“God is Your Friend.” Written by Dr Emmet Fox and read by Dr Ian Ellis-Jones. This short piece comes from Emmet Fox E-Zine, April-May 2023, emmetfox.net. It has been slightly altered but not in a material way.

Dr Emmet Fox (1886–1951) was a Divine Science minister and author. He was the pastor of the Church of the Healing Christ, in New York City, from 1931 until his death in 1951. Some of his more popular books include The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life (1934), Power Through Constructive Thinking (1940), The Ten Commandments (1953), Diagrams for Living: The Bible Unveiled (1968), The Science of Living: In Class with Emmet Fox (2005), and Emmet Fox's Keys to Life and Health (2005).

Dr Ian Ellis-Jones (born 1955) is an Australian lawyer, academic and author. He has also worked as a minister and a teacher of mindfulness and meditation. He regularly gives talks and lectures to community groups and other organisations on philosophy, practical psychology, religion and spirituality. He is a member of the International New Thought Alliance (INTA) and the Theosophical Society of Australia and was formerly president of both the Humanist Society of New South Wales and the Council of Australian Humanist Societies (CAHS).
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GOD IS YOUR FRIEND
by Dr Emmet Fox

God is your best friend. God is always present, and you can turn to God for help, for guidance. God never fails you.

Of course, it is foolish to think that God is just a very big man, a magnified addition of ourselves; but when people escape from this error they sometimes make the opposite mistake of thinking that God is only an impersonal force like electricity or gravity. This is the more dangerous mistake of the two, because it leaves people with no one to depend on but themselves, and that is the most tragic of all conditions. In such a case, people think, "I can overcome this difficulty if I get my thoughts right, but I have to do this alone, by my own power, and I may not be able to do it." They forget that God always helps.

Think of God as a loving Father, always ready to heal and comfort. Remember that God knows you and loves you and cares for you. Remember that God is, and has infinite intelligence; that God has all power, and is all power, and His nature is love. Turn to God today in exactly the same way and in the same spirit as you would have done when you were five or six years of age, but with the larger understanding you have since received.

The Christ teaching comes not to destroy but to fulfill.