Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.
Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday.
Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) is an American author, philanthropist, and speaker.
Sometimes, we need a housecleaning of the heart.
From Ezekiel 36:26: “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”
Catherine Marshall (1914-1983) was an American author who wrote about Christian inspiration as well as other nonfiction and fiction works.
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
Alan Alda (born 1936) is an American actor, writer, and director. His is well-known for his role as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the award-winning sitcom of “M*A*S*H” from 1972-1983.
If you abandon to Jesus, and come when He says “Come,” He will continue to say “Come” through you; you will go into life reproducing the echo of Christ’s “Come.”
From Mark 1:17: “And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.'”
Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.
Put your hand into the hand of God. He gives the calmness and serenity of heart and soul.
From Isaiah 49:13: “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His suffering ones.”
Lettie B. Cowman (1870-1960) was an American writer of Christian devotional books.
Optimism is an essential ingredient of innovation.
Innovation is everything. When you’re on the forefront, you can see what the next innovation needs to be. When you’re behind, you have to spend your energy catching up.
Robert Noyce (1927-1990) was an American physicist and entrepreneur. Nicknamed the “Mayor of Silicon Valley”, he founded the Intel Corporation in 1968.
But by faith I see God and, inaudibly, I hear Him on a regular basis, reading Him written in the events of my life–whether it be the crushing blows that drive me to my knees or the joyous triumphs that send my heart winging.
From Matthew 28:20: “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I know); their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired many of his works.
There is no sin too great for God’s grace. There is no habit too big for His healing. There is no label too strong for His love.
From Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
Craig Groeschel (born 1967) is an America pastor and Christian author.
If words are seeds, let flowers grow from your mouth, not weeds.
If hearts are gardens, plant those flowers in the chest of the ones who exist around you.
R. H. Swaney is an American writer, who lives in South Dakota. His poetry emphasizes a relationship with the circle of life.
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