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Teach Us To Pray
Thou Shalt Decree
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In the presence and power of the Christ in me I decree the
manifestation of perfect health.
In the presence and power of the living Christ substance I
claim the riches of God.
GOD MADE man by the power of His word: "God said, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness." By virtue of
his spiritual origin and the power vested in him man forms
by his word the world in which he lives. Jehovah said to
Eliphaz, "Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
established unto thee."
Every word man utters energizes the ether with a creative
impulse that in due season brings forth its image and
likeness.
The formative power of man's thought and word is governed
by his faith in himself and the vehemence with which he
thinks and speaks.
Jesus expected great things of His followers because He
knew what is in man. He knew that man has laid hold of the
power of God, as stated in Genesis 3:22, "Behold, the man
is become as one
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of us." Jesus recognized this when He said, "Is it not
written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?"
We have not brought forth in the majesty of the sons of God
because of our self-depreciation and our ignorance of the
creative law implanted in us. Job had the inferiority
complex of personality. He whined:
"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? .
. .
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Gird up thy lions now like a man:
I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me . . .
Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity;
And array thyself with honor and majesty."
Isaiah said, "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous
decrees." Our woes can be traced right back to some
unrighteous decree. We have decreed a thousand things that
we did not want to come to pass, but that have come to
pass, and we are suffering the woeful consequences.
Our body is weak or strong, according to what we have
decreed for it. Every organ is functioning as we have
decreed. If we have said, "My stomach is weak,'" the
obedient life and substance have found this kind of stomach
for us. If we have declared strength and vigor for our
stomach, this organ will at once begin to carry out our
decree. "Say the word, and my servant shall be healed."
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So every organ and member of the body responds to our
decree.
Man is the anointed son of God called Christ. When we know
the truth about ourselves we are freed from the bondage of
the foolish decrees of personality. Do not exalt
personality in your decrees for yourself. Exalt Christ by
making your decrees in His name. "Christ in you, the hope
of glory."
The vital energy of eternal life exists in every cell of
our body. Science proclaims that its experiments with
animal tissues prove that man's body would live forever if
it were not for his brain. In a recent interview Doctor
Carrel says that "the only thing that keeps men from living
forever is the possession of a brain and nervous system."
Metaphysicians know that the brain and nervous system are
the organ of the mind, and that man dies because he is not
wise in his directive power.
"And the Almighty will be thy treasure,
And precious silver unto thee"
was the prosperity proclamation of our wise old friend Job.
A "depression" took everything he owned, even his sons and
daughters. But he was not defeated, he claimed his own and
it was restored to him:
"Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak;
I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me . . .
And Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before."
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