Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.1 Timothy 6:6-8 NLT *** “True godliness doesn’t turn men out of the…
Month: May 2026
Peace
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.John 14:27 NLT *** Peace is a gift, but it does not come magically through our passivity. Only in our faithful response to God’s call do we…
Filled with Joy
When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.John…
True Freedom
Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”John 8:31-32 NLT *** The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things…
Light to See By
For you are the fountain of life,the light by which we see.Psalm 36:9 NLT Because of God’s tender mercy,the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,and to guide us to the path of peace.”Luke 1:78-79 NLT *** The…
Quaker Wisdom: “Holding You in the Light”
Holding someone in the light is a form of intercessory prayer with visualization that sees the other in God’s perfect light. I am holding you in the Light. We Quakers say that when we intend to pray for someone, when we want for someone what God wants for them – peace and healing and well-being…
Quaker Wisdom: Children of the Light
Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going. Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.”John…
Quaker Wisdom: Inward Light
The Key to the Faith and Practice of the Religious Society of Friends states that the Inward Light is “both the historical, living Jesus, and as the Grace of God extended to people that simultaneously makes us conscious of our sins, forgives them, and gives us the strength and the will to overcome them” and “teaches…
Quaker Wisdom: Hearing the Voice
Look not out, but within… Remember it is a still voice that speaks to us in this day, and that it is not to be heard in the noises and hurries of the mind; but it is distinctly understood in a retired frame.William Penn, 1644-1718 *** When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face…
Quaker Wisdom: The Still, Small Voice
And [God] said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was…