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Authors: Florence Scovel Shinn

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LESSON

#7

THE HOUSE THAT

FAITH BUILT

“Faith is simply knowing

that God can do it.”

Hebrews 11:1 says: “Now faith is the sub-

stance of things hoped for, the evidence of

things not seen.” This is a scientifi c statement, for as we live in a sea of magnetic force, called mind-stuff, what we imagine is impressed

upon this sensitive substance and crystallizes, sooner or later, on the external. The experiences you meet in life are your own creations.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “A man’s

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life is the history of his fears.” Why not make it the history of your faith so someday you can say, “This is the health that faith built! This is the wealth that faith built! This is the success and happiness that faith built!”

Doubts and fears are sins, for they im-

press negative pictures on the mind-stuff and

bring lack, limitation, or disaster to pass. Have faith in the affi rmations you use. Never use a statement that does not give you a feeling of

security.

Faith is like the Gulf Stream, a river fl ow-

ing through the ocean. Faith brings warmth

and will change conditions for you.

For example, a woman came to me with

the appearance of a fl esh growth. It was quite noticeable and long-standing, but she had perfect faith that it could be healed. Weeks passed 56

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