 This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...We are all born with some sort of fears, it seems. As it so happens, almost all of these fears seem silly to others, who in turn hold on to fears that we think are somewhat silly.
The one thing we all have in common however is a desire to escape these fears, in the quickest, easiest way possible. At Rhema, we use Christian Yoga Classes and Teacher Training to help people understand the nature of God and His heart for us. The reality is that God doesn't want to give us a quick "out" or escape from our fears. Far from it. Instead, He wants to help us grow into stronger, more powerful people. That is one of our major purposes here on earth - to grow, to learn, and to overcome. With Him, this is all possible~
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 This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...How often do we hear this, think we know it, and then go about our day doing it anyway?
When we live by the praise of man, we also die by the critique of man. This is not something that makes us powerful people, changing the world and acting as a light! Here at Rhema, we use our system of Christian Yoga to help people understand that only God can fill the "God gap." Only through seeking his approval do we find fulfillment. Only in looking up are we able to change the world around us.  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...So often in the world today, we overlook the small things in life - either the small blessings or the small challenges. Often, these things seem inconsequential, or annoying.
However, the way we appreciate small blessings dramatically affects our happiness. The way we steward small responsibilities dramatically affects our character. When we appreciate the small things, we train ourselves to prepare for large, more important things in life. This is because our character and integrity grow. Think of small blessings, challenges and responsibilities as training for the larger things to come. They are your "workout" and "training" for the "real stuff" that everyone pays attention to and remembers. At Rhema, we teach that those who are faithful in small grow stronger as people. Two major reasons is because their character grows and their happiness grows. Happy people of good character are strong indeed!  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...How do we lead? How can we be a light in the world? What makes someone influential in the world?
Is it power? Money? Charisma? Many times, those three things attract a lot of fans and followers, but they don't spread light, life and more. People flock to hope, healing, life and love. If you want to lead, spread hope. If you want to spread light, spread hope. If you want to bring healing to people in the world today, spread hope. For a Christian, this is easy if we know the Father. From him we have our hope for a lifetime of eternity in heaven. At Rhema, we use Christian Yoga to get closer to our Heavenly Father as his children - this relationship brings hope, healing, life and love to our lives, and allows us to naturally spread these things to those around us as well.  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...As sons and daughters of the King of Heaven, we were made to dream. We were made to create.
Many times people and organizations will tell you to get your "head out of the clouds" and live in the real world. There's a need to be well-grounded and responsible, but there's also an often-neglected need to dream. You cannot create, grow, change yourself, change the world and live a full life if you don't dream. The Rhema Yoga system of yoga was built on dreams, and therefore teaches people to dream in their lives, with God, about all of the amazing opportunities the world has to offer. Dream with God, you won't regret it!  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...If we get stuck in our past we are miserable, if we get stuck in the future we usually feel anxious. The key is to stay in the present.
But why is it so hard to get past our past? The saying "hindsight is 20/20 is popular for a reason - there's a lot of truth to it. It's always easy to see what we did wrong or could have done better when we are looking back, into our past. Seeing what we could have done better and where we went wrong so that we can live a better life now is the way of Heaven. The enemy tries to use our past to punish us and destroy our identity so we will sacrifice our destiny. Here at Rhema, we use Christian Yoga techniques and teachings to help people see that they can move on in their lives, and live full lives with the Lord. We help them become aware that condemnation and guilt for our mistakes are not God's will for us, and that tomorrow is always a new day.  Your Christian Yoga "Daily"How can defensive behavior actually hinder communication? How could it actually hurt relationships?
There are probably many ways, but today we are going to focus on what I consider to be one of the biggest. When we are defensive, we are focusing on ourselves, and specifically, protecting ourselves. At Rhema, we use Christian Yoga to grow into greater levels of understanding that connection requires a focus on the other person. That God is our defender, and that vulnerability creates connection. Certainly, we must also have boundaries, especially around unhealthy people, but if we go through life continuously defending ourselves against both real and perceived slander, we cannot truly focus on, and love our neighbor.  Your Christian Yoga "Daily"One of the biggest problems believers have when it comes to repentance is this - they think that God is mad at them, and won't forgive them. In fact, many people think that he wants to punish them for being so bad!
This is simply not true. When we practice Rhema Yoga, some of the important things we learn is that God is good, that he loves us, and that he doesn't want to punish us. He is quick to forgive someone that is truly sorry for what they did wrong and eager to live a better life. He is not a punishing father, but a loving one. He wants his kids to be happy, to learn, and to grow. When we have faith in him as this kind of good father, we are able to repent quickly, and receive his forgiveness.  Your Christian Yoga "Daily" PostSo often, the way you talk about yourself, or don't talk about yourself, is what leads others to understand how to treat us as well. Sound strange?
Basically, the way you treat yourself and the way you value yourself informs others about how they should do the same. Why should they listen to your words and value your thoughts if you don't do the same? You teach people how to treat you by how you treat yourself. At Rhema, we use different Christian Yoga concepts and ideas to learn who God says we are, and to understand what he thinks about us. From there, gain a newfound understanding of our own identity of sons and daughters of a great and mighty King. God loves us, and calls us good. Why not join him?  This Week in the Rhema "Christian Yoga" Weekly...So many times we think we need to work hard for our faith. Maybe we need to study more scripture, or meditate more hours a day, or work for days on end on a hard yoga posture...
This sort of mindset, when applied to anything, usually means exhaustion, frustration, self-judgment and more. The ultimate irony is that often, only by letting go and surrendering things to God do we have any chance to get the things we want so badly. Faith is no different. Faith comes into our life through surrendering to the one and only God of the Universe. At Rhema Yoga, we use Christian Yoga to become aware of all of the different ways our human nature tends to want to strive towards good things. After that, we learn how to let go of these things and surrender to the God of Heaven. |
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