The Bible contains many examples of people who received blessings through their affirmations and prayers. This session looks at three major patterns for understanding and actually designing your interactions with the blessings of life that are available to us. Based on a message from our Supreme Father Marshall Davis, Sr., we are urged to look at the simple, but effective gateways to blessings that heal. We discuss the healing touch, inspiring words of faith, and simple rituals of obedience that bring forth miracles. According to Father Davis, you should “design your blessings, as the woman with the issue of blood designed her healing, by saying ‘if I just can touch the hem of his garment.”

The astrological sign known as Cancer the Crab teaches us a spiritual lesson about the benefits of a scavenger. Just like its chemical definition a scavenger is a substance that removes impurities when added to a mixture. Our past activities and experiences leave impurities in our bodies, minds, and spirits. We can use a crab-like impurity removal system to cleanse our feelings of dysfunctional memories that plague our future and limit our successful initiatives. Through quick processing and focusing on our affection for success, we can overcome the painful residues of the past.

We have been instructed to “Return Good For Evil,” however to be effective at doing this we need a strategy that uses strong principles that both protects us from evil circumstances and produces an environment that leads to success. This session discusses how to use the principles of the “Whole Armor of God” to squash evil influences and promote an atmosphere of peace that will lead to success and joyful relationships. By following these principles, truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, and the tools of the spirit will stand as a stronghold against evil influences and a foundation for successful endeavors.

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a participatory form of democracy developed by native Americans long before European colonization, was a major influence in the development of the United States system of government. Usually, this nation of people is often called the Iroquois, a less than flattering name given to them by their enemies, the Haudenosaunee urged the original colonies to unify like them and with them to become a self-governing nation. Even though this influence was not recognized by the U.S. Congress until 1988, it continues to provide a stellar model of unity, truth, tolerance, and justice as the foundation of sustainable government. We should all remember these examples as we celebrate the U.S. Constitution on the Fourth of July.