According to motivational speaker Brian Tracy, one of the greatest success principles of all is called the Law of Accumulation. This law says everything great and worthwhile in human life is an accumulation of hundreds and sometimes thousands of tiny efforts and sacrifices nobody ever sees or appreciates.
It says everything accumulates over time. You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile. It’s like a snowball. A snowball starts very small, but it grows as it adds millions and millions of tiny snowflakes and continues to grow as it gathers momentum.
And as Ray Lammie, three-time cancer survivor, said, “It ALL counts. Everything we do adds up over the course of a lifetime. I have studied and researched this topic for many years, and it has a ‘magical effect’. We are the sum-total of everything we have done in the past. Our future is going to be the sum-total of what we think, what we do and how we act— — today. It all counts; life does keep score.”
THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: Forever … is composed of the nows. — Emily Dickinson
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. — Matthew 28:19
HyeRan Kim-Cragg of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) and has served in pastoral, teaching, and intercultural leadership capacities with the United Church of Canada for the past 20 years. She currently is a Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Associate Professor of Preaching. She holds a BSC from Dong Duck Women’s University; MDIV from Hanshin Graduate School of Theology, Hanshin University; and THD from Emmanuel College, University of Toronto. Kim-Cragg is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to homiletics in practical theology. Her teaching and research address a range of topics related to biblical interpretation, postcolonial theories, feminist homiletics and liturgy, migration, and decolonizing practices. Her current research is involved in the intercultural preaching, as this intersects with race, gender, and multiple identities of the preacher and the congregations. She is particularly interested in language (verbal and non-verbal) issues for preaching as a communicative event. As a recipient of The Rowntree Scholarship at The United Church of Canada Foundation (2019), she will undertake her research project on Preaching and Intercultural Ministry in the United Church of Canada for the next three years. She has authored a dozen books and numerous articles, including contributions to 
Approach the throne room and respond with faith and not fear, knowing the promises of God and His mighty hand will hold us through any situation! Sometimes, all it takes is just one prayer to change everything. Something extraordinary happens when two or more agree together in prayer.
We also need to pray for colorblind peace. Racism will remain a plague until we stop looking at people as black and white, but as human beings created by the same Creator. We pray for new eyes, calmer heads, and softer hearts.
Jim had a panic attack this morning. He is asking for prayers these panic attacks will cease, and he will be restored to an untroubled mind?.
Darlene’s blood pressure bottomed out this week and in running tests to try and figure what is going on, the doctor decided she may have had a heart attack. She has a condition called cardiac tempenod — fluid around the heart so the heart can’t pump fully. They cannot do an EKG or stress test or contrasting dye tests because she is too weak and her new kidney could not handle the dyes. They can only treat her heart issue with nitroglycerin and aspirin. Please continue to pray.
Prayers needed for Victoria. She is in ICU and is not doing well, her lungs filled with vomit, she stopped breathing and had to be intubated because she can no longer breath on her own. They had to airlift her to a trauma center because she was on a couples trip and they could not accomodate her at the local medical center. She has also contracted two MRSA infections, one in her nasal cavity and one in her blood. She is 23.
Prayers sought for 14 year old Ebony. She can’t hold any food without vomiting and is dehydrated and lethargic.
We come to You, Lord, because prayer is the least yet the greatest thing we can do for each other. When two or more are gathered in Your name, we confidently know You are with us. What better company can we have? You reign and we trust You! We may be broken and battered but know You heal and quiet the soul. You are the source for all that happens in our lives. We thank You for the progress being made. We thank You for the many blessings we have received this week. Some we unfortunately didn’t notice. Nonetheless, those blessings are ever-present in our lives. We thank You for healing. We thank You for slowing us down. We thank You for providing us our daily needs — no more and no less. We thank You for being with us, listening to us, walking with us on this journey. We thank You for the support of our family and friends … for seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary — sunrises, sunsets, flowers, kids laughing, adventures, good news amid the bad news. We know we can come to You with our concerns and they will be heard. Through Christ all things are possible. We lift up those family members and friends who are battling various physical, emotional, financial, career or spiritual issues and ask not for Your guidance and healing (although that would be welcomed) but to keep reminding us we are not alone in our battles. Specifically we lift up Rebecca, Teresa, Amy, Amiee, Joe, Ashlee, Jim, Milani, Ivory, Daz, Suraj, Anna, Darlene, Joshua, Jeff, Holly, Kenny, Victoria, Sheri, Chuck, Andrea, Mikey, Pat, Tony, Ebony, Lisa, Jennfer, Barbara, Andrew, and all those needing Your healing and guiding touch. We pray for the families of all those You have called home. We grieve … You celebrate. We pray for obedience to Your Will so Your “Son” Light shines through us through the power of the Spirit. And we come to You through the confidence of the words taught by Your Son Jesus. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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I’ve been including snippets from other writers, taken from 
We’ve been through this before. We haven’t learned.
Black lives matter. No, all lives matter. White privilege is real. No, privilege is earned and should be colorblind. That statement denigrates the accomplishments of everyone who have succeeded, often despite incredible odds. We all have discrimination backgrounds. I may not have witnessed it, but I have heard the stories of the signs of “Irish Need Not Apply” or my Italian relatives from generations ago being chased by mobs when they crossed the wrong street.
Yup, on my weekend journey from Kentucky to South Carolina — with an overnight stay in Asheville, NC — I indeed lost my keys … just as I was getting ready to check out, my keys just vanished. I knew I had them earlier in the morning when I jetted out for a Danish and coffee. But when I reached for them on the credenza, they were gone. The room keys were there. Some loose change was there. The dog’s leash was there. But the car keys? Nowhere in sight.
They had chargers galore at the gas station — all except the ovalish port I needed. As I was just about ready to yell out “Damn” the manager appeared, assessed the situation, went into the back room, and emerged with the correct port — the last one tucked in a corner of the stock room, apparently. Of course, it was just the cord, not the charger. But I bought it, retrieved the mutt, went back to the room, plugged the phone into my laptop, gave it a few minutes to charge, and called AAA for an estimated time for the locksmith. They said the call was dispatched and while I was on the phone with them, received a text the locksmith would be there in 20 minutes. Sure enough, 20 minutes later All Star Lock & Security arrived, cut and programmed the key.
Making Music
Mitch also uses a similar format in his posts as I do in mine — themed during the week. He is a storyteller living in Cincinnati.
The acting was was better than expected for a faith-based flick. Often, the plot is preachy and delivered by less than seasoned thespians. Not here. The core actors — Christine Jones (Ingrid Ambelin)
THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: 
That is what the Holy Spirit did on that early Pentecost, and that is what He is doing still today. Through the proclamation of the Word, in Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, in the forgiveness of sins, the Spirit unites the church in a communion — a fellowship — that extends across the centuries. The Spirit binds us “age to age and soul and soul,” until we join with all the saints in eternal fellowship and offer our Spirit-born praise before the throne of God.
This Daily Devotion was written by Dr. Carol Geisler. It is based on the hymn, “Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling.” 
Our world is currently being battered and torn with the coronavirus pandemic. But we know Christ defeats all evil – illness, death, and even Satan himself.
Please keep the victims of abuse in your prayers. Whether it be physical, emotional, sexual or neglect, this time in particular is very horrifying for them to be trapped in a house with their abuser(s) and not being able to escape.
Melissa has a badly infected gallbladder. She had surgery today. Please pray for her and her surgeons and doctors.
Please pray for Kerry, who is having acute heart attacks right now. He is hospitalized and has a cardiologist appointment.
The Light 