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Pleasant Valley Church of Religious Science |
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Treatment for October
The Power of Your Word
by Pamela Bailey, RScP
In Religious Science, we use affirmative prayer to overcome conditions we do not like and create those we do, among other things. This is one of the basics of our philosophy and way of life. However, we sometimes forget to be conscious as we go through life. We sing the song, "Our Thoughts Are Prayers", which affirms that we are always praying, and reminds us to seek a higher consciousness.
Jesus said that it isn't what we put into our mouths that defiles, but rather that which comes out. We are thus warned to watch what we say, as that can be more poisonous than improper food. Usually, our words are preceded by thought, though sometimes it does seem questionable. I'm talking about those times that you wonder where on earth what you just said came from, or when you say the very thing you meant not to say. We are blessed with the ability to think, and it is our responsibility to use the minds that the creator gave us, including to manage what we say.
I have been reminded recently about the power of my words. If I just report on how life has been,, I am actually recreating the very experiences I may not want to repeat. It is said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If I continue to talk about what I do not want, guess what I bring into my experience? The very things I don't want, whether it is those annoying aches and pains or more junk mail or relationships that don't come up to my ideals, etc.. When I remember that I have dominion over my life, I can choose to exercise that dominion by carefully selecting what I say. It is in my language, especially my spoken word, that I attract and create my life. When I come up with a great idea and share it with excitement, you too are excited by that possibility. When all I do is complain, I get more of what I don't want and you don't want to be around me, partly because it's contagious.
So, remembering and exercising the power of my word, I declare that right here, right now, there is one life, that life is God's life, and that life expresses in me, through me, and as me. And so it is.
Love and Light,
Pamela |
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