The Keys to the Kingdom

The Keys to the Kingdom –Craig Tees


Often we find ourselves questioning what is going on in our lives. We find ourselves trapped in negative thoughts or feelings or both, that don’t feel good. We begin to question God and why we are struggling. We question our faith and our beliefs, and yet cant figure out how to change them or understand why. The solution? –

Step 1

The power of Now,… ANYTIME you are feeling fear, anger, depression or any negative feeling. It is generated by a thought, usually one about the past. As soon as you realize that you are feeling bad you have to immediately command you self and your mind to come into the NOW. It is almost like training a dog, I even had to shout out loud to stop my thought processes., and return to the Now, I did it for 36 hours straight. Finally things began to settle down and peace began to soak in. I still have to be aware and stop any and all thoughts that produce negative emotions, but the moments get farther apart.

Step 2

Gratitude….

If at any given time you are feeling frustrated, in pain, or feel that your suffering is unbearable, know this –
Simply stop do step 1, then acknowledge that you are feeling the way you are and change your thought to gratitude. Thank God for the awareness of what you are feeling, be grateful that you can see and feel the situation. Be grateful that you are where you are, even though there is no way to see the benefits. By switching to being grateful, we change the energy of what you are feeling, It also puts you in contact with God, it connects you to where you are, it moves you out of what is happening to a place where you can find peace. It breaks the pattern, it opens the door for the pain to transform. It takes you within and there is where the Kingdom is.
Every time you are feeling negative emotion, replace it with Gratitude. Be grateful that you are having these emotions, be thankful you are able to be aware of your emotions and any lessons they are bringing,
Be grateful that you are where you are, even if it is not where you want to be right now, the way to get where you want to be is to reduce the energy and time spent in the negative emotions and to shift quickly into being grateful.

The mental attitude of gratitude draws the mind into closer touch with the source from which the blessings come.

Also Faith is born of Gratitude, the grateful mind continually expects good things, and expectation becomes faith.