“Resolve to
perform what you ought; perform without fail what you
resolve.”
---Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Ameircan statesman,
scienctist, inventor, writer
Determine to obey only the Lord.
---I Samuel 7:3
January 2, 2008
“I have never
heard about the resolutions of the apostles, but a great
deal about their ACTS.”
---Horace Mann (1796-1859), U.S. educator
All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’
teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals
(including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.
---Acts 2:42
January 3, 2008
“Nothing will
ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be
overcome.”
---Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Author
So Barnabas and Saul were sent out by the Holy Spirit.
---Acts 13:4
January 4, 2008
“People who
write down their goals and review them once a day are 200
percent more likely to attain their goals.”
---Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul
series
Our goal is to stay within the boundaries of God’s work.
---II Corinthians 10:13
January 5, 2008
“Inside of a
ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s
staying down that’s wrong.”
---Muhammad Ali, Boxer
Then Jesus told him “Follow me.”
---John 21:19
January 6, 2008
“Every man is
guilty of all the good he didn’t do.”
---Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer and philosopher
January 7, 2008
“It’s a wise
father that knows his own child.”
---Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet, dramatist
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way
you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline
and instruction that comes from t he Lord.
---Ephesians 6:4
January 8, 2008
“Lord, where we
are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right,
make us easy to live with.”
---Peter Marshall (1902-1949), twice served as chaplain to
the U.S. Senate
Be gentle and show true humility to everyone.
---Titus 3:2
January 9, 2008
“One day in
retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the
most beautiful.”
---Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), psychiatrist
God causes everything to work together for good of those who
love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
---Romans 8:28
January 10,
2008
“Wear a smile
and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.”
---George Eliot (1819-1880), the pen name for the English
novelist, Mary Ann Evans
What a relief it is to see your friendly smile.
---Genesis 33:10
January 11,
2008
“Right now a
moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.”
---Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), French artist
There is a time for everything.
---Ecclesiastes 3:1
January 12,
2008
“Always do
right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”
---Mark Twain (1835-1910), the pen name for American
novelist, Samuel Clemens
It is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God
wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!
---I Peter 3:17
January 13,
2008
“Different men
have different names, which they owe to their parents or to
themselves, that is, to their own pursuits and achievements.
But our great pursuit, the great name we wanted, was to be
Christians, to be called Christians.”
---Gregory Nazianzus (330-389), early church father,
theologian, monastic
It was at Antioch that the believers were first called
Christians.
---Acts 11:26
January 14,
2008
“A failure is a man who has
blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.”
---Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), American writer
Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me---now let
me rejoice.
---Psalm 51:8 (a Psalm written by David regarding the time
Nathan the prophet came to confront him after David’s sin
with Bathsheba)
January 15,
2008
Nothing can
stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving
his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong
mental attitude.”
---Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third president of the U.S.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
---Philippians 4:13
January 16,
2008
“If you see the
President, tell him that whatever happens there will be no
turning back.”
---Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), American general and
eighteenth president of the U.S., in a letter before the
Battle of Cold Harbor, May, 1864
But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and
then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.
---Luke 9:62
January 17,
2008
“God does not
have a giant roulette wheel in the sky that determines our
destiny. He brings events and circumstances into our lives
that cause growth and maturity. God will certainly give us
what we need, but what He most wants to give us is Himself.
He longs for each one of us to be in a loving relationship
with Him.”
---Stephen Arterburn, in The God of Second Chances
Oh, that my people would listen to me! Oh, that Israel would
follow me, walking in my paths!
---Psalm 82:13
January 18,
2008
“I have found
life an enjoyable, enchanting, active, and sometime
terrifying experience, and I’ve enjoyed it completely. A
lament in one ear, maybe, but always a song in the other.”
---Sean O’Casey (1180-1964), playwright
You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have
taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy.
---Psalm 30:11
January 19,
2008
“This is the
definition of sin: the misuse of powers given us by God for
doing good, a use contrary to God’s commandments. On the
other hand, the virtue that God asks of us is the use of the
same powers based on a good conscience in accordance with
God’s command.”
---St. Basil the Great (ca. 329-379), Bishop, early church
father
Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.
---Romans 12:21
January 20,
2008
“You can become
blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a
different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s
just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.”
---Paulo Cohelo
This is the day the Lord has made.
---Psalm 118:24
January 21,
2008
“Prayer is no
absolute guarantee for spiritual awakening. But refusing to
pray is an absolute guarantee of missing the spiritual
renewal God desires for us.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
If my people who are called by my name will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their
wicked was, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their
sins and restore their land.
---II Chronicles 7:14
January 22,
2008
“Live every day
like it’s your last, ‘cause one day you’re gonna be right.”
---Ray Charles (1930-2004), pioneering American pianist and
jazz artist
Remind me that my days are numbered.
---Psalm 39:4
January 23,
2008
“Do not hold
all the transgressions of your servants against them, but
purify us by your truth, and so guide our footsteps that by
walking in holiness and justice and simplicity of heart we
may do what is good and pleasing in your sight and in the
sight of our leaders.”
---From the letter to the Corinthians by Saint Clement I,
the first of the apostolic fathers, writing ca. 90-100 A.D.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be
pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
---Psalm 19:14
January 24,
2008
“Adversity
introduces a man to himself.”
---Anonymous
Look upon my suffering and rescue me, for I have not
forgotten your instructions.
---Psalm 119:153
January 25,
2008
“We cannot do
everything at once, but we can do something at once.”
---Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th president of the U.S.
This one thing I do…
---Philippians 3:13
January 26,
2008
“Don’t think
that the way you are today is the way you’ll always be.”
---Vince Dooley, football coach
All I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will
know everything with perfect clarity.
---I Corinthians 13:12
January 27,
2008
“I have made
this a rather long letter since I haven’t had time to make
it shorter.”
---Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician and
philosopher
A truly wise person uses few words.
---Proverbs 17:27
January 28,
2008
“Always make a
total effort, even when the odds are against you.”
---Arnold Palmer, golfer
Make every effort to live a pure and blameless life.
---II Peter 3:14
January 29,
2008
What, I ask, is
more wonderful than the beauty of God? What desire is as
urgent and overpowering as the desire implanted by God in a
soul that is completely purified of sin and cries out in its
love: I am wounded by love? The radiance of the divine
beauty is altogether beyond the power of words to describe.”
---St. Basil, the great (ca.329-379), bishop, early church
father
The purpose of my teaching is that all believers would be
filled with love that comes form a pure heart, a clear
conscience, and a genuine faith.
---I Timothy 1:5
January 30,
2008
“You don’t have
to get it perfect---you just have to get it going. Babies
don’t walk the first time they try, but eventually they do.”
---Mark Victor Hansen, Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul
You have been believers so long now that you ought to be
teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you
again the basic things about God’s word.
---Hebrews 5:12
January 31,
2008
“If we’ve got
the stuff in us, if we’re dead earnest about it, it finds
its own way of getting out.”
---Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American author
Preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about.
I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I
didn’t preach the Good News!
---I Corinthians 9:16
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