July 12


One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house f the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple.
Psalms 27:4


In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter.
-Chinese Proverb

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
-Abraham Lincoln


Prayer For Today:
Gracious God, I thank you for the hopefulness that surges through me. My spirit feels light and carefree and my heart is filled with joy in the wonder of life. Help me to drink each moment with delight and gratitude lest I take this time for granted, and end up missing out on its gift. Let the lissomeness that graces me now be a comfort and hope to others. I ask this for the sake of your love. Amen.
(Source: explorefaith.org)


Suggestion:
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. Thomas Fuller

July 13


Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13


If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.
- Lou Holtz

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."
- Erma Bombeck


Prayer For Today:
My choices and commitment
Lord, inspire me to live in such a way
that my choices each day
and my commitment to live in a positive way
may transform
the negative into something positive,
and the ordinariness of daily life
into something extraordinary. Amen.
(Source: prayeringeachday.org)


Suggestion:
Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.
- Charles Buxton

July 14


Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ
Ephesians 1:3


Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.
J. T. Towbridge Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens


Prayer For Today:
Respecting one another
God our Father,
you call each of us by name,
and you treasure each of us individually
as though no-one else exists.
Inspire us
to respect and value
each person who comes into our lives this day.
Amen. (NH)
(Source: prayeringeachday.org)


Suggestion:
~ The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.
Seneca

July 15


Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13


And, above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.
Anthony Trollope The Small House at Allington


Prayer For Today:
Father,
fill our hearts with deep compassion
for those who suffer,
and may the day come quickly
of your kingdom of justice and truth. Amen.
(Eugène Bersier)
(Source: prayeringeachday.org)


Suggestion:
I have learned never to ridicule any man's opinion, however strange it may seem.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Captain of the Polestar

July 16


Psalm 27:6
"Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD." (NIV)


Happiness is not about being perfect, but about seeing beyond the imperfections.
unknown


Prayer For Today:
Thanks be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ,
For all the benefits thou hast won for me,
For all the pains and insults thou hast borne for me.


O most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother,
May I know thee more clearly,
Love thee more dearly,
And follow thee more nearly:
For ever and ever.
--St. Richard Chichester (1197-1253)


Suggestion:
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain

July 17


1 Peter 3:8 ESV
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.


The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.
— William James

Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.
— Jeffrey Timmons


Prayer For Today:
Dear Lord, through Your Apostle, St. Paul, You've taught us that there are three great virtues, Faith, Hope and Love, but the greatest of all is Love. Help me to understand that in order to love You and to love my neightbor, I must be alive. Father, help me to value my life, and all life, and give me courage to respect, defend, and, if necesssary, die to protect the right of everyone to live as You will them to.Amen.
Source: prayer-and-prayers.info


Suggestion:
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
— Andre Gide

July 18


Psalm 111:10 ESV
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!


A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Will Rogers (1879-1935)

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)


Prayer For Today:
I pray the Lord will comfort you in sorrow,
When sadness fills your heart with dull despair.
When things you wanted most seem gone forever,
I pray His loving presence gives you peace.
When nothing in this world seems safe or certain,
I pray you have the Lord and He has you.
by Rev. Bill McGinnis - Public Domain


Suggestion:
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers (1879-1935)

July 19


Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2


A good deed is never lost: he who sows courtesy reaps friendship; and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Basil

You must look into other people as well as at them.
Lord Chesterfield


Prayer For Today:
Lord help me
to remember
that nothing
is going to happen
to me today
that You and I
together can't handle.
Amen.


Suggestion:
The secret of many a man's success in the world resides in his insight into the moods of men and his tact in dealing with them.
J. G. Holland

July 20


Rom 5:2
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (KJV)


Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see
Leo Tolstoy


Prayer For Today:
Praise the Lord, O my soul.
I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live. . . Psalm 146

Praise the Lord,
my mind and memory,
my thoughts and deeds of this day.
I will praise the Lord wherever I go;
I will sing praise,
for the Lord is good.

Praise the Lord,
strangers and friends;
let us praise him for he loves us;
let us sing praise to our God while we live.

Glory to the Father. . .
Source:cptryon.org


Suggestion:
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them. Leo Tolstoy

July 21


Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.


To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.
Sir William Osier

If you want to do something, do it!
Plautus

Putting off an easy thing makes it hard. Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.
George Claude Lorimer

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
Sydney Smith


Prayer For Today:
May all I do today
begin with you, O Lord.
Plant dreams and hopes
within my soul,
revive my tired spirit:
be with me today.


May all I do today
continue with your help, O Lord.
Be at my side
and walk with me:
Be my support today.


May all I do today
reach far and wide, O Lord.
My thoughts, my work, my life:
make them blessings
for your kingdom;
let them go beyond today,
O God.
Source:cptryon.org


Suggestion:
Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
Victor Kiam

July 22


Matthew 7:13-14 ESV
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.


If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
Robert Frit

The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Abbe' D'Allanival

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Ben Stein


Prayer For Today:
Dear heavenly Father,
Give me clean hands, clean words, and clean thoughts;
Help me to stand for the hard right
Against the easy wrong;
Save me from habits that harm;
Teach me to work as hard,
And play as fair in thy sight alone,
As if the whole world saw;
Forgive me when I am unkind,
And help me to forgive those who are unkind to me;
And keep me ready to help others.
William De Witt Hyde


Suggestion:
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
George Eliot (1819 - 1880)

July 23


James 4:14 ESV
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.


Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Hans Christian Andersen

Life is a ticket to the greatest show on earth.
Martin H. Fischer

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
Reba McEntire

Life is nothing without friendship.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend.


Prayer For Today:
Lord God, you are my strength. Hold my hand in my weakness and teach my heart to fly. With you, there's nothing to fear, nothing to worry about. Hold me tight in your embrace, so that I can be stronger than the challenges in my life. Amen.
Source:prayer-box.blogspot.com


Suggestion:
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.
Lillian Dickson

July 24


Matthew 5:23-24 ESV
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.


In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing to do. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt

The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
Dawson Trotman

Procrastination is the thief of time.
Edward Young

Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the “someday I’ll” philosophy.
Denis Waitley


Prayer For Today:
Gracious God, bless us today. Teach us the secret of our Master's joy. Give us strength to shun all things which seem to give us pleasure unless that pleasure also helps us to be reasonably happy. Amen.


Suggestion:
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain

Amen, this is truly a good statement. Tks for sending it. I am thinking about what I've not done that I want too. There are many things I'd like but not possible if you get my drift. The possible things I'm doing. I think that I might simply run out of time.jda

July 25


1 John 3: 17-18
17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.


The man who wins may have been counted out several times,
but he didn’t hear the referee.
Never quit or give up….never…..never give up.
- H.E. Janson

Never let your head hang down.
NEVER GIVE UP AND SIT DOWN AND GRIEVE.
Find another way.
- Satchel Paige

Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never – in nothing, great or small, large or petty – never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense
- Winston Churchill


Prayer For Today:
Prayer Of Mary Stewar
Keep us, O God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretenses and meet each other, face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous.
Let us take time for all things; make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put in action our better impulses-straightforward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is the little things of life that create difficulties; that in the big things of life we are as one.
Oh, Lord, let us not forget to be kind.
Amen.


Suggestion:
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.
Thomas B. Aldrich
1836-1907, American Writer, Editor

July 26


Luke 6:38 ESV
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.


I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.
Author Unknown

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
G.B. Stern

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
Oscar Wilde


Prayer For Today:
God, thank you for the blessings you have bestowed upon me today. Help me share your generosity and love with those I meet.
Source: Thank you site


Suggestion:
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain

July 27


Leviticus 19:32 ESV
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.


Rejoice that you have still have a long time to live, before the thought comes to you that there is nothing more in the world to see.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist


Prayer For Today:
Prayer Attributed To John Whittier
If there be some weaker one, God give me strength to help him on; If a blinder soul there be, Let me guide him Nearer Thee Make my mortal dreams come true, With work I fain would do; Clothe with life the weak intent, Let me be the thing I meant; Let me find in Thy employ, Peace that dearer is than joy; Out of self to love be led, And to heaven acclaimed; Until all things sweet and good, Seem my nature’s habitude.


Suggestion:
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. Thomas B. Aldrich 1836-1907, American Writer, Editor

July 28


A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24


Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Dale Carnegie


Prayer For Today:
Lord, support us all day long
until shadows lengthen,
evening comes,
the busy world hushed,
the fever of life is over
and our life's work is done.
http://www.prayer-and-prayers.info/christian-prayers/lifes-prayer.htm


Suggestion:
How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends, that we might go and meet their ideal cousins.
Henry David Thoreau

July 29


Ephesians 4:29 ESV
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.


I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
Anna Freud (1895 - 1982)

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
Arnold Bennett

Prayer For Today:
Father, we hold onto the confidence we have in You, knowing that in Your appointed time we will receive the full range of rewards that comes to those who remain steadfast in their walk with You. We have already received the reward of peace that comes from knowing our sins are forgiven. We are rewarded with Your daily presence that guides us into all truth. But we only see in part the rewards in this life that You grant to the believer, for we know You have much stored up for us to enjoy in heaven where sin cannot taint or corrupt those rewards. Help us to hold on, not give up, and to greatly anticipate our future reward of eternity with You. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. (Source: A Daily Prayer)


Suggestion:
Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. [info][add][mail] Arnold Palmer (1929 - )

July 30


John 15:13 ESV
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.


If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting?
~Stephen Levine

Present your family and friends with their eulogies now - they won't be able to hear how much you love them and appreciate them from inside the coffin.
~Anonymous


Prayer For Today:
Father in heaven,
I lift my eyes to you and wait for your help.
I am your servant, entrusted with your gifts;
I am yours alone.

I lift my eyes to you who dwell in heaven.
Like a faithful servant, I wish to do your bidding.
As the eyes of a good servant are on the master,
so are our eyes on the Lord, our God, till he bless us.
Psalm 12


Suggestion:
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
~Wayne W. Dyer