Week Ending Friday, January 3, 2025
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Live Well
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire
New Year’s Eve
Celebrate the past, embrace the future, and dance your way into the New Year.
author unknown
New Month, New Year
Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress.
Charles Kettering
Start Where You Are
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
Nido Qubein
Be a Blessing
When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.
Joel Osteen
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Grace Upon Me
Grace be upon me, May understanding and a clear vision come to me, I am devoted to You, my God, in need of Your gentle touch of light. Let me see a better way to serve You. Help me live rightly in Your house.
Another New Year
Again. Another year comes to a close, and a new one opens. Thank You, God, for the passage of time. For the time we have is precious. Time stands still, time flies, and sometimes, like now, when I am deep in prayer with You, time lingers in the most satisfying way. May this new year be a blessing to the world. Help me be my best self, and let the adventure begin.
Where the Heart Goes
Where the heart goes, the will follows. Help me focus on improving myself by changing my heart. Show me that my unhealthy habits are not worthy of my heart’s desire. Worthy are the people I love. Worthy is the kindness I share. Worthy is the gratitude I express. Oh Lord I know change does not come by chance. Celebrate with me the many opportunities I have to change and improve.
Rolling Light
Roll into dark, roll into light. Night becomes day, and day turns to night. Thank You, God, for creating the infinite daily cycle that is our life.Guide and protect us, blessed by Your light.
Stress Less
Tired of worrying, tired of hurrying, tired of being buried by stress. Stress over finances, stress in the work I do, causing holes in my calm and pushing me farther from peace. And yet, when I lean into this exhaustion and make time for prayer, when I let the waves of holy healing wash over me, I am cleansed. Fresh with hope, filled with gratitude and ready to overcome.
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Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly, they are ferocious wolves.
Matthew 7:15
Don’t only listen to the Word of God. Do something about it.
James 1:22
You crown the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11
The Lord stands with me and gives me strength.
2 Timothy 4:17
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them upon the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3
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Happy Right Now
Don’t worry about unfinished business. Instead of thinking about what’s not done, simply focus on what you can do right now. Have a blessed and productive day.
Celebrate Endings
Celebrate endings–for they precede new beginnings. May God bless you in the new year.
Starting Now
God has blessed you with another new year. It’s a blank sheet, and you have all you need to write your own story starting now.
Unhurried Time
Time together without distractions is what matters. May God bless you with unhurried time spent peacefully with the people in your life who really matter.
Imagine Blessings
Imagine if you were told that tomorrow when you wake up, you will only have the blessings you thanked God for today. All day long, you would be thanking God for the endless stream of blessings you might have never noticed before. Your happiness would be guaranteed. Try it today and be endlessly blessed.
{stories, features, videos
Story: Simple Kindness
Feature: When Fog Lingers
Music Video: Auld Lang Syne Rod Stewart
Blog: Rhythms Over Resolutions Hannah Brencher
Holy Humor: Bible Book Report
Parable: Doing the Right Thing