Prayer Thoughts for the Heart

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When I was a child, my cousin and I like to relax in the warm summer freshly cut grass and stare up in the beautiful sky. It was fun to see the white fluffy clouds floating in the blue sky. We watched the clouds as they moved and would try to guess what their form looked like. Sometimes a lion’s head, or a snowman, or a huge boat, and on we would guess, but the form was gone as quickly as it had come.

There were times at night, we would sit on our porch in the swing and look up at the starry sky. We would marvel at how far away the stars were and sing the song, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”. We would try to be the first one to find the Big Dipper and some of the other forms the stars made. It was also interesting to us to look up and see the moon as a crescent size and in a few weeks, look up and see a full moon, big and round. Things were so much brighter when the moon was full and we were not as afraid outside when the full moon was lighting our way from my house to her house.

The reason for all this remembering is what I have learned since that time. How wonderful God’s Creation is and how I marveled at it as a child and I still do. It was teaching me then and now.

As I read the Scriptures, I can see how God is teaching mankind that there is a Divine Creator. Paul tells us in the Book of Romans that no one has an excuse to not know God. Even our conscience and His Creation is a clear witness to the existence of God. Add to this knowledge and truth from the Scriptures and respond to it and this can bring you into a saving faith in Jesus Christ, God Son. The greatest miracle we will ever experience is the miracle of salvation. So, then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, Romans 10:17.

It still amazes me to look at nature and watch the Seasons as they come and go. And a dark cloud that will cover a blue sky and brings rain or in cold weather it will bring beautiful white snow-flakes.

What is there to say now, but God is awesome, holy, sovereign, and the Creator of all things for us to enjoy. We can see God’s Creation with our eyes, and only see God by faith, but we can feel His love, joy, and peace in our heart.

Prayer Thought: Thanksgiving Day comes but once a year and it is a wonderful time to enjoy delicious food and good fellowship with family and friends. And don’t forget to take some time to be sincerely thankful for what you have.

Thank God for His blessings and the help you have received from others. Also, be sure and be thankful for all our Service men and women, who are far away from family and putting their lives on the line each day.

We must pause and give thanks, because a thankful heart is a loving heart and a loving heart is a joyful heart and a grateful heart knows the true meaning of the peace of God. Knowing this, should produce a wonderful day of thanksgiving on Thanksgiving Day and on each day of the year.

Please remember to be thankful for God’s greatest gift to all mankind, His Son Jesus Christ. God has also given us the earth and all it beauty and goodness. These should bring gladness and thanks to our lips, as well as praise and worship and the deepest heartfelt gratitude. Your overflowing heart should verbalize your thanksgiving loud, and clear, and often.

If happiness puts a song in your heart, then it stands to reason that remembering God’s goodness with thanksgiving will also put a song in your heart.

Worship and praise singing is a way of showing God we have a thankful heart. What are you thankful for? Name them one by one and you will be surprised at how rich you are in blessings from God, your family, and friends.

Our life is a circle of love from God, to God, and then reaching out with His love to others. Let our thanksgiving to God be spontaneous and a wonderful expression from your heart. Also help others to have a Thanksgiving Day that only you can help provide.

The words think and thank come from the same root word and one reminds us to demonstrate the other in our speech and actions.

Think means to ponder or reflect. Thank means to express gratitude.

A thankful heart and mind most often will be a thoughtful heart and a thoughtful heart and mind most often will be a thankful heart and mind.

Therefore, when we are thoughtless, we are usually thankless. Very seldom is a thoughtless person thankful for what he has and therefore he is forgetful to be thankful to himself or to anyone else.

Scriptures urges us to think and to thank. It is a choice that we need to make. No one can make it for us, but it should be the desire of our heart.

If we pause a moment to think, most likely we will pause to give thanks. Pausing gives us time to remember, as thankfulness comes to the mind from the heart.

If we are thankful to God for His goodness and believe it deeply and it rules our mind and heart, thoughtfulness and thankfulness will rule our actions. Another way to say this is, to let divine love and wisdom, umpire our life.

The Bible is a treasure chest of wisdom and knowledge for us to open and take from to use and share with others. Give thanks and think to praise God for such a wonderful gift as this.

If our speech and actions are covered with God grace, it will be gracious, wholesome, truthful, respectful, thoughtful and thankful.

Forget not! Remember the above, think and thank about the fact that these two words are interdependent. They go hand in hand and remind us what our response should be at all times.

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV).

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7 KJV).

Joy keeps us kind.
Prayer keeps us humble.
Troubles keep us kneeling.
Success keeps us inspired.

Love keeps us faithful.
Sadness keeps us caring.
Patience keeps us considerate.
Failure keeps us trying.

Service keeps us pleasing.
Guidance keeps us going.
Promises keep us steadfast.
Truthfulness keeps us genuine.

Rules keep us observant.
Trusting keeps us encouraged.
Understanding keeps us peaceful.
Wisdom keeps us wise.

Worship keeps us connected.
Actions keep us alive.
Dependable keeps us honest.
Confidence keeps us hopeful.

Prudence keeps us practable.
Respectful keeps us likeable.
Merciful keeps us generous.
Stubbornness keeps us rebellious.

Laziness keeps us poor.
Supplication keeps us concerned.
Arrogance keeps us conceited.
Meekness keeps us gentle.

Rejoicing keeps us blessed.
Obedience keeps us submissive.
Principles keep us moral.
Faithfulness keeps us loyal.

Character keeps us believable.
Scripture keeps us grounded.
Application keeps us practicing.
Pride keeps us self-centered.

Peace keeps us content.
Humility keeps us grateful.
Goodness keeps us praise-worthy.
Kindness keeps us gracious.

Grace keeps us responsive.
Mercy keeps us receiving.
Respect keeps us polite.
Gentleness keeps us compassionate.

Faith keeps us confident.
Fellowship keeps us in-touch.
Integrity keeps us sincere.
Weakness keeps us strong.

Confession keeps us admitting.
Sanctification keeps us set-apart.
Jealousies keep us green-eyed.
Giving keeps us accountable.

Chastening keeps us learning.
Eternity keeps us delighted.
Comforting keeps us comforted.
Intercession keeps us petitioning.

Preaching keeps us built-up.
Resurrection keeps us celebrating.
Self-Control keeps us correcting.
Reconciliation keeps us persuaded.

Adoration keeps us singing.
Rewards keep us pumped-up.
Discernment keeps us perceptive.
Christmas keeps us overjoyed.

Discord keeps us clashing.
Thanksgiving keeps us appreciating.
Communion keeps us remembering.

Greedy keeps us wanting.
Vengeance keeps us planning.
Gossip keeps us distracted.
Revival keeps us regenerated.

Unity keeps us harmonizing.
Preparation keeps us ready.
Stealing keeps us malicious.
Compromising keeps us changing.

Deceitfulness keeps us devilish.
Worry keeps us preoccupied.
Inspiration keeps us enthusiastic.

The Continental Congress passed a resolution on July 2, 1776, to declare independence from England. Two days later, on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

THE FIRST WORDS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…..”

Let us give thanks to God for how He led our Founding Fathers and gave them wisdom to establish a new Nation, as we celebrate another anniversary of Freedom.

When the Colonies were seeking God’s will to break ties with England, George Washington wrote in his diary. “Went to church and fasted all day”.

America is a very unique nation, built upon the most unusual documents, that has served us well for over 200 years. The original constitution of the American states, the Articles of Confederation, was ratified by the states. On September 13, 1788, the Congress passed a resolution to put the new Constitution into operation.

PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”.

George Washington served in the Continental Congress and after the Revolution began, He became the Commander of the Army July 1775. The war was over in1783 and he retired from the Army and returned to Mount Vernon. Washington and others joined to reorganize the Articles of Confederation and in 1787, he presided over the Constitutional Convention, which wrote the Constitution of the United States.

Many people who knew George Washington up close and personal, report that he was a truly dedicated man and a God fearing man. They said that many times he spoke of seeing how God had answered his prayers.

When the Revolution was winding down and he and his army could smell victory, he reported that he knew that God Almighty gave them the victory.

“Righteousness exalts a nation” (Proverbs 14:34 NIV).

Time is a period necessary, available, or allotted when something specific is accomplished. There is a time to work and a time to play, a time to spare and a time to give.

Father’s Day brings to mind many thoughts and hopefully they are pleasant and heart-warming times, and understanding and loving times.

When we think of our Heavenly Father, many thoughts of Him will flow through our mind, as Believers in Jesus Christ. We think of His mighty love, His everlasting mercy, His enduring faithfulness, and His desire to fellowship with us.

The best thing a father can spend on his children is time. There are many demands on his time and sparing some for family can be a hard thing to do, but no one said that this would be easy. Just be careful in your choosing as to how you use it.

Spending time on your children will give many opportunities that are needed in rearing them. When time is gone, it is gone and it can never be put back and used again.

A Christian father is a servant of God and the spiritual head of his home. There must be time for teaching, guiding, and developing the children. It can’t be done by osmosis.

All this is done with a loving wife and mother by the father’s side, helping to carry the load. It takes a lot of cooperation to keep the home moving forward. God’s rule book is the glue that will hold the family together until time is right for the children to leave the nest.

May God Bless your Family and the time you gave to your children, and it will pay off big time, and they will never forget to honor Dad, Mom, and most of all, God.

“Hear, YE children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding” (Proverbs 4:1 KJV).