Spiritual Thoughts

  A bility is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determins what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~ Lee Holz BUT as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knwledge, in all earnestness, and in the love inspired in you - see that you excel in this gracious work also. ~ 2 Corinthians 8:7 NASB

  H ardening of the attitudes is the most deadly disease on the face of the earth. ~ Zig Ziglar  A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands. ~ Proverbs 14:6 (Amplified)

  I find that it is not the circumstances  in which we are placed, BUT the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort. ~ E. Merrill Root C onsider it all joy when you encounter various trials,  knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. ~ James 1:2-4

  L ife is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what is happening out there. It is how you take it that counts . ~ Denis Waitley D evote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it, with an attitude of thanksgiving. ~ Colossians 4:2

  W hatever happenes to you, your attitude determines   the quality of your life. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie T herefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Petger 1:13

  T he greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. ~ William James P ut off your old self, and be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteous ness and holiness. ~ Ephesians 4:22-24

Y our attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, love, and faith, and your picture begins to lighten up. ~ Allen Klein (slightly amended)   T hen Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world, he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, BUT will have the Light of Life." ~ John 7:12

I t is not our circumstances that create our discontent or contentment. It is us. Change your attitude! ~ Vivian Greene   T his is the day the LORD  has made, let us rejoice  and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:24

  I f you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to balance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding. ~ Tenzin Gyatso   A wise person will hear and increase in learning and a person of understanding will acquire wise counsel. ~ Proverbs 1:5

F orgiveness is not an occasional act, it is an constant attitude. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.   L et all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. ~ Ephesians 4:31-32

  I 've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. ~ Martha Washington   F or a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather be a door keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of sinful people. For the LORD God is a sun and shield, no good thing does He withhold from those who walk blameless. ~ Psalm 84:10-11

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances BUT rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ~ Hugh Downs   I   press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore have this attitude. ~ Philippians 3:14-15  

  T he same boiling water that softens the potato, hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of, not the circumstances. ~ Author Unknown   C onsider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. ~ James 1:2-4

  A bility is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~ Lou Holtz   W hatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. ~ Colossians 3:23-24

Y ou cannot control what happens to you, BUT you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than it allowing it to master you. ~ Brian Tracy   I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as are mature, have this attitude. ~ Philippians 3:14-15

  A  bad attitude is like a flat tire: you can't go anywhere until you change it. ~ Unknown L et your gracious attitude be known to all people. The Lord is near. ~ Philippians 4:5

W e cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. ~ Charles Swindoll BUT he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

I t is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. ~ William James L et what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father. ~ 1 John 2:24

Y ou cannot control what happens to you, BUT you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. ~ Brian Tracy  .... B e renewed in your mental attitude, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. ~ Ephesians 4:23-24

"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes.  It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results."  ~ Wade Boggs We should keep on encouraging each other  to be thoughtful and to do helpful things. ~ Hebrews 10:24 (CEV)