Spiritual Thoughts

  L ife is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in it, you don't get anything out. And that's the truth. ~ W. C. Handy   L et us therefore make every effort to enter that rest of God, to know and experience  it for ourselves. ~ Hebrews 4:11 (Amplified)

T o think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself, it will spiral down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.  This is one of the  things that discipline - training - is about. ~ James Clavell F or those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; BUT those who are according to the spirit, the things of the spirit..... for the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. ~ Romans 8:5-6

IF you have the blessing to make a  true difference, you don't complain    about the effort involved. -Brendon Burchard  F or you remember, brothers, our labor and toil :  we worked night and day, that we might not be   a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to    you the gospel of God . For what is our hope or     joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus      at His coming. Is it not you?            For you are our glory and joy .  -1 Thessalonians 2:9,  19-20           

Effort only fully releases its reward    after a person refuses to quit. -Napoleon Hill  So you must be brave.       Don't give up! God will honor you for obeying Him. -2 Chronicles 15:7 (CEV) 

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. ~Roger Staubach  For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,  ….self-control…..steadfastness….Godliness, …. And with love. 2 Peter 1:5-6

Life is something like a trumpet.   If you don't put anything in it, you don't get anything out.   And that's the truth.     W. C. Handy Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. Haggai 1:5

The results you achieve will be in        direct proportion to the effort you apply. ~Denis Waitley       Do your best to improve your faith. You can do this by adding goodness, understanding,      self-control, patience, devotion to God,             concern for others, and love. 2 Peter 1:5-7

"Something I learned early is to not            worry about what I can't control... But what I can control is my attitude,      my effort, and my focus every single day." - Tim Tebow Even if you have to suffer for doing good things,                     God will bless you. So stop being afraid and don't worry about what people might do.       Honor Christ and let him be the Lord of your life. 1 Peter 3:14-15

Do not imagine that personal relationships will run themselves.      Like jobs, they are valuable in proportion         to the amount of effort they demand. -W. H. Auden The righteous person is a guide to his friend,    You will keep your friends if you forgive them,       but you will lose your friends if you keep talking about what they did wrong. Proverbs 12:26; 17:9