“Sometimes
you’ve just got to believe in yourself, grab the bull by the
horns and hope everything turns out lemons.”
---Dallas Stewart, trainer for the horse, Lemons Forever, at
the 2006 Kentucky Oaks. At 47-1, Lemons Forever became the
longest shot ever to win in the 132-year history of the
Kentucky Oaks.
Then the Lord told Gideon, “With these three hundred men I
will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites.
Send all the others home.”
---Judges 7:7
June 2, 2006
“Achievement
comes to someone when he is able to do great things for
himself. Success comes when he empowers followers to do
great things with him. Significance comes when he develops
leaders to do great things for him. But a legacy is created
only when a person puts his organization into the position
to do great things without him.”
---John Maxwell, speaker and author on leadership
“The truth is, anyone who believes in me will do the same
works I have done, and even greater works, because I am
going to be with the Father.
---John 14:12
“I am telling you these things now while I am still with
you. (26) But when the Father sends the Counselor as my
representative—and by the Counselor I mean the Holy
Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of
everything I myself have told you.”
---John 14: 25-26
June 3, 2006
“Human nature
is not fixed, and for this we should thank God day and
night! We are still capable of change. We can become
something other that what we are.”
---A.W.Tozer, (1897-1963), pastor and author
You were once in darkness, but now you are light in the
Lord. Walk as children of the light.
---Ephesians 5:8
June 4, 2006
“No game in the
world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with
cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result,
so cleanly defined.”
---Paul Gallico (1897-1976), sportswriter
God’s discipline is always right and good for us...
---Hebrews 12:10
June 5, 2006
“‘What is God’s
will for my life?’ is not the best question to ask. I think
the right question is simply, ‘What is God’s will?’ Once I
know God’s will, then I can adjust my life to him and His
purposes.
---Henry Blackaby
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who
sent me, and to finish His work.”
---John 4:34
June 6, 2006
“As a boss, my
style is to help set the strategy, then let the professional
people execute. They are the specialists, the day-to-day
managers.”
---Jim Baugh, president of Wilson Sporting Goods
So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in
spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way,
you imitated both us and the Lord. As a result, you
yourselves became an example to all the Christians in
Greece.
---I Thessalonians 1:6-7
June 7, 2006
“When there is
great love, there are always miracles.”
---Willa Cather (1873-1947), writer
“God publicly endorsed Jesus of Nazareth by doing wonderful
miracles, wonders, and signs through him.”
---Acts 2:22
---God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son,
that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have
everlasting life.
---John 3:16
June 8, 2006
“Half the
victory of winning relationships is simply being there in a
positive way. My dad never played football or ran track, but
he was at almost every one of my games and meets. What he
couldn’t teach me in technique he showed me in love. He
showed he cared.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
“Please come as soon as you can.”
---II Timothy 4:9
June 9, 2006
“An excellent
plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent
philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing
because plumbing is a humble activity, and tolerates
shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity,
will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither
its pipes nor its theories will hold water.”
---Dr. John W. Gardner (1912-2002), civic leader, activist,
author, and reformer
And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of
the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to
God the Father.
---Colossians 3:17
June 10, 2006
“An invincible
determination can accomplish almost anything.”
---Thomas Fuller
“Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord
spoke in that day…” (13), And Joshua blessed him, and gave
Hebron to Caleb… (14) Hebron therefore became the
inheritance of Caleb…
---Joshua 14:12-14
June 11, 2006
“Some people
may have the grades and popularity, but they are not the
best unless they have a positive attitude. Those with a
positive attitude are the real winners.”
---Mack R. Douglass in Making a Habit of Success
There must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and
attitudes.
---Ephesians 4:23
June 12, 2006
“Defeat never
comes to any man until he admits it.”
---Joseph Daniels
Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion;
they will not be defeated but will endure forever.
---Psalm 125:1
June 13, 2006
“I will let no
man control me by making me hate him.”
---Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), educator, reformer
“You have heard that the law of Moses says, ‘Love your
neighbor; and hate your enemy.’ (44) But I say, love your
enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!”
---Matthew 5: 43-44
June 14, 2006
“Some want to
live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to
run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.”
---C.T. Studd (1860-1931), English missionary to China,
India, and Africa
(11)The Pharisees were indignant. “Why does your teacher eat
with such scum?” they asked his disciples. (12) When he
heard this, Jesus replied, “Healthy people don’t need a
doctor—sick people do... (13) For I have come to call
sinners, not those who think they are already good enough.”
---Matthew 9:11-13
June 15, 2006
“Don’t curse
the darkness—light a candle.”
---Chinese proverb
Don’t hide your light under a basket! Instead, put it on a
stand and let it shine for all.
---Matthew 5:15
June 16, 2006
“It is
impossible to do nothing about Jesus Christ. Not to decide
for Him is to decide against Him, but decide we must.”
---Vance Havner
God is ready to help you right now. Today is the day of
salvation.
---II Corinthians 6:2
June 17, 2006
“Some people
are morning people. Some people are afternoon people. Some
people do their best work in the middle of the night.
Whatever the time of day that you do your best work, utilize
that time to tackle your most important projects. You’ll get
twice as much done in half the time with half the effort.”
---Jeffrey Mayer, author of Success is a Journey and
Time Management for Dummies, appearing on CNNfn
If you are too lazy to plow in the right season, you will
have no food at the harvest.
---Proverbs 20:4
June 18, 2006
“Having the
patience to know your own child is both a divine gift and
spiritual discipline.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
And now a word to you fathers. Don’t make your children
angry by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with
the discipline and instruction approved by the Lord.
---Ephesians 6:4
June 19, 2006
“Periodical
godliness is perpetual hypocrisy.”
---Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), English Baptist preacher
The path of the upright leads away from evil; whoever
follows that path is safe.
---Proverbs 16:17
June 20, 2006
“The easiest
way to find happiness in marriage is to nurture love in your
marriage partner.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
You husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ
showed the church.
---Ephesians 5:25
June 21, 2006
“I preached as
never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying
men.”
---Richard Baxter, (1615-1691), Puritan preacher
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for
necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach
the gospel!
---I Corinthians 9:16
June 22, 2006
“Show class,
have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes
care of itself.”
--- Paul “Bear” Bryant, (1913-1982) college football’s coach
who had the most wins with 323 victories, including six
national championships and 13 Southeastern Conference
championships
We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we
have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have
depended on God’s grace, not on our own earthly wisdom.
---II Corinthians 1:12
June 23, 2006
“It is
impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.A.”
---From the rejection slip for George Orwell’s Animal
Farm, published in 1945, now a classic of literature
Be persistent, whether the time is favorable or not.”
II Timothy 4:2
June 24, 2006
“There may be
some substitute for hard facts, but if there is, I have no
idea what it can be.”
---J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), American industrialist
Get the truth and don’t ever sell it.”
---Proverbs 23:24
June 25, 2006
“I make it a
point to cook and wait on tables, to spend time ‘in the back
of the house’ with the folks who do the work every day. I’ve
learned so much.”
---Julia Stewart, president and CEO of IHOP
Work hard and become a leader.
Proverbs 12:24
June 26, 2006
“Tomorrow’s joy
is fathered by today’s acceptance. Acceptance of what, at
least for the moment, you cannot alter.”
---Max Lucado, in God Came Near, p. 71
I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
---Philippians 4:11
June 27, 2006
“The legacy we
leave is determined by the life we lead.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
We all have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a
wicked person rots away.
---Proverbs 10:7
June 28, 2006
“The hidden
fountain behind wicked words is the corrupted heart.”
---John Chrysostom, (c. 344/354-407), early church father,
Bishop of Constantinople
A good person produces good deeds from a good heart, and an
evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart.”
---Luke 6:45
June 29, 2006
“Failure is the
condiment that gives success its flavor.”
---Truman Capote, (1924-1984), novelist, journalist
Peter remembered that the Lord had said, “Before the rooster
crows tomorrow morning, you will deny me three times.” And
Peter left the courtyard, crying bitterly.
---Luke 22:61-62
Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added
to the church---about three thousand in all.
---Acts 2:41
June 30, 2006
“Integrity
means doing the right thing. Lack of integrity can have
terrible consequences for any organization and any
endeavor.”
---William A Cohen, Ph.D., Major General, USAFR, Ret. In
The Art of the Leader
He grants a treasure of good sense to the godly. He is their
shield, protecting those who walk with integrity.
---Proverbs 2:7
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