Q-Card: Vol. 330

Week Ending Friday, June 30, 2023

{quotes}

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you and whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus

Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they’re thirsty. That’s prayer. They don’t live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.
Mary Oliver

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
Bobby Kennedy

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Flannery O’Connor

The best portion of a good person’s life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
William Wordsworth

{blessings}

As good as you are, you are not yet half as good as you will be with God’s blessings of generosity and patience.

May God bless you with something to look forward to, something to do each day, and some people in your life who you love and care for.

At the end of the day, when you can stand back and say I did my very best today, you have been blessed by a gracious God who stood by your side every minute of the day.

Even when you think you have nothing more to give, God will bless you with the strength and resources to give more.

Your background and circumstances don’t dictate who you are or what you will become. Only you and God have the power to shape your destiny. May you be blessed to rise above any history that does not serve you.

{prayers}

Reverent to God
Dear God, Help me live with the uncertainty of my situation. Help me stay faithful to my ideals, kind to others, and reverent to You. Grace me with patience and hope for a bright future.

Joyful in Hope
Dear God, Help me be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer. All praise to You, gracious and compassionate God.

In Motion
Dear God, Thank You for all the favor I am about to receive. Thank You for setting the wheels in motion that will change the course of my life for the better. Thank You for putting the pieces in place to bring me from lack to abundance. You are my God, and I am Your servant. Thank You.

Prayer for Best Friends
My best friend is a gift from God. She answers my call when faith fails, and doubt prevails. She’s here to lift me up when I am beaten down and shaken up. My dear friend reminds me to be grateful when gratitude goes missing. Please, God, protect and empower her, for she is Your most deserving soul.

Repair and Healing
Dear God, Remove sickness from this earth. Cleanse us from the elements that invade the human body and crush the human spirit. Nothing is impossible for You. All things are possible for us. Praise to You, holy Healer.

{bible affirmations}

Hebrews 6:19
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner shrine.

Jeremiah 18:6
Can I not do with you, as this potter does? Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, says the Lord.

Psalm 104:14-15
He makes grass grow for cattle and plants for people to cultivate. He brings forth food from the earth and wine that gladdens human hearts. He creates oil to make their faces shine and bread to sustain their hearts.

Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

Psalms 144:15
Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

{stories, videos, features}

Story: Honor Thy Father

Feature: Can’t Wait   Seth Godin

Parable: New Life

Humor Video: Denise, Heaven’s Receptionist

Video: Helping Hand

Feature: The Good Enough Job