April 27, 2014

DO THE WORK

GUIDANCE, HEALING AND DIRECTION

Using a sheet of lined paper, complete each of the following statements 3 times (a total of 9 statements daily) calling in the healing, direction and guidance you desire to experience.

Dear God:

Today, I ask for and open myself for you to heal me of _____________

Today, I ask for and open myself for you to teach me how

Today, I ask for and open myself to be more ____________

Compassion relates to the ability to see yourself in the position of another, to feel what they feel and to offer tender support, empathy, and understanding for what the individual may be exper- iencing without seeing them as weak.

Compassion does not strip a person of their dignity, nor does it deny them the dignity of their process.

Compassion allows you to stand with a person, holding the vision of their wholeness regardless of the situation or circumstances they may face.

Compassion is the precursor to forgiveness.

Without compassion there will always be judgments, which obstruct mental and emotional energy and faculties.

Inner Visions Institute

I STEP ASIDE

Divine Loving Mother and Protecting Father,

I acknowledge You as the captain of my life, the one in whom I place my trust and faith.

I acknowledge You and experience You as the order of my footsteps and Light that illuminates my path.

Today God, I step aside and allow You to work miracles within my life, starting with the thoughts about myself and any situation that I am "trying to figure out".

I step aside and allow Your riches according to Your Glory to fulfill all of my needs.

I step aside and allow You to show up in all areas of my life, correcting all times in my life where I have missed the mark.

I step aside and allow Your Love to heal all the hurt and wounded places within me, my family, my community, and ancestral line.

I step aside and allow Your Will, not my will, to be done.

I step aside and allow You to show me the way.

Thank You God, You are truly amazing.

Thank You God, for Your loving, gentle, supportive guidance and counsel.

Thank You God, for Your Grace and Mercy

I step aside and let You continue to work in and through me.

I let this be so and so it is.

Minister LaKeisha Hunter

Today, I recognize that

kindness, compassion,

tolerance and forgiveness

as the cornerstones

of unconditional love.

I give thanks that I am
a loving and

compassionate person.

I give thanks that:
I am compassionate,

peaceful and calm.

Today, I listen deeply with a

compassionate, loving

heart to my family,

friends and co-workers.

I open my

heart to others

without judgment, and

radiate the message of joy

at having them in my life.

Today, I treat myself

with love, kindness,

and compassion.

Today I

give the

gifts of non-judgment, mercy

and love from a generous

and compassionate spirit.

Only when you have a healthy, honorable, affirming relationship with yourself can you have the same with others. This relationship is the foundation of your ability to demonstrate and practice compassion. Only when you have truly mastered yourself and are able to strand in your sense
of personal power can you be compassionate.

If this is not the truth of your being, your attempts to be compassionate will mean being too nice and you will become a doormat. You will believe that you are being used. You will fee put upon and eventually become resentful of all that you have done or are doing for others.

It is only from a sense of true and authentic personal power that you can give, support, share, and assist without feeling that you are losing anything.

When you are a powerful master of yourself you know that what you give
is of the universal divine energy flowing through you. It is not yours. It belongs to life.

When a powerful person gives life, s/he knows they cannot be depleted. Instead, they know they are being strengthened.

You must be strong in order to be compassionate.

A compassionate person:

understands what the other person is going through, rather than joining
in with his/her suffering and fear
sees the lesson, the blessings and the victory at the end
stands strong with the other person
supports the other through the acceptance of the situation
knows with the other person, for the other, and when necessary in spite
of the other, that all things work together for the good
holds the vision

Adapted from One Day My Soul Just Opened Up

by
Iyanla Vanzant