CIVIC WORSHIP The GOOD BOOK Copyright ©2014 By IN GOD WE TRUST DIVINE WORSHIP CENTER, Inc. This publication may be copied in part or in its entirety without permission. The content may not be changed. All rights reserved. This publication is simply the opinions of the IN GOD WE TRUST DIVINE WORSHIP CENTER, INC. and the entity will not be held liable in any way for its contents. 1st edition. Many of the scriptures have been shortened due to page length of the book. Bibliography available upon written request at: www.InGodWeTrustDivineWorshipCtr.com The Civic is an attempt to provide a historical and religious perspective of faiths, lives, people and how we treat each other. ‘Civic’ means the affairs of the community, all people living among each other with respect, peace, and cooperation in a refined, advanced society that values life, progress, and conservation of our planet that exists in this vast universe that was created by an Unknown Power. Books of the CIVIC FAITH 1 Korean 610 CREATION 6 Cao Dai 611 AFFIRMATIONS 12 Japanese 616 RELIGIONS 35 African 632 GOLDEN RULE 57 Native American 637 SCRIPTURES 58 Spiritual 652 CHILD STORY 123 Scientology 653 HISTORY 126 REQUESTS 654 Jewish 133 PROVERBS 658 Christian 235 WORSHIP 663 Mormon 288 LIFE 672 Muslim 302 SAFETY 708 Baha’i 391 REMINDERS 719 Rastafari 443 ELEMENTS 720 Thelema 450 CUISINE 769 Hindu 453 HOME 774 Buddhist 533 WORK 788 Sikh 544 BUDGET 804 Zoroastrian 574 TIME 807 Jainism 597 CONVERSIONS 815 Confucian 598 CHOKING HELP 821 Taoism 602 CPR 823 1 FAITH 1. Rejoice, O Follower of God, brighten, let the trees of the for there is none like the woods sing out for joy before Lord, who has knowledge of the Lord, for the Lord is the all things. Sing praises to the One who balances the clouds Lord, for the Lord has done and shines the rainbows, excellent things; let this be makes the lightening for the known to all the Earth. The rain, and brings forth the Lord is the Everlasting God wind to cause the vapors to who governs the universe and ascend to the ends of the who leads the people in Earth. The Lord made the strength. The Lord is Universe by Holy Power. Almighty and Powerful and will reign forever and ever. 3. The Lord is the taste in God is perfect in wisdom and water, the light in the moon understanding. Behold, the and the sun, the syllables of Great One! All the people of love that we speak, the sound the Earth recognize the hand in air, the fragrance of the of the Lord as mighty and will earth, the life in the living, the revere the Lord forever! You wisdom of those who follow are great, O Lord; there is good ways, the brilliance of none like you. You have the fire, the heat of the sun, established yourself to your and unselfishness. The Lord people forever. Your name can hold back rain and shall be magnified forever. release it. The Lord is life and death, and all that is and is 2. Let the heavens be glad not. and let the earth rejoice; and The Lord is the father and let people say among mother of the universe, the themselves, the Lord reigns! essence and goal of all Let the sea roar, let the fields knowledge, the beginning rejoice, and all things in it! and the end, origin and Let the lights of the universe dissolution, refuge, home, 2 true lover, womb and commemoration of God and imperishable seed. your soul is gladdened and absorbed in prayer, asking for 4. The Lord established the the Lord’s guidance. universe by divine understanding. God judges Let God’s beloved, each and and governs the Earth. every one, be the essence of The Lord reigns under the purity, the very life of heavens to the ends of the holiness and sanctified, universe, as far as the east is humble before the Lord. This from the west, the north is is the station of the sincere; from the south, and as far as this is the way of the loyal; all zenith above to all nadir this is the brightness that below. shines on the face of those near God. 5. Let us worship the Lord, Our Maker, for the Lord is our Wherefore must the friends God and we are all God's of God, with utter sanctity, people, for God shows no with one accord, rise up in partiality. Worship the Lord spirit, in unity with one in the beauty of holiness; let another to become one being the whole Earth stand in awe and one soul to achieve one of Our Creator. We are spiritual union. believers and humble servants who hear your Let us dwell in unity and calling, O Lord, and we will individually be bringers of follow You all the days of our joy, even as the angels and lives with perfect faith. We spirits. pray for peace and guidance from the Spirit to fill our Let not selfish motives drag hearts and minds for our you away from the Cause of good and for the good of all the Holiness, to unite all people. Lord, fill us with Your people in peace and love. The Presence. You are our Living center of love of all religions Home. Praise be to God when is a divine one. your heart is engaged in 3 As for the doers of mischief, connected; then you will their works are like the know the Creator in a state of vapour in a desert which the balance. As a lamp sheltered thirsty dream to be water, a from the wind does not mirage until when they come flicker, compare this to a unto it, they find nothing. O person of yoga when the you loved ones of God! Be mind has become serene and committed to holiness and the unruly senses of the mind serve the Lord, being have been restrained, and the servants even to each other. focus is on the Creator of the Save poor lost souls. Cosmos and the elemental unity of all beings in the Strive with your heart and Akasha Realm. soul to make this world a mirror-image of the Divine 7. Be praised, adored, and Realm. Friends of God should thanked, O Lord, forever and stand strong together to ever. Yours, O Lord, is the engage with love and joy to greatness behind all power spread the good news of the and glory and all victory and Lord and hear the word of the majesty. All that is in the Lord. heavens and earth is Yours. The universe is Your Realm, O May divine teachings reach Lord, and Yours it is to be the peoples of the world and exalted as Head Over All. be set forth with brilliance and eloquence in the spiritual 8. The Lord is the Holy of assemblages of humanity, for Holies. I will rejoice in the the good of the whole world. divine wisdom of the Lord. Spirit of God, Your presence is 9. Give thanks to the Lord, call welcomed here. on God's name; make known God's doings among the 6. Meditate in Self, let go of peoples. Let your decree cry conflict, and find the out for the Spirit! Believe enlightenment of nirvana, with perfect faith that all where you embrace all of the creation reveals the Lord's universal energy as Majesty! 4 light felt, seen or heard 10. Glory to The Holy Names; within all people and life. let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice 13. The Unknown One is in my Self within the heart, 11. Seek the eternal life- smaller than a grain of rice giving, honey-sweet ways of or a mustard seed and yet in the Spirit; this Holy Ghost is every cell of my body, and the unseen and unknown encompasses all works, all God, the Spirit that is called desires, all scents, all tastes, by many names. all light and sound, and all knowledge and matter of the Humankind must renounce universe and does not speak; the own self of inordinate when we depart from hence desires and selfish purposes, shall we merge into it. and seek the guidance of the Spirit, and follow the 14. And when the end yearnings of the Buddha approaches, a life is Higher Self, with thy heart something that cannot be fixed upon the Beauty of God. destroyed and can never fall 12. The clear signs of or fail, but is only quickened presence are shown to us by the breath of life into the from our Lord, that is the highest light and is given to whole universe, and whatever the Plans of the Unknown has come to be, and the vital God. breaths of life that are established in the space 15. And the secret doctrine of outside of a human and in the the Holy Spirit never sets and space inside of a human, and it never rests but the truth is the light which shines beyond always in the midst, and faith the heavens, and on to the continues through time. back of all things, and every single thing, in the highest 16. Praise the Lord our God, and most exalted worlds, that Who rules the Cosmos. The is indeed the same heat and Lord has established 5 the Holy Firmament forever. O sons and daughters of the There is no Rock like our God Universe, thanks to the Who is a strong Fortress and teachings and loving acts of a shield for those who trust; faithful ones who lived before the Lord is our refuge and us, Teachers of God who are rest. God is our Deliverer now songsters in the from hopelessness and meadows of truth and have despair, our Strength to show soared beyond to the realm of us the way. glory and are now Angels and Saints of the Heavens, so let 17. The scriptures and the the breaths of the Spirit blow world call the Holy Spirit the upon you; wherefore, with Ultimate Person, the highest great gladness, engage in Self. The Spirit is the source praise and glorification of the of all memory and knowledge Lord at every moment, and and future, all life-giving pray a myriad of thanks for power and all elements. the Lord’s abounding favor, exceeding grace, and energy. 18. Sing to the Lord, all the All of the great Teachers of Earth; show forth from day to God are like Blessed Trees day the work of Holy with arms of love and Salvation. Declare glorious strength stretched forth and holy works among the from the Lord! So let your people, for great is the Lord yourself be a great teacher for and greatly to be praised. Let the Blessed Beautiful Lord! everything that hath breath praise the Lord. 20. You are the God Who does mysterious works; You 19. The Lord is perfect and are the Mysterious Wonder. the Lord's ways are perfect. You have demonstrated Your The Lord has perfect timing Power among the people. and has complete knowledge You, O Lord, are enthroned of all things seen and unseen. forever; and the fame of Your The Holy Spirit is the Divine Names endures to all Testament of the Messengers. generations. 6 CREATION 1. Even before the beginning of and elements 93 thru 118 have all time, Our Creator was the been produced in nuclear source of all origin. reactors. No one knows if God is male, female, in human-form or Billions of molecules are needed another, or Spirit only. It may be to make a speck visible to the that female characteristics of naked eye, even to see a single God exist in women, male dot on this page. characteristics of God exist in God put two hydrogen atoms men, and other characteristics together with one oxygen atom exist in other elements. and created water. The Lord is 2. From Divine Treasures of the Master Scientist. Mighty Power, God created the The Lord also created the anti- elements of the whole universe, matter; it is identical to matter but whether creation was except that it is composed of commanded in silence, by divine particles whose electric charges syllable, or by a golden egg are opposite to those found in arising from a lotus flower - it is normal matter. But there is an not known. asymmetry of matter and In the beginning God created the antimatter in the visible chemistry of atoms such as universe; this is a great unsolved hydrogen, helium, lithium, gold, problem in physics. copper, iron, carbon, oxygen and others. Each of the basic Scientists believe the universe elements of the universe have was created between 8 and 14 their own unique number of billion years ago, and our solar positively charged protons in the system created 4 billion years nucleus, negatively charged ago. electrons around the nucleus, atomic weight, density, atomic 3. The complexities in the design radius, and crystal structure; of the universe are beyond these attributes give the human knowledge. The order in elements their own unique which God created the universe properties. There are 92 is unknown, and only God of naturally occurring elements Infinite Wisdom knows the that scientists have identified, order of all origin.
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