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Spending time in prayer with our Lord, by gazing on His Radiance we will be transformed and reflect the Radiance of His Love, Peace and Joy! Prayer is our spiritual sustenance: it refuels us for our life's journey and mission! We are the "salt" of the earth... the light of the world "! We are Called to make a difference in the world because of what our Lord has done for us! By His Light shining in us and through us we are able to follow His path as He provides direction, guidance and illumination! We must not hide His light but let it shine clearly and brightly so that others may give Glory to God! Our Legacy in this life is not that others will remember us.... BUT that they Remember Jesus because of us!! Love and prayers! ✝️

Our life in this world can be overwhelming with all the duties and responsibilities we are called to fulfill! These are the times we must STOP take a deep breath- allowing ourselves to breathe in the Holy Spirit- to allow God to calm our nerves, to stop the cacophony of sound and to Open ourselves to His Peace and Consolation! He is Right Here Within us... sometimes the last place we look! Empty our hearts of all the unnecessary debris so God's Presence can Consume and Infuse us! SLOW down and CLING tightly to His Hand -it is ALWAYS out and waiting for us to grasp it rather than ALL the allurements our culture has to offer! The Joy of the Lord is our Strength- May we make the decision to Walk in that Joy Today as we Reflect the beautiful light of God's Goodness! Love and prayers! ✝️

When we seek God we WILL find Him for He is Right here Beside, Before, Behind and WITHIN us! He NEVER leaves us -we are the ones that turn away, walk away or ignore His Presence! When we are intentional and purposeful; attentive to our Lord as He Leads and Guides us our steps will be ordered toward Him not away! We must recognize and acknowledge with Gratitude the Graces of the day! Our gratefulness to God for all that we experience from His Hands and ALL the Ways He has guided us through our day should be expressed and Appreciated! May the Lord's Mercy and Love infuse us today eradicating worry as we replace it with TRUST, enabling us to face everything that comes our way with a Heavenly perspective! Love and prayers! ✝️

Peace With God brings the Peace of God! It is a Peace that settles our nerves, fills our mind, floods our spirit, and in the midst of the cacophony of noise around us, GIVES the Assurance that everything is going to be alright! Jesus showed us how to handle the busyness of life! He invites us to step away and meet Him alone in prayer! Here together we can determine what should occupy a high priority on our list and what is of lesser importance! To evaluate and question “is this making me more of a "friend of God" or not”? “Is this self serving or God serving”? Only in prayer are we able to internalize and integrate those thing's that are essential to our spiritual growth! Step away, Pray and be enlightened in Peace! Love and prayers! ✝️

Each and every day is a Gift and an Opportunity-to Trust and Surrender to the Lord! To offer all of our prayers, works, joys and sufferings to the Lord/All That we have and All that we are! The difficulties, trials and sufferings that we face -offer them up to our Lord as times of purification and discipline for our souls! God has Created us to be With Him for Eternity! The Evil One who lost this privilege seeks to prevent us from reaching our eternal destiny! This requires us to cooperate with the Grace from God -embracing the discipline we receive from the Lord with Courage and Hope! He is WITH us our Strength and our Song! May our prayer be "God Come to my Assistance, Lord Make Haste to Help Me"! We ALWAYS have the Comfort of His Mercies, the Strength of His Presence and the Touch of His Care! Love and prayers! ✝️

It is prayer that establishes, reinforces and deepens our relationship WITH our Triune God-the Father Who Crated us, the Son Who Redeemed us and the Holy Spirit Who Sanctifies us! This relationship is what enables us to Keep our eyes focused on things above- on Following our Lord! He renews, rejuvenates, reboots and restores our commitment to Him! If we don't keep our eyes on Jesus it is easy for us to follow something or someone else! Only He will lead us to His Father and the fullness of life promised to those that are truly Faith-Filled! There are MANY things seeking our attention but ONLY One can fulfill our deepest desire! May God bless us with the riches of His Grace as we KEEP our eyes on Jesus! Just Pray and FOCUS! Love and prayers! ✝️

Our life journey is a walk of Faith and Trust... Keeping God close at our side! Following Him is a process not a one time event- a marathon not a sprint! When we stay in tune with God through prayer and scripture He is able to transform us from the inside out! These Communications from and with God, should primarily be Listening from the very core of our being! When His Word finds a home in our heart, we will experience a freedom, a serenity, a tranquility which the world cannot give us or take from us! What more could we as His disciples want, ask for or need! Pray without ceasing as our life becomes a prayer with and to Him! Love and prayers! ✝️

Staying in constant communication with God is our Source and our "lifeline" to Him! He provides ALL that we need ALL the time if we only surrender our heart, mind and soul to Him! He is our Center of Gravity and our life should revolve around Him NOT us! What really matters is WHERE our heart lies.. for there is where our treasure lies! If our heart is centered on Jesus as the Lord of our lives then our treasure is sharing our life WITH Him! Where our heart IS-sets the priorities and focus of our life! When God is our Center everything else falls into it's ordered place! May we Evaluate, Realign and ReCenter our Sights on our Eternal Inheritance... setting our Hearts on God so we may find our true and lasting TREASURE! Love and prayers! ✝️

We must always be attentive to the thoughts that occupy or preoccupy our minds.... when we allow worry and anxiety to fill our mind there is no room for God! Stay intentional to always keep Him in the forefront of our thoughts in prayer, praise and gratitude of All we Have! We should stand in awe and wonder of God's Goodness and Love! We are Called to be blameless in His sight to be nurtured and filled WITH His Love! When we experience the warmth, the Peace and the Happiness His Love brings to us we spontaneously reflect His Love, Peace and Joy to all those we encounter each day! Stay focused, stay positive and be a beacon brightly shining in our "polluted" atmosphere! Smile readily, laugh often and Light up our world! Love and prayers! ✝️

God not only created us in His Image and Likeness, but gave us free Will to choose our path in life! He provides ALL the guidance, leadership and tools we could ever need in and on this journey to our heavenly home! He not only illuminates the Way, He Walks WITH us on the Way and He IS the Way! Our purpose is to strive to Live close to Jesus in mind and heart; to bring Glad tidings and Peace to ALL we meet! This requires turning our selves over to God every day..., surrendering to Him as we pray: "To take us where He wants us to go, to meet who He wants us to meet, to say what He wants us to say and to help us get out of His way"! May we seek to make an impact for Christ rather than impress for self in ALL we say and do! Love and prayers! ✝️

We are ALWAYS in the Presence of God! He NEVER leaves us or abandons us-no matter what is going on in our lives or how far we may have strayed from Him! His Love and Attention to us is not dependent on our awareness of Him! We are the ones who lose our way and allow the world to consume our thoughts turning us into ourselves rather than following our Heavenly Guide! He is Continually and Constantly Calling us to Him and back to Him! Stop, Look up and Listen- reflect on God's Goodness, Perseverance and Patience with us- our only Response is Pure Gratitude welling from our hearts for ALL He gives to us. And then it's easy to be Joyful and at Peace! Shalom! Love and prayers! ✝️

Our journey through life can sometimes feel like space travel- a launch into the unknown! We do not know what tomorrow will bring! However we do not travel alone for we are not a one person crew! Jesus is our Pilot, Navigator and Compass for He is the Way! Without the Way there is No Going! If our sights are ALWAYS focused and set on Jesus and our heavenly home, every decision made in the Light of His abiding Presence, we can be confident our journey will bring us safely home to our Father's House! May the Lord remind us He is for us and nothing outside His Will can stand against us! Trust in the Lord and He will make our paths straight! Love and prayers! ✝️

We are children of the Light! God's Presence is constantly illuminating the darkness of this world! Even when we are dealing with difficulties and problems His radiance is lifting us up and providing the resources we need to navigate any unchartered waters! God is our anchor in the storm, the wind beneath our sails and the beacon of light when we feel we are in a fog! We walk by Faith and NOT by Sight! We must Trust God ALWAYS especially in the shadow of darkness! May we walk in Peace today as we allow God to Lead us; Serve in humility as we allow Him to teach us; and Hope and Trust with Confidence as we allow Him to Bless us! We ARE His- Rejoice and be Glad! Love and prayers! ✝️

When we make the time and TAKE the time spending Quiet moments with God- we are providing the means for God to transform us from the inside out! It requires us to step away from the busyness of our day and allow His Peace and Joy to infuse, permeate and rejuvenate our heart, mind and soul! God desires us to have this Joy and Peace in our lives! These arise and depend on Him NOT the circumstances of our lives and flows from our relationship WITH Him! It is more than a feeling...It is a conviction that we are LOVED by God and NEVER alone! It is a choice... May we Choose Well- His Peace and Joy! Love and prayers! ✝️

God Loves us with an unconditional, incomprehensible, unfathomable love... not for His sake but for ours! The gifts and blessings He provides are not because we earn or merit them but solely out of His Love for us! Jesus core message was that God was neither a powerless weakling nor a powerful boss, but a Lover, Whose only desire is to give us what our hearts most desire- UNION With Him! To pray is to Listen to that Voice of Love! To be obedient as we Listen with great attentiveness! Without listening we become "deaf" to the Voice of Love! We must strive to just "Be", for a few minutes each day, fully where we are as we discover we are NOT alone and that the One Who is With us wants only ONE thing to Give Us LOVE! "Be Still and Know that I am God"!! Love and prayers! ✝️

God Calls each one of us to be His disciple to follow His Path for us, to collaborate WITH Him! Our life in this world is NOT meant to be a "one man" show! We are meant to work in community with one another- as God Guides and Leads us! We have been drawn from darkness into light, from death into life! It is not so much what we do but WHAT we Become! We are meant to put aside our differences and work for the Glory of God and the common Good! We must be Imitators of Christ-Who is and must REMAIN the Center of our existence! We cannot be fearful of falling or failing ... Scripture tells us repeatedly -"Be not afraid"... our God is With us and among us.. ALWAYS there to lift us up and Welcome us back! We are One in the Spirit, We are One in the Lord! Rejoice and be Glad! Love and prayers! ✝️

Trusting in the Lord is Loving the Lord; Loving the Lord is Trusting Him! We can't have one without the other! Each challenge we face, anxiety we bear, difficulty we embrace are all opportunities to Trust in the Lord! To lean on His Strength, His Courage, His Perseverance.... Trusting in His Wisdom and Will! We must bear ALL things with His Grace! To be attentive to the "little" things God places in our hands daily to practice virtues...to suffer a biting word or some little injustice, to accept the imperfections in others and ourselves! It is the fulfillment of these small things in our daily lives that produce great things for eternal life! Look for these small Grace moments in each day and make them in Trust and Love a "Holy Moment"! His Grace and our Fulfillment! Love and prayers! ✝️

Our relationship with God is FULL Time not part-time! He wants ALL of us ALL the time! He has Gifted each one of us in countless different ways: Spiritually, Physically, Emotionally and Psychologically! He does this because He Loves us and Love Must Give! The Lord has endowed us with these many gifts not merely for ourselves but that we may use them to manifest our Love for Him and others! Our God will NEVER be outdone In generosity or Love! As we Give to others, He fills our own heart with much Joy! The Loop of God's Grace: we give, He Replenish's! Deplete and Fill UP! Love and prayers!

We may not know what this day will bring BUT we do Know Who brought us this day! God is in Control and at our side! When we approach the day with these facts firmly planted in our heart and mind we are able to adapt, be flexible and adjust as the need arises regardless of how askew the day may be from what we anticipated or expected!! We must never set our expectations in stone for when they are unfulfilled they can become premeditated resentments! Staying in communication with God is the key! Allow Him to lead and guide - all we need do is FOLLOW! Our God holds and authors the map… let Him Navigate!!!! Love and prayers! ✝️

God Gives and we Receive! That is the fundamental premise and foundation of our relationship with God! We are receptors of His Love, His Grace, ALL that we have and ALL that we are! There us NOTHING that we possess that we have not Received! Our Call and Responsibility is to not be a stagnant reservoir of His gifts but a conduit to pass them on and share them! To imitate Christ in ALL we think and do! "To Love means loving the unloveable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems. Hopeless!" This is the radical life we are called to live that enables us go forth From Him, With Him and In Him! Only through dying to self can we be effective channels of His Gifts! Receive and Give!!! Love and prayers! ✝️