EMPOWER YOURSELF
EMPOWER YOURSELF
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
Be in your prayer space, follow the usual steps and settle into silence.
Take a couple of gentle, slow and deep breaths…becoming aware of your breath going in and out… stay focused on this breath of life……
Breathe in all that is of God and from God…all that is true, honest, pure, admirable, noble, decent, virtuous, worthy of praise, good, loving, kind – all that deserves respect..
Breathe out all that is not of God and from God……..
Settle into silence, into peacefulness, into profound silence, into pure joy. Keep listening in quietness, stillness and serenity.
Come to that place, that space within, that place of deep silence – Solitude…to just being here and now, without having to accomplish something.
Now I invite you to consecrate your time and all that come with this moment….in your own way, in humble, simple, may be even inadequate words………..
Now from the depth of your heart begin to wish your mind well……….
Thank you for the day……..
Thank you for stillness……………
Thank you for blessing and grace………
Thank you for just being, for me, God.
Gently…Prayerfully…slowly…. Read……
Your may have lots of faith, little faith, shallow faith, superstitious faith; You may have great hopes, little hope, only a wish and no real hope; You may love very deeply and intensely, love a lot, love much, love a little…. Wherever you may be in your spiritual journey, whatever you may be doing at this point in your life…..Empower yourself with the Grace of God:
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Remember: You have been reconciled with God in Christ. You have been immersed into the mystery of His Love and Life in your Baptism. You have been Graced!
- Remember the Lord’s word to Paul: “My Grace is enough for you” (2 Cor. 12:9)
- Affirm your goodness, the good deeds you do, the loving things that you make happen for yourself and others….But make it with a gentle understanding of your weakness…..
- God is forever loving you. You do not have to change, grow, follow certain rules, or be good in order to be loved……
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You are loved so that you can change, grow, be good, be loving…..
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Remember: God is ever mindful of you – you are never out of God’s heart, mind or thought….even when you wander off. Another way of saying it is, God never lets you slip out of His mind as He weaves his plan for the whole universe. (Psalm 8:4)
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Remember: The Psalmist proclaims (Psalm 8:5) “thou has made him little less than god” “and crowned him with glory”. God made you to image God – to do what He does and to reflect His glory! What an honor!!!
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Remember: He is good…… His love endures forever. (Psalm 139:1)
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Remember: He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it…because “His Love endures forever”. (Psalm 138)
- Remember: God created “my inmost being and knit me together in my mother’s womb”
(Psalm 139:14).
- Remember: “In Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts of the Apostles 17:28).
- Remember: Nothing “will be able to separate us from the love of God that comes to us in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:39)
- Remember: Jesus prayed for you. He prayed for all believers… “that all may be one as, you, Father, are in me and I in you; I pray they may be one is us” (John 17:20-21)
- Almighty God has crowded miracles into you. Why not let them come forth and live? (Norman Vincent Peale)
Empower yourself!
Be Your Best. Do Your Best. Give Your Best.
Leave The Rest To The Lord.
Abide in these thoughts for a few moments!
Take a moment….pray gently, quietly, in silence and solitude, in serenity and peace!
I feel a deep, warm, comforting harmony within. Thank you, God. You are meeting my need now. You are blessing and Gracing my life. Many hours, days, months and years of my life are waiting to be filled a hundred ways with a hundred prayers. But, right now, at this very moment, I am at peace. I abide in you, God. I dwell in your love, God. I walk with you, God. I sit with you, God. I run with you, God. I do all I do with you, my God. Thank you my God. Amen.
O God, I have come into the quietness and stillness of your presence, that out of this moment, I may take with me a quiet serenity, which will last me through the rough and smooth of my daily life…..Empower me Lord, with a quiet serenity!
I have come to find wisdom, so that I may not make any foolish mistakes, that I may know when to speak and when to be silent, when to act and when to refrain from action….. Empower me Lord, with your wisdom!
I have come to find peace so that nothing may worry or upset me, that I may have peacefulness of heart, that I may be free of deep anxiety, through my daily chores. Bless me Lord, with your gift of Peace which you promised your disciples. Empower me Lord, with peacefulness of heart!
I have come to find courage, to be patient enough not to give up hope, to accept disappointment without bitterness and to accept delay without complaint. Empower me Lord, with virtues of courage and patience.
I have come to find love – to listen to your love so that through the days ahead, I may love, without being attached and possessive; that nothing may make me bitter and unforgiving. Bless me Lord, with the gift of your love. Empower me Lord, with a loving heart!
I have come to spend some time with you Lord, so that I may be empowered to walk with you faithfully and joyfully with meaning, with purpose, with direction, with peace, with serenity and without regrets and resentments, without guilt and shame, without worries and deep anxiety!
I have come to you Lord, to be real, to be true, to be honest, to be faithful, to be gentle and gracious – with a heart desiring deeply to be open and docile to the movements and promptings of your Holy Spirit. I have come praying for the gift of your Grace to empower me……
Gracious God, we are your people, embraced by your love.
We thank you for your presence with us throughout all time.
Free us from all that burden us – heal us form sin and its effects.
Empower us to live your life more fully, joyfully and faithfully.
Strengthen our relationships, unite our families,
transform us into communities of love. AMEN
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Pray this again, gently and slowly.
Fr. Gus Tharappel,msfs
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