Week End Friday, July 20, 2018
{quotes}
Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is changed by your example not by your opinion.
Paul Coelho
There is no normal. Simply the relentless cycle of change.
Seth Godin
There’s no expiration date on your prayers.
You’re not lost, you’re on your way.
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
Ronald Reagan
{blessings}
One Loving Act
Feeling helpless is a problem these days. What can one person do to make even a dent in the great big to-do list for a better, more caring world? May you be blessed to know that one small loving action reverberates throughout God’s kingdom with epic proportions. Thank you.
You Are Invited
You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to. Speak calming words, speak with love, and practice understanding instead. May you be blessed with peace in your relationships, and may you be a blessing of peace to others.
Learn. Talk. Care.
May you be blessed to learn how to love without condition, talk with good intention, and to care for people without expectation.
Quiet
There’s all kinds of quiet. The absence of noise is one kind and another is the quiet you feel holding hands with someone you love. May you be blessed with sacred moments of quiet.
Makeover
Which of your relationships could use a mini-makeover? May you be blessed with initiative to always make things better between you and the people in your life.
{prayers}
Creator of the Word
There are times when my love for You burns so powerfully within my heart and the words of prayer seem to rush forth quickly and without deliberation. At such times it is not me who is speaking, rather it is Your Spirit that is coming through me. Praise to You, Holy One, Creator of the Word.
Make a Way
Dear God, Make a way when I can’t see one. Open a door when it is closed to me. Be my voice when I am speechless. Nothing can defeat me. You are on my side. Amen
Job Prayer
Lord, as I start this day, help me realize how blessed I am to be in my job. Remind me to be grateful for the work I do, the people I meet, and the wage I receive. May I always be cooperative with my colleagues and friendly to the people I serve. If I complain, let me think first of the common good and later of my own benefit. Help me to always be honest in my dealings and responsible in the task assigned to me. May I never forget that in my work, I bring Your work to completion. Amen
Reach Out
I pray for the friendless, the ones who are difficult to love, the lost souls who hide behind their own forbidding exteriors. Please God, let me be the one to reach out in kindness. May I somehow make a difference to those in need.
Praising Through it All
I pray for my family, bless each one according to their needs. I pray for my friends, be generous in granting them favor. I pray for a world repaired, where violence has no place and humankind is loving and kind to one another. I pray that I may praise God in times of abundance and through times of scarcity. Blessed is the One who answers prayers.
{stories, features, video}
Story: Legend of Slappy Hooper
Blog: Exercise With God in Mind
Video: Granddaughter, Grandpa Duet – Over the Rainbow
Feature: Carpenter’s Shelter
Feature: Gender Neutral God
Video: Tyler Perry, Anything is Possible
{bible affirmations}
Jeremiah 20:11
His will. His Way. My faith.
My faith sustains me.
2 Kings 7:9
This is a day of good news.
I celebrate today and thank God for the good He delivers.
Psalm 55:22
Cast your cares to God and He will sustain you and you will never fail.
My worry ends now! I am in the loving care of the Lord.
Psalm 41:4
Lord be gracious to me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you.
God will heal me.
Luke 12:48
To whom much is given, much will be required.
I live up to my responsibilities to God and humankind.