Prayer and Meditation

Pray and meditate each morning when you get out of bed because the way you start your day affects your emotional outlook for the day and largely determines how you would spend the rest of the day. So, take good care of what you do when you get out of bed in the morning. You are more likely to get frazzledand zapped as the day drags on if you begin the day hurrying and running around frantically at a breakneck speed. Do you realize that being jarred out of bed by an alarm clock can suddenly raise your heart beat, pulse rate, and blod pressure to an alarming state? Wake up peacefully and serenely without the aid of an alrm clock and start your day prayerfully with a sence of calm, devotion, and thanksgiving.

Prayer is a loving communication between you and God. It is healing to your mind, body, and spirit. Prayer can lift the heavy burden in your heart and reduce the impact of stress on your whole being. It is a transcendent method of communion with the Almighty, based on the realization and conviction that God is an omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient loving Father who is always willing to listen to our petitions and meet our sincere needs. Praying enables you to communicate with God, seek and receive divine wisdom, inspiration, guidance, protection, and help daily. All effective prayer contains three vital elements: gratitude, confession, and intercession. Everyday in your life, beginning from the morning, you need to sincerely give thanks to God for a good night’s sleep, for the gift of a brand new day, and for having received so many blessings from Him, especially the blessing of good health. You should always endeavor to raise your hearts to God in gratitude and thanksgiving every morning and all day for being fortunate in so many ways, even when you are stressed out and can no longer realize or appreciate the true worth of what you have through God’s love, grace, and blessings. You also need to confess your sins of commission or omission such as an error of judgment, conduct, or action to God and plead for forgiveness. Furthermore, you need to ask God to intercede and help you whenever you have vital constructive desires or whenever you need a solution to a problem that is causing the stress in your life.