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A Course in Miracles, Lesson 339

Oprah.com   |   December 03, 2008
Marianne Williamson
This lesson teaches us to request higher thoughts: the thoughts of God. As we think and agree with the thoughts God would have us think, we receive what God would have us receive.

I will receive whatever I request.

No one desires pain. But he can think that pain is pleasure. No one would avoid his happiness. But he can think that joy is painful, threatening and dangerous. Everyone will receive what he requests. But he can be confused indeed about the things he wants; the state he would attain. What can he then request that he would want when he receives it? He has asked for what will frighten him, and bring him suffering. Let us resolve today to ask for what we really want, and only this, that we may spend this day in fearlessness, without confusing pain with joy, or fear with love.

Father, this is Your day. It is a day in which I would do nothing by myself, but hear Your Voice in everything I do; requesting only what You offer me, accepting only Thoughts You share with me.

Quote of the day
"Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning 'of the spirit,' or 'inspired.' It's about letting God's light shine through us."

— Excerpted from A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
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