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Prayer

The most powerful tool that we have is prayer. This incredible gift from God given to us to have access to Him at any time or wherever we may be.Through prayer we can communicate with our Heavenly Father directly. He wants us to bring our problems to him, to share our joys, our triumphs and he desires to comfort us when we suffer.

Many around us don’t believe in prayer or in the power that comes from a true heartfelt prayer. Others are too distracted to even think about praying or to try to access that channel of communication with God! 🙁 The important thing to remember is that ultimately, WE ARE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE HOW CLOSE WE WANT TO BE TO GOD!!!✨God is ever present, He is invariable, He’s always there for us, His words are words of truth, and if there’s anyone in this world in whom we should believe it should be Him. So, if He has said that He will answer our heartfelt prayers then we must TRUST HIM THAT HE WILL!!!! And that after we pray He will answer according to His will and purpose which is much higher than ours. ☀

At some point or another in our lives the times come in which reach a point where we have no where else to go but to God. We realize that the only thing that we can do during those difficult times is to pray. This may come because of something difficult that we may be experiencing, or from physical pain, illness, sorrow or losing a loved one. 🙁 From what I have experienced so far in my life, those difficult moments have lead to some of my most beautiful experiences that i’ve had with prayer. It’s hard to believe that I could be thankful for my difficulties :/ but I know, as I know many of you already know that some of our hardest experiences can help us to feel closer to God more than we ever have before. These are the moments that become treasures in our lives. ?Moments that teach us that God really is there!!! That He does hear the prayers of our hearts, that He is full of love for us, and that He is the provider of peace and the the giver of all good gifts for us His children. (specially when we trust Him! can you imagine how He must feel when we show Him that? 🙂 I’m so thankful to him for giving the peace and comfort that i’ve needed during the most difficult moments of my life and i’m thankful for the gift that I have of knowing that I can speak to Him and tell him exactly how I feel. He has become my Best Friend and the one that I look forward to speaking to daily now! <3 Those experiences have only happened because I CHOSE TO ACCESS His divine gift of communication that He so lovingly has available to ALL of us!!! 🙂

Lately, I’ve been able to witness the amazing power of prayer. My heart has been so full from seeing the way in which prayers can be answered and the miracles that can come from just a plead. ?I’m so thankful for having the gift of prayer and for what it can do for each one of us individually. I know that we will receive answers to our prayers according to our faith and the will of God.  Even if our faith is small, it’s that desire to believe that changes everything and that’s when we begin to knock down those walls of unbelief and finally begin to rely more and more fully in our TRUST of God.

Mathew 17:20 says;
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
James 1:5-6
 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

So, we must believe to see results!!! 🙂 But why do we let our doubts stop us from fully believing? Do we not trust In Gods word enough? If we’re even kneeling down to pray in the first place it’s because we believe that He can help right? So why not fully TRUST IN HIS POWER to strengthen us in our difficulties to give us hope during the hard times and to provide the comfort that we need in our daily life?…letting go of the doubts and showing Him our trust in our prayers will change everything!!?

Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him
I love this scripture so much! God is a rewarder! The giver of all good gifts!!! Our father who loves us, who cares so much about us. He desires to hear from us. The choice is ours and our journey is very personal in how much we desire to come closer to Him. He knows what is in our hearts and His promises are real. When He says ask, and ye shall receive. Then we must believe that if we ask with pure intent, believing fully in Him, then we will receive.
I want to leave this message with you, for whoever is meant to read it. To let you know that God loves YOU!!! You can feel it in your heart if you stop and think about it. He will testify to your heart and soul that he loves YOU!!!  He knows you by name and knows what you need even before you ask. He is anxious to hear from you! He desires to bless you with more and more! And to show you just how much He cares for you. ❤️️
Go to Him and take His hand for your life daily! 🙂 There’s nothing more beautiful than a heartfelt prayer. ? But don’t forget to STOP and LISTEN TO HIM in peace and quiet after you’re done praying. He desires to counsel you and to help you and the only way to have our minds and hearts open for His communication to be in silence and to try to feel Him close to us, to  listen to the feelings that come to our hearts and minds He whispers, peace and inspiration to our hearts and minds and if we’re willing to listen to Him HE WILL ANSWER.
God also communicates with us through His written words. Reading His words is an amazing way to receive answers and inspiration. He also sends us angels who may give us words of wisdom to help us and in some cases He allows us to be angels for others as well. We are all here to help each other and to glorify God in doing so. I know that the more that we come closer to God, the more we will feel his tender mercies and blessings and we will develop a stronger desire to please Him. We may even stop asking for things for ourselves and instead ASKING GOD HOW WE CAN HELP HIM? or what we could do that would make Him happy and proud of having us as His children! 🙂 how awesome is that? To turn that focus away from us and to do what would be pleasing to God instead. That way our lives won’t keep passing by with less faith but instead creating and building STRONGER FAITH. Little by little, ONE DAY AT A TIME. The power of prayer is amazing!!! ?
Our spiritual goal for the week is to strengthen our relationship with God through the power of prayer. And after praying to wait and be willing to listen to what he speaks to our hearts and minds.
Our physical goal for the week is to notice which foods don’t feel right with our bodies. To try to eat healthier, but to listen to our bodies and what feels good for them.
Love you all and I hope that this will be a wonderful week! keep you minds and spirits positive and moving forward. See you tonight in class for a wonderful workout, toning and meditation session that will strengthen us. Unfortunately CLASS WILL BE CANCELLED NEXT WEEK. So, if you’re planing on coming tonight is the night!!! Hope to see you tonight at 7:15 🙂 <3
xoxo,
LILI?
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My Body is a Temple

Everyday we are bombarded by media and society with propaganda about how we should look, what size we should be and even what clothes we should wear. They try to convince us that we are not pretty enough, that our bodies need to be a certain way and that we shouldn’t even age.
Unfortunately most woman and young girls around the world are falling into this trap of comparison and a lack of self love for themselves. We can feel these influences worsening from the effects of social media and from other resources that we have available at our fingertips today.

So, what can we do to stop judging or comparing ourselves so much? How can we stop being so negative about the way we look or what we would want to change? The first thing we need is to have GRATITUDE!??  We talked about this last week in class since the topic of loving ourselves came up. We learned that being thankful to God for each body part and the purpose which it serves for each one of us is so important. Having gratitude for each breath, for our ability to move and to do things, understanding that things could always be worse right?…Being grateful and seeing how blessed we are really changes everything! ??

Another thing that’s important for us to remember is that we are here on this earth to gain experience, knowledge and wisdom from the choices we make. We choose what we think about, what we look at, who we compare ourselves to and how we treat ourselves. We can choose to be kind and loving to our bodies and to our spirits, by choosing words that are uplifting, positive and edifying to describe ourselves. Our Father in Heaven has allowed us to come to this earth and gain this AMAZING body created by HIM. A body to host our spirit!!! How amazing is that? 🙂 We are given our one and only body to learn how to treat it, how to care for it and how to gain the experiences that we need from having it. It’s truly a miracle that we’re able to live in this wonderful body that we’re blessed to have ?

1 Corinthians 6: 19-20
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.God has given us the gifts of having our bodies. This Body which we have really doesn’t belong to us, we are loaning it from God. I know that at some point we will stand in front of Him & we will be asked about how we took care of our body or our temple while we were here on this earth. We should strive to do all that we can to Glorify God by the way that we take care of our body, mind and spirit! ✨?

God considers our bodies sacred and that which is sacred to GOD, MUST BE SACRED TO US! ?✨ He has given us this amazing and beautiful body because we are His Sons and daughters and we are individually and beautifully made. The fact that we are Created by the most amazing being in the universe and that He is our father, should be enough for us to feel gratitude and Joy from having our bodies.?

I’ve wondered before, how does our creator feel when we mistreat our bodies? 🙁  When we do things that are not good for them or when we talk so negatively about ourselves? That’s not Heavenly Father’s goal for us, we were NOT put on this earth to fail, but to Succeed!!! Success not in the ways of the world or society but success in the things that are of God and that will bring true happiness. So, yes! There is a way! We can turn off the distractions and have a little more time connecting with God. We can push away the falseness of society and begin to see things through Gods eyes a little more. We can talk positively to ourselves and we can be truly grateful for the body that HE has given us. ?? This gratitude will give us the power to make it one day at a time making the right choices for our health and our body. knowing that He has the power to help us overcome anything that tries to get in our way.

He wants us to know and feel how much He loves us and how proud He is of all the good that we do, He wants us to continue to move upwards, being a light to our own selves, to our friends, to our family, to our communities and even the to the world. Doing these things isn’t always easy, in  fact the easy way is the way that the world wants us to go…But we’re not if the world, our spirits come from higher that that and we know that the hard work and the sacrifices that we make will ultimately will pay off.

It is our choice to see the beauty of what God has given us, we choose to love this body, and we choose to do all of those things that will help us to keep our Temple clean mentally, emotionally and physically. We already know the things that we should do for ourselves, we just have to make it happen! 🙂  We can take care of what we eat, how we treat our bodies, of not using addicting substances or habits that could harm us, and getting rid of activities that are not beneficial to us  mentally, emotionally or spiritually.  We can replace the bad with the good by taking time to learn or gain more wisdom, time to connect with God and to learn about His ways for us, time to exercise, to be with family and to enjoy nature and our surroundings. Doing those things will not only be pleasing to God but they will make Him proud of entrusting us with our bodies. ???✨

These things that we do for for ourselves, will make us healthier, bring us more Joy and a longer time on this earth to fulfill the callings that God has for us and that we’re meant to do with the help of our bodies on this earth.

Our spiritual goal for the week is to focus on Loving ourselves and making our bodies the Temples that they’re meant to be! 🙂

Our physical goal is to Eat healthy, Exercise and To let go of anything that is bad for our physical bodies. 🙂 We know what those things are!… We just need that courage and will power! ??

We’re going to do this together one day at a time remembering how we can love and take care of our temples in the way that our creator intends and not in the way that the adversary tries to get us….Success comes one day at a time! The choose is today and then we can start again tomorrow. 🙂 But focus on what you can do today! ?

Thank you as always for reading the messages I hope you’re able to learn from them as much as I am. Love you all! Love hearing from you too! If theres’ something you’re learning from our weekly goals please let me know or write it in your journal as you receive inspiration from God for your life 🙂 Have a blessed and wonderful day! Hope to see you tonight in class to take care of ourselves and to strengthen our beautiful God given Temples!!! ??✨?

With love,
Lili ?

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Courage

The definition of courage is the ability to do something that frightens one or having strength when facing pain or grief.

I’ve been thinking about how important it is to have courage as one of our attributes. Specially after reading the message from last week about aligning our goals with God’s will and not ours. We need courage to do exactly what God has put in our hearts to do. Enough courage to fully believe, trust and know that God will help us to accomplish those things which are important to Him. We need that courage to be strong in knowing that there’s only wisdom in following Gods plan for our lives and we need determination to push through when we feel like giving up. Because we know that those are the moments when our courage will truly be tested.

 

Being courageous requires that we let go of the thoughts or fears about what others may think or say about us. We know that we are not here to please the rest of the world or to “fit in” with society, although it tries to blind us and distract us constantly…But those are the times when we need courage! When society or someone is pulling at us to go in a direction that we know is not going to benefit us at all. Being courageous means that KEEP TRYING! Specially when we are faced with something difficult or when we feel lazy, tired or discouraged.
We basically need courage daily! Courage to say no to something that is bad for us, courage to let go of bad habits, courage  to control our thoughts, appetites, anger and frustrations. Courage to eat healthy, courage to exercise and to do all of those things that are good for our minds and bodies. Finally, we need courage to let go of fears and to trust more deeply in God and in His power to help us.

Joshua 1:9 says;
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest

His promise is real! 🙂 The Lord God is with us wherever we may be, We gain our courage from Him! ✨ He gives us the energy to push through anything that may come our way. He is our courage to make the right choices each day. ☀️ We know that the amount of time that we have on this earth is short. So focusing our goals and efforts on those things that are pleasing to God and that will bring our souls the most  peace and joy should be our priority. Doing this will automatically bring us GREATER COURAGE because we know that we have God on our side to help us accomplish anything that we’re meant to do for Him on this earth. So let’s let go of fear trust Him a lot more and let His power fill us with courage ! ????

 

Our spiritual goal for the week is: To wake up each morning and pray for the COURAGE to do the things that God needs us to do each day. (From taking care of our health to letting go of bad habits etc…We need courage daily! 🙂
Our physical goal for the week is: To drink enough water! Our bodies are all different and each person needs a different amount. What is recommended is to do half of your body weight in ounces. When we don’t drink enough water our bodies retain it :(…So let’s drink enough and see how much our energy will improve, our bodies will feel better and even our skin will benefit. 🙂 
Hope to see you tonight in class for a wonderful workout, toning and meditation session!!! ? The combination of everything is soooo good for our health! 🙂 Take the time to do something great for yourself! You’ll love the feeling! 🙂 And don’t forget that if you bring a friend who has never been to class your class is free!!! how awesome is that? 🙂
Have a blessed and wonderful day and rest of the week! Do your best one day at a time! ??
Love,
Lili ?

 

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Goals are Dreams with Deadlines

Happy New Year!!! Can’t believe 2017 is here! 🙂 This is a great time to review, learn and feel strengthened by what we accomplished and overcame during 2016. This is also a good time to feel gratitude for all the blessings that we received this past year and for being able to feel the hand of God in our lives✨

Having a new year allows us to feel renewed and excited about what’s to come. Many of us choose to set new goals at the beginning of each year but unfortunately studies have shown that the majority of people who set “New Years resolutions” are only able to keep them for a few weeks or at those most about a month. So, how can we actually accomplish our goals this year? The first thing we need is to have CLARITY and a strong desire of WHY we want to achieve these goals. Doing this will keep us focused and motivated to accomplish them.

The next step is to set a deadline for our goals. Deadlines allow us to push ourselves a little more and to create a sense urgency and determination to reach the deadline date and complete it. We also need vision and to be willing to put in the hard work that is required to achieve it. We have to remind ourselves that can do it! We can do hard things! We can work hard and push ourselves to fulfill the goals that we set for ourselves. ?

The last thing we should consider doing and probably the most important one, is to be wise about the goals that we set. We can set many goals for ourselves, sometimes even more than we can handle. We want to accomplish this and that, or to have these material things, or to travel to these places etc… But, when our goals are not aligned with Gods goals for our lives, we won’t be able to accomplish much and in some cases we may feel empty even after we accomplish that specific goal.

It would be great before we set our goals to ask ourselves, what would God want me to focus on? Which goals would God want me to have for this year? What are those things that God has whispered to my soul that I should work on? If we can take a moment to pray, to ask God and to meditate in silence for a few minutes. We will be able to feel if our goals are really aligned with God’s desires for us. Can you imagine how awesome it would be too feel in your heart if you do have the right focus or if you don’t? God communicates to our minds and hearts and He will let us know what we should be focusing on.That’s the way to really know that we have set the right goals and it will give us an even greater desire to achieve them.

How amazing would that feeling be? Of knowing that your goals are approved by God and that by having His approval as His children, He will provide the help necessary for us to accomplish those goals and to give us even more that what our mortal bodies can do towards our goals! Having His divine guidance will bring way more power than anything else we could ever do on our own. He will help us accomplish the things that He desires for us to do. Doesn’t that look much clearer and better? 🙂 We’re not setting goals for our own selfish desires or to please the rest of the world or to look cool for everyone else etc….We set goals because they are aligned with GOD!!! ?

I know that by doing the things that are pleasing to God we will have more clarity and a stronger desire to accomplish our true goals. He will help us achieve our deadlines and dreams as long as we stay humble, close to Him and moving forward in His ways.We will know that we are not alone in this and that He will give us the strength and provide even more peace into our lives than anything else that we could possibly achieve on this earth. ?

Lets keep our goals clear and positive this year! 🙂 I hope to see you tonight for a wonderful uplifting class! 🙂 That will continue to take us on our journey to becoming our best selves. ??

Our spiritual goal for the week is: To set the right goals for ourselves with God’s wisdom for us and to create deadlines for them! 🙂 We will talk a little about this in class tonight! 😉

Our physical goal for the week is: To exercise a little bit more than we’re used to doing. This is a great goal for ourselves. yes, It requires effort and work, but we can do it. Going to class tonight will be one way to get a great workout in and feel energized and motivated to do this for yourself. And if you need a little motivation please let me know and I would love to help you. 🙂

Let’s make this a wonderful year for accomplishing our goals! We’ll be able to work on a physical and a spiritual goal together once a week during the year, like we did last year! I know that this didn’t only help me during the year last year but I hope that it helped you too and that we can do this together during 2017 focusing on goals that will be uplifting and amazing for ourselves. Our aim this year is to try to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. Not competing with anybody else, but being the best that we can be for God and for ourselves.?

Thanks again for reading these messages. I’m thankful for each and every one of you! Have a blessed and wonderful day and week. Hope to see you tonight! 🙂

Love,
Lili ?