In these times of change and challenge, we invite you to join us in bringing light and love to our community and the world through prayer.
Our dedicated Practitioners and Ministers on the Soul Support Team have thoughtfully crafted weekly prayers to guide us leading up to the 2024 presidential election with a focus on unity, peace, and compassion. Together, we can hold a sacred space for understanding, healing, and positive transformation.
Check back each week for new prayers and join us in our collective intention for a brighter future.
In this moment as I breathe in, I bring my attention to that place within me that knows the Truth.
That is the secret place of the most high where I easily connect with my source.
In this place everything makes sense, because everything is God.
I realize that just as I am a divine expression of God, so is every other person.
God created each of us and loves us just the way we are and wouldn’t change one thing about us.
Therefore, as I look out upon my world, my town, my family, my spiritual community, I see only the Divine.
I treat every person as though they were God, because they are. I know that our beautiful Spiritual community is a Divine creation and is made up of a rainbow of personalities, beliefs, hopes, dreams and challenges.
I respect and love every person just as I know they respect and love me.
The energy of love, respect and oneness radiates from our Sunday gatherings and permeates our world.
We are a powerful force for Good in this world and for that I give thanks!
I’m thankful for the open hearts at Awakening Ways CSL and for the immediate healings of any discord that anyone may be feeling.
I release my word of Truth into the creative Law, knowing that this demonstration started before I ever said a word.
And So It Is!
Susan Jones RScP
At the center of everything that exists is the Living Presence. This Presence infuses and animates all Life with unconditional, all encompassing Love.
Therefore, at the center of my being is a Living Presence expressing as unconditional and all encompassing Love. As I embody this Love, my consciousness expands to include even those who I may not like. As I accept myself as worthy, as being enough, just the way I am, I am able to have compassion for those who seem to have values opposed to mine. I release my concept of the other and am free to know that they are the other me. After all, we all are various expressions of the One Life.
And as this is true for me, I know and accept that this is true for all of us. I know that each member of our Awakening Ways family is an embodiment of Divine Love and we grow in our capacity to see and experience this truth in each other. And as we grow in our capacity to express Love, our consciousness expands to include our larger community, including our whole nation, as well as all the nations in the world. Our words and deeds support connection, joy and compassion. We are the Light of the World.
I am grateful we live in peace and safety and that we can hold the whole world in this consciousness of unconditional love.
I release my word into the Law, knowing this is the truth right here, right now, and always.
Anna Rempel RScP
Wholeness, Love & Respect Infuses Awakening Ways Center for Spiritual Living
I recognize that there is only one, infinite, intelligent, loving Divinity. This Divinity is Whole, Perfect & Complete. This Divinity is Love. It is the Energy that beats my heart and breathes my breath and it expresses through ALL beings and ALL things.
I can never be separate from this Loving Presence because I AM a unique individualized expression of the ONE. An idea that Spirit brought forth as ME. I AM Whole and a part of the Allness that is. If it is true for me then it is true for ALL. I know that we are all connected and we create a magnificent piece of art as humanity living on planet Earth. Each one of us compliments the other regardless of what our human minds may think. Our Spiritual bodies know the TRUTH that there is only Wholeness.
This Wholness expresses with Love & Respect toward the other. This Wholeness shows up in the Awakening Ways Community. We are awake & embrace Wholeness, Love & Respect for each other. We rise above race consciousness and engage with each other on the highest vibration of the Divine in each of us. We Respect AND Embrace each other’s differences. We speak with Love towards one another. We know the Truth that the other is me and I am the other. We see only Wholeness and lift each other up. We know that this is what we are up to at Awakening Ways. We all benefit from this Truth.
I am so grateful for Awakening Ways and every being that is part of and is yet to be part of this Divine community. I’m so grateful that we are living and loving our Truth together. I’m so grateful that EVERYONE in our community feels the Wholeness, the Love and the Respect when they are with us. Thank you Spirit!
There is nothing left for me to do now so I release these words, knowing that Spirit has got all of this and SO much more for ALL of us. And So It Is!
Gina DeGirolamo RScP
Mother, Father God, Infinite Spirit of Light and Love, I’m so grateful I’m alive. I am tuned in to the cosmos, awake, aware, and filled with the recognition of my oneness with all. As an emissary of peace and light on the planet, I declare harmony, love, and respect for all that already exists here and now.
Who I am is the possibility of peace. I preach the Good News, heal the sick, cast out confusion, encourage the broken-hearted, and raise the dead. I work the works of Source because that is my nature and calling.
I covenant with the Holy Spirit for my peace. I will do nothing for my peace. My peace is the peace of Spirit. I covenant with the Holy Spirit for the peace of others. I will do nothing for their peace. Their peace is the peace of Spirit. I covenant with the Holy Spirit for our peace. I will do nothing for our peace. Our peace is the peace of Spirit. In other words, God has got this. The Good I am seeking is my God. My God is my Life. I’m grateful that peace and harmony prevail, and that love heals everyone. I surrender to Spirit’s highest idea of Itself as my life now – peace.
Each morning, I declare, “Rise up my Soul and heal the sick wherever I walk! Show people how to be strong! Make people love the Divine! Quicken me with heavenly fervor! Show me the finished Kingdom through which I walk! Show me the words that make the world glad and sane!” And my Soul answers, “I can do all that and more.”
I hereby dismantle and dissolve any thoughts, patterns, or beliefs that would sow seeds of doubt about the reality of peace and harmony in my life. I am deeply grateful that peace and harmony are the prevailing forces. I am thankful that love, respect, and order always triumph. God’s goodness is boundless. What else is possible?
I release my word into the loving, creative action of the law, and it returns to me fulfilled, as that is how the law works. This Truth reorganizes every molecule in my body, and I let it be.
And so it is!
Rev. Elizabeth Rowley Hogue
At the center of all that exists, at the center of every atom, every molecule, every star, every galaxy, is the Divine Presence. At the center of all activity, all situations, all conditions is the Peace and Love that passes all understanding. In all the diverse expressions of the One Life, there is Harmony and Balance.
Therefore, the Living Presence is expressed by me, through me, as me in all my interactions. I see God in everyone I meet and in everything I experience. Even when discord or anger appear, I respond in peaceful ways, transforming the experience into a Harmonious Connection. Respect and kindness embrace everyone, providing an opportunity to understand and to rejoice in the diversity of expression because there is only One Life.
As this is true for me, it is also true for every member of our Awakening Ways Spiritual Community. Each of us is a unique expression of the Divine, and as we remember this truth and live by it, Harmony and Balance, Peace and Joy are present. Everyone feels safe, knowing they are loved just the way they are, and as a spiritual community we shine a beacon of Divine Light into the world. Misunderstandings and disagreements are resolved with honesty and trust so connections are quickly re-established. We are One Family.
And as this is true for Awakening Ways, it is also true for the rest of our human family, scattered all over the world. The Divine is always present in everyone and every situation. Each and every person is a unique expression of the One Life and I know and accept that this truth blankets us all, freeing us from fear and the belief that we are separate and unsafe. I know and accept that as the fear is released, Peace and Joy, Compassion and Understanding emerge, and life becomes a celebration.
I am grateful that the truth of our lives is that God is always present, always loving, and always peaceful. I am grateful that we are each loved beyond measure and all is well.
I release my word into the Law, knowing this is so, always, everywhere, all at once.
And so it is.
Anna Rempel RScP
There is only One power…and that is Love.
I untie from anything or any situation or apparent sensation that seems unlike Love, and am instantly reminded that Love is the only Reality. I fully surrender any apparent conflict and am set free by the light of Love. This is my Way today, and this Word Lights the Way…in every Way.
Kristen Barnhart RScP
There is only one power in the universe, and that is the power of love. Love is the center around and within all joy, compassion, light, understanding, empathy, harmony, revelation, hope, respect, laughter, and breath. Love is what brings and keeps all sentient beings together.
I am one with this Love and as I Am so is our Awakening Ways community and all whose lives are touched by the ripples of love we generate through our consciousness.
I declare right here and right now that the world is reflecting our hope and excitement for the unveiling of its true whole light filled perfection. As we continue to come together with open hearts and minds, Souls are healing and embracing their ever-expanding potential, and gratitude is filling the land. As we choose love, love chooses us, forgiveness lights our path as we remember who we are. We are the hands of the Divine, we speak for God, we honor those who have gone before us and nurture those whose eyes are now opening.
I am so grateful for all the love. I am so thankful for the strength of our community. My gratitude fills and spills over into every step I take, every word I speak, and every breath I breathe.
I release my word into the Law, knowing it is already done. I exhale and smile.
AND SO IT IS
Kristen Barnhart RScP
There is only One Power…One Presence…One Divine Source, and that is Light…Life…Love. There could never be two opposing forces because if that were true, nothing would be here…nothing would remain. And so I know that darkness is not a power, it is simply space for more Light. That is the eternal Truth that sets us free…that this Light shines ever present, everywhere in All…all things and all beings…including you…including me.
In everything I think and say and do, I simply allow this Light to Shine. There is no struggle and no toil, because all the Light that ever was, or ever will be is already here in full…and all we ever need do is to recognize it. And in this light we recognize our innate Unity…with one another and All Life. We recognize that we are living in a Whole System with only One Purpose…to make Love visible and palpable in this experience.
I am so thankful for this Life…I feel this ever-present Love and it is a great joy and comfort…I feel it in every aspect of my being…and it is Good.
Dahlan Richenberg RScP
There’s only one Spirit, one Life Force, one Ethereal Essence that is in all things past, present,
and forevermore.
It is in the air that I breathe, and in the rustling of the leaves in the trees during the evening
breeze. It is in the laughter from a funny joke, and in the fragility of a child’s hand in mine. It is
in, as, and through me just as it is in, as, and through all things seen and unseen. It is the living
Spirit Almighty. And I am absolutely united with It, and I can never be separate from that which
is an individual manifestation of itself. I Am, God Is. God Is, I Am.
And so from the Oneness from which I came from, I know that the essence of the Almighty is
my essence today. My heart is open to receive the things that I need to learn and grow from.
Knowing this truth, and leaning in to that place where I connect with Spirit, there is Peace.
There is Peace and there is Wholeness. And where there is Peace and Wholeness, there is
Love and Respect. And where there is Peace and Wholeness, and Love and Respect there is
Unity in, and amongst, and through all things.
And so I speak a word for myself, and that word is Love. For it is in loving myself that can love
others. So I start within me right now and just take a breath. And in this breath I breathe in
Spirit and let go of what is not serving me in this moment. As the moment passes I find the
peace, and love returns to me, and I continue to love and serve others. I surrender, I am reborn.
It is from this place of newness now that I extend this prayer for Awakening Ways Center for
Spiritual Living. I am knowing Love and Peace, and Wholeness within each individual in this
spiritual community. And I am so blessed for all of the beautiful souls who hold my hand and
give me a hug. For those who I pray with, and those I pray for, and for those who just smile at
me from afar. I bless this community and those who serve and attend. I bless Rev. Elizabeth,
knowing that spirit is guiding her in raising the vibe for this community. And I bless each board
member knowing that they are divinely guided in their decision making that helps create this
community that works for everyone.
And so I see this Goodness expanding beyond Awakening Ways and throughout the
neighboring communities, throughout this county and state, until it reaches around the planet.
And from that place I mentally circle my mind around this Earth and hold it in the Egg of Light.
A loving light. That starts with me. By loving myself. So I can love others.
It is from this place of Love and Peace that I am filled with gratitude for all that is.
I release this prayer into the Law where I know it’s done.
And so it Is!
BJ DeGirolamo, RScP
The prayer of Saint Francis reworked…
Because I am Spirit in flesh form, the temporal body alive in the Eternal Divine…
I am an instrument and an agent of perfect peace.
Where there is hatred, I am love, actively and consciously sowing seeds of love.
Where there is injury, I am forgiveness.
Where there is doubt, I am faith. Faith that is renewed over and over again by
Spirit within, ever faithful.
Where there is despair, I am hope for every Grand New Arising
Where there is darkness, I am the light, bright and steadfast
Where there is sadness, I am present, holding space, reclaiming joy in Truth
O’ Divine Spirit, living in me, as me and through me, the reality of my oneness
with you and the All-ness of you heals my ancient, ancestral wounds and
banishes all my fears.
I am consoled and I am able to console others in that same Truth.
I understand who I am and Whose I am and I am able to understand and listen
to others.
I am loved deeply as I am, therefore I love others deeply exactly as they are
For it is in the giving that we receive
It is in the pardoning that we are pardoned
As I die to any idea of separateness,
I am born again into a potent awareness of my sacred and eternal Soul,
liberated, happy and whole.
And so it is.
Anne Haneline, RScP
There is one infinite Presence, one universal Intelligence that permeates all of creation. This divine Source is the essence of love, peace, harmony, and unity. It is present in every aspect of life and in every individual, guiding and nurturing all beings.
I am one with this divine Presence. The same Infinite Intelligence that created the universe resides within me and within every person. We are all interconnected, united by the divine essence that flows through us. In this Unity, we recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every individual.
In this moment, I affirm and declare political harmony and respect for everyone. I see a world where differences are celebrated as a source of strength and diversity is embraced as a gift. In this world, all political discourse is conducted with mutual respect, understanding, and a willingness to listen.
I see leaders and citizens alike guided by wisdom and compassion, making decisions that honor the well-being of all. In this harmonious environment, solutions to challenges are found through collaboration and shared vision. Every voice is heard, every perspective is valued, and every individual is treated with dignity and respect.
I give thanks for the realization of harmony and respect in our world. I am grateful for the unfolding of this vision, knowing that it is already manifesting in the Divine Order.
I release this word into the law of the Universe, knowing it is already done. I trust in the power of the Divine to bring this vision into reality. With a heart full of gratitude and trust, I let go and let it be.
And so, it is. Amen.
Rev. Diann Davisson