“Men acquire a
particular quality by constantly acting a particular way…You
become just by performing just actions, temperate by
performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave
actions.”
---Aristotle, (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher
Oh, that my actions would consistently reflect your decrees!
---Psalm 119:5
October 2, 2007
“My success, in
part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few
things.”
---Bill Gates, American entrepreneur
I focus on this one thing…
---Philippians 3:13
October 3, 2007
“Prayer is the
foundation undergirding all mission strategies.”
---Unkown
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.”
---Matthew 9:37
October 4, 2007
“Passion is
energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what
excites you.”
---Oprah Winfrey, host of the Oprah Winfrey Show
Passion for your house has consumed me…
---Psalm 69:9
October 5, 2007
“We have no
right to ask when sorrow comes, ‘Why did this happen to me?’
unless we ask the same question for every moment of
happiness that comes our way.”
---Unknown
Jesus asked, “Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other
nine? Has no one returned to give glory to God except this
foreigner? And Jesus said to the man, “Stand up and go. Your
faith has healed you.”
---Luke 17:17-19
October 6, 2007
"Never forget
that God knows you better than you know yourself, and He
knows what's best for you. God knows your weaknesses and He
knows your strengths. He knows your fears and He knows your
hopes. God will never mislead you or do you harm.
---From God is in the Hard Stuff, by Bruce Bickel and Stan
Jantz
For I know the plans I have for you." says the Lord. "They
are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a
future and a hope."
---Jeremiah 29:11
October 7, 2007
“The Psalms
(the prayer book Jesus used)…confirm that we can know God’s
presence at all times only if we set aside certain times for
prayer.”
---Arthur Paul Boers, professor of theology quoted in
Praying with the Church by Scot McKnight
Seven times a day I praise you because of your righteous
judgments.
---Psalm 119:164
October 8, 2007
“It you don’t
make a total commitment to whatever you’re doing, then you
start looking to bail out the first time the boat start
leaking. It’s tough enough getting that boat to shore with
everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts
putting his jacket on.”
---Lou Holtz, football coach, television spots commentator
Jesus told them, “Anyone who put a hand to the plow and then
looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”
---Luke 9:62
October 9, 2007
“We are all
healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all
patients in constant need of help.”
---Fr. Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), Dutch Catholic priest and
writer
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort
others.
---II Corinthians 1:4
October 10,
2007
“Yesterday is
history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift. That is
why we call it the present!”
---Unknown
This is the day the Lord has make. We will rejoice and be
glad in it.
---Psalm 118:24
October 11,
2007
“The unexamined
life is not worth living.”
---Socrates, (470 B.C.-399. B.C.) Greek philosopher
Examine yourselves to see if your faith is really genuine.
---II Corinthians 13:5
October 12,
2007
“When we are
most helpless, God is most real.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right
time.
---Romans 5:6
October 13,
2007
“It is no great
thing to be humble when you are brought low, but to be
humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.”
---Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), monastic reformer
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but a person is
tested by being praised.
---Proverbs 27:21
October 14,
2007
“There is
nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should
not be done as all.”
---Peter F. Drucker, business strategist and author
Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas…
---I Timothy 4:7
October 15,
2007
“The first step
to peace of mind is to resign as General Manager of the
Universe.”
---Fr. Anthony de Mello, (1931-1987), Jesuit priest and
psychotherapist
Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I
don’t concern myself with matters too awesome for me to
grasp.
---Psalm 131:1
October 16,
2007
“Any woman who
understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to
understanding the problems of running a country.”
---Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister
Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more
precious than rubies.
---Proverbs 31:10
October 17,
2007
“Force may make
hypocrites, but it can never make converts.”
---William Penn (1644-1718), English Quaker, founder of
Pennsylvania
“It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
---Zechariah 4:6
October 18,
2007
“A rock pile
ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man
contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a
cathedral.”
---Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), aviator, author
The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the construction
supervisors, who hired masons and carpenters to restore the
Temple of the Lord. They also hired metalworkers, who made
articles of iron and bronze for the Lord’s Temple.
---II Chronicles 24:12
October 19,
2007
“Until he
extends his circle of love to all living things, man will
not himself find peace.”
---Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), theologian,
philosopher, physician, musician
Love your enemies!
---Luke 6:35
Love your neighbor as yourself.
---Luke 10:27
The godly are concerned for the welfare of their animals…
---Proverbs 12:10
October 20,
2007
“I shall know
why, when the time is over.”
---Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), American poet
Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but
then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I
know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know
everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
---I Corinthians 13:12
October 21,
2007
“We must not
grow weary of doing little things for the love of God, who
does not look on the size of the work, but on the love in
it.”
---Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c.1605-1691)
Christian mystic, in The Practice of the Presence of God
Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that
nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.
---I Corinthians 15:58
October 22,
2007
“You cannot
shake hands with a clenched fist.”
---Indira Gandhi, Indian Prime Minister
Work hard at living in peace with others.
---Psalm 34:14
October 23,
2007
“Many of us
feel low at points. We find resisting temptation difficult.
We are frightened by the thought of suffering and death. It
is here that the doctrine of the incarnation has a vital
contribution to make. Through Christ, God knows what it is
like to be tempted. He knows what it is like to suffer. When
we pray in such situations, we don’t have to explain to God
what it is like---he already knows.
---Alister McGrath, professor of theology, Regent College,
Vancouver, B.C.
In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with
God, and the Word was God…And the Word became human and made
his home among us.
---John 1:1,14
October 24,
2007
“Success is the
sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
---Robert Collier (1885-1950), author, publisher
Continue to live in fellowship with Christ so that when he
returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back
from him in shame.
---I John 2:28
October 25,
2007
“The secret of
winning football games is working more as a team, less as
individuals. I play not my eleven best but my best eleven.”
---Knute Rockne (1888-1932), regarded as “American
football’s most-renowned coach”
We work together as partners who belong to God.
---I Corinthians 3:9
October 26,
2007
“In the long
run, men hit only what they aim at.”
---Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American author
Our aim is to please him always…
---II Corinthians 5:9
October 27,
2007
“People in
distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to
a solution that is not.”
---Neil Postman, (1931-2003), professor at New York
University, humorist, author
For it was I, the Lord your God, who rescued you from the
land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with
good things. But, no, my people wouldn’t listen. Israel did
not want me around. So I let them follow their own stubborn
desires, living according to their own ideas.
---Psalm 81:10-11
October 28,
2007
“A lie has
speed, but truth has endurance.”
---Edgar J. Mohn, author, speaker
Truth stands the test of time; lies are soon exposed.
---Proverbs 12:19
October 29,
2007
“Each day of
our lives, we make deposits in the memory bank of our
children.”
---Chuck Swindoll, minister, author
You must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands
that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to
your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when
you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you
are getting up.
---Deuteronomy 6:4
October 30,
2007
“The food that
enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that
enters the body.”
---Patrick Buchanan, politician, author
It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are
defiled by what comes from your heart.
---Mark 7:15
October 31,
2007
One need not be
a chamber to be haunted;
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place.
---Emily Dickinson, (1830-1886), American poet
A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who
had been freed from the demons. He was sitting at Jesus’
feet, fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all
afraid.
---Luke 8:35
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