Week end July 29, 2017
{blessings}
Your Smile
Never frown, even when you are sad, you never know who is falling in love with your smile. May you be blessed with happiness aplenty and for the other times…let your lips reflect a positive attitude.
Walk Toward Fear
Fear is one of the few things that gets smaller as you walk toward it. May God bless you with bravery as you face your fear and confidently conquer it.
Heaven on Earth
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When you think of the sky, you look up – don’t you? But the sky actually begins at the earth. May you be blessed with heaven on earth, God surrounding you, and angels at your doorstep.
Happy Dance
Gratitude is the secret to happiness. It’s impossible to feel grateful and miserable at the same time. May you be blessed with a state of perpetual gratitude. Live gratefully and life will be an unending happy dance.
Do it Yourself
You’re devout. You praise and you pray. You pray for good fortune, you pray for a lucky break. You pray for God to get you through your time of trouble. Yet, there is one prayer that is the granddaddy of them all: The prayer for strength. May you be blessed with the strength you need to answer your own prayers. Yes, God can do it for you – but He’d much rather you do it for yourself.
{prayers}
Side by Side with Faith
Dear God The other day I had a thought. The kind that weaves itself into the mind and takes hold. I realized that I am constantly in fear. Afraid that I can’t meet the needs of those I love. Afraid that I’m not enough. God, You are my endless source of possibilities, take me to Your place of calm and build me up. Fear should not exist side by side with faith.
Genuine Article
Dear God, I want to be the genuine article. I don’t want to be watered down. Diluted. I want Your strong and pure love to come through me in a genuine way. Genuine love coming through me in a way that will bless others. With a divine sincerity- nothing fake. I pray to become a better person by allowing love to freely flow through me without restriction. Without alteration. As genuine as You are, dear God.
Pain Comforted
Dear God, please intervene. Reunite my body with your blessings…with joy and life and strength. Remind me what it was to be safe in my body. And when I cannot hear Your reminders, cradle me close and rock me, until the pain melts into the comfort of Your presence. Amen
Trust Me
You whisper so softly Trust Me. I strain to hear. The clamor and complacency is overwhelming. At first I miss Your precious message Trust Me. Barely, yet clearly I hear God.
Call & Response Bible Prayer
The eternal truth is that You alone are God and there is none else. Deuteronomy 4:39 May the righteous of all nations rejoice in Your love and exult in Your justice. 2 Chronicles 9:8 Let them beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Isaiah 2:4 Let nation not lift up sword against nation nor learn war any more. Isaiah 2:4 You shall not hate your brother or your sister in your heart. Leviticus 19:17 The stranger that sojourns with you shall be your equal, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:34 “Why do you crush My people and oppress the poor?” asks God Isaiah 3:15 We know that the Eternal One defends the poor and upholds the rights of the needy. Psalm 72:4 Praise to God most high! 1 Chronicles 15:36 Blessed is God and deserving of blessing. Psalm 48:1
{stories, articles, video}
Sunday Story: Peaceable King
Video: Dear Atheist
Article: Cop Wipes Tears
Video: Generosity from a homeless man
Article: 7 Reasons to Pray Daily
Article: Story Behind the Famous Background
{bible}
Psalm 121:7
God watches over your life.
James 1:27
Refuse to let the world corrupt you.
Luke 6:37
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Ephesians 3:16
I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit.
{affirmations}
Fair Chance
My heart is open. I give every one a fair chance today.
Intensity
I make a conscious decision, to live today with intensity. I will intensify my senses. Intensify my focus. I am intensely awake with hope and anticipation.
Personal Growth
I will love myself enough to create an environment that will nourish my personal growth. It will be a vibrant, pleasant one that is the greatest expression of my unique purpose.
Totally There
Wherever I am I will be there totally. When I find my here and now intolerable I will remove myself from the situation, change it, or accept it.
Amazingly Awesome
Something amazingly awesome is going to happen to me today.
{quotes}
Rising Every Time
The greatest glory is not in never falling, it’s rising every time you fall.
Don’t Be Fooled
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true. The other is to refuse to believe what is.
If the Door Closes
If the door closes quit banging on it.
Strong Enough
You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.
Not Easy
Nobody is telling you it’s going to be easy, but it is going to be worth it.