Daily Reflection - February
 

February 1

A Time to Think: Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. –H. Jackson Brown, Jr., author

To Act: Pray about what you want. Ask God if it is the right thing for you.

To Pray: Dear Lord, one of your most precious gifts is forgiveness. How I thank You for that!

February 2

A Time to Think: Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. –Garrison Keillor, author and radio personality

To Act: Be willing to take lovingly each small gift of life.

To Pray: God, thank You for the moments that wake me up to this perfectly beautiful world.

February 3

A Time to Think: The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way in which we use them. –Anonymous

To Act: Place your hope and purpose completely in God's hands.

To Pray: God just for one day let me see only the good. Give me the eyes of faith, the heart of hope.

February 4

A Time to Think: Oh what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer. –Joseph Scriven from the hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus

To Act: Do your best and leave the rest to God.

To Pray: Lord God, help me carry the blessings of prayer into my family's future.

February 5

A Time to Think: The greatest achievements were at first and for a time dreams. The oak sleeps in the acorn. –James Allen, author

To Act: Put aside your fear of failure and replace it with effort towards your goals.

To Pray: Lord, keep my eyes on You today and not on my fears.

February 6

A Time to Think: He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. –William Law, British theological writer

To Act: Turn to God's word to live your best life.

To Pray: Lord, show me how I might live up to Your expectations.

February 7

A Time to Think: Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. –Sally Koch, author

To Act: Blossom into the best that you can be.

To Pray: Lord, give me the determination to reach goals I didn't know I had.

February 8

A Time to Think: Good morning, Lord! What are You up to today? Can I be a part of it? Thank You. Amen. –Norman Grubb, missionary, writer and teacher

To Act: Concentrate on now and your dreams will become your future.

To Pray: Father, in every moment of every day, a choice waits. Help me to always choose the good.

February 9

A Time to Think: To know God's will, say "I will" to God. –Author Unknown

To Act: Start another day just right, with a new hope.

To Pray: Heavenly Father, please help me face each day with grace and appreciation for the blessings of Your love.

February 10

A Time to Think: Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? –L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables

To Act: Look for an opportunity to make a positive difference.

To Pray: Heavenly Father, keep my spirit open today to the power of Your guidance and strength.

February 11

A Time to Think: In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we have loved one another. –Daphne Rose Kingma, author

To Act: Share with others how important they are to you.

To Pray: Lord, thank You for all You have done for me. Help me to share Your spirit with others.

February 12

A Time to Think: Worry is a thin stream of fear that trickles through the mind, which, if encouraged, will cut a channel so wide that all other thoughts will be drained out. –Author Unknown

To Act: Learn to think calmly and confidently, no matter what comes your way.

To Pray: Dear Lord, help me to remember Your peace is in my reach, no matter what circumstances I face.

February 13

A Time to Think: It is such comfort to drop the tangles of life into God's hands and leave them there. –Anonymous

To Act: Put God first in your life.

To Pray: Dear Lord, help me to remember I can always depend on You.

February 14

A Time to Think: Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared. –Mother Teresa

To Act: Reach out and help someone by sharing your love and time.

To Pray: On this Valentine's Day, as we share tokens of affection from our hearts with those we love, we remember that You are the lover of our soul.

February 15

A Time to Think: Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts and no one to thank. –Christina Rossetti, poet

To Act: Approach today with a grateful heart.

To Pray: Lord, let my life reflect Your wonderful qualities, portrayed in Your creation all around us.

February 16

A Time to Think: If you have a song of faith in your heart, it will be heard by the look on your face. –Anonymous

To Act: Approach the day with a joyful attitude.

To Pray: Dear Lord, help me to open myself up to the happiness that is mine today.

February 17

A Time to Think: Believe that you can and you're halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

To Act: Confidently trust God to handle things beyond your efforts.

To Pray: Lord, thank You for the mountains, and thank You for walking through the valleys, too.

February 18

A Time to Think: Our prayers lay the track down on which God’s power can come.–Watchman Nee, church leader and Christian teacher

To Act: Believe you can do anything you want to do if you work hard enough to achieve it.

To Pray: Lord, help me to find the place where You can use me best.

February 19

A Time to Think: The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor, without being led to Christ by it, the use of it will be lost on us. –Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet

To Act: Always be ready to learn and grow.

To Pray: Lord, light my way along Your path so that all I do leads me toward the destination You have in mind.

February 20

A Time to Think: Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation. –Andrew Murray, writer and pastor

To Act: Continue to expand your goals.

To Pray: Lord, You have redeemed me and claimed me and given me a strength that is not my own.

February 21

A Time to Think: God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world, the better the world will be. –E.M. Bounds, author

To Act: Be the subtle voice that helps another in need.

To Pray: Dear Lord, help me to remember that the brightness of Your loving presence is always with me.

February 22

A Time to Think: Unwrap the hidden beauties in an ordinary day. –Gerhard E. Frost, author

To Act: Find joy where and when it surfaces.

To Pray: Dear Lord, please help me to see the beauty of every day.

February 23

A Time to Think: Begin each day renewed, refreshed and glad to be alive. –Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Guideposts founder

To Act: Believe God loves you and is present in every aspect of your life.

To Pray: Lord, thank You for giving us the ability to learn, grow and refresh ourselves in new and different ways.

February 24

A Time to Think: Take my moments and my days, let them flow in ceaseless prayer. –Frances Havergal, poet and hymn writer

To Act: Use today as an opportunity to listen to God's voice.

To Pray: Keep me aware today, Father, that I am walking in Your light.

February 25

A Time to Think: Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears. –Rudyard Kipling, writer

To Act: Learn to think calmly and confidently, no matter what comes your way.

To Pray: Lord, You know my fears. Please give me the courage to do what I fear I can't.

February 26

A Time to Think: Our greatest comfort in sorrow is to know that God is in control. –Lynn Thornton, writer

To Act: Cast your cares on the Lord for He cares.

To Pray: Dear God, hold our hands as we journey onwards.

February 27

A Time to Think: A relationship with God is the most important relationship you can have. –Author Unknown

To Act: Believe God loves you and is present in every aspect of your life.

To Pray: God, I submit the struggles in my life to Your care.

February 28

A Time to Think: Don't let the noise of the world keep you from hearing the voice of God. –Author Unknown

To Act: Concentrate on serving God in whatever way He directs.

To Pray: Lord, may all that I do be praise for Your glory.