Week Ending Friday, May 27, 2022
{quotes}
I have great faith in fools – self-confidence my friends will call it.
Edgar Allan Poe
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren Kierkegaard
Whatever comes let it come. Whatever stays, let it stay. Whatever goes let it go.
Papaji
It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.
Amit Ray
And still, after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.”
Hafiz
{blessings}
Beautiful Heart
The world is full of beautiful places. Your heart is one of them. May God bless your beautiful heart, and may you always nurture its beauty.
Old Ways
Old ways won’t open new doors. May you be blessed to change your ways and take full advantage of the opportunities ahead.
Look Ahead
What’s coming is better than what’s left. Don’t look back, it’s your future that is blessed.
Timing
Trust the timing. May God bless you with patience. Wait for it — it’s coming.
Attraction
A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles. May you be blessed to live in gratitude and may you attract the good fortune due to you.
{prayers}
Working Prayer
Working is a way I pray. I use my God-given abilities to do the labors of everyday living with enthusiasm, appreciation, and love. Dear God. Hear this prayer of gratitude for the work I have to do, for a good attitude, and for the love I have for You, my family, my friends, and humankind.
What a Ride!
Lord, Give me unshakeable faith. The kind that doesn’t dilly or dally when things don’t go my way. Grace me with abundant to recognize the tricky truths and navigate them with integrity. Bless me with inexhaustible strength to hang on tight while I ride this roller coaster of a life – filled with thrills, peaks, and valleys, and always filled with Your love.
Hopeful Heart
God, I need you now more than ever. Bring clarity to my confusion, joy to my sadness, and hope to my heart. Amen
To Have a Friend
Dear God, bring the gift of friendship to someone who doesn’t have it. Let them know the grace of having an understanding friend, the joy of someone to laugh with, and the sweet sense of belonging. Praise God who brings us together.
Families Who Fight
Dear God, Remove all obstacles in the way of our family harmony. Help us to understand the danger of greed, jealousy, and entitlement. Bring us to a peaceful place where consideration and cooperative behavior is the rule. We pray for an end to the squabbles, and a return to loving-kindness.
{bible affirmations}
Leviticus 3:22-23
God’s mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning. The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.
Psalm 51:17
God, open up my lips that my mouth may declare Your praise.
Proverbs 23:7
As I think in my heart, so I am.
Leviticus 20:26
I am the Lord, the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.
Micah 7:8
Do not gloat over me, my enemies. For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
{stories, features, videos}
Sabbath Story: Truth Behind Persuasion
Feature: Why do we Pray?
Video: Non-speaking Graduate Commencement Speech
Humor: Forrest Gump Goes to Heaven
Feature: Tik Tok Nuns + video
Music Video: When You Believe – Memorial Day Tribute