Q-Card: Vol. 364

Week Ending Friday, February 23, 2024

{quotes}

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God. 
George Washington

Freedom fighters don’t always win, but they are always right.
Molly Ivins

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve. 
Igor Stravinsky

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices that you make will shape your life forever.
Chazz Palminteri

Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do.
Orison Swett Marden

{blessings}

May God bless you with the welcoming spirit of Abraham and Sarah. Open your doors. Open wide your welcome to the stranger who journeys among you.

When life gives you a hundred reasons to break down and cry, show life that you have a million reasons to smile, laugh, and stay strong.

Load the camel according to its strength. Give to charity what you can afford, and you will be blessed with a reward equal to the one who gave more.

May you be blessed to turn selfish to selfless. Shift the focus from you to them and see how brightly your future shines.

Trust in God and confidence in yourself is good for your health and disposition. It’s a natural means to a desired end. Trust and confidence are both vessels and channels to receive God’s blessings.

{prayers}

Prayer for God’s Guidance
We pray for God’s guidance through the storm of conflict. For God’s wisdom in the search for peace. For God’s mercy and forgiveness toward all humankind, friend and foe.
Abraham Lincoln

Ordinary Every-Days
Dear God, I create for You a dwelling place in my home. I will bring You to my workplace. I will let my actions represent You in dealings with the people who ring up my groceries, repair my stove, and sell me clothing. I will be ever-conscious of kindness, as You are ever-present in the ordinary of all my every-days.

Prayer for Wealth
Dear God, they say that being rich is a test of faith. Test me. I will not disappoint You. I will use my affluence to influence the ones who overlook You. Without saying a word, the skeptics and naysayers will see that I wear my faith in You by being kind, compassionate, and generous. Help me reach my goals and grow in devotion on this journey to financial success in Your Holy Name.

Forgive My Wrongs
Dear God, have mercy on me. Forgive my wrong-doings and help me remember the right way forward. Give me strength to bear my burdens and the will to shed what is not for me to worry about. Blessed are You, God of grace and mercy.

When it Comes Easy
Sometimes, prayer comes hard. Other times, I pray easily. Today, I pray with my heart extended to You, O holy One, who hears, knows, and loves me unconditionally.

When life is heavy and hard to bear, go off by yourself and enter the silence. Wait for hope to appear.
Lamentations 3:28

Says the Lord, I will open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
Malachi 3:10

I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I trust in God’s unfailing love forever and ever. For what You have done, I will always praise You in the presence of Your faithful people. And I will hope in Your name, for Your name is good.
Psalms 52:8-9