It hurts to endure life’s trials, and it hurts worse to repeat such episodes. Over the long haul, God is honing us through such tests. Reducing us to an absolute, open-armed trust, where we say, “Lord, I have come to the end of my own flesh.”
From Psalm 9:9: “The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.”
I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being.
For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and society.
LeVar Burton (born 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He is well-recognized for his contributions to literacy because of his 23 years of hosting “Reading Rainbow” on American public television. His acting credits include the television miniseries “Roots” and television series “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Because He is gracious, God saves us on the basis of faith in His Son. Then He gives us a new nature empowered by the Holy Spirit who comes to live within each Christian.
From 1 Peter 1:3-5: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was an American astronomer and advocate of scientific inquiry.
Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always look about for the wine.
From Luke 22:19-20: “Then He took a loaf of bread, and when He had given thanks He broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is My body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.’ And He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.'”
Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) was a Scottish pastor and Christian theologian.
Let your dreams be bigger than your fears, your actions louder than your words, and your faith stronger than your feelings.
From Matthew 19:24-26: “‘Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.’ When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, ‘Then who can be saved?’ But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.'”
Nicky Gumbel (born 1955) is an English-born Anglican pastor and Christian author.
Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared.
Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American combat pilot, race car driver, and business executive. Born in Columbus Ohio, he became America’s top flying ace during World War I.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
From 1 Peter 5:5-6: “And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time.”
German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives. He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an English poet. Along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, they both helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.
Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.
From Proverbs 17:22: “A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.”
Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) was an American pastor and abolitionist.
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