Prayers to the Angels ~ Prayers, meditations and poems

Tough questions from kids ~Can I do what ever I want when I am older?

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Tough questions from kids ~ Can I do whatever I want when I am older?~

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All our lives we will have rules and laws to obey. When God gave the Ten Commandments, He gave them to all people, of all ages, for all time. No one outgrows the need to follow God's ways. That's one of the reasons God tells us to obey our parents. Doing what they say helps us learn to obey those in authority over us later in life.

Tough questions from kids ~ Why do we have to thank God at every meal when he already knows we're thankful?

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Tough Questions From Kids ~ Why do we have to thank God at every meal when He already knows we're thankful?

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Thanking God for food reminds us to be thankful for all that God gives us. Sometimes we think we are thankful when we really aren't. Pausing to give thanks helps us renew our thankfulness. If we just sit down and eat without thanking God every time, we can easily forget to be thankful. We can forget that out food comes from God.

It is also nice thing to do. We give thanks to God because He is our friend and He has done something kind to us.

Tough questions from Kids~ Why do some peope find a subject hard, and others find it easy?

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Tough questions from kids ~ Why do some people find a subject hard, and others find it easy?

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Some people do better in math. Others do better in reading and writing. Still others do better because they work harder than most students. They listen in class, ask questions and do their homework. Some people may learn a certain subject right away because God gave them the ability to do so. People are good at different things. Isn't that great?

Tough questions from kids ~ Does God have things to do at nightime?

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Touch questions from kids ~ Does God have things to do at nightime?

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God does not have a body like ours, so He does not need to sleep. And because God is everywhere and lives in eternity there is no night or day for Him. (And when it is night here, it is day somewhere else.) So God is always working when we are sleeping. When you go to sleep, you can be sure that God is awake, watching over you.

Love is forgiveness~

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Tough questions from kids - How can God hear our prayers from heaven?

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Tough questions from kids - How can God hear our prayers from heaven?

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God can do everything. He is everywhere all the time. He also knows everything. He knows what we think as well as what we say. So God can hear everyone's prayers from all over the world at the same time. Sometimes people think that God is "out there in heaven," far away. But God is not far away; He is always right here with us.

O Brother, wisdom is pouring into you from the beloved saint of God. You've only borrowed it. Although the house of your heart is lit from the inside. That light is lent by a luminous neighbor. Give thanks; don;'t be arrogant or vain. Pay attention without self importance. It's sad that this borrowed state has put religious communities far from religious communion. ~ Rumi

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Only God I Saw ~

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Only God I Saw ~

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In the market, in the cloister - only God I saw.
In the valley and on the mountain - only God I saw.

Him I have seen beside me oft in tribulation;
In favor and in fortune - only God I saw.

In prayer and fasting, in praise and contemplation,
In the religion of the Prophet - only God I saw.

Neither soul nor body, accident nor substance,
Qualities nor causes - only God I saw.

I opened mine eyes and by the light of his face around me
In all the eye discovered - only God I saw.

Like a candle I was melted in His fire;
Amidst the flames outflashing - only God I saw.

Myself with mine own eyes I saw most clearly,
But when I looked with God's eyes - only God I saw.

I passed away into nothingness, I vanished,
And lo, I was the All-living - only God I saw.

~Baba Kuhl of Shiraz

The Dhammapada - The Saint ~

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She has completed her voyage; she had gone beyond sorrow, The fetters of life have fallen from her, and she lives in full freedom.

The thoughtful strive always. They have no fixed abode, but leave home like swans from their lake.

Like the flight of birds in the sky, it is hard to follow the path of the selfless. They have no possessions, but live on alms in a world of freedom. Like the flight of birds in the sky, it is hard to follow their path. With the senses under control, temperate in eating , they know the meaning of freedom.

Even the gods envy the saints, whose senses obey them like well-trained horses and who are free from pride. Patient like the earth, they stand on the threshold. They are pure like a lake without mud, and free from the cycle of birth and death.

Wisdom has stilled their minds, and their thoughts, words, and deeds are filled with peace. Freed from illusion and from personal ties, they have renounced the world of appearance to find reality. Thus have they reached the highest.

They make holy wherever they dwell, in village or forest, on land or at sea. With their senses at peace and minds full of joy, they make the forests holy.

Psalm 139

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O, Lord, you have searched me

and you know me

You know me when I sit and when I rise

you perceive my thoughts from afar

You comprehend my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways

for there is not a word on my tongue

but behold, O Lord, you know it altogether

You have hedged me behind and before

and laid your hand upon me

such knowledge is too wonderful for me

it is high, I cannot attain it.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?

or where can I flee from Your presence?

If I ascend into heaven

You are there,

If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell

in the uttermost parts of the sea.

Even there Your hand shall lead me

and Your right hand shall hold me.

If I say, surely the darkness shall fall on me

even the night shall be light about me

Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from you

but the night shines as day

the darkness and the light are both alike to You

For you formed my inward parts;

You covered me in my mothers womb

I will praise You, for I am

fearfully and wonderfully made;

marvelous are Your works

and that my soul know very well

My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was made in secret, and skillfully

wrought in the lowest parts of the earth

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet

unformed

and in your book they all were written

the days fashioned for me,

when as yet there were none of them

How precious are you thought to me,

O God, How great is the sum of them

If I should count them, they

would be more in number than the sand

when I awake, I am still with you.

O that you should slay the wicked,

O God, depart from me, therefore, you

blood thirsty men

for they speak against you wickedly,

your enemies take your name in vain

Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate you?

Do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

I hate them with perfect hatred

I count them my enemies

And see if there is any wicked way in me

and lead me in the way everlasting.

tough questions from kids - why should we go to God for help?

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Asking why we should go to God for help is like asking, "why should I go to the gas station for gas?" we need God because He is the one who gives us life, for one who makes us able to walk; talk and move. He is the one who gives us knowledge and the one who give us all we need. In a sense, God is the only one who can help us.

La Honda, Christmas 2010

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March in A Night

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I know you're new
O, so new
to me
to you
New, in a way
of Ah
Of wonderment
to me
to you
A babe you call
A spark for a new fire
A different kind of heart beat
A different taste
generosity in trust
a respect, understood
To be new
Oh, forgiveness!
I watch the tress turn dark
with night
I fade with
lightness
guiding my way
in hope
in love
in thought of you...
I have never felt so loved
cared for
respected as me
So, new
Full of wonderment
excitement
of whole body, mind and soul
Love, so new
Does it hurt?
Does it feel good?
YES...
To you, to you
in time I travel..sometimes
all the time
in time to heal
from past, mistrust
hatred of you.
hated me too!
Let's just be here...now
smell..open arms...no past
Fly, Fly, fly, Freedom!
I feel now, so different...feel good
let freedom stay,
Breath, smell
Forgive, to stay
To you
To me...O, so new

~Trina Butler Gotschall

Hymn from the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

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Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer,

pilgrim through this barren land;

I am weak, but thou art mighty

hold me with they powerful hand;

Bread of heaven

feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain

whence the healing stream doth flow;

let the fiery cloudy pillar

lead me all my journey through:

strong Deliverer,

be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,

bid my anxious fears subside,

Death of death, and hell's destruction,

land me safe on Canaan's side:

songs of praises

I will ever give to thee.

~William Williams

I pray that I may persevere in all good things. I pray that I may advance each day in spite of my stumbling

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Each day is a day of progress, steady progress forward, if you make it so. You may not see it, but God does. God does not judge by outward appearance. He judges by the heart. Let Him see in your heart a simple desire to always do His will. Though you may feel that your work has been spoiled or tarnished, God sees it as an offering for Him. When climbing a steep hill, people are often more conscious of the weakness of their stumbling feet than of the view, the grandeur, or even of the upward progress.

Meditation for the day ~ I pray that I may choose to cross the bridge of faith; I pray that by crossing this bridge, I may receive the spiiritual power I need

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Faith is the bridge between you and God. It is the bridge that God has ordained. If all were seen and known, there would be no merit in doing right. Therefore God has ordained that we do not see or know directly. But we can experience the power of His spirit through our faith. It is the bridge between us and Him,, which we can take or not, as we will. There could be no morality without free will. We must make the choice ourselves. We must make the venture of belief.

Psalm 73:1-2; 21-28

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Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

But for me, my feet almost slipped;

I had almost lost my foothold.

When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

I was senseless and ignorant,

I was a brute beast before you.

Yet I am always with You,

You hold me by the right hand, You guide me with your counsel

and afterward you take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but You.

And earth has nothing I desire besides You.

My flesh and my heart will fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Those who are far from You will perish;

You destroy all those who are unfaithful to you.

But for me, it is good to be near God.

I have made my sovereign Lord my refuge. I will tell all your deeds.

Song ~ In memory of Mary Derham Warnecke

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Song~

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When I am dead, my dearest

Sing no sad songs for me

Plant no roses at my head

Nor shady cypress tree

Be the green grass above me

with showers and dew drops wet

If thou wilt, remember

and if thou wilt, forget

I shall not see the shadows

I shall not feel the rain

I shall not hear the nightengale

sing on, as if in pain

and dreaming through the twilite

that doth not rise or set

Happily, I may remember

and happily, I may forget

~Christina Rossetti

IF

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IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

~Rudyard Kipling

Tough questions from kids - Why was Jesus born in a stinky stable?

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At the time when Jesus was born, Herod, the evil ruler of the area, had great forts and palaces built so he could feel safe and powerful. One reason Jesus was born in a stable was to show us that He and His ways were opposite of the world's. Jesus' kingdom doesn't come by force by by God working in each person. Jesus; birth in a stable also lets us know that He came for all people, not just the rich and famous.

And and angel came unto them ~

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For a Savior is born .......:)

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The Shepherds and the Angels.....

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And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shown around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests.

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. Luke 2:8-20

Loving others as you would yourself...

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"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?" Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind; this is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the prophets hang onto these two commandments. ~Matthew 22:36-40

Tough questions from kids - Why do we pray for our enemies?

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The main reason to pray for our enemies is because God tells us to. In fact, He tells us to love our enemies. Praying for our enemies and loving them is God's way. Another reason is that all people, especially bad people, need prayer. There is no better way to change them. If we want bad people to stop being bad, we need to ask God to do it.

I Don't Ask For Your Pity, but your understanding, not even that , no, just your recognition in you, the enemy, time in us all..~Sweet Bird of Youth ..Tennessee Williams...........

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The Parable of the Lost Son

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There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, "Father, give me my share of the estate." So he divided his property between them.

Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything there was severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to the fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

When he came to his senses, he said, "How many pf my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Make me like one of you hired men." So, he got up and went to his father.

The son said to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy of being called your son."

But the father said to his servants, "Quick, bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and now is found." So they began to celebrate.

Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. So he called one of his servants and asked what is going on. "Your brother has come" He replied, "and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound."

The older brother got angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, "Look! All these years I have been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when that son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him."

"My son," the father said, "you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we have to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and now he is found."

~Luke 15:11-31

Looking out with faith and hope

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1st Sura of the Qu'ran

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We begin in the Name of God

Everlasting mercy, infinite compassion

Praise be to God, loving Lord of all worlds.

Everlasting mercy, infinite compassion

Eternal strength of every living being

Whose majestic power embraces us on the day of the Great Return

Only you do we adore, and to you alone do we cry for help

Guide us, O God, on the path of perfect harmony

The path of those whom you have blessed with the gifts of peace, joy, serenity and delight

The path of those who are not brought down by anger

The path of those who are not lost along the way

So be it

The Na'at

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O, dear Master, Friend of Truth

O, beloved God, the divine message bearer of the Creator without equal.

You are the pure One, whom the Lord of majesty has chosen among his creatures.

O, my Friend, my King

You are well beloved of the Eternal, the Light of our eyes.

O, protector, Friend of Truth.

O, my Friend and King,

messengers of God

Thou knowest how weak and defenseless are Thy people.

Thou art the guide of the powerless and the humble in spirit,

Friend of Truth, my King.

Thou art the cypress in the garden of prophets.

Thou art the spring season in the world of knowledge.

Thou art the rose-tree in the garden of the way of harmony and surrender.

Thou art a nightingale of the world above.

The sun of Tabiz has praise the glory of the Lord.

Thou art purified, the Chosen, the Exalted.

O, thou, who hears the heart,

the true friend of God.

O, God, give me light in my heart ~

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O, God, give me the light in Your heart,

and light my tongue,

and light my hearing,

and light my sight,

and light in my feeling,

and light in all of my body,

and light before me,

and light behind me,

Give me, I pray thee:

light on my right hand,

light on my left hand,

and light above me,

and light beneath me.

O, Lord, increase light within me,

and give me light and illuminate me,

these are the lights that the Lord asked for

verily to possess such light

means to be contemplated by the light.

Meditation for the day~ I pray that I may not let the beast in me hold me back from my spiritual destiny. I pray that I may rise and walk upright.

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Lay upon God your failures and mistakes and shortcomings. Do not dwell upon your failures, upon the fact that in the past you have been nearer a beast than an angel. You have a mediator between you and God - your growing faith - which can lift you up from the mire and point you toward the heavens. You can still be reconciled with the spirit of God. You can still regain the harmony with the divine principle of the universe.

Summertime remembered.....

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Doxology - Awake My Soul......

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Awake my soul, and with the sun

Thy daily stage of duty run

Shake of dull sloth and joyfully rise

To pay thy morning sacrifice

Lord, I my vows to thee renew

disperse my sins as morning dew

guard my first springs of thought and will

and with thyself, thy spirit fill

Direct, control, suggest this day

All I design or do or say

that all my powers with all their might

in thy soul glory may unite

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow

Praise Him, all creatures here below

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost

Then it doesn't matter which way you go, said the cat.................

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God's grace......

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We can believe that somehow the cry of the human soul is never unheard by God. It may be that God hears the cry, even if we fail to notice God's response to it. The human cry is for help must always evoke a response of some sort from God. I may be that our failure to discern properly keeps us unaware of the response. But one thing we can believe is that the grace of God is always available for every human being who sincerely calls for help. Many changed lives are living proof of this fact.

Ode on Imitations of Immortality From Recollections of Early Childhood

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To me there came a thought of grief;

A timely utterance gave that thought relief,

And I am again strong.

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:

The soul that rises with us, our life's star,

Hath had elsewhere it s setting, and cometh from afar:

Not in utter forgetfulness,

And not in utter nakedness,

But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God who is our home.

Though nothing can bring back the hour

of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;

We will grieve not, but rather find

strength in what remains behind.

In the primal sympathy which having been must ever be;

In the soothing thoughts that spring out of human suffering.

In the faith that looks through death.

Thanks to the human heart by which we live,

thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,

To me the meanest flower that blows can give

Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

~William Wordsworth

O, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil. (Prayer of Jabez)

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Jonah's Prayer

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In my distress I called to the Lord,

and he answered me.

From the depths of the grace I called for help.

and you listened to my cry.

You hurled me into the deep,

into the very heart of the seas,

and the currents swirled about me;

all your waves and breakers swept over me.

I said, I have been banished from your sight;

Yet I will look again to your holy temple.

The engulfing waters threatened me,

the deep surrounded me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

To the roots of the mountains I sunk down;

the earth beneath barred me in forever.

But you brought my life up from the pit, O Lord my God.

When my life was ebbed away, I remembered you, Lord.

and my prayer rose to you holy temple.

Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit

the grace that could be theirs.

But I, with a song of thanksgiving will sacrifice for you.

What I have vowed, I will make good.

Salvation comes from the Lord.

~Jonah 2:1-9

Tough questions from kids

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The main reason to pray for our enemies is because God tells us to. In fact, He tells us to love our enemies. Praying for our enemies and loving them is God's way.

Another reason is that people, especially bad people, need prayer. There is no better way to change them. If we want bad people to stop being bad, we need to ask God to do it..

Colossians 2:2......My purpose to:

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My purpose is that we may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that we may know the mystery of God, and that is Christ..

For this reason

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For this reason, since the day we first heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this for that you may live life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of the light. For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins...~Colossians 1:9-14

Prayer for abundance in everything spiritual

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Therefore ye shall lay up the Word; my words on your heart and in your soul, to bind them for a sign that is on your hand, that they may be as a frontspiece between your eyes.

And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up;

And you shall write the word on the doorposts of your house, and upon the gates, that your days may be multiplied, the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto the Father to give them as the days of heaven upon the earth..

~Deut 11:18-22

God displayed in his life....

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As Jesus went along he saw a blind man from birth..His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned this man or his parents so that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the work of God can be displayed in his work...~John 9:2-3

Loving God

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Everything exposed to the light is visible; For it is light that makes everything visible; This is what is said: Wake up oh sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you...ephesians 13:14

Drawing closer to God

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God our Father

2009-08-13T18:11:00.000-07:00

God, our Father, walk through my house and take away all my worries and illnesses and please watch over and heal my family..In Jesus' name

To get something you never had. You have to do something you never did. When God takes something from your grasp it is not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence: The will of God will not take you where the grace of God will not protect you. Something good will happen to you today Something that you have been waiting to hear

St Therese's Prayer

2009-08-13T17:57:00.000-07:00

May today there be peace within
May you trust God that you are exactly where you want to be
May you not forget the infinite possibility that are of faith
May you use those gifts that you have received and pass on with love that was given to you
May you be content knowing if you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle in your being
Allow yourself the freedom to dance, sing, praise and love
it is there for each and every one
~St Therese of the child Jesus and the Holy Face

Touches the World with Beauty

2008-12-21T15:24:00.000-08:00

God who touches the world with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
With thy spirit re create me,
Make my heart anew.

Like Thy springs and running waters,
Make me crystal pure;
Like thy rocks of towering grandeur,
Make me strong and sure.

Like Thy dancing waves of sunlight,
Make me glad and free;
Like the straightness of the pine trees,
Let me upright be.

Like the arching of the heavens,
Lift my thoughts above;
Turn my dreams to noble actions,
Ministries of love.

God, who touches the earth with beauty,
Make me lovely too;
Keep me ever by Thy spirit.
Pure and strong and true.

~from the Camp Fire Girls songbook...1945

Hannah's Prayer

2008-12-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

My heart rejoices in the Lord;
In the Lord my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in Your deliverance.

There is no one holy like the Lord, there is no one beside You; there is no rock like our God.

Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by Him deeds are weighed.

The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.
Those who are full hired themselves out for food, but those who know hunger are hungry no more.
She who was barren has born seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

The Lord brings death and makes alive, He brings down to the grave and raises up.
The Lord sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and exalts.
He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap; He seats them with princes and has them inherit a thron of honor.

For the foundation of the earth are the Lord's; upom them He has set the world.
He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.

It is not by strength that one prevails; those who appose the Lord will be shattered.
He will thunder against the from Heaven; the Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give strength to His king and exalt the horns of the anointed.

Who am I In Christ

2008-12-09T17:26:00.000-08:00

I am a new creation
Of infinite worth

I am deeply loved.
I am completely forgiven by Him.
I am fully pleasing to Him.
I am totally accepted through Him.
I am absolutely complete in Him.
I was chosen for fellowship with Him.

before time began
God purposed my life.
He made me special.
He made me unique.
He made me beautiful in His sight.

2008-10-22T20:02:00.000-07:00

2008-07-30T15:06:00.000-07:00

I am in divine guidance. I am intending to move foreward in a positive and successful direction. I am always at the right place at the right time. everything that I do is orchestrated for my higher growth, my higher conciousness and my higher evolution. I will trust in this process.

I am the living light, I am one with God, and united with my higher self. I gain strength from this union, and I realize my fullest potential. I sense fulfillment in all that I do. I am guided and protected by a radiant gold light which eminates from the highest sourse. Light surrounds me and uplifts me. All members of my family are protected by this light. I am granted complete invisibility from all negative forces. I call upon my higher self, on God to be with me and to assist me with their guidence.

I am in divine guidence. I intend an accelerated pace I can handle. I am intending that i work through an uplifting capacity, and I will take a chance on this process. This feels right, though it makes no sense now. So I will go for it. I will embrace it with love and light and keep away all the negative forces, thoughts and feelings. I will trust in God and in my higher self.

To those assisting my in my journey on earth, and in the universe, it is my intention that I be successful. It is my intention that I always be safe in all things that I do. It is my intention that I receive love and give love in all things that I do. It is my intention that I havea good time and positive experience and that I be provided for with prosperity according to my needs. It is my intention that I not be overly enamored by the material world.

2008-07-24T15:34:00.000-07:00

To attain to which you know not,
you must pass through that which you know not.

To attain to which you possess not,
you must pass through that which you possess not.

To attain to which you are not,
you must pass through which you are not.
~St John of the Cross

Act of Contrition

2008-07-24T15:28:00.000-07:00

O my God, I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul because Thou art all-good and worthy of my love, I love my neighbor as well as my self for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of Thy just punishments, but most of all because they offended Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no more.

Let all who are hungry come in and eat. let all who are needy come in and make Passover.

2008-04-22T16:10:00.000-07:00

The Dark Night of The Soul

2008-04-22T15:53:00.000-07:00

On a dark night, kindled in love with yearnings - oh, happy chance! -
I went forth without being observed, My house being now at rest.

In darkness and secure, By the secret ladder, disguised-oh happy chance! -
In darkness and in concealment, My house being now at rest.

In the happy night, In secret, when none save me nor I beheld aught, Without light or guide, save for which burned in my heart.

This light guided me more surely than the light of noonday
To the place where he (well I knew who!) was awaiting me!
A place where none appeared

Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined Beloved with the lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!

Upon my flowery breast, kept wholly for himself alone,
There he stayed sleeping, and I caresed him, and the fanning of the cedars made a breeze.

The breeze blew from the turret as I parted his locks;
With his gentle hand he wounded my neck and caused all my senses to be suspended.

I remained, lost to oblivivion; my face I reclined on the Beloved.
All ceased and I abandoned myself, Leaving my cares forgotten among the lilies.

~St John of the Cross

The Great Innvokation

2008-03-25T14:52:00.000-07:00

From the point of light within the mind of God
Let light stream forth into the minds of people
let light descend on earth

From the point within the heart of God
Let love stream forth into the heart of people
may Christ return to earth

From the center where the will of God is known
Let purpose guide the little wills of people
The purpose which the Master knows and serves

From the center which we call the race of people
Let the plan of love and light work out and may it seal
The door where evil dwells

Let light and love restore earth
From the center which we call the race of people
Let the plan of love and light and love work out
and may it seal the door where evil dwells
let light and love restore the planet earth

Affirmation of the Disciple

2008-03-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

From a point of light within a greater light
I am a strand of loving energy within the stream of love divine
I am a spark of sacrificial fire, focused within the fiery will of God and thus I stand
I am a way by which people may achieve
I am a source of strength enabling them to stand
I am a beam of light, shining upon their way
And thus I stand
And standing thus, revolve, and tread this way of people and I know the ways of God
And thus I stand

Mantra of Unification

2008-03-25T14:42:00.000-07:00

All people are one, and I am one with them
I seek to love, not hate
I seek to serve, not exact due service
I seek to heal, not hurt
I seek to trust, not divide
Let light and love relieve the pain
Let the soul control the outer form and life, and all events, and bring to light the love the love that underlies the happenings of the time
Let vision and insigt come
Let the future stand revealed
Let inner union demonstrate, and outer divisions be gone
Let love preveal, let all people love

Communion

2008-02-03T14:17:00.000-08:00

Oh, brother, wisdom pouring into you from the beloved saint of God. You've only borrowed it. Although the house from your heart is lit from inside. That light is lent by luminous neighbors. Give thanks, don't be arrogant or vain. Pay attention without self importance. it is sad that this borrowed state has put religious communities far from religious communion....`Rumi

THE VIDDUI

2007-12-19T16:31:00.000-08:00

My Lord, and Lord of my ancestors
Let my prayer come before You
Do not ignore my plea.
Forgive me for all the wrong I have done in my lifetime
My wicked deeds and sins embarrass me
Please accept my pain and suffering as atonement
forgive my wrong doings, for against You alone I have sinned

May it be Your will, Lord of my ancestors that I sin no more
With your great compassion cleanse me of my sins, but not through
suffering and disease
Send a perfect healing to me and to all those who are stricken
My Lord, Lord of my ancestors, I acknowledge that my life and recovery
depend upon you
May it be Your will to heal me
Yet if you decreed that I shall die of this affliction, may my death atone for
all the wrong doings which I have committed before You
Shelter me in the shadow of Your wings; grant me a share in the world to come

Calm me oh Lord

2007-10-29T18:06:00.001-07:00

Calm me, O Lord, as you stilled the storm.
Still me, O Lord, keep me from harm.
Let all the tumult within me cease.
Enfold me, Lord in your peace.

I dreamt I saw my name in lights and spoke your word for all to hear
I dreamt my name was recognized by people far and near
But I have come to understand as David long ago that humble service in your house
is still the greatest dream a heart can hold

Oh let me be your servant,
a keeper at your door
My heart is only longing to see for evermore the glory of your presence
The dwelling of the Lord
Oh let me be your servant
a keeper at your door

Lord, I have nothing
Help me to give even what I do not have
Lord, I feel nothing
Help me not be jealous, that you may use me to touch others hearts
Lord, I am weary,
Help me to remember that you have been weary too
Lord, I need refreshing
Help me to refresh others and to forget about my own needs
Lord, I can't see the way ahead,
help me not to get in the way of those who can
Lord, I am disappointed,
Help me to not bring disappointment to others.
Lord, I have no one to help me,
Help me trust in you.
Lord, I can't see you, yet you see me,
Help me to remember that.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and I shall be healed.

Imagine a Woman

2007-10-06T08:28:00.000-07:00

Imagine A Woman

Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman. A woman who honors

her experience and tells her stories. Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body

and life. Imagine a woman who says she is good.

A woman who trusts and respects herself.

Who listens to her needs and desires, and meets them with tenderness and grace.

Imagine a woman who has acknowledged the past influence on the present.

A woman who has walked through her past.

Who has healed in the present.

Imagine a woman who has authored her own life.

A woman who exerts, intitiates, and moves on her own behalf.

Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and her wisest voice.

Imagine a woman who names her own gods.

A woman who imagines the divine in her own image and likeness.

Who designs her own spirituality and allows it to inform her daily life.

Imagine a woman who is in love with her own body.

A woman who believes her body is enough just as it is.

Who celebrates her body and it rhythm and cycles as an esquisite resource.

Imagine a woman who honors the face of the Goddess in her changing face.

A woman who celebrates the accumulated wisdom.

Who refused to use her precious life energy disguising the changes in her body and life.

Imagine a woman who values the woman in her life.

A woman who sits in a circle of woman.

Who is reminded of the truth in herself when she forgets.

Imagine yourself as this woman.

Three girls together

2007-09-02T15:43:00.000-07:00