A time for healing prayer and remembering to make every day holy.

Dear Family of Love,

Happy Keeping the faith Friday Fearlessly without fretting! This is the time where each of us needs to make a worry/ Sabbath Jar or Journal. With the events of this past week we really need to begin doing this. We really don't need any more cage rattling.  Tonight we are going to pray for the healing of our bodies,minds, and spirits, our relationships, the nations, and the world.  How are we going to do this tonight? As we usually do with prayer and meditation.

Let us enter into a time of breathing and calming rest.

Close your eyes and sit quietly. As you sit quietly begin to spend tine breathing deeply and exhaling slowly. When you are ready begin a time of centering in on a certain word, phrase, or feeling that you can recite. We will use "The Be Stills"

Be still and know that I am God.

Breathe in and out and pause.

Be still and know that I am.

Breathe in and out and pause.

Be still and know.

Breathe in and out and pause.

Be still.

Breathe in and out and pause.

Be.

Breathe in and out and pause.

Repeat as needed.


God we thank you for the gift of Fridays as a period of preparation for self-care and Sabbath rest. We pray and light candles tonight for the healing of our bodies, minds, spirits, our relationships, the nations, and the world. We pray that your healing hands may gently heal our bodies that are in need of health and healing. We pray that we may receive your holy and life giving balm. We pray for the healing of our minds and anyone else who is suffering from mental illness, compassion fatigue, and all forms of memory and attention related disorders. We pray for the healing of our spirits and souls that need to be cleansed and given a time of renewal so that we may be empowered to serve you in the world. We pray for the healing of our relationships with you O God, each other, our family members, enemies, and all those with whom we find division and hatred. We pray for healing of all cities who are being plagued by senseless violence and injustice, We pray for our counties that are in need of healing of divisions between each city and community service district. We pray for healing of our nation that we may be one and find ourselves seeking to be united and not divided. We pray that we may build bridges of healing and tear down the walls of injustice so that there may be peace and unity and a willingness to listen and be heard. We pray for the healing of this world that divisions may cease and that we finally learn that we are one big family and need to strive for unity and universal human rights. God let your healing come among us so that we may help heal a bring peace, and CALM (Compassion, Acceptance, Love, and Mercy) to this fragile and broken world. We light our candles in loving memory of all those who lost their lives in terror and gun violence. We lift thee prayers to you O God. Amen.

 For those of you who do not know, here at Walk With Me On Our Journey we have specific names for each day of the week and we consider everyday a holy day and that everything is holy. So let's begin:

Monday- You Matter Monday
Take time to start the week out right by being kind to yourselves.
Practice loving yourself.
Do a mediation of your choice.
Practice our Mindfulness exercises and breathing:

. It is simply this we start with our breathing exercises using this format:

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. 

Go for a walk if your body is telling you to do so.

Exercise your mind.
Tuesday- Take Care Tuesday
Take care of your physical, mental, and spiritual selves. Take time to care for yourself and others.
Allow for more rest, relaxation, and renewal.
Use any of the above.

Wednesday : Wonderful and Wonder-Filled Wednesday.
This day is to get ourselves out into God's Cathedral of Life and seek out the wonder and mystery of creation, the environment. 
Take your children and grand children to the park, beach, or zoo to see these places of wonder and amazement. Hint you can take yourselves there by yourselves too. If your soul and mind likes art, music, and theater these can be places of wonder too.
Go outside and breathe and pray. Prayer walking can help you find wonder too.

Thursday: Being Thoughtful and Thankful Thursday.
This day is all about mindful intentionality and gratitude. Putting on our attitudes of gratitude and random acts of kindness. Remember these are daily acts too. Think of  Maunday Thursday, Thanksgiving day, and Ascension Day. 3 key holy days that are celebrated on Thursdays. 
Do something radical in the Love Energy department. 
Begin to prepare for the weekend by unwinding and de-stressing! 


Friday: Keeping the Faith Friday Fearlessly Without Fretting.
Let go of the week's garbage.
Practice using a Worry/ Sabbath Jar that we should be using daily and not just Fridays. Place your worries, anxieties, fears, mads, your anger fits, on pieces of paper and place them in the jar until Monday evening. Do not look at them.
Enter and go deeper with God as we do every evening but this time be in real conversation and listening time. 
Begin going of the grid for a space.
This is Self and Sabbath Care Weekend Eve.
Saturday: Self-Care Saturday
Take time for self-care and being kind to your bodies, minds, and spirits.
This is your spa day- Just for you. Tell your family you are going to go off the grid and spend time with yourself. 
This is a retreat day: Walk a Labyrinth, Stations of the Cross, prayer walk or meditate in silence.

Sunday: Sabbath Care Day;
Worship God.
Rest with God.
Don't do any measurable work.
Enact your own set of Blue Laws. 
Go on over to the other side of the lake to rest and pray.
Visit a quiet and restful setting that will refresh you.
Don't forget to spend time with your family members.

Daily: Pray, Meditate, Walk, Enter into measurable silence, read some spiritual tome, Make each day include lots of Love Energy, Expansion of  our Heart homes, serving the least of these, and becoming more and more united with our family members we may not like in love and charity. Each day let Love, Hope, Peace, Joy, Justice, Mercy, Kindness and Inclusion be our watchwords. 

So there you have it our simple thinks we can do to combine all three.  Tonight we will use our breathing exercises with a musical selection and then enter into prayer.

Ludovico Einaudi -In a time lapse

Richard Shulman -Open Spaces


God we thank you for making each and everyday holy. 

God we pray that we may enter into a time of preparation to worship you in your sanctuary both indoors and outside in your Cathedral of Life.

God we pray that we may take time to breathe in your life giving and sustaining Holy Spirit.

God we pray for all the firefighters and a cessation of all the wildfires around the world and in our state.

God we pray for rain to heal the drought parched areas of our world and especially in California.

God we pray for peace in the world. Help us to set a good and loving example by loving everyone without judgement.

God we pray for the healing of everyone's bodies, minds, and spirits. We pray for all the caregivers who minister to their needs.

God we pray for all of our family members who are out of school and need to find good quality child care and activities. 

God we pray for ___________________________

God we pray for all faith communities around the world that we may learn to love each other with open minds and hearts. We pray for all leaders of  the many faith communities who are in preparation for the week's worship.

God we give thanks for______________________

God we pray that we may lay down and take our rest and abide in your loving and gentle arms. 

We lift up these our prayers in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Good Night Dear Ones! I love you! Take time for self-care if you haven't already. Make every day that you live count and filled with empowering Love Energy. I give God thanks for you this night and always.

With Love, prayers, peace,and blessings,

Sara

Prayers of remembrance for the Orlando 49

If you would like to continue to pray and remember those who lost their lives in Orlando here they are:

God we come to you this night still with heavy hearts and we pray as we have been doing for the past week remembering our brothers and sisters who perished at Pulse in Orlando. We pray and remember  them each by name and this night and respond with "Let light perpetual shine upon them"

Amanda Alvear, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Cory James Connell, 21 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Frank Hernandez, 27 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Kimberly Morris, 37 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon her"

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old
"Let light perpetual shine upon him"

God we lift up these precious ones to you as a reminder that life is precious and that we know that you know us all by name and love us. We pray that we may come together in memory and in honor of all your children to affect positive change in this fragile and broken world that you have made.