Work With Zest

Heavenly Father, help me work with zest and patience, for my good, the good of my neighbors, and Your glory, so that all I do will be for Your glory.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 29 June)
29 June 2015

The Secret

The Secret means that we are creators of our universe, and that every wish that we want to create will manifest in our lives. Therefore, our wishes, thoughts, and feelings are very important because they will manifest.
(Marie Diamond in The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, p. 113)
28 June 2015

Worries

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Worries carry responsibilities that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.
(Corrie Ten Boom, in 100 Days of Prayer For Women, p. 121)
27 June 2015

People Of Peace

... in marriage as in life, choosing to be people of peace and love is good for both body and soul.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol., 41, 13 June)
26 Jun 2015

One Little Thing

We ought to hear at least one little song every day, read a good poem, see a first-rate painting and if possible speak a few sensible words.
(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 8 June)

Celebrate Life

Celebrate ... life by all means but face up to the death of that life. Weep all the tears you have in you to weep because whatever may happen next, if anything does, this has happened.  Something precious and irreplaceable has come to an end and something in you has come to an end with it. Funerals put a period after the sentence's last word. They close a door. They let you get on with your life.
(Frederick Buechner, Listening To Your Life, p. 302)
23 June 2015

Humility

Do nothing our of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
(The Twelve Steps For Christians, Philippians 12:3-4, p. 151)
22 June 2015

Rejection

No matter what kind of rejection you may have suffered, praying the scripture can be used by God to bring your strength.
(Beth Moore, Praying God's Word Day By Day, 16 December)
19 June 2015

Helpful Words

Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you.
(Ephesians 4:29, GNT, David Jeremiah, p. 226)
17 June 2015

Do What You Can

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Let me do whatever I can, however small or insignificant it may seem.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 17 September)

16 June 2015

Blessing Others

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Lord Jesus, draw my family clost to You. Fill our home with Your presence and our lives with Your love. In turn, help each one of us to realize the importance of blessing others.  Amen.
(Prayers From The Heart, Day 35)
15 June 2015

Let It Go

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... I will let it go; least said, soonest mended.

(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 7 January)

14 June 2015

Clothe Yourselves

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another ... forgive each other ... Cloth yourselves with love. (Colossians 3:12-13,14)
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, 5 December)
7 January 2015

Books & Reading

Spiritual reading is, or at least can be, second only to prayer as a developer and supporter of the inner life.  Evelyn Underhill

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.  William Ellery Channing 

The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed oil for the lamp of prayer. Hannah More 

(Esther Carls Dodgen, Flowers Along The Path, p. 13)

6 June 2015

Peacekeeper

Lord, help me be the peacekeeper, never the one who stirs up more anger.
Help me be an example to my whole family. Amen
(Prayers From The Heart, Day 1
5 June 2015

His Presence

Through the kindness of a stranger.
The majesty of a sunset.
The mystery of romance.
Though the question of a child or the commitment of a spouse.
Through a word well spoken or a touch well timed, have you sensed His Presence?
(Max Lucado, Grace For The Moment, Vol. II, 30 December)
4 June 2015

Beauty

Creator God, in you we live and breathe and have our being.
Let the beauty that surrounds us in all your creation be a continuous reminder of your power and your love. Amen.
(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 3 June)
3 June 2015