Your favorite inspirational verse/thought?

[IceWizard]

Thursday, September 02





John 14:18 - 21


18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more;
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father,
and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them,
he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of
my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.



Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,,

You are always near to us on earth, and we thank you for all the love
you put into our lives so that we can be joyful, even in all kinds of
temptations and struggles. How much you have given us and how
often you have rescued us from distress! Again and again you have
let the light of life shine out. You give us light not only for the moment
but also for the future, enabling us to draw strength and assurance
from the present, the past, and the future, to the glory of your name.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[Froggy]

There were way too many good ones to choose a favorite!

By John Roedel

I have now taken 47.5 lumbering trips around the sun to observe the human experience and here is a brief recap on a little I have learned so far:

The angriest people are usually
the ones who are the most afraid.

Empathy is a very under-taught
subject in our schools.

People who can’t laugh at themselves
make for terrible comedians.

If you mix Daiquiri Ice and Chocolate
ice cream at Baskin Robbins you’ll know
exactly what heaven tastes like.

Not enough people take the time
to jump in puddles.

We somehow normalized giving
our guns baby names and naming
our babies after guns.

The inside of our eyelids play
the same monster movies over and over.

Dandelions aren’t weeds. No, they aren’t. Stop arguing with me.

A womb is a temple of miracles where souls and bodies form the most perfectly strange communities.

By the way, hospice beds are the exact same.

Politics make for terrible eyeglasses
to see the world through.

There are not enough books written about lighthouses and way too many about vampires.

We take part in so many things that
don’t bring us joy all in the name of “tradition”.

The best naps happen during rainstorms.

Our cell phones have more plans
than our actual lives.

We fetishize butterflies a little
too much, I mean, come on.

Kissing is magic. If a kiss doesn’t
feel magical then it isn’t one. It’s just
lip chores.

We choose if the holes in our hearts
kill us or turn us into woodwind instruments.

Rivers have taught me as much about God
as Sunday School ever did.

If we stare up into the stars long enough
we will feel this little tug on the threads of
our spirit. It will be like the pull of a magnet.
We are drawn upwards. We are attracted to
the expanse. We are being called to return
where it is we came from. We come to know
that everything out there in the endless field
of celestial delights came from the same burst
of creation that eventually formed us. And those
thoughts are gently pulling on us every time we
gaze up into the night sky.

Trees make really wonderful life coaches.

Whenever we hold hands with each other
our pulses try their best to synchronize.

There should be an Olympic sport
that is all about untangling extension cords.

Eating a hamburger while sitting
on the hood of a car is something
people should go do more often.

Our memories should never have
walls to them. We should be able
to visit them without getting stuck.

We treat grief like it’s a summer storm
-as if it’s a temporary event that will
quickly pass. It won’t. Grief is a comet.
It terraforms our world.
Grief doesn’t always destroy us - but it
changes the shape of our continents.

We hide too much beautiful art in places
where we only people who don’t care
about art can afford to see it.

I think whomever created pulp-free orange juice didn’t quite understand what orange juice is.

Sex in movies makes people cringe more than
mass murder in movies and that probably makes the angels weep.

Mothers should be given 10% discounts. Everywhere.

The best name any flower has ever
been given is “Baby’s Breath”.

Kindness is elemental.

A slow drive down a dirt road with the exact right song playing can be a baptism.

I’m hopeful that we have finally
reached the saturation point
of reality tv shows involving
angry neighbors and retired judges.

Although, I can’t quite prove it yet, I think every gust of wind is a ghost trying to win a race.

Our hearts are sponges. What we put in is what squeezes out.

When we fall in love we don’t actually fall. We float. We become weightless.

We have turned the expectations of other people into anchors that we wear our our necks. We are curving our spines by trying to fit in.

Airplanes look they shouldn’t work but somehow they do and we just get over it ~and that is the kind of shoulder shrugging we should do for people who live their lives in ways that we don’t understand.

Listening to new music is an easy way to turn our minds into gates instead of bank vaults.

People are good - some of them just forget it.

We put way too many people in prisons, boxes, their places, in timeout and in hell.

If the universe can still be expanding after all this time then I should willing to do the same. Every morning we become a newborn galaxy. Every breath we take is a baby sun. Every word of kindness we speak can build a new Earth in someone else’s heart.

Nobody can tell you how to heal.

There should be more cupcakes. I know
there are already a bunch of cupcakes, I
just think there should be more.

~ john roedel (johnroedel.com)

[IceWizard]

Friday, September 03





Psalm 57:9 - 11


9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:
I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens,
and thy truth unto the clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens:
let thy glory be above all the earth.


Today's Prayer...


Lord our God,,

We thank you that you come to help us with your power and might.
We thank you that you come to us in our suffering and strengthen us in
all we must endure on earth. You help us so that what is good and
full of light comes more and more to us and to all people. We thank you
and pray that your power, coming from the invisible world into the visible,
may continue its quiet working in us until the day when everyone can
see Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and into all eternity.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[folken]

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it.

I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

                                                                                             .- Charles F. Kettering

[IceWizard]

Sunday, September 05





Luke 12:2 - 4


2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be
heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets
shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them
that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.




Today's Prayer...


Almighty and All-powerful God,,

Please bless my efforts as I seek to encourage others to join me in fervent prayer.
I pray that you will bring revival among those who call on your name and a stirring
among those who are hungry, but don't yet recognize their hunger is for Jesus.
Please bring revival to your people and an outpouring of grace to those who need
to know Jesus as their Savior.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[IceWizard]

Monday, September 06





Isaiah 26:1 - 5


1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah;
We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth
the truth may enter in.
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is
everlasting strength:
5 For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city,
he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground;
he bringeth it even to the dust.




Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,,

How shall we thank you for all you give to us, your children,
for the great wisdom and power you hold in readiness for us
if we are childlike? We want to be glad in your presence.
We do not want to weep and complain, though tears often
threaten to come. We simply want to ask you to protect us,
your children. Protect all your children on earth. Let the pain
that breaks over them be taken away, for the sake of the
whole world. Even when we must follow a hard road, let all
the suffering we endure become part of the fight that brings
in the kingdom of heaven, bringing your purpose to the earth
and great mercy to the peoples, bringing to all the world the
wonderful forgiveness that enables men to be reborn, until at
last all are called your children. Sustain us. Help us. Bless us.
May the Savior always live among us, reviving and strengthening
us in body and soul.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[Charon]

Perfect. 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is
everlasting strength.

In Jesus precious name, Amen and Amen.

[sitatapatra]

“The greatest wealth is health.” – Virgil

“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world.”- Buddha

"What do we live for,if not to make life less difficult for each other."- George Eliot

[IceWizard]

Tuesday, September 07





1 John 4:5 - 8


5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world,
and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us;
he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth,
and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.




Today's Prayer...


Dear Father in heaven,,

remind us again and again of what you have done in our hearts and
lives to make us certain of the resurrection. Help us to live in this
certainty and to hold fast to everything good and great which you
bring into our lives. Grant us the assurance that we are gaining ground
in the battle for the redemption of those who are still in darkness
and in the shadow of death. May we find joy in what we have here
and now. Give us patience in our struggles. Give us hope for all
that has gone wrong, because even what is in darkness is still in
your hands. In the end everything must be brought to the light
so that all humankind may glorify your great name.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen

[IceWizard]

Wednesday, September 08





Luke 9:22 - 24


22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things,
and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain,
and be raised the third day.
23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever
will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.




Today's Prayer...


Lord God, our Father in heaven,,

We turn to you in these times when we are under so much stress and temptation.
Let your light glow in our hearts to give us firmness, patience, and perseverance
throughout the time of testing, no matter how long it lasts. Your hand can change
everything. Your hand can shorten the time we must wait until your light shines
out of the darkness of death and evil, until your light reveals your life to your
children and to the whole world. You are our God and Father as you have promised,
and remaining at your side, we look to you in faith and trust. You will bring about
goodness, justice, and mercy as you have promised, and so fulfill your will.


In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen