Spiritual Moments
 

 ""Treat the Earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.  We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Ancient Native American Proverb

Time for Reflection - Come add your Light & Love! Pray with us on current world issues at our Daily Prayers

"Everybody can be great because everybody can serve . . . - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"There will be no temptations for others to shout when you talk to them in whispers." - Sathya Sai Baba

The problems that confront our society require a change in our thinking, a transformation in our approach to solving our common problems. The old ways do not work. It is time for each and every one of us to step forward and embrace our greatness!

Affirmations
Affirmations are positive statements, which assist you to focus your awareness on your ability to create what you want. Daily affirmations offer a powerful way to create a wonderous shift in your life. Affirmations are stated in the present tense: "I am happy and I love and like myself." Your thoughts and feelings create your reality. As you say these positive affirmations to yourself, you begin to create them.

The daily devotion of saying affirmations can open and expand your awareness of what you can have. Intend to align with your soul's wisdom, and tune in to the unlimited abundance of the Universe. Start your affirmations start with "I". "I" refers to all of who you are: your higher self, your Divine Self, the part of you that is connected to the Presence, the deeper part of your being. As you think or say affirmations, you are calling upon the greater "I" within you to be present and express Itself, opening the doorway to experience a greater reality.

Using "I AM"
Each time you say "I am" in an affirmation you are calling upon the power of the Universe to make it so. By following the statement "I am" with noble thoughts, you invoke the power of the Divine within you to assist you in creating goodness as your reality. It's the energy of your Divine Self you are calling upon when you say affirmations, which has the power to make your thoughts a reality. Imagine feeling the power, love, and wisdom from your soul and spirit when you say your affirmations. Simply ask, affirm, and be open to receive. Let go of how and when, and just know that you will receive exactly what you need at the perfect time and in the perfect divine way!

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
 

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory. for ever and ever. Amen

Shema Yisrael

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad - Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One

שמע ישראל יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד

Muslim Prayer for Peace

In the name of Allah,
the beneficent, the merciful.
Praise be to the Lord of the
Universe who has created us and
made us into tribes and nations
That we may know each other, not that
we may despise each other.
If the enemy incline towards peace, do
thou also incline towards peace, and
trust God, for the Lord is the one that
heareth and knoweth all things.
And the servants of God,
Most gracious are those who walk on
the Earth in humility, and when we
address them, we say "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;
and 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,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Prayer of Jabez

"And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested." - 1 Chronicles 4:10