It's Our Choice

God explains the benefits;

outlines the promises

and articulates very clearly the consequences.

And then, in the end,

he leaves the choice to us.

(Max Lucado, Grace For The Moment, Vol. II, 27 December)

Dick Henthorn

4 Jul 2018

Respect

"Lord, I pray that you help people to treat one another with respect. 
Help us to have patience with one another and to extend grace towards others. 
Help us come to the place where we can respectfully agree to disagree and to remember that a house divided against itself will fall".
(Kim Henthorn Eidel, 22 Jun 2018 on Facebook)

Dick Henthorn
22 Jun 2018

What Should We Pray For?

We do no know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
(Romans 8:26 (NIV))

Dick Henthorn
14 June 2018

Number Our Days

Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.
(Psalm 90:12 (TLB))

Dick Henthorn
13 Jun 2018

Guide My Steps

Dear Father, walk with me and guide my steps today.

(Lisa Bogart, Daily Guideposts - 2016, 14 June)

Dick Henthorn

12 Jun 2018

Listening

God, help me remember to listen without lecturing or fixing, so I can be more the kind of person You want me to be.
(Carol Kuykendall, Daily Guideposts - 2015, 12 June)

Dick Henthorn
11 Jun 2018

The New World

Lord, thank You for poking and prodding me into the new world when I am desperately trying to hang on to the old!
(Linda Neukrug, Daily Guideposts - 2014, 13 June)

Dick Henthorn
10 Jun 2018

Attitude

Thank You, Lord, for helping me to change my attitude toward things I need to do.
Help me to find a bit of gladness in all things.
(Karen Valentin - Daily Guideposts - 2017, 14 Jun)

Dick Henthorn
8 Jun 2018

This is the Day

This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
(Psalm 118:24 )\(NKJV))
(Daily Guideposts - 2017, 2 June)

Dick Henthorn
7 Jun 2018

Remember

Lord, help me to remember all that You have given me and all that I have to be thankful for.
(Daily Guideposts - 2015, 6 June)

Dick Henthorn
6 Jun 2018

Decision

Lord, help me to consider the path I'm heading down with each decision I make today and to choose what You want instead of choosing what's easy for me. Amen.
(Erin MacPherson, Daily Guideposts - 2015, 4 June)

Dick Henthorn
3 Jun 2018

Condensed Prayer

I'm thinking that you understand the condensed version of a prayer as well as the unabridged version, God. In fact, I'm counting on it!
(Daily Guideposts - 2015, May 28)

Dick Henthorn
31 May 2018

Remembrance of You

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all.
Philippians 1:3-4 (NAS)
(Daily Guideposts - 2014, 27 May)

Dick Henthorn
30 May 2018

In The Morning

In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; 

in the morning I lay my requests before you 

and wait expectantly.

(Psalm 5:3 (NIV))
Daily Guideposts - 2016, 31 May

Dick Henthorn

29 May 2018

Getting Through

Art seen an an Artomatic Show

I can go through anything a day at a time, a moment at a time, with the faith and knowledge that my Higher Power is guiding me to peace and security.\
(Ruth Fishel, Time For Joy, 13 July)

Dick Henthorn
4 Apr 2018
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Marvels

Have Your Peeps Call My Peeps

There are more marvels in God's creation than the human mind can fathom.
All the more reason not to despoil, but to cherish and preserve earth and earth's creatures.
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 5 September)

Dick Henthorn
3 Apr 2018

Easter Sunday - 2018

The Grotto - Emmitsburg, MD

I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?

(John 11: 25-26)

Dick Henthorn

1 Apr 2018

I Am Not Alone

Fall Foliage at the Corner of Our House

(Photo by Cyndi)

Today I know that I am not alone.
Today I know that God guides me in all situations and all I have to do to get help is to ask for it.
(Ruth Fishel, Time For Joy, 21 October)

Dick Henthorn
31 Mar 2018

Cry For Help

Great Hall of The Library of Congress

(Photo by Cyndi)

Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
(Psalm 5:2 (NIV), Daily Guideposts - 2015, 12 January)

Dick Henthorn
30 Mar 2018

Things

Cherry Blossom Time in Washington, DC

Free us from our need for things.

(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 18 December)

Dick Henthorn

29 Mar 2018

Spirituality

Azaleas in Front Of Our House

(Dick's Cellphone Photo)

Spirituality emanates from the ordinariness of this human life

made transparent by lifelong tending to its nature and fate.

(Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul, p. 262)

Dick Henthorn

28 Mar 2018

Positive Thoughts

Orange Azalea and Purple Columbine

in Our Backyard

(Dick's Cellphone Photo)

Help me maintain edifying positive thoughts.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 1 Sep)

Dick Henthorn

27 Mar 2018

Number Our Days

Dogwood in Bloom in Front of Our House

(Dick's Cellphone Photo)

Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are;

help us to spend them as we should.

(Daily Guideposts - 2014, 16 June, Psalm 90:12 (TLB)

Dick Henthorn

26 Mar 2018

My Course

Our Backyard Azalea

(Dick's Cellphone Photo)

Lord, give me strength when I falter in the course You set for me.

Help me rise to the challenges in my path and do my utmost

for You and the life You have chosen for me.

(Erika Bentsen, Daily Guideposts - 2014, 12 March)

Dick Henthorn

25 Mar 2018

Anxiety

I am not responsible for everyone and everything.

Lord, I need deliverance from my anxiety.

(Prayers From The Heart,m Day 358)

Dick Henthorn

24 Mar 2018

Patience

Father, grant me the patience to live one day at a time.

(Julia Attaway, Daily Guideposts - 2014, 8 December)

Dick Henthorn

23 Mar 2018

Pray All The Time

Pray all the time ... and keep praying earnestly for all Christians everywhere,
(Ephesians 6:18 (TLB)

Dick Henthorn
22 Mar 2018

Doubt and Questions

Dear Lord, when doubt and questions trouble me, help me to have faith that there are reasons I'm not to know right now.
(Sabra Ciancanelli in Daily Guideposts - 2016, 4 March)

Dick Henthorn
21 Mar 2018

Doing Good

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
(Galatians 6:9 (NIV)

Dick Henthorn
20 Mar 2018

I Urge, Then

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people.
(1 Timothy 2:1 (NIV) in Daily Guideposts - 2014, 25 February)

Dick Henthorn
19 March 2018

What To Pray For

We do not know what we ought to pray for, 

but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

(Romans 8:26 (NIV)

Dick Henthorn

18 Mar 2018

Good

Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them.
(Proverbs 3:27 (NLT), Daily Guideposts - 2015, 14 February)

Dick Henthorn
17 March 2018

Your Father Knows

Don't recite the same prayer over and over as the heathen do, who think prayers are answered only by repeating them again and again. Remember your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!
(Daily Guideposts - 2104, 13 February)

Dick Henthorn
16 March 2018

Prayer for our President

Lord, direct our president's heart towards You.

Give our president spiritual wisdom and understanding to lead this nation according to Your precepts and into all truth.

May the president be filled to overflowing with Your depth of insight into all situations.

Surround the president with Godly advisers.

Inscribe on their hearts the knowledge of Your will so that they may know you better.

Thank You. Amen.

(Rebecca Ondov, Daily Guideposts - 2015, 11 February)

Dick Henthorn

15 March 2018

Change of Seasons

Dear Father, thank You for the change of seasons.

Remind me of the good things about winter. Amen.

(Lisa Bogart, Daily Guideposts - 2017, 17 February)

Dick Henthorn

11 March 2918

Hard Times

Dear Lord, guide us through the hard times and help us face the days ahead with hope.
(Sabra Ciancanelli, Daily Guideposts - 2017, 16 Feb)

Dick Henthorn
13 March 2018

Comfort Zone

Father, help me to step out of my comfort zone, so I am able to grow and do the work You've set aside for me to do.
(Julia Attaway, Daily Guideposts - 2015, 10 Feb)

Dick Henthorn
12 March 2018

Teachers

We are all teachers, Father.

Today, show me the opportunity to be a teacher of good things.

(Scott Walker in Daily Guideposts - 2015, 9 February)

Dick Henthorn

11 March 2018

Shake Up Your Routine

Think of one way you can shake up your routine.

Resolve to do it this week.

(Daily Inspiration for Women, 9 March)

Dick Henthorn

10 March 2018

Think About Such Things

Whatever is pure, 

whatever is lovely, 

whatever is admirable --

if anything is excellent

or praiseworthy --

think about such things.

(Philippians 4:8 (NTV))

Dick Henthorn

9 Mar 2018

Love

Love is patient; 

love is kind; 

love is not envious 

or boastful 

or arrogant 

or rude.

It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful.

(1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NRSV))

Dick Henthorn

8 March 2018

An Unimportant Day

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

(Alexander Woollcott, Daily Inspiration For Women, 4 April)

Dick Henthorn

7 March 2018

Anger

Anger is an attempt to change others in ways that make you feel more secure.
(Gary Zukav and Linda Francis, Thoughts From The Heart of the Soul, p. 84)

Dick Henthorn
6 March 2018

What Needs to be Said

Give me the words to say what needs to be said

and seal my lips for the rest.

(Julia Attaway, Daily Guideposts - 2017, 6 February)

Dick Henthorn

5 March 2018

Harmony

Lord of Heaven and Earth, help us to live in harmony with nature and neighbor.

Help us kneel in your soil and till and tend the garden of community with as much care as we might give to our own “heirloom” tomatoes.
(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 5 July)

Dick Henthorn
4 March 2018

Do You Best

Do Your Best

Do your best to improve your faith. 

You can do this by 

adding goodness, 

understanding,

self-control,

patience

devotion to God,

concern for others,

and love.

(2 Peter 1:5-7 (CEV))

(Pablo Diaz, Daily Guideposts - 2014, 23 January)

Dick Henthorn

3 Mar 2018

Motivations

Motivations

God, today, may I excuse rather than accuse the people around me 

when I don't know their motivations. 

Let me see everyone through Your kind eyes.

(Linda Neukrug, Daily Guideposts - 2015, 25 January)

Dick Henthorn

2 March 2018

Encouragement

So continue encouraging each other 

and building each other up, 

just like you are doing already.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (CEB)

(Daily Guideposts - 2017 , 18 January, Rick Hamlin)

Dick Henthorn

28 Feb 2018

Grateful Hearts

Give us grateful hearts, our Father, for all your mercies, 

and make us mindful of the needs of others. Amen.

(Book of Common Prayer)

Dick Henthorn

26 Feb 2018

Keep It Simple

Father, help me to not make life more elaborate and costly 

than it needs to be.

(Daniel Schantz, Daily Guideposts - 2014, 11 January)

Dick Henthorn

25 Feb 2018

Possesions

A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.

(Daily Guideposts - 2014, 16 Aug - Luke 12:1 (RSV)

Dick Henthorn

24 Feb 2018

Keep Me On Course

God, keep me on course.

(Day By Day, 28 Oct)

Dick Henthorn

23 Feb 2018

Answered Prayer

Lord, thank You, for answering our prayers.

Help me to be willing to do my part.

(Marilyn Turk in Daily Guideposts - 2017, 5 January)

Dick Henthorn

22 Feb 2018

See the Beauty

Please help me, Lord, to see the beauty that still exists in my life, rather than looking at what has fallen away. 

(Rhoda Blecker, Daily Guideposts - 2017, 3 January)

Dick Henthorn

21 Feb 2018