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ACIM Articles about Giving and receiving

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24. Your individual God-Given free will

Monday, Apr 02, 2018 363 words 1 mins 36 secs

Jesus talks further about the power of your FREE WILL.

"All things BECOME possible through our joint will. But my will alone will not help you. Your will is as free as mine, and God Himself would not go against it."

WOWZA,...

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23. Gratitude receives supernatural miracles and amplifies faith

Monday, Mar 05, 2018 1688 words 7 mins 30 secs

I believe I have received. Thank you God.

2000 years ago Jesus said "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."

Gratitude is an attitude of fully appreciating what...

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22. Receiving and giving miracles is the same - you must give to receive

Tuesday, Feb 27, 2018 574 words 2 mins 33 secs

Receiving of miracles it not something that you "get" from God and then just sit there with it as though it is now in your possession. It is not possible to actually receive miracles WITHOUT being also willing to give...

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21. Miracles must be received

Sunday, Feb 04, 2018 291 words 1 mins 17 secs

If you want miracles to happen for you, you must become willing to receive them.

You will only be able to GIVE the miracles that you have RECEIVED.

Receipt of miracles happens when you accept atonement, which does not have to mean...

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20. Listen and receive love

Sunday, Feb 04, 2018 1157 words 5 mins 8 secs

This morning Jesus told me to "listen". So I just lay there and focused on listening. My thoughts stopped. It was at times difficult to maintain extreme focus on listening intently, particularly without anything to listen "to". My mind kept...

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19. Give the gift of listening fully to someone

Sunday, Dec 24, 2017 770 words 3 mins 25 secs

Our mind in its natural state is joined with our Soul and with God. In this state, it receives the causal expression and extends it. In a sense, the mind does not have its own content, it just extends what...

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18. Opening up to receive the Holy Spirit’s help

Monday, Dec 04, 2017 1497 words 6 mins 39 secs

Separation seems to have disconnected our mind from Spirit. Jesus describes the separation process thus:

"7 First, the assumption is implicit that what God created can be changed by the mind of man.

8 Second, the concept that what is perfect can...

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17. You can offer miracles but someone can refuse to receive them

Sunday, Nov 26, 2017 3675 words 16 mins 19 secs

MY SICKNESS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

OTHER PEOPLE'S SICKNESS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY

YOU CAN’T WAKE PEOPLE UP FOR THEM

Jesus has the power to undo all sickness in a brother right now, BUT WILL NOT if they do not want it. Love cannot enter...

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16. The Holy Spirit's mind is bi-directional, giving and receiving are equal

Thursday, Jul 13, 2017 443 words 1 mins 58 secs

The mind of Holy Spirit is bi-directional, in that it both gives and receives equally. It isn't just a mind that gives, or just a mind that receives.

In the ego's mind, giving and receiving are separate, creating the illusion that...

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15. What you believe you will receive

Sunday, May 14, 2017 179 words 0 mins 47 secs

Believing is receiving.

Believe in God, you will receive eternal life.

Believe in ego, you will receive suffering and death.

You receive because you believe in it. You believe it is your truth. Your reality. And what you deserve. You receive it because...

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14. Surrender and relax to receive the miracle

Monday, Apr 24, 2017 1918 words 8 mins 31 secs

Miracles and supernatural interventions occur more readily when there is physical relaxation and a willingness to surrender and receive.

The act of not 'acting', of not transmitting, of not even giving, but simply a willingness to let go and be open...

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13. You're giving the world all the meaning it has

Saturday, Apr 08, 2017 1201 words 5 mins 20 secs

Whatever you see in something, if you think it is inherently offensive, it is not. The offensiveness is in your own mind, and you put it there.

That can be hard to accept because it means that you've been used to...

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12. Teaching to give more to those who have less

Sunday, Nov 13, 2016 946 words 4 mins 12 secs

I had an 'aha' moment today about being a teacher, i.e. being helpful in this world, which probably applies to everyone.

ACIM says that "those who temporarily have more" give to "those who temporarily have less". This is the relationship of...

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11. Learning to receive God's love

Sunday, Nov 06, 2016 768 words 3 mins 24 secs

Once again, last evening, I asked God what he wanted me to 'do', thinking that there were actions or things to 'do', and His reply to me was:

"Receive."

I realize that my ego mind is SO used to 'seeking', which is...

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10. Receiving from God requires believing that you have received

Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 621 words 2 mins 45 secs

It's not that God isn't sending, giving or sharing. God is automatically doing that all the time.

But are you receiving it?

In order to receive it you need to get yourself to where you deeply BELIEVE that you HAVE RECEIVED. Right...

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9. Going to God to receive unconditional love

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 600 words 2 mins 39 secs

I went to God and opened myself up on the topic of unconditional love. I wanted to find out how to be unconditionally loving, and I started to inquire whether God loved me unconditionally.

Then I started to regurgitate all of...

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8. Opening to receive God's love

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 971 words 4 mins 18 secs

God just wants to love us.

But we fight it. We fight by trying to be in control of our lives. By trying to manage our own minds. By thinking. By directing things. By figuring out. By wanting to be in...

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7. A simple exercise to receive God's love

Thursday, Oct 06, 2016 101 words 0 mins 26 secs

An exercise in receiving...

1) Just be where you are (sit, stand, lay, levitate)

2) Close eyes

3) Be aware of any effort whatsoever to make anything happen, and stop it. This is not your time to DO anything. Its time to receive...

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6. Miracles are not just for you, they are to be given to others

Friday, Sep 30, 2016 114 words 0 mins 30 secs

A few quotes about working miracles for others...

"In time, you have been told to offer miracles as I direct, and let the Holy Spirit bring to you those who are seeking you. (T-15.V.10:7)

And you will offer miracles because you are...

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5. Miracle principles which speak of miracle being given to others

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 392 words 1 mins 44 secs

Here are some of the miracle principles with particularly speak to the idea that a miracle is something that you receive from God, and GIVE TO another person. Remember giving and receiving are ONE.

3 - Miracles occur naturally as EXPRESSIONS...

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