
We often become mentally and spiritually barren because we’re so busy.
From Proverbs 21:5: “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.”

We often become mentally and spiritually barren because we’re so busy.
From Proverbs 21:5: “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.”

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.
You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.

Christ has not abandoned us in our storms, but instead is intimately involved, using them for our ultimate benefit.
From Matthew 14:22-24: “Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds. And after He had dismissed the crowds, He went up the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone, but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land, for the wind was against them.”

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

The greatest character trait you can provide your spouse and your family is moral and ethical self-control.
From James 21:22-24: “But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.”

Teach a man a rule and you help him solve a problem; teach a man to walk with God and you help him solve the rest of his life.
From John 13:14-15: “So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”

No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves.

A heartless Christian must be a terrible grief to our Lord. Are you in the direct line of intercession of our Lord and the Holy Spirit?
From Romans 8:26-27: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
From Matthew 5:43-44: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

As believers, we seldom call ourselves “servants of Christ,” but that is exactly what the Lord tells us to be.
From Matthew 20:26-28: “It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”