The scriptures are full of advice to forget ourselves and let God take care of our daily needs.

“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” -Matthew 6: 25

“Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.” -Matthew 6: 31-32

” Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient ” -Matthew 6: 34

And that’s just one chapter in Matthew!

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs demands that we have our own needs taken care of before we can fully serve people in the highest capacity possible. 

If we try to jump over any of the lower steps, we will eventually slide back down to the level we are able to provide for ourselves. For example, we cannot give or receive respect, recognition and status (in the Esteem category), authentically long term, until we can’t easily feel friendship, intimacy and a sense of connection (in Love and Belonging).

Many people try to be self actualized, being the most that they can be, while still struggling to maintain employment, or have enough resources (Safety Needs). 

This is why so many people feel depleted when they serve.

But, if we are struggling in an area, does that mean we can’t help others?

If you will notice, the bottom level is very self-focused – all these needs are for me alone. And in reality, God has provided for them all. It is only when we can look beyond these basic needs that even the basest civilizations are able to provide for themselves, that we begin to think of others.

Mary, on our call today shared an experience when she was inspired to volunteer. After fighting the thought for 3 weeks, she finally followed through with her inspired message. The outcome proves that God knows what we need. And that forgetting ourselves to notice the needs of others, creates joy and abundance beyond anything we could imagine.

There is always something we can do. Inspired actions steps are never convenient and they are never logical. AND, they are always perfect. Jesus always acted immediately when he was moved by compassion.

As Felicia on our call suggests

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‘Hope’ is the word that came to me as I silently meditated on our subject of gratitude today. Hope in the understanding that can happen when we physically connect. 

I also realized that I personally have little control over the outcome of the meeting, but I do have all control over the way I show up in a desire to understand. To create an type of atmosphere of understanding, I need to very grounded and centered in unconditional love and let go of the need to be ‘right’. In this way, I am also open for a beautiful mastermind situation to occur, and to a new answer that didn’t exist before. I open the way for Christ to be part of the conversation.

Remember the group is never right. It is always the outliers who stimulate change that furthers the growth and evolution of mankind. An unpopular opinion doesn’t necessarily mean it is wrong.

Where unity exists, walls and defenses drop. Where trust exists, fear departs. TRUTH, the truth that resonates in our hearts from knowledge that exists before our time on earth began, connects us all, when we are open to receive and acknowledge it.

People die in the absence of physical connection. Connecting in love is a human need. When we can put our own agenda aside and connect with the intent to understand, using charity – the pure love in which Christ sees all of us – we can solve any issue.

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” -Matthew 18:20

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Offer a Hand of Friendship

• I am found in the cause of Christ
• I can always be found in the light
• I am on the path of light
• I am powered by light
• My Cause and Christ’s Cause are the same
• I bring the love and invitation of Christ, in His name
• I choose for myself, based on the light and love of Christ
• I am powered by light and the love of Christ
• I am empowered
• I am committed to God’s Cause
• I invite others to come to Christ and the light
• My hand of invitation and friendship is always outstretched

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Back in the 60’s and even through the 80’s, the kitchen was a “Women only” space. Thankfully, it is not like that anymore. I love to cook and entertain guests. Those who come to my house often know that I love helping hands in the kitchen! The biggest benefit I have noticed with helping hands fixing a meal is that everything comes together perfectly in the end.

Hands themselves have such varied meanings when we consider all the ways they are used. With children, hands can mean a gentle, healing touch. Or in some cases, hands can mean fear and punishment. 

I remember the rough strength of my Daddy’s hands as I looked at them sitting in church as a little girl. He was a cabinet builder and always had callouses and band-aids and was missing the tip of his little finger. One hand was smoother than the other because it had been burned. His hands are the most memorable part of him to me.

Tyrie, on our call this morning talked about helping hands that provide healing treatments. And the confusion she felt about giving and receiving monetary compensation for the gift of healing. Many struggle, especially in the beginning, with how to reciprocate for the offering of a sacred gift.

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Cheerful helping hands in the form of strangers, our own families, and friends is gratefully and cheerfully accepted. Unless we have some limiting belief about receiving the help.

Does the offer to help mean I am not doing a good enough job on my own? Does it mean that I am not capable? Does it mean that I am failing, or lazy? Does it mean I have to now give them something in return?

Your daily GPS and Permission Process can help you let go of all those limiting thoughts and just simply receive.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Give and Receive Freely

• I am grateful for those who support my cause
• Money is the easiest value exchange for some
• Trade is the easiest value exchange for some
• I gratefully give and receive value
• I gratefully receive payment for my gifts
• I give in ways that I am immediately paid
• I offer a helping hand in ways that serve me too
• I receive immediately when I serve
• I am grateful for helping hands
• I know that I am better with helping hands to lift me
• I am willing to be the helping hands that lift others

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I am grateful that someone was open to the inspiration of identifying body parts and how they relate to emotions and beliefs. I have found metaphysical meanings to be a helpful confirmation or second witness of choices I am making that are keeping me stuck.

The scriptures say the body is a temple, a dwelling place for the spirit. We build temples as a place where God’s spirit can dwell. Does this mean that if our bodies are the temple, then the spirit is God within each of us? I tihnk so.

I am grateful that my body does what my mind tells it to. My will creates a thought that I want to stand up from the chair I am sitting in. My brain responds by sending an impulse to my legs and core muscles. And my body stands up. As long as there has not been an injury or defect to interrupt this chain of events, in less than one second, all of this happens almost without a conscious thought. 

Our bodies are our obedient servants. Unless we subdue the spirit by allowing the body to lead. When I had a heart attack 7 years ago, through meditation, journaling and a deep connection with God, I realized I had made the choice that my physical needs were more important than my spiritual needs. A heart attack was the result of my spirit fighting back.

If we find ourselves unwilling to step forward when our spirit knows it is the best thing for us, that is a huge warning sign that we are letting our body take charge of our spirit. Be aware that since we are a whole body which includes mind, spirit, heart, elbow, knee, and God Within, there will eventually be an uprising in the form of a physical ailment to remind us that the body is limited, but the spirit is infinite.

The spirit is ruled by truth, the body is ruled by fear. The spirit is perfectly aligned with God and has memory of all things past, present and future. The spirit is the means by which God communicates with us. The body is the obedient servant that does the will of the Father as relayed through the spirit.

I am my body, I am my spirit, I am my will. These parts of me separately, are nothing compared to the power of me working together in tandem with God as a whole, perfect creation.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to be Whole, Complete, Perfect

• I am willing
• I am stalwart
• I am God Within
• God is my Captain, my Leader
• Christ is my example
• I am strong
• I am confident before God and Man
• I am impeccable before God
• I act as one body with God and Christ 
• I am obedient to the will of the Father
• My will and the Father’s will are One
• I am one with God, I am God Within

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The biggest lesson I have learned from all my experiences designed to teach me something is:

I AM STRONG

And the key to transitioning from a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness in the middle of a trial, to feeling empowered is…you guessed it…GRATITUDE!

If you can find gratitude (and I promise it is there) in any circumstance, you take back your power and you enable yourself to find a solution or choose a different path.

Our life lessons give us an opportunity to reach up to God to have something solid to hold onto while we regain our footing. They also cause us to reach deep insider ourselves to discover strength we didn’t know we possessed.

Sometimes we experience the same life lesson over and over again. The situation may be different, but the experience is familiar. Obviously, if this is happening, we are ready and capable of learning the lesson. It has just not clicked in yet. 

If this describes you, I suggest you humble yourself and get an outsider’s perspective so your blind spot can be exposed. In some patterns, it is only when we are shown the pain we are creating in our own lives, that we finally make the choice to choose to embrace the lesson.

Cigi, on our call this morning, suggested that we almost always associate life lessons with hardship. But if we look, we can list our successes side by side with our struggles. It is possible to recognize and even embrace our life lessons when we know that they are preparing us for a huge success on the other side of the lesson. 

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As long as we know the difference between a life lesson that produces destruction and a life lesson that produces growth, we can always learn the right lesson. God’s only purpose is to lead us to light and life. Satan’s only purpose is to lead us to darkness and death. I believe Satan gets blamed many times for lessons that really benefit us. 

When we make the choice that learning is easy, then life is easy. We will always be growing, so we will always be learning.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Learn the Right Lesson the First Time

• I have learned that I control the speed at which I learn
• I am a resource and an example of thriving
• I am a creator, constantly learning and applying my lessons
• I welcome the lessons that help me become my best and highest self
• I know and accept that I am a creature of constant growth and change
• I learn quickly and apply what I have learned
• I love myself and my process
• I am moving at the perfect pace
• I trust that my experiences are taking me forwar

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