Week End Friday December 8, 2017
{quotes}
Prayer is recognizing home.
The good thing about a bad day is it only lasts 24 hours.
Gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised everyday.
Let me fall if I must. The one I will become will catch me.
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
{blessings}
Problem, God, Growth
Just as you overcome the challenge of a difficult situation, another one presents itself. But, it’s not just a vicious circle – it’s God’s design. May you be blessed to accept the constant challenges, armed with the knowledge that God is with you, teaching you how to grow from the experience. Accept it: Problem – God – Growth.
Good Conscience
Everyone experiences regret. Maybe you were angry, gossipped or shared too much. Yet, regret is a good thing. It means you’re human, you have feelings, and you’re alive. May God bless you with a good conscience that knows the difference between right and wrong, and moves you to become just a little bit better next time.
Sense of Reassurance
Worry is a total waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All it does is make you nervous doing nothing. May you be blessed with a sense of reassurance. God is in charge. And all comes out as it should when the time is right.
Practice of Prayer
There’s two kinds of practice and the first is quite common. Practice your technique to get yourself ever more skilled at doing it. The other kind of practice is more valuable and rare. The practice of prayer, doing it every day, not to be better at it – but to be better for it. May you be blessed with a prayer practice that strengthens your spirit, calms your soul, and honors your God.
Stop the Shouting
Come here – you gotta see this! You yell for their attention and wind up with nothing but a sore throat and no one to share the moment with. STOP THE SHOUTING. May you be blessed to engage with others and meet them where they’re at with calm and quiet. Try it – it works.
{prayers}
Unexpected Wonder
Dear God, remind me that nothing is to be taken for granted. May everyday miracles astound me. Show Your face in familiar places. Let me feel Your presence when I’m doing common things. Infuse me with Your spirit anytime of this day and my eyes will see the unexpected wonder that surrounds me. Amen
Only Love Brings Light
Dear God I know at the end of every day comes darkness. I cannot fight the night with a dark spirit – only love brings light. May there always be light in my soul and love in my heart. Amen
I Let Go
I relax in the peace and silence of God’s loving presence. I let go of all outer concerns and place them in the hands of my God. I am calm and still and receiving God’s blessings. I am a beloved child of God, and God’s loving presence flows through me now and always.
Ever-Present
Dear God, What would I do without Your ever-present support? Thank You for never, tiring of my repetitive pleas and failings. You are ever-patient, ever-forgiving, ever-loving. I am merely ever-human, ever-sinful, ever-grateful to You. Amen
Tested Faith
When it comes to my relationship with You, Lord, I pray for a reminder that I have already passed the test. The questions have been hard and the answers don’t come easy. Every day is a new challenge building on the previous day’s trouble. My faith has been tested. Remind me, You are pleased with my service. Amen
{stories, video, features}
Story: Pottle ‘O Brains
Audio/transcript: On Being, Father Greg Boyle
Video: Key to Unhappiness
Good News Story: Heroics of Biblical Proportions
Video: Make Something & Grow
Good News Story: Chi Chi the Wonder Dog
Featured Article: Spirituality of Chimpanzees
Bible Commentary: Genesis 39:3
{bible}
Acts 2:43
and awe came upon everyone
Isaiah 43:19
I am about to do something new. Do you not see it? I will make new pathways. See I have already begun!
John 1:16
From His abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Genesis 39:3 (inspired)
Master of the universe, my trust is in You, You are my solution. Let me find grace, kindness and compassion in Your eyes, in the eyes of all who see me.
{affirmations}
Buck Stops Here
The buck stops here. I am responsible for my past and my future.
Respect A Truth
“Say not, I have found the truth, but rather, I have found a truth. Say not, I have found the path of the soul, Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path. For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.” – Kahlil Gibran
Unseen Power
I am not alone. God is always my unseen power working for righteousness bringing joy to others, feeling contentment within myself.
Forgive
I greet this day with a forgiving spirit. I forgive all who hurt me. I forgive myself.
Miracle Waiting
There’s a miracle waiting for me with my name on it. Praise God!