Sept 28
Modern mankind can be completely curious about the universe. But only a rare person is curious enough to want to know God. --A. W. Tozer
A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in
is wise enough to watch out for me. --Philip Yancey
Is it true that rabbits prefer stories with hoppy endings?
Time will, ever so slowly, reveal on the outside what God has been working on the inside.
We have so badly abused the expression “Christian life,”
we ought revert to the true Biblical meaning, “the Christ life.”
There is no living Buddha, no living Confucius, no living Mohammed,
but there is a Living Christ. We serve a risen Savior, He‘s in the world today.
It is said, Life’s a trip but it doesn’t come with a map … nay, but it does … the Bible is our Map and it never needs to be refolded.
Put your best foot forward -- and not in your mouth.
“God has not promised us tomorrow, but He has promised us eternity.” (Tony Snow, once White House Press Secretary)
If what you're doing for God does not require a miracle, you’re not doing enough.
Everyone has standards, some are high, some are low.
If you’re doing the best you can, get a bigger can.
THE MAN WHO WALKS WITH GOD ..
.. ALWAYS KNOWS IN WHAT DIRECTION HE IS GOING.
There is no greater mistake than to suppose that Christians can impress the world by agreeing with it.
Our government faces future liabilities of at least $53 trillion—that’s trillion with a “T.” This includes entitlements, government pensions, Medicare, and other promises we have made. It’s $175,000 for every man, woman, and child in America.
God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, and acts with a hand that never fails.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when he was in a Nazi prison and was destined to be hanged on year later, made this statement, "In view of our supreme purpose, the present difficulties and disappointments seem trivial."
Do you want ALL of God or only SOME of God ...
I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don't want enough of him to make me love an enemy or pick beets with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want a pound of the Eternal in a paper sack. I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please. -- Wilbur Rees
An Illustration of a “Submissive Mind and Life”
E. Stanley Jones, well-known Christian missionary to India, tells of a situation where the fellow members of his ashram helped him in a problem regarding his spiritual reputation. It seems that for a number of years Jones had supported a prominent man financially. And when the time came that he could no longer support him, the man turned on Jones and attacked him in the public press. So E. Stanley Jones sat down and wrote a letter of reply of a few sentences, the kind of reply in which you don't give your opponent a leg to stand on. As he put it, "the kind of reply you are proud of the first five minutes, the second five minutes you're not so certain, and the third five minutes you know you're wrong." But before he mailed this letter he sent this reply to the people of the ashram to get their opinion of it. They sent it back with three words written on the margin: "Not sufficiently redemptive." As Jones read those words he was devastated. He knew that he was winning the argument, but losing his man. He knew immediately that the "Christian is not in the business of winning arguments, but of winning people." So he tore up the letter and said, "Lord, you'll have to take care of my reputation." A few weeks later he received a letter of apology from the man who had turned on him.
When the self is unsurrendered, it tends to be touchy, easily provoked, unable to bear insults. When the self is surrendered to Christ and the love of Jesus fills and cleanses the self; then we can bear all things, endure all things, and men and women are impacted by our lives. --James S. Hewett
“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all;
but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.” --Martin Luther
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty. --German proverb
In an attempt to attract a more modern, hipper, high-tech type of customer, Campbell's Alphabet Soup now comes with spell check.
America : A country where half the money is spent buying food, and the other half is spent trying to lose weight.
Cost-free Discipleship Produces Wimps
Brennan Manning in his book, The Signature of Jesus, writes, “We have made it too easy to be a Christian. The sole requirements are the recitation of a creed and attendance at a local church where there is no community and little fellowship. Christianity used to be risky business; it is no longer. Cost-free discipleship produces wimps.” Brennan Manning, The Signature of Jesus
Many people will walk in and out of your life,
But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses much more;
He who loses faith, loses all
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.
Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself
Obedience Is a Means
"Whenever I take the opportunity to actively love God in personal obedience, I end up sensing a new tenderness in my heart toward Him and a stronger resolve to obey again next time. Obedience is not an end, but a means-a means to express our love to God, and a means to increase our love for God. It is a catalyst in the process of loving God and becoming more like Jesus." Martha Thatcher, The Freedom of Obedience
- Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
- Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
- We could learn a lot from crayons--some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, and some have weird names, but they all have to live in the same box.
A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in
is wise enough to watch out for me. --Philip Yancey
Is it true that rabbits prefer stories with hoppy endings?
Time will, ever so slowly, reveal on the outside what God has been working on the inside.
We have so badly abused the expression “Christian life,”
we ought revert to the true Biblical meaning, “the Christ life.”
There is no living Buddha, no living Confucius, no living Mohammed,
but there is a Living Christ. We serve a risen Savior, He‘s in the world today.
It is said, Life’s a trip but it doesn’t come with a map … nay, but it does … the Bible is our Map and it never needs to be refolded.
Put your best foot forward -- and not in your mouth.
“God has not promised us tomorrow, but He has promised us eternity.” (Tony Snow, once White House Press Secretary)
If what you're doing for God does not require a miracle, you’re not doing enough.
Everyone has standards, some are high, some are low.
If you’re doing the best you can, get a bigger can.
THE MAN WHO WALKS WITH GOD ..
.. ALWAYS KNOWS IN WHAT DIRECTION HE IS GOING.
There is no greater mistake than to suppose that Christians can impress the world by agreeing with it.
Our government faces future liabilities of at least $53 trillion—that’s trillion with a “T.” This includes entitlements, government pensions, Medicare, and other promises we have made. It’s $175,000 for every man, woman, and child in America.
God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, and acts with a hand that never fails.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, when he was in a Nazi prison and was destined to be hanged on year later, made this statement, "In view of our supreme purpose, the present difficulties and disappointments seem trivial."
Do you want ALL of God or only SOME of God ...
I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please, not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don't want enough of him to make me love an enemy or pick beets with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation; I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want a pound of the Eternal in a paper sack. I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please. -- Wilbur Rees
An Illustration of a “Submissive Mind and Life”
E. Stanley Jones, well-known Christian missionary to India, tells of a situation where the fellow members of his ashram helped him in a problem regarding his spiritual reputation. It seems that for a number of years Jones had supported a prominent man financially. And when the time came that he could no longer support him, the man turned on Jones and attacked him in the public press. So E. Stanley Jones sat down and wrote a letter of reply of a few sentences, the kind of reply in which you don't give your opponent a leg to stand on. As he put it, "the kind of reply you are proud of the first five minutes, the second five minutes you're not so certain, and the third five minutes you know you're wrong." But before he mailed this letter he sent this reply to the people of the ashram to get their opinion of it. They sent it back with three words written on the margin: "Not sufficiently redemptive." As Jones read those words he was devastated. He knew that he was winning the argument, but losing his man. He knew immediately that the "Christian is not in the business of winning arguments, but of winning people." So he tore up the letter and said, "Lord, you'll have to take care of my reputation." A few weeks later he received a letter of apology from the man who had turned on him.
When the self is unsurrendered, it tends to be touchy, easily provoked, unable to bear insults. When the self is surrendered to Christ and the love of Jesus fills and cleanses the self; then we can bear all things, endure all things, and men and women are impacted by our lives. --James S. Hewett
“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all;
but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.” --Martin Luther
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty. --German proverb
In an attempt to attract a more modern, hipper, high-tech type of customer, Campbell's Alphabet Soup now comes with spell check.
America : A country where half the money is spent buying food, and the other half is spent trying to lose weight.
Cost-free Discipleship Produces Wimps
Brennan Manning in his book, The Signature of Jesus, writes, “We have made it too easy to be a Christian. The sole requirements are the recitation of a creed and attendance at a local church where there is no community and little fellowship. Christianity used to be risky business; it is no longer. Cost-free discipleship produces wimps.” Brennan Manning, The Signature of Jesus
Many people will walk in and out of your life,
But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses much more;
He who loses faith, loses all
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.
Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself
Obedience Is a Means
"Whenever I take the opportunity to actively love God in personal obedience, I end up sensing a new tenderness in my heart toward Him and a stronger resolve to obey again next time. Obedience is not an end, but a means-a means to express our love to God, and a means to increase our love for God. It is a catalyst in the process of loving God and becoming more like Jesus." Martha Thatcher, The Freedom of Obedience
- Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
- Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
- We could learn a lot from crayons--some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, and some have weird names, but they all have to live in the same box.
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