ACIM Lesson 251 Prayer

"I am in need of nothing but the truth."
This lesson emphasizes that our only real need is for the truth, and that all other perceived needs are ultimately unfulfilling. It encourages us to recognize that we have sought many things in the past, only to find despair, and that now we seek only one thing - the truth - in which we can find all we truly need. The lesson suggests that some things we thought we needed in the past, we didn't actually need or even want. It concludes by affirming that in recognizing our sole need for truth, we can find peace and gratitude for what God has restored to us.
All quotes are from A Course in Miracles, copyright ©2007, Third Edition used with permission from the publisher and copyright holder, the Foundation for Inner Peace, 448 Ignacio Blvd., #306, Novato, CA 94949.

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A Course in Miracles Lesson 251 I am in need of nothing but the truth.

I sought for many things and found despair.

Now do I seek but one,

For in that one is all I need and only what I need.

All that I sought before I needed not and did not even want.

My only need I did not recognize,

But now I see that I need only truth.

In truth,

All needs are satisfied.

In truth,

All cravings end.

In truth,

All hopes are finally fulfilled.

In truth,

All dreams are gone.

Now I have everything that I could need.

Now I have everything that I could want.

Now,

At last,

I find myself at peace.

For that peace,

Our Father,

We give thanks.

What we denied ourselves,

You have restored.

And only that peace is what we really want.

For peace,

Father,

I give thanks.

What I denied myself,

You have restored.

Now,

At last,

I find myself at peace.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.