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APRIL 10 — And You Can Also Be A ‘Sugar Mary’ To Others

Today’s passage:
“Give, and it shall be given unto you . . .”
(Luke 6:38)

Today’s prayer:
“Lord, help me to remember that one way
to solve my own problem is to find a way of
solving that same problem for someone else.”

APRIL 9 — Let God Fill Your Life And Heart With His Love

Today’s passage:
“Breathe on me, Breath of God,
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what Thou dost love,
And do what Thou wouldst do.”
—Edwin Hatch hymn

Today’s prayer:
“Fill the empty places of my life, Lord, with Your Holy Spirit.”

APRIL 8 — Allow Others To Do The Watering, Pruning And Feeding

Today’s passage:
“A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children . . .”
(Proverbs 13:22)

Today’s prayer:
“Dear Lord, help me to be willing to plant the seed,
knowing that you have probably chosen others
to do the watering and the pruning and the feeding,
and still others who will hear the song of the birds.”

APRIL 7 — God Knows Our Shortcomings Before We Do

Today’s passage:
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.”
(II Corinthians 5:17)

Today’s prayer:
“Lord, I thank You for anticipating my
weaknesses and redeeming them.”

APRIL 6 (Easter 1980) — We All Have A Shell We Need To Break Out Of

Today’s passage:
“Soar we now where Christ has led,
Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head,
Alleluia!”
—Charles Wesley hymn

Today’s prayer:
“Dear Lord, Father to us all, I praise You for the
Resurrection and the eternal life to come.”

APRIL 5 — Most Are Simply ‘In-Betweens’ Leading To The Next Chapter

Today’s passage:
“. . . Forgetting those things which are behind, and
reaching forth unto those things which are before.”
(Philippians 3:13)

Today’s prayer:
“Lord, when we confront the end of a life segment,
may we view it as simply a time in between, until
the next chapter of Your plan unfolds.”

APRIL 4 (Good Friday 1980) — How A Joshua Tree Became A Symbol Of Hope

Today’s passage:
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land . . .”
(Matthew 27:45)

Today’s prayer:
“Lord, thank You for all the quiet, secret ways You reveal Yourself .”

APRIL 3 — He’s Always Just A Page Turn Away

Today’s passage:
“Search the scriptures … they are they which testify of Me.”
(John 5:39)

Today’s prayer:
“Lord, I know You are with me here and now. How
wonderful to feel the warmth of Your presence.”

APRIL 2 — Learn All The Facts First, Then ‘Jump’ In And Help

Today’s passage:
“We have left undone those things which we ought to have done . . .”
—The Book of Common Prayer

Today’s prayer:
“Lord, give us the grace to help others at their point of need.”

APRIL 1 — And More Importantly, What Makes You Smile?

This Month’s Message: Prayer For The Month Of Promise

Lord,
One poet has called this
The cruelest month
Because with spring there is birth,
And with birth there’s pain.
But I don’t think there really is
A cruel month in Your kingdom.
I’m not a poet, Lord,
But I love April
Because it makes a promise
And then delivers.
The promise is the first warm whiff
Of Your good earth.
The gift is the profusion
Of blooms that make my drab world sing.
A gift so fresh and new
Each year that it seems
As if it were being given
For the first time.

Today’s passage:
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Today’s prayer:
“Father, when I play a joke, guide me to do it with the
gentlest of good humor. When I am the object of a joke,
let me increase its fun with my own laughter.”