The Power of Good Thinking
Greetings, brothers and sisters. This is Dr. James Perry continuing with our series where we seek to explore the deeper meanings of our relationship with Jesus Christ. Over the years, the heavenly Father has revealed many revelations of spiritual truth to me, and I want to share them with you. This morning we will ponder the meaning of the power of good thinking.
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The Power of Good Thinking
"For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs, Chapter 23, Verse 7.
Brother and sisters in today’s broadcast, we ponder the meaning of the power of good thinking concealed in this story.
One night while reclining all so lightly on my air mattress of faith, floating ever so gently on the sea of truth, enjoying the gentle breeze of beauty, thanking the Father for being so good to me, I meditated on all the suffering and evil in the world, and as I meditated on how the merciful Father had spared me from so much suffering, my heart was very grateful. When I thought about all the people who were sick and dying, and when I reflected on the truth that I enjoyed a reasonable portion of health with warm blood running through my veins, my heart was filled with joy.
When I pondered on the thought that all my precious children were safely sleeping in their beds, and how some other parents had no idea where their lost children were, my mind was filled with peace. As I thought about all the war, poverty, and the starving children in other lands, and as I thought about the peace, wealth, and my own well nourished children of my land, why my soul just overflowed with joy. When I thought about all those people worst off than I, I could not find words or thoughts to express my heart felt gratitude.
When I pondered, in my mind why the loving Father bestowed all of this goodness on me, I arrived at the amazing selfish conclusion that the unselfish, loving, merciful Father loved me more than He loved all those other unfortunate people. At that very instance the pleasant breeze of beauty ceased as my air mattress of faith began to deflate while the sea of truth swallowed me up to cleanse me of my erroneous thinking.
After being cleansed of my error by the waters of truth, my air mattress of faith was re-inflated as I once more floated ever so gently on the sea of truth, and once more I enjoyed the pleasant breeze of beauty as I meditated under the brilliant light of love: The Father of love, loves all of His children and each of His children. His tender hearted mercies flow to all of His children, and to each of His children.
If the Father of love and mercy is loving and merciful, and He is, than is the paradox of paradoxes presented to my mind: The Father loves me, but God allows the forces of the world to destroy me. Truth can not always be presented to the material mind without causing profound mystery. Nevertheless, the Father of perfection has commanded me to become perfect even as He is perfect. This perfection is to be achieved through loving, merciful service to my brothers and sisters.
If there were no hungry starving children, if there were no sick and suffering people, and if there were no wayward children or wars, then there would exist no need for loving, merciful service since perfection would be existent, and loving merciful service would be an actuality. If everyone were afflicted with the scourge of ill health and suffering, if everyone were afflicted with wayward children and wars, then loving merciful service could not exist since there would be no one to administer loving merciful service. Therefore the specter of gross inequalities provide the fertile soil for the growth of the imperfect character.
There is no character more happier than that character that experiences the joy of helping someone truly in need. No physical or intellectual joy can compare with this eternal spiritual joy of the Spirit. And there is no character more happier than that character that experiences the eternal joy of receiving this divine help when truly in need.
There is no happier character than that character that experiences the peace of knowing that it has done all that can be done for someone in distress. No physical or intellectual peace can match this everlasting peace of knowing that all can be done for one has been done. And there is no character more happier than that character that experiences the long suffering of the Spirit. And there is no character more happier than that character in need who receives this longs suffering of forbearance.
There is no character more righteous than the character that displays the quality of gentleness as it kindly helps some struggling soul in distress. No physical or mental gentleness can compare with this eternal display of gentleness of the Son. And there is no character more righteous than that character that displays meekness as it helps some struggling soul in distress. No physical or mental meekness can match the everlasting meekness of the Son.
And there is no character more righteous than that character that receives the righteousness of this everlasting display of meekness. There is no character more righteous than that character that displays the quality of temperance as it helps some struggling soul in distress. No physical or mental temperance can duplicate this timeless, spaceless temperance of the Son. And there is no character more righteous than that character that receives the righteousness of this timeless, spaceless display of temperance.
There is no character more powerful than that character that is powered by the quality of divine love as it helps some struggling soul in distress. No physical or mental love can compare with the eternal love of the Father. And there is no character more righteous than that character that receives the power of this eternal love.
There is no character more powerful than that character that is powered by the quality of faith as it helps some struggling soul in distress. No physical or mental faith can match this everlasting faith of the Father. And there is no character more powerful than the character that is powered by the quality of divine goodness as it helps some struggling soul in distress. No physical or mental goodness can duplicate the everlasting goodness of the Father. And there is no character more powerful than that character that receives the power of this everlasting goodness of the Father.
Just before I ended my meditation, the thought occurred to me that if I had received such an abundance of the Father's goodness, that I ought to share this goodness as a measure of my gratefulness by showing more love, exercising more patience, extending more mercy, and bestowing more forgiveness to my less fortunate brothers and sisters.
This concludes today's message on the meaning of the power of good thinking. We hope you find something in this message to ponder and pray about as you go about your day.
Until next time, this is Dr. James Perry.
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