Maintain your spiritual health!!

Pay attention to your Spiritual health:

Don't forget that you are spirit as well as body and mind. Listen to your heart and look at your life and do what is necessary to keep it healthy. The peace and love is there, all that you need to be healthy and happy. The magic is in you to know the answers for your life, for your well being. 
Psalm 145: 15,16. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.  
You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

For more on spiritual wellness and health click here.

Maintain your spiritual health: 

Develop good habits to look after yourself, including your spirit! Spend the time you need to listen, to your life, your world, others close to you and that small voice inside of you that comes from love. Don't forget your friends. Go out and have quality time with them! And ask God for help in everything. God is always there to help you! 
John 16: 13. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. 
For more on how to maintain spiritual health click here.

Grow spiritually:

Increase your  prayer time, your meditation time, your time to think things through. Get out and get involved with others, live!! You exercise to keep your body strong, exercise your spirit. Listen to others and pray for them, pray with them. Trust God enough to love others with your actions. Change you attitude and be thankful for your life and all the blessings it offers. 

John 15:5. I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
2 Peter 3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Ephesians 3: 17-19. so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

For scriptures on how to grow spiritually click here.

Top 10 Ways to Boost Spiritual Health  
(From The Christian Post)

1) Prayer; silence and solitude:
Spending time in God’s presence, with or without words, empowers us. It is a privilege and a gift to be able to commune with God through prayer.
2) Listening to God; spiritual journaling:
Listening-paying attention-to God’s whispers in our hearts reminds us that God is active in our lives. Writing down prayers, thoughts, questions, longings and hopes proves meaningful to many people of faith.

3) Private and corporate worship:
Praising God opens us to the Holy Spirit, reorders our priorities and redirects our paths. Worship connects us to God on a wholistic level.

4) Bible-reading and study:
Meditating on God’s Word keeps us focused on God, rather than on our problems and wants. Through the Bible God speaks to us and guides us personally.
5) Obeying God’s commands:
Putting our faith into practice increases our joy. This is one of the paradoxes of faith: when we submit ourselves to God, we find ourselves-and in an odd way, we are freed.

6) Loving God and our neighbors:
Surrendering to God leads us to a life of love. God is love, and when we live and serve in Christ, we experience love ourselves.

7) Stepping out in faith when urged to do something:
Trusting in God’s guidance strengthens our faith. When we dare to step out in faith, we learn that God is with us wherever we go and that God is more powerful than our fear.
8) Fasting, not necessarily from food-perhaps from TV or something else: Finding time or space to pay attention to God by giving up something else blesses us beyond measure. We need to guard our hearts as well as our time from distractions.
9) Serving others:
Reorienting our attitude away from self keeps us on the right track. Following Jesus in serving others heightens our own experience of grace.
10) Fellowship with other believers:
Building and being part of a Christian community equips us for sharing and caring, within and beyond that community. The values of God’s kingdom are different than those of the world, so we need the support and encouragement of other believers in order to truly live as Christians in our daily lives.

For more on ways to boost your spiritual health from The Christian Post  click here.

Spring longing to be revealed!

Joni Mitchell 2000 live click here.

Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now Vimeo click here.

Evangeline Inman and Cornerstone Worship, The Reason, click here.

Matthew West, Mended, click here.

You Raise Me Up, Josh Groban, click here.

 Chris Tomlin, Jesus, click here.

We Are Messengers, Magnify ( official lyric video)                Come Alive (Dry bones)  Click here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q06Y9X4_DsI


Danny Gokey, Tell Your Heart To Beat Again    
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77v41jbOYs


Jonny Diaz, Breathe ( official lyric video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnjeMwxFuBA


Zach Williams, Chain Breaker (official lyric video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGYjKR69M6U


Hawk Nelson, Drops In The Ocean (official lyric video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZH13wFGffg


Hawk Nelson, Diamonds (official lyric video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf1ARbpB0gA


Jason Gray, Sparrows (lyric video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRJZQFRyZ6s

February Prayers 2017

                              



The Month of love!

Let's keep loving and keep up hope! Love those around you in your immediate world while continuing to pray for peace throughout the planet. And let's not forget it is up to us to pray for those in authority whether we agree with them or not. Bad mouthing won't bring about change we would want, but prayer has positive affects. Pray that world leaders have wisdom, love, and seek inspiration from God, from loving intentions, not selfish ambition.

Let's remember the contributions of those who have immigrated to our continent, which have been great! Of course this month we are celebrating the contributions the African-Americans have made over the years.

 

What we are praying for:

This month let's pray that love will be pure and continue among all peoples in the world! Let's pray for our world leaders that they find it in themselves to rule with a true heart, be filled with wisdom, and represent all peoples that they govern. Let's pray for the immigrants and those displaced that they are protected as they travel and find a safe place to settle. Let's pray that all peoples in the general public find it in their hearts to accept and befriend those who come into their country from other places despite their differences. May those in minorities seeking refuge find it.

Let's pray for those who were bereaved by the Quebec City mosque shooting. Let's continue to pray for the safety of all Muslims and that people in our country will get better understanding of them.


Scriptures from the Quran:

"O mankind! Allah created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (not that you despise each other). Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)." Nobel Qur'an (49:13)

The reward of goodness is nothing but goodness. (Al Quran 55:61)

Scriptures from the Bible:

Matthew 25:34-46English Standard Version (ESV)

Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’

And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’

Psalm 41:1-3

For the choir director: A psalm of David. Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor! The Lord rescues them when they are in trouble. The LORD protects them and keeps them alive. He gives them prosperity in the land and rescues them from their enemies. The LORD nurses them when they are sick and restores them to health.

Thank you for joining us in this month's prayers!

Pray for those leading our governments!

Let's keep on lovin'!

Click here for Jon Foreman's "Your Love Is Enough"

Happy New Year 2017!!

                                


Let's make our New Year's Resolution that we will stop complaining and instead speak positively and give people compliments, looking for the good in them instead of criticizing negatively or hurtfully. Life can and will work out well. People may do bad things , but are not necessarily bad people. Let's use our words to bring about the best solutions, and to bring out the best in people!


What we are praying for:

First, let's pray for the health and well being of our artists. They are messengers who bring comfort, enlightenment, healing, new truth discovered or uncovered, new perspective, that can save your life! What price can you put on that?? Don't underestimate the power of the word to music, or the message through other media, pictures; painted or moving, spoken and written word, dance, all visual arts, story telling, acting, any I have missed? These are truly powerful as they evoke emotion which moves the soul to experience!

Prince

I Would Die 4 U

Pray that artists use their talents effectively to spread the message of love and peace.

Photo: The Daily Beast

David Bowie

Space Oddity

Pray that artists not be afraid to be themselves,
to spread the message of love in their own unique way and encourage others to do the same.


Photo from Gain Music,  David Bowie - A Tribute

Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah

Pray that artists will allow God's inspiration to fill their hearts
and stay true in their writing.
God will always honour an honest heart and those willing to learn.

Photo from Treehugger

George Michael and Elton John
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Pray that artists get the help and support they need
when they are fighting illness or tragedy.
May they be free to bring their message of love to the world.


Photo from Elton John's Corporation Blog


 Let's continue to pray for peace throughout the World. Pray that each country in the Western World will have the wisdom to stop terrorist attacks on civilians, and find effective ways to prevent  cyber attacks, protecting their information and their election process.

Pray that war veterans here and all over the world will have the medical and spiritual support they need for their injuries, physical, mental and emotional. 

Pray that this New Year people everywhere will experience God's love, God's peace, and that they will have the inspiration, the resources, the courage and the strength to start their lives anew! Pray that they will not be afraid to let go of the things they have outgrown and start new ways of looking at their world and new ways of doing things. May everyone stay honest and willing to learn!

What we need: 

We need to get into the rhythms of Heaven and then we can proclaim things to be which may not exactly be that way yet. Walking in love we can reap many blessings in this life today!
Watch My New Day at this link with Elizabeth Nixon 

Create good intentions! Check out Mallika Chopra"s blogs:  http://intentblog.com/inner-work-outer-work-suffering-world/#more-288182


Scriptures:


Mark 11: 23. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Romans 4:17. As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

Philippians 4:6-7. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 105: Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done. Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.

For more relating to these click here. 


 

All the best for 2017!! 

Ephesians 3:16-17. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 


For Street Church page at the MCCT website: http://www.mcctoronto.com/prayer-walks 

 

New Beginnings, New Year!

Fresh New Intentions!

John 3:16. For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 
 

1 John 4:7. Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 
 

Romans 5:5. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. 
 

Ephesians 3:16-17. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 

Magic In The Cold Winter Air!!

Merry Christmas!

                 

                           

     Oh Holy night    

My Grown Up Christmas List

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Image from 

Chris Rea- Driving Home For Christmas 

(vintage memories)

May the love of God, the peace of Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit fill your hearts this Season!

God loves us so much to come to be born on Earth as a baby to live among us and die for us. Isn't true spirituality to love others, give of your time to help others living on the planet? We were all born out of love. That is what we are and that should always be our motivation and intention in every thing we do.


What we are praying for:

Pray that people everywhere can feel that inner peace that strengthens and guides us no matter what our circumstances. Pray that all know that God does exist in everyone of us, we just have to choose love in order for it's power to be released.


Scriptures:

John 3:16. For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:7. Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

Romans 5:5. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

Ephesians 3: 16-17. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 

Jesse Lewis Choose Love Enrichment Program

We must educate our children that they can choose to love and let go of angry thoughts. 

This is the time of year for celebrating the light that dispels darkness,
 the hope that sustains us and the vision of love and peace
 living in us and through us.
 MCC Toronto website. 

Thank you for praying with us! 

Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year!! 

Temperatures dropping!

Winter coming soon!

November Prayers 2016

                                   

This month's theme:

November is the month to remember our vets, those who risked their lives for our freedom in past wars and those presently doing so.

Let's also consider this month to pray for healing of memories, that our vets and all people are healed of trauma and grief and can receive joy from their memories of good times.

What we are praying for:

God, protect our vets from violence, protect all our men and women who are serving in military here and all over the world. Bring healing to all those traumatized. May they have the medical help they need and the encouragement of others.

God, may mental health and trauma be understood and be attended to appropriately here in Canada and the U.S.

May all those who suffer recognize it and get the understanding and help they need.

God, help all those bereaved. Comfort them, strengthen them. Give them your grace to live with passion in honour of those who have gone before them.

Pray for peace all over the world!

Remember the civilians in Syria and Iraq,

The refugees in Europe and around the world.

Pray for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
That all events are safe and that all have a great experience!
Pray for the health and welfare of our farmers and our food!
To visit the site on line: click here.

Pray for all those who go to the Santa Clause Parade!

God, we pray for all the opening celebrations to this Season

 that people throughout the GTA will not forget the true meaning of Christmas.

Scriptures:



Psalm 73:26. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Isaiah 53: 4-6. Surely He took up our pain and bore our suffering.

 

Joshua 1:9. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

Psalm 34:18. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Isaiah 41:10 fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am that swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.
~ Autumn Rain - Mary Frye, 1932

Healing and comfort to you and yours!

Thank you for joining with us to pray.

Street Church Reached out to the community at the Village street party.
For photos of the Halloween Party on Church Street
click here! 

The magic is in you!! 

Healing of past hurts.

Nature returns to her sleep!

October Prayers 2016

              

This month's theme:
Let's be thankful for all the good things we have! Good food, good home, good friends, good memories!! Let's spread love and joy to all our family and friends, and don't forget those in our neighbourhood who are in need! Let God's peace and love fill your heart to guide you!

What we are praying for: 

Let's pray this month that families will be reunited, restored and their hearts filled with peace and love. 
Let's pray that those who feel alone will find peace and comfort with God and find family among friends. 

 

Pray for peace in Syria.
Pray for the civilians that they find refuge,
that hospitals be spared bombing, that the children be saved!

Pray that the James Fund Fun Run/Walk goes well
and that the hospital gets it's needs met every month.
Pray that all children get the medical help and support they need.

Pray that the First Nations are treated with respect.

Pray that all reservations have their necessities,

such as clean water, clean and safe housing.

Pray that Potlotek get their water problems solved.

Pray for the 2016 Move for mental Health Awareness Run/Walk,
at the Humber College Lakeshore Campus.
Let's pray that the event goes well and helps to better the attitude towards the disease 
as well as help the research to better understand and cure. 
For more info of the event, click here.

 Pray for our artists throughout the GTA,

that they spread the message of love and peace

effectively through their talents.

Pray for the Halloween Celebrations that all be safe.
Pray for the celebrations in the LGBT Community. 
For pics of Halloween 2015, click here.

Pray for the Light The Night Walk

To raise funds for the fight against blood cancer

put on by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Click here to see the website.

 
 Scriptures:

Colossians 3:15-17 English Standard Version

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Phillipians 4:6 English Standard Version

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 English Standard Version

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 106: 1 English Standard Version

Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!

Colossians 2: 6-7

Walk with God throughout your lives and let the Holy Spirit fill your heart with thanksgiving!

I'm sure thankful for our time with Chris Edwards and the love and joy he spread through our community and through the neighbouhood!
We all must take his torch and love through our lives like never before! 
Echart Tolle said that it's the everyday people doing extraordinary things who are increasing the frequency of the planet. To hear what Mallika Chopra learned from her meeting with him, click here. 
Of course, Chris was extraordinarily fabulous!!

Your spiritual health is mirrored in your physical health. Click here for the blog. 

Thank you for joining us in prayer!

The peace of God be with you always!

Feeling Grounded

For the video on Rhythms of Heaven

Fall aproaches 2016

September Prayers 2016

                    

This month's theme:

Let's get washed every day! Let's clean our minds, encourage our souls by reading good books, or scripture verses, telling others about successful life stories, talking about good news, whatever we can do to make the good in us thrive! Let's build our faith so not only will we see our dreams come true, but, we will be able to help others achieve theirs!

 What we are praying for:

This is the time when people are returning from vacations, to go to work or school. God, we pray for our neighbours that they are refreshed and have new energy to face this time of their lives. May they have courage to face the new, and see new in the old! May the young students off to college and university have courage to face this new stage in their life and the parents not be afraid to let go. Protect them from harm, granting them the wisdom they need to make the right choices. Protect all children going back to school. May they all have the opportunity to learn in a safe environment. God, help us all to learn what we need to do to build courage so that we can step out and fulfill our dreams.

 

Pray for the fundraisers going this month throughout the GTA.

Such as:

Terry Fox Run

RBC Race for the Kids

Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope

Many festivals this month!

Pray for the Jewish Community

Pray for the buskers and artists

Pray for our movie celebrities.
Fan Expo Toronto 2016 

 For my photos of Fan Expo click here.

Scriptures: 

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

 

John 15: 3.

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 
But you must abide in me if you are going to continue to be good 

and reap the benefits of following me.

What is the word that God has spoken to you? Click here. 

Hebrews 10: 19-25.

Since we have been forgiven our sins because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, 
and cleansed in our conscience and renewed in our minds 
by the work of the Holy Spirit through God's word, 
let's draw near to God with a loving, trusting heart and

God will draw close to us.

1 John 1:7.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 

we have fellowship with one another, 

and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Philippians 4:6-9.
Pray about all things with thanksgiving, think on all that is good, lovely and encouraging, 
and the peace of God will be with you and will guard your heart and mind always! 

WALLPAPERup

Choose the good and make it thrive!!

Thank you for joining us in prayer!

It's on the tip of your tongue!

What is the message that God has spoken to you to bring you to life? What is the message that God has entrusted to you to show others? Is it not the message of the gospel of peace? Is it not the message that God loves every living being and has accepted every one? The message is not about life style! Jesus did not die for the "original plan." He died for you and for me! That's where salvation is offered. He died to bring unity to all and make us all able to enter Heaven to live with Him forever!
Check out Romans 10: 8-13.

The Holy Spirit does the work!