II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
May 9th
"...strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:14
Tell me you who run while you read and who think of yourselves as SELF-sufficient: HOW were your interests best served when you were young, ignorant, immature, and dependent? By ignoring your father? By never speaking to him? By big swelling words that you were a LAW unto yourself? By dishonoring him?
Or, if now YOU are a parent, HOW do your children ensure [for themselves] the greatest and utmost GOOD you can do them?
IF in full honesty you will analyze the question-in-relationship, you will find that it ties irrevocably into the FIRST commandment of an all-consuming LOVE FOR THE PARENT! It is a human one in childhood; the Divine in maturity.
...Wherefore, ...stress is on your coming to KNOW "God," in order that you may LOVE Him with the entire intensity of your being: GOD becoming the FIRST in your everyday life, the CENTRAL theme of your thoughts, the most important in your waking time and the ULTIMATE of all your labors! THEN will you be on the road to progress; yes, to FANTASTIC PROGRESS!
...THEN are your feet on the Path to Eden's reentry. THEN does the highway of success lie before you. THEN shall laughter fill your soul. THEN shall melody break forth into your life. THEN shall your life take on a rhapsody in color, and JOY undreamt of dwell within your awakening heart!
...For the moment, then ...ONE (1) is your watchword, your password, your motto and drive! IMPLEMENT it in the spirit of a mania. For, think not that the universal treasures are laid at the feet of the sluggard, nor yet the glories of Heaven for the heart of the fool!
FORWARD – into the threefold spirit of ONE....
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