Week Ending Friday February 25, 2022
{quotes}
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
Abraham Lincoln
If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.
Corrie Ten Boom
Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
David Byrne
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
Anatole France
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
{blessings}
There’s one question to ask yourself. “How can I make things better for them?” It’s easy to get it wrong. Too often, people ask, “How can I make it better for me?” May God bless you with thoughts and deeds that focus on others. Begin your prayers today with the right question.
Love one another. It’s from the bible and it doesn’t say anything about exceptions. May you be blessed with love in your heart for every other of God’s creation on earth and beyond.
God didn’t give you another day here on earth because you needed it. You are given life because someone else needs you. Help someone who needs it and God will bless you today and every day when you fulfill another’s need.
Grace is when God gives you good things you don’t deserve. Mercy is when God spares you from bad things you do deserve. Blessings are when God is generous with both. May God bless you with abundant grace and mercy.
God’s love for you is less like a candle and more like the sun. God’s love is intense, warming, and constant. May you be blessed and bathed in the warmth of a God-kissed sun.
{prayers}
President’s Day
Dear God, You have appointed governments and leaders according to Your goodwill. You uphold societies through these leaders, and our nation is better for their service. We honor the presidents who served our country throughout the ages. Today, we ask you to give wisdom and confidence to those currently in office, so that they can govern justly and in a Godly manner. Continue to bless our nation, and help us all to be good citizens.
Letter from God
Dear Child, You are not where I need you to be. Take my hand. Meet me in prayer, Word, and deed and we’ll walk together to the place where you belong. To where your light shines brilliant against the darkness you leave behind. Love, God
Live Life as You
Teach me to see with Your eyes, to live life as You want me to live it, to have compassion for people as You have compassion for me. Let me be joyful, hopeful, and faithful, all the days of a long life.
Breakthrough!
Dear God, Heal my heart. Stop the draining of hope that’s causing me despair. Restore what’s lost, help me live again. Bring on the breakthrough, Now!
Prayer for Someone Special
I said a prayer for you today / And know God must have heard- / I felt the answer in my heart / Although He spoke no word. / I did not ask for wealth or fame, / I knew you would not mind. / I ask Him to send treasures / Of a far more lasting kind. / I ask that He’d be near you / At the start of each new day, / To grant you health and blessings / And friends to share your way. / I ask for happiness for you / In all things great and small, / But it was for His loving care / I prayed the most of all. Hailey Charette
{bible affirmations}
Isaiah 55:12
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Talmud Nidah 30b
Before coming down into this world, a soul is given an oath: “Be a righteous person, and do not be a wicked person.”
Psalm 144:15
Happy the people to whom such blessings fall! Happy the people whose God is the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:19
Don’t quench the spirit.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Spider Web
Feature: President’s Day story
Feature: Have You Heard the One About…
Feature: Humor, Things I’m Super Good At
Feature: From Con-Man to Redemption
Music Video: Brave Moriah