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“We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as
well, much more glorious than the first. The first coming
was marked by patience; the second will bring the crown of a
divine kingdom…At the first coming he was wrapped in
swaddling clothes in a manger. At his second coming he will
be clothed in light as in a garment…We look then beyond the
first coming and await the second.”
---St. Cyril of Jerusalem
The grace of God the Savior has appeared to all men,
instructing us to put aside impiety and worldly desires and
live temperately, uprightly, and religiously in this present
age, waiting for the joyful hope, the appearance of the
glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
---Titus 2:11-13 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 you are away
on a journey, when you are lying down and when you are
getting up again.
---Deuteronomy 6:4-7 |
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“Don’t give God instructions---just report for duty!”
---Anonymous
I long to obey your commandments.
---Psalm 119:40 |
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“Don’t worry about it.”
---The words of the lieutenant at a small radar station in
the Pacific when informed by subordinates that dots and dots
appeared on their radar screen, 137 miles from Pearl Harbor
at 7 A.M. on December 7, 1941
“Be strong and let us show ourselves courageous …”
---II Samuel 10:12 |
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“When one holds a child, one holds the future.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Children are a gift from the Lord.
---Psalm 127:3 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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. |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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'If you have too much to do, with God's help, you will find
time to do it all.”
----Peter Canisius (1521-1597), Jesuit priest
Everything is possible with God.
---Mark 10:27 |
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“The more tightly we are bound to God, the freer we become;
the farther we are from God, the more tightly we are bound
to the tyranny of ourselves.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, he gives freedom.
---II Corinthians 3:17 |
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“Infinite, and infant. Eternal, and yet born of a woman.
Almighty, and yet hanging on a woman’s breast. Supporting a
universe, and yet, needing to be carried in a mother’s arms.
King of angels, and yet the reputed son of Joseph. Heir of
all things, and yet the carpenter’s despised son.
---C.H. Spurgeon
But when the right time came, God sent is Son, born of a
woman, subject to the law.
---Galatians 4:4 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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 |
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“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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