Week Ending Friday, May 14, 2021
{quotes}
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.
Frederick Douglass
Patience is not simply the ability to wait. It’s how we behave while we’re waiting.
Joyce Meyer
One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears.
Dean Rusk
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
George Washington
Saying nothing sometimes says the most.
Emily Dickinson
{blessings}
Happy Thanks
You can’t be thankful and unhappy at the same time. May you be blessed to express gratitude. Bring about your happy side with thanks anytime you need a little help.
Whispers of the Inner Voice
You are blessed with humility when your inner voice softly whispers; I am nothing without God. Listen, and live it.
Reverberations
What you do matters. The performance of good deeds has an impact and reverberations around the world. May you be blessed with spiritual satisfaction, which comes from your daily acts of kindness. May your good efforts bring those who you touch closer to God.
Say it Proud
Say it loud, say it proud: “With God, I can do anything.” May you be blessed to know the power of an almighty God.
Unexpected
God is under no obligation to give you what you expect. Instead, you are blessed with the unexpected. Live a life without limits. Be on the lookout for what you never would look for.
{prayers}
Weakness into Strength
Dear God, Turn my weakness into strength and my strengths into service for good. Help me move from the comfort of conformity and push me to inspired possibility. Praise to You, my highest power.
Accept the Praise
Dear God, Help me use my gifts wisely, overcome my shortcomings, and Oh my precious God, accept my praise and gratitude.
Anticipation
Oh God, I wait for you like the lighthouse keeper anticipates the dawn. I long for you like the bride on the eve of her wedding day. Though my patience is calm, my desire is pounding with anticipation. May the day of Your arrival come soon. Amen
Good Relationships
Thank You, God, for the gift of good relationships with the people I love and the ones who matter. I pray that I will always be grateful, never forgetful, of the pure pleasure I receive, even in the downtimes. Blessed are You, who brings us together in respectful love and mutual admiration.
Need a Miracle
I need a miracle. Use Your power, and I will be empowered. Allow what is deeply needed and yet unseen to appear and astonish me. Yes, such a miracle is possible with my faith and Your will, dear God.
{bible}
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction, he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and his pity, he redeemed them, and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.
John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you; that My joy may be in you.
Proverb 6:23
The Law of the Lord is a lamp, and its teachings shine brightly. Correction and self-control will lead you through life.
Jeremiah 29:11
Have hope. God has a plan for you, plans for your prosperity. No harm will come to you. Your future is bright.
Psalm 25:4
Oh Lord, Show me Your ways, teach me Your paths.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: A Mother’s Story of Hope
Feature: An Unusual View of Divinity
Video: Mom Saves the Day
Feature: Redemption of Justin Bieber
Feature: Justice for Vincent Simmons
Video: Star-Spangled Banner by Dcorey Johnson