Week Ending Friday, July 30, 2021
{quotes}
They say that seeing is believing. But it might be more true that believing leads to seeing. It’s often easier to discover the truth if we believe it’s there in the first place.
Seth Godin
The world doesn’t care how many times you fall down, as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up.
Aaron Sorkin
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
Sir Edmund Hillary
Love does not consist of gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Don’t get mad. Do not get even. Get stronger, faster, and more powerful. Fill yourself with knowledge and empathy and an indomitable spirit because no one else can do that for you. In the end, it is your life, your choice, and your world.
Apolo Ohno
{blessings}
Prayerbones
You’re not a chicken, and you don’t have a wishbone. You have exactly 206 bones in your body that are all there for prayer. May God bless you with a strong, healthy, unbreakable faith.
Go Up
When prayers go up, blessings come down.
Fortunate Life
Life itself is not a tragedy, but tragic things can happen in your life. Or not. May God bless you with a fortunate life, one where you and your loved ones are spared from affliction, and you grow stronger from adversity.
Free from Worry
Don’t assume the worst will happen. If it does, you’ll be disappointed twice, and if it doesn’t, you’ve spared yourself the unnecessary worry. May God bless you to be free from worry and disappointment.
Have it All
You obsess over what you had, what you have, and what you will have. Yet, we’re all have-nots if we don’t have God in our hearts. May you be blessed to have it all.
{prayers}
Ask, Trust
I ask, I trust. You hear me, You answer.
Bright Future
Dear God, give me courage to leave the dark past behind and to begin my bright future. Grace me with good friends, good fortune, and blessed good health. amen
High Standards
Dear God, let me live up to your highest standards. Help me rise above my current station in life so that I may serve you ably, fully, and without distraction. Praise to You for having made me in Your image.
Here With Me Now
I stand in awe before You, O God. You steady me and strengthen me. You get me going when I am motionless. You are everywhere and especially here with me now. May it be Your will that my prayers be answered.
Patient Waiting
I wait patiently for You, Oh God. The heavens open, and the rains come. And still, I wait patiently for You.
{bible affirmations}
1 Peter 4:10
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
Psalm 23:5
My cup runneth over.
Exodus 3:5
We are standing on holy ground.
Hebrews 11:1-3
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. The first generations got it right. The entire universe was formed at God’s command, that what we now see did not come from anything that can be seen.
Psalm 47:1
Clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with loud songs of joy.
{stories, features, videos}
Story: Yardwork from a Holy Perspective
Feature: This Athlete Always Puts God First
Heartwarming Video: Bibi and Chick
Humor Video: Future Olympians
Feature Video: Family Reunited 24 Years After Abduction
Feel Good Video: Father & Son Moment