Week Ending Friday, July 23, 2021
{quotes}
Please may I not pray for strength or beauty or wisdom, but may I pray only to be me.
ee cummings
In seasons of immense change, what’s important is to look for what has not changed. For the person of faith that means the existence of God, the sovereignty of God, the plan of God. Turn to those and believe. We serve an unchanging God.
Max Lucado
There are no mistakes, just happy accidents.
Bob Ross
Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask, but when we are challenged to be what we can be.
Morris Adler
Pray for strength, not outcome.
Nancy Alpern
{blessings)
You Can!
There are those who think they can and those who think they can’t. May God bless you to be one of the former with a can-do spirit.
Unselfish Healing
If you don’t heal what hurts you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you. May God bless you with unselfish healing.
You too
How blessed it is to know that the same God who created mountains and oceans thought the world needed one of you too.
Who You Have
It’s not what you have, it’s who you have in your life. May you be blessed with family and friends who love you.
Your Own Side
If you must take sides, be on your own side. May God bless you with self-support.
{prayers}
A Day Better
Dear God, May this day be better than any day before it, any best day I could conceive, and may this day begin a glorious precedent for days to come. Amen
Tender, Yet Tough
Dear God, I know you didn’t create life with the expectation of perfection. You created challenges to help us turn an unbearable situation into a strength-building exercise. That’s where I’m at right now. O God, keep me tender while you make me tough. Thank You for reminding me that I will get through it, and the relief I will feel is Your gift to me.
Gratefully Yours
Dear God, I reach out to you from my inner place of prayer. Help me live today in profound peace, with kindness for all and lack for none. Gratefully yours, Me.
Illumine the Darkness
Days pass and the years vanish, and we walk sightless among the miracles. God, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing; let there be moments when Your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk.
Yehuda Halevi
Keeping God First
Dear God, I keep going, keep pushing, keep believing, keep trusting, keep praising, keep thanking, keeping You first.
{bible affirmations}
Jeremiah 29:13
When you search for Me, you will find Me.
Psalm 118:24
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Galatians 6:7
You reap what you sow. You get what you give. Eventually, you will have to face the consequence of your actions.
Psalm 63:5
I am overwhelmed with praise when I come before You, for the blessing of Your presence satisfies me like nothing else. You are a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul.
Thessalonians 1 4:18
Therefore, comfort one another.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Don’t We All?
Feature: The Most Beautiful Churches in the World
Video: Ferris Wheel!
Feature: Man Gets His Stolen Dog Back and Gives Back Even More
Video: Bake Bread for Breast Health