Just days before the wedding… I am sure you are both nervous and excited. So much planning has gone into the wedding, today pray for your family. Why is family important? When you think about it, your marriage is the first step in starting your own family. Just as you love and accept each other for your strengths and weaknesses, gifts and faults; offer a prayer of acceptance to all of your family knowing they ultimately love you and have helped you get to where you are today. One of life’s truths is that we get what we give. We all want complete love and acceptance.
God, help me to be loving and compassionate with my family. Help me to let go of righteousness, resistance, anger, fault-finding or any other kind of struggle.
Just as you love and accept me, let me love and accept my family.
Amen.

Thank you, God, for all Your blessings to me and my family;
for the strength You give me each day
and for all the people around me who make life more meaningful.
Amen.

Don’t put God in a box!
David beat Goliath.
Mandela was in prison before he became President of South Africa.
With God all things are possible.

You are in the home stretch. 🙂 Ask God for help and favor every day.
Father, help us to recognize that Your presence goes with us wherever we go.
Help us to grow to be more like You every day, being patient, humble and gentle with each other.
Help us to be of one spirit and of one mind and value each other above ourselves.
Amen.

Today is Pentecost, the celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit.
In my opinion the Holy Spirit is at the root of all religious faith.
It is the energy that connects us all. It is the inner voice which guides us.
Serenity, Courage, Wisdom.

Today I was reminded how lucky I am to have great friends. Two of my closest friends escaped serious injury while helping me with a “home improvement” project. A lifelong friend whom I love dearly traveled hours to see my wife and I to share his love, joy and day to day struggles with us.

Nothing about my friends is ordinary.
They are amazing.

God, Thank You for the blessing of great friends.
Help me to be as good a friend to them as they are to me.
Amen

I AM Blessed
I AM Happy
I AM Prosperous
I AM Successful
I AM Victorious
I AM Open to new possibilities
I AM Thriving
I AM Advancing
I AM Talented and Creative
I AM Loved
I AM a Child of God
I AM Grateful
Yes, I AM all these things
Amen.

Dear God, I want to take a moment and not ask anything of You,
But simply say thank You for all I have.
Amen

There are days when I simply struggle with a difficult situation. I worry about those I love and struggle to find a way to help. Sometimes things are just out of my control.
Lord God, I know You are here.
I trust in Your presence, Your power, Your goodness, and Your complete control over everything I’m facing.
Help me walk through the questions, assured of Your answers, even though they’re still unclear to me.
I know that even now, when I don’t understand, I have You with me, and that is all that matters.
I love You and I trust You,
Amen.

The chant Om Namah Shivaya is a love song, to ourselves. A love song we sing to our own deepest inner nature.
In this chant we recognize that we are the source, a piece of the whole.
Om Namah Shivaya
Girijaa Shankara namah Shivaaya
Shambho Shankara namah Shivaaya
Om Namah Shivaya
Help me to rest in the truth of ‘Great is Your love toward me.’
Your love is infinite and unconditional.
Help me to love others as You love me.
Om Namah Shivaya