Week Ending Friday, April 28, 2023
{blessings}
Week to Accomplish
You’ve got some things you want to get done this week. May God bless you with a week free from distractions and filled with accomplishment.
All of It
May you be blessed to believe with complete faith that God creates, guides, and protects all that is, was, and all that will ever be.
Overflow
Your cup is neither half empty nor half full. Drink to your heart’s content – your cup is overflowing with God-given blessings.
It Will Be
People will be people, and God will be God. Blessings will be blessings. Recognize a pattern? God blesses His people.
Put in the Work
Know what you want. Put in the work. And thank God for the blessing that will surely follow.
{prayers}
Divine Wisdom
Dear God, open my heart so my mouth may declare Your glory. You brought me into this life, and You renew it daily. I stand committed to Your service, grateful for Your compassion, and delighted by Your miracles. Praise to You, God almighty, who rules with divine wisdom.
Prayer for My Family
Lord, focus my heart and mind on what’s happening right here, right now. In this prayerful state, I call up my family for your protection. Thank You for the joy I feel as my soul calls out to You, thinking fondly about each of my loved ones, the good You have given us, and the blessings yet to come.
Unintentional Sin
Lord have mercy. Forgive my willful sins, the unintentional ones, the sins I commit while trying to live up to Your expectations. Show kindness, and accept my plea. Raise me up in Your ever-loving grace.
Praise Affirmation
Let the soul of everything alive bless Your name. May the spirit of all flesh glorify and lift up Your name. I praise Your name and declare: You are my God, I am Your creation.
Prayer for Our Country
Dear God, Bless our country, its leaders, and advisors, that they will guide us with wisdom, rule justly, and do what’s right for the greater good of the people. May our nation be Your voice throughout the world, thriving and growing stronger, and may we always be at peace. Amen
{bible affirmations}
Psalm 86:11
Teach me, O God, and I will walk in Your truth. Let my heart cling to You in full awe.
Psalm 8:3-4
When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers, the moon, and the stars, You set in place, I wonder, what are mere mortals that You should think about us? Human beings that You should care for us?
Isaiah 45:24
The Lord is the source of all my righteousness and strength. All who were angry with Him will come to Him and be ashamed.
Ethics of the Fathers 3:22
When one’s good deeds exceed one’s wisdom, that person can be compared to a tree with few branches but many roots. No winds of this world can move it.
Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, they will lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake, they will speak to you.
{quotes}
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot
What God ordains for us each moment is what is most holy, best, and most divine. All we need to know is how to recognize His will in the present moment.
Jean-Pierre de Caussade
It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maugham
Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.
Rachel Carson
The secret of success in life is for one to be ready for their opportunity when it comes.
Benjamin Disraeli
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Miracle of a Child’s Prayer
Feature: The Colors of Sacred Art
Video: In Front of My Own Church
Parable: A Wise Child’s Perspective
Feature: The Bread Lady
Humor: Help Me Out