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The Health Risks of Unforgiveness!

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It's time to Forgive and Unleash the Happiness With You!

We have spent the last few Sundays exploring the depths of forgiveness.  We explored what the true nature of forgiveness is and how we can forgive others, ourselves and God. This Sunday we will wrap it all up and I will share the forgiveness process.

I do want to share with you some of the health risks of unforgiveness:

1. Chronic Stress Response
Apart from causing severe diseases like cardiovascular issues and high blood pressure, chronic stress can also cause brain hemorrhage. A person who lets out the negative feelings in the form of hated or violence is less prone to severe health issues that the person who cannot express his/her mental state. Long-term effects of chronic stress can also give rise to psychological disorders. Often persons suffering from chronic stress due to unforgiveness end up as anorexic or bulimic. 

2. Short-Term Intense Responses
This is another common mental health problem that a number of people go through due to unforgiveness.   A person suffering from delayed expressions trauma cannot interact with other people. This impacts the communication skills, thinking abilities and decision making power of a person. The negative effects of unforgiveness are similar to those of interpersonal mental trauma. Human brain when suffering for a trauma goes into hyperactive state which can cause hormonal imbalance.

3. Depression
Unaddressed and delayed negative emotions can cause a number of long-term mental health problems and depression is one of them. Depression is the most frequently encountered mental health issue, but the depression cased by unexpressed emotions can be more dangerous than other forms. It not only impacts the mental stability of a person but also damages his/her physical health. Common health issues associated with depression that can directly impact mental health are anxiety, short-temperament and sleeplessness. Moreover, a person suffering from unforgiveness depression cannot trust other people to share his/her feelings, which further triggers negative stressors and worsen the situation.

4. Paranoid Personality Disorder
A person suffers from paranoid personality disorder when his/her brain reacts to stressful situations in a hypertensive manner. A person cannot control his/her emotions and cannot form a firm opinion about any situation. Moreover, in later stages of the disorder, a person can also suffer from hallucinations during a stressful or negative situation. A person suffering from this order cannot trust other people and has no or zero self-control. Although the problem is considerably neglected in clinical psychology, people suffering from mental setbacks due to unforgiveness can probably suffer from paranoid personality

It is not my intention to alarm anyone , however, it is important to know the effects of harboring negative emotions which is what happens when we refuse to forgive.  So, join us Sunday as I share the forgiveness process which will include other activities you can do to let go of negative emotions.
 
Dear God, I pray for spiritual abundance. The picture that I keep in mind of myself is one of success following Your lead. I do not accept any past defeat as a permanent condition. In prayer, I focus on what I know is true: God created me to express God-given ideas. You created me to live in joy, and to know the wonder of living each day fully and completely. I follow You – without worry or fear. With faith in God, I am guided to being the whole and holy creation I was created to be. 
Thank You God! 


 
What a great potluck!!!  Great food, great conversation and great people.  Our first potluck was a huge success with ten people sitting around the table enjoying each other's company.  With the warm weather finally here we will be scheduling a picnic after the Sunday service in the very near future!!
OUR MINISTRY VISION BOARD
 

Creating a ministry vision board is probably one of the most valuable visualization tools available to us as the Unity of Southwestern Pennsylvania spiritual family. This powerful tool serves as your image of the future of Unity of Southwestern Pennsylvania- a tangible representation of where you and I and this ministry are going. It represents your dreams, your goals, and your ideal ministry/ church.
 

Because your mind responds strongly to visual stimulation-by representing your goals with pictures and images-you will actually strengthen and stimulate your emotions...  and your emotions are the vibrational energy that activates the Law of Attraction. The saying “A picture is worth a thousand words,” certainly holds true here.

If you have already thought about what you would like to see Unity of Southwestern Pennsylvania become, it’s time to illustrate them visually.  So let's keep those images and positive phrases and words coming!!

Does a vision board work??  You bet it does!!  I just got an email from a Unity ministry in Washignton state who wants to send us a tithe.  BTW  Unity ministries tithe ten percent of their income to other organizations that are doing God-inspired work.  We tithe!!

Our Community Service Project 

Our Bikes 4 Kids community service project is getting free helmets compliments of the Fayette County Cultural Trust McGruff Program.   Officer McGruff will be giving a free helmet to each kid that receives a bike. Our first giveaway was last year in June when  we gave away 25  bikes.  This year we will have more than 25.  

I've scheduled two bike repair days..Saturday, April 23rd and the 30th from 11:00 am-3:00 pm at the old firehall on Arch street..2-3 blocks off of Crawford Ave. in Connellsville and almost across the street from the post office.  The firehall is not cleaned, just used for storage so wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty.  Lunch will be provided for all volunteers .  Bring something to drink and any tools you may have. We do have gloves to give everyone who volunteers as well.

I will also need help for May 21st, giveaway day..it will busy and I'd like to be as organized as possible as there are release forms for each family to sign before they are allowed to take a bike.  PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP OUT..EVEN IF JUST FOR AN HOUR.  There will be photographers and reporters there.

May 4th is our next meeting for The Adult Coloring Mediation Group.   The Adult Coloring Mediation Group will meet the first Wednesday of each month from 6:00-7:30 pm. at the Community library in Dunbar, PA. Materials provided by Unity unless you want to bring your own.  This will be a wonderfully relaxing, calming, meditative experience.  People of all faiths welcome.  FREE

Prosperity Prayers

BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY
Dear God, I am Your child, and I am inspired by You today. I place all my affairs in Your keeping, and I ask You to prosper me in all ways. I pray that Your light guides my way, and that You bountifully supply my every need.

Dear God, I believe that as Your child I have the right to be prosperous. God, I know You are my source and that every good thing that comes to me comes directly from You.

I pray that You will open Your hand today and supply every good thing needed in my life. Supply my life, dear God, with courage, strength, wisdom and guiding knowledge. Fill my mind with a wealth of guiding ideas. Empower me, God, so that I can use these Your thoughts to change my life and prosper.

I connect to Your good now by committing to the good You want me to have. I commit, in mind, and agree to all the good You have for me. I commit to make my abundant life one of giving and to bless all who are around me, all who walk with me, and all I will meet in the future. I will make my life a life of giving. Every day I will give. I will live my life to bless at least one other person each day.

And so it is. In Jesus Christ's name, Amen


DIVINE ABUNDANCE

Dear God, In this sacred moment, I am filled with peace. I place You first, God, in my life, and I release all doubt and fear about supply. I am open to Divine abundance in whatever way is best for me and those I care about. I am an open channel for Your ideas and know that they will lead me to greater blessings.

I pray for prosperity and abundance in all my ways, dear God. I decree that the fullness and richness of God’s overflowing plenty and good shall bless me in all my activities. I declare that I am God-directed, God-protected, and God-perfected this day and forevermore.

You provide me with endless supply and sufficiency, God, I know this and accept this.

Thank You, God, for always enfolding me in your prayers and for always being available to me. I rest now in an awareness of You, certain of greater good in my life.

In Jesus Christ’s name, Amen



GOD’S CONTINUOUS FLOW OF GOOD

Dear God, I decree, in Jesus Christ’s name, that vast improvement is coming quickly in every phase of my life. Every day, in every way, things are getting better and better for me. I now let go of worn-out conditions and ways of living life.

Abundance is flowing. It is on the move. Abundance is flowing to me in increasing amounts.

The money I now hold is blessed with Your energy. The money I spend circulates, doing every kind of good. The money I give returns to me greatly multiplied.

I now consent, with my human mind, to Your Divine Mind and ask to be programmed exclusively for prosperity. I desire abundant living. I know that I deserve abundance, and, as Your child, I claim it.

Dear God, I do not think it is a virtue to be poor, and I know I am worthy of ever-increasing abundance. More and more abundance is manifesting easily and effortlessly. I visualize all my bills paid. I visualize having enough, with money to spare.

Dear God, in my human mind, I accept that abundance is good, especially in its rightful place. I am beautifully and appropriately supplied, clothed, housed, and transported with the rich substance of the Divine now.

God, as Your beloved child, I consent to a good life, well and happy in every phase of my life. From this moment forward, I decree, in Jesus Christ’s name, that You, dear God, will attract a continuous flow of good into my life. This is the hour when the change occurs and I become an irresistible magnet for prosperous people and experiences.

With all my heart, I believe.

I dissolve from my mind any idea that prosperity can be withheld from me.

Dear God, I am Your child, and I consent to receive. I am receiving all the wealth the universe has for me now.

In Jesus Christ’s name I pray, Amen
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60 Connellsville Street, Dunbar, PA
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