Monday, May 27, 2024

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.”

“No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”

Pray all the time. If necessary, use words."- Max Lucado.

Let's fix our eyes on Jesus. Perhaps in seeing Him, we will see what we can become!"Max Lucado.

God doesn’t love us less if we fail or more if we succeed."Max Lucado.

If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God."

God's mercies are new every morning. Receive them."- Max Lucado.

His goal is not to get you what you want; it is to get you what you need."- Max Lucado,'God's Inspirational Promises'.

If we trust God more, we can fear less."- Max Lucado.

What you think of Jesus Christ will thoroughly color how you think about everything else."- Max Lucado.

Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God."Max Lucado.

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill."

And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.”

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.”

God never measures the mind… He always put His tape measure in the HEART”

Do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.”💟

Wherever the providence of God may dump us down, in a slum, in a shop, in the desert, we have to labour along the line of His direction. Never allow this thought—“I am of no use where I am,” because you certainly can be of no use where you are not! Wherever He has engineered your circumstances, pray.

Prayer is not a question of altering things externally, but of working wonders in a man’s disposition.

Never consider whether you are of use; but ever consider that you are not your own but His.

The aim of the missionary is to do God’s will, not to be useful, not to win the heathen; he IS useful and he DOES win the heathen, but that is not his aim.  His aim is to do the will of his Lord. 

You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.😘

Am I becoming more and more in love with God as a holy God, or with the conception of an amiable Being who says, “Oh well, sin doesn’t matter much”?

The one and only characteristic of the Holy Ghost in a man is a strong family likeness to Jesus Christ, and freedom from everything that is unlike Him. Are we prepared to set ourselves apart for the Holy Spirit’s ministrations in us?

There are no ‘ifs’ in God’s Kingdom. His timing is perfect. His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in Your will! Don’t let me go mad by poking about outside it.”

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.” Corrie Ten Boom

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog — the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.”

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”

t is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us “go.”

After we have been perfectly related to God in sanctification, our faith has to be worked out in actualities. We shall be scattered, not into work, but into inner desolations and made to know what internal death to God’s blessings means. Are we prepared for this?

Sometimes there is nothing to obey, the only thing to do is to maintain a vital connection with Jesus Christ, to see that nothing interferes with that.  Only occasionally do we have to obey.

Many of us are loyal to our notions of Jesus Christ, but how many of us are loyal to Him?. . .Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.

We put sensitive loyalty to relatives in place of loyalty to Jesus Christ and Jesus has to take the last place. In a conflict of loyalty, obey Jesus Christ at all costs.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.

The meaning of prayer is that we get hold of God, not of the answer.

Get into the habit of saying, “Speak, Lord,” and life will become a romance

Everyday is a second chance. Unknown

Success comes to those who become success conscious.” Napoleon Hill

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge, both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.” Napoleon Hill

Most great people have achieved their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” Napoleon Hill

You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.” – Joyce Meyer

You have to make the rules, not follow them.” – Issac Newton

No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien

If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain

God is always more interested in why we do something than in what we do. Attitudes count more than achievements.”  (The Purpose Driven Life) Rick Warren

“I don’t know the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone.”  

“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.” 

“Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)

“Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye…”  

“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD”  

“If you have ever said, “I didn’t get anything out of worship today,” you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn’t for you. It’s for God. ” 

“The deepest level of worship is praising God in spite of pain, trusting Him during a trial, surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.”✝️

If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you’re available.”  

Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)

When we are abandoned to God, He works through us all the time. Oswald Chambers

Our Lord’s words come home most when He talks in the most simple way. . .Many today are spending and being spent in work for Jesus Christ, but they do not walk with Him. . .Live a natural life of absolute dependence on Jesus Christ.

If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He does not ask you to put it right; He asks you to accept the light, and He will put it right.

Faith

We begin our Christian life by believing what we are told to believe, then we have to go on to so assimilate our beliefs that they work out in a way that redounds to the glory of God. The danger is in multiplying the acceptation of beliefs we do not make our own.

Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things. Joe Paterno

Miracles happen to those who believe in them. Bernhard Berenson

One small positive thought can change your whole day. Zig Ziglar

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached. Swami Vivekananda

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus

How high you fly is derived from how big you think. Robin Sharma

Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life. Charlie Brown💜

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try. John F. Kennedy

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment. Horace

Joy is not in things; it is in us. Richard Wagner

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. Anthony J. D’Angelo

Be the light in the dark, be the calm in the storm and be at peace while at war. Mike Dolan

This could be the best week of your life. Layah Heilpern

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. Elbert Hubbard

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life. Mark Twain

Even though you’re fed up, you gotta keep your head up. Tupac Shakur💙

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. Michael Jordan

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. Winston Churchill

Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever. Walt Disney

Light tomorrow with today. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If you don’t like something change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude about it. Don’t complain. Maya Angelou

All you really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt. Charlie Brown

Positivity precedes success. Maxime Lagacé

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt💛

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. Martin Luther King Jr

The best is yet to be. Robert Browning

There are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind. C. S. Lewis

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde

The wiser you get, the more you realize how lucky you are. Maxime Lagacé

I will go anywhere as long as it’s forward. David Livingston

Create explosive confidence. Robin Sharma

Positive thoughts lead to positive results. Maria V. Snyder

Say something positive, and you’ll see something positive. Jim Thompson

Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Dr. Seuss😉

I inhale hope with every breath I take. Sharon Kay Penman

However long the night, the dawn will break. African proverb

Hope comes from dreams. Dreams come from ambition. Ambition comes from the unwillingness to accept the facts. Maxime Lagacé

Learn to ask even when you feel weak. Learn to work even if you don’t want to. Learn to hope even when the odds are against you. Maxime Lagacé🫶

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. Robert H. Schuller

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

Hope is the poor man’s bread. Gary Herbert

Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle

To live without hope is to cease to live. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something. Not even me. Chris Gardner (Will Smith in the movie The Pursuit Of Happyness)

All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller

I inhale hope with every breath I take. Sharon Kay Penman

However long the night, the dawn will break. African proverb

Hope comes from dreams. Dreams come from ambition. Ambition comes from the unwillingness to accept the facts. Maxime Lagacé

Learn to ask even when you feel weak. Learn to work even if you don’t want to. Learn to hope even when the odds are against you. Maxime Lagacé

Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. Robert H. Schuller

Being positive is a sign of intelligence. Maxime Lagacé

Positivity always wins…Always. Gary Vaynerchuk

You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. Stephen King

Small steps motivate. Big steps overwhelm. Maxime Lagacé

The first step is you have to say that you can. Will Smith

I am thankful to all who said no to me. It is because of them that I’m doing it myself. Albert Einstein

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington

The most important thing is to look ahead. The past is your anchor. Maxime Lagacé💞

Victory is in having done your best. If you’ve done your best, you’ve won. Billy Bowerman

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. Christopher Reeve

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt

If it matters to you, you’ll find a way. Charlie Gilkey

She believed she could, so she did.

The past does not equal the future. Tony Robbins

Forget about style; worry about results. Bobby Orr

Success is the child of audacity. Benjamin Disraeli

Whatever you do, do with all your might. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Take the risk or lose the chance.

Screw it, let’s do it. Richard Branson

Boldness be my friend. William Shakespeare

Keep going. Be all in. Bryan Hutchinson

Dream big. Pray bigger.

If you want it, work for it.

Leave no stone unturned. Euripides

Hope is a passion for the possible. Søren Kierkegaard

Every cloud has a silver lining. John Milson

While there’s life, there’s hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate. G.K. Chesterton😍

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem. Tupac

Hope is the ocean for the river, the sun for trees and the sky for us. Maxime Lagacé

Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver

In all things it is better to hope than to despair. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hope is a double-edged sword. Use it and you’ll suffer until you reach your goal. Don’t use it you’ll fall into despair. Maxime Lagacé

You have to be odd to be number one. Dr. Seuss

Wherever you are, be there totally. Eckhart Tolle

The quieter you become, the more you can hear. Ram Dass

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent. Martin Luther King Jr

Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcolm Forbes

When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on. Theodore Roosevelt

This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The miserable have no other medicine, but only hope. William Shakespeare

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein

All things are difficult before they are easy. Thomas Fuller

Nothing great in life comes with complete assurance of success. Michael Easter

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. Ralph Waldo Emerson

If life is a video game, the graphics are great, but the plot is confusing and the tutorial is way too long. Elon Musk

A life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets. Gary Keller

No one can compete with you on being you. Most of life is a search for who and what needs you the most. Naval Ravikant

Your clarity determines how successfully you walk this life. Sadhguru

You can totally do this.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller

The fastest road to meaning and success: choose one thing and go all in. Maxime Lagacé

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill

Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett

Impossible is for the unwilling. John Keats🧡

I can and I will.

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. Christopher Reeve

If it matters to you, you’ll find a way. Charlie Gilkey

She believed she could, so she did.

The past does not equal the future. Tony Robbins

Forget about style; worry about results. Bobby Orr

Success is the child of audacity. Benjamin Disraeli

Whatever you do, do with all your might. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Take the risk or lose the chance.

Screw it, let’s do it. Richard Branson

Boldness be my friend. William Shakespeare

Keep going. Be all in. Bryan Hutchinson

Dream big. Pray bigger.

If you want it, work for it.

Leave no stone unturned. Euripides

Hope is a passion for the possible. Søren Kierkegaard

Every cloud has a silver lining. John Milson

While there’s life, there’s hope. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr

Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate. G.K. Chesterton😍

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem. Tupac

Hope is the ocean for the river, the sun for trees and the sky for us. Maxime Lagacé

Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver

In all things it is better to hope than to despair. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hope is a double-edged sword. Use it and you’ll suffer until you reach your goal. Don’t use it you’ll fall into despair. Maxime Lagacé

  Experience teaches only the teachable.” Aldous Huxley The best lessons I ever learned in life came from the worst experiences in my life....