Reading & Meditation by Rev. Teresa Stuefloten, M.Div. 1/4/2026

Good Morning! This is Rev. Teresa. I have a reading for you today from the January 3 Divine Science Federation International Daily Study.

Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

–Psalm 122:7

"When you want peace of mind get away from things," counseled Emmet Fox, "and dwell upon the Presence of God instead."

Your palace is your own consciousness. The walls spoken of in this Bible verse are invisible, but just as real as any stone wall. Your walls are your convictions of Truth which protect you from the negative suggestions that are broadcast all around you. Have a conviction of peace, entertain ideas of peace, seek to be a peace-giver to your world.

God does not withhold your good, but neither does [God] force any good upon you. Instead, you must cultivate within yourself the equivalent of what you desire to be made manifest in your life, whether it is peace, joy, prosperity, health, advancement, or whatever good you seek.

First, know that it is your birthright to claim your good.

Second, prepare for that good by building the equivalent of the good you seek into your own consciousness.

Third, be grateful for the good you seek even before you receive it.

As you practice these steps, you will have peace and prosperity within the walls of your own consciousness.

Affirm now with feeling: I prepare for my good by being grateful for it now.

Author Unknown

Meditation

Now I invite you to prepare to go within for a short time of meditation, letting go of worries or concerns for this time, getting comfortable, closing your eyes with your inner gaze raised to the center of the forehead, turning your attention to your breath, gently noticing the in-breath and the out-breath… feeling the coolness of the in-breath and the warmth of the out-breath… allowing the breath to sink down into the belly with each in-breath… expanding the belly with each in-breath and contracting the belly with each out-breath… coming into the present moment through the breath now, completely awake and aware…

God is present right here, right now…

I am a Divine expression, made in the image and likeness of God…

It is my birthright to be in the Divine Presence in every moment…

I am always living in God…

I am grateful for God’s constant presence in and as me…

Nothing can take me away from the Presence of God…

When I go within in meditation I am in the palace of my Divine consciousness…

In my Divine palace of consciousness I commune with God…

When I go within my Divine palace, the peace of God is there…

This Divine Peace is the peace that passes all understanding…

Going within in meditation, I cultivate this peace that passes all understanding…

As I meditate in my Divine palace within I become more peaceful…

Divine Peace permeates my body, mind and heart…

I want to share this Divine Peace with others through my peaceful presence of kindness, caring and love…

I desire to be a blessing to the world through my peaceful presence…

I now bring Divine Peace into the new year through my consciousness of peace…

I allow Divine Peace to flow through me to the world of form…

I join all enlightened beings in allowing the source of the Peace that passes all understanding to flow through me…

Now we rest in this Divine Peace for one minute, allowing it to permeate mind, body and soul…

Now that we have rested in the silence, I invite you to come back to the awareness of the body, feeling refreshed by the experience of Divine Peace. This peace is available every time we seek it by going within to the Source and allowing that Divine Peace to flow through us, filling and renewing us. Seek it daily. And so it is.