Have you ever stopped to think how vital it is for you to believe only the right words—the true evidence, spoken or silent—about man and the universe? Actually, the impressions you accept as true make up your daily experience. What words are you listening to? Are they in accord with the Word of God?
John said, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1; We read in Genesis, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Gen. 1:1; And Mrs. Eddy writes, "The infinite has no beginning. This word beginning is employed to signify the only,—that is, the eternal verity and unity of God and man, including the universe." Science and Health, p. 502;
God's Word—His message to us of what is really, spiritually, going on—comes as a result of prayer. The prayer may be very simple, a good motive or even the slightest unconscious desire to do the right thing. God's Word tells us that man is God's expression, possessing and expressing all the Godlike qualities. Joy, purity, love, wisdom, peace, belong to man, and it is God's Word that makes us conscious of them.
