March 1

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

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." -- Unknown

"Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop peddling." -- Claude D. Pepper

"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either—but right through every human heart." -- Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself." -- Og Mandino

"The essence of real sport is the pursuit of victory with honor. Take away the honor and it's no longer sport." -- Michael Josephson

"Trying times are not the times to stop trying." -- Ray Owen

Three aspiring psychiatrists were attending their first class on emotional extremes.
"Just to establish some parameters," said the professor to the student from Arkansas, "What is the opposite of joy?"
"Sadness," said the student.
"And the opposite of depression?" he asked of the young lady from Oklahoma.
"Elation," she said.
"And you, Sir," he said to the young man from Texas, "How about the opposite of woe?"
The Texan replied, "Sir, I believe that would be giddy up."

As a group of amateur climbers scaled part of the Matterhorn near Zermatt, Switzerland, a vicious gust of wind came along at a narrow ledge. The guide quickly shouted, "Get down on your knees! You are safe only on your knees!"
That's good advice for all of us: The ledges of life are narrow, and the winds are strong. Only on our knees, seeking God relentlessly in our prayers, can we find safety and security.

My mind works like lightning, One brilliant Flash and it is gone.

It used to be only death and taxes Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too.

'I was worried that my Mechanic might try to rip me off. I was relieved when he told me alI I needed was turn signal fluid.'


When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords. --Charles R. Swindoll

No matter what its source or intensity, there’s something about suffering that simplifies life and draws us back to the basics. Invariably, especially during a time of intense trial, I go back to my theological roots. I go back to what I really believe. I return to the essentials such as prayer and dependence, like getting quiet and waiting on God. I remind myself, God is sovereign … this is no accident. He has a plan and a purpose. --Charles Swindoll

According to a study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 30 percent of those in the Congress are Roman Catholic, followed by Baptists (12 percent), Methodists (11 percent), Presbyterians (8 percent), Episcopalians (7 percent), and Lutherans (4.5 percent).

When you go into a hotel, you always see reception. Why do you never just see ception?

Those Who Mean the Most to Us
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. -- Henri Nouwen

"When you can't see the hand of God moving, trust His face. When you can't see Him working, trust His heart. When you can't and don't understand, hold on to His Word." -- Ken Hutcherson

When things get tough, always remember...Faith doesn't get you around trouble, it gets you through it !!


Minor skin grafts can be performed on pigs by covering any cuts and grazes with thin strips of bacon.

Don't waste money buying expensive binoculars. Simply stand closer to the object you wish to view.

Save time when crossing a one-way street by only looking in the direction of oncoming traffic.


"You have just enough time to do God’s will." - Rick Warren

Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.

Don't put a question mark where God put a period.


God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

God loves everyone, but probably prefers "fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts!"

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.

He who angers you, controls you!

The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.

"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced... Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." --Cherokee Proverb

Prevailing Sins A recent survey of Discipleship Journal readers ranked areas of greatest spiritual challenge to them: 1. Materialism 2. Pride 3. Self-centeredness 4. Laziness 5. (Tie) Anger/Bitterness 5. (Tie) Sexual lust. 7. Envy 8. Gluttony 9. Lying

Survey respondents noted temptations were more potent when they had neglected their time with God (81 percent) and when they were physically tired (57 percent). Resisting temptation was accomplished by prayer (84 percent), avoiding compromising situations (76 percent), Bible study (66 percent), and being accountable to someone (52 percent).

February 22

In those times when we yearn
to have more in our lives
we should dwell on the things
we already have. In doing so,
we will often find that our lives
are already full to overflowing. Jim Stovall

"Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present -- love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth." -- Sarah Ban Breathnach

The one greatest gift you can give anyone is the gift of hope!

"People of great faith, wait." - Rick Warren

"Crosses are not the places where faith is killed but where it is proven." - Calvin Miller author of The Christ of Easter


"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light." - Albert Schweitzer

After buying her kids a pet hamster, after they PROMISED they would take care of it, Mom, as usual, ended up with the responsibility.
One evening, exasperated, she asked them, "How many times do you think that hamster would have died if I hadn't looked after it?"
After a moment, her youngest son replied quizzically, "Once?"

The little Sunday School kids sang a song in church for Annika:
Be brave, be strong, the Lord your God is with you.
Put faith in Him; there's nothing He can't do.
God walks with you like a mighty warrior,
He surrounds you with His favor like a shield.
He has put you here for such a time as this.
Now trust Him 'til His plan is revealed. Be brave, be strong!

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

"I never tried quitting, and I never quit trying." -- Dolly Parton

"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." -- George Woodberry

"Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it, and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even." -- Ann Landers

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"The finest flowers are often found growing in the soil of sorrow." -- G. B. Duncan

In Richard Foster's book, “Celebration of Discipline ... The Path to Spiritual Growth,” he divides discipline into three parts:
Inward, Outward, and Corporate discipline. He places simplicity under the category of the Outward Disciplines. Here are his ten ways to order our world so that we can create simplicity in our life.
First, buy things for their usefulness rather than their status.
Second, reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.
Third, develop a habit of giving things away.
Fourth, refuse to be propagandized by the custodians of modern gadgetry.
Fifth, learn to enjoy things without owning them.
Sixth, develop a deeper appreciation for the creation.
Seventh, look with a healthy skepticism at all "buy now, pay later" schemes.
Eighth, obey Jesus' instructions about plain, honest speech.
Ninth, reject anything that will breed the oppression of others.
Tenth, shun whatever would distract you from your main goal: "Seek first the kingdom of God."

"Each day, 5 million marshmallow chicks and bunnies are produced in preparation for Easter." - The National Confectioners Association


A grandfather overheard his granddaughter repeating the alphabet in reverent, hushed tones. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm praying, Grandpa," she said. "I can't think of the right words, so I just say all the letters. God will put them together for me, 'cause He knows what I'm thinking."

I've never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don't listen, they don't come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they're home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in a cat.

A group of senior citizens were exchanging notes about their ailments.
"My arm is so weak I can hardly hold this coffee cup."
"Yes, I know. My cataracts are so bad I can't see to pour the coffee."
"I can't turn my head because of the arthritis in my neck."
"My blood pressure pills make my dizzy."
"I guess that's the price we pay for getting old."
"Well, it's not all bad. We should be thankful that we can still drive!"

"Thanks for the harmonica you gave me for Christmas," little Joshua said to his uncle the first time he saw him after the holidays. "It's the best Christmas present I ever got." "Hey, that's great," said his uncle. "Do you know how to play it?" "Oh, I don't play it," the little fellow said. "Mom gives me a dollar a day not to play it during the day and my dad gives me five dollars a week not to play it at night."

"There are two ways to reach the top of an oak tree--you can climb it or you can sit on an acorn and wait." -- Unknown

"If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got ... and you'll keep feeling what you've always felt." -- Unknown

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."
"If better is possible, good is not enough." -- Anonymous
Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.

February 15 5th Anniversary

Birthdays are so important. On our birthdays we celebrate being alive. On our birthdays people can say to us, "Thank you for being!" Birthday presents are signs of our families' and friends' joy that we are part of their lives. Little children often look forward to their birthdays for months. Their birthdays are their big days, when they are the center of attention and all their friends come to celebrate.

We should never forget our birthdays or the birthdays of those who are close to us. Birthdays keep us childlike. They remind us that what is important is not what we do or accomplish, not what we have or who we know, but that we are, here and now. On birthdays let us be grateful for the gift of life.

"Dead ends are tests of your faith." - Rick Warren

Golf Rule Book Changes -- 2009 (only applies to Sr. golfers)
Rule 1.a.5 A ball sliced or hooked into the rough shall be lifted and placed on the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled into the rough with no penalty. The senior should not be penalized for uncontrollable mechanical phenomena.
Rule 2.d.6 (b) A ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. This is simply bad luck and luck has no place in a scientific game. The player must estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there.
Rule 3.b.3(g) There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course and will eventually be found and pocketed by someone else, making it a stolen ball. The player is not to compound the felony by charging him or herself with a penalty.
Rule 4.c.7(h) If a putt passes over a hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity supersedes the law of golf.
Rule 5. Putts that stop close enough to the cup that they could be blown in, may be blown in. This does not apply to balls more than three inches from the hole. No one wants to make a travesty of the game.
Rule 6.a.9(k) There is no penalty for so-called "out of bounds." If penny-pinching golf club owners bought sufficient land, this would not occur. The golfer deserves an apology, not a penalty.
Rule 7.g.15(z) There is no penalty for a ball in a water hazard, as golf balls should float. That they do not is a technical problem that manufacturers have to correct. Senior Golfers should not be punished for manufacturer's shortcomings.
Rule 8.k.9(s) Advertisements claim that golf scores can be improved by purchasing new clubs, balls, shoes etc. Since this is financially impractical for the average Senior Golfer, 1/2 a stroke per hole may be subtracted for using old equipment.
Please advise all your senior friends of these important rule changes.

"We get damaged in damaging relationships. We get healed in healing relationships."

"Failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying." -- B.F. Skinner

"The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles one encounters on the road to fortune are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. Peril is the element in which power is developed." -- William Matthews

After the visiting preacher finished, a woman came up and said, “You were much better than the preacher we had last Sunday. He spoke for an hour and said nothing.”
“Thank you,” the visiting preacher replied.
“Yes,” she continued. “You did it in fifteen minutes.”

- Aspire to inspire before you expire.
- My wife and I had words, but I didn't get to use mine.
- Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
- Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
- The irony of life is that, by the time you're old enough to know your way around, you're not going anywhere.
- God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first question.
- I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
- Every morning is the dawn of a new error.


Dog Weather - To tell the weather, go to your back door and look for the dog.
- If the dog is at the door and he is wet, it's probably raining.
- But if the dog is standing there really soaking wet, it is probably raining really hard.
- If the dog's fur looks like it's been rubbed the wrong way, it's probably windy.
- If the dog has snow on his back, it's probably snowing.
Of course, to be able to tell the weather like this, you have to leave the dog outside all the time, especially if you expect bad weather. Sincerely, The Cat

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have.
I must stand with anybody that stands right,
and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. Abraham Lincoln

Holding the Hand
As the rain hides the stars, as the autumn mist hides the hills, as the clouds veil the blue of the sky, so the dark happenings of my lot hide the shining of Thy face from me. Yet, if I may hold Thy hand in the darkness, it is enough. For I know that, though I may stumble in my going, Thou dost not fall. -GAELIC PRAYER

When we talk to one another, we often talk about what happened, what we are doing, or what we plan to do. Often we say, "What's up?" and we encourage one another to share the details of our daily lives. But often we want to hear something else. We want to hear, "I've been thinking of you today," or "I missed you," or "I wish you were here," or "I really love you." It is not always easy to say these words, but such words can deepen our bonds with one another.
Telling someone "I love you" in whatever way is always delivering good news. Nobody will respond by saying, "Well, I knew that already, you don't have to say it again"! Words of love and affirmation are like bread. We need them each day, over and over. They keep us alive inside.

February 8

If the Good Lord wanted more of us to see the sunrise,
He would have scheduled it later in the day!

Edward Gibbon (“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”) lists the reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman system:
1. Family life disintegrated.
2. The world of entertainment became corrupt.
3. Moral absolutes were discarded.
4. The cost of the empire’s military was paralyzing.
5. The empire’s economy collapsed.
Indeed, food for thought in relation to today’s world!

The world rings changes, it is never constant but in its disappointments. The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home? -- Thomas Watson

"Joy is a net of love by which we can catch souls." --Mother Teresa 1975

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

"Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out." -- Jim Rohn

"No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave." -- Calvin Coolidge

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat." -- Napoleon Hill

"The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open." -- Unknown

A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!"
His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?"
The son replied, "I do know!"
"Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?"
"That's easy, Daddy," the young boy replied excitedly, "It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.'"

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because some day in life you will have been all these. George Washington Carver

"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised." -- Denis Waitley

"I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through." -- Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker


"Everybody thinks of changing humanity, and nobody thinks of changing himself." -- Leo Tolstoy

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them." -- W. Clement Stone

George Burns once said, "Tennis is a game for young people. Until age 25, you can play singles. From there until age 35, you should play doubles. I won't tell you my age, but when I played, there were 28 people on the court--just on my side of the net."

"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run." -- Syndey J. Harris

Nothing ever comes up in your life but Christ anticipated it long ago, has been prepared for it from the beginning and, if you will let Him, will carry you through it in glorious victory. --A. B. Simpson

God would love to piece together the shattered fragments of your life. But He is waiting … graciously waiting until the time is right. Until you are tired of the life you are living … until you see it for what it really is. Until you are weary of coping … of taking charge of your own life … until you realize the mess you are making of it. Until you recognize your need for Him … He’s waiting. --Charles Swindoll

WITHOUT GOD
Without GOD, our week would be Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday, Fightday and Shatterday.

"Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." -- Robert Brault

February 1

Remember...
Once you get over the hill, you'll begin to pick up speed.
I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put some in the food.
If it weren't for STRESS I'd have no energy at all.
Whatever hits the fan... Will Not Be Evenly Distributed.
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some, like me, just don't have any film.

"God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume--it is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever." - Vance Havner

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

I always know...
God won't give me more than I can handle
There are times I just wish He didn't trust me quite so much.

Dogs Have Owners ~ Cats Have Staff

If the shoe fits... buy a pair in every color.

Never be too open-minded, your brains may fall out.

Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian.
Not any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Bills travel through the mail...at twice the speed of checks.

If you look like your passport picture... you probably need the trip.

Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

Junk is something you've kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.


A woman goes to the doctor for her yearly physical. The nurse starts with certain basics. "How much do you weigh?" she asks. "115," she says. The nurse puts her on the scale. It turns out her Weight is 140. The nurse asks, "Your height?" "5 foot 8," she
says. The nurse checks and sees that she only measures 5' 5". She then takes her blood pressure and tells the Woman it is very high. "Of course it's high!" she screams, "When I came in Here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"

Sending off her ten-year-old son to pick up a pizza, my sister handed him money and a two-dollar coupon. Later he came home with the pizza, and the coupon. When asked to explain, he replied, "Mom, I had enough money. I didn't need the coupon."

On vacation in Hawaii, my stepmom, Sandy, called a café to make reservations for 7 p.m. Checking her book, the cheery young hostess said, "I'm sorry, all we have is 6:45. Would you like that?" "That's fine," Sandy said. "Okay," the woman confirmed. Then she added, "Just be advised you may have to wait 15 minutes for your table."

Security and peace of mind were part of the reason we moved to a gated community. Both flew out the window the night I called a local pizza shop for a delivery. "I'd like to order a large pepperoni, please," I said, then gave him the address of our condominium. "We'll be there in about half an hour," the kid at the other end replied. "Your gate code is still 1238, right?"

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Sophistication and lifestyle is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures." -- Jim Rohn

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -- Abraham Lincoln

Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
--Mark Twain

"A man's greatest battles are the ones he fights within himself." -- Ben Okri

"Life is not a 'brief candle'. It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible before handing on to future generations." -- George Bernard Shaw

"The Bible has a word to describe 'safe' sex: It's called marriage." -- Unknown

"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." -- Henry Ford

The best prayer he ever heard was: "Lord, please make me the kind of person my dog thinks I am."

During a children's message, the Pastor asked the children what "Amen" means. A little boy raised his hand and said: "It means -- 'Tha-tha-tha-that's all folks!'"

A student was asked to list the 10 Commandments in any order. His answer? "3, 6, 1, 8, 4, 5, 9, 2, 10, 7".


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From Billy Graham: Most of us follow our conscience as we follow a wheelbarrow. We push it in front of us in the direction WE want to go.

Some ‘Conscience’ Thoughts to Ponder
❖ Conscience is a three-pointed thing in my heart that turns around when I do something wrong, and the points hurt a lot. But if I keep doing bad, the points eventually wear off, and then it doesn't hurt any more.
❖ Conscience is God's presence in man.
❖ Conscience is a still small voice--when it calls, often the line is busy.
❖ Contrary to what this world thinks, conscience does not get its guidance from a Gallup poll.
❖ Conscience should always go to truth for instructions.
❖ Feeding your conscience with excuses is like giving sleeping pills to your watchdog.
❖ Conscience is like a sundial--when the truth of God shines upon it, it points the right way.
❖ Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil," it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.

"Cash, check or charge?" I asked after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet I notice a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"Do you always carry your TV remote?" I asked.
"No," she replied. "But my husband refused to come shopping with me, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him."

January 25

God calls us to find others. Go now from this place to look, to search, to encourage, to teach, to love, to laugh, to cry, to work, to play, to dance -- to so live before others that they see God in you. People of God, it is time to go fishing.

"For the scientist who has lived by faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." -- Robert Jastrow in his book, "God and the Astronomers."

A husband and wife were at a party chatting with some friends when the subject of marriage counseling came up.
"Oh, we'll never need that. My husband and I have a great relationship," the wife explained.
"He was a communications major in college and I majored in theater arts. He communicates really well and I just act like I'm listening."

NOTICE This department requires no physical fitness program. Everyone here gets enough exercise jumping to conclusions, Going around in circles, flying off the handle carrying things to far, Dodging responsibilities, and pushing their luck.


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What's the origin of the "at sign" (@)?
Everyone who uses email knows the "at sign," the little "a" with a circle around it. It separates the user's online name from his or her mail server address. Before it was used in email addresses, the "at sign" was used on invoices to show how much each item costs, and in a few other places.
Like its relative the ampersand, the "at sign" was invented in the days before printing presses, to shorten the task of transcribing documents. As short as the word "at" might be, it was still common enough in texts that medieval monks thought it would be worthwhile to shorten it even more. So they looped the "t" around and made it into a circle, saving one stroke of the pen.
The "at sign" has no official one-word name, even though many names have been proposed. Among the proposed names, we like arobase, vortex, and snail.

"He who wants milk should not sit on a stool in the middle of the pasture expecting the cow to back up to him." - Unknown


BROKENNESS by David Yonggi Cho, Pastor of the world's largest church in Korea
All of us who are committed to God desire for Him to use us to help bring about His kingdom purposes. But over the last 40 years I have learned that God cannot use a person who is not broken and completely surrendered to Him.
When Jesus met Peter in his fishing boat, Peter had one reaction: He was convicted. He felt as if he were too sinful for Jesus to be in his boat. He was broken by God's graciousness in allowing him to preach the first sermon in
the church's history after having denied Christ.
As a result of Peter's ministry 3,000 people came to Christ on Pentecost. Peter was also used by Christ to open the spiritual door to the gentile world, bringing many to salvation. God was able to use Peter once he had been broken.
I have met many who are not serving the Lord today because of past sin in their lives. In their hearts they know that they have fallen short.
When a Christian [falls] makes a mistake, I always try to help him put his life together again. I explain that his mistake can be the means by which he can learn to be broken and humble before God.
A lack of brokenness causes a person who is used by God to become proud and arrogant. However, when a man is broken, his heart resists pride. Therefore, he can be used to a greater degree.


WORDS OF WISDOM
"Progress has less to do with speed and more to do with direct ion."

"Our company has, indeed, stumbled onto some of its new products. But never forget that you can only stumble if you're moving." - Richard P. Carlton

"A marriage may be made in heaven, but the maintenance must be done on earth." - Unknown

A life with love will have many thorns, but a life without love will have no roses.

"This book [the Bible] will keep me from sin or sin will keep me from this book." - Dwight Moody

LOVE'S CHARACTERISTICS
Only when we live in "love" can the other fruit of God's presence and Spirit follow. The others are manifestations of the spirit of love in our lives. Do you have these kinds of "love" in your life today?
JOY - Love's strength.
PEACE - Love's security.
PATIENCE - Love's endurance.
KINDNESS - Love's conduct.
GOODNESS - Love's character.
FAITHFULNESS - Love's confidence.
GENTLENESS - Love's humility.
SELF-CONTROL - Love's victory.