We often want and expect our prayers to be answered immediately. However, answering prayers is complex. You may or may not receive your request for a number of reasons. It may not come in your expected time frame. The request may not be in alignment with God's will for you. You may not even notice it was answered because it didn't come in a way you expected. Review your life and the times that you didn't receive what you requested, later to recognize that the…

RE-CREATING YOURSELF It is time to allow the Holy Spirit to transform your mind and release the painful memories of the past, so you can grow into the person God uniquely created you to be. Scriptures tell us that you are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet through the fall, we all carry brokenness. How can you shed the fears and false beliefs that keep you locked into a life of pain and sorrow? When you search your heart in prayer, ask God for the courage…

REBUILDING COMMUNITY What do you want your life to look like? What are your passions and how can you fit them into your life? Begin to create what you wish to accomplish through clear visualizations. If you can see it in your mind, feel it with your emotions and incorporate your senses, you can create it in your reality. Allow yourself to be the person you wish to be. Work through issues that leave you feeling as though you have little worth or self-esteem. Know…

Many do all they can to deaden emotions labeled as negative. Instead, embrace all emotions, for within them lies the clues to finding true happiness and joy. When you are sad, there will come a time when you will say, “Enough of this sadness, I am going to change my attitude and behavior so I can experience happiness.” Thus, the sadness leads to your desired goal of happiness. At times, it feels good to express sorrow or pain, for within these emotions, you are connecting…

Have you ever made a decision but weren’t sure if this was a good choice for you? The Creator offers us inner peace when our will is in alignment with His will. When you make an important decision, consider following it with this prayer. “Lord, if this choice is in accordance with your will at this time, please let me have inner peace. If this choice is not in alignment with your will for me, let there be unrest inside me until I make the…

Enjoy!  Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. ~ Luke 11:9 Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. ~ Ephesians 4:32 Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the…

Kindness comes from the heart, when you give to others without expecting anything in return. Kindness is the act of looking at the needs of others and filling those needs in ways that empower the receiver. Plan ways you can show kindness to others. As you go through your day, look and listen as others interact with you. When they share things that are pressing on their heart, support them in ways that will help them along their Path. Developing friendships with others also has…

Look into the mirror; what do you see? If you like your face, you will smile back at yourself. If you look at your face and notice what you consider to be imperfections, there will be no smile. Continue to look into the mirror until you can embrace your imperfections as perfection. Beauty truly is in the eyes of the beholder. Practice beholding everyone as an equal spiritual being, perfect in all ways. Observe nature in all its glory, noting how everything works perfectly together.…