Posts from 3/13-16/14

Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
- Psalm 27:14

 Positive thinking won't let you do anything but it will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
- Zig Ziglar

 The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.
- Eli Khamarov

 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13

 Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through, one by one.
- Thomas Jones

 But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
- 1 Peter 3:15

 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
- Colossians 3:23, 24

 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.
- Deuteronomy 10:17

Posts from 3/28-29/13

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
- Albert Einstein
 
Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
- Bill Gates

 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
- Psalms 33:12

 I can accept failure but I can't accept not trying.
- Michael Jordan

 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
- Jonathan Swift

 Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Gerard Way

 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
- Colossians 3:12

 You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can't have it.
- Robert Anthony

 You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.
- James Allen

 Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.
- Richard Bach

 And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" And some of the bystanders hearing it said, "Behold, he is calling Elijah." And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down." And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
- Mark 15:33-39

 Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
- Esther Lederer - (Better known as Ann Landers)

 You will never win if you never begin.
- Robert Schuller

 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 15:13

 Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing. It's when you've had everything to do and you've done it.
- Margaret Thatcher

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
- Galatians 5:22-23

Posts from 2/22-25/13

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
- Galatians 6:9

 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
- Colossians 3:23-24

 And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:23

 The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed
- Henry Ford

 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 18:24

 The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
- Thomas J Peters

 It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
- Melody Beattie