“You have
defeated me! But you won’t defeat me again! Because you have
grown all you can grow…but I am still growing!”
---Sir Edmund Hillary, first to ascend Mt. Everest. The
words above are addressed to Mt. Everest after Hillary
failed in his first attempt to climb it.
Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time we
will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
---Galatians 6: 9-10
February 2,
2006
“I am not what
I ought to be. I am not what I wish to be. But by the cross
of Christ, I am not what I was.”
---John Newton (1725-1807), Anglican minister, author of
hymn, Amazing Grace.
For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward
me was not in vain.
---I Corinthians 15:9-10.
February 3,
2006
“Always
remember, as long as your opponent has life, don’t let that
sucker up until he concedes.”
---Lou Holtz, football coach and sports analyst
“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
February 4,
2006
“You are not an
accident…You were made by God and for God, and until you
understand that, life will never make sense. Only in God do
we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our
purpose, our significance and our destiny.”
---Rick Warren, from his book The Purpose-Driven Life, and
one of 63 quotes on Starbucks coffee cups throughout 2006
“Our purpose is to please God…”
---I Thessalonians 2:4
February 5,
2006
“He that lacks
time to mourn lacks time to mend.”
---Henry Taylor (1800-1886)
God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
---Matthew 5:4
February 6,2006
“Love is the
will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s
own and another’s spiritual growth.”
---M. Scott Peck, in The Road Less Traveled
“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful
or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is
not irritable and it keeps no record of when it has been
wronged.”
---I Corinthians 13: 4-5
February 7,
2006
“God may have
to weaken us and bring us down at the points where we
thought we were strong in order that we may become truly
strong in real dependence on himself.”
---J.I. Packer, theologian, in Never Beyond Hope
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 12:10
February 8,
2006
“The most
important prayer in the world is just two words long: ‘thank
you.’”
---Meister Eckhart (c.1260-1327), German mystic
Give thanks to the Lord for he is good! His faithful love
endures forever.
---Psalm 136:1
February 9,
2006
"You have
little control over what happens to you. You have complete
control over your reaction. It’s all a matter of attitude.”
---Jack and Garry Kinder, sales and management consultants,
in 21st Century Positioning
“Since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm
yourselves with the same attitude he had…”
---I Peter 4:1
February 10,
2006
“What a person
has within is much more important than what is lacking
without.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
You are living stones that God is building into his
spiritual temple.
---I Peter 2:5
February 11,
2006
“Do what you
know best: if you’re a runner, run; if you’re a bell ring.”
---Ingas Bernstein
“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in
Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us
long ago.”
---Ephesians 2:10
February 12,
2006
“I do the very
best I know how—the very best I can; and I mean to keep
doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right,
what’s said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end
brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would
make no difference.”
---Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865), 16th
U.S. president
Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will
conquer me. Tell me clearly what to do, and show me which
way to turn.
---Psalm 5:8
February 13,
2006
“Money can’t
buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.”
---Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), English poet
Giving a gift works wonders…”
---Proverbs 18:16
February 14,
2006
“The closer our
love is to the love of Jesus, the better our love life will
be.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
“He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.”
---John 1:14
February 15,
2006
“Only one life,
‘twill soon be past—only what’s done for Christ will last.”
---Anonymous
Be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for
the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is
ever useless.
---I Corinthians 15:58
February 16,
2006
“Often the
difference between a successful man and a failure is not
one’s better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one
has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk---and to
act.”
---Maxwell Maltz (1899-1975), physician and motivational
speaker
“Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to
catch some fish.”
---Luke 5:4
February 17,
2006
“I always try
to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”
---John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), industrialist and
philanthropist
“When trouble comes your way, consider it an opportunity for
great joy.”
---James 1:2
February 18,
2006
“Half our life
is spent trying to find something to do with the time we
have rushed through life trying to save.”
---Will Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist
“Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow
in wisdom.”
---Psalm 90:12
February 19,
2006
“Nearly all
born-againers say their spiritual life is very important,
but for 10 million of them spiritual life has nothing to do
with the church.”
---Tim Stafford, in “The Church: Why Bother?” Christianity
Today, January, 2005, p.44.
“And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people
do, but encourage and warn each other…”
---Hebrews 10:24
February 20,
2006
“Success is
liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do
it.”
---Mary Angelou, poet and writer
God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does
the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given to each of
us so we can help each other.
---I Corinthians 12:4-5
February 21,
2006
“A smooth sea
never made a skillful mariner.”
---English proverb
You know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has
a chance to grow.
---James 1:3
February 22,
2006
“Few men have
virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
---George Washington (February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799),
first president of the U.S.
Guide my steps by your word, so I will not be overcome by
any evil.”
---Psalm 119:133
February 23,
2006
“If we leave
the devil with even one small peg in our life, he will
return to hang his rotting garbage on it.”
---Haitian pastor, cited in Rod Handley, Character
Counts—Who’s Counting Yours?
“Stand firm against all the strategies and tricks of the
Devil.
---Ephesians 6:11
February 24,
2006
“It is a funny
thing about life. If you refuse to accept anything but the
best, you will get it.”
---Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) British playwright, novelist
I am come that you might have life and have it most
abundantly.
---John 10:10
February 25,
2006
“Success is
creating a state of mind that allows you to obtain anything
you desire.”
---Mark Victor Hansen
May he grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans
succeed.
---Psalm 20:4
February 26,
2006
“There is
nothing easier than getting into a right relationship with
God except when it is not God Whom you want but only what He
gives.”
---Oswald Chambers (1874-1917), in My Utmost for His Highest
“Seek the Kingdom of God first above all else, and live
righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
---Matthew 6:33
February 27,
2006
“Worry does not
empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its
strength.”
---Corrie ten Boom (1892-1980), survivor of Nazi
extermination camp and author of The Hiding Place
Don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own
worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.
---Matthew 6:34
February 28,
2006
“The more time
we spend in an awareness of Jesus’ presence, the larger our
circle of love grows.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
“When you each obey me, you remain in my love…I command you
to love each other in the same way I love you.”
---John 15: 10, 12
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