that we had better pray without ceasing. He also said it would be well if our conversation were, “Yea, yea,” and “Nay, nay.” In light of what we know today about the way the mind works, this was a perfect idea, because Jesus was implying that we are either affirming our good or denying it, and that the thing we greatly fear as well as that which we have faith in can come upon us.

But Jesus added something else. He told us that when our faith is in the good, it will automatically obliterate evil; that is, good and evil are not equal powers. Good always overcomes evil. The affirmative attitude will always overcome the negative. Modern psychology has proved this, too, and that that is why many psychologists tell us we should accentuate the positive and forget the negative, just keep on thinking about peace and let confusion go. Affirm the good and forget the evil. This is a sound teaching.

We really are surrounded by a creative Law of Mind that reacts to our thinking. The sum total of all our thinking really decides what is going to happen to us. We actually can change our thinking and cause the very Law that limited us to bring us freedom. What more could we ask? What more could be given than this?

Jesus said: “If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.” So, let us proceed to the doing. Going back to our first proposition that we are surrounded by a Law of Mind, which acts creatively on our thinking, let us see if we cannot make this the basis of our belief. Do we really accept that there is a self-operating Power around us; a Power that actually can and will do whatever ought to be done for us, if we believe in It? Do we really accept that the sum total of our thinking does decide what is going to happen to us?

We must believe. But since it is natural to believe and to have faith, when we find that we lack these qualities, we now know what to do about it, because belief and faith are mental attitudes. So, we should practice affirming daily: “I do have faith. I do have conviction. I do believe. I do know and understand that there is a Power greater than I am. I do realize I can use It: there is nothing