Week Ending November 10, 2017
{quotes}
Reading is to the mind what prayer is to the soul.
Somebody needs what you have to give.
Never stop doing little things for people, it’s their greatest pleasure and your great reward.
Happiness doesn’t come from doing what you like to do but from liking what you have to do.
I believe in the sun when it’s not shining, love even when I’m alone and God when He is silent.
Good enough isn’t good enough if it can be better. Better isn’t better if you can be the best.
{blessings}
Wish and Wonder
Some see a weed you see a wish. You have a beautiful spirit, may God keep you wishing and wondering. May you be blessed to see your hopes and dreams come true.
If You Are at Peace
If you are depressed, you are thinking of yesterday. If you are anxious you are thinking of tomorrow. If you are peaceful you are thinking of today – in exactly the right way. May you be blessed to think in the present and to focus on all the good God gives you on this day.
Extraordinary People
Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. May you be blessed to surround yourself with extraordinary people.
Elevate Time
Each particular second on the clock, ticks only once. Every breath you inhale is happening for the first time and the last time. Your heart has a limited number of beats, one after another until the day it stops. May you blessed with long life and a life lived well. Elevate time and make it holy.
High Hopes
There’s a problem with high expectations—disappointment. May God bless you to accept what comes your way, and to use those high hopes as fuel to make the next time even better.
{prayers}
Watching, Waiting, Loving
Dear God, You are more than anyone or anything standing against me. I am filled with courage, fully abundant in confidence that what will be, will be good. I am overwhelmed in gratitude overcome with awareness that You’re here watching, waiting and loving me. amen
Too Long
Dear God, It’s been too long. Too long since I’ve enjoyed myself, too long since I’ve loved myself. Bring me back to a place of contentment. Show me how to be happy again. Wrap your loving arms around me and tell me it’s going to be okay. Amen
We Are in Awe
As You splash color across the vast canvas of the sky with the radiance and splendor of sunrise and sunset. As You arch rainbows against the passing storm, create flowers and foliage, set autumn woods on fire with the beauty of turning leaves and touch mountaintops with snow crystals, You show beauty to us O God and we are in awe.
Your Light
Dear God. I pray that You will eliminate the darkness in my life. I pray for Your light to shine on my path, determine my direction, Illuminate my mind. Take away all my dark thoughts and attitudes. amen
Better Again
When you’re tired and your heart is breaking. At that moment when your head is pounding and your spirit is deflated. For the times when your tears come without warning. Gather any remaining fiber of determination, pull from within, stand up tall and thank God with the last traces of strength you didn’t know you still had. In spite of your low place, because of your low place, thank God that You have His loving arms to protect you. God will refill your lost joy. He will make you better again.
{stories, features, video}
Story: The Machine Stops
Blog: Prayer Everywhere
Video: Inspiring Speech by Dr. Rick Rigsby
Feature: The Art of Marriage
Music Video: Lin-Manuel Miranda Almost Like Praying
Article: Bully and the Buddhist
{Bible}
Numbers 6:24-26
May the Lord bless you and keep you May the Lord let His face shine upon you and be gracious to you May the Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace. amen
Psalm 62:8
God is your safe place. Go to Him. Pour your heart out to Him. Trust in Him.
Acts 18:9
Do not be afraid keep speaking do not be silent.
Proverbs 19:21
I have a plan, do you trust me? -God Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Hebrews 3:7
And today you will hear His voice. He has the gift of stopping time and listening well so that it is easy to hear who you are to become. He holds safe your future in His great heart. What now? You ask. He will tell you.
{affirmations}
God’s Good
As my mind expands to God’s good, vast improvement comes quickly, in every phase of my life. Every day, and in every way, through God’s ever present help, things are getting better for me. I am about to enter the best period of my life. The attracting power of God’s good fills my life. As good comes, I am poised, patient and positive that God’s good is here, with me.
10 Ways to Love
Listen without interrupting. Speak without accusing. Give without sparing. Pray without ceasing. Answer without arguing. Share without pretending. Enjoy without complaint. Trust without wavering. Forgive without punishment. Promise without forgetting.
My Two Hands
My two hands. Tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement. I will put them to work today.
I Will Receive It!
Today as God throws open the windows of heaven and pours me out a blessing I make room to receive it!
Accept Gratefully
I will give cheerfully accept gratefully and be blessed.