to rise into it, we must learn to forget the false sense of the body.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 39.
“Love instructs us not to act in ways that will cause suffering now or in the future. We can discern when something that seems to be joyful has the capacity to destroy future happiness, so we do not abuse alcohol, ingest unhealthy foods, or hurt others by our words.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 112.
“Prayer, to be answered prayer, must come from a heart that is purged of personal and selfish motives, a heart that has for its desire that all men may know God’s grace.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 116.
“Listen. Be still. Then, perhaps, if you are still enough, you can hear the everlasting tide of being flinging itself on the shore of forever. The tides that run in all earth’s oceans are mere ripples in a pond compared to this tide. And it pulses for you.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 114.
“Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least, for their minds are occupied with their ideas and the perfection of their conceptions, to which they afterwards give form.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.
“But the Lord sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment; and he judges the world with righteousness, he judges the peoples with equity. The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know thy name put their trust in thee, for thou, O Lord, hast not forsaken those who seek thee.” Psalm 9:7-10.
November 19, 2025 – ANOTHER PLANE!
“Sincerity is the way to heaven.”
― Mencius.
“Repent (think again with a new level of understanding,) for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (within your reach.)” Matthew 4:17.
“The fact that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and ‘within you,’ the sense man totally ignores. He does not see beyond the range of the three limitations of space, hence cannot cognize that which lies within and is interlaced with phenomena on another plane.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 129.
“This is not a pen for sheep. There are no separating distances here. This is love’s sanctuary.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 77.
“Make up your mind and heart to put your spirit and soul into inside interests, and get real satisfaction out of life. The state we call heaven is awaiting those who are ready for it: the peace and harmony and order that come from living in tune with infinite good.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 64.
“This love is possible when there is the understanding that you are not separate from other beings or the environment. This understanding cannot be merely intellectual. It must be experiential, the insight gained by deep touching and deep looking in a daily life of prayer, contemplation, and meditation.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 112.
“We pray that those who are offending this world, who are against liberty, justice, and equality, be forgiven, that their eyes be opened, and then we will be contributing to the peace of the world far more than if we offered to carry a gun in defense of peace.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 115.
“Learn to tack with the wind. Learn to veer with the tide. The wind and tide will take you wherever you want to go.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 114.
“One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.” ― Morihei Ueshiba
“The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.” Psalm 103:19.
November 12, 2025 – THE BALANCED MIND!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein.
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“Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus…” Philippians 2:3-5.
“The balanced mind no longer seeks to do evil, and the factor of evil no longer enters into its problem; but a proper discrimination between the enduring, permanent things of existence, and the transient and evanescent is not so common. To choose wisely in this respect requires wisdom and spiritual perception.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 125.
“In the middle of the night, I cried out, ‘Who lives in this love I have?’ You said, ‘I do, but I’m not here alone. Why are these other images with me?’ I said, ‘They are reflections of you, just as the beautiful inhabitants of Chigil in Turkestan resemble each other.’” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 77.
“Do not be concerned if you do not always get from your study and your prayers the results that your senses take cognizance of. Your spiritual awakening is the important thing. It will increase your consciousness of your unity with God Mind and will give you greater freedom of expression through the various centers of consciousness in your body.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 10.
“To take good care of yourself and to take good care of living beings and of the environment is the best way to love God.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 112.
“We never pray for anyone’s punishment. Our prayer is that everyone will be forgiven.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 115.
“When we learn how the tide turns, we learn that it turns for us. Let it turn as it will, and it will take you where you will. When we learn how the wind blows, we learn that it blows for us. Let it blow as it will, and it will take you where you will.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 113.
“No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for ‘we’ are the only thinkers in our mind. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives.” ― Louise L. Hay
“Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. Put no confidence in extortion, and set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.” Psalm 62: 9-10.
November 5, 2025 – SIGNS OF THE TIMES!
“Problems are the outward signs of unused inner possibilities.”
― Rollo May.
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“Then Jesus said to him, ‘Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.’ The official said to him, ‘Sir, come down before my little boy dies.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your son will live.’” John 4:48-50.
“But it does not require a prophet’s perception to discern the signs of these times. The dissolution of the old and the birth of the new are manifest in every walk of life.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 123.
“Human beings are discourse. That flowing moves through you whether you say anything or not. Everything that happens is filled with pleasure and warmth because of the delight of the discourse that’s always going on.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 76.
“After contemplating the wonders of your physical body temple and feeling the stirring of the new life which your thoughts will send coursing through you, think again, just as happily and intently, about the mental activities which must depend upon these centers in the body for their success. Let your body know the joy of your loving attention and interest; give it the exercise it needs.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 103.
“If we invoke the name of Buddha or pray to Christ but do not practice love and understanding ourselves, something is wrong. If we love someone, we have to be patient. We can only help a person transform his or her negative seeds if we are patient and kind.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 111-112.
“When we pray we pray universally. We pray that all men’s eyes be opened, that the kingdom of God be realized on earth as it is in heaven, that those who are in sin be lifted up and be forgiven — not punished.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 115.
“Like King Canute, you can wade into the sea and forbid the rising tide to rise… But make yourself a channel through which the power of the tide may express itself; study how the tide works and do what you have to do to let it work through you — and the tide will do all your work for you.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 113.
“My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.” ― Pope Francis.
“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so.” Genesis 1:14-15.
THRIVE IN ’25!
For 2025 our theme is: “Thrive!” According to Webster; to thrive is “1: to grow vigorously: flourish 2: to gain in wealth or possessions: prosper 3: to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances — often used with on, “thrives on conflict.”
As the wholly perfect sinless child of God (Christ) that we are, we are meant not merely to survive, but to thrive. The only things holding us back are our own limiting thoughts and feelings of inadequacy and separation. To which, the Apostle Paul said, “I die every day!” 1 Corinthians 15:31. Each day we have the opportunity to release what was for what can be; we open the door to a new level of understanding and expression of the divine potential within. We are reborn as we are renewed in mind. “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2.
Our weekly Prayer Circle letters this year will follow the book ‘Talks on Truth’ by Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore. “Mind is the only causative power. By the power of the Word, it makes and unmakes all laws governing in personal life. The I AM floats in mind and formulates the words that set mind in motion.” (pg. 82.) When we change our minds, we change our lives. When our consciousness opens up to new awarenesses of being we are ‘born anew’: we begin again to realize peace, wholeness and abundance through greater and more fulfilling channels of expression.
For November we are sharing from Lesson 11: The Restoration of God’s Kingdom.
Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of self-realization and discovery of our Divine potential!
Please affirm with us: “The Kingdom of God is at hand; I realize Peace, Wholeness & Abundance in Divine Order and Divine Timing!”
Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God!
For so it is and so it shall be, Amen!
October 29, 2025 – THE REAL CONTINUES!
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
― Mahatma Gandhi.
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“But the hour is coming and is now here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:23-24.
“The real continues; the seeming passes away. We know that we are healed by right thought, that we can and do raise these sick bodies and restore them to health. Where is the limit to that healing? There is none.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 119.
“Keep open the shop where you are not selling fishhooks anymore. You are the free-swimming fish.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 75
“We must understand clearly that the real life of all men is identical with our own and that aside from the one life all is illusion; that all seeming differences in people are caused by selfishness or desire for something separate and apart from God, or our fellow men. Hence, all undue accumulations of money or power by individuals are in direct violation of the divine law.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 19-20.
“There is no need to blame or condemn. Those who destroy themselves, their families, and their society are not doing it intentionally. Their pain and loneliness are overwhelming, and they want to escape. They need to be helped, not punished. Only understanding and compassion on a collective level can liberate us.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 110.
“Some of our enemies are in our own midst in very high places, not that they are evil — I would not even suggest such a thing — only that they are blind and deaf to the spiritual urge.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 114.
“Set your will against the will of the way of things, and the Supreme Will will hurl you down against yourself… But walk in the way and work with its will, and you will find that the Supreme Will is working only to fulfill the dearest desires of your heart.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 113.
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato.
“This God—his way is perfect; the promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.” Psalm 18:30.
October 22, 2025 – THE PERFECT MIND!
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
― Napoleon Hill.
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“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Colossians 3:2.
“Every person has a perfect body in mind, and that perfect mind body is expressing itself through his I AM or the Lord God in him; it is bringing itself into manifestation just as fast as he will let it, just as fast as he perceives God in the flesh.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 117.
“Sometimes you look at a person and see a cynical snake. Someone else sees a joyful lover and you’re both right. Everyone is half and half, like the black and white ox.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 75
“But once the mind takes up a definite program and stirs up interest in things worth while here and now, the body will begin to wake up and to draw the abundant life of Spirit down into the various nerve centers, bones, muscles, and organs. ” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 114.
“The practice of mindfulness is to be aware of what is going on. Once we are able to see deeply the suffering and the roots of the suffering, we will be motivated to act, to practice. The energy we need is not fear or anger but understanding and compassion.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 110.
“When our motive is that God’s grace be made known, that God’s presence be felt, that God’s power be manifest to friend and foe in all lands, then our prayer is with power.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 114.
“The miracle-worker — whether you call him scientist or saint, or son of God — is always the man who learns the way of things and lives in accord with it.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 113.
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ― Mark Twain.
“You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” Isaiah 26:3.
October 15, 2025 – MANIFESTATION!
“The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence.”
― Helena Blavatsky.
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“Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.” 1 Corinthians 12:7.
“If we hold our logic that the good can create nothing but good, it will bring us to the right conclusion, and the manifestation will always prove itself.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 116.
“The only real rest comes when you’re alone with God. Live in the nowhere that you came from, even though you have an address here.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 75
“God, the great Mind, conceived us, generated us out of Himself. We are His. His perfect expression is coming forth into manifestation. This manifestation is the state called righteousness (right thinking).” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 31-32.
“We have to practice together as a family, a community, and a nation. The practice of mindful consuming should become part of our national health policy. Making it so should be a top priority.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 109.
“Wisdom teaches us not to give our spiritual riches to those who are not connoisseurs of spiritual things. This need not keep us from fulfilling our part… if we pray that the world come to this fountain of spiritual water and find the inner Kingdom, our prayer will reach those ready, receptive, and responsive to receive the benefit of that prayer.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 113-114.
“Then there is nothing you cannot do or be because all the forces of the universe — all the expanding energies of life — are focused in you and pour through you to come into expression.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 113.
“The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.” ― Thomas Aquinas.
“For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,” 1 Timothy 4:4.
October 8, 2025 – RESURRECT THE BODY!
“Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer
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“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2.
“To resurrect the body we must change our thoughts. Every thought must be in accordance with absolute Truth; there must be no adverse thought.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 116.
“The light you give off did not come from a pelvis. Your features did not begin in semen. Don’t try to hide inside anger radiance that cannot be hidden.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 74
“Now, you have received some new and priceless ideas of Christ, the Truth, which are renewing your mind and body. The Christ ideas are becoming organic; that is, they are causing the pure life and substance of Spirit to manifest in every nerve, cell, and fiber of your body temple.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 63.
“To restore our balance and transform the pain and loneliness that are already in us, we have to study and practice the art of touching and ingesting the refreshing, nourishing, and healing elements that are already available.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 109.
“Each one of us is a fountain of spiritual light bubbling over to be shared with any and everyone ready to experience it in proportion to his awareness of the truth that ‘the kingdom of God is within…’” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 113.
“When you move with the universe, the universe moves with you — and through you and for you.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 113.
“The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.” ― Deepak Chopra.
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10.
October 1, 2025 – IMMORTALITY!
“Truth is immortal; error is mortal.”
― Mary Baker Eddy
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“To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.” Romans 2:7.
“Jesus understood the law of God, and came to show us the way to live our lives, to resurrect ourselves out of sin and death into immortality.” Talks on Truth, Charles Fillmore, 114.
“A poor dervish might appear: the dog storms out. The dervish says, ‘I take refuge with God when the dog of arrogance attacks,’ and the owner has to say, ‘So do I! I’m helpless against this creature even in my own house! Just as you can’t come close, I can’t go out!’ This is how animal energy becomes monstrous and ruins your life’s freshness and beauty.” The Essential Rumi, Coleman Barks, et. al., 734
“THERE is no reason why the machinery in our body temples should wear out, because the Creator is still on the job, building up and renewing His temples to the extent that we permit. When we co-operate by thinking habitually in terms of eternal life, eternal youth, ever-increasing strength, and perfect health, we are renewed moment by moment.” Myrtle Fillmore, How To Let God Help You, 116.
“The most basic meditation practice of becoming aware of our bodies, our minds, and our world can lead us into a far more rich and fulfilling state than drugs ever could. We can celebrated the joys that are available in these simple pleasures.” Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ, 108-109.
“In our prayers, let our thoughts go out to the world. Let us embrace mankind in our consciousness, knowing that all those prepared for the Christ will meet the Christ, all those prepared for the grace of God will receive it.” Joel Goldsmith, The Altitude of Prayer, 113.
“There is a way of things. That is all you can say of it. But learn the way of things and follow the way — walk in the way, work in the way, and everything will go your way.” James Dillet Freeman, Prayer the Master Key, 112.
“Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end.” ― Swami Sivananda.
“In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.” Proverbs 12:28.
THRIVE IN ’25!
For 2025 our theme is: “Thrive!” According to Webster; to thrive is “1: to grow vigorously: flourish 2: to gain in wealth or possessions: prosper 3: to progress toward or realize a goal despite or because of circumstances — often used with on, “thrives on conflict.”
As the wholly perfect sinless child of God (Christ) that we are, we are meant not merely to survive, but to thrive. The only things holding us back are our own limiting thoughts and feelings of inadequacy and separation. To which, the Apostle Paul said, “I die every day!” 1 Corinthians 15:31. Each day we have the opportunity to release what was for what can be; we open the door to a new level of understanding and expression of the divine potential within. We are reborn as we are renewed in mind. “Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:2.
Our weekly Prayer Circle letters this year will follow the book ‘Talks on Truth’ by Unity co-founder, Charles Fillmore. “Mind is the only causative power. By the power of the Word, it makes and unmakes all laws governing in personal life. The I AM floats in mind and formulates the words that set mind in motion.” (pg. 82.) When we change our minds, we change our lives. When our consciousness opens up to new awarenesses of being we are ‘born anew’: we begin again to realize peace, wholeness and abundance through greater and more fulfilling channels of expression.
For October we are sharing from Lesson 10: The Lord’s Body.
Thank you for accompanying us on this journey of self-realization and discovery of our Divine potential!
Please affirm with us: “I let Spirit carry on its perfect work in me; I Am complete and healed and whole!”
Thank you God, thank you God, thank you God!
For so it is and so it shall be, Amen!