Today's Stimuli

July 6, 2014

DOING THE WORK


SURRENDERING AND  

CLEARING FEAR  

     

One of the reasons we become stuck in an experience is because we hold on to it.  This week we will practice surrender. 
     
        
  
CALLING IN
THE GOOD
   

Using a sheet of lined paper, complete the following statement a minimum of 11 times daily identifying those things that cause worry, anxiety, fear, anger, shame, guilt or any other negative emotion in your life.

 
Dear God: Today I give you this _______ about _______. Identify the emotion in the first blank and the experience in the subsequent blank space.

 

 

Freedom is a state of being in which all experiences are viewed as opportunities for healing, personal growth, and natural development in alignment with universal law and Divine will.

 

Freedom is demonstrated as a state of internal well-ness, and external congruency. The intent is to support the individual in realizing a state of physical, mental, and emotional freedom, which supports positive action toward a desired intention.

 

When an individual becomes able to regard the self as both one with God and as an individual personality/ expression of God, the experience is one of freedom.

 

Attachment and bondage to the perceived limitations of the physical human expression are the result of mental and emotional misinter-pretations.  Freedom, therefore, is the knowing and embracing of truth to such a degree that you are able to cooperate with the flow of God within your being.

 

Freedom is a function of con- sciousness.

 

When the conscious mind releases all attachment to form and outcome, the experience is called freedom. Those who know their oneness with God have no fears. Freedom, therefore, is the absence of fear. 

 


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HELP ME TO GO
YOUR WAY    

 

I know that my ways and thoughts are not Your ways and thoughts.  

 

Help me to follow in the path You have created for my feet, with focus, discipline and consistency. 

 

God I bring into Your light the thoughts and beliefs that have been speaking to my NO, louder than my YES.  

 

God, I confess that sometimes I feel like You don't care about me. 

 

God, I confess that sometimes I feel forgotten. 

 

God, I confess that sometimes I think and act as if I don't need You, and that I have it all figured out.  And, in this arrogance, I approach You with a list of time-sensitive needs, wants and demands. 

 

Forgetting that I awaken, breathe, and live in-and-by Your grace. Forgetting that You formed, shaped and molded me in Your image. Forgetting that the sun would fail to set or shine without Your permission.  

 

I humbly ask Your forgiveness. 

I ask that You forgive me for my arrogance.

 

I ask that You Forgive me for excluding You from my plans.

 

I ask that You Forgive me for not seeking Your voice, and Your face before seeking Your hand.


Apart from You, I know nothing. In You, I find clarity.


I will walk the way of Your design.

 

I open my ears, heart, mind and life to be shown this way.  Step by step. Turn by turn. 


I accept it as so, I allow it to be, and so it is!

   

Rev. Manazerine Olujimi Baptiste

 

 

       

Right here and right now,  I release

the self-imposed chains that hold

me down and walk consciously

into the light of freedom.

 

 Today I am liberated from the

tyranny of my negative

thoughts. I am now free of

all doubt, worry, and anxiety.

  

In this moment I am newly born

into the spirit of freedom.

 

Today I declare my independence

and celebrate the good in my life.

 

Right now I release the fear that

holds me hostage and

proclaim my independence.

 

Right here and right now I remove  

all barriers to love, joy, peace,  

harmony and vibrant health.

 

In this now moment I turn to

the Divine within me and  

recognize that freedom is  

my natural state of being.

 

                


Do we choose for ourselves that which we truly desire?Under most of the normal conditions and pressures of life, we do not.  We allow labels and expectations to keep us in boxes, then we cry out for freedom.  The entire purpose of life on earth is for us to be free, exercise free will, and choose the parameters of our freedom.

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Freedom is a state of mind.  It is the outgrowth of our willingness to make conscious choices of our own free will and to live through the consequences of our choices without blame, shame, or guilt.  Freedom is a sign of self-awareness.  When you are aware of what it takes to maintain your mental, emotional, and physical well-being and you make conscious choices toward that goal, you are exercising your freedom.Freedom is the recognition of the truth.

.   .   .

 

You are powerful.You are unlimited.  You are the reflection of creative genius.  When you realize this truth and accept it as a fact of your reality, you know that you are free to choose whatever you believe to be the truest reflection of your identity.  Freedom requires consistent and repeated acts of courage.

.   .   .

 

What you believe, how you feel, what you do, how you respond to any given circumstance at any given time is the only impediment to freedom.  You are always free to choose how you will respond.

.   .   .

 

Are you courageous enough to live the truth of your desires without fear?  This is what will determine your freedom.  . . .  More important, once you are clear about the experience you want to have, you are free to make the choices that will result in your having that experience.

.   .   .

 

When I realized that God, the divine source of life, not people, was the source and substance of all good things, I was freed from every "ism" that held me captive.

 
  
 
Excerpted from One Day My Soul Just Opened Up  
by
Iyanla Vanzant 
    
  

Iyanla Fix My Life  on  OWN
Saturdays 9/8c

 
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Iyanla Vanzant Defines Spiritual Abuse - Iyanla Fix My Life - Oprah Winfrey Network

 

 

 

 

Oct. 24 to 26, 2014  

 

If you are waiting for life to become the wondrous adventure 

you always dreamed it could be,

the Wonder Woman Weekend is for you

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 Something for the Men  

 

Planning on taking a trip this summer?

 

 

 

Well, here's a little check list that might

make that trip a little easier....

 

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