Today's Stimuli

July 10, 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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SELF-ACCEPTANCE 

   

I am learning and growing into a space of deeper Self-Accept- ance. 

 

God, I know that you accept me just as I am; past and future, into this present moment. 

 

I forgive myself for allowing myself to be distracted with anything outside of the love, perfection, beauty, grace, and brilliant light of Your divine creation, reflected as: me. 

 

Help me, God. 

 

Help me to look in the mirror and recognize more of what You see.  I know it's there-because You created me with You in Mind.  


Help me to affirm and reaffirm Your immutable Word and Truth: that I AM, right now and forever, as You are. 


Help me to close the mental, emotional and physical gap of sin, at its deepest root and cause, that still lends itself to the errant thought of being separate and apart from You.  Help me to live and move in the complete knowing that I AM that I AM. 


Help me to offer myself a higher and more graceful experience of gentleness, love, and com- passion; as I grow, evolve and transform into my call and purpose.

 

Help me to listen, even more closely, to the breath of Your word and the sound of Your instruction.

 

I know that of myself, I can do nothing.

 

I know that with You, God, all things are possible.  

 

So now, I surrender.  Wholly.  Fully.  Completely:  All that I see about myself . . . All that I am learning about myself . . .  All that I judge about myself . . . All that I don't like about myself . . .

 

All goodness that I withhold as punishment against myself . . . and All that is growing, shifting and changing within myself, into Your hands.

 

Have your way, God.

 

I affirm complete and divine Self-Acceptance for my life today.  And for this, I offer you Praise! 

 

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 
    
  

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Oct. 31st to Nov. 2nd, 2014  

 

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