Week Ending Friday, April 5
{quotes}
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
– Leonard Bernstein
You matter. Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared…then you energy.
The good in us will win.
When you run alone in life it’s a grueling race. When you run with God you run with grace.
When you claim your own worth, no one can make you feel worthless.
Be easy to love.
{blessings}
No Fooling
Don’t be fooled on this, the first day of April. There’s only one way to find fortune and fame, by being the very best you can be. May you be blessed by your best self and may your wants and needs come easily this month and every day in the future.
Inner Vision
Take that dream and your vision for the future and bring it inside. You talk about it. You plan for it. You pray for it. Now it’s time make it happen. May you be blessed with inner vision. See your dream from the inside looking out and watch as your dream becomes reality.
Easiest Thing
People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing; refusing to participate in activities that make life bad. May you be blessed with resolve to stop doing the things that don’t serve you and start doing the things that honor God.
God Speaks Loudly
It’s astounding how loudly God speaks and how often we choose not to hear. May you be blessed with holy hearing which does not filter out the hard message, the unwanted change of direction, the difficult calling. Listen to your Lord.
Calm Storms Ahead
Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear the path. May you be blessed to find your way out of turmoil and into the calm.
{prayers}
Feeling of You
O God, It’s early in the day and I call to You. Help me to pray. To concentrate on You alone. To keep stray thoughts from a restless mind. To will trust from my body’s deep corners. To let forgiveness come streaming in. Whatever this day brings, who ever shall cross my path, may I be fresh with the feeling of You and kind in the presence of them. Amen
God Feels and Heals
Father God you are the almighty God. I call out for Your bright light to circle everyone who needs healing today. The ones with bodily sickness and fickleness, spiritual depression and oppression, mindful pain and drain. All praise to You, the Great One Who feels and heals.
Perfect Way
Dear God, Your perfect way has prepared me for this day. I am here in prayer and I declare, Your plan for me is the way of joy, contentment, healthy living, prosperity, and love. You set no limitations on me, only endless opportunities. I praise You God and I thank You for Your favor.
Enveloped in Your Light
Enveloped in Your Light, may I be a beacon to those in search of Light. Sheltered in Your Peace, may I offer shelter to those in need of Peace. Embraced by Your Presence, so may I be present to others.
– Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Elevation
Dear God, I have always been a person of elevation, but I have been brought low. I was once an encourager, now I am discouraged. Raise me up to be my former self. To serve You rightfully and to make You proud. Amen
{features, stories, video}
Story: Newly Reunited
Feature: Your Struggles are Not for Nothing
Feature: What Does the Satanic Temple Believe? HInt: It’s Not What You Think
Music Video: Josh Groban – Jennifer Nettles Duet, 99 Years
Feature: Gentle Holding
Comedy Video: Jeanne Robertson, Don’t Snap an Elephant to a Tree
{bible affirmations}
2 Samuel 10:12
The Lord will do what is good in His sight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
I trust in You Lord with all my heart and I lean not on my own understanding. In all my ways I submit to You, and You make my paths straight.
Psalm 56
My trust in God is greater than my fear. I have confidence in God’s protection.
Jeremiah 33:3
I call to God and I am answered with the knowledge of great and mysterious things.
Colossians 4:2
I devote myself to prayer, being ever watchful, always thankful.