Thursday's morning meditation

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A mother's morning prayer

Before I pack my children's lunches for school or put the clothes to wash or even before I take a bath or lay out my clothes that I plan to wear to work, Father my desire is to spend a few minutes to just say thank you and sit quietly in your presence as you speak to me.

First I thank you for waking me up and that my mind is functioning well. God I thank you that I am able to move my limbs unaided. I thank you for blessing me with these children that I sometimes take for granted, not recognizing what an awesome gift they are from you.

 My vision is limited to the things that I am able to see but you are Omnipresent. My mind is limited to the amount of things that I Know and understand, but God you are Omniscient.  I realize that my authority and power fluctuates according to where I am and who I am around, but God you are Omnipotent.  So I now commit the remainder of my day in your hand, I commit my children here at home or away into your hand. I commit my job or the job that you are providing for me into your hands.

 I command every anxiety and worry to leave my mind knowing that you are more than capable to keep safely everything that I have committed into your hands. My day is blessed, my children are blessed, my spouse is blessed, and every person that comes into my presence today will be blessed because you are with me everywhere I go.

In His Service,

Vilma

Periscope 5/10/16

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Setting the tone for your day

 

What kind of day are you looking to have?  As human beings we all want our day to be a great day. However we play a part in making sure that this happens.

Do not leave your day to chance, do not allow others to dictate the day you will have. Instead you make a conscious effort to "take charge" of your day. It's your day given to you by God- make it count.

You cannot retrieve "your today" tomorrow- neither could you have borrowed from "your today" yesterday.  Today is just for today- make the most of it. Go ahead set the tone for the day you want.

One way you can set the tone of your day is to pause at the beginning and speak with the one who gave it to you.  Spend a little time with Him and learn some things. You spend as little as 15 minutes in His presence- longer if you chose.

You will be surprised how 15 minutes with the Lord can dramatically change your day. It's not about how long but rather how well you use the time you spend with Him.

Doing so by your self is wonderful, but joining with others is even better. Please Join me every morning Monday- Friday, from 6am-6:15am for morning meditation and prayer. 

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God Bless,

Vilma

Update- It's that time again

Weep no more

If we take the time to study the word of God we can find so much comfort and reassurance. Here is a passage of scripture that I think will be reassuring to most mothers.

Jeremiah 31:16-17.

This is what the LORD says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD. “They will return from the land of the enemy. So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the LORD. “Your children will return to their own land.

This is so fantastic! Are you weeping over your children’s choices at the moment? God is saying that your work – (raising your children,) will not be in vain, you will be rewarded. God is not saying that your children “may” come back but “shall” come back from the land of the enemy.

He continues to reassure us that there is hope that your children and their children will return to their own border (place of peace and safety and well-being).

So dry your tears and stop focusing on how bad it may be now, instead look to what God has promised in His word. Don’t worry how He is going to do it, just believe that He is going to bring them back.

The power of God is greater than that of their enemies. So lets us start to give Him some Praise- THEY ARE COMING BACK!!!!!

In His Service,

Vilma

Spiritual Fast

Many of us welcome the month of January to shed the many pounds that we accumulated over thanksgiving and Christmas. Some of us join the local gym and work out, and many will participate in various types of "Fasts" depending on how quickly they want to shed those pounds.

  Many Christians individually or collectively with their churches also participate in a Spiritual fast at the start of the New Year. For many of us it is the 21-day Daniel Fast.  

There are approximately 99 verses in the bible that refer to "Fasting" and hence it must be of great importance.  Although God commanded fasting by the Israelites in the Old Testament, we do not see Him commanding fasting in the New Testament or as a matter of fact forbidding it. Many early Christians did however practice fasting and prayer as a part of their spiritual lives and so should we. Having said this we should not participate in a Fast just to say we did a fast, but we should do so with a purpose of gaining spiritual strength, a deeper understanding of God and a closer relationship with Him. Sometimes we need clarity from God concerning our next steps, sometimes we need a breakthrough concerning situations in our lives (our health, issues with our children, our marriages or our career).

When we fast it is not about the length of time fasting but it is the effectiveness of it. Although fasting is generally abstaining from food, you can also fast from other things that will require some sacrifice such as watching television.  If you have never fasted before and want to try it, you should start with a partial fast- such as abstaining for a few hours each day and not an entire day at once.

  

 In His Service,

Vilma