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 Inspirational Sayings & Quotes 
Please visit this page often for words of inspiration, comfort, peace, prayer, love, and joy. We've arranged the sayings into general categories and listed the categories alphabetically for quick reference.
Baptism, Baby Naming & Christening 
For we walk by faith, not by sight. ~ Jesus Christ

For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in thy ways. ~ Psalm 91:11

A child’s glory is his Father. ~ Proverbs 17:6

For this child I prayed. ~ 1 Samuel 1:20

As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you. ~ Isaiah 66:13

May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love. ~ Ephesians 3:17

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General & Inspirational 

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. ~ Nelson Mandela

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing and perfect will of God. ~ Romans 12:2

Be what you is, cuz if you be what you ain’t, then you ain’t what you is. ~ Grave Marker Boothill Cemetery Tombstone, AZ

For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. ~ 2 Timothy 1:7

He who comes to do good, knocks at the gate; He who loves, finds the gate open. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~ Wayne Dyer

Learn that the silence is God’s way of pausing so that we may hear the voice of Faith. ~ Corrine De Winter

Live in a constant state of Gratitude.

May I walk with Beauty before me. May I walk with Beauty behind me. May I walk with Beauty above me. May I walk with Beauty below me. May I walk with Beauty all around me. As I walk the Beauty way! ~ Navajo Prayer

May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy! ~ Colossians 1: 11

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rising this morning I noticed that God Laid the world at my feet! ~ Corrine De Winter

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, but are felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller

The world is charged with the grandeur of God. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

Thoughts are things and our thoughts create our reality. ~ Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra and many others

True imagination is not fanciful daydreaming; it is fire from heaven. ~ Ernest Holmes

We know that all things work together for good to them that love God. ~ Romans 8:28

Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, meditate on these things. ~ Phillippians 4:8

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will!

Every day is filled with God’s blessings.

God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time. ~ Matthew 6:34

The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.

Life is fragile. Handle with Prayer.

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House Blessing 

Praise and celebrate life and you will have a life to celebrate.

House Blessing Prayer
Author Unknown

God bless the corners of this house,
And be the lintel blest;

And bless the hearth and bless the board
And bless each place of rest;

And bless each door that opens wide
To strangers and to kin;

And bless each crystal window pane
That lets the starlight in;

And bless the rooftree overhead
And every sturdy wall,

The peace of man, the peace of God,
The peace of love on all.

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Life Principles 

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. ~ Henry David Thoreau

At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. ~ Goethe

Develop a daily spiritual practice and learn to trust your wisdom.

God can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to His power that works in us. ~ Ephesians 3:20

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside, when all else falls away. ~ Oriah

We must become the change we want to see. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

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Memorial & Funeral 

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Prayer 

A prayer, in its simplest definition, is merely a wish turned heavenward. ~ Phillip Brooks

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. ~ Psalm 5:3

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there thy cheerful beams. ~ St. Augustine

Prayer is the mortar that holds our house together. ~ St. Theresa of Avila

Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Wedding 

At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you. ~ Goethe

Be of love, a little more careful than of everything else. ~ e.e. cummings

Come out of the circle of time into the circle of love. ~ Rumi

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Rev. Dee Richardson
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Phone: 503.998.7481

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