Alms at the Temple Within
Acts 3:3 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
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Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
A man asks for alms as Peter and John approach entering the temple; the scene signals a shift from lack to grace within the mind.
Neville's Inner Vision
Peter and John are not two men in history but two faculties of your awakened I AM moving toward the sacred inner sanctuary. The beggar who asks for alms embodies a state of consciousness that feels impoverished, a belief that something essential is lacking. As you observe them about to enter the temple, you are reminded that the temple is your own awareness, not a distant place. The 'alms' requested are not coins but grace—an immediate shift in feeling produced by a single act of assumption. When you recognize that you are already framed by the I AM, you stop waiting for outside relief and allow your inner abundance to disclose itself as you revise your sense of lack. In the act of entering the temple you offer the very resources you seek, and the healing becomes the inward recognition that you are the giver and the gift. This is Grace in motion: favored, merciful, and sure, as soon as your consciousness aligns with the truth that I AM is your source.
Practice This Now
Close your eyes and revise the scene: you are the I AM entering the temple with Peter and John as your inner faculties; the beggar within asks for alms, but the alms are already yours. Feel the abundance as a living sense of I AM and declare, 'I AM now abundance' until it feels real.
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