Sunday Quotes 2025

Quotations Used in the Sunday Message

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“It’s Not About Willpower…”  02-02-2025

Core Statement: 
 “Indwelling God, Heart-Wisdom, Is Our Higher-Self Will Guiding Us For Good”  sv

Scripture:
Proverbs 11:2  (NRSV)
2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble.
    
Luke 22:42b (KJV)  
42b …nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

Psalm 51:6 (NRSVUE)
6 You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
      
Romans 7:22 (ESV) 
22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being…

Ephesians 3:16 (NRSVUE) 
16 I pray… that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit…

Matthew 6:33  (ESV)
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
             
Psalm 16:7-8 (NIV) 
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. 8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. 

Unity Quote:
Let the God within you express itself through you in the world without…   The mind of the spirit will guide you in perfect ways, even in the minute details of your life, if you will let it do so. 
   --Charles Fillmore

Special Reading: 
Most of us live… between two polarities – the Ego Mind and the True Self… Sometimes our Ego Mind will dominate and sometimes our True Self will be in charge, and that’s OK and normal. This is where awareness is very valuable…  Our ego mind is our false self – the conditioned self – who is not in touch with who we really are. It feeds on the vibration of fear and lives through a paradigm of Win/Lose… the True Self is who we really are and is connected to the All That Is [God]… It operates through the paradigm of Win/Win… When we are living as our True Self, we feel a sense of expansion…  this feeling is quietly powerful, humble and connected.
   --www.nicolebayliss.com.au/the-ego-mind-vs-the-true-self/

Quotes:
Relying on willpower, especially to do something you don’t want to do, is a losing strategy in the long-run. I’m proposing a better strategy: use intrinsic motivation as your guide. Intrinsic motivation comes naturally from an inner desire [Higher/God Self] rather than from an external goal, restriction, or limitation that’s often supported by punishment or reward. 
   --meghan@cloudsanddirt.co
    
As you meditate and become more spiritually attuned, you can better discern and recognize the sound of your higher Self or the voice of God speaking to you through words, images, and sensations.   
   --Jack Canfield

“Ego thinking" refers to thoughts and motivations primarily driven by self-centered desires, fears, and a need for external validation, often focused on personal gain and image, while "inner spiritual knowing" represents a deeper, intuitive sense of understanding that transcends the ego, feeling more like a quiet, clear knowing without the need for rational explanation, often associated with a connection to a higher power or universal truth. 
   --AI Generated (Google)    

Virtually every spiritual tradition teaches that your higher Self is the presence of God within you.   
   --Wayne Dyer

Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.  
   --Gary Hopkins
    
The Higher Self is whispering to you softly in the silence between your thoughts.  
   --Deepak Chopra

Ground yourself in the knowledge that your soul is wise and will lead you toward your greatest light… It's where your 
power resides.  
   --Jodi Livon

 

 

 

"Letter To God/Self…Envisioning Forward"   01-26-25

Core Statement: 
“Opening To Divine Imagination Helps Us Envision Infinite Possibilities Forward” sv 

Scripture:
2 Timothy 4:7 (NASB)
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith…
     
Philippians 4:8 (NIV) 
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
   
1 Kings 4:29 (ESV) 
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind like the sand on the seashore,
   
James 1:5 (ESV) 
 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God…
          
Luke 18:27 (NIV) 
27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

2 Corinthians 4:18  (NIV)   
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (beyond outer appearances to unknown possibilities-sv)
    
John 15:5 (NRSVUE)
 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit…

Unity Reading:
…Observation shows that the purer the mind the greater it’s capacity to receive and interpret the ideas imparted to it by Spirit…Those who cultivate communion with the Father within become conscious of a guiding light…
   --Charles Fillmore Atom Smashing Power Of Mind

God-Mind is…constantly seeking to release its perfection in you…when you ask for its guidance and place yourself, by prayer and affirmation, in mental touch with it, there is a great increase in its manifestation in your life.           
   -- Charles Fillmore   Christian Healing  

Special Reading: 
The human brain has a natural tendency to give weight to negative experiences or interactions more than positive ones… Psychologists refer to this as negativity bias. “Our brains are wired to scout for the bad stuff” and fixate on the threat…    Consciously focusing on and experiencing positive situations more thoroughly actually helps build new neural structures in your brain… By doing this periodically, you’ll rewire your brain, making it more likely to notice positive things in the future.  
   -- www.skillpath.com/blog/how-to-be-more-positive

Quotes:
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.  
   --Cynthia Ozick
    
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. 
   --Epictetus

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
   --Albert Einstein
           
Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the Universe is endlessly bountiful…   
   --Shakti Gawain
        
Our imagination is God’s ingenious gift that hands us the privilege of romping and playing in realities that we can’t see only because we’ve yet to create them.   
   --Craig D. Lounsbrough
               
Set your intention, and trust the universe to take care of the details.    
   --Mike Fotheringham
 
Today is your day to dance lightly with life. Sing wild songs of adventure. Invite rainbows & butterflies out to play. 
Soar your spirit and unfurl your joy.   
   --Jonathan Lockwood Huie

 

 

 

“A New Vision…A New ‘White Stone’ Name”  01-19-25

Core Statement: 
“There Is Universal, Energetic, Creative Power In The Spoken Word Or Name” sv

Scripture:
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NRSV)  
18 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. 19 I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
    
Romans 7:6  (ESV)
6But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit...

John 1:1,3 (CEV) 
1 In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God… 3 And with this Word, God created all things. Nothing was made without the Word. 
 
This is exactly what the Word is – the working power of God…Persistent meditation upon the Truth contained in the Word of God opens the mind to Spirit. The Word of God is the revelation to man of the powers and possibilities of his own being…    
   -- Charles Fillmore  Keep A True Lent  

Romans 12:2  (NRSV) 
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. 
    
Revelations 2:17 (NKJV)   
17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says... To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

Jeremiah 33:3 (NRSV) 
3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
   
Psalm 119:105 (NASB)  
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Unity Quote:
A change of mind effects a corresponding change in the body. If the thoughts are lifted up, the whole organism is raised to higher rates of vibration…But first there must be a renunciation or letting go of old thoughts before the new can find place in the consciousness. 
   --Charles Fillmore Twelve Powers of Man

We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.  
   --C. JoyBell C.
     
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.     
   --Maya Angelou

Names are a part of every culture and are of enormous importance… Generally, in cultures with a sense of ancestry, children get their names from the totems and family trees of their parents. In some cultures, names are taken from events which happen during the pregnancy of the mother or shortly after the birth of the child, and in others, names are divined through incantation. In some cases, the name given at birth is only the first of several names a person will bear in life. When this happens, the new names are given to mark important milestones that occur…   Regardless of when, why, or how often it happens, the giving and receiving of a name is an event of major importance…  (Compiled/paraphrased)
   --www.BehindTheName.com
                            
To have God speak to the heart is a majestic experience, an experience that people may miss if they monopolize the conversation and never pause to hear God's responses.   
   --Charles Stanley 
   
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.
   --Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world. 
   --Malcolm Gladwell
 
White Stone Experience:
The White Stone Ceremony is an ancient ritual of new beginnings. In Jesus' day, when a person was released from prison, they were given a white stone to represent their new start. Each of you has been given a white stone to signify your freedom. Through meditation you will receive a word or phrase symbolizing a new start - a vision/intention Spiritually recognized to guide you forward into the new year.