June Prayers 2017

                          

We are powerful! Everything is possible! Are you a believer?!
Without Spirit we cannot love as we should and we cannot know ourselves.

Pride + Spirit = Identity

You were created out of love. You are love, you are empowered, you are creative, you are beautiful! 
Know yourself! Your life will touch so many people that no one can reach!

Watch this video on the Hero inside of you with Tm Moffett on My New Day TV show: Click here.

Watch this video from My New Day: Living From The Unseen: click here. 

 
Other songs for this month:

 Holy Spirit Rain Down, click here.

Meek Inheritance, James Glaab, click here.

To Love Somebody, Michael Buble', click here.

This Months Theme:

We are looking forward and including everyone.

We are talking about acceptance and understanding for all!

The theme for Pride Toronto includes the “+” sign.

The "+" sign makes reference to the diversity of people and voices at the event, as well as their hope to add new perspectives. (Taylor Simmons,CBC News)

Do those of the minority groups and diverse communities including the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer Community count in the big picture of life on this Earth? What do they have to contribute to the Kingdom of God here and in Eternity?

For example, in the Gay community there has been tremendous outpouring of love for decades in the form of fundraising and moral support for those in need who are part of the community. Also there are plenty of opportunities for upcoming talent to shine and grow such as the establishments opening their stages for the entertainers to perform. It is a complete world in it's self where love and support abound for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer population. 

You will find love and support for those in minority groups and smaller communities all over the GTA. Where there is love, there is God, for God inspires love and is love! So let's pray for our neighbours, even if they identify with another group or community that is different than ours. We are all born from the same place, that is, we are all born out of love!

What we are praying for:

God, fill our hearts with your love. Help us and all those in our community and in our neighbourhood to show acceptance and undertanding of those who are different than us in race, religion or culture. Help us to see the humanity in every individual and embrace them as family. Give us the courage to believe 

that in showing love we truly will experience healing in ourselves and see it in those around us. Protect all those who choose your ways of love. 

Help everyone to respect other's points of view and be willing to listen and learn.

Help us to realize the presence of the Holy Spirit and yeild to the changes the Holy Spirit brings. 

Help us to follow your leading and let you fill our hearts with your love.

Protect all who are attending festivals and fund raisers this month. Let no acts o violence succeed. May they be stopped before they start. 

May everyone have the chance to experience your love and joy at these events. 

May the city of Toronto be kept in peace throughout this month.

God, help the crisis in Africa where people are starving. Help those countries to find peace and give help to those in need.

God, we pray for peace throughout the World. Help the countries to unite and win the war over terrorism. Help each country to know how they are to support refugees.

God, help all the civilian population to stop fighting among themselves. 

Help the churches, social organizations to do their part in supporting and teaching young people the ways of love and acceptance.

God, we pray for the safety of all who participate in fundraisers throughout the GTA this month. We pray that all groups reach their goals!

 

We pray for the Pride Run: http://priderun.org/

We pray for

 The Heart & Stroke Foundation's Run/Walk & Ride for Heart :

http://www.runguides.com/toronto/event/ride-for-heart-run-walk

Links to other organizations that work hard to make this world a better place:  
http://onyourtongue.blogspot.ca/2016/05/blog-post.html

We pray for the neighbourhood festivals throughout the city.
This month we pray particularly for the Pride Festivals.
For pics of last year's Pride click here.
For pics of Pride Parade 2017 click here.
For pics of the Trans March 2017 click here. 

We pray for the LGBTQ Community here in Toronto 

and all over the world. God, pour out your Spirit on all 

in this community and let them know you love them.

For pics of last years Pride Celebrations, click here.

For pics of Pride 2015, click here.

For pics of this year's Trans March, click here.

Pics of Pride Parade 2017 coming soon!!

God, we pray for all fathers that you watch over, protect and guide with your wisdom and love.

Scriptures:

2 Corinthians 10:4. NIV

The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. 

On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

John 16:13. NLT

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.

  Galatians 3:28. NIV

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free,

 nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Romans 13:10. NLT

Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God's law.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13. NIV

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, 
but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,
but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Where there is the Spirit, there is love.

In the Spirit there is truth, love,

peace, joy, patience,

understanding,

and all that is inclusive,

and all that is good!

Love is the key to humanity,

Love is the key to every dream!

Thank you for praying for your neighbourhood!!

Pride 2017 is coming!

Summer at our door! 2017

May Prayers 2017

                   

Other Songs for this month's theme, click on these links: 

Your Love Is A Song, Switchfoot 

Lean On Me, The Tenors 

   

For pics of colour at Allen Gardens, click here.

This Month's Theme:

In May everything is blooming! Let's not miss it, especially after a cold, gray winter! Open your eyes to see and your heart to experience nature's awakening of her colour and form! Don't take for granted and don't miss the opportunities that make themselves available to you in your life every day.

What we are praying for:

Let's pray this for ourselves and on behalf of our loved ones and our neighbours:

God, open our eyes to see the beauty around us.
Open our hearts to the love that surrounds us. 
Help us to see the opportunities and 
the help that is available to us in our lives. 
Help us to recognize your provision every day.

God, we pray for the safety of all who participate 

in fundraisers throughout the GTA this month.

We pray that all groups reach their goals!

We pray for Walk for Life (click here)

We pray for Meagan's Walk (click here)

                              Photo of Lily of the Valley: proflowers.com 

 

We pray for all mother's and mother figures.

Thank you God for filling their hearts with so much love!

Help us to know the best way to share our love 

with them on their day. 

For more pics and thoughts on Spring, click here!

Scripture Meditations:

 John 14:26. 

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, 
whom the Father will send in my name, 

he will teach you all things and
 bring to your remembrance 
all that I have said to you.

Romans 8:16. 

The Holy Spirit confirms to us in our hearts 
that we are children of God.

2 Corinthians 1:22, 2 Corinthians 5:5, Ephesians 1:14. 

God has given to us the Holy Spirit in our hearts 

to guarantee all that He has promised, 

that is to help us in our lives now on Earth, 

 and bring us to be with Him in eternal life.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light 

so that you can understand the confident hope

 he has given to those he called; his holy people

 who are his rich and glorious inheritance.

The gentle, flowing waters of Shiloh.

We don't have to be loud in our testimony,

just part of the steadily flowing river that

peacefully washes over all the strife!

For more meditations, click here.

For Street Church at the MCCT website, click here.






Links to My New Day TV Programs :

 Who Am I?, Part 2

What is life and who are we really on planet Earth?

Market Place Christianity

How can we be effective in everyday life outside ministry?

  

 Open your eyes!

Open your hearts!!

  Thank you for praying with us!

 

May Blooming 2017

Know who you are!

                                                         

Mark 8: 27-38

To know Jesus is to know who we are.To know Jesus is to be like Him.
He is our life, our existence, our power, and who and what we are revolves around who we think Jesus is, the man, the Messiah, the righteous one, full of wisdom beyond everyone else, the pure one, the one who died for us, the risen one, Son of God, all powerful, almighty, loving, forgiving, healing, all seeing and knowing, our King and judge, our brother, our friend who would do anything for us! Walking with us, guiding us, comforting us, helping and protecting in every situation, no matter what! 

He is there for us and will be forever!

Videos for May 2107

  the Fountain                                                           Music for Machine                                                                                      


Who Am I?, Part 2


Market Place Christianity  


Lean On Me, The Tenors

York, Christian Loffler

Enchantment Costa De La Luz, Van

Walk for Muscular Dystrophy

Eye Of The Storm, Ryan Stevenson

April prayers 2017

                                




Other Songs for this month's theme, click on these links:    
                                                                                             

 Josh Groban, You Raise Me Up.

 Jai McDowall, You Raise Me Up.

 Chris Tomlin, Jesus.      

Jordan Feliz, The River

Pic from Proflowers.

This Month's Theme:

April brings us the beginning of newness of life. The air is refreshed, new plants are being birthed and Easter brings us the promise of life eternal. 
The Daisy is April's flower. It stands for innocence, purity, new beginnings and true love. 
From flowermeaning.com;
"The daisy’s message is, ultimately, one of hope and renewal. In sending daisies, the sender hopes the viewer will see the world as they once did as a child"
Let's allow this time of year to refresh our minds and strengthen our spirits. Let's not loose our childlike wonder at the stars. Let's continue to imagine, dream, hope, play and create.

Photo by James




 What we are praying for:

Pray that your neighbours experience refreshing this spring! Pray that they never forget the amazement at creation and the excitement of discovery they had in their youth and that every day brings them new joys. Pray that they experience new birth in every area of their lives.

God, we pray for the safety of all who participate in fundraisers throughout the GTA this month.

We pray that all groups reach their goals!

We pray in particular for the 2017 Walk for Muscular Dystrophy.

                                     

                                      

 

Scriptures:

Matthew 18: 2-6. 

Be willing as a child to learn and have simple faith.

1 Peter 2: 2-3.

Desire the simple truth and feed on it so you will grow as a child and become mature.

Romans 8: 11.

If the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead live in you, you shall be raised to life in the same way! 

Quotes:

"The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
Marcel Proust

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
Anais Nin

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."  
William Blake

 

 Don't lose your childlike wonder while looking at the stars!

Don't lose  your ability to dream and imagine great things!!

Happy Easter!

All the best always!

Thanks for praying with us.

 
 

New hope! New life!

Rise up! Spring's refreshing brings new strength!

March Prayers 2017

                  


Laura Mvula - Green Garden
To see Laura's music video, "Overcome" on YouTube click here.

March is preparing for spring growth!

Don't forget to get alone when you need to, that quiet place where you can think, reflect, meditate, listen to that inner voice we all have to connect to the higher wisdom, that loving place where we restore. Take a walk in your green cool garden and get refreshed! Have a little taste of Spring early!!

What we are praying for:

God, change our hearts to be like yours. Protect our neighbourhood. Protect our city. 
Protect everyone within from accidents and help us to turn from violence to your peaceful ways.
 
God we pray that our neighbours will make the right choices that will allow you to work in their lives and that will help them to hear your voice more clearly. May they experience your refreshing and renewal this Spring and be inspired to follow your ways of love.

We pray that love will be pure and continue among all peoples in the world! We 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. We pray for the immigrants and those displaced that they are protected as they travel and find a safe place to settle. We 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.

Help those in authority positions to bring peace to the Middle East. Help the allies to stop Isis and return the countries under siege to peace. Restore relationships between nations that have suffered.

Help the crisis in Africa where people are starving. Help those countries to find peace and give help to those in need. 

God, we pray for the safety of all 

who participate in fundraisers throughout the GTA.

We pray that all groups reach their goals!

We pray for the Irish residents of our city

that they feel welcome here.

For the St Patrick's Day 5K Run/Walk click here.

Scriptures from the Bible:

Jesus got alone to listen to God's voice to restore, refresh and get instruction, and to know who He was.

Luke 5:16. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

When we get alone and quieten ourselves, giving over to peace, then we will hear that inner voice that comes from love.

1 Kings 19:12. And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

The Holy Spirit will lead you into all truth. What you need to hear at that particular time to stay on your life path.

John 16:13. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth.

 Pay Attention to your spiritual health.

Isaiah 58: 11. The Lord will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry 

and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring.

 Pic from sojos.com

Maintain your spiritual health.

Matthew11: 28,29.

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, 
and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you. 
Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, 
and you will find rest for your souls. 

Grow your spiritual health!

1Timothy 4: 7-9

Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness. 
Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is much more important 
for it promises a reward in both this life and the next. 
This is true and everyone should accept it.”
 

Pic from techietonics.com

Boost your spiritual health!
Isaiah 40: 29-31
He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. 
Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. 
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. 
They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. 

Pic from sciencelearn.org.nz.



For a condensed version of these topics and a link to sites teaching on them click here. 



 

 

For my version of maintenance click here!

To see interview with Elizabeth Nixon about her book,
" Rythms Of Heaven",  click here.

                                  



Take a 3 minute retreat with Loyola Press, a Jesuit Ministry, click here

Listen to the quiet. Breathe, relax, rest. 

Walk in your garden. Dance in your garden!
Fall in love again,
with yourself,
with life!!

Thank you for praying with us!

 

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"