Spiritual Thoughts

F aith is not to get you out of a hard place, BUT to change your heart in the hard place. ~ David Wilkerson T hrough the mind by faith we confidently await the fulfillment of our righteous hope, for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love. ~ Galatians 5:5-6 (ISV)

D on't underestimate what God is doing in your season of waiting. ~ Toby Mac   W ait for the Lord, and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. ~ Psalm 37:34

W hy wish upon a star when you can pray to the One who created it? ~ Unknown I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens and I command all their host. ~ Isaiah 45:12

D eceit is the wrapper on every temptation. ~ Unknown   W atch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. ~ Matthew 26:41

W hen trials persist, God's intention is not that we give up; rather He wants us to grow up! ~ Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein C onsider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. ~ James 1:2-3

L ives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours? ~ Roy H. Williams I f you seek wisdom like silver and search for it like hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and learn to know God. This is life eternal to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. ~ Proverbs 2:4-5, John 17:3

W hen it comes to life, the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. ~ G. K. Chesterton T herefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that please Him. ~ Hebrews 12:28

T he gospel spreads as a seed,   not a potted plant. ~ Unknown J esus said another parable to them, "The Kingdom of God is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, BUT when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants....". ~ Matthew 13:32-32

Friday Tale - Strength vs. Courage I t takes strength to be firm It takes courage to be gentle. It takes strength to stand guard. It takes courage to let down your guard It takes strength to conquer. It takes courage to surrender. It takes strength to be certain. It takes courage to have doubt. It takes strength to fit in. It takes courage to stand out. It takes strength to feel a friend's pain. It takes courage to feel your own pain. It takes strength to hide your own pains. It takes courage to show them. It takes strength to endure abuse. It takes courage to stop it. It takes strength to stand alone. It takes courage to lean on another. It takes strength to love. It takes courage to be loved. It takes strength to survive. It takes courage to live ~ Unknown B e strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. ~ Joshua 1:9

G od invites to come as we are NOT to stay as we are. ~ Tim Keller BUT grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Peter 3:18

L ife without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point. ~ Jim Gentil F or whoever would save his life will lose it, BUT whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life? ~ Mark 8:36-37

P rayer is not asking for what you think you want, BUT asking to be changed to be the person you need to be. ~ Jim Gentil S peaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, who makes the body grow SO THAT it builds itself up in love. ~ Ephesians 4:15-16

J ust think - each moment you are acting and thinking - just like you are in a movie and everything is being recorded - even your thoughts! Because it is! God is recording everything we do! ~ Samantha Bailey I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ~ Revelation 20:12

Friday Tale - The Nine Aspects of Life T he adventure of life is to learn The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care . The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend The beauty of life is to give. ~ William Arthur Ward T rust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and befriend faithfulness. ~ Psalm 37:3

T he impossible is God's specialty . ~ Bob Lloyd     W hat is impossible with me is possible with God. ~ Luke 18:27

W hat lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies in us . ~ Waldo Emerson D o you not know that you are God's temple and that God's mind dwells in you? ~ 1 Corinthians 3:16

T he giver of flowers is left with their sweet fragrance upon their hands . ~ Chinese Proverb     T o God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved ..... ~ 2 Corinthians 2:15 (ISV)

N othing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength . ~ Unknown     Y ou have given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your gentleness made me great. ~ 2 Samuel 22:36

M ay you live every day of your life . ~ Jonathan Swift    I n the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:14

T he Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness . ~ Havelock Ellis    T hen He led His people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain which His right hand had won. ~ Psalm 78:52, 54

F ailures are like skinned knees, painful BUT superficial . ~ H. Ross Perot    A nd let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. ~ Galatians 6:9

D o one thing at a time, and do that one thing as if your life depended on it . ~ Eugene Grace     D o not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. ~ Romans 12:11

T here never has been, and cannot be, a good life without self control Apart from self-control, no good life is imaginable . ~ Leo Tolstoy E veryone who enters an athletic contest practices self-control in everything. They do it to win a wreath that withers away, BUT we run to win a prize that never fades . ~ 1 Corinthians 9:25