Posts from 11/21-24/13

But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Luke 6:27

 You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.
- Michael Phelps

 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
- Romans 14:3

 In life you are either a passenger or a pilot, it's your choice.
- Author Unknown

 The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
- Plutarch

 You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis

 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
- 1 Peter 5:8-9

 We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future.
- Steve Maraboli

 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

 The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
- Zephaniah 3:17

Posts from 7/5-16/13

Sorry, I haven't done this in a while, I was on vacation.  So I will be starting from the past few days.

He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.
- 1 Samuel 2:9

 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
- Song of Solomon 8:6

 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
- Galatians 5:1

 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
- 1 Peter 2:13-15

 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
- Psalm 34:18

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
- James 4:7

 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Psalm 128:1

 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.
- Peter 5:8, 9

 Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.
- Proverbs 16:20

 Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
- Matthew 7:13, 14

Posts from 5/21-22/13

Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk.
- J.C. Penney

 Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
- Confucius

 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4

 At some point, the illusion breaks down and the opening for the start of the spiritual quest commences. The quest turns from without to within and the search for answers begins.
- David R. Hawkins

 If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
- Herman Hesse

 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32

 If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.
- C.S. Lewis

 The more I see, the less I know for sure.
- John Lennon

 The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise.
- Unknown

 The first step is you have to say that you can.
- Will Smith

 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
- 1 Peter 5:10

 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
- Proverbs 31:30

 We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
- Anais Nin

 Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is for you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
- Psalm 139:13-14