“I expect to
pass through the world but once. Any good therefore that I
can do, or any kindness I can show to any creature, let me
do it now. Let me not defer it, for I shall not pass this
way again.”
---Stephen Grellet (1772-1855), French/American religious
leader
I myself have gained much joy and comfort from your
love…because your kindness has so often refreshed the hearts
of God’s people.
Philemon 1:7
December 2,
2006
“The definition
of success is the persistent achievement of a challenging,
worthy goal.”
---Mack R. Douglass, in Making a Habit of Success
I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize
for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to
heaven.
---Philippians 3:14
December 3,
2006
“Though I am
always in haste, I am never in a hurry because I never
undertake more work than I can go through with calmness of
spirit.”
---John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of Methodism
A relaxed attitude lengthens life.
---Proverbs 14:30
December 4,
2006
“Nothing shouts
so loudly about a society’s success as do the lives of our
children, and the lives of our children are a reflection of
adult values children have learned by observation, imitation
and repetition. We are at a critical crossroad in our
culture which has become obsessed with immediate
gratification, violent entertainment, celebrity status and
skin-deep role models.”
---Denis Waitley, author, speaker
(4)Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. (5)
And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all
your soul, and all your strength. (6) And you must commit
yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you
today. (7) Repeat them again and again to your children.
Talk about them when you are at home and when your are away
on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are
getting up again.
---Deuteronomy 6:4-7
December 5,
2006
“Don’t give God
instructions---just report for duty!”
---Anonymous
I long to obey your commandments.
Psalm 119:40
December 6, 2006
“There are two
theories to arguing with women. Neither one works.”
---Anonymous
Don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only
start fights.
---II Timothy 2:23
December 7, 2006
“We will not
only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very
certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us
again.”
---President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from his “Day of Infamy”
speech on December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor
We are human, but we don’t wage war with human plans and
methods. We use God’s mighty weapons, not mere worldly
weapons, to knock down the Devil’s strongholds.
---II Corinthians 10:3-4
December 8, 2006
“A pleasure is
not full grown until it is remembered.”
---C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), author, scholar
Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us! What joy!
---Psalm 126:3
December 9, 2006
“There is a law
in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of
what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that
picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as
you have been thinking.”
---William James, (1842-1910), Psychologist and author
Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way
you think.
---Romans 12:2
December 10, 2006
“We are to
worship God, not because his ego needs it, but because
without worship, our experience and enjoyment of God are not
complete. We worship God not so much because he needs it,
but because we do.”
---John Ortberg, author
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of
the Lord.”
---Psalm 122:1
December 11, 2006
“The value of a
vision is that it encourages you to give up at any moment
all that you are in order to receive all that you can
become.”
---John Maxwell, author and speaker
I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
---Acts 26:19
December 12, 2006
“There are
times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to
understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a
well to see the stars in broad daylight.”
---Vaclav Havel, Czech writer and dramatist, ninth president
of Czechoslovakia and first president of the Czech Republic
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to
me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.
---Psalm 40: 1-2
December 13,
2006
“Whatever you
want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe
in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal
right to it.”
---Diane Sawyer, TV personality
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s
desires.
---Psalm 37:4
December 14,
2006
“Beauty is in
the eye of the beholder and sometimes you have to give the
beholder a POP in the eye!”
---Miss Piggy
People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at a
person’s thoughts and intentions.
---II Samuel 16:7
December 15,
2006
“Success can be
deceiving. Simply because we gain a measure of success does
not always mean we are living life to the fullest.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.
---John 10:10
December 16,
2006
“Repentance
always brings a man to this point: I have sinned. The surest
sign that God is at work is when a man says that and means
it. Anything less than this is remorse for having made
blunders, the reflex action of disgust at himself.”
---Oswald Chambers, (1874-1917), Scottish minister and
teacher
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us
away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret
for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks
repentance, results in spiritual death.
---II Corinthians 7:10
December 17,
2006
“In the years
when my parents were broke, Dad would give Mom a daisy for
each year they were married.”
---Donna Pizzolongo, daughter of George E. Roboni, Sr. from
Tim Russert’s Wisdom of Our Fathers
If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer
would be utterly scorned.
---Song of Solomon 8:7
December 18,
2006
“Shout praise
and whisper criticism.”
---Don Meyer, basketball coach
Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise
bring healing.
---Proverbs 12:18
December 19,
2006
“There are two
pains in life, the pain of discipline and the pain of
regret. Take your choice.”
---Unknown
To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate
correction.
---Proverbs 12:1
December 20,
2006
“Apart from the
empty tomb, the manger is just a manger.
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
If our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to
be pitied than anyone in the world. But in fact, Christ has
been raised from the dead.
---I Corinthians 15:19-20
December 21,
2006
“A lovely thing
about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a
thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”
---Garrison Keillor, author, radio personality
But when the time was right, God sent his Son…”
---Galatians 4:4
December 22,
2006
“There has only
been one Christmas---the rest are anniversaries.”
---W.J. Cameron, author
Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of
King Herod.
---Matthew 2:1
December 23,
2006
“Blessed is the
season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of
love.”
---Hamilton Wright Mabie
For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten
Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but
have everlasting life.
---John 3:16
December 24,
2006
“Love came down
at Christmas
Love all lovely, Love Divine
Love was born at Christmas;
Star and angels gave the sign.
---Christina Rosetti
The star appeared to them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of
them and stopped over the place where the child was.
---Matthew 2:9
December 25,
2006
“I heard the
bells on Christmas day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men.”
---Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born tonight
in Bethlehem, the city of David! And this is how you will
recognize him: You will find a baby lying in a manger,
wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!” Suddenly, the angel was
joined by a vast host of others—the armies of
heaven—praising God: “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and peace on earth to all whom God favors.”
---Luke 2:11-14
December 26,
2006
“I wonder if we
shouldn’t have a post-Christmas candlelight service the day
after Christmas and reflect on how to follow the Lord Jesus,
since we have spent so much time and made so effort getting
ready to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so
that you will grow into a full experience of salvation.
---I Peter 2:2
December 27,
2006
“My father used
to say to me, ‘Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get
in a crisis or an emergency…become the calmest person in the
room and you’ll be able to figure your way out of it.’”
---Rudolph Giuliani, former New York City mayor
If you fail under pressure, your strength is small.
---Proverbs 24:10
December 28,
2006
“The biggest
troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches
you from the mirror every morning.
---Unknown
Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine.
---II Corinthians 13:5
December 29,
2006
“It is a fine
thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability
in others is the true test.”
---Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), American writer and publisher
Jesus went up on a mountain and called out the ones he
wanted to go with him. And they came to him. Then he
appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They
were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach.
---Mark 3:13-14
December 30,
2006
“When a man
dies, if he can pass enthusiasm along to his children, he
has left them an estate of incalculable value.”
---Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor
We have happy memories of the godly.
---Proverbs 10:7
December 31,
2006
“Without regard
for the past, we cannot live in the now, nor accept the
possibilities of tomorrow.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will
see in our history the faithful love to the Lord.
---Psalm 107:43
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