Category: Healing & Empowerment

Prayer for Change

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Father,

As a new day arises, we can’t help but wonder in the new possibilities you have brought to us in this day. Please help us to see things more clearly, to be able to apply our hands to the work before us in better ways. Thank you Father, for being with us every step of this day. May we ever be mindful of your love in our world and how that love is changing our world, through us and all around us.

Father we know change can be frightening, but Isaiah tells us “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” That hand keeps us buoyant out of the fear that can pull us down. Together we will step forward into our future, Father, with you in our hearts.

In Jesus name.

Let it be so.

So it is.

Amen

I was shown this morning how we are being pulled into a bright new future as a new day dawns. We are going into a utilitarian phase where new tools and ideas will come into our world and replace old ones. People who made better choices will be moved along and uplifted. New companies will come in to replace old ones that are no longer serving the People.

We are choosing to do things differently and we are manifesting from love, not fear… and that is having a big effect on the big picture. These better choices are creating a shift in our thinking. When we bless one another instead of rubbing salt in old wounds, when we forgive and move forward rather than get angry, if we can hearten instead of discourage, than those are better choices. If we can choose to hug rather than harass, thank instead of criticize, praise instead of malign, then we can move forward with more strength than when we are not getting hung up on our own stuff and being held back. It is up to us whether we individually move forward with our new future, or not.

Making good choices raises us up and aligns our vibration with that of our future, which draws us forward like a magnet.

Self Acceptance Prayer

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Father,

Thank you for this day. Thank you for this opportunity to love eachother better, by first loving ourselves down to our very core. We know that in 1John 4:7 it says, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” Loving one another as you taught us, begins with forgiving and accepting ourselves first, while always remaining humble.

We know life throws challenges and lessons our way. Perhaps one of the most challenging things to do is open up our eyes and see ourselves as you see us, Father, and to give ourselves that same regard, that same precious love, no matter what we’ve done, thought or said.

We strive to love and forgive ourselves, in order to love and forgive others, because “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.” (1Corinthians 13:7)

We love, because we are your children, and we are your love in human form.

So be it.

Amen

Prayer of Moving Forward

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Father,

Thank you for this day, another opportunity to be fully present and create our day with our foot on the gas pedal because we know that “Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, Lord.” (Psalm 89)

Help us be more mindful as we drive forward together, knowing full well that we are the maker of our story, while always being in service to you. May we be always aware that your covenant decrees that darkness shall yield to the light, and so we will shine outwardly with the love from our hearts.

Let us rejoice in your name all day long and celebrate your righteousness.

So be it. Amen

Being fully present in the eternal now moment means being aware of all surroundings as well as being connected to the Great Awareness that is the Christ Consciousness grid. We are the makers of our story, going beyond the mind and into the future. It is our foot on the gas pedal, being able to adjust the amount of power we apply in our life as needed. We control our own control, and pull from an unlimited source as needed, on demand. God our Source supplies the gas and energy, but in the present moment we are the drivers of the car.

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17

May we be always aware that your covenant decrees that darkness shall yield to the light, and so we will shine outwardly with the love from our hearts.

Standing, stepping, jumping, dancing,

Nothing holding our advancing.

Everything is more than what it seems,

The Dreamer knows because she dreams.

Resiliency Prayer

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Resiliency Prayer

Father,

As we step forward into a new day, we realize it is because of you that we have this opportunity to make a difference. It may have been the most difficult of journeys, watching others fall along the way, but we are reminded in Proverbs to “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways,” and we will.

We thank you Father, for this opportunity to stand together against the darkness, to leave our mark on our world as we carve it and shape it in the name of your love. Galatians reminds us “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” And we will not give up.

Though the path be difficult, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us” (Romans) We will press onward as a testament to the resiliency of the human spirit in service to you, Father.

Let it be so.

So be it. Amen

When the whole world is running towards a cliff, he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.

CS Lewis, Author

Every spiritual advance that we make is preceded by a fall of some kind. It is when we are at some type of lowpoint in our life that we generate a type of energy that propels us upward and outward. All the illusions of the old systems that we thought were our world are self-destructing in front of our eyes. It’s like God is pulling the tablecloth revealing what isn’t real in our world. That can throw some into a cognitive dissonance decline and depression. The tendency is to curl up in a ball. Why am I being so morose? Because we must press onward. We cannot stop and become stagnant. We must be resilient.

Resiliency comes in many forms. It is the bounce that we make after a sweeping away of something that no longer belonged in our world. Dr. Wayne Dyer told us, “The idea that the way you were going to come out of this crisis is by just getting more credit or just spending, spending, spending. There’s really no such thing as an economy. You can’t find an economy any more than you can find strep. It’s so intertwined with every single thing that we do. So, this entire economy idea that we’re all in the sheer state of collapse because of some terrible thing that’s happening in an economy is the stuff that everybody is buying into and being afraid of. I think it’s a cleansing process. I think we’re cleaning out some of the sediment. Forest fires do that. Tsunamis do that. Nature does that. All those bad loans and bad stuff, there is something positive about it.”

M-W give the definition of resiliency as:

  1. The ability of something to return to its original size and shape after being compressed or deformed
  2. An ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change : RESILIENCE

As we embrace the all important ability to overcome challenges and face life’s inevitable difficulties, we develop the ability to bounce back. We can move forward as if our life has been strengthened as stronger, smarter human beings with more self-esteem than we imagined. Seeing ourselves as survivors and being emotionally grounded with a sense of fortitude is an attribute of resilience. It requires a sense of compassion for oneself, and a centeredness that can adapt to circumstances as they come, utilizing self-assessment and problem-solving skills.

If I could offer one key to resilience, it would be to always, always, always choose the positive viewpoint. Yes we can look at what is dark, but from a position of staying in the light. Almost like we are grounded on solid rock in a heavy storm. If we determine ourselves to elicit the emotional intelligence to manage our emotions, we can always gain ground even if we get blown off course.

Being resilient offers benefit not only in the short term, but we will be better off in the long run. Life does throw setbacks our way. It is how we choose to deal with those changes that determines whether we lose ground or not. Are we using unhealthy coping mechanisms? If so, can we change that? It would make a big difference in our lives and we would be freed up to move forward with passion. Pretty soon we are tackling problems head-on and pulling up the strength to overcome adversity and move on with our lives to make them even better.

Prayer to Shine into Darkness

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Going deep inside ourselves, we find out the true difference between loneliness and solitude. Loneliness is characterized by a feeling of lack, like something is missing from us. We struggle with the emptiness that ensues. When we are finished exploring that, meaning, when we are sick of it, we then move on to something more significant by going deeper inward into solitude.

Going from loneliness to solitude takes us from disempowerment into something spiritual. It is deep inside ourselves that we find at our core, that brilliant spark of divinity that animates us. The deepness of our connection blossoms into a restful contentedness over the restless searching of loneliness, from reaching outwards for temporary fixes to looking inwards for everlasting sustenance. Turning inward for our deep spiritual connection, we naturally cease to cling to fear, and are never lonely again.

This extends into a self-nurturance of our bodies being the temple they were always meant to be. We begin to consider our bodies as being a partner on our journey. Deep inside is a doorway to the Universe. The love and care of God, the Angels and the Universe is there for us. The most powerful loving healings emanate from delving deep within.

We cannot be afraid to face all the things that linger inside. We must sweep out all the dust and crumbs of larger fears to which we clung. We may be still clinging to them for no better reason than they were familiar to us. Like an old friend. But, when we turn inward we find an older companion that is older than anything we’ve known. The divine part of us that has always existed and remains eternal. When we strike that connection we are never lonely. We then have control of our life and steer as we choose. We can be released from the grips of survival into thriving, forming a sense of trust with the outer world because our awareness directs our life. Living from our divine connection deep within becomes our strong foundation. Once we’ve decided we don’t want to experience the sadness of loneliness anymore, solitude is an enrichment that entices us to move forward through life in more fulfilling ways.

Shine Into Darkness Prayer

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Father,

We are grateful for this day to make a difference in our world.

To be the love that we are and to have an effect on our reality as we work together, hand in hand.

In Matthew we are told to let our light shine before others, so that they may see our good works.

Father we know that we are more powerful together and that when we join our voices,

and the work of our hands,

the Light inside us expands and shines into the darkness,

which cannot overcome it.

Father, we are grateful for this day to be your love, in action.

Let it be so.
So be it. Amen

Heart Healing

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We’ve all felt the sting of rejection in some form during the course of our lives. Painful experiences such as betrayal. I think I’ve been through every form of healing afterward, including partial healing. When the healing process has been cut off in some way by an interference of some sort, life may steer us back to these orphaned healings to complete the healing to attain closure. Life may bring us around from a different angle so we can see the lesson clearly. Sometimes, in order to heal from the inside out, we just don’t see what we need to see unless we look at it from a completely different viewpoint.

Healing emotional pain from betrayal and rejection can be the most difficult kind of emotional healing there is, since our hearts are usually what we protect most. We depend on that protection to keep us safe from further damage that, depending on the status of the unhealed wounds we still carry, dictates how efficiently we can operate and how effective we can be in the world. If for some reason we cannot heal it, then we can draw from it, as long as we don’t let pain and bitterness overtake us. It is never too late to heal heart-pain and God, our Angels and the Universe are always conspiring to bring us to a point where healing can occur.

In his book You Are The Beloved, Henri Nouwen writes: “Don’t be afraid to love and to love deeply. You might be afraid of the pain that deep love can cause. When those you love deeply reject you, leave you, or die, your heart will be broken. But that should not hold you back from loving deeply. The pain that comes from deep love makes your love even more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root and grow into a strong plant. Every time you experience the pain of rejection absence, or death, you are faced with a choice. You can become bitter and decide not to love again, or you can stand straight in your pain and let the soil on which you stand become richer and more able to give life to new seeds.”

The possibilities ahead are worth healing our heart pain. The HeartMath Institute talks about attaining heart coherence. Heart coherence on is a harmonious state where our hearts, minds and bodies are united in cooperation and flow.  We benefit on a personal level by having an open, healed heart, and in groups. Group coherence describes harmonious relationships within families, teams, groups or organizations. Groups with heart coherence demonstrate a flow of information in a caring manner that boosts collaboration and unity. Groups that operate in heart coherence are aligned in heart, mind, emotional and physical systems. This results in less mental and emotional pressure, better choices and improved resilience.  As individuals practice heart coherence, it can uplift inter-personal dealings affecting inter-workings on a global scale.

My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

-Psalm 73:26

Patience

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It can be very hard to be patient. Though we go through painful life lessons to achieve it, our minds can still chatter about and take us off course. How to keep on our path when our feet begin to falter and our mind jumps ahead of ourselves. We can all feel change occurring. Inside, outside, all around us and underneath our feet. It may leave us feeling flummoxed, or we may be seeing stars and taking in life in bliss-filled gulps of air. Whatever the case, life has taken on a different feel and is throwing new kinds of challenges our way. What can we do when we are struggling, know someone who is having difficulty and nothing is working?

  1. Realize how strong you are. You’ve built strength and gotten over bumps in the road because of what you’ve been through. Those tough times in the past did not take you down completely. They made you strong.
  2. Put one foot in front of the other. If we feel stuck in indecision, just moving forward can get us unstuck.
  3. Point our compass toward the change we want to see in the world and BE that change. Become the change and everything sorts to align with that change.
  4. Confront small fears every day. If we can overcome at least one tiny fear, the larger fears will become less fearful.
  5. Divine Love drives out fear. Connecting with the love of God within ourselves raises us above fear and fills us with possibility.
  6. Do the things that stoke a passionate fire inside. Be creative. Do something you always loved doing or find something new that sparks your interest. Light your interest on fire and move forward with purpose.
  7. Calling on patience to set our pace allows us to operate in this new world at a comfortable pace, while giving us the flexibility to power up and slow it down as needed. We are in the driver’s seat.

When we feel something big coming, we can feel impatient and lose our footing. Staying grounded and focused and moving forward is key right now. Breathe. Keep ‘er steady. Keep moving forward, one foot after the other.

“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9

Courage

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“Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. ”

― CS Lewis

Courage resides in each of us. There comes a time in eveyone’s life when we reach our testing point. Doing good in the world is something we earnestly try to achieve. In times of pressure, we are tested. If we can continue to be merciful and kind when it is hardest, that is when our courage is visible. By standing for what we truly believe, we pull out everything we have and knowing that our strength will carry us through, we will achieve greatness together.

I know it seems we will never make progress, and life just seems to keep smacking us around. I promise you that you can do this, that you were born to be here now and that you have it within you to rise to whatever challenge is set before you and shine brightly. What does it mean to shine brightly?

~Don’t take the bait. Resist the thing.

~Stand in your strength; stand up for truth.

~Choosing to align with Love (See Affirmation)

~Letting that which no longer serves us to drop away.

~Unconditional Love transcends all

~Kindness and compassion

~Mindful awareness, patience, faith and hope

Affirmation

I align with love.

I align my path with my highest destiny.

I align with the North Star.

“Courage is not the absence of fear. Only fools have no fear. Rather, courage is the intellectual mastery of fear by understanding the true risks and opportunities of the situation and keeping those things in balance”

― Julian Assange

Pushing Through Resistance

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Poised at the ready we go. Our future has already been written in God’s book by God’s hand. Nothing can stop it. The Divine Light at our center will be our guide. Being grounded, centered and mindful, is the key right now. Following the lantern illuminating truth in front of us, we will act perfectly synchronized, like a waltz. Graceful and flowing.

I know it has been discouraging and people are feeling beat up and tired. It seems like we make a little progress and then are beaten back, disappointed and ready to give up. What’s worse is realizing we will be more disappointed in ourselves if we give up. This is the time when we can show ourselves what you’re made of. We can brace for a heavy load, put our head down, and push like there’s no tomorrow. How do we push when we’re not feeling motivated? We start moving. Take just one step, any step, a tiny step. Movement begets movement. Once we start moving, even a little, we feel better, we see that we’re capable, and we want to keep going.

We are talking about pushing through resistance. Needing to overcome lingering messages and thought patterns of that tell us we are not capable. To overcome beliefs that keep us thinking smaller. This gives us mobility. It enables us to adapt and change to all circumstances and push past all barriers that hold us back. Being a conductive force to channel the efforts of others to amplify them into one direction.

It’s time now to think of ourselves as leaders and use the momentum of this time of change to push through resistance and thwart the entropy that’s kept us stuck in a holding pattern. Entropy is a kind of disturbance of things. When there is no forward movement, meaning, when things aren’t flowing in a direction, entropy can occur. Our jobs are to resist the current attempt to stomp us down and get louder and move forward. Build on eachother’s voices, build upward.

God’s Hand is holding us buoyant. I hear a flutter of Angel wings. I can taste butterscotch. Everything we do now carries weight. Stay centered, remember your light to keep it lit at its utmost. Overcome entropy and push through.

Oh, why butterscotch? It’s a candy that my grandmother had in her house that I would sneak every time I visited. Everything was in order and symmetrical in my grandmother’s house. She was the matriarch and kept order in the family and not in a bad way either. Tasting butterscotch is a very good sign to me, but you’re gonna have to trust me on that one. 🙂

Clearing the Fear

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Do you see the truths that are coming out yet? There is a leak in the dam and the water has reached a steady flow. We cannot sit back anymore. We must face what has really been happening and confront it and have discussions and demand change. We must push through this change.

The biggest issue to be cleared is fear itself. Many say they want changes, but the fact is many humans have a lot of fear to face within themselves before they are ready to let go of who they were, to then fully embrace who they really are. What is that thing you fear of the most? Try to conquer it by making it your friend. You will feel better once you have faced it and moved past it. To be truly transformed, we must release all fear. The ashes that we rise up out of, are simply the dissolved fears that have been cleared, and are no longer attached to us.

Forgive yourself and others and then, forget they ever happened. Let those old hurts go. We are walking into a whole new level of experiencing reality and shedding layer after layer as we step forward. “The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his hand”. –Psalm 37:23-24, ESV

Struggles inside of us and outside of us are reaching completion. Step through the doorway because a new version of “us” is coming online. Movement and beauty accompanies a rebirth. Everything must come into balance, God’s New Covenant decrees it so. Nature does not support imbalance. Nature only supports balance. And our new life will be in harmony with nature.