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July 01
You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. Job 11:18
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Prayer For Today: Dear Lord, we marvel at the friendliness with which Thou dost enter into the lives of those who wait for you. We would cultivate the habit of carrying all our problems into your genial presence without fear and of listening to your words of light and healing. Amen.
Suggestion:Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. Albert Camus
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July 02
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Jeremiah xiii. 23.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Prayer For Today: O God, your peace is the peace that passeth understanding. We thank your for the gift of peace of which Jesus said: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth give I unto you." Our heart desires this peace. Help us, therefore, to trust you for this your gift. Amen.
Suggestion: If it is raining, your discouraged, perhaps a little down-in-the-dumps try to force yourself to leave the house or office. Go to a museum, a movie, call a friend- anything to change your focus.
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July 03
Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD. Psalms 25:7
No one could tell me where my soul might be
I sought for God, but God eluded me
I sought my brother out and found all three
My soul, my God, and all humanity.
Ernest Gordon in “Through the Valley of the Kwai”
Prayer For Today: Dear Saviour, grant us that communion with you enables us to maintain our Christian faith and life in a very tempting world. Help us to seek the will of God and to live in the light of your word. Amen.
Suggestion: It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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July 04
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12
We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ~William Faulkner
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. ~Albert Camus
Prayer For Today: Our Father in heaven, we thank you that we may bundle together all the affairs of life, great and small, and entrust them to your providential care. Help us to live today in the faith that your angels will take care of our needs. Amen.
Suggestion: In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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July 05
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
- Thomas C. Haliburton
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
- Spanish Proverb
If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.
- Joseph Farrell
Prayer For Today: Lord Jesus, we could not possibly enter into the great experience of the cross without also sharing it by making the way of love, the way of sacrificial living, our way. Hard as it appears to be, may we know that you are with us and living your life within us.
Suggestions: Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
Thomas ? Kempis
"When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred."
Thomas Jefferson
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