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OPENING PRAYER: MAY I ALWAYS ABSORB THE WISDOM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ~ WALK IN THE WORDS OF THE SON ~ AND CONTINUOUSLY DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER ~ EACH DAY-EVERYDAY-FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE ~ AMEN. NOTHING in life is more important~than dropping EVERYTHING that you are doing~to help ANYONE who is in distress~be it your LOVER~your FRIEND~a widow or poor DoG who needs COMFORT in ITS DISTRESS ~~~ HER DESPAIR ~~~ OR HIS LONELINESS ~~~NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND THE GREAT STATEMENT OF ST. PAUL in PHILIPPIANS (CHAP.4-V.13) when he said of THE CHRIST: I CAN DO ALL THINGS IN HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME....cf. web page, 'I CAN DO ALL THINGS...' for a focusing prayer on this holy statement.
GOD DOES NOT NEED ANYTHING, BUT HE REJOICES OVER THOSE WHO GIVE TO THE NEEDY. [Sentences of Sextus~~#382~~in THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY]....(NOTE)~~Let God "WORRY" about our needs ~~`JUST GIVE!!!
WHEN IT'S TIME TO LEAVE THIS WORLD~~~AND IT'S TIME TO GO AWAY~~~THE ONLY THING WE GET TO KEEP~~IS WHAT WE GAVE AWAY~
CELTIC WISDOM:~~FROM St. Columba
CHRIST WITHIN US
My dearest Lord,
Be Thou a bright FLAME before me...
Be thou a guiding STAR above me....
Be thou a smooth PATH beneath me...
Be Thou a kindly SHEPHERD behind me
Today & EVERMORE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
IF WE ARE READY TO DIE FOR HIM WITHOUT QUESTION OR PAUSE...
THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO 'RISE' TO HIM ~~ WITHOUT QUESTION....AS WE THINK ~ SO WE ARE...IF WE THINK ONLY OF THE THINGS "OF BELOW" - WE SHALL STAY BOUND BELOW...BUT IF WE THINK OF THE THINGS "OF ABOVE"-WE SHALL FIND PEACE ~ ABOVE!
HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE PRAY???
JESUS HIMSELF PRAYED ALL THE TIME TO HIS FATHER~ABBA....IT SAYS IN THE "PISTIS SOPHIA" TO PRAY EVERY DAY SO AS TO GAIN THE NURISHING HEAVENLY LIGHT FROM HEAVEN~~~TO REFRESH US...
MOST OF US, INCLUDING MYSELF, EAT AT LEAST THREE TIMES A DAY~~~DRINKING ENDLESSLY!!!!~~~~~SHOULD WE NOT PAY AS MUCH ATTENTION TO OUR SOULS AS WE DO TO OUR BODIES???
"IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS...": BE FAITHFUL OVER LITTLE THINGS, AND I WILL SET THEE OVER MANY....
HOW DO YOU GET TO HEAVEN???~~~NOT BY YOURSELF!!!
THIS IS THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE OF YOUR "LIVES!" YOU MUST DO IT AS A family that sings~prays!& works together to overcome the ARCHONS & ALL THEIR PUPPET-DECEITFUL FRIENDS....THIS IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE PLANETARY SYSTEMS & LOWER LEVELS OF DIMENSIONAL DARKNESS....[[BY PRAYING, WE HUMBLY ADMIT OUR INEFFICIENCY, AND GUESS WHAT: THE HELP WILL COME....JUST DO IT WITH A PURE HEART IN PURE "THOUGHT-FORM"....IT SOUNDS EASY BUT IT REQUIRES ALL YOUR HEART~YOUR MIND~ AND YOUR STRENGTH EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE.]] GOD SPEED!!!
What's the BEST way to help someone in desperate need? BECOME A SAINT: God is more inclined to hear your supplication! [THE UNIVERSAL MIND]...OR...become apart of the 'ISAIAH EFFECT' where a group of people earnestly pray that a desired effect WILL -NOT MIGHT OCCUR.[[THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN KNOWN-"FROM OLD" AS INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY TO A PROBABILITY...UNTIL IT BECOMES A CERTAINTY!!!]]
PRAYER OF CONSOLATION (as per the AKASHIC RECORDS~EDGAR CAYCE READINGS #2072): "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?"
This came as (Jesus) promised, so that anguish, that despair may not be in thy experience. It was a fulfillment; so that the trials, the temptations might be shortened in the days of expression, that the very Elect may not be disturbed in their search for Him.
These are the high points in assurance....(for) He is faithful who has promised, and is able to keep that which is committed unto His keeping against any circumstance, any trial, which may come in the experience of His children. For he has promised that we will not be chastened beyond what we are able to bear, and he who endureth unto the end shall wear the crown of eternal life! and, "Even though He were the Son, yet learned He obedience through the things which He suffered".
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER OF PEACE~~~~
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS:
LORD, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O DIVINE MASTER,
Grant that I may not so much
seek to be consoled ~ as to console,
to be understood ~ as to understand,
to be loved ~ as to love: for it is in
giving that we receive; it is in
pardoning that we are pardoned;
it is in dying (TO SELF) that we are born to Eternal Life.
FRANCISCAN MORNING PRAYER:
JESUS LORD, I offer you this new day because I BELIEVE in you ~ LOVE you ~ HOPE all things in you and thank you for your blessing....I am sorry for having offended you and forgive EVERYONE who has offended me....LORD, look on me and leave me in PEACE & COURAGE and your humble WISDOM ~that I may serve others with JOY, and be pleasing to you ALL day.
AS YOU CONTINUE TO SEND OUT ~~ LOVE ~~
THE ENERGY RETURNS TO YOU IN A REGENERATING SPIRAL...
AS LOVE ACCUMULATES,IT KEEPS YOUR SYSTEM IN BALANCE & HARMONY.
LOVE IS THE TOOL & MORE LOVE IS THE END PRODUCT....
[[THE HIDDEN POWER OF THE HEART, Sara Paddison]]
MEDITATION~WHAT IS IT? TO ME, MEDITATION IS A CLOSER COMMUNIQUE WITH GOD ~ SO IF YOU WISH TO BE CLOSER TO GOD ~ IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU DO ~ BUT RATHER IT'S SOMETHING YOU ARE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO DO!
"THE LORD SEARCHES THE JUST & THE WICKED; THE LOVER OF VIOLENCE HE HATES...FOR THE LORD IS JUST, HE LOVES JUST DEEDS; THE UPRIGHT SHALL SEE HIS FACE." (PSALM 10)
When BERNADETTE SOUBIROUS was asked by the Dean Of Lourdes what a SINNER was, Bernadette said that SINNERS LOVE EVIL (which "THE LADY") had told her in a vision at Lourdes, France....It would follow from this, that if you wished to be A SAINT, all you need to do is to LOVE "THE GOOD"....[For all the details on this great story, cf. the movie, "THE SONG OF BERNADETTE" with Jennifer Jones....]
MEDITATIVE THOUGHTS OF PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA: ~ from "AWAKE IN THE COSMIC DREAM" ~audio presentation from SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP:
When you do good to please God ~ it becomes a meditation....
You are like a 'wave' in God's ocean; do not go after the 'DESIRE' of the 'STORM' ~~or the storm WILL NOT END!!!
TO MAKE GOD TALK TO YOU~~~YOU MUST GIVE HIM THE 3RD DEGREE OF YOUR HEART!!! [AND]
GOD IS "SHY" ~~~ but when there is a "SEETHING" in your heart ~~ you draw HIM hither...by the excitement of your prayer....[[Find other great insights of PARAMAHANSA in his book. "THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST"]]
[[and from another source~~"SUNDAY SERVICE -CHRISTMAS TALK" on audio cassette:CRYSTAL CLARITY PUBLISHERS]] the following paraphrased quotes of PARAMAHANSA with commentary]]:
ORDINARY SOULS ~ UNDER PRESSURE ~ CAN BECOME DIAMOND SOULS similar to COAL THAT UNDER EARTH'S PRESSURE CAN ALSO BE A DIAMOND.....................[This 'pressure' I call "NECESSARY FERTILIZER" that turns a bud into a blossom!]
ON JESUS CHRIST'S GIFT TO ALL OF US: Paramahansa reflected on the resurrection by saying the following to a group assembled for a sacred occassion: WHEN CHRIST REALIZED THAT HE WAS ONLY DREAMING THIS REALITY ~ HE COULD RIGHTLY SAY: "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY ARE DOING!" BY SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM THIS DELUSION, HE REJOINED HIS FATHER (BECAUSE HE WAS ONE WITH THE FATHER) AND THEN COULD RECONSTRUCT THE ATOMS OF THIS 3RD DIMENSIONAL REALITY BECAUSE HE HAS MASTERED IT. ~~ THE GIFT IS THIS: SO CAN ALL MEN WHO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AND REALIZE WHERE THEIR TRUE HOME IS!!!
MANY ARE THE SORRORS OF THE WICKED, BUT KINDNESS SURROUNDS HIM WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD.
BE GLAD IN THE LORD AND REJOICE, YOU JUST; EXULT, ALL YOU UPRIGHT OF HEART. Psalm 31, vs.10-11
IF WE CAN'T TAKE THE 'TIME' TO BE LIKE JESUS ~ WHY SHOULD GOD GO THROUGH THE 'TROUBLE' OF BRINGING US INTO HIS KINGDOM ~ TO BE WITH HIS SON OF WHOM HE WAS "WELL-PLEASED"???
THE ARCHONS ARE LIKENED TO CLEVER MAGICIANS: They won't push you off the high bridge; they just try to get you to see that it would be "fun" to jump off ALL BY YOURSELF!!!
One of the greatest victories is to return unkindness with kindness & let no one make you do otherwise....PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED:
God has not promised skies always blue,
flowers strewn pathways all our life through.
God has not promised sun without rain.
joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
BUT GOD HAS PROMISED...
strength for the day~~
rest for the laborer~~
light on the way~~
grace for the trial~~
help from above~~
unfailing sympathy~~
undying love.
IF WE DESTROY THE ARCHON~DEMONS ON THE INSIDE ~~ THEN WHEN WE CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD ~ EVEN THE ARCHON~DEMONS "WITHOUT" WILL EVENTUALLY BE FORCED TO FLEE!!
{{This is the inference of "ATHANASIUS: The Life of Antony" ~ a first century desert ascetic who battled Satanic spirits}}
BEAUTIFUL PRAYER OF MOTHER TERESA:
DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable,
illogical, & self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may
accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
false friends & some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest & frank, poeple may cheat you;
Be honest & frank anyway.
What you spend years building,
someone may destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity & happiness
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.[[++]]
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you & God;
It was never between you & them anyway.
[[++]]: As I wrote the words "If you find serenity & happiness" I thought to myself: WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO GET A SYNCH ON SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER....Two lines later as I wrote: "Be happy anyway..." Lou Rawls was singing the words: I'M HAPPY AGAIN..." on a song called, "SINGIN' IN THE RAIN" contained within the album, 'PAT BOONE'S GOLD LABEL CD'(The time was 10:20am on August 8th, 2001.)
AN INSPIRATION!~~~Have an INTIMATE relationship with your Father~God ~~ then you can have a PROPER relationship with ALL of His creations.
DEATH IS NOT THE EXTINGUISHING OF THE LIGHT; IT IS ONLY THE PUTTING OUT OF THE LAMP BECAUSE THE DAWN HAS COME....Rabindranath Tagore
KEEP IT SIMPLE JABEZ! ~~ AND HE DID [cf. 1Chronicles 4:9]
Jabez had only four short requests of God:
(1) that God would BLESS him ~
(2) that God would enlarge his territory ~
(3) that God would always be with him ~ &
(4) that God would keep him from evil....
THAT'S IT! [[Is that easy to remember when you say your prayers at night ~ and mean it?!?]]XXX
WHAT SONG SHALL I SING TO YOU, OH LORD?
THE SONG OF YOUR UNFAILING LOVE THAT PICKS US UP every single time!
IT SAYS SIMPLY: "I FORGIVE!"
WE KNOW WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FATHER ~ WHEN, BESET BY PROBLEMS ON ALL SIDES ~ WE KEEP A 'CALM CENTER' ` THAT IN NO WAY CAN BE DISTURBED....
I ASKED FOR BREAD
I asked for bread; God gave me a stone instead.
Yet, while I pillowed there my weary head,
The angels made a ladder of my dreams,
Which upward to celestial mountains led.
And when I woke beneath the morning's beams,
Around my resting place fresh manna lay;
And praising God I went upon my way.
For I was fed.
God answers prayers; sometimes when hearts are weak,
He gives the very gifts believers seek.
But often faith must learn a deeper rest,
And trust God's silence when He does not speak;
For He whose name is Love will send the very best.
Stars may burn out, nor mountain walls endure,
But God is true, His promises are sure
For those who seek.
(Author & date unknown)
[[Recently, I read a portion of the life of PADRE PIO, and found a curious anecdote about his early life: It seems that he wanted to identify with the suffering of Christ so he (PADRE PIO~FRANCESCO, AS A BOY) COULD SUFFER WITH CHRIST AS A "CO-REDEEMER"....PADRE PIO, AS WE KNOW, HAD RECEIVED ALL FIVE WOUNDS OF CHRIST (THE STIGMATA) AND CARRIED THEM IN PAIN FOR FIFTY YEARS; HE WAS BEATIFIED IN 1999....When he was a boy, he decided to sleep on a hard floor, with a stone, "...AND PILLOWED THERE [HIS] WEARY HEAD."]]
Ode to MY Lord
Oh, too oft I've rallied arms against MY Lord ~
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
How many times did fling those spears of fleshy gore?
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
And witnessed even friends so gored by stabbing knives before...
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
Betraying goddess PURITY in Lust's forbidden store ~
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
'Tis time to turn that leaf once tried before ~
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
But this time turn it so ~ so it turneth NEVERMORE!
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
Then gliding down your Stream to your ever tranquil Shore ~
I'll not to fight you, ANYMORE!
TO RIDE IN ARMS WITH YOU ` FOREVERMORE!
byron lebeau
LORD I PRAY...
FOR ALL THOSE WHO DO NOT "THIRST" FOR YOUR DIVINE LOVE...
AND I WILL YEARN TO NURTURE THOSE WHO DO "THIRST". AMEN
ALWAYS LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST
Don't let go of hope.
Hope gives you the strength to keep going
when you feel like giving up.
Don't ever quit believing in yourself,
As long as you believe you can,
you will have a reason for trying.
Don't let anyone hold your happiness in their hands;
hold it in yours so it will always be within your reach.
Don't measure success or failure by material wealth, BUT BY HOW YOU FEEL;
OUR FEELINGS DETERMINE THE RICHNESS OF OUR LIVES!
Don't let bad moments overcome you;
be patient and they will pass.
Don't hesitate to reach out for help;
we all need it from time to time.
Don't run away from love but toward love,
because it is our deepest joy.
Don't wait for what you want to come to you,
Go after it with all that you are,
knowing that life will meet you half way.
Don't feel like you've lost
when plans & dreams fall short of your hopes,
Anytime you learn something new
about yourself or about life,
you have progressed.
Don't do anything that takes away
from your self-respect.
Feeling good about yourself
is essential to feeling good about life.
Don't ever forget how to laugh
or be too proud to cry.
It is by doing both that we live life to the fullest.
PSALM 91(90) [[FEAR-NOT PSALM for we are OF GOD]]
Verses 1~12
"You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shaddow of the Almighty,
Say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust."
For he will remove you from the snare of the fowler, from the destroying pestilence.
With his pinions he will cover you, and under his wing you shall take refuge; his faithfulness is a buckler & a shield.
You shall not fear the terror of the night nor the arrow that flies by day,
Not the pestilence that roams in darkness nor the devastating plague at noon.
Though a thousand fall at your side, ten thousand at your right side, near you it shall not come.
Rather with your eyes shall you behold and see the requital of the wicked,
Because you have the Lord for your refuge; you have made the Most High your stronghold.
No evil shall befall you, nor shall afflictions come near your tent,
For to his angels he has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways.
Upon their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone....
[[and then to verses 13-16 for WHAT WILL THEN HAPPEN.]]
"...You shall tread upon the asp and the viper, trample down the lion and the dragon.
Because he clings to me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name.
He shall call upon me and I shall answer him; I will be with him in his distress;
I will deliver him and glorify him; with length of days I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
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"I AM ONLY ONE, BUT I AM ONE. I CANNOT DO EVERYTHING, BUT I CAN DO SOMETHING.
AND BECAUSE I CANNOT DO EVERYTHING, I WILL NOT REFUSE TO DO SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO.
WHAT I CAN DO, I SHOULD DO. AND WHAT I SHOULD DO, BY THE GRACE OF GOD,
I WILL DO." Edward Everett Hale
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