“Let’s quit
fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world
to Christ.”
---Billy Sunday (1862-1935), evangelist and professional
baseball player
I solemnly urge you before God and before Christ
Jesus…Preach the word of God. Be persistent, whether the
time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and
encourage your people with good teaching.
---II Timothy 4:1-2
May 2, 2006
“Christianity
is flourishing wonderfully among the poor and persecuted,
while it atrophies among the rich and secure.”
---Phillip Jenkins, in The Next Christendom, The Coming of
Global Christianity, p.220
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God.
---Mark 10:25
May 3, 2006
“Home is a
place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to
get back to.”
---John Ed Pearce
“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At
home even the hired men have food enough to spare, and here
I am dying of hunger! I will go home…’”
---Luke 15:17-18
May 4, 2006
“Pray for great
things, expect great things, work for great things, but
above all, pray.”
---R.A. Torrey (1856-1928), American evangelist, pastor,
educator, and author
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to
pray and not lose heart.
---Luke 18:1
May 5, 2006
“Ain’t no man
can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to
be common.”
---Satchel Paige (1906-1982), pitcher in the “Negro Leagues”
as well as the Major Leagues of professional baseball and
considered to be one of the greatest pitchers of all time
You are a chosen people.
---I Peter 2:9
May 6, 2006
“As long as I
see any thing to be done for God, life is worth having; but
O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!”
---David Brainerd (1718-1747), pioneer missionary to North
American Indians
Everything else is worthless when compared with the
priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have
discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so
that I may have Christ and become one with him.
---Philippians 3:8-9
May 7, 2006
“I have a tip
that can take five strokes off anyone’s golf game: it’s
called an eraser.”
---Arnold Palmer (1929--) one of world’s greatest golfers
Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could
ever survive? But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn
to fear you.
---Psalm 130:3-4
May 8, 2006
"A principle
cannot be compromised but only adhered to or surrendered.
Honesty is abandoned as much by the theft of a dime as of a
dollar.”
---From Meditations on Freedom, by Leonard E. Reed.
The godly are directed by their honesty.
---Proverbs 11:5
May 9, 2006
“I asked God
‘why?’ He answered ‘I am.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Then Job replied to the Lord: “You ask, ‘Who is this that
questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I. And I was
talking about things I did not understand, things far too
wonderful for me.”
---Job 42:3
May 10, 2006
“When we are
young, we want experience. When we’ve gained experience, we
want energy.”
---Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British statesman and
author
Even in old age they (the godly) will still produce fruit;
they will remain vital and green.
---Psalm 92:14
May 11, 2006
“No one can
know what goes on in the soul of an afflicted person. No one
can know what secret inner ripening can come from suffering
and sorrow. All we know is that every individual’s life is
priceless—that each is dear to God.
---Christoph Probst (1919-1943), executed in Stadelheim
Prison for his anti-Nazi efforts
Come and show me your mercy, as you do for all who love your
name.
---Psalm 119:132
May 12, 2006
“A man often
becomes disgusted when his wife doesn’t sparkle with romance
any more, not realizing that he killed that sparkle with his
hurtful ways.”
---From If Only He Knew, What No Woman Can Resist, by Gary
Smalley
Live happily with the woman you love.
---Ecclesiastes 9:9
May 13, 2006
“A man can be
as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and
have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the
competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the
little things in life and pay the price for the things that
are worthwhile, it can be done.”
---Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), football coach, named by ESPN
in 2000 as the Coach of the Century
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward
me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they
all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
---I Corinthians 15:10
May 14, 2006
“A mother is
someone who if she holds you and sings your favorite song,
it will stop thundering.”
---little girl quoted by Paul Harvey
Don’t neglect your mother’s teaching.
---Proverbs 6:20
May 15, 2006
“Some of life’s
deepest valleys of disappointment and pain are in the course
of time, by the hand of the Lord, inverted into mountain
peaks of joy and happiness.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have
taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy.
---Psalm 30:11
May 16, 2006
“The meeting of
two personalities is like the contact of two chemical
substances: If there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
---Carl Jung (1875-1961), Psychologist
But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back.
I will go wherever you go and live wherever you live. Your
people will be my people, and your God will be my God.”(19)
So the two of them continued on their journey.
---Ruth 1:16, 19
May 17, 2006
“When you part
from your friend, you grieve not: For that which you love in
him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the
climber from the plain.”
---Kahil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-American philosophical
essayist, novelist, mystical poet
A friend is always loyal.
---Proverbs 17:17
May 18, 2006
“Just as God’s
laws are boundaries to keep believers in line, civil laws
are boundaries that keep all of us in line…Ultimately, God’s
laws are safeguards for our lives.”
---From Bonding with Your Teen through Boundaries, by June
Hunt
Submit yourselves to every human institution for the sake of
the Lord.
---I Peter 2:13
May 19, 2006
“Success is the
maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”
---Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker and author
Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other
administrators and princes. Because of his great ability,
the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
---Daniel 6:3
May 20, 2006
“Opportunity is
missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls
and looks like work.”
---Thomas Edison (1847-1931), inventor
Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd.
---Acts 3:12
May 21, 2006
“Obstacles
don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn
around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through
it, or work around it.”
---Michael Jordan, basketball player
We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether
they slander us or praise us.
---II Corinthians 6:8
May 22, 2006
"You may forget
those with whom you laughed, but you will never forget those
with whom you cried.”
---Anonymous
Then David bowed to Jonathan with his face to the ground.
Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and
said good-bye, especially David.
---I Samuel 20:41
May 23, 2006
“It is at the
intersection of fear and doubt that faith has its greatest
opportunity to move onto the avenue of victory.”
---David B.Whitlock, Ph.D.
“I do believe, but help me not to doubt.”
Mark 9:23
May 24, 2006
“I know the
price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting
devotion to the things you want to see happen.”
---Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect
Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty.
---Proverbs 14:23
May 25, 2006
“God doesn’t
just forgive, he forgets. He erases the board. He destroys
the evidence. He burns the microfilm. He clears the
computer.”
---From God Came Near, by Max Lucado
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.
---Psalm 103:12
May 26, 2006
“Success in
life is discovering what brings yourself and others the most
joy, and then having the courage to do it and the
determination to do it well.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the
Lord rather than for people.
---Ephesians 6:7
May 27, 2006
“To be a
Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has
forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
---C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), philosopher and writer
And forgive us our sins---just as we forgive those who have
sinned against us.
---Luke 11:4
May 28, 2006
“Without
regularly refreshing yourself with fun and childlike play,
you will get less and less done in more and more time.”
---Business management consultant Ann McGee-Cooper
So at last we arrived safely in Jerusalem, where we rested
for three days.
---Ezra 8:32
May 29, 2006
“Death leaves a
heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can
steal.”
---From a headstone in Ireland
I weep with grief; encourage me by your word.
---Psalm 119:28
May 30, 2006
“I like to have
qualified people in place, give them the resources they
need, and then get out of the way.”
---Alan Henderson, CEO of temporary medical staffing firm
RehabCare Group
Work hard and become a leader.
---Proverbs 12:24
May 31, 2006
“My theory of
hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit
it.”
---Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager
These things which you learned and received and heard and
saw in me, these do.
---Philippians 4:9
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