You know this amazing power because you have used it many times. You have felt the transforming experience of your deep gratitude for something in your life. It may have been your heart recognizing the beauty in a moment with a special friend, or receiving the blessing of a break-through that you had long desired. It may have been as simple as feeling the warm sun on a crisp fall morning, or the touch of a little one’s hand in yours.
When your heart opened to that very special feeling of thanksgiving, you felt uplifted, blessed, renewed and filled with hope. Even if it was a dark rainy day, you felt an inner glow.
The power that lifts us, opens us and blesses us is the presence of Divine Love. When we experience true thankfulness, the power of Spirit flows into our lives. In that sacred moment we have opened to consciously perceive God’s goodness. That goodness desires to pour itself through our lives in every moment. The feelings of thanksgiving have the power to open our lives to this unlimited goodness.
Rev. David McArthur
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Another Way!
Are you feeling like the economy, your job, health, or something else out there is controlling your life? There is another way! At Unity we share the freeing truth that as a child of God, you are the one creating your life, not someone else! That means that you have the power to create your heart’s desire regardless of what the world is choosing to do at the moment.
Not only are we teaching that truth, we are demonstrating it together. That is part of Spirit’s assignment to us—to break through the consciousness of lack and fear in the world and demonstrate abundance and joy. We have done that by saying yes to renovating our spiritual home through our Love in Action program. While the world is afraid to give, we are giving generously. While the world is afraid to step out in positive change, we are creating a place of beauty to nurture the growth of many people. While the world is affirming a banking system that is refusing to support projects of value in the society, we are about to draw through that same system abundance to support our project and bless them with abundance in return.
This is the step we are working on now. Some of you know that the bank that had committed to support our Love in Action project withdrew from making construction loans for churches. That halted our project while we do some consciousness raising. We know that when we raise our consciousness to the realization of God’s great love and provision for us, our good flows into our lives. Spirit will bring the abundance we seek into manifestation as we transform the fears of lack and express our faith in God’s flow of abundance.
What a wonderful opportunity for us to participate in transforming this belief in lack of money and lack of power to create our own good that is hampering so many people. We are actively, passionately, with faith and joy, joining together to know that God is opening for us a channel of abundance that will manifest fully this sacred project we have been guided to create. We are demonstrating another way. Thank you for knowing this truth with all your Unity friends. We are abundantly, joyfully prospered and empowered.
No wonder Unity is positive, joyous spirituality. We seek to live these wonderful truths that free us to manifest for the good of everyone.
Not only are we teaching that truth, we are demonstrating it together. That is part of Spirit’s assignment to us—to break through the consciousness of lack and fear in the world and demonstrate abundance and joy. We have done that by saying yes to renovating our spiritual home through our Love in Action program. While the world is afraid to give, we are giving generously. While the world is afraid to step out in positive change, we are creating a place of beauty to nurture the growth of many people. While the world is affirming a banking system that is refusing to support projects of value in the society, we are about to draw through that same system abundance to support our project and bless them with abundance in return.
This is the step we are working on now. Some of you know that the bank that had committed to support our Love in Action project withdrew from making construction loans for churches. That halted our project while we do some consciousness raising. We know that when we raise our consciousness to the realization of God’s great love and provision for us, our good flows into our lives. Spirit will bring the abundance we seek into manifestation as we transform the fears of lack and express our faith in God’s flow of abundance.
What a wonderful opportunity for us to participate in transforming this belief in lack of money and lack of power to create our own good that is hampering so many people. We are actively, passionately, with faith and joy, joining together to know that God is opening for us a channel of abundance that will manifest fully this sacred project we have been guided to create. We are demonstrating another way. Thank you for knowing this truth with all your Unity friends. We are abundantly, joyfully prospered and empowered.
No wonder Unity is positive, joyous spirituality. We seek to live these wonderful truths that free us to manifest for the good of everyone.
Friday, August 14, 2009
A Place of Peace Within You
We live in a world where there is a lot of turmoil, but within you there is a place of peace.
In your workplace you may find people who are critical and unappreciative, but within you there is a place of peace.
You may find times in your family when people you care about are frustrated and not understanding, but within you there is a place of peace.
Daily the news reports war and violence, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are those in government and positions of authority that will make decisions that you recognize do not serve the greatest good, but within you there is a place of peace.
When you drive on the highway there are people who follow too close or cut in front of you, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are times when it seems like you have more to be done than you have time for, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are times when you are relaxing and phone solicitors call and disturb your rest, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are times when financial needs seem greater than the resources, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are invitations in your life to respond with righteous indignation at the callous or insensitive actions of others, but within you there is a place of peace.
What we contribute to the world depends not on the things that are in our lives, but on our responses to them.
Thank you for contributing your peace.
-- Rev. David McArthur
In your workplace you may find people who are critical and unappreciative, but within you there is a place of peace.
You may find times in your family when people you care about are frustrated and not understanding, but within you there is a place of peace.
Daily the news reports war and violence, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are those in government and positions of authority that will make decisions that you recognize do not serve the greatest good, but within you there is a place of peace.
When you drive on the highway there are people who follow too close or cut in front of you, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are times when it seems like you have more to be done than you have time for, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are times when you are relaxing and phone solicitors call and disturb your rest, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are times when financial needs seem greater than the resources, but within you there is a place of peace.
There are invitations in your life to respond with righteous indignation at the callous or insensitive actions of others, but within you there is a place of peace.
What we contribute to the world depends not on the things that are in our lives, but on our responses to them.
Thank you for contributing your peace.
-- Rev. David McArthur
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Embracing Change
One of the great gifts of knowing that all is God, is that we do not need to fear change. Embracing change opens us to finding God’s gifts in what is taking place in our lives. It means we are attuning ourselves to a higher pattern that is unfolding. It does not mean that all change is easy or without pain. However, it does mean that we have Divine guidance through those changes to bring ease in difficulty and Divine healing to restore us to wholeness. Change involves the art of letting go, the activation of our faith, our attunement to guidance, and the awakening of our Spirit.
I invite you to look at the changes taking place in your life and embrace them, knowing that God is there, God is with you and God is loving you. Know that God is at the center of all change, and you are centered in God.
From my heart,
-- Rev. David McArthur
I invite you to look at the changes taking place in your life and embrace them, knowing that God is there, God is with you and God is loving you. Know that God is at the center of all change, and you are centered in God.
From my heart,
-- Rev. David McArthur
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Appreciation
The second most powerful force in the earth… is “appreciation!” It is impossible to feel it or express it too much. The deeper you go into the consciousness of appreciation, the more you will behold the infinite life that right now is flowing into and through you.
Appreciate for a moment your body, with its amazing organs and systems, and your mind, with its miraculous capacity to perceive and understand life. Appreciate the constant provision for your material needs that are being met every moment.
You can appreciate the things in your life that bring deep fulfillment, your family and friends, the capacity to understand, heal hurt, comfort another and receive support. Yet there is more—even more amazing gifts: of your life itself, your eternal soul, your oneness with Divine life and intelligence, the amazing love that enfolds and lifts you every moment, every choice, every experience for eternity.
To appreciate is to reach into the infinite and find it is already in your own heart.
—Reverend David McArthur
Appreciate for a moment your body, with its amazing organs and systems, and your mind, with its miraculous capacity to perceive and understand life. Appreciate the constant provision for your material needs that are being met every moment.
You can appreciate the things in your life that bring deep fulfillment, your family and friends, the capacity to understand, heal hurt, comfort another and receive support. Yet there is more—even more amazing gifts: of your life itself, your eternal soul, your oneness with Divine life and intelligence, the amazing love that enfolds and lifts you every moment, every choice, every experience for eternity.
To appreciate is to reach into the infinite and find it is already in your own heart.
—Reverend David McArthur
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Spiritual Reality
You are a spiritual being, living in a spiritual world, governed by spiritual law. I know it often doesn’t look that way. The physical world looks so real and those physical realities seem at times to control our lives. That is the time when it is so important to lift your vision to the spiritual world, to affirm your spiritual self and to act in accord with spiritual law.
How do we do that? Through the ages, the way that has proved again and again to be powerful and effective at awakening our spiritual awareness is prayer. Through the power of prayer we attune to that infinite spiritual presence that is our higher self, that self that communes with the infinite, the Divine. In those moments, when the physical world seems so strong, turn to prayer. There in that quiet inner moment of communion with God, a new world comes into being.
From my heart,
-- Rev. David McArthur
How do we do that? Through the ages, the way that has proved again and again to be powerful and effective at awakening our spiritual awareness is prayer. Through the power of prayer we attune to that infinite spiritual presence that is our higher self, that self that communes with the infinite, the Divine. In those moments, when the physical world seems so strong, turn to prayer. There in that quiet inner moment of communion with God, a new world comes into being.
From my heart,
-- Rev. David McArthur
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Unifying Power of Prayer
At a time when fears divide our world, prayer unites us.
At a time when political beliefs polarize our nation, prayer unites us.
In a world where there are many names for God and many different ideas about God, prayer unites us.
In our families where life’s activities pull us apart, prayer unites us.
Within ourselves, where we feel conflicted as we try to respond to life’s many demands, prayer unites us.
Prayer unites us with that which is greater than every concern, larger than any difference and the answer to all we seek.
With you in prayer,
-- Rev. David McArthur
At a time when political beliefs polarize our nation, prayer unites us.
In a world where there are many names for God and many different ideas about God, prayer unites us.
In our families where life’s activities pull us apart, prayer unites us.
Within ourselves, where we feel conflicted as we try to respond to life’s many demands, prayer unites us.
Prayer unites us with that which is greater than every concern, larger than any difference and the answer to all we seek.
With you in prayer,
-- Rev. David McArthur
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