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For all those who are requesting help from our Financial Prayer Circle, please prayer for their spiritual and financial relief.

Here are some of the prayer requests for this week:

Gamy and his Wife has been struggling financially and they been waiting for the bank to approve them for there home for over 7 months now. The bank told them yes they could move in and now they told them NO!! Now they have to move out. And no place to go. They have 3 beautiful children...(read more.)

This prayer circle is for empowering single women with limited or no help in their lives. Give them a place to live this coming winter. Don't let them suffer under hunger and lack...(read more.)

Our business is not doing so well so it has been a financial struggle. We are going to lose our home. Needing your prayers for our finances and for our family...(read more.)

Here is a prayer for today:

Father, I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me,
and in all Your creatures -
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul;
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you Lord,
and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,

For you are my Father.

~ Charles de Foucauld

I have received many comments lately from readers who are having challenges moving forward financially due to mistakes they've made in the past, which have impacted their credit or even their ability to get housing or a job.

One of the first things I'd like to say to anyone who is experiencing these kinds of issues is that the FIRST and most important thing you can do is to FORGIVE yourself and any others that have contributed to your difficulties. Clear the slate and release the past. Just surrender it to God and be done with it. It is history unless you pack it up and carry it with you everyday, which can make moving forward very difficult.

Secondly, I have helped many people with bad credit or legal issues to get new housing and jobs. This is what I recommend that you do:

1. Write a letter (to be given to a potential employer or landlord) and explain your circumstances to them up front so there is no surprise. Tell them everything you have
done in your life to make amends for the past and to improve your life. Let them know who you are TODAY.

2. Get two or three letters of reference from people who can attest to the changes you've made...preferably not relatives, but your pastor, a friend or past employer.

3. Give your personal letter and these reference letters along with your application. Tell the potential employer or landlord that you would greatly appreciate a second chance...that you are a good person who will do everything in your power to be worthy of that chance.

People are more willing to help you if you're straight with them in the beginning and make an effort to help them see who you really are. Otherwise, all they have to work with is your credit score and/or your legal record, which is not by the way...who you are in the least. 

4. Say this prayer for Releasing the Past:

Dear God,

I pray to you today and ask that you help me to release all negative thoughts, feelings
and associations that I may be holding in connection with my personal and financial circumstances. Help me to release and forgive myself and any others who may have contributed to my circumstances.

Help me to release my attachment to my story of what happened so that I may be free to become who you would have me be. I surrender this work to you God, and know that as I release the past, I am creating the space to more fully embrace today and step forward into the rich potential of tomorrow.
 
I have learned from the past what I needed and now I set it free. I surrender my pain and suffering to you God and claim my future in faith and trust that better days and my greatest good are unfolding. I am grateful and humbled by my experience and hereby release it you. I consider it done and so it is. Amen.

~ Deborah Price


Peace & Blessings!

One of my favorite questions to ask people is: "How much is enough?" What is enough to make you feel completely safe, content and free to fully live your life without limitation?

Invariably when I ask this question people will throw out some randomly high number without really giving it much thought. Or, sometimes people just freeze and say, "Gee, I don't know...I've never really thought about it."

But few people actually have much of a knowing of how much enough is, which leads me to wonder: If we don't know how much is enough...what it looks or feels like, then how can we possibly begin to create it or recognize it when it arrives?

Co-author of the wonderful book "Your Money or Your Life", Vicki Robin wrote this "Pledge" that I thought I'd share with you to maybe inspire you to think about what "enough" is for you. 

"I pledge to discover how much is enough for me

be truly fulfilled, and to consume only that.

I also pledge to be part of the discovery

of how much would be enough for everyone

not only to survive but to thrive, and

to find ways for them to have access to that.

Through this commitment to restraint

and justice, I am healing my life

and I am part of the healing of the world."

~Vicki Robin


Now...just imagine the kind of world we could create if everyone just had enough and could be satisfied and fulfilled with simply that. No too much, not too little...but just enough.  

What does the concept of "enough" look like for you?

And would you be willing to accept less in order for everyone to have enough?

I am curious about these questions....so please send me your responses!

Peace & Blessings!

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