Week Ending Friday, June 9, 2023
{quotes}
Toughen up, buttercup.
Peyton Manning
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
Katharine Hepburn
Know the life you’re living, and if it’s not useful, cut it out.
Irene Carlos
{blessings}
Prayer for Restlessness
Prayer is the antidote to the restlessness you feel. May God bless you with personal fulfillment every time you pray.
Unbreakable Bonds
The human glue is God. May you be blessed with unbreakable bonds that come from the Lord.
Holy Books
When you bring holy books into your home, it pleases God. May you be blessed by the Word, and may others who enter your house see your home as a dwelling place of the Divine.
Drop the Rope
Are you in a spiritual tug of war between your desire to experience something special and the reality of your ordinary life? Never fear. In prayer, ordinary drops the rope. May you be blessed to experience the sublime.
Godly Intentions
God has infinite patience with all transgressors. The occasional and frequent offenders, and even the ones who mess up accidentally. May you be blessed always, even when your mistakes take you away from Godly intentions.
{prayers}
Joy, Pure Joy!
Holy God, I am fighting every day to hold on to gratitude. It’s small, and it’s slippery, challenged by the upheaval all around me. Tighten my grasp until thankfulness grows and my fingers are forced to open and release joy—pure joy.
God, My Protector
Praise to You, God, my protector. When my confidence is low, and my fearful heart is racing, You remind me I am not alone. They can not get to me, my house remains standing, and my family is safe. I am overcome with gratitude for the power of Your constant Presence. Abundant praise to You, my protector.
Healed and Happy
I pray for my good health today. May I know my body, respect it, and treat it well. Please, God, bring me to a place of healing, where pain no longer dwells, where misery never visits. Bring me back to being whole and happy again. Blessed are You who heals the body.
Trust in God
Dear God, I have no idea where You are taking me or why, but I trust You completely with unwavering devotion until the end of time and beyond. Praise God, who takes us to places yet unknown.
Strength is the Only Option
Dear God, You gave me this life because You know I am strong enough to live it. I am tested every day. I become immune to the difficulty and forge ahead. Strength is my only option.
{bible affirmations}
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This, too, I see, is from the hand of God.
Romans 15:4
Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.
Isaiah 6:3
We will hallow and adore You as the sweet words of the assembly of the holy angels who thrice repeat “holy” unto You, as it is written by Your prophet, “And they call one to another and say, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of His glory.”
Psalms 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the mountains Where does my help come from? My help comes from God, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Numbers 24:5
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob — how lovely are your homes, O Israel!
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Making Up for Lost Time
Feature: Someone You Know Could be Switching Religions
Video: The Puppy Falls Asleep in Newscasters’s Arms – She Immediately Gets Adopted
Humor: The End is Near
Feature: Lesson from Grief