BECOME A NEW PARTNER OF THE VISION
Join us for our next Partners of the Vision Informational Session on  Saturday, December 1st from 10 to 11 am  or  Sunday December 2nd from 12:30 1:30 pm . The class is held in the Guild House, the building behind the sanctuary. 

To register to attend the upcoming informational session go here: https://northstamfordchurch.org/about-2/become-a-partner/
THE "NO MORE EMPTY SEATS " CAMPAIGN
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NSCC KIDS!
Fun N Faith Sunday School 

This Week's Lesson: Gratitude & Thanksgiving

At Fun 'N Faith Sunday School our children are receiving an age-appropriate Bible lesson, singing songs, having fun, and making new friends. . This Sunday the children will talk about giving God thanks.
NSCC is a place for kids!
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SACRED CONVERSATION SNIPPET
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THIS MONTH'S MEDITATION
TODAY'S DAILY WORD
Guidance

DIVINE GUIDANCE LEADS ME TO MY HIGHEST GOOD.

The ocean’s waves move in and out, back and forth, across the sand with a steady flow. Like a drop in that ocean, I contain within me all the elements of the whole that created me. Because I am a divine creation, I follow the flow of divinity within me.

I call upon divine guidance to help me navigate through and make decisions in my life. I build a relationship with God within so I can learn to trust myself and utilize all my innate spiritual gifts.

When I allow divine guidance to direct my actions, I know that I am making the best choices for myself. I follow Spirit’s guidance, and it leads me to my highest good.

If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.—Psalm 139:9-10
THOUGHTS FOR THE SOUL
We are God seeds, becoming God selves
-Jean Houston 
A CUP OF FAITH
Guard Your Thinking
 
The Scripture tells us in Proverbs that "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." That tells us that our life is going to go in the direction of our most prominent thoughts, those thoughts that we allow to linger in our mind, such as an offense or a fear or a worry, and then drop down and take root in our heart. If we're going to become everything God intends us to be, we must take captive the thoughts that are playing in our mind, those thoughts that are ruling our life. We can't afford to allow negative thoughts to push us around. We have to push our thoughts around. We want our life to go in the right direction, and that direction is dictated by right thoughts. So we have to seriously guard what we're thinking about.
 
If you want your life to go in a certain direction, start thinking in that direction. Start pushing your life that way by the thoughts you're thinking. If you need victory today, start thinking overcoming thoughts. If there are areas in your life where you feel defeated, you feel down, start thinking overcoming thoughts. Use the power of your thoughts and start saying, "If God is for me, who can be against me? In fact, God has called me 'more than a conqueror' in Christ Jesus!"
 
God has given you the power to think God’s thoughts and to create your life around those thoughts. You can't control what anyone else does or says or thinks, but you can control what you think. You can control your attitudes. You can control the filters you use, and that's the key. If your life is not going in the direction you want, push your thoughts in the direction you want. God wants to renew your mind and transform your life, and it can start now. The renewing and the transformation can take place as soon as you choose the right thoughts to think.
 
So, know that God is for you and has given you an outline for what you need to do. Create possibilities in your mind. Don't go out with a negative filter. Don't allow your thoughts to push you around anymore; rather, begin to push your thoughts around. Use the power of God's Word to transform your thinking and guard your heart.
NOVEMBER AFFIRMATIONS
WHAT ARE AFFIRMATIONS?
Affirmations are positive statements of Truth. By affirming Truth we are lifted out of false thinking into the consciousness of Spirit. Each time we pray positively and faithfully, we are calling forth the divine activity that is always within us.
We focus on these affirmations throughout the month for greater expression of our divine inner light. Giving thanks in advance, we claim each of the affirmations as true for ourselves and our loved ones, remaining open and receptive to the highest good for all.
 
HOW AFFIRMATIONS WORK:
"One who knows spiritual principles has a certain inner security given him by the understanding of God. Our affirmations are for the purpose of establishing in our consciousness a broad understanding of the principles on which all life and existence depend.
"In order to demonstrate spiritual principles, we must keep establishing ourselves in certain statements of the law. The more often you present to your mind a proposition that is logical and true, the stronger becomes that inner feeling of security to you.

Affirmation works because of the faculty which is most directly involved in affirmation-faith. Affirmation plays an important part in the process of divine ideas becoming facts and experiences in man's existence on earth.
 
The Month of November Affirmations:

Inner Peace
I breathe in an atmosphere of God’s perfect peace.

Guidance
By the light of divine wisdom, I know the way to go.

Healing
All conditions are harmonized and healed in the presence of God life.

Prosperity
In a spirit of thanksgiving, I thrive.

World Peace
I am a visionary of peace within and among all people.
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