And the power of prayer.
There's such an amazing grace and power in prayer.
If you're overwhelmed or in a frightening situation,
You'll find it so helpful to just stop and take a few moments to breathe,
To be quiet,
And to go within and pray.
And to ask for help,
To ask for guidance,
To ask for protection.
I believe God is always there for you.
And that spark of light and love is always waiting for you to call upon it.
What a wonderful gift.
What a wonderful tool to use.
You can release your fear,
Your frustration,
And ask for guidance when you need it.
You can have a conversation with God.
You can have a very meaningful talk with God.
I'm not talking about being angry or pleading or demanding something from God,
But just having a one-on-one conversation with God.
And in that conversation,
There's a beautiful relationship that develops where you can trust and speak your heart and mind and not be afraid of being judged.
And you can be very aware that you can get an answer even if it doesn't come right away.
You can talk to God in a way that you'd talk to your very best friend.
And that comes from that faith,
That faith of knowing that presence is there.
We may not see it,
But we can feel it.
And you know,
When you do a prayer,
There is a state of peace that comes from praying.
And if you just stop afterwards and free that energy of that prayer and let it go trusting it's in God's hands,
Then there is a time that you're released from that burden.
In Hawaii,
Where I live,
There's a wonderful phrase that's said after a prayer.
It's a mama,
A mama,
Ua noa.
And that means the prayer is free.
Think about that for a moment.
You've had that conversation.
You said that prayer and it's now free.
What next?
Well,
Perhaps you could take a few minutes to just listen.
To just listen and feel as well what you're feeling after you pray and you release the prayer.
Now you may not get the answer right away.
That doesn't always happen right away,
But it is in God's hand and you have to have the faith that it will come about if it's time is right.
And that's a beautiful gift that will help release your mind and let you find some peace.
When you develop that relationship through prayer with God,
You get this feeling that you have a perfect counselor and a very,
Very close friend.
I would suggest asking yourself some questions to reflect upon.
Does your prayer communicate your intent?
Are you asking God for a clear message in return?
Do you have the faith and believe that God is there for you?
Do you set the prayer free once you say it and do you allow the process to bring you peace?
And are you allowing it to be a two-way conversation or are you doing just the talking to God?
I wrote a prayer from Prayers to Peace called In the Heart of Perfect Peace.
In the heart of perfect peace,
There is the love of God within.
It's a simple breath of being here within.
I am that breath.
I am that love.
I am that light that it brings.
I am that very peace in being.
I am that I am presence that dwells in this now moment and I listen to the love that speaks and the happiness it brings.
I celebrate the blessings of being,
That fragrance of the blossoming of creation and I thank God for this time of prayer and meditation where there is indeed no limitations.
In every soul's pure light of being,
There is that gift of that perfect peace.
Now let's just take a couple of moments to go within,
Breathing in that perfect peace and opening up that energy of awareness so we can be aware if we are open and able to be receiving that energy of God within.
Go to that sacred place there in your heart and feel that unconditional love that brings you that perfect peace.
Breathe in that energy of unconditional love and allow it to lift you up to your soul and now just be still in your soul and allow yourself a sacred place to pray to God.
Be in that sacred place of your soul.
What would you ask and talk to God about in your prayer?
Take the time,
Take a moment to just go within and find what it is you need help with and have an intimate,
Deep conversation with God.
Take some time and some moments and talk to God right now.
Go to that very source and if you need to ask to find a way to release any worries,
Do that.
If you need to find a way to find peace within,
Ask for that.
And now take some moments to just be a channel,
A chalice that receives the messages back that you need from God.
Breathing in,
Receive that energy and release anything of doubt.
Breathing in,
Accept that energy that receives the answers you need.
Breathing in,
Take some time to thank God for being there for you when you need that help.
Breathing in,
Believe that energy is there and know that you can build this connection and that relationship to God every day.
Allow yourself to be in that presence,
To accept that love and that light and that perfect peace.
And thank God for this wonderful energy,
This beautiful peace within and that acceptance of knowing you can communicate in prayer with God.
Amen.
And as we say in Hawaii,
A mama,
A mama,
Ua noa,
The prayer is free.
And we say that because once we've prayed,
We release it.
We know that prayer is heard.
We need not worry.
Trust and it is so.
So be it and so it is.
Thank you so much for being here in this sacred communication of prayer with us together and God's presence right there within you.
