SEEDS OF HOPE

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I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.” ― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Scripture

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NIV

Song

For a Dancer Katey Sagal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhCroawWgO8

Songwriters: BROWNE, JACKSON

Keep a fire burning in your eye

Pay attention to the open sky

You never know what will be coming down

I don't remember losing track of you

You were always dancing in and out of view

I must have thought you'd always be around

Always keeping things real by playing the clown

Now you're nowhere to be found

I don't know what happens when people die

Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try

It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear

That I can't sing

I can't help listening

And I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round

Crying as they ease you down

'cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing

Dancing our sorrow away

(right on dancing)

No matter what fate chooses to play

(there's nothing you can do about it anyway)

Just do the steps that you've been shown

By everyone you've ever known

Until the dance becomes your very own

No matter how close to yours

Another's steps have grown

In the end there is one dance you'll do alone

Keep a fire for the human race

Let your prayers go drifting into space

You never know what will be coming down

Perhaps a better world is drawing near

And just as easily it could all disappear

Along with whatever meaning you might have found

Don't let the uncertainty turn you around

(the world keeps turning around and around)

Go on and make a joyful sound

Into a dancer you have grown

From a seed somebody else has thrown

Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own

And somewhere between the time you arrive

And the time you go

May lie a reason you were alive

But you'll never know

Sentence Prayer

Lord,

Thank you for my life,

For without my life

I could never enjoy my family and friends.

Thank you for my family and friends

I could never enjoy happiness.

Thank you for my happiness,

For without my happiness, I could never enjoy a smile.

Thank you for a smile

For without a smile I could never enjoy life.  Amen

Emily Hasenstab  Day by Day pg 87 Ave Maria Press Norte Dame Press, Norte Dame In

BIG BIG HOUSE

Snippet

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break."

~ John Madden

Scripture

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, Philippians 3:12,13

Song

Big Big House Audio Adrenilene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omoOLhDdTPA

I don't know where you lay your head

or where you call your home

I don't know where you eat your meals

or where you talk on the phone

I don't know if you got a cook

a butler or a maid

I don't know if you got a yard

with a hammock in the shade

I don't know if you got some shelter

say a place to hide

I don't know if you live with friends

in whom you can confide

I don't know if you got a family

say a mom or dad

I don't know if you feel love at all

but I bet you wish you had

[PRE-CHORUS]

Come and go with me

to my Fathers house

Come and go with me

to my Fathers house

[CHORUS]

It's a big big house

with lots and lots a room

A big big table

with lots and lots of food

A big big yard

where we can play football

A big big house

Its my Fathers house

Ibidibidee bop bop bow whew! yeah!

All I know is a big ole house

with rooms for everyone

All I know is lots a land

where we can play and run

All I know is you need love

and I've got a family

All I know is your all alone

so why not come with me?

[REPEAT PRE-CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT PRE-CHORUS]

[REPEAT CHORUS]

Sentence Prayer

Dear Lord, the battles we go through life,

    We ask for a chance that's fair,

    A chance to equal our stride,

    A chance to do or dare,

    If we should win, let it be by the code,

    Faith and Honor held high,

    If we should lose, we'll stand by the road,

    And cheer as the winners go by.

    Day by Day, we get better and better!

    The team that can't be beat, WON'T BE BEAT!

Husker Prayer in Tunnel walk

Happy thanksgiving John Stossel Says We Should Be Thankful for Private Property

John Stossel Says We Should Be Thankful for Private Property

THANK YOU

Snippet

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.  A.W. Tozer

Scripture

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

I Chronicles 16:34

Song

Thank You Lord Don Moen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRY28AkgLmg

I come before You today

And there's just one thing that I want to say

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

For all You've given to me

For all the blessings that I cannot see

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

With a greatful heart

With a song of praise

With an out stretched arm

I will bless your name

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

For all You've done in my life

You took my darkness and gave me Your light

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

You took my sin and my shame,

You took my sickness and healed all my pain

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

With a greatful heart

With a song of praise

With an outstreched arm

I will bless Your name

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

KEY CHANGE

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

I just want to thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

Thank You Lord

Sentence Prayer

Gracious God,

You have given us much today;

Grant us also a thankful spirit.

Into your hands we commend ourselves

And those we love.

Be with us still and when we take our rest

Renew us for the service of your son Jesus Christ.

Amen

THANKFUL

Snippet

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life. Robert Louis Stevenson

Scripture

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7 NIV

Song

Thankful Kelly Clarkson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yt6VQ5VwtM

You know my soul

you know everything about me there's to know

you know my heart

how to make me stop & how to make me go

you should know i love everything

about you don't you know

that i'm thankful

for the blessing

and the lessons that i've learned w/you

by my side

that i'm thankful so thankful for the love

that you keep bringing in my life

in my life

Thankful so thankful

You know my thoughts

before i open up my mouth & try to speak

you know my dreams

must be listening when i'm talking in my sleep

i hope you know

i love having you around me don't you know

that i'm thankful for the blessing

and the lessons that i've learned w/you

by my side

that i'm thankful so thankful for the love

that you keep bringing in my life in my life

Don't you know that i'm thankful for the moment

when i'm down you always know how to make me smile

thankful for the joy that your bringing in my life

for the lessons that i've learned

for the trouble i've known

for the heartache & pain

that you've thrown my way

when i didn't think i could go on

but you made me feel strong

with you I am never alone

thankful so thankful

thankful for the blessing

and the lessons that i've learned w/you

by my side

that i'm thankful so thankful for the love

that you keep bringing in my life in my life

thankful so thankful

when i'm down you always know how to make me smile

thankful for the joy that your bringing in my life

thankful so thankful

Sentence Prayer

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ,

For all the benefits and blessings

Which you have given me,

Fall all the pains and insults

Which you have borne for me.

Merciful Friend, Brother and Redeemer,

May I know you more clearly,

Love you more dearly,

And follow you more nearly,

Day by day.  Amen

(St Richard of Chichester ca 1197-1253)

OTHERS

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What we need are people who walk with God so deeply that they are the presence of Christ in our midst.  Randy Harriss Soul Work  Pg 44 Leafwood Publishing Abilene Texas 2011

Scripture

Since we have a Kingdom nothing can destroy, let us please God by serving him with thankful hearts, and with holy fear and awe.  For our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:28,29 LB

Song

Uno Uno Seis" by Andy Mineo

(feat. Lecrae)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjD-tKWSeW4

[Chorus]

Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Please don’t get up in my way

[4x]

My vatos in Cali

Dominicanos up in N.Y.

Cubanos in Miami

Colombianos we worldwide

I rep that Wash Heights like all day, it’s unashamed like cosmay

I try to walk that narrow path, but your boy live off of broadway

I took the A-train to 1-6-8, Dominicanos playing dominoes

And them platanos all on my plate, New York in my mind state

But you know we take it international, we finna to follow anywhere the master goes

So we hang with and bang with every language even though we speaking that Spanglish like

Dimelo loco, chacho let's go, vamonos we out here oh

Mi amigos y yo venimos from the West Side to the East Coast so

Ain't nobody rapping like this what

Unashamed the name of my clique yup[?]

Todos los dias, manito, dale ya tu sabe ahh

[Chorus]

Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Please don’t get up in my way

[4x]

This is for my vatos in Cali

Dominicanos up in N.Y.

Cubanos in Miami

Colombianos we worldwide

I’m on my uno (uno) uno (uno) seis you know my crew bro

Unashamed since 02 bro, before the 1-1-6 tattoos bro

Now you don’t really know if you got time like that

To hear the truth and fellas never mind like that

Or we unashamed never been a game spit it how we live it so we get it on a grind like that

From Tejas and that’s Texas, A-T-L’s where I'm resting

Said I might catch a plane to rep for my King, Puerto Rico’s on my checklist

Boricuas, Cubanos, perdonen mi español

Aqui con mis hermanos, to give Jesus to these VATOS

I pop up no Peter, all about the blood the body fresh eaters

Used to be the Walking Dead but that season ended, now partner I'm a believer, rra!

[Chorus]

Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Please don’t get up in my way

[4x]

Uno uno seis boy you know we don’t play boy

Spit a lot of truth they call it the good news put it all up in your face boy

Catch us on arroz con frijoles with some tostones

We ain't worried bout folks thinking we phony,

Jesus know me deja

Know I’m going and know what I'm doing

And only Yeshua got a raggity due

You part of the movement that you gotta pursue

Holla 1-1-6 if you rep the truth!

Holla 1-1-6 if you rep the truth!

Set booms a blazing, the face can take a trip to force the wedges opposite we chose

Thank you because you gave us news that’ll break them chains, that will make us new!

Mira mi caballo, I don’t gotta pay nada, he took them hits like piñatas, hallelujah the father

Encuerpo y mis palabras, le voy a dar a la alabanza

1-1-6 be my partners, in god we trust not them dollars hah

[Chorus]

Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Una Uno Uno Seis

Please don’t get up in my way

[2x]

All the way up

Go ahead turn all the way up

All all all the way up

3...2...1

All the way up

All the way up

Go ahead turn all the way up

Sentence Prayer

Jesus,

Harden me into iron

That I may have enough to Fortify others.

May the ones I walk with be hard enough

To be your tool, so I may grow

 strong. In Your love and holiness.

BLESSED

Snippet

How are you doing?  Better than I deserve.

Scripture

Lord, I am overflowing with your blessings, just as you promised. Psalms 119:65 LB

Song

I Have been blessed by Martina McBride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptkWYhX79N8

I get kissed by the sun

Each morning

Put my feet on a hardwood floor

I get to hear my children laughing

Down the hall through the

Bedroom door

Sometimes I sit on my

Front porch swing                   

Just soaking up the day

I think to myself, I think to myself

This world is a beautiful place

[Chorus]

I have been blessed

And I feel like I've found my way

I thank God for all I've been given

At the end of every day

I have been blessed

With so much more than I deserve

To be here with the ones

at love me

To love them so much it hurts

I have been blessed

Across a crowded room

I know you know what I'm thinking

By the way I look at you

And when we're lying in the quiet

And no words have to be said

I think to myself, I think to myself

This love is a beautiful gift

[Chorus]

When I'm singing my kids to sleep

When I feel you holding me

I know

[Chorus]

Sentence Prayer

In my quest to provide for myself and my family, Lord,

May I not become greedy and selfish.  It is very easy

To lust for things of the world.  I can lose sight of the

Spiritual priorities you put before me.  My goal in

Life is not to accumulate “stuff” but to seek your way.

I do not want to seek material success that exceeds

Your provision.  Amen

(One Minute Prayers for men Gift Edition 2010 Harvest House Pub Eugene Orgegon pg 15

REASONS

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Abundance is no guarantee of gratefulness or thanksgiving. Prosperity may even turn out heart away from the Lord.  Nov 22 2012 Devotional Collection

Scripture

Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.
2 Let all that I am praise the Lord;
    may I never forget the good things he does for me.
3 He forgives all my sins
    and heals all my diseases.
4 He redeems me from death
    and crowns me with love and tender mercies.
5 He fills my life with good things.
    My youth is renewed like the eagle’s! Psalms 103:1-5

Song

For These Reasons Lincoln Brewster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQma4KPY04

For Your endless love (For Your endless love)

For the life You gave (For the life You gave)

For the second chance (For the second chance)

For Your priceless grace (For Your priceless grace)

For Your healing hands (For Your healing hands)

For the gift of peace (For the gift of peace)

For the blessed hope (For the blessed hope)

For the faith to believe (For the faith to believe)

Chorus:

For these reasons I praise You

For these reasons I worship You

(1st ending)

For these reasons I live to tell

of Your love to all the world

(2nd ending)

For these reasons I live to tell

of Your love to all the world

Bridge:

La da da, la da da, la da da

La da da, la da da da

La da da, la da da, la da da

(1st ending)

La da da, la da da da

(Repeat)

(2nd ending)

La da da

Sentence Prayer

Risen Lord Jesus,

Allow me to see the pieces of my life as all parts of your holy design.

Help me to pay attention to your touch on my life and say ‘yes” to your

Love as I go about my days on this earth.  Amen