by J Douglas Bottorff | Sep 3, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, Meditation & Prayer, Unity
Click for YouTube: The Truth About Prayer Click for Audio: The Truth About Prayer “All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one” (Matthew 5:37). An important dynamic in our spiritual approach to life...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Jan 22, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, Meditation & Prayer, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for Audio: Nod of the Soul Last week I discussed denial as the process of releasing blockages to our creative energy. The greatest of these, of course, is fear in all its many forms. As we begin to release fear, we feel a natural, affirmative rising of power...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Jan 8, 2017 | J Douglas Bottorff, Meditation & Prayer, Prayer, Praying for Others, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: The Simple Prayer One of my favorite Old Testament stories involves that period when Moses was leading Israel out of Egyptian bondage. The Egyptians, who had first agreed to let Israel go had a change of heart and decided instead to slaughter them...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Nov 27, 2016 | J Douglas Bottorff, Know thyself, Meditation & Prayer, Practical Christianity, The Spiritual Experience, Unity
Click for audio: From Emotion to Inspiration “You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me; yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life” (John 5:39-40). I remember reading this passage...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Apr 10, 2016 | Forgiveness, J Douglas Bottorff, Letting Go, Meditation & Prayer, Unity
Click for audio: The Mystery of Stillness He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water’ (John 7:38). Imagine you have two elements, a jar of pure water and a bowl of soil, sitting on a table before you. Let’s...
by J Douglas Bottorff | Jan 31, 2016 | J Douglas Bottorff, Letting Go, Meditation & Prayer, Prayer, Unity
Prayer Power: Part 2 of 2 Click for audio: The Affirmative Side of Prayer Last week we worked with the denial side of prayer, seeing it as the releasing of all fear and doubt concerning the status of some situation. In releasing the weight of negativity, there is a...