Spiritual Thoughts

  T here are no shortcuts to any place worth going . ~ Beverly Sills  A ll these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.  But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. ~ Hebrews 11:13, 14, 16

H ope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be even better."  ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson   T herefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:13

Y ou either get bitter or you get better. It is that simple. You either take what has been dealt to you and allow it to make you a better person, or you allow it to tear you down. The choice does not belong to fate,  it belongs to you. ~ Josh Shipp   I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I set your rules before me. ~ Psalm 119:30

  O ur faith gives us knowledge  of something better. ~ E. F. Schumacher     A nd all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. ~ Hebrews 11:39-40

  W hen we seek to discover the best in others, we some how bring out the best in ourselves. ~ William Arthur Ward   D o nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, BUT with humility of mind regard one another as better than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, BUT also for the interests of others. ~ Philippians 2:3-4

  T hings turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. ~ Art Linkletter   B etter is a little with the respect of the LORD than great treasure and turmoil with it. Better is a dish of vegetables where love is than a fattened ox served with hatred. ~ Proverbs 15:16-17

  B e strong now because things will  get better. It might be stormy now  BUT it can't rain forever. ~ Hailee H e set a limit for the rain and a course for the thunderbolt. ~ Job 28:26

  I t's not about being the best right  away. It's about being better than  you were yesterday, one day at a time. ~ Anonymous G od gave us gifts for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ. ~ Ephesians 4:12

I t's not about being the best. It's about being better than you were yesterday. ~ Unknown   H e who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. ~ Proverbs 16:32

T he only person you should try to be better than            is the person you were yesterday. ~Matty Mullins O ne day spent in your temple is better than   a thousand anywhere else; I would rather      stand at the gate of the house of my God        than live in the homes of the wicked.  ~Psalm 84:10

S urround yourself with people who     make you a better person.  ~Author Unknown I t is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,      than to divide the spoil with the proud. ~Proverbs 16:19

E very day do something that will    inch you closer to a better tomorrow.   ~Doug Firebaugh.   B ut one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind  and straining forward to what lies ahead,    I press on toward the goal for the prize of     of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.   ~Philippians 3:13-14

M ake the world a better place one person at a time.           Start with yourself. - Linda Poindexter A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,             and favor is better than silver or gold.   -Proverbs 22:1