Portions of the below are known to be preserved by students of Mrs. Eddy's, portions of which were authored by Mrs. Eddy herself and other parts where the authorship is unknown. See The MBE Library for further details.

 

Every time you declare you are perfect in God, there goes through the body a health-giving power. When you realize this truth of truths, that you are now--not will be--perfect in God, without a single doubt, wonderful changes will come to pass.

 

But let me urge you, however difficult it may seem, to declare times without number, that you are perfect, joyful, triumphant and complete. Say often, "God is my strength, God is my life, God is my health, God is my understanding."

 

You have dominion in Him, over the world, the flesh and the devil, a dominion that is omnipotent. Your life is in Him. No power can bind you.

 

God is the only life. Spirit is the only substance. Love is the only cause. Harmony is the only law. Now is the only time.

 

This is God's spiritual household. Nothing can enter to annoy or destroy. Nothing can enter to manifest sin, sickness or discouragement, for God fills this household with perfect Love, and Peace and governs every member of it.

 

There is no will-power, obstinancy nor animal magnetism to darken the atmosphere of any home, for God does indeed dwell on earth with man and governs every event. There is no evil condition or thought that can argue or suggest or make any law to dominate me or control me or intimidate me, or crush me, or bring any evil to pass upon me, or shut out of my consciousness any good.

 

There is no law but divine, law, which is plenty, abundance, harmony and dominion. No mortal mind or minds, good, bad or indifferent, individual, collective or universal, can touch me or anyone in the radius of my thoughts this day, for God, Good, governs me and every member of this household with perfect love.

 

Beloved Father, Mother, God, give me wisdom to meet the problems that come to me today. Give me understanding to deny error. Give me grace to remain silent, when it is not necessary for me to speak. Oh Love, take me in, give me one Mind, one consciousness and enable me to love my neighbor as myself.

 

When I cease to judge, criticize or condemn, I begin to make progress.