More spiritual thoughts

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LOVE SHALL LEAD YOU HOME

Love shall lead you home,
When you've lost the way:
Love kneels beside you,
When you kneel to pray.
If it's very dark,
Love will hold your hand.
There's no need to speak,
For love understands.
When it's just all wrong,
Love will make it right.
Love is God Himself,
The fullness of life.
~ Steven Michael Shumacher

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"When you forgive, anxiety gets better; depression gets better. You have more hope."

If you are ready to forgive try Worthington's five-step model,
easily remembered with the acronym REACH

R is for recalling the hurt
E is for empathizing with the one who hurt you
A is for the altruism because forgiveness is a gift
C is for committing to forgiveness
H is for holding on to forgiveness in times of doubt.

If you would like to be forgiven Worthington has an acronym for that, too.
It's called CONFESS


Confess without excuse
Offer an apology
Note the other's pain
Forever value the person. In other words. let the person kow they're important to you and you value the relationship.
Equalize the situation by trying to make amends.
Say never again will you do that again.
Seek forgiveness.

By Everett Worthington

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God has ordained that others may see the reality of his presence by the illumination our lives shed forth. ~ Meth Moore

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Make the least of all that goes and the most of all that comes. Don't regret what is past. Cherish what you have. Look forward to all that is to come. And most important of all, rely moment by moment on Jesus Christ. ~ Gigi Graham Tchividjian

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Only joyous love redeems. ~ Catherine Marshall

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Dear Lord,
I thank You for this day. I thank You for being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. forgive me this day for everything I have done, said, or thought that was not pleasing to you.
I ask now for Your forgiveness. Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that i can hear from You. Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over.

And it's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits.
I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will. Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak...Keep me uplifted that i may have words of encouragement for others . I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those that run for your grace and don't want to believe.

I thank You that I believe. I believe that You change people and things in Your time according to Your will. I pray for all my brothers and sisters. For each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met. I pray that every person sees you in the actions of believers in their service work for You and they come to know there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than You. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight when we just let go.

I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees it.

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True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. ~ Thomas Merton

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God has a special way of satisfying the cry of his children.

He is waiting to open to us the windows of heaven until he has so moved in the depths of our heart that everything unlike Himself has been destroyed. ~ Smith Wiggelsworth

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Grace and favor You granted me, and Your providence has preserved my spirit. Job 10:12

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Faith is an activity. It is something that has to be applied. ~ Corrie ten Boom

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God does amazing works through prayers that seek to extend his grace to others. ~ Shirley Dobson

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Our souls were made to live in an upper atmosphere, and we stifle and choke if we live on any lower level. Our eyes were made to look off from these heavenly heights, and our vision is distorted by any lower gazing. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

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God knows everything. He can manage everything, and He loves us. Surely this is enough for a fullness of joy that is beyond words. ~ Hannah Whitall Smith

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Oh, That we might discern the will of God, surrender to His calling, resign the masses of activities, and do a few things well. What a legacy that would be for our children. ~ Beth Moore

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Lord, Let my life shine
May there be a radiance in all I do
each day as i walk down life's winding road,
Let me leave a touch of beauty wherever I go
And share the burden of another's load.
May I see the sunlight behind each dark dark cloud
And find the rainbow shining through the rain -
Lord, let some splendor shine in all I say -
When I'm gone, may beautiful memories of my life remain.