Week Ending Friday August 23, 2024
{quotes}
Prayer
Prayer is how we press our hands into the invisible and find the hand of God reaching back.
James K.A. Smith
Complaining
Complaining is like bad breath. You notice it when it comes out of somebody else’s mouth, but not when it comes out of your own.
Will Bowen
Wait for It
Anything you want to ask a teacher, ask yourself, and wait for the answer in silence.
Byron Katie
Life
Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
Dave Barry
How Far You Have Come
Always concentrate on how far you have come rather than how far you have left to go.
Heidi Johnson
{prayers}
Maker of Matches
Dear God, holy conduit of love from one to another. Help direct me to the right one, a righteous one, someone who waits for me with a hopeful heart, a sound mind, body and soul. Praise to You, maker of matches, Maker of mankind, Maker of all.
Brave for Life
God, make me brave for life. Oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, as a tree straightens after the rain, shining and lovely again. God, make me brave for life. Much braver than this. As the blown grass lifts, let me rise from sorrow with quiet eyes, knowing Thy way is wise. God, make me brave. Life brings such blinding things. Help me to keep my sight, help me to see alright that out of dark comes light.
Grace Noll Crowell
Teamwork
Dear God. There is so much more we could accomplish if we do it together. Help me form a team of good people with like values who can help me move ahead to our common goal.
Surrender
The more I surrender to the power of my own materiality, my embodied existence in which God dwells, the more I am drawn to God in the leaf and the tree and the clouds and the wind. My body and the body of the world are one, and God is shining through this unfolding unity.
Teilhard de Chardin
Give it to God
Lord, all that I am, and all that I have, I offer to You. Nothing, not even the blessings You have given me, or the things You have promised, are as important as being with You. I refuse You nothing.
{bible}
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. All that is in the heavens and in the earth is Yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and You are exalted and above all.
1 Chronicles 29:11
The desert shall rejoice and people will see God’s power and greatness.
Isaiah 35:1
My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.
Exodus 33:14
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
2 Timothy 2:16
I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
Genesis 1:29
{blessings}
Ready for the Day
May God bless you to include prayer in your morning routine. It drives sleep fog from the brain, cleanses your spirit, and readies you for the day.
Inner Sanctuary
Go now to the inner sanctuary of prayer, and God will speak to you in the silence and bless you when you go out.
Perfect Prayer
God isn’t looking for the perfect prayer. God listens to your perfect heart. May you be blessed by the prayers you share.
Have it All
You may have days when you feel you can’t get by. Dreams become disappointments, and abundance is scarce. This is not one of those days. Today, you are blessed to have it all.
Smiles and Gladness
When your smile is open and your expression is glad, you are blessed with beauty.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Why Do People Treat Each Other Badly
Blog: Mountains Majesty Joni Eareckson Tada
Humor: Sunday School Vol.1
Parable: Handful of Rocks
Feel-Good Feature: Students Build a Home for Benjamin Henry
Video: Flower Story