Sabbath Keeping

 ~ Kensington Gardens, London ~

 "Our Father, who are in heaven..."

"My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn." ~ Louis Adamic ~

"The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men." ... "What the Church needs to-day is not more machinery or better, not new organizations or more and novel methods, but men whom the Holy Ghost can use -- men of prayer, men mighty in prayer. The Holy Ghost does not flow through methods, but through men. He does not come on machinery, but on men. He does not annoint plans, but men -- men of prayer." ~ E. M. Bounds ~

" I don't know who my grandfather was: I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be."
~ Abraham Lincoln ~

"When I was a kid, I said to my father one afternoon, 'Daddy, will you take me to the zoo?' He answered, 'If the zoo wants you, let them come and get you."' ~ Jerry Lewis ~

"When Charles first saw our child Mary, he said all the proper things for a new father. He looked upon the poor little red thing and blurted, 'She's more beautiful than the Brooklyn Bridge."'  ~ Helen Hayes ~

You say, "my father wasn't all he could have been; he did...thus and so... Or, my mother wasn't all she could have been; she did...thus and so... ." For your sake, not theirs, please forgive them for real and imagined wrong doings. I beg you, permit the healing to begin and become the parent to your children you wanted your parents to be to you. Be the generation that stops "the sins of the fathers...". ~ skb ~

"There's one sad truth in life I've found

While journeying east and west -

The only folks we really wound

Are those we love the best.

We flatter those we scarcely know,

We please the fleeting guest,

And deal full many a thoughtless blow

To those who love us best."

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~

"A man's children and his garden both reflect the amount of weeding done during the growing season."
~ author unknown ~

A Godly father is "prophet, priest, protector, provider".

"Covenant to Pray For America..." 


"Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." ~ Exodus 20:12 ~


Blessings ~ Our Father ~ fathers ~ Daddy ~ Mom ~ prayer ~ Godly men and women ~


Dei Gratia,
Sandra

Sabbath Keeping

 ~ Kumbrabow State Forest, WV Appalachian Mountains ~

"Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen." ~ Matthew 6:9-13 ~

 "I have so much to do that I must spend several hours a day in prayer before I am able to do it."

~ John Wesley ~

"Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine."
~ C. S. Lewis ~

"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden."  

~ Corrie ten Boom ~

"God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede."
~ Oswald Chambers ~

 "Pray, and let God worry." ~ Martin Luther ~

"Pray as though everything depended upon God. Work as though everything depended upon you."
~ St. Augustine ~

"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had absolutely no other place to go."  ~ Abraham Lincoln ~

"Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; it is the greater work." ~ Oswald Chambers ~

5 Finger Prayer

1. Your thumb is nearest you, so begin your prayer by praying for those closest to you as they are the easiest to remember; our parents, spouse, children, family, friends, co-workers, neighbors. To pray for our loved ones is, as C. S. Lewis once said, "a sweet duty". 

2. The next finger is the pointing finger, so pray for those who teach, instruct and heal. Ministers, doctors and teachers need support and wisdom in instructing, leading and guiding others. 

3. The next finger is the tallest finger and reminds us to prayer for our leaders. Pray for those who shape our nation, our President, representatives in Congress, Senate and at the state and local levels. Desperately, they need God's guidance and wisdom.

4. The fourth finger, the ring finger, is the weakest finger and reminds us to pray for those who are the least among us: children, elderly, infirm, those going through times of testing. They need our intercessory prayers.

5. The last finger, our smallest finger, reminds us to pray for ourselves and once we've prayed for all the above, our wants and needs are placed in perspective and we are able to pray accordingly. 

~ as told to me by Mary Crocket Bowen Bricker, Dave's beloved Mother ~

"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time -waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God, it changes me." ~ C. S. Lewis ~

Blessings ~ prayer ~ the prayers of a righteous people ~ God ~ Christ, our intercessor ~ prayer

Thanks for visiting Thistle Cove Farm,
Sandra