Thoughts for the week:

July 25  Taking Material Steps

When you set out to solve a problem by means of prayer you should take all the ordinary normal steps in addition. Do not simply pray and then sit down and wait for something dramatic to happen.

We certainly cannot expect to go on breaking the laws of the plane on which we live, and expect prayer to compensate for this foolishness.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox . HarperOne. Kindle Edition. (Excerpt)

July 27  Clarity and Interest

The right thought automatically expunges the wrong thought. If you say: "I am not going to think resentment anymore," what are you thinking about except resentment? The key to the management of your thinking, and therefore, the key to the management of your destiny, is to substitute an affirmative thought for a negative thought.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox . HarperOne. Kindle Edition. (Excerpt)

July 28

God can be your shield. Then no problems of the world can harm you. Between you and all scorn and indignity from others is your trust in God, like a shining shield. Nothing can then have the power to spoil your inward peace. With this shield, you can attain this inward peace quickly, in your surroundings as well as in your heart. With this inward peace, you do not need to resent the person who troubles you, Instead, you can overcome the resentment in your own mind which may have been aroused by that person

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July 30

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Faith is not seeing, but believing. Down through the ages, there have always been those who obeyed the heavenly vision, not seeing, but believing in God. And their faith was rewarded. So shall it be with you. Good things will happen to you. You cannot see God, but you can see the results of faith in human lives, changing them from defeat to victory. God's grace is available to all who have faith - not seeing, but believing. With faith, life can be victorious and happy

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