Our ultimate aim in life is not to be healthy, wealthy, prosperous, or problem free. Our ultimate aim in life is to bring glory to God.
From Psalm 86:12: “I give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify Your name forever.”
I’m always thinking one step ahead. Like a carpenter that makes stairs.
I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.
Andy Bernard is a character from the American comedy television series “The Office.” Actor Ed Helms (born 1974) plays the role of Andy.
My middle name really is perseverance. Maybe people need to have that kind of particular core driving them.
I believe staying young at heart is all in one’s personal attitude . . . you can’t instill that in anyone.
Rita Moreno (born 1931) is a Puerto Rican-born American actress, dancer, and singer. In 1961, she received an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress in “West Side Story.” During her long and distinguished career, she has received awards for her television, theatrical, and musical works.
God’s voice isn’t all that difficult to hear. It’s right there, ink on paper. Count on it–that book will never lead you astray.
From Psalm 38:15: “But it is for you, O Lord, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.”
The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members.
The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
American writer and novelist, Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), spent much of her early life in China as a missionary. She was widely heralded for her book, THE GOOD EARTH, which was published in 1931. She garnered the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and later the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938.
Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
From Matthew 4:1-4: “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to Him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But He answered, ‘It is written, One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
Billy Sunday (1862-1935) was an American baseball player during the early years of professional baseball. Fortunately for believers and nonbelievers, Sunday later became one of the most influential evangelists in America during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Blessed dare the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune.
Peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of God.
From John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”
When it’s too difficult to keep swimming, float.
It’s so easy to look around and notice what’s wrong. It takes practice to see what’s right.
Melody Beattie (born 1948) is an American author. From her own life experiences, she has written several self-help books.
Burn your bridges behind you, and stand committed to God by your own act . . . make your decisions in the light of the high hour.
From John 12:35-36: “Jesus said to them, ‘The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.'”
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