Positive Daily Inspiration – July 22, 2023 – Saturday Inspiration

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“Be renewed in the spirit of your minds.”
Ephesians 4:23

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DECK OF CARDS

A young soldier was in his bunkhouse, all alone one, one Sunday morning. It was quiet that day, the guns and the mortars and land mines, for some reason, hadn’t made a noise. The young soldier knew it was Sunday, the holiest day of the week.

As he was sitting there, he got out an old deck of cards and laid them out across his bunk.

Just then an army sergeant came in and said, “Why aren’t you with the rest of the platoon?”

The soldier replied, “I thought I would stay behind and spend some time with the Lord.”

The sergeant said, “Looks like you’re going to play cards.”

The soldier said, “No sir, you see, I’ve decided to talk to the Lord by studying this deck of cards.”

The sergeant asked in disbelief, “How will you do that?”

“You see the Ace, Sergeant, it reminds that there is only one God.

The Two represents the two parts of the Bible, Old and New Testaments.

The Three represents the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

The Four stands for the Four Apostles: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The Five is for the five virgins that were ten, but only five of them were glorified.

The Six is for the six days it took God to create the Heavens and Earth .

The Seven is for the day God rested after working the six days.

The Eight is for the family of Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives, who God saved the from the flood that destroyed the Earth for the first time.

The Nine is for the lepers that Jesus cleansed of leprosy. He cleansed ten but nine never thanked him.

The Ten represents the Ten Commandments that God handed down to Moses on tablets made of stone.

The Jack is a reminder of the silliness and error ways of humankind.

The Queen stands for the Virgin Mary.

The King stands for Jesus, for he is the King of all kings.

When I count the dots on all the cards, I come up with 365 total, one for every day of the year.

There are a total of 52 cards in a deck, each is a week, 52 weeks in a year.

The Four suits represent the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Each suit has thirteen cards; there are exactly thirteen weeks in a quarter.

So, when I want to talk to God and thank God, I just pull out this old deck of cards and they remind me of all that I have to be thankful for.

The Sergeant just stood there and after a minute, with tears in his eyes and pain in his heart, he said, “Soldier, can I borrow that deck of cards?”

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POSITIVE DAILY PRAYER:

I pray that I walk cheerfully. I pray that I am the pattern, the example in all countries, places, islands, nations where ever I come.
That my carriage and my life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them.
I pray that I walk cheerfully all over the world, answering that of God to everyone.

(George Fox)

POSITIVE DAILY AFFIRMATION:

I am the illumined child of God, filled with the Spirit of Divine love and wisdom, by which I am guided in all my ways, and led into that which is for my highest good.

POSITIVE DAILY QUOTE:

“We are unenlightened when we blame the reflection in the mirror for the shape of the object in front of it.”
J. Sig Paulson

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