Going to church does not make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonald’s makes you a hamburger.
1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
“Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask.”
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Jesus is the reason For the season Wise men still seek Him !
A Merry Christmas to you
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
The greatest gift of Christmas is the one we’ve already gotten long ago.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Whenever you fall, pick up something.
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
We will all receive the invitation to be saved. But it is up to us to accept the invitation.
Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
There is no separation of race religion or color when God recycles souls. We are all placed in the same container and picked up at the curb.
Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Deception can easily result in a surprise ending:
Proverbs 7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Learning from experience is a ability almost never practiced.
Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
To fall in love with Lord is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest achievement.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Jesus well never goes dry.
John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Nobody can be indwelt by the Spirit of God and keep that Spirit to himself. Where the Spirit is, he flows forth. And where there is no flowing forth, he is not there.
Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
— Helen Keller
Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Business leaders take the following quote very seriously: “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.” Why, then, do so many scientists refuse to apply this truism to the realm of origins?
Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
The bank of heaven is a sure bank. I have drawn thousands of bills upon it, and never had one sent back protested.
George Whitefield.
Matthew 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
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Hardening of the heart is more serious than hardening of the arteries.
Proverbs 28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Exodus 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
“Salvation is worth working for. It is worth a man’s going round the world on his hands and knees, climbing its mountains, crossing its valleys, swimming its rivers, going through all manner of hardship in order to attain it. But we do not get it in that way. It is to him who believes.” Dwight L. Moody
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
“No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him.”
― D.L. Moody
Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
“Man is born with his face turned away from God. When he truly repents, he is turned right round toward God; he leaves his old life.” Dwight L. Moody
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
“The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe. God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.” Dwight L. Moody
Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Every cask smells of the wine it holds.
Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
“”I look upon this world as a wrecked vessel. God has given me a lifeboat and said, ‘Moody, save all you can.”
― D.L. Moody
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Psalms 56:4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
“If I take care of my character; my reputation will take care of itself.” Dwight L. Moody
1 Corinthians 1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
“No man can resolve himself into Heaven.” Dwight L. Moody
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
“God doesn’t seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.” Dwight L. Moody
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
“There are three kinds of faith in Christ:
1. Struggling faith, like a man in deep water desperately swimming.
2. Clinging faith, like a man hanging to the side of a boat.
3. Resting faith, like a man safely within the boat (and able to reach out with a hand to help someone else get in).” Dwight L. Moody
“Real true faith is man’s weakness leaning on God’s strength.” Dwight L. Moody
1 Corinthians 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. –Abraham Lincoln
Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment.
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect.”
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
“I know the Bible is inspired because it inspires me.” Dwight L. Moody
1 Th 1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.” Dwight L. Moody
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
“The voice of sin is loud, but the voice of forgiveness is louder.” Dwight L. Moody
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it’s what you are expected to give — which is everything.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Prayer can influences God.
Genesis 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
Sometimes we get so caught up in life that we forget who gave it to us… and who gave it all for us.
John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Never allow situations to define God. Situations may not be Good, but He still is.
Psalms 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances.
Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances.
Philippians 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
“Always remember that you’re unique.Just like everyone else.”
Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
“C. H. Spurgeon – Preacher. Nearing the end of life, he said, “Tranquil and happy, though very weak. My theology is very simple. I can express it in few words and they are enough to die by.” After a pause, he slowly said, “Jesus died for me.” What simplicity!.
“The object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.”
― D.L. Moody,
Psalms 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
“Faith makes all things possible. Love makes them easy.”
― D.L. Moody
Mark 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man I have ever met.”
“Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.”
― D.L. Moody
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
It is easier to know how to do than it is to do.
James 1:22-23 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
“A holy life will produce the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow no horns; they only shine.”
― D.L. Moody
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.
Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
There are only two kinds of religion in the world … You can list every “ism,” every cult, every religion in southern California under one category. They all say, “Do, do, do.” Only Christianity says, “Done.” Christ has done it all.
J. Vernon McGee,
John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Heart soon forgets what the eye sees not.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
The sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness.
— French proverb
The back fence is the shortest distance between two gossips.
Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts up his eyes.
Be Christ like:Psalms 145:8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
— Helen Keller
He is known by his companions.
Cherish all your happy moments: They make a fine cushion for old age
Psalms 92:14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Christianity is a battle, not a dream.
Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Every Person thinks his own pack heaviest.
Psalms 55:22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
A Foolish man blames God for his problems
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
Acts 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Your walk ought to match your talk And your talk ought to match your Walk
Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying
lips a prince.
Prayer should start with confession
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Write your plans in pencil but give God the eraser.
Psalms 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults. — Benjamin Frankli
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Worry is a waste of the imagination.
It wasn’t the apple on the tree, it was the pair beneath
Psalms 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
The Devil is not afraid of a dust-covered Bible
Because it is an inside job.
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
This old man drinks freely at the river of life!
John 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Today is a gift from God. That’s why it’s called “the present”.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
The most powerful way to effect someone in the world is the truth.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep foundations of humlilty.
1 Corinthians 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ
If the going gets easy, you may be going downhill.
Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Jesus started the Red Cross. However He didn’t give a pint, He gave it all.
Matthew 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Luke 14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
A drop of ink may make a million think.
Jeremiah 30:2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
A sign on the Alaskan highway reads: Choose your rut carefully — you’ll be in it for the next 200 miles.
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Either life is always and in all circumstances sacred, or intrinsically of no account.
Psalms 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Matthew 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
FROM ONE PUMPKIN TO ANOTHER!
A woman was asked by a co-worker, “What is it like to be a Christian?”
The co-worker replied, “It is like being a pumpkin.”
God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you.
Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed.
Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.”
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Pride says, “Be superior, promote yourself”
1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Did you hear about the two blondes who froze to death in a drive-in movie? They had gone to see ‘Closed for the Winter .‘
Psalms 126:2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Even decent God-fearing people can sometimes be jerks.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
You say: “I cannot forgive myself”
God says: I Forgive you
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
The Most Beautiful Woman A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.
Psalms 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Beauty comes from within
The nicest thing about dictating a letter is that you can use words you don’t know how to spell. Now we have spell check.
1 John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
Every man in the world is better than some one else. And not as good as some one else. BUT!!
1 Samuel 16:12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Never undo what you did in faith in time of doubt
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For years the Bible was a dead book to me … like grits without salt. But after I gave my life to Jesus Christ, it became alive. I saw that the Bible was God’s way of talking to me.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, “Relax, , it’s just a bend, not the end! 46 x’s the lords says trust in the Lord.
2 Samuel 22:31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
Old Friends are Gold! New Friends are Diamond! If you get a Diamond, don’t forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a Base of Gold!
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
So a Car’s WINDSHIELD is so large and the Rear view Mirror is so small; because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE. So, Look Ahead and Move on.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a “steering wheel” that directs the right path throughout.
Psalms 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Most people are bothered by those Scripture passages which they cannot understand. But for me, the passages in Scripture which trouble me most are those which I do understand.
Mark Twain
Busy-ness in a profession can be a way to avoid God, the meaning of life, and life itself.
Psalms 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Matthew 6:31-32 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim God with their mouths and deny Him with their lifestyles is what an unbelieving world finds simply unbelievable.
Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
You don’t just luck into things as much as you’d like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities.
Proverbs 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Barbara Bush
There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppose this was because He was infinitely beyond all that any one name could express.
Billy Sunday
Beware of no man more than of thyself.
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
A weary Christian lay awake one night trying to hold the world together by his worrying, Then he heard the Lord gently say to him, “Now you go to sleep, Jim; I’ll sit up.
Psalms 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Angels cannot preach the gospel, only beings such as Paul and you and I can preach the gospel.
1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Misfortune does not always come to injure.
Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Men are like the earth and we are like the moon; we turn always one side to them and they think there is no other.
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
2 Corinthians 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we
Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece–by thought, choice, courage and determination.
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.
Psalms 10:2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
“The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.”
No Go No Lo! Joe Boyd
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
What’s our life’s mission
Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
The Greatest Love!!
Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent an educator.
Acts 13:23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
How to be happy in the Christian life, have an excellent spirit.
Daniel 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
What is worth while must needs be difficult.
Latin proverb
Difficulty is the daughter of idleness.
Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever.
1 Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Don’t let your worries get the best of you; remember, Moses started out as a basket case.
The one who kneels to God can stand up to anything.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. One of my favorite verse of many
The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
Psalms 6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed!
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
He who angers you controls you.
Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.
Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Have a drink of the Living water
John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Paul Harvey has rightly said, “If you don’t live it, you don’t believe it.”
James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle.
Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Doing Right helps keeping the heart right.
Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Everyone starts from scratch, but not everyone keeps on scratching
Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.
1 Samuel 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Business is like a wheelbarrow–it stands still until someone pushes it.
Harvard Professor Harvey Cox said, “Not to decide, is to decide not to.”
1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
He must be pure who would blame another. Danish proverb
Proverbs 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Lamentations 3:22-23 It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
What is true of individuals is true of nations. One cannot forgive too much. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mark 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Acts 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Martin Luther once said, “Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.”
John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Preschooler Denny came to class one morning bubbling with excitement about having played tee ball. “We won our game,” he said.
“Did you get any hits?” I asked.
“Yes,” he answered. “And I got some scratches, too.”
1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood lurks, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
It is more blessed to give than to receive, and therefore less blessed to receive than to give.
Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
M y life, my choices, my problems, my mistakes, my lessons. You have no right to judge me.
Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
On the brink of being satiated, desire still appears infinite.
Let God satiate His way is fore filling ;
Jeremiah 31:25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
He who is content can never be ruined.
— Chinese proverb
A contented mind is a continual feast.
Better a little with content than much with contention.
The best of blessings–a contented mind.
— Latin proverb
It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel His hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit, because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Scriptures.
— Christopher Columbus
It is impossible to enslave mentally or socially a Bible-reading people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.
— Horace Greeley
I have carefully and regularly perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that the volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, purer morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than could be collected within the same compass from all other books in whatever age or language they may have been written.
— William Jones
Sir William Jones was an Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. Wikipedia
Born: September 28, 1746, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 27, 1794, Kolkata, India
Education: University College, Oxford, University of Oxford, Harrow School
As long as a man imagines that he cannot do a certain thing, it is impossible for him to do it.
There is little difference in people . . . the little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
We lost because we told ourselves we lost.
The world is full of cactus, but we don’t have to sit on it.
Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you’re made of.
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God
“No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today, that the weight is more than a man can bear.”
Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury our glory in profound obscurity.
— Daniel Webster
It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.
— Thomas Fuller
Blessed are the deaf, for they shall miss much idle gossip.
Let no man deceive you with vain words.
Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
A covetous man does nothing well till he dies.
1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
To see what is right and not to do it is the part of a coward.
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Everyone thinks his own cross is heaviest.
Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Business is like riding a bicycle. Either you keep moving or you fall down.
James 1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Proverbs 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.
Chinese proverb
Tell everybody your business and they will do it for you.
Italian proverb
Let every man mind his own business.
Spanish proverb
1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Conceit is God’s gift to little men
Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
He that falls in love with himself, will have no rivals.
Psalms 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Too low they build who build below the skies.
1 Corinthians 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.
Birds of a feather flock together.
He is known by his companions.
— Latin proverb
When a dove begins to associate with crows, its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.
— German proverb
If you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp.
— Latin proverb
Tell me thy company and I will tell thee what thou art.
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.
Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
You may speak but a word to a child, and in that child there may be slumbering a noble heart which shall stir the Christian Church in years to come. Charles Spurgeon
Luke 18:16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children’s children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.
Author: Charles Spurgeon
Honesty is not always the best policy. Truth must be married to love; honesty must be intertwined with kindness.
Psalms 18:20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Don’t go back to less, just because you’re too impatient to wait for the best.
Acts 20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Don’t strive to be great, but do strive to be greatly used.
1 Corinthians 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us, as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
— Robert E. Lee
Cheap things are not good, good things are not cheap.
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Two things are bad for the heart–running upstairs and running down people.
Romans 14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today’s duties and tomorrow’s anxieties piled on the top of them.
Luke 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbors.
All things are less dreadful than they seem.
Appearances are very deceitful.
Life is a grindstone; whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends on what you’re made of.
Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us.
A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
Never answer a letter while you are angry.
— Chinese proverb
It is easy to fly into a passion–anybody can do that–but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way–that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it.
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
Proverbs 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
An angry man stirreth up strife.
Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Anger is a better sign of the heart than of the head; it is a breaking out of the disease of honesty.
Anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Due to the rampant practice of trying to feed the soul with the body’s food.
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Out of debt, out of danger.
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
The easiest person to deceive is one’s self.
1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Don’t count every day of the week; make every day of the week count.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.
Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
A lie is like a snowball. The longer it is rolled on the ground the larger it becomes.
Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Many a person is praying for rain with his tub the wrong side up.
Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
God loveth a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord.
Proverbs 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Ephesians 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being nwanted.
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Eat little at night, open windows, and look for the good in things and people. You will no longer be sad, or bored, or ill.
Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Many a man has followed the Ten Commandments all his life but has never quite managed to catch up with them.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Be ye fishers of men. You catch them. He’ll clean them.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Faithfulness results in usefulness
Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful hings; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
You say: “I cannot do it”. I can’t should not be in our vocabulary unless it is sin.
God says: You can do all things–
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.) One of my favorite.
You say: “I am not able”,God says: You are able
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
You say: “It is not worth it” God says: It will be worth it
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
You say: “I cannot forgive myself” God says: I Forgive you
Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
You say: “I cannot manage”
God says: I will supply all your needs
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
You say: “I am afraid”
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
You say: “I am always worried and frustrated”
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
You say: “I am not smart enough”
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
God says: I give you wisdom
1 Corinthians 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
You say: “I feel all alone”
God says: I will never leave you or forsake yo
2 Timothy 2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
— English proverb
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Your God Is My Devil
In his spiritual autobiography, William Barclay, the venerable Scottish scholar, tells the tragedy of losing his 21-year-old daughter and her fiancee who were drowned in a boating accident. He writes, “God did not stop that accident at sea, but he did still the storm in my own heart so that somehow my wife and I came through that terrible time still on our own two feet.”
Barclay also tells of receiving an anonymous letter about his daughter’s death. It said, “I know why God killed your daughter. It was to save her from corruption by your heresies.” Barclay says, “If I had known the writer’s address, I would have written back in pity, not anger, saying, as John Wesley once said, ‘Your God is my devil.'”
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Who’s your shield?
Psalms 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
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