Devotional Meeting Saturday Feb. 21 @ 11 AM - Theme: Spiritual Food

Devotional Meeting Saturday Feb. 21 @ 11 AM -
Theme: Spiritual Food
Prayers, scriptures and readings from all Faiths. All welcome.

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O MY Lord! Make Thy beauty to be my food, and Thy presence my drink, and Thy pleasure my hope, and praise of Thee my action, and remembrance of Thee my companion, and the power of Thy sovereignty my succorer, and Thy habitation my home, and my dwelling-place the seat Thou hast sanctified from the limitations imposed upon them who are shut out as by a veil from Thee. Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most Powerful.

 PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS by Bahá’u’lláh CLXVIII 

" ... I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. ...

"O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers. I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou art my Guide and my Refuge. I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved; I will be a happy and joyful being. O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me. I will not dwell on the unpleasant things of life.

O God! Thou art more friend to me than I am to myself. I dedicate myself to Thee, O Lord."

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p.152

"Truth can in no wise be confounded with aught else except itself ..."

"Truth can in no wise be confounded with aught else except itself; would that ye might ponder His proof. Nor can error be confused with Truth, if ye do but reflect upon the testimony of God, the True One."

-The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, Excerpts from the Kitáb-i-Asmá’ (The Book of Names)

“I am all the Prophets ...”

"In the time of the First Manifestation the Primal Will appeared in Adam; in the day of Noah It became known in Noah; in the day of Abraham in Him; and so in the day of Moses; the day of Jesus; the day of Muḥammad, the Apostle of God; the day of the “Point of the Bayán”; the day of Him Whom God shall make manifest; and the day of the One Who will appear after Him Whom God shall make manifest. Hence the inner meaning of the words uttered by the Apostle of God, “I am all the Prophets,” inasmuch as what shineth resplendent in each one of Them hath been and will ever remain the one and the same sun."

-The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, Excerpts from the Dalá’il-i-Sab‘ih (The Seven Proofs)

"As the body of man needeth a garment to clothe it, so the body of mankind must needs be adorned with the mantle of justice and wisdom."

"And now concerning thy question regarding the nature of religion. Know thou that they who are truly wise have likened the world unto the human temple. As the body of man needeth a garment to clothe it, so the body of mankind must needs be adorned with the mantle of justice and wisdom. Its robe is the Revelation vouchsafed unto it by God. Whenever this robe hath fulfilled its purpose, the Almighty will assuredly renew it. For every age requireth a fresh measure of the light of God. Every Divine Revelation hath been sent down in a manner that befitted the circumstances of the age in which it hath appeared."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 81


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..."Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all save Me." ...

"O SON OF UTTERANCE! Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all save Me; for My sovereignty endureth and My dominion perisheth not. If thou seekest another than Me, yea, if thou searchest the universe forevermore, thy quest will be in vain."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Hidden Words, Arabic No. 15

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... "These two groups sail upon two seas: the sea of affirmation and the sea of negation."

"SAY, verily God hath caused all created things to enter beneath the shade of the tree of affirmation, except those who are endowed with the faculty of understanding. Theirs is the choice either to believe in God their Lord, and put their whole trust in Him, or to shut themselves out from Him and refuse to believe with certitude in His signs. These two groups sail upon two seas: the sea of affirmation and the sea of negation."

-The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, Excerpts from the Kitáb-i-Asmá’ (The Book of Names), XVIII, 13.







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