INSPIRATIONAL CAPSULE #4

August 6th, 2009

 

UFBL’s Fourth Statement of Faith

We believe with Jesus that our experiences are the reflections of our beliefs and therefore the key to happy and successful living is right thinking followed by right action.

 

Article #4: What You Think About You Bring About!

Are you happy with what is showing up in your life? If you are not, then maybe you need to call to mind the statement ‘change your thinking and change your life’

What do your thoughts have to do with how you experience life? Thoughts are things. What you think about you bring about. The kind of thoughts you harbor deeply will outpicture in your life.

There is a story about a young man leaving his village because he considered his fellow villagers to be mean and selfish. He went to a neighbouring village and settled there. A few weeks later, everyone was very surprised to see him return. That young man had found that the people in his new village were exactly like those he had left behind! His experience was a reflection of his beliefs or opinions about people.

Thoughts such as ‘I always have to struggle to make ends meet’ will keep you struggling. Bitter thoughts will manifest as bitter experiences. Remember: what you think about you bring about.

Each person holds the key to happy and successful living – RIGHT THINKING. What is right thinking? It is holding only the highest and best thoughts about yourself and about life in general.  Like what?  Well how about this:

 I am God’s perfect child with great and wonderful work to be done to his honour and glory.

I am born to succeed.

 Everything that concerns me is in divine order.

I am always guided into right action.

I always know what to say and when to say it.

I always have extra money.

I am enjoying my life and my job.

Stand guard at the gate of your mind and allow only those thoughts you want to see become your reality. As you hold on to right thoughts you can be sure that you will be guided into right action to be able to enjoy the happy and successful life that is your birthright.                                                   

Author: Carol Joseph

 

Affirmative Prayer

I now fill my mind with wholesome, life-giving thoughts about myself and towards others. I fill my mind with thoughts of love, joy, harmony, peace, strength, wisdom, success and an abundance of good. I expect only the best and I experience the best. As I keep my mind centred on God the good, omnipotent, I am guided into paths of pleasantness and peace and I enjoy the abundant life.

 

Bible Corner

Proverbs 23: 7  For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.

Phillipians 4: 8-9  Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. (NKJV)

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CHRISTMAS IN JULY

June 16th, 2009

Gifts of Love

July 12, 2009

” Its not the things you do at Christmas time but the Christmas things you do all year through” No doubt you know those words from the song ‘Secret of Christmas.’ We sing these words once a year and we agree with them and live them in the month of December. Come January and we are back to our old, forgetful self and its business as usual.

It is as though we pack away love, goodwill and the spirit of giving in the same box with the Christmas tree and decorations. Because that is all that it was, a decoration of our behaviour. The smell of the Christmas goodies, the festive decorations at the Malls, the infectious Christmas music and the concerts has programmed us to put on our Christmas behaviour and we get in the spirit of joy, of love, of giving, of spending.

The question is, can we maintain this when all the Christmas props are removed? Ask yourself  ‘Have I carried the spirit of love and goodwill and the spirit of giving throughout the year? We dont have to wait on an occasion to give, nor to experience joy and a feeling of good will toward others. 

That is why ICIT celebrates Christmas in July. This session is placed in the middle of the year to remind all those who slacked off after Christmas. We give you a booster shot and remind you of what you should be doing on a daily basis. We sing carols, we exchange gifts, and we refresh ourselves with physical and spiritual Christmas goodies.

Come and join us at ICIT on July 12th at 5-7 pm. Bring a gift to exchange and bring a friend. Let your conscience be your guide as you select the gift. Don’t worry about whether it shoud be a male or female gift,choose the gift with love and you will be alright.

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EMANCIPATION SESSION

June 16th, 2009

 

                                                        August 2, 2009

 Every year Trinidadicarol-joseph-speaker-of-the-day-20083ans celebrate  Emancipation Day on 1st August.   On this public holiday we   commemorate   August 1, 1838  when slaves  were emancipated in the British colonised Caribbean islands.

There is the big African cultural event and also the parade / procession in the streets of  Port Of Spain. People are  in their African finery and strut about tall and proud like African royalty.

At ICIT we choose to be part of this celebration annually.  This year will be no different. We will will be meeting at our centre in St Augustine on August 2, 2009 for a grand time. Join us as we too come together in our African finery for an evening of fun and enlightenment.

Carol Joseph (in photo above), B.A. Dip.Ed, M. Ed. history teacher and lecturer at University of Trinidad and Tobago will deliver the feature message for that day. The theme is ‘Emancipate yourself from mental slavery’

Yes, we will be singing our Bob Marley theme song ‘Redemption Song’

Yes, we will be having drummers

Yes, we will be having our usual competition for best African male and female outfit outfit.

So come on down and bring some friends with you and learn how you can live a life of mental, emotional and spiritual freedom. Free from stress, limitation and lack.

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Inspirational Capsule #3

June 16th, 2009

INSPIRATIONAL CAPSULE#3

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 UFBL’s Third Statement of Faith

We believe that we can bring this Kingdom forth by practicing the universal spiritual principles handed down through the ages and taught by our Way-Shower Jesus Christ.

 

 

Article 3:    Follow The Way-Shower                    

  

A good supervisor will save his employer from loosing time and money by teaching employees skills for effective performance. He will also save the employees in his charge, from personal injury by providing a handbook of safety rules and teaching him how to apply them.

 

In many ways the good supervisor is a saviour and he saves employees by equipping them with skills and knowledge. In many ways his job is to show them the way to avoid loss of pay, job frustration, physical injury and how to achieve a sense of accomplishment, and satisfaction on the job. The supervisor is a way- shower and a saviour.

 

The same is said of Jesus. He is our saviour because he showed us how to save ourselves from a life of bondage, misery and hell. He showed us how to practice the spiritual principles of prayer, forgiveness, love, healing, prosperity, overcoming death and many other principles. So Jesus is also our Way- Shower.

“I am the way the Truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ” John 14:6   

 

One way to access God and know God intimately, is to follow the guidance of Jesus who shows us the way to the Father. Start following the examples of Jesus, The Way- Shower. Start applying these examples in your life. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (right-use-ness) and the abundant life will be yours.

 

Jesus said “Follow me,” but can we really do all that he did? The healings, the miracles, practice non resistance even when provoked etc. Well, do you believe his words? He said we can.

 

John 14:12 KJV. records Jesus as saying “He that believeth on me, the works that I do, shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do” Yes! He said that we can do greater works than He did. Has man already started doing greater works than Jesus? I would love to hear your take on this. Please comment.

 

Rev. Cheryl Hernandez

 

  

 

PRAYER

ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR POWER

 

 

I release the pattern in me that attracts limitation. I create only good in my life. I choose to experience great success and happiness for I am born to succeed. I am born to be happy, fulfilled and to experience an abundant life. With God’s divine power in me,

I can be anything I choose to be.

I can do anything I choose to do and

I can have anything I chose to have

I claim this for myself in the name of Jesus. Amen

 

BIBLE CORNER

 

“Follow me,” Matt.16:24

 

“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.” Luke 10:19

 

 

 

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INSPIRATIONAL CAPSULE #2

May 12th, 2009

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UFBL’s Second Statement of Faith

We believe that such a life is within the reach of each one of us and the way to its attainment begins with the realization that the Kingdom of God is within us, waiting for us to bring it into expression.

 

 

Article 2:  Is this abundant life really possible?                       

 Of course it is!  Look around you and notice that there are people already experiencing a healthy, happy and prosperous life. If they can do it so can you.

So you had a hard life. So what?

So you were abused. So what?

So you didn’t finish school. So what?

 

That was in the past. You have a choice whether you want to continue having a hard life; continue being abused and whether you want to go back to school. You can create your new life now. It starts with you saying ‘I want to, I am willing to and I am going to start now. 

 

The moment you say YES!  The universe rushes in to support your request.  The moment you say ‘I am ready and willing’ you have activated the God power in you and God begins to work in you and through you. Of yourself you can do nothing but it is the Father in you that will do all the work. 

 

Turn to the Kingdom of God in you and call forth your divine faculties of wisdom, love, understanding, spiritual will, strength and power. They are not outside of you, you do not have to pray to get them, and they are already in you.  Activate and develop them now by beginning to use them.

 

God is waiting on you to bring this abundant life into expression.  You deserve it, you are worthy of it, God loves you and wants the best for you. Accept this Truth and claim it now.     

 Rev. Cheryl Hernandez

 

 

Prayer of Realization of God in Me

 

There is only one presence, one power and one activity in this universe, in my mind and in my life, God, the good omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent spirit.

 

I turn to the God presence in me and I draw on my divine Intelligence and understanding. Divine Intelligence in me is now showing me how to claim my God given health, wealth, happiness and peace.

 

Divine understanding is now revealing to me all that I need to do to achieve my prosperity. God is now revealing to me, how to bring His kingdom forth on earth.

 

I listen to the voice of God within me and I am guided toward my highest good in all areas of my life. Spirit of the living God, Unleash your power and wisdom in me RIGHT NOW! Amen.

Rev. Cheryl Hernandez 

 

BIBLE CORNER

The Coming of the Kingdom of God 
 20Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17: 20-21 NIV

 

 

 

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