Spiritual Thoughts

  L earning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is dangerous. ~ Chinese Proverbs F or they received the Word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. Therefore many of them believed. ~ Acts 17:11-12

  L earning is the beginning of wealth.   Learning is the beginning of health.   Learning is the beginning of spirituality.    Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. ~Jim Rohn   A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and one of understanding will acquire wise counsel. ~ Proverbs 1:5

  D evelop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo   T hey received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.  Therefore many of them believed. ~ Acts 17:11-12

  D evelop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo   A ll Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. ~ 2 Timothy 3:16-17

  D evelop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never  cease to grow. ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo   G ive me understanding, a teachable heart and the ability to learn, so that I may keep Your words and observe them with all my heart. ~ Psalm 119:34 (Amplified)

  T he past is a place of reference, not a place of residence; the past is a place of learning, not a place of living. ~ Roy T. Bennett   F or you were formerly darkness, BUT now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:8, 10

T hat is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, BUT in a new way. ~ Doris Lessing   F or the LORD gives wisdom, from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. ~ Proverbs 2:6

  T he beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. ~ B. B. King L et the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance - for understanding. ~ Proverbs 1:5-6

  Friday Tale - the Daffodil Principle   S everal times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead.            "I will come next Tuesday", I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.            Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.            "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!"        ...

L earning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. ~ Chinese Proverb L et us know; let us press on to know the Lord; His coming is sure as the dawn; He will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth. ~ Hosea 6:3

I f we perceive things not as problems BUT rather as opportunities for learning, we can experience a sense of joy and well-being when the lessons are learned. ~ Gerald G. Jampolsky F or if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 2 Peter 1:8