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People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.

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When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
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Father Son Taken
Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Bars Light Wall
Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
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Imperfection Men Mirrors
If the Bible didn’t show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities, the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about their true virtue.
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Hero might Weakness
A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Clean Guilty May
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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Curriculum Self Esteem Unique
Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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Manifestation Name Pleasure
As man acts, God reacts.
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Act God Man React
For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
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Accomplishment Common Understanding
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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Believe Creation Prayer
For my sake, the entire world was created.
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Entire Sake World
The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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Manifestation Men Revelation
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all.
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Neighbor Roots Unity
Mind is the foundation of man.
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Foundation Man Mind
The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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Aspect Feelings Worship
Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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Redemption Remembrance Secret

People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.

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