Inspirational Page

     Be Strong In the Lord

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me and answer me.When thou saidst, Seek ye my face;
my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, 
will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me;
put not thy servant away in anger;
thou hast been my help; leave me not,
neither for sake me, O God of my salvation.

 Psalm 27:7-9


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Everyone has times when they feel weak 
or discouraged in life.
you don't have to live that way! 
You can be strong in the Lord and His power.
 You don't have to walk around defeated and depressed.
You can have joy today! In fact, the bible tells us that the joy of the Lord is our strength. God's joy isn't based on circumstances. It's not based on the news, the stock market or the housing economy.
Your Joy is based on Him. When you think about what He's done for you that He's given you life, that He's cast your sins as far as the east is from the west- you can't help but get happy! You can't help but have joy inside of you. That supernatural joy on the inside of you gives you supernatrual strength. The enemy can't take away what God has given you deep on the inside. So put a smile on your face today rejoice in the Lord no matter what battles you may be facing. The Joy of the Lord will give you strength, and you'll live the life of victory God has promised you!

Todays Word from Joel and Victoria
Thank you Dolores for sharing this with the family.

A Prayer for Today

Heavenly Father, thank you for joy which strengthens! Thank you for empowering me today no matter what I may be facing. Fill my heart with Your supernatural joy so I can stand strong in all things.
In Jesus' Name. Amen

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Quotations
'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.'
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    Precious Memories

You can't buy precious memories
with silver or with gold,
They come to us without a price 
As the years of life unfold.

I've longed for many things in life,
Some with hidden throns of pain.
Knowing what was best for me,
God sent both sunshine and rain.

Hard times teach us to appreciate 
Good times when they come along,
If all of life was fun and pleasure,
 How could we ever grow strong?

God in His infinite wisdom
Has given me many good years,
Taught me to suffer with others,
To feel their sorrows and tears.

So if you want precious memories
AS the years of life unfold,
Learn how to love one another, 
It's worth more than silver or gold.

Omega Watson Wagner
 

Life Is...

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty,admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise,fulfill it.
Life is a sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

-Mother Teresa
Don't Quit!
 
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
rest if you must,but don't you quit.
 
Life is queer with  its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
when he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
 
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And younever can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst, that
YOU MUST NOT QUIT.
 
-C. W. Longenecker

THE BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE


BECAUSE we have forgotten our ancestors,
our children no longer give us honor.
BECAUSE we have lost the path our ancestors cleared
kneeling in perilous undergrowth,
our children cannot find their way.
BECAUSE we have banished the God of our ancestors,
our children cannot pray.
BECAUSE the old wails of our ancestors have faded beyond our hearing,
our children cannot hear us crying.
BECAUSE we have abandoned our wisdom of mothering and fathering,
our befuddled children give birth to children
they neither want nor understand.
BECAUSE we have forgotten how to love, the adversary is within our
gates, an holds us up to the mirror of the world shouting,
"Regard the loveless"
Therefore we pledge to bind ourselves to one another, to embrace our
lowliest, to keep company with our loneliest, to educate our illiterate,
to feed our starving, to clothe our ragged, to do all good things,
knowing that we are more than keepers of our brothers and sisters.
We ARE our brothers and sisters.
IN HONOR of those who toiled and implored God with golden tongues,
and in gratitude to the same God who brought us out of hopeless desolation, we
make this pledge.

Written by Maya Angelou