“If there is no
God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else
matters!”
---H.G. Wells (1866-1940), English writer
In the beginning God…
---Genesis 1:1
May 2, 2007
“Believe that
life is worth living and your belief will help create the
fact.”
---William James (1842-1910), psychologist and philosopher
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be
glad in it.
---Psalm 118:24
May 3, 2007
“God likes to
see His people shut up to this: That there is no hope but in
prayer.”
---Andrew Bonar (1810-1892), Scottish preacher and author
This kind can be cast out only by prayer.
---Mark 9:29
May 4, 2007
“I am always
busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always
well.”
---Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), American social
activist
My Father is always working, and so am I.
---John 5:17
May 5, 2007
“Every man’s
life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done
with, and the future is uncertain.”
---Marcus Aurelius (121-180), Roman emperor
Let all that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord as
long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my dying
breath.
---Psalm 146:1
May 6, 2007
“Who falls for
love of God shall rise a star.”
---Ben Johnson (1572-1637), English playwright
All the Christians who have died will rise from their
graves.
---I Thessalonians 4:16
May 7, 2007
“The man who
trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself
away.”
---Charles Schwab
Our purpose is to please God not people.
---I Thessalonians 2:4
May 8, 2007
“Beginning
today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be
dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and
understanding you can muster, and do so with no thought of
any reward. Your life will never be the same again.”
---Og Mandino, (1923-1996), author of The Greatest Salesman
in the World
We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s
Good News but our own lives, too.
---I Thessalonians 2:8
May 9, 2007
“Lord, if any
have to die this day, let it be me, for I am ready.”
---Billy Bray (1794-1868), Methodist preacher
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
---Philippians 1:21
May 10, 2007
“I’ve always
believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.
I don’t do things half-heartedly, because I know if I do,
then I can expect half-hearted results.”
---Michael Jordan, basketball player
---Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive
his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be
ashamed…
---II Timothy 2:15
May 11, 2007
“Risk more than
others think is safe.
Care more than others think is wise.
Dream more than others think is practical.
Expect more than others think is possible.”
---Claude T. Bissell (1916-2000), Canadian author and
educator
--- (9) We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his
will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.
(10) Then the way you live will always honor and please the
Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit.
---Colossians 1:9-10
May 12, 2007
“What we can or
cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is
rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely
a function of our beliefs about who we are.
----Anthony Robbins
You are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy
nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show
others the goodness of God…
---I Peter 2:9
May 13, 2007
“Watch your
thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.”
---Frank Outlaw
(8) Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and
right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable, Think about
things that are excellent and worthy of praise, (9) Keep
putting into practice all you learned and received from me…
---Philippians 4:8-9
May 14, 2007
“The nearest
way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought
to be.”
---Socrates (469-399 B.C.), Greek philosopher
And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like
him as we are changed into his glorious image.
---II Corinthians 3:18
May 15, 2007
“Speak when you
are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever
regret.”
---Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), American writer
Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
---Proverbs 29:11
May 16, 2007
“It is never
too late to be who you might have been.”
---George Hebert, (1593-1633), English poet and Anglican
priest
When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one,
beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the
middle of the crowd with the woman. (10) Then Jesus stood up
again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers?
Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” (11) No, Lord,” she
said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
---John 8:9-11
May 17, 2007
“Faith is to
believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith
is to see what you believe.”
---St. Augustine, (354-436), early church theologian and
pastor
I know this: I was blind but now I see.
---John 9:25
May 18, 2007
“If you don’t
make up your mind, your unmade mind will unmake you.”
---E. Stanley Jones, (1884-1973), Methodist missionary and
theologian
Choose you this day whom you will serve…As for me and my
family, we will serve the Lord.”
---Joshua 24:15
May 19, 2007
“Our vision
controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act…The
vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and the
opportunities we see or don’t see.”
---Charles Koch, executive
The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to
the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send
more workers into his fields.
---Luke 10:2
May 20, 2007
“God hates
arrogance. He hates arrogance because we haven’t done
anything to be arrogant about. Do art critics give awards to
the canvas? Is there a Pulitzer for ink? Can you imagine a
scalpel growing smug after a successful heart transplant? Of
course not. They are only tools, so they get no credit for
the accomplishments.
---Max Lucado, minister, author
I hate pride and arrogance.
---Proverbs 8:13
May 21, 2007
“Anger is the
most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about,
and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one
against whom it is directed.”
---Carl Sandburg (1876-1967), American author, poet
Don’t sin by letting anger gain control of you.
---Psalm 4:4
May 22, 2007
“If you get
tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome
fatigue.”
---Pat Riley, basketball coach
We no have this light shining in our hearts, but we
ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great
treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from
God, not from ourselves.
---II Corinthians 4:7
May 23, 2007
“The common
idea that success spoils people by making them vain,
egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary
it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and
kind.”
---W. Somerset Maugham, (1874-1965), British novelist,
playwright, short story writer
May the Lord our God show us his approval and make our
efforts successful.
---Psalm 90:17
May 24, 2007
“You can never
plan the future by the past.”
---Edmund Burke, (1729-1797), Irish political thinker
The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand
everything along the way?”
---Proverbs 20:24
May 25, 2007
“Whom should we
love, if not Him who loved us, and gave Himself for us?”
---Augustus Toplady, (1740-1778), hymn writer
A third time he asked him, “Simon, son of John, do you love
me?” Peter was hurt that Jesus asked the question a third
time. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know I love
you.”
---John 21:17
May 26, 2007
“The future
just ain’t what it used to be.”
---Yogi Berra, former catcher and manager in major league
baseball
I am trusting in you, O Lord, saying, “You are my God!” My
future is in your hands.
---Proverbs 31:14-15
May 27, 2007
“A bone to the
dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog,
when you are just as hungry as the dog.”
---Jack London
(3)Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of
Christ Jesus. (9) And because I preach this Good News, I am
suffering and have been chained like an animal. But the word
of God cannot be chained. (10) So I am willing to endure
anything if it will bring salvation and eternal glory in
Christ Jesus to those God has chosen.
---II Timothy 2:3, 9-10
May 28, 2007
“The legacy of
heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of
a great example.”
---Benjamin Disraeli, (1804-1881), twice Prime minister of
England
We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a
wicked person rots away.
---Proverbs 10:7
May 29, 2007
“We would
accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as
impossible.”
---Vince Lombardi, (1913-1970), legendary football coach
“If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could
say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it
would move. Noting would be impossible.”
---Matthew 17:20
May 30, 2007
“Mama wanted me
to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and preachin’ were a
lot alike.”
---Coach Paul Bear Bryant
Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his
approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be
ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.
---II Timothy 2:15
May 31, 2007
“Happiness is
when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in
harmony.”
---Mahatma Gandhi, (1869-1948), political and spiritual
leader of India
Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from
me---everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the
God of peace will be with you.
---Philippians 4:9
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