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"Be still and know that I am God" - Psalm 46:10
In the hustle and bustle of life, it's easy to lose sight of what truly matters, especially now that the holiday season is upon us! UNPLUG Take a moment to quiet your mind, open your heart, and meditate on the goodness of God. In His stillness, we find clarity, peace, and a deep connection to the divine. Through meditation, we invite God's presence to dwell within us, guiding our thoughts and actions. This season, as we celebrate His birth, take some time to remember the importance of meditation in nurturing our spiritual well-being and strengthening our relationship with the Almighty.
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This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...When you are going through life, the best way to communicate with healthy people is directly, yet lovingly.
But how to do this? And what does it look like? Say it straight, simple and with a smile. Respect people enough to tell them what you are really thinking, without beating around the bush, dropping strange hints, acting passive aggressive or just "hoping they figure it out... because they should know." Say it simple and straight so that you are easy to understand and it's easy for people to know how you feel and what you need. Say it with a smile to show that you are for them, no matter what you are saying, and that you are doing your best to communicate in love. This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...When you are communicating with someone, the best way to honor them is to say what you mean, and mean what you say.
We often try to beat around the bush or sugar-coat our messages in an attempt to spare someone their feelings, but this usually is not a good example of us honoring them well. Respect someone enough to tell them what you really mean, and then follow through on whatever you promise them. Say what you mean, and mean what you say. When you do this, you'll find that some people won't be able to handle it, often because of issues they are dealing with in their lives. But you'll also find true relationships starting to form in your life as trust and respect between others will grow substantially. This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...At Rhema, we understand that our strength is our own belief in the God of the Bible. With this faith, we know who we are, because we know who he is. We trust his words about us, and we believe that he will always be there for us.
Sons and Daughters of the King of Heaven do not falter and fail when issues of great importance come up, because they have the strength of belief deep within their soul. When you know that the Master of the Universe loves you more than you love yourself, and that he calls you "good" even though he knows the darkest thoughts of your heart, then you can move mountains. Rhema Christian YogaThe principle ingredient of life is love, but how do we love well? How do we live in this world, loving ourselves and our fellow man to the best of our ability?
It’s not a question one should approach lightly, although the answer itself is easy. We learn to live and love well when we know Jesus and spend time sitting with God. When we are with the Father, we have peace. We begin to know who we are and whose we are. As with most things in this world, you can try to love ourselves and others well out of our own strength. Some people might be very good at it. Others not so much. Either way, one this is the same for both groups of people – it will be harder than it should be without Jesus. They won’t be nearly as good at it as they could be with Jesus. They will eventually burn out and get tired without God. If the principal ingredient of life is love, why not do it well? Do it with Jesus. Get to know him in your Rhema Yoga practice. Then go out into the world and love well! This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...The beauty of the human spirit is that it is, as we live now, constant and continuous. It is endless. It is unchanging and perfect. This is the part of us that is already seated in heavenly places with Jesus.
While the body and the soul are ever-changing as we live in this fallen reality, the spirit is already complete. It is unchanging. We cannot really understand who we are without understanding the absolute fullness of the spirit - that is our core being. That is our essence. When we die, our bodies and souls will be resurrected and perfected. They will, at that time, become a permanent, never-changing part of us. Until then, it is the spirit.  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...A guru told me last week that I would always find happiness if I lived with my heart... meaning that if I let my heart guide me, I would always be happy.
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Many Christians wonder the same thing. They hear these phrases, which are true, and try desperately to do them... and fail. Not because they don't have the will, but because they don't know how to do it! Frustrated and defeated after trying to find a way to "rest in Jesus," people often end up finding rest and comfort from people or material things instead of God, often without even knowing it. Resting in Jesus looks like different things to different people. At Rhema Yoga, we use Christian Yoga to teach people how to exercise their body, minister to their spirit, and find rest for their soul. This is done through yoga postures, meditations, teachings and more - it's a wonderful way to find relationship and "rest" in the Lord!  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...So often when we get stuck in our past, we become depressed, and when we fixate on the future we become anxious. Why is this?
When we think of the past too much, we tend to fixate on what we did wrong, or what happened to us that was bad. When we think of the future, we think of what may go wrong again! It's not necessarily our fault, our ancestors had to do this for centuries in order to survive in the jungles, deserts and woodlands of the world! We inherited a legacy of survival, not happiness. That comes only from God. At Rhema Yoga, we use our system of Christian Yoga to teach the truths that happiness and joy are an inside job - they start with God on the inside, and end with happiness and joy radiating on the outside. With God, we can think of our past with peace, knowing that God doesn't see our mistakes and wants to heal our traumas. We can rest as we look to the future, knowing that he is a good God, and want's to protect and provide for us all of the way~ |
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