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God's Spirit is continually flowing To us and Through us... as He creates in us a channel of His Love and Joy! This relationship is one built on time spent with Him, open reservoirs of all the fruits of the Spirit! God's Love calls us to go beyond fear! We ask God for the Courage to abandon ourselves unreservedly, so we might be molded by Gods Grace, even as we cannot see where that path may lead us! We may not know, understand or comprehend the Way...but Our Lord Does! If we simply follow Him, we are Following "the WAY", Confident, Trusting and Knowing, He will NEVER lead us astray! May we Breathe In Gods divine Life with EVERY breath, and May it counteract whatever fears, worries or anxieties that threaten us!! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

Trust and Truth go hand in hand... As we Trust in the Lord... Truth is manifested : Through Him and IN Him! He shows us the WAY, teaching us to be our Authentic self in His name! This frees us from our foolish Trust in ourselves and in the works of our hands and minds! When we pray in ABSOLUTE Trust we have confidence that WHATEVER the Lord sends us is for our Good! This enables us to accept the surprising things we have not prayed for! When God controls our mind, Love controls our heart! May we be Reflective and Responsive to WHAT God is doing in us and around us now and forever! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life- Illuminate this Knowledge in Confident Love to ALL we meet today! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

When we keep God at the forefront of our mind we are able to pray continually as our whole life becomes a prayer to Him... ALL that we have and ALL that we do, offered for His Honor and Glory! We will never be Happy if our happiness depends on getting solely what we want! We must change our focus- obtain a NEW Center! When we will what God Wills.. our Joy will be complete, and no one or any circumstance can EVER take this away from us! "God ALWAYS Gives me What I want, because I want what God has to give"! New focus...New attitude...Joy abounds! Love God’s WILL!! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

God's Love surrounds us, infuses us and permeates our entire being! It is the basis from which ALL other virtues flow! When we live in His Love, Seeking it above everything else- fear, anxiety and worry are eradicated! There is no room in our hearts for anything else, for we are  "filled up"  with His Divine Life and Presence! Then we are walking WITH Him in the Light of His Love: Holy in His sight... Open and  Receptive to receiving the outpouring of His "Living Water"! May the "eyes" and "ears" of our hearts be open today so the Word, Love and Light of God can Fill our deepest desire for Him! Be open and Receive! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

God wants ALL of us, not just part of us... Heart, Mind and Soul! He wants us to be ALL IN….ALL the TIME!! He ALONE is our Hope and our Salvation! When we seek Him in humility with a "teachable spirit " we are open and receptive to His Ways rather than our own! He will cleanse,transform and Enlighten whatever darkness we bring to Him, acknowledging our sins and failures...repenting and reconciling ourselves in His Forgiveness, Love and Mercy! He Provides: we must CHOOSE to Believe, and then Receive ALL the Graces He Pours Upon us! He is our Guide and our TRANSFORMER as we Receive and Respond!! May the peace of Christ reign in our hearts, by the Grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

We are ALWAYS in the Presence of the Lord... wherever we are, no matter how far we may have wandered from our heavenly path! Nothing will ever separate us from the LOVE of God! That is His Promise and our Assurance! We must daily make the Choice to Follow Him, to Listen to Him, to Forgive ourselves and others, to have Deeper connection and relationship WITH Him! This relationship is the SOURCE of ALL that is Good in our life-the reason for the presence of JOY within us! Jesus tells us" that my Joy may be in you and your Joy may be complete"! God ALONE completes us and fulfills us-NOTHING-else will ever satisfy our hungry hearts! May God enlighten the eyes and ears of our hearts so we may know the Hope and Joy of relationship WITH Him now and FOREVER! Our Blessed Assurance! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

God Blesses us with a superabundance of gifts to be used in various ways... but ALL for His Honor and Glory! Too much attachment to these incidentals will distract us from the focus and attention we should be giving God-our number ONE  Priority! We must never hang on to these gifts too tightly for they are meant to be received, appreciated and shared as we pass them on! Our life is a GIFT from God... what we do WITH  and IN it is our gift back to Him! We are Recipients of the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit - to Ensure that in ALL THINGS- God’s Love is the Strength of our heart, the Center of our life, the Guide of our future and the Joy of our soul! Rejoice, Receive and Share! Happy Feast of Pentecost! Love and prayers!!❤️✝️

The Holy Spirit is the Wind that fills our  "sails" in this life and compels each of us forward toward God! The gusts of wind are the gifts of the Spirit- Strengthening, Supporting and Comforting! He IS the Spirit of Truth, the Light in the darkness of our broken and distorted world, providing Hope, Peace, Stability and  Courage in the chaos of this life! As we prepare to celebrate the feast of Pentecost...know that the Love of God has been poured into our Hearts through The Spirit of God dwelling within us! He is our Advocate and Sanctifier….Just OPEN  the “sails” of our heart as we FLY toward God through the Power of the Holy Spirit! ALLELUIA! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

Beginning our day with God in prayer and His Word... provides the foundation necessary to embrace the difficulties and challenges of the day! Jesus is the Word made Flesh; both Present in the Word and Giving the Word Power!! As we spend time listening to His Word in prayer, it will find a home on our heart and take root there! Whether we are aware of it or not, His Word will effect a great transformation within us..as we "put on"  a "new man"... radiating the heart and mind of Christ by our attitudes and actions! United with Him we are able to embrace the difficulties and challenges of the day asking God for the Grace to bear them well! May our day be Blessed with the assurance of knowing we are "clothed" in His Love, Peace, Strength and Courage gripping tightly to His outstretched Hand for He is With us ALWAYS! Trust, Surrender, Believe and Receive! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

We must ALWAYS place and keep God as our central focal point! He is our firm foundation, our stabilizer, and our fortress- protecting, strengthening and supporting us in the turbulent seas of life! His Love and Peace infuse and permeate our entire being eradicating and obliterating ALL fear, worry and doubt! The Lord is NEVER far away, He is ALWAYS Present to us! Our concern is to keep ourselves AWARE of His abiding Presence With and WITHIN us! Stay Focused, Intentional and Purposeful... as we walk WITH Him Today-KNOWING He is Walking Before, Beside, Behind and WITHIN us! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

We all have a built in longing to know God better and more intimately as our Loving Father! We want Him to  Love us and we want to experience His Love! Our life is exciting and challenging because we don't know what He will ask of us in the next hour! This relationship is based and bound in Trust! We are transformed experientially in this relationship  by the Holy Spirit, but only to the extent we submit and consent to His Power and Will!! The full effect of our Communion WITH God depends upon our response to the power of the Holy Spirit, as we share in the Divine life of God! Relax in the Healing Presence of God as He Comforts, Strengthens and Fulfills our EVERY Need! Just Trust and Submit! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

The Lord desires that each one of us is to be a Holy person- open and receptive to His Divine Life and Love! He wants to "FILL" us now and for ALL Eternity! Holiness is a gift from God-the outpouring of the Holy Spirit into each one of us! For our part we must be vessels: wide open to receive His "living water"... ALL the fruits of the Holy Spirit! The extent of our receptivity determines how much Our Lord will be able to form and transform us into holy persons! These gifts and our transformation come from within and are NOT influenced by outside circumstances! Gifts the world cannot provide but neither can they take them away!! May the Holy Spirit enlighten us to recognize God’s Presence within us and around us as His Peace permeates and radiates to all we meet today! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

Every day we encounter opportunities to be the hands, feet and voice of Christ to ALL that we meet! This requires that we are open and receptive to God’s Ways...not allowing our "to do" list to overwhelm and consume us! The Peace of Christ is ALWAYS available if we STOP, take Inventory and allow His Presence to infuse us! Only He can eliminate the continuous "chatter" within our head! Jesus wants to share His Peace with us .. as He tells us "Learn from me for I am gentle and humble of heart"! When we strive to be "gentle and humble of heart" in imitation of Jesus, then we "shall delight in unending Peace"! May we remind ourselves that God has given us a "fresh start", a New Hope, and a Heart Filled with His Love and Peace! BE His Presence Today! He IS Calling… What is our Response? Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

Spending time with our Lord must be a priority in our life! Making the time and Spending the time is what prepares and equips us for the day! Quality time is what we need with Him not just our  “leftovers!” Think about what God has done for us! He sent His Son - Who Came in human form, True God and True man! When He Ascended to Heaven - He took our humanity to God, opening the path for us! He is like a roped guide climbing a mountain, and upon reaching it pulls us up to Him and leads us to God! When we entrust our life to Him, letting Him guide us, we are certain to ALWAYS be in safe Hands, in the Hands of our Savior, of our Advocate! Our responsibility is to KNOW Him, to LOVE Him, to SERVE Him, which requires that we LISTEN to Him and STAY tethered to Him! Make the time, Spend the time... the rewards are "out of this  world"! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

God has done Great things for each one of us... HOLY is His name! He Created us, He Redeemed us, He Sanctifies us, He Provides for us, He NEVER Leaves us or Forsakes us, and LOVES us Unconditionally!! We must be willing instruments in  God's Salvific Plan... to Follow Him wherever He leads.... "To do Justice, to Love Kindness and to Walk Humbly WITH our God"! When we are purposeful and intentional, attentive to our Blessings and the myriad of Gifts God provides -the  only possible response is Gratitude and Thankfulness! May the Lord Favor us WITH Love, Guard us in Peace and lead us along the path to everlasting life... as we take His Outstretched Hand- walking humbly and gratefully  WITH Him! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

God created each one of us and we BELONG to Him!  Jesus tells us "That we will REMAIN  in His Love IF we Keep His Commands...and His Joy will be in us and our Joy will be COMPLETE!” We must draw Near to Him and He Will draw Near to us! The Joy of the Lord is not a feeling or an emotion-here one moment and gone the next! It is a Gift, a Grace, a fruit of Living in the Spirit! The Source of this Joy is our Lord’s Life within us, which we share because of His Great Love for us! The greater our awareness of His Presence within us, the Greater our Joy will be! We share in God's life now, so we can share in His life eternally! "Joy in the Lord IS our Strength"! We don't have to force a smile... Be Radiant in His Love and Joy.. the SMILE naturally follows!! Love and prayers!❤️✝️

Each day we must prepare ourselves for the difficulties, challenges and obstacles we will encounter! We must PUT on the Armor of God... He Chose us and draws us near to Him as He equips us for His work! “He doesn’t Call the equipped, He equips the Called”! He Blesses us and gifts us with ALL that we need to fulfill His purposes! We must empty ourselves of our selfish ambitions, lofty ideas and grandiose endeavors that do not lead us into a Closer relationship WITH our Heavenly Father! Our relationship with God is dependent on our awareness of God's Presence that permeates EVERY aspect of our lives! This awareness grows and matures in silent prayer, and in the realization of God's Continual and Unconditional Guidance in every moment of every day! All we must do is to TAKE time for it and God WILL do the rest!!! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️

As Followers of the Lord we are each Called to Be Bearers of Hope in this fallen and troubled world! We are only able to achieve this by keeping our hearts United with Christ! He is our ONE Constant in this ever changing, inconsistent world! In our weakness He IS Strong! We must lean on Him and not rely on our own strength! In those times when we can't seem to find God we REST in the ASSURANCE that He knows how to FIND us! This Hope in the Lord provides Serenity and Joy: God's Consolation, His Tenderness and Love towards ALL! As we experience the Joy of being Consoled by Him, of being Loved by Him, then we can bring this Joy to others! We are His hands and feet in this life.... May we be fruitful as we feel God's Presence and pass it on to others! Love and prayers! ✝️

Jesus Invites us to COME to Him whenever we are weary and burdened by life...He WILL give us REST! When we try and assert our independence, pretending that we don't need to rely on anyone- our pride, ego and arrogance are leading us! When we approach God in all humility and inadequacy we recognize our dependence, reliance and need for Him in ALL aspects of our life...that is the attitude of gratefulness and surrender! When our Will takes a 'backseat' to Gods Will, in Self Abandonment and Trust, we are malleable clay in the Potter's Hands! Then we become His Effective instruments-not this worlds or our own! Be a "pencil" in Gods hands today -He is writing the story.... we are NOT! Love and Prayers! ✝️❤️

Happy Memorial Day! May we keep all the men and women who have defended our country, protected our freedom and given their lives in service, in our prayers of gratitude and appreciation!! We are ALL made in the image and likeness of God- Created with a yearning and hunger for His Presence within us! There are No difficulties, trials or misunderstandings to fear….Provided we remain United to God as branches to the vine; Provided we do not lose our friendship WITH Him; Provided we make ever more room for Him in our lives! This is especially so whenever we feel dismay, weak or sinful, because God Grants Strength to our weakness, Riches to our poverty, Conversion and Forgiveness to our sinfulness! Our Lord is rich in Mercy: EVERY time.... JUST Go to Him in Trust, Confident in God's Saving Power! His  Thoughts and His Heart are toward us today and every day: to Keep us, to Guide us and to Bless us as only He can! Rest Assured in His Loving embrace! Love and prayers! ✝️❤️