“In our craze
for bigness and our obsession for statistics, we have
gathered a motley and unwieldy multitude. We have called it
mobilization but it has really been mob-ilization. Our Lord
was never impressed with the enthusiasm of a crowd…He knew
that one day a multitude would greet Him with hosannas and a
few days later shout, ‘Crucify Him!’”
---Vance Havner, evangelist
(36) As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments
on the road ahead of him. (37) When they reached the place
where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his
followers began to shout and sing as they walked along,
praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen.
---Luke 19:36-37
“Then a mighty roar rose from the crowd, and with one voice
they shouted, “Kill him…”
---Luke 23:18
April 2, 2007
“I am
determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I
may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of
our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our
circumstances but by our disposition.”
---Martha Washington, (1732-1802), First American Lady
Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had.
---Philippians 2:5
April 3, 2007
“It takes less
time to do a thing right than to explain why you did wrong.”
---Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), poet
Do you see truly competent workers? They will serve kings
rather that ordinary people.
---Proverbs 22:29
April 4, 2007
“Class is an
aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky.
Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared.
It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It’s the sure
footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.”
---Ann Landers
(9) I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the
power of Christ may work through me. (10) Since I know it is
all for Christ’s good, I am quite content with my weaknesses
and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities.
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
---II Corinthians 12:9-10
April 5, 2007
“We are not
physical beings having a spiritual experience. We are
spiritual beings having a physical experience.”
---Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), philosopher,
theologian
(21) Just as death came into the world through a man, Adam,
now the resurrection form the dead has begun through another
man, Christ. (22) Everyone dies because all of us are
related to Adam, the first man. But all who are related to
Christ, the other man, will be given new life.
---I Corinthians 15: 21-22
April 6, 2007
“No pain, no
palm,
No thorns, no throne,
No gall, no glory,
No cross, no crown.”
---William Penn, (1644-1718), pacifist Quaker, founder of
Pennsylvania
(50)Then Jesus shouted out again, and he gave up his spirit.
(51) At that moment the curtain in the Temple was torn in
two…
---Matthew 27:50-51
April 7, 2007
“The confession
of evil works is the first beginning of good works.”
---Augustine of Hippo (340-430), early church father
If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to
forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
---I John 1:9
April 8, 2007
“Paint Jesus
Christ, not dead but risen. Paint Him with His feet upon the
sepulcher in which they thought to silence Him forever.”
---Michelangelo, (1475-1564), Italian Renaissance painter,
sculptor, architect
(15) “Why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you
looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she
said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have
put him, and I will go and get him.” (16) “Mary!” Jesus
said. She turned toward him and exclaimed, “Teacher!”
---John 20:15-16
April 9, 2007
“It is by
silence that the saints grew…it was because of silence that
the power of God dwelt in them, because of silence that the
mysteries of God were known to them.”
---Ammonas, desert father of early Christianity
Be silent and know that I am God.
---Psalm 46:10
April 10, 2007
“Never give up
on your dream…Perseverance is all important. If you don’t
have the desire and the belief in your self to keep trying
after you’ve been told you should quit, you’ll never make
it.”
---Tawni O’Dell
Be persistent, whether the time is favorable or not.
---II Timothy 4:2
April 11, 2007
“All couples
start out with butterflies. The key is to remember that they
are in your care. If you don’t tend to them, they will die.”
---From Bits and Pieces
“How beautiful you are, my beloved, how beautiful!”
---Song of Songs 1:15
April 12, 2007
“He that can
have patience can have what he will.”
---Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790), American Statesman
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty
shortcuts lead to poverty.
---Proverbs 21:5
April 13, 2007
“People who are
dried out within can often be, for a while, the hardest
workers. But they can also become the harshest critics and
the most negative teammates.”
---Gordon MacDonald
(12) Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you
realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?”
(13) Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly
Father will be uprooted, (14) so ignore them. They are blind
guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides
another, they will both fall into a ditch.
---Matthew 15:12-14
April 14, 2007
“You rarely
hear a man who has been though the real agony of suffering
who says he disbelieves in God, it is the one who watches
others going through suffering who says he disbelieves in
God.”
---Oswald Chambers
(5) “I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you
with my own eyes. (6) I take back everything I said, and I
sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
---Job 42:5-6
April 15, 2007
“The next time
you do something really nice for someone else, keep it to
yourself and revel in the abundant joy of giving.”
---Richard Carlson, Ph.D. in Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And
don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God
loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
---II Corinthians 9:7
April 16, 2007
“The hardest
thing to understand in the world is the income tax.”
---Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Scientist
Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.
---Luke 20:25
April 17, 2007
“Every tomorrow
has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of
anxiety or the handle of faith.”
---Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), American clergyman
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by
prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God.
---Philippians 4:6
April 18, 2007
“It takes a lot
of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”
---Erma Bombeck (1927-1996), American journalist
(28) All the people in the synagogue were furious when they
heard this. (29) They got up, drove him out of the town, and
took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was
built, in order to throw him down the cliff. (30) But he
walked right through the crowd and went on his way.
---Luke 4:-28-30
April 19, 2007
“Success isn’t
permanent, and failure isn’t fatal.”
---Mike Ditka, football coach
Again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed.
---John 18:27
Peter was grieved that Jesus asked the question a third
time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know I love
you.” Jesus said, “Then feed my sheep.”
---John 21:17
April 20, 2007
My greatest
point is my persistence. However down I am, I fight until
the last ball.”
---Bjorn Borg, tennis champion
Fight the good fight for the good faith.
---I Timothy 6:12
April 21, 2007
“Vision without
action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes
the time. Vision with action can change the world.”
---Joel A. Barker
So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do
nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father
doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
---John 5:19
April 22, 2007
“The greatest
gifts you can give your children are the roots of
responsibility and the wings of independence.”
---Denis Waitley
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are
older, they will not leave it.
---Proverbs 22:6
April 23, 2007
“One worthwhile
task carried to a successful conclusion is worth
half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.”
---Malcolm S. Forbes, publisher
“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: ‘Be strong
and finish the task!’”
---Zechariah 8:9
April 24, 2007
“I have learned
that success is to be measured not so much by the position
that one has reached in his life as by the obstacles he has
overcome while trying to succeed.”
---Booker T. Washington
(13)For I can do everything through Christ who gives me
strength. (14) Even so, you have done well to share with me
in my present difficulty.
---Philippians 4:13-14
April 25, 2007
“Only he who
can see the invisible can do the impossible.”
---Frank Gaines
He (Jesus) replied, “What is impossible from a human
perspective is possible with God.”
---Luke 18:27
April 26, 2007
“In everyone’s
life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then
burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the
inner spirit.”
---Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian, philosopher,
musician, physician
Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another
---Proverbs 27:17
April 27, 2007
“Worse than the
parent who is overly protective is the parent who doesn’t
care enough to defend a child who is the victim of
injustice.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
A righteous man who walks in his integrity---
How blessed are his sons after him.
---Proverbs 20:7
April 28, 2007
“The quieter
the mind, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the
more telling, the more perfect the prayer is.”
---Meister Eckhart, (c.1260-1327), German mystic
And in the early morning, while it was still dark, He
(Jesus) arose and went out and departed to a lonely place,
and was praying there.
---Mark 1:35
April 29, 2007
“You can turn
painful situations around through laughter. If you can find
humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”
---Bill Cosby, American comedian
(6)And Sarah declared, “God has brought me laughter! All who
hear about this will laugh with me. (7) For who would have
dreamed that I would ever have a baby? Yet I have given
Abraham a son in his old age!”
---Genesis 21:6-7
April 30, 2007
“Nothing will
work unless you do.”
---Mary Angelou, American poet
Hard workers have plenty of food; playing around brings
poverty.
---Proverbs 28:19
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