Nourishing Your Spirit

Target your words and thoughts toward your desired outcomes

What is an intention? An intention is an anticipated outcome. Intentions can be different from plain thoughts, objectives, or goals in that when we create a goal, we usually create an action plan or specific steps to accomplish it.  When we create intentions, we leave the who, how, what, or when up to God or the Spirit. Instead of trying to figure out or make something happen, we allow the wisdom of God to manifest our desires in a perfect way at just the right time. That doesn’t mean that no action is required, but we wait for the inner promptings of God to guide our steps, instead of trying to figure it all out prematurely.  If we are patient, sometimes our desires will show up with no effort on our part at all. If our intention is internal transformation, we may begin to witness positive changes in our behavior without initially realizing it.   Read the rest of this entry →

          

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EFT is an acronym on for Emotional Freedom Technique. Occasionally, I am asked if EFT is something that Christians should avoid. I first became familiar with EFT about 10 years ago at a book signing event. At that time I had never heard of EFT, but participated in several tapping exercises to reducing sugar cravings. EFT is now taught and practiced world-wide. Just look on YouTube you will find 100s of EFT videos on reducing everything from stress and anxiety to losing weight and people swear by it.
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By Rhonda Jones

Recently, I receive a letter from a subscriber who asked what was the best way to incorporate Christian meditation into their daily life. In this article I want to outline ways you can include Christian meditation into your daily schedule that has made my life so much more rewarding and fulfilling. There are numerous benefits to meditating on God and spending time in His presence. These include developing a more intimate relationship with Christ, eliminating worry and stress, creating a space for God to speak to our hearts, and becoming more sensitive to the Holy Spirit to name a few. However this article places more emphasize on the logistics than the benefits and gives some ideas of making Christian meditation a daily reality in your life as well.

In this  article I will also share with you some tools I use that are indispensable to me and have made my time with God so much richer. These are not requirements because in actuality to meditate or spend time with God, all you really need is a willing heart and a quiet space.  Read the rest of this entry →

          

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“Well, Lord, I was told today at church that if I would get on my face and worship You, I could find some answers . . . that I could connect with You . . . that You would change me. Is this what they meant?”

My nose was beginning to get a little rug burned so I turned my head and let my cheek rest on the floor. I continued to lay there for almost two hours. You see, I was desperate. My history was more than a little embarrassing. I was 40 years old and here’s what I had to show for it: a divorce, a bankruptcy, a lost business, $500,000 of debt, and the prestige of being a convicted felon. It’s true that I now was married to a wonderful woman and had some great friends. But the shame of my past still dominated my thoughts.

My list of atrocities did not happen overnight. I strung them out over a 22—year period. What’s interesting is that during those years I consistently read my Bible, went to church or Bible studies, prayed, and openly spoke about my love for and commitment to God. Yet I was a mess. A terrible disciple of Jesus Christ. So, in many ways, lying on my face that day was a “retreat.” I had retreated into God’s presence to lay down my old life—and, hopefully, emerge with something new. Read the rest of this entry →

          

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  by Guest Writer Lynnis Woods Mullins

Having a quiet place within your home where you can go and meditate, pray, write in your journal, and just have quiet time is important. If you have some extra space in your house or an actual room you can use, try some of these ideas to create your “safe haven” of peace and tranquility.

Things You’ll Need:

• space within your home that will allow for quite time
• a spare room you can use
• candles
• chair
• pillows and throws
• personal items that have significance to you
• a small table
• CD player
• your favorite books on personal development, prayer, meditation, poetry, or other books that bring you a sense of peace
• shelf for your books
• plant

1.      A comfortable chair or small sofa is inviting and relaxing.  Select a comfortable chair or an easy chair to place in the room or space you have identified. If you have room a small sofa is always nice to have in the room for lounging or even a quick doze. The furniture you place in this room should be comfortable for reading and journaling also. Read the rest of this entry →

          

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Good Day Sacramento Channel 10 features  my Christian Meditation, Affirmation,  and Relaxation Cds.

          

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My love affair with God is growing and growing. Although my new love for God started in church almost 20 years ago, it wasn’t until God separated me unto himself and took me through a desert experience that I began not to just know of God, but truly experience Him on a personal level.

As new or immature believers in Christ, our walk is generally characterized by what we do for God. Although the gift of salvation is free, it’s hard for our natural minds to comprehend that we can get something for nothing. Our church leaders also weight us down with a litany of what good Christians do. Good Christians never miss a Sunday Service, attend weekly bible study, volunteer in several ministries, read their Bibles everyday, and the list goes on. As a result, when we fail to meet these standards, guilty feelings surface and fear sets in. We may even question whether we are saved.

The irony is that going to church doesn’t necessarily constitute a relationship with God just as not going to church suggests a lack of one. The first time I stopped going to church I was guilt-ridden. I must be in a back-slidden condition I ponderedt, although my heart was just as devoted to God as ever.  Scriptures like, “do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together,” surely meant I was on my way to hell. Yet at that time in my life going to church left me feeling empty. It was just a weekly ritual, a habit that I had been doing for years and I was tired of putting myself through its misery. Read the rest of this entry →

          

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“Come unto to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”- Matthew 11:28

I truly believe that depression is the result of internalized fear. Fear can take many forms such as anxiety, worry, guilt, regret, jealousy, and even anger. Usually we fear a loss or unwanted situation.  For example, fear of losing a loved one, wages, health, or even face can cause great anxiety. These situations, if not properly dealt with, steal our peace of mind and well-being.

As Christians, it’s important not to mask or deny our fears. Often we will try to cover our fears and insecurities with faith words. We often put on that Christian happy face and tell others we are blessed or everything is fine, even though there is deep pain in our heart.  In solitude, we may earnestly pray and ask God to take our pain away or sing songs of worship and praise, only for that heavy feeling to return again and again.

Though heartfelt, prayer and praise alone may not help in eliminating our negative emotions.  Instead of releasing them, they are buried further down into our subconscious mind, where they gnaw at us and weigh us down creating a perpetual dark cloud over our heads. 

If we look at this from a logical standpoint, if we focus only on the emotion, its like implementing solutions to a problem that has not been properly identified. In almost all cases, our negative emotions are not the problem but only a symptom of it. The presence of negative emotions is the indicator that something is wrong. Feelings of anxiety, depression, anger, fear, or sadness is our body’s way of saying we are out of alignment with God’s perfect plan for us or His spiritual well-being. If we stop only at the negative emotion or try to eliminate the emotion without going deeper, it’s like putting a band aid on cancer. Read the rest of this entry →

          

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Christmas Eve Traditions Make Memories

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Start your day in Prayer Together

 Praying is important for any person, but it’s even more important for couples to pray together. You should pray separately and then again together and both should be done first thing in the morning. Starting your day in prayer will help you have a better day.

There are many ways to pray together. You will need to find a way that works for you together and follow that every day. Do some research, contact family, or ask members of your church if you are unsure how to pray together. Here are some of the many ways you can pray together as a couple.

• Safety

Start out praying for the safety of each other, your family, your friends, and anyone else that is important to you. You need to start somewhere and this is an easy one to do each day. It’s also something you should do everyday. You can do this in any way that you want. A short prayer will work such as the one below.
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Oppressed, depressed, intense spiritual warfare going on in your life? Get deliverance today! Printed with permission from Hard Core Ministry.

Introduction:
Can a Christian be demon “possessed”? No. To be possessed means that the evil spirits are living in your spirit. This is where the Holy Ghost lives. They cannot get inside the spirit unless the Christian backslides and becomes an apostate by abandoning their faith or commits the Sin unto Death.

Can a Christian have demons or be “demonized”? Yes. Demons can get INTO the body or the mind in many different ways. It is usually in one of two ways: A) They may be inhabiting the body or mind prior to salvation and were never cast out afterwards. I call this “CARRYOVER”. B) They may have entered the body or mind when the Christian backslide into sin and turned their back on the Lord.

The person may be “oppressed” and the demons may not be INSIDE the body/mind.

Does it say anywhere in the Bible that a Christian cannot have a demon? No.

Can a Christian SELF-DELIVER from demons, physical diseases and mental illnesses? Yes! The ministry of “Laying on of Hands” applies to all believers, including oneself!

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by Minister Darrick D. McGhee

It’s a wonderful day to be a child of God. Today, I wonder if you remembered to tell the Lord, “thank you” for watching over you as you slept last night? Were you so preoccupied with getting to work that you forgot to take time to let God know how much you appreciate Him? Were you so focused on applying your make up, ironing your clothes, getting the children to the bus stop on time, that you forgot to offer God grateful praise? So often throughout our day, we become so focused on keeping our same routine until we forget the most important ingredient for the day. We become so committed to following the traditions of man that we unconsciously block God out of our daily tasks. How did you get where you are in your life? How did you achieve the success you enjoy today? How did you make it through the night when the enemy set demonic attacks against you? It was the Lord’s doing.

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As Christian adults we may have come to embrace the practice of Christian meditation into our daily lives but lets not forget the impact this practice can have on children of all ages.

Christian meditation and learning to be still before God can teach children patience, how to experience God, how to quiet their minds, and how to control the types of thoughts they think. It can empower them to take more control over their lives by teaching them that their thoughts become their realities and if they want to attract good and positive outcomes it begins with what is going on in their heads.

Through Christian meditation, as well as positive scripture affirmations, we can teach our children about God’s love, power, and purpose in for their lives. We can also build up and keep their self esteem high when they hear messages like, I am important to God, I am created in God’s image, I have a purpose in life, or With faith and patience I can do anything. Read the rest of this entry →

          

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Although a Christian and disciple of God cannot be possessed by a demon or unclean spirit, we can be heavily influenced by them. When we don’t restrain our mind and thoughts we open the door to spiritual influence that can create spiritual strongholds that completely debiliate us and steal God’s peace and joy right out of our lives and hearts. In these two videos I use Mark 5 to discuss these spiritual influences and in part 2 I take you through the Deliverance from Unclean Spirit Prayer that is in my ebook, 18 Weeks to Greater Peace, Joy, and Intimacy with God. If you or anyone you know is tormented by destructive thoughts and ungodly habits, please encourage them to watch these videos.
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