Seeing the Good

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may Your Holy Spirit be guiding and protecting us in every thing that we say and do. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths of good judgement and correct evaluations and expectations of everybody and every thing around us on this day and please keep us from making a big deal out of small inconsequential happenings.
Dear Lord please help us see the good in things that happen and the good in all people that we must deal with, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:*
Life is too short for drama and petty things, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly, and forgive quickly!

KJV*
Mt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Mt 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Mt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

New Ideas

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may Your Holy Spirit be guiding and protecting us in every thing that we say and do. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths of new ideas and the excitement of living a life with the freedom to express our feelings of joy and love for others as the Holy Spirit works with us to do Your Will as we make decisions and choices when choosing priorities and values to live by.
Dear Lord please guide us into opportunities to make things better for others in Your name as we seek Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:*
Sometimes a person's mind is stretched by a new idea and never does go back to its old dimensions. -Holmes

KJV*
Re 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Isa 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isa 12:4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.

Joh 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Gratification

Dear Lord please be with us this day and may Your Holy Spirit please be guiding and protecting us in every thing that we say and do. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths of abilities that are new and rewarding to us and please show us ways to encourage your children to excel in gifts on the paths that they choose to follow as we all seek Your Kingdom of Peace, Love, and Gratification for our souls, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:*
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or not.  Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know. -Kingsley

KJV*
Ps 107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Ps 107:9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Eph 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Eph 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Eph 5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Messages

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may Your Holy Spirit of Patience, Good, and Mercy be following us and guiding us in every thing that we say and do among Your Children. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths of love for everyone who we touch or are touched by as we seek Your Kingdom among all of the emotional turns and bumps of paths that must be traveled today.
Dear Lord please help us serve You well and find messages tucked away in the experiences that we find ourselves having as we seek Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Ps 16:8  I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Ps 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Ps 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Ps 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Valuable Experiences

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may Your Holy Spirit be guiding and protecting us in every thing that we say and do. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths that will take us into satisfying and valuable experiences of memory, thought , and deed, as we seek Your Kingdom with humble acts and concern for others as we approach decisions with humble love, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Ro 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Ro 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ro 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Ro 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Ro 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Ro 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
Ro 12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Ro 12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Ro 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Ro 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Php 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Tasks That We Do

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may Your Holy Spirit be guiding and protecting us in every thing that we say and do. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths of patient acceptance of our space on the face of the clock that is keeping track of our time in Your Creation as we go about taking care of the menial tasks that You give us to do.
Dear Lord please lead us into seeing that none of the tasks that You give us to do in Your Creation are menial, but that all things are part of Your Plan for us and should be done in earnest with a reflection of Your Love, with Your Joy and Peace while we seek Your Kingdom patiently trying to avoid the temptations that are all around us, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

Quotation:*
Anything that one does, from cooking a dinner to governing a state, becomes a work of art if motivated by the passion for excellence and done as well as it can be.  A man who does his job in that spirit will be the one who gets the most satisfaction out of life. -Jacks

KJV*
Ro 12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Ro 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Ro 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Ro 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Quiet Determination

Dear Lord please be with us this day and please may Your Holy Spirit be guiding and protecting us in every thing that we say and do. Thank You for all of the great gifts and blessings and protection that You give us and please forgive our sins the same as we forgive the mistakes of others.
Dear Lord please lead us into paths of quiet determination to do what needs to be done and not to be lazy about taking care of our responsibilities and please help  us to grow in abilities and understandings as we seek Your Kingdom, in Jesus Christ's name we pray, amen.

KJV*
Isa 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isa 32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

Ro 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Ro 14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Ro 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

2Co 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.