What You Have

 What You Have

Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.

(Luke 12:15 MSG, August introduction, Grace For The Moment, Max Lucado)

Dick Henthorn

5 Dec 2020

Higher Power

 Higher Power

I trust that just as I am always at the right place at the right time, so are my friends.

Just as I have a Higher Power watching over me, so do they.

(Perry Tilleraas, The Color of Light, 17 July)

Dick Henthorn

4 Dec 2020

Belief

 Belief

It's possible to imagine something without having to believe it.

(After, Perry Tilleraas, The Color of Light, 19 July)

Dick Henthorn

3 Dec 2020

Abound

 Abound

To abound is to have a surplus an abundance, an extravagant position.

(Max Lucado, Grace For The Moment, 30 June)

Dick Henthorn

2 Dec 2020

Making a Difference

 Making a Difference

Thank those who have made a difference.

(After Daily Guideposts - 2013, 9 July)

Dick Henthorn

9 August 2020

Tiny Seeds

 Tiny Seeds

God inhabits the tiny seed, empowers the tiny deed ...

Don't discount the smallness of your deeds.

(Max Lucado, Grace For The Moment, Vol. II, December 28)

Dick Henthorn

8 Aug 2020

Prayer That Changes Things

Prayer That Changes Things

Thank You Lord, for prayer than changes things.

(Daily Guideposts - 2017)

Dick Henthorn

4 Augus 2020

You're All I Need

You're All I Need

Lord, You're all I need.

(Daily Guideposts - 2017)

Dick Henthorn

2 Aug 2020

Disappointments

Disappointments

God of hope, I give my disappointments to You.

(Evelyn Bence)

Dick Henthorn

18 July 2020

The Road Ahead

The Road Ahead

Lord, when the road ahead of us looks impossible, You cheer us on, You alone are our strength.

(Julie Garmon)

Dick Henthorn

17 July 2020 

Reason to Pray

Reason to Pray

The best reason to pray is that God is really there.

In praying, our unbelief gradually starts to melt.

God moves smack into the middle of even an ordinary day ...

Prayer is a matter of keeping at it ...

Thunderclaps and lightning flashes are very unlikely.

It is well to start small and quietly.

(Emilie Griffin)

Dick Henthorn

16 July 2020

Heavenly Thoughts

Heavenly Thoughts

When in the night I sleepless lie,

My soul with heavenly thoughts supply;

Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,

No powers of darkness me molest.

(Thomas Ken)

Dick Henthorn

15 July 2020

Lay Down in Peace

Lay Down in Peace

I will lay down in peace, and take my rest, for it is thou, Lord, only, that makes me dwell in safety.

(Thomas Ken)

Dick Henthorn

14 July 2020

Bible Study

Bible Study

Bible study is like eating fish.

When you find a bone, you need not throw away the whole fish.

Lay aside the bone and eat the meat.

(Alex Wilson)

Dick Henthorn

13 July 2020

On Your Knees

On Your Knees

Time spent on the knees in prayer will do more to remedy heart strain and nerve worry than anything else.

(George Stewart)

Dick Henthorn

12 July 2020

Cast Our Hearts

Cast Our Hearts

Let us learn to cast our hearts into God.

Bernard of Clairvaux, 

Dick Henthorn

11 July 2020

A Quiet Morning

A Quiet Morning

A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.

(Janette Oke)

Dick Henthorn

10 July 2020

Simple Prayer

Simple Prayer

Walk and talk and work and laugh with your friends, but behind the scenes, keep up the life of simple prayer and inward worship.

(Thomas R. Kelly)

Dick Henthorn

9 July 2020

Let My Soul

Let My Soul

Let my soul take refuge beneath the shadow of Your wings: let my heart, this sea of restless waves, find peace in You, Oh God.

(Augustine)

Dick Henthorn

8 July 2020

Pray Continually

Pray Continually

Wherever God has placed you and whatever your circumstances, you should pray continually offering up prayers to Him.

(Oswald Chambers)

Dick Henthorn

7 July 2020

Don't Worry

Don't Worry

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers.

(Phillippians 4:6 TLB)

Dick Henthorn

6 July 2020

Praying

Praying

Praying is coming into perfect fellowship and oneness with God.

Find an inner room in which to pray where no one even knows you are praying, shut the door, and talk to God in secret.

(Oswald Chambers)

Dick Henthorn

5 July 2020

Phase of Life

Phase of Life

Help me to accept each phase of life.

(Elizabeth Sherrill, Daily Guideposts -2017, 21 May)

Dick Henthorn

4 July 2020

Steps

Steps

God, Help me to take a few more steps today.

(Daily Guideposts - 2017, 16 December)

Dick Henthorn

3 July 2020

Gift of Life

Gift of Life

For the gift of life, I thank You, God.

Dick Henthorn

2 July 2020

Serenity Prayer

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

(Reinhold Niebuhr)

Dick Henthorn

1 July 2020

Answered Prayer

Answered Prayer

Be sure to remember that nothing in your daily life is so insignificant and so inconsequential that God will not help you by answering your prayer.

(Ole Hallesby)

Dick Henthorn

30 June 2020

Trust God

Trust God

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.

Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track.

(Proverbs 35-6 (MSG))

Dick Henthorn

29 June 2020

Faith

Faith

Do your best to improve your faith. 

You do this by adding goodness, understanding, self-control, patience, devotion to God, concern for others, and love.

(Daily Guideposts - 2014, 23 January, 2 Peter 1:5-7 (CEV))

Dick Henthorn

28 June 2020

Relying On God

Relying On God

Relying On God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.

(C. S. Lewis)

Dick Henthorn

27 June 2020

Conscience

Conscience

Conscience is God's presence in man.

(Emmanuel Swedenborg)

Dick Henthorn

26 June 2020

Whatever Is True

Whatever Is True

Finally ... whatever is true,

whatever is noble, 

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable --

if anything is excellent 

or praiseworthy --

think about such things.

(Philippians 4:8 (NIV))

Dick Henthorn

25 June 2020

Spiritual Truth

Spiritual Truth

Spiritual truth is learned through the atmosphere that surrounds us, not through intellectual reasoning.

(Oswald Chambers)

Dick Henthorn

24 June 2020

Traps

Traps

One of the worst traps a Christian worker can fall into is to become obsessed with his own exceptional moments of inspiration.

(Oswald Chambers)

Dick Henthorn

23 June 2020

Arrow Prayers

Arrow Prayers

What Catholics say about Arrow Prayers

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Dick Henthorn

22 Jun 2020

Enjoy the Moment

Enjoy the Moment

In everything I do, Lord, teach me to enjoy each moment in my life instead of just getting through it.

(Karen Valentin, Daily Guideposts - 2013, 13 December)

Dick Henthorn

21 June 2020

Spirit

Spirit

When we identify with our spirit, we remember our connection to all spirit, to the moving energy and light that is the essense of all people and living things.

(Perry Tilleraas, The Color of Light, 6 September)

Dick Henthorn

20 June 2020

Willingness To Grow

Willingness To Grow

The willingness to grow is the essense of all spiritual development.

(As Bill Sees It, p. 171)

Dick Henthorn

19 June 2020

Share What You Have

Share What You Have

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, Hebrews 13:16, 3 September)

Dick Henthorn

18 June 2020

Simple Blessings

Simple Blessings

I give thanks for the many simple blessings around me.

(after Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 12 August)

Dick Henthorn

17 June 2020

Strengthen Your Brethren

Strengthen Your Brethren

Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings.

(Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand A Little Taller, LDS Doctrine & Covenants, 108:7, 20 August)

Dick Henthorn

16 June 2020

Look Back

Look Back

Look back through all of your experiences and think of the ways that the Lord your God has led you and how He has fed and clothed you every day.

(Whispers of Blessing, Day 362)

Dick Henthorn

15 June 2020

Habits

Habits

It's difficult to change unhealthy, established habits.

Lord, give me strength to make needed changes.

(After, The Christophers, Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 41, 28 August)

Dick Henthorn

14 June 2020

Serving the Lord

Serving the Lord

Work as if you were serving the Lord, not as if you were serving only man and woman.

(Ephesians 6:7, Max Lucado, Grace For the Moment, Vol.II, 28 August)

Dick Henthorn

13 June 2020

The Best Prayers

The Best Prayers

The best prayers have often more groans than words.

(John Bunyan, in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 8 November)

Dick Henthorn

12 June 2020

The Commonplace

The Commonplace

Let me observe, with new interest even the commonplace things that happen in each new day.

(One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 10 December)

Dick Henthorn

11 June 2020

Limit Your Prayer Requests

Limit Your Prayer Requests

Limit your prayer requests for guidance, an open mind to receive it, and the fortitude to act upon it.

(after One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 1 October)

Dick Henthorn

10 June 2020

Help

Help

Is there something going on in my life that I could ask for help with today?

(Hope For Today, 27 December)

Dick Henthorn

9 June 2020

Security

Security

My security does not depend on my winning every round in my battle with life.

It does depend on my acceptance of others on their own terms.

God grant me that security.

(One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 15 July)

Dick Henthorn

8 June 2020

Commit

Commit

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.

(Proverbs 16:3 (NIV), Daily Guideposts - 2013, 31 July)

Dick Henthorn

7 June 2020

All the Days

All the Days

All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.

(Psalms 139:16 (NIV), Daily Guideposts - 2014), 15 September)

Dick Henthorn

6 Jun 2020

Straight and Narrow Way

Straight and Narrow Way

Keep us of the straight and narrow way we pray.

(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 23 January)

Dick Henthorn

5 Jun 2020

Abundance

Abundance

As you pare down your belongings, give thanks for all that has enabled you to have such abundance in your life.

(Donna Smallin, Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness, p. 92)

Dick Henthorn

4 June 2020

Strengthen Us

Strengthen Us

Strengthen us so we do not yield to the temptation of taking the easy way out.

(Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 23 September)

Dick Henthorn

3 June 2020

Decision Making

Decision Making

Be with me in the days ahead so that my decision making will be rooted in Your wisdom.

(Vicki Zurlage, Prayers For Every Need, Guideposts, p. 68)

Dick Henthorn

2 June 2020

Supplication

Supplication

Give ear to my prayer, O God, do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

(Psalm 55:1 (NRSV)

(Daily Guideposts - 2013, 9 December)

Dick Henthorn

1 June 2020

I Arise

I Arise

I arise, O God, to do Thy will.

(Daily Reflections, 6 November)

Dick Henthorn

31 May 2020

What's Best

What's Best

Father, I know You will provide what's best for me, even if I don't understand at the time.

Let me walk in faith, confident that You know my path better than I do.

(Whispers of Blessing, Day 336)

Dick Henthorn

30 May 2020

Emotions and Faith

Emotions and Faith

Lord, help me to manage my emotions and deepen my faith, especially when things are not going my way.

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

Dick Henthorn

29 May 2020

Walk Through Life

Walk Through Life

Lord, thank You for giving me every tool I need to walk through life and to do so confidently.

(Erin McPherson, Daily Guideposts - 2013, 3 September)

Dick Henthorn

28 May 2020

Tonight

Tonight

Tonight, I don't have to struggle to find the right words for my prayers. How I feel is my best prayer.

(Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 8 November)

Dick Henthorn

27 May 2020

Memory

Memory

Dear Lord, thank You for the unbelievable gift of memory.  What a subtle bit of creation.

(After Daily Guideposts - 2013, 18 July)

Dick Henthorn

26 May 2020

Prayer

Prayer

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement.

Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

(Gandhi in Inspiration by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, p.220)

Dick Henthorn

25 May 2020

Lord Help Me

Lord Help Me

Lord, help me when my day is long, my patience is short and when loving is difficult.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 23 July)

Dick Henthorn

24 May 2020

What Should I Do

What Should I Do

God what would You have me say and do today?

(Hope For Today, 30 December)

Dick Henthorn

23 May 2020

Trust

Trust

Let the morning bring me word of Your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You.

Show me the way I should go, for to You I entrust my life.

(Psalm 143:8 (NIV), Daily Guidepost - 2014, September 19)

Dick Henthorn

22 May 2020

Hear My Earnest Prayer

Hear My Earnest Prayer

Hear my earnest prayer, 

grant Your loving mercy, 

keep me in your care.

(After Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 5 June)

Dick Henthorn

21 May 2020

Help

Help

We give thanks, Lord, for the unexpected and the amazing and for help sent when it is most needed.

(Daily Guideposts - 2013, 29 July)

Dick Henthorn

21 May 2020

Leeway

Leeway

Help me to remember that my priorities are not necessarily the priorities of those I love, so please give me the sense to step back and allow everyone a little leeway to lead their own lives.

(Prayers From The Heart, Day 251)

Dick Henthorn

20 May 2020

The Spark

The Spark

Life can change in an instant.

Count on the resilience in your own spirit, the spark of God's life within you, to help you and those around you.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 44, 20 December)

Dick Henthorn

19 May 2020

The Commandments

The Commandments

If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and to act faithfully is a matter of your choice.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 5 August)

Dick Henthorn

17 May 2020

Spending

Spending

Teach me prudence and restraint in my spending, Lord Jesus.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 24 Oct)

Dick Henthorn

17 May 2020

Plans

Plans

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

(Proverbs 16:9, Moravian Daily Texts - 2013, 10 June)

Dick Henthorn

16 May 2020

Persevre

Persevre

Life and illness and injuries can overwhelm us.

Jesus, give us the grace to persevre in becoming all we can be.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 41, 14 August)

Dick Henthorn

15 May 2020

A Letter

A Letter

Remind us, God, that a letter is always a unique, personal and welcome gift.

(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 41, 4 August)

Dick Henthorn

14 May 2020

God's Guidance

God's Guidance

When you pray for God's guidance, don't complain when it is different from your preference.

(Night Light, 15 December)

Dick Henthorn

13 May 2020

The Gift

The Gift

Lord, instead of fretting and worrying myself to the bone, I will instead take time to enjoy the gift You offer here and now.

(Daily Guideposts - 2013, 5 August)

Dick Henthorn

12 May 2020

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

What a friend we have in Jesus. all our sins and griefs to bear.  What a privlege to carry everything to God in prayer.

(Joseph Scriven, Whispers of Blessing, Day 303)

Dick Henthorn

11 May 2020

Gifts

Gifts

Help me to use the gifts You have given me. I want to use them to help others through making my own world better and brighter.

(One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 8 September)

Dick Henthorn

10 May 2020

Incident or Crisis

Incident or Crisis

God grant me the sense of proportion to judge the difference between an incident and a crisis.

(One Day At A Time in Al-Anon, 19 October)

Dick Henthorn

9 May 2020

Family Heritage

Family Heritage

Lord, continue to draw me to a deeper appreciation of the best of my family heritage.

(Evelyn Bence, Daily Guideposts - 2013, 24 November)

Dick Henthorn

8 May 2020

Row Away From The Rocks

Row Away From The Rocks

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

(Indian Proverb, Amy E. Dean, Night Light, 29 October)

Dick Henthorn
7 May 2020

Abundance

Abundance

Thank you, Lord for eyes to see an abundance of blessing all around.

(Ashley Wiersma, Daily Guideposts - 2013, 7 October)

Dick Henthorn

6 May 2020

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

God grant me willingness to forgive myself and everyone else.

Help me let go of the past.

(Perry Tilleras in The Color of Light, 23 September)

Dick Henthorn

5 May 2020

Growth

The willingness to grow is the essense of all spiritual development.
(As Bill Sees It, p. 171 in Daily Reflections, 2 Sep)

Dick Henthorn
4 May 2020