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“It’s easy to love people far away. It is not always easy to
love those close to us…Bring love into your home, for this
is where our love for each other must start.”
---Mother Teresa (1910-1997), founder of the Missionaries of
Charity
We love each other as a result of his first loving us.
---I John 4:19 |
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“On the plains of hesitation bleach the bones of countless
millions who, at the dawn of victory, sat down to wait.”
---George Cecil (1891-1970), poet
So David asked the Lord again and again the Lord replied,
“Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the
Philistines.” So David and his men went to Keilah.
---I Samuel 23: 4-5 |
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“There is a way to look at the past. Don’t hide from it. It
will not catch you---if you don’t repeat it.”
---Pearl Bailey (1919-1990), Singer and actress
“As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
---Proverbs 26:11 |
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“Let us live so as to be worthy of that great grace, and not
do injury to it. So mighty is the physician who has come to
us that he has healed all our sins! If we choose to be sick
once again, we will not only harm ourselves, but show
ingratitude to the physician as well.”
---St. Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo
With my whole heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will
give you glory to your name forever, for your love for me is
very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death.
---Psalm 86: 12-13 |
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“Often the difference between a successful man and a failure
is not one’s better abilities or ideas, but the courage that
one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk---and
to act.”
---Maxwell Maltz (1899-1975), American cosmetic surgeon and
author of Pscho-Cybernetics
One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting,
the Holy Spirit said, “Dedicate Barnabas and Saul for the
special work to which I have called them.” So after more
fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and
sent them on their way.
---Acts 13:2-3 |
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“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have
time to do it over?”
---Unknown
Make our efforts successful.
---Psalm 90:17 |
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“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”
---Ovid (43 BCE.-17or 18 C.E.) Roman poet
I will give you rest.
---Exodus 33:14 |
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“If someone listens, or stretches out a hand, or whispers a
kind word of encouragement, or attempts to understand a
lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen.”
---Loretta Girzartis
Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight.
How she praised God!
---Luke 13:13 |
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“The heart has reasons that reason does not know.”
---Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, religious
philosopher
Lord, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I
don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome
for me to grasp.
---Psalm 131:1 |
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“I have had more trouble with myself than with any other
person I have ever met.’
---Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), Evangelist
I have discovered this principle of life---that when I want
to do what is right, I inevitable do what is wrong.
---Romans 7:21 |
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“What can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love
your family.”
---Mother Teresa
Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love
each other.
---John 13:34 |
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“Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men! Do not
pray for tasks equal to your powers, pray for powers equal
to your tasks.”
---Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), Minister
I prayed to the Lord and he answered me. He freed me from
all my fears. Those who look to him for help will be radiant
with joy.
---Psalm 34:4-5 |
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“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no
recipe for living that suits all cases.”
---Carl Jung (1875-1961), Carl Jung
Help me understand the meaning of your commandments, and I
will meditate on your wonderful deeds.
---Psalm 119:27 |
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“Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is
gone, the future is not here, and if we do not go back to
ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with
life.”
---Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk
Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am
trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to
you.
---Psalm 144:8-9 |
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“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning
back. That is the point that must be reached.”
Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
Anyone who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is
not fit for the Kingdom of God.
---Luke 9:62 |
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“Lord, you have renewed the face of the earth. Your Church
throughout the world sings you a new song, announcing your
wonders to all. Through a virgin, you have brought forth a
new birth in our world; through your miracles, a new power;
through your suffering, a new patience; in your
resurrection, a new hope, and in your ascension, new
majesty.”
---From The Liturgy of the Hours, Vol. IV, p.969
I sing a new song to the Lord,
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
O sing to the Lord, bless his name.
---Psalm 96:1 |
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The moment I realized God existed, I knew that I could not
do otherwise than to live for Him Alone…Faith strips the
mask from the world and renders meaningless such words as
anxiety, danger and fear, so the believer goes through life
calmly and peacefully, with profound joy---like a child,
hand and hand with his mother.”
---Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916), Catholic priest and
monastic, founder of The Little Brothers of Christ,
assassinated while ministering in Algiers
I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no
longer cries for its mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child
is my soul within me. O Israel put your hope in the Lord,
now and always.
---Psalm 131:2-3 |
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“Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t
go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so
the kids won’t laugh at you.”
---Jim Rohn
Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and
the door will be opened to you.
---Matthew 7:7 |
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“The whole of the spiritual life consists of these two
elements. When we think of ourselves we are perturbed and
filled with a salutary sadness. And when we think of the
Lord, we are revived to find consolation in the joy of the
Holy Spirit. From the first we derive fear and humility,
from the second hope and love.”
---St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), founder of the
reforming Cistercian order of the church
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your
sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the
place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things
of heaven, not the things of earth.
---Colossians 3:1-2 |
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“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have
never been in bed with a mosquito.”
---Betty Reese, author
If you had faith as small as a mustard seed, you could say
to this mulberry tree, “May you be uprooted and thrown into
the sea,” and it would obey you!
---Luke 17:6. |
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“As much as we might want to, we cannot write others’ life
stories; each must live their own life and so write their
own story. All we can do is point them to the good and right
and hope they write well.”
---David B.Whitlock, Ph.D.
Oh, my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor
pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is
fully developed in your lives.
---Galatians 4:19 |
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“Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation.”
---Andrew Murray
---Jeremiah 29:11
I will bless you with a future filled with hope---a future
of success, not of suffering.
---Jeremiah 29:11 (Contemporary English Version) |
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“Peace is simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility
of soul, the bond of love. Peace means order, harmony in our
whole being; it means continual contentment springing from
the knowledge of a good conscience; it is the holy joy of a
heart in which God reigns. Peace is the way of perfection,
indeed in peace is perfection to be found.”
---St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), Catholic priest,
mystic
May God give you peace.
---Ephesians 6:23 |
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“Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere.”
---David Livingstone (1813-1873) pioneer medical missionary
I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
---Matthew 28:20 |
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“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly
themselves and not to twist them to fit our own image.”
---Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Trappist monk of the Abby of
Gethsemani, Kentucky
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or
proud or rude. It does not demand its own way.
---I Corinthians 13:4-5 |
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“One man succeeds in everything, and so loses all. Another
meets with nothing but crosses and disappointments, and
thereby gains more than all the world is worth.”
---William Law (1686-1761), professor, minister, author
And what shall you benefit if you gain the whole world but
lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
---Matthew 16:26 |
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“We gain a sense of accomplishment to the degree that we are
willing to pay the necessary price to make our dreams come
true.”
---David B. Whitlock, Ph.D.
Seek first the kingdom of God and all these other things
will be added unto you.
---Matthew 6:33 |
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“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.
When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom
like flowers.”
---Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and writer
Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that
area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good
News about the Kingdom…He said to the disciples, “The
harvest is great, but the workers are few.”
---Matthew 9:35, 37 |
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“We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start
out using them and they end up using us.”
---Eugene H. Peterson, minister, author
From a wise mind comes wise speech; the words of the wise
are persuasive.
---Proverbs 16:23 |
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“Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls, he may
find you occupied.”
---St. Jerome (347-420), pastor, apologist,
If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to
fall.
---I Corinthians 10:12 |
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