Devotional
“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.”
Requests
“People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.”
~Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu (Mother Theresa)
Requests
- Praise God for the new additions to the FUM staff in the Communications Department: Micah Bales and Annie Glen. Continue to pray for our time of transition that God will provide the entire staff with fresh insights, openness, and forgiveness while they listen for his voice.
- We lift up fathers around the world this week and pray for special favor for our FUM staff dads: Lon Fendall, Sam Barber, Colin Saxton, John Muhanji, and Frank Monroe.
- Please pray for the FUM General Board as members prepare to travel and meet in the Richmond office June 27-30.
- Pray with Christian Peace Teams for the Palestinian village of Susiya, which received demolition orders from the Israeli military on June 12. The demolition, to be completed by June 15, will destroy 18 tents and make 160 people homeless. (Prayers for Peacemakers, June 13, 2012)
- Pray with Christian Peace Teams for the people of Al-Khalil (Hebron), who maintain their dignity though faced with humiliation from soldiers. Pray that one day there will be no more checkpoints that children and teachers must pass through on their way to school. (Prayers for Peacemakers, June 13, 2012)
- Pray for Jamaica Yearly Meeting, who will be having their annual sessions August 10-12 at Swift Purscell Boys Home. Invitations have been sent to FUM, FWCC, NCYM, Cuba, and Manhattan Yearly Meetings.
