The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail. Let’s make a long-term commitment to quality control. Let’s move out of the thick ranks of the mediocre and join the thin ranks of excellence.
From Ecclesiastes 3:22: “So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?”
We must never forget that God’s nature is uncompromisingly set against sin. We may tolerate it; He never.
From Psalm 2:5-6: “Then He will speak to them in His wrath and terrify them in His fury, saying, ‘I have set My king on Zion, My holy hill.'”
Selwyn Hughes (1928-2006) was a Welsh-born Christian minister and author. One of his best known works was the daily devotional EVERY DAY WITH JESUS.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
Orison Sweet Marden (1848-1924) was an American writer who shared words of inspiration and encouragement so that others could achieve success.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.
From Proverbs 22:4: “The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.”
We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. Immediately we abandon to God, and do the duty that lies nearest, He packs our life with surprises all the time.
From 1 John 3:2: Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when He is revealed, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.”
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.
Children are the most wonderful audience.
I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.
Emma Thompson (born 1959) is a British actress who has received countless honors for her film work. She has been honored with two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Primetime Emmy Award.
Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
Unless we remember we cannot understand.
E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster (1879-1970) was an English writer, who was best known for his novels.
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