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Spend a moment looking over your day with gratitude for this day’s gift: let special moments and pleasure spring to mind, give thanks to God for the big and the small things of your life

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Recall that you are in the presence of God: no matter where you are, you are a creature in the midst of creation

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Ask God to send you his Holy Spirit to help you look at your actions and attitudes and motives with honesty and patients: Holy Spirit inspires you to see with growing freedom the development of your life story,spirit gives you freedom to look upon yourself without condemnation and without complacency allowing you to be open to growth

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Review your day: longest step, recall the events of your day, explore context of your actions, internal movements of your heart and your interaction with what was before you, heart will be divided between good and bad, but it is an opportunity for growth within yourself and deepening your relationship with God

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Heart-to-heart talk with Jesus: speak with Jesus about your day, share your thoughts on your actions, attitudes, feeling, and interactions, may be led to seek forgiveness, see your need for God and try to realize God’s manifestation of concern for you, ask for forgiveness for times you did not want God’s light, thank God for ways that allowed you to better see God’s life, finish with Lord’s Prayer