Spiritual thoughts for the week:

September 18

Dwell for a moment each day in a secret place, the place of communion with God, apart from th world, and thence receive strength to face the word. Material things cannot intrude upon this secret place, they cannot ever find it, because it is outside the realm of material things. When you abide in this secret place, you are under the shadow of the Almighty. God is close to you in this quiet place of communion. Each day, dwell for a while in this secret place. 

24 Hours a Day

September 21

In improving our personal lives, we have Unseen help. We are not made so that we culd see God. That would be too easy for us and there would be no merit in obeying Him. It takes an act of faith, a venture of belief, to realize the Unseen Power.... Yet we have much evidence of God's existence in the strength that many people have received from the act of faith, the venture of belief. We are ina box of space and time and we can see neither our souls nor God. God and the human spirit are quite outside the limitations of space and time. Yet our Unseen help is effective here and now. That has been proven in thousands of changed lives.

24 Hours a Day 

September 22  Facing Two Ways

Where our words and deeds reinforce one another the effect is powerful and the result certain. Where they are not in accord they cancel out, leaving us where we started, or more likely worse off.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox  (Excerpt)

September 24  Are You Dynamic?

A dynamic person is one who really makes a difference in the world; who does something that changes things or people. The magnitude of the work done may not be great, but the world is different because that person has lived and worked. The real secret of a dynamic personality is to believe that God works through you, whatever you may be doing; to put His service first, and to be as sincere, practical, and efficient as you know how.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox  (Excerpt)