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made, of every need that exists in the visible or natural world.

One of the unerring Truths in the Universe (by "Universe," I mean the spiritual and natural worlds combined) is that there is already provided a lavish abundance for every human want. In other words, the supply of every good always awaits the demand. Another Truth is that the demand must be made before the supply can come forth to fill it. To recognize these two statements of Truth and to affirm them are the whole secret of understanding faith --- faith based on principle.

Let us square this by the definition of faith, given earlier in the lesson: "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Faith takes hold of the substance of the thing hoped for and brings into evidence, or visibility, the things not seen.

What are usually called the promises of God are certain eternal, unchangeable Truths that are true whether they are found in the Bible or in the almanac. They are unvarying statements of Truth that cannot be altered. A promise, according to Webster, is a something sent beforehand to indicate that something unseen is at hand. It is a declaration that gives the person to whom it is made the right to expect and claim the performance of the act.

The Nazarene recognized the unchangeable Truth that, in the unseen, the supply of every want