ACIM Lesson 323 Prayer

"I gladly make the 'sacrifice' of fear."

This lesson encourages us to let go of fear and all its forms, recognizing that this is not a true sacrifice but rather a return to our natural state of peace and joy. It teaches that by giving up fear, we allow God's love to fill our awareness, healing us of pain and giving us eternal joy. The lesson emphasizes that this "sacrifice" is merely the release of self-deceptions and false images, allowing truth and love to return to our minds.
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.

Transcript

A Course in Miracles,

Lesson 323 I,

Gladly,

Make the sacrifice of fear.

Father,

Here is the only sacrifice you ask of your beloved child.

You ask your child to give up all suffering.

You ask your child to give up all sense of loss and sadness.

To give up all anxiety and doubt.

Father,

You ask your beloved child to freely let your love come streaming into awareness,

Healing all pain and giving your own.

And father,

Such is the sacrifice you ask of me,

A sacrifice I gladly make.

The sacrifice of fear,

The only cost of restoration of your memory to me for the salvation of the world.

As we pay the debt we owe to truth,

A debt that is merely the letting go of self-deceptions,

The letting go of images we worship falsely.

As we pay this debt we owe to truth,

A debt that is merely the letting go of self-deceptions.

Truth returns to us in wholeness and in joy.

As we pay this debt we owe to truth,

The letting go of images we worship falsely.

We are deceived no longer.

Love has now returned to our awareness.

We are at peace again.

Fear has gone.

We are at peace again.

Gladly make the sacrifice of fear.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Lies the peace of God.