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I have been following my daily prayer time with choosing one thing I had pondered while praying, and then writing it down in a journal. The idea is then to stick to this idea, bringing it forward at the helm of thought into every aspect of that day.
This is a new series, so you might want to check out Prayer Nuggets #1 here, Prayer Nuggets #2 here, Prayer Nuggets #3 here, Prayer Nuggets #4 here, and Prayer Nuggets #5 here. The references below with the abbreviation “SH” refer to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy.
- Be merciful and pure
- lean on the sustaining Spirit
- rest in divine Love
- God is responsible for me and mine
- my expectation is with God
- “Lead me in thy Truth and teach me.” (Ps 25:5)
- “expectation speeds our progress” (SH 426:8-9)
- Do I believe God can sell my paintings, pottery, and poetry?
- Leap for joy
- figure out what it means to live by faith (answer: daily grow in your understanding of God)
- receive the gifts God is giving you
- you are more than the worse thing you have ever done
- I am a “joint heir with Christ” (Rom 8:17)
- experience the glorious liberty that is mine as a child of God
- there is only one way: be Godlike (yikes!)
- “timid conservatism is absolutely inadmissible” (SH 167:29-30)
- belief is tenacious so be careful what you believe
- have your hopes be spiritual
- have the high goal always in front of you
- “cleanse the foul senses within” Hymn 298
- strive, don’t settle
- be poised to receive all good
- be earnest every step of the way
- look for opportunities to help others
- never be hampered by the past
- I know God hears me
- The kingdom of heaven is now, at hand, and within me, not in some other time or place.
- see receptivity everywhere
- experience more harmony
- do God’s purpose for you
- “Their trust is in their daring” from Hymn 204
- The Truth makes me free.
- God is making for me “radiant room” Hymn 298
- God’s thought are what is real
- Intuitions, not instinct, bear witness to Truth
- realism–the immutable, the divine– is hiding all around you; see past the mirage of this world
- soar on strong wings
- “Be clothed with majesty and strength.” (see PS 93:1)
- I can always hear God’s voice
- Be still and concentrate on Truth instead of clamor and chaos
- I need to love learning to understand God better
- help me know you are supreme, God
- today I seek to enlarge my treasures of Truth and Love
- I must consider spiritual causation more often.
- every spare moment, ponder the supremacy of Spirit
- God loves everyone equally
- claim what you would have be true, for the highest, purest, best good is true
- be grateful for every tiny evidence of good
- Thank God for the Christ at work in every human consciousness
Add some prayer nuggets of your own in the comments!
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2 Comments
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I don’t have to struggle to understand God or be good because at this very moment I am one with God made in the image and likeness of Divine love and Infinite Mind
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Regarding the kingdom of heaven, I think this is one of the most misunderstood claims of Jesus. It is often misused to support an essentially personal spirituality. While Jesus no doubt favored such spirituality, his point is better understood as a claim that in him the Age to Come has dawned.