Charles Swindoll Quote

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What does it mean to be a person after God’s own heart?  Seems to me, it means that you are a person whose life is in harmony with the Lord.

From 2 Peter 1:5-7:  “For this very reason, you must make every effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.”

Bill Bright Quote

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Without the certainty of His resurrection, we would come to the end of this life without hope, with nothing to anticipate except despair and doubt.  But because He lives, we rejoice, knowing soon we will meet our Savior face to face, and the troubles and trials of this world will be behind us.

From John 16:31-33:  “Jesus answered them, ‘Do you now believe?  The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each one to his home, and you will leave me alone.  Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.  I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution.  But take courage; I have conquered the world!'”

Mount Rushmore Presidents Quotes

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Mount Rushmore National Monument is located in South Dakota’s Black Hills.  The sculptured figures of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln stand watch.  

George Washington (1789-1797)

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Charles Stanley Quote

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To flourish and grow, a person must be completely dependent on Christ for spiritual nutrition.  That involves drawing near to Him each morning through His Word and prayer and receiving His Grace all day long.

From Isaiah 55:6-7:  “Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that He may have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”

American Authors Quotes

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Harper Lee (1926-2016)

 

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.

Best known publication:  To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)

Oswald Chambers Quote

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Purity is not innocence, it is much more.  Purity is the outcome of sustained spiritual journey with God.  We have to grow in purity.

From Matthew 5:8:  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Mother Teresa Quote

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Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

From Colossians 3:12:  “As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”

Charles Stanley Quote

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What greater joy could we have than to see our sons and daughters walking with Jesus, not just in the early years but even after they grow up and leave home?

From Matthew 4:19-22:  “And He said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’  Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.  As He went from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and He called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.”