A Self and Sabbath Care Weekend with a bonus day! Time to go on retreat and renew our bodies. minds, and spirits!

Dear  Family of Love,

Happy Keeping the Faith Friday Fearlessly Without Fretting! How did you do this evening banishing all the worries, fears, etc . tonight? I hope that you'll keep working on it this weekend. We have one extra day in the Self and Sabbath Care department this weekend. Let's make the most of it. Let us keep our eyes on what is important and not be muddled with trivial pursuits.  Those trivial pursuits create more harm than good. So we must keep reminding ourselves to ask God  to help us prioritize and set things in to good order. Tonight let us take time for quiet and prayer time.  First if you have a Worry/ Sabbath Jar, place all the worries, anxieties, fears etc into the jar. Pray as you write down each item. and then let them go. Then after you do this task to take time in quiet reflection  and ask God to help you let go and help you to be in preparation to take care of yourself and enter into the holiness of this special time on weekends. Weekends are to be a time of retreat and renewal. We find ourselves glorifying business too much and not enough time for our spiritual and physical health. Don't forget to add mental health into the mix too. We lose precious time if we don't take time to care for our temple's of the Holy Spirit and all that God has created in our bodies, minds, and spirits.  This weekend we have one extra day to give ourselves over to Self and Sabbath Care.  I encourage you to take this time for you.

Let's begin our time of preparation by placing our worries,fears, and anxieties into our Worry/ Sabbath box or jar.

Pray as you write each thing that is on  your conscience and is troubling you.

Place into the Jar and ask God to help you let them go.

After we do this let us do our mindfulness exercises. :

Inhale the Holy Spirit.
Exhale Love.

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Inhale the Holy Spirit
Exhale Love

Now repeat the following 3 times;

Be Still and Know That I am God.
Be Still and Know
Be Still 
Be

Now get out some kind of timer, mindfulness app, or music and set them for 5 minutes when you begin. Then close your eyes and be silent. If the music goes long don't worry that will lead you into our time of prayer and thanksgiving. 

Let us now listen to music from Taize; and prepare ourselves for prayer. Veni Sancte Spiritus -Taize

Here is the link to the words to pray Veni Sancte Spiritus

Gracious Spirit, we pray this night that all of our worries and anxieties may be released and that we may forever "Consider the lilies" 

Gracious Spirit, take away all hurts and negative thoughts and actions that divide us.

Gracious Spirit, we pray for all children who are undergoing major health treatments for cancer or any other illnesses.

Gracious Spirit we pray for all those who suffer from any chronic illness such as diabetes and their care givers. 

Gracious Spirit, we pray for an urgent end to all the violence and terror that is infecting your broken world.  May we become peace makers and strive for justice and mercy.

Gracious Spirit, we pray for all who have lost hope that we may be called in to service  to bring hope to the hopeless.

Gracious Spirit, may we always remember that we are God's Children and family members and that we may act and love accordingly.

Gracious Spirit, be with those who mourn and are in need of compassion and comfort as our family members grieve any kind of loss.

Gracious Spirit, may we take time to visit God's Cathedral of life and appreciate God's creation. We pray for rain and sensible weather and that we may practice conservation.


Gracious Spirit, we pray that a spirit of compassion and love may replace all the hate and negativity in the many areas that Social Media touches. We pray for all haters and trolls that their hearts may be softened and learn to be compassionate.

Gracious Spirit, we pray for all of our family members who do not have anyone to pray for them. Let us knit a prayer circle around everyone beginning now and in the days and weeks to come.

We add our additional prayers, thanksgivings, remembrances, and celebrations for ourselves and on behalf of others and lift them into the loving arms of Jesus. Amen.


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Good Night Dear Family ! I love you and give thanks to God for you this night and always. Let us take the time to be at one with God and each other so that w may be intertwined with love, mercy, hope, joy, unity, and full acceptance. 
It is time to enter into this period of a holy weekend for health of our bodies, minds, and spirits. 


With Love,Joy, and blessings,

Sara