Week Ending Friday April 16, 2021
{quotes}
When God brings a seemingly humbling, degrading responsibility into our life, we should accept it with positive joy.
Robert Schuler
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition, he or she has overcome to reach their goals.
Dorothy Height
Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough.
Billie Holiday
I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart.
Peter Stuyvesant
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
Rosa Parks
{blessings}
Blessed with Bliss
Someday soon, you will be the happiest version of yourself, and it will all be worth it. God bless you with bliss.
Interaction Matters
It’s your interaction with people that matter. Who have you helped with your smile, a kind word, or by extending your hand? May today be the day you bless someone by your goodness.
Editing Room
God has eyes that see, ears that hear, and all you do is recorded. Prayer is your editing room. Review your past actions and plan your next ones. May you be blessed to live a good life, making decisions that please God and pleasing yourself in the holiness of your own virtue.
Faith + Prayer
Faith and prayer are like a happily married couple who need each other. God bless your days with a faithful heart and a soul fragrant in prayer.
Grow Through
You will grow through what you go through. God bless you with ever-increasing wisdom.
{prayers}
That I Can’t Control
Swirling and twirling around in my head are negative thoughts that don’t belong there. My stomach aches with worry over things I can not control. Help me, dear God. Eliminate my anxiety, squelch my fears. I pray for a future of right decisions, untiring strength, and sound health of mind and body. May this prayer release the heaviness I hold. May I always turn it over to You.
Divine Design
Dear God, You designed me to be productive, creative, and kind. Help me live up to your holy expectations. Allow me to learn and grow. Move me to generosity – not only with my purse but by sharing my knowledge and experience with others in need. Thanks be to You, for me, the person of Your Divine design.
Dive In
I feel like I am being pushed to the edge. Dear God, teach me to dive in, and I will swim away from the dangers of my frustration and trepidation. I will arrive stronger and better.
Harmonious in Nature
Dear God, Help me stop, observe, and respond to the silent calling of nature, harmonious in Your creation.
It’s A New Day
It is a new day. The stars have finished shining. There’s a freshness in the air. I sense the glory of creation as it spreads across a bright blue sky. The joy of a God who let pickup trucks be invented, the look of determination on the faces of the early morning walkers, the passing police car with the officer nearing the end of his shift. Thank You for what you have created.
Kenan Bresnan
{bible affirmations}
Psalm 4:4
Stand in awe, and do not sin. Commune with your own heart, upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.
Brachot 28b
Know before whom you stand.
2 Peter 3:18
Grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord.
Genesis 15:1
God is my shield and my greatest reward.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: The Right Words of Consolation
Video: How a Mistaken Obituary Changed the Life of Alfred Nobel
Feature: We Found a Baby in the Subway, Now He’s Our Son
Music Video: 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) The Asidors
Feature: Defining the Near-Death Experience, Rabbi Dovber Pinson
Feature: Legendary Selfies from a Virtual Church-Going Fashionista