Return, Strengthen, Ascend

Neville's Inner Vision

In this reading, the Acts passage is not a travelogue but a map of your inner life. When you 'return' to the places you have preached within, you are revisiting your dominant states, reaffirming the convictions you have chosen. The exhortation to persevere in faith and the claim that we must through much tribulation enter the kingdom of God is not about external weather but about the movement of consciousness—trial is the pressure that births clarity. Tribulation becomes the refining fire that burns away doubt and attachment, so the kingdom, which is your innermost I AM, can manifest as lived reality. To 'ordain elders in every church' is to appoint inner authorities—the disciplines of silence, faithful attention, and steady, compassionate belief—that govern your thoughts. 'Praying with fasting' is a turning of attention from outward appearances to the one Power within; it is the practice of fixing awareness on the I AM. When you and your circle are 'commended to the Lord' you acknowledge your trust in the I AM that you are. Then you may discover that you are the Lord of your world, and the kingdom within begins to rise.