When was the last time you thanked the Lord for not showing you the future? Just think of all the stuff you didn’t have to worry about just because you never knew it was coming your way.
From Psalm 31:14-15: “But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.”
What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God’s way of pointing you in a new direction.
Doubt means don’t. Don’t move. Don’t answer. Don’t rush forward.
An iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
I guess first and foremast I’d like to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not goodness, nor honesty, nor endeavor, but real solid sin; that is all He can take from us. And what does He give in exchange for our sin? Real solid righteousness.
From Galatians 2:20: “And it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
Memories were the markers of the journey through life. It was necessary to know where you had come from. Only then could you know where you were going.
Success should always be just beyond your grasp.
The closer we are to the Shepherd, the safer we are from the wolves.
From Isaiah 43:2-3: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened.
From 1 Timothy 2:2-4: “So that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
Work hard. Be humble, and I think that will serve you well in life.
There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.
There is nothing more important in any life than the constantly enjoyed presence of the Lord. For without it we shall make mistakes, and without it we shall be defeated.
From Psalm 139:7-10: “Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.”
When we touch the bedrock of the reality of the Gospel in God, we shall never bother God any further with little personal plaints.
From 1 Corinthians 1:17: “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.”
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