Spiritual Thoughts

  W e can draw lessons from the past, BUT we cannot live in it. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson F or whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction,  so that  through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have  hope . ~ Romans 15:14

  S top holding on to the past. Release your regrets about whatever you may have done, or failed to do, that turned out poorly. Forgive others whatever they may have done, or failed to do, that caused you harm. Declare today to be a new beginning. Let go of the past, and move on with creating a joyful new future for yourself.  ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   F or the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, teaching us to wait for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God, and of our Savior Jesus Christ. ~ Titus 2:11, 13

T hrough Jesus, your past is explained, your present has a purpose, and your future is secure. What more could you really want in life?  ~ Jase Robertson   T herefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion an stone, a tested stone, a costly corner-stone for the secure foundation, firmly placed. He who believes and trusts in it [=Jesus] will not be disturbed. ~ 1 Chronicles 29:12-13 (Amplified)

  T he past is important only as a lesson. Don't allow yourself regret. Planning for the future is essential, BUT that planning must occur in the present. Worrying about the future serves no purpose. Focus all your energies on living Today. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie   M ake me understand the way of your precepts, so that I will meditate and focus my thoughts on Your wonderful works. ~ Psalm 119:27

  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 he golden age is before us,  not behind us. ~ William Shakespeare   D o not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" Do not let your heart envy sinners BUT living in the fear of the LORD always. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. ~ Ecclesiastes 7:10, Proverbs 23:17-18

  P repare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. ~ George S. Patton   F or whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction,    so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures   we might have hope. ~ Romans 15:4

  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. The future is where we're going. ~ Roy T. Bennett   F or our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, BUT on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, BUT what is unseen is eternal. ~ 2 Corinthians 4:18

  He who spends time regretting the past, loses the present,  and risks the future. ~ Quevedo   B ut Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of God." We should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world, looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ. ~ Luke 9:62; Titus 2:12-13

  W e are product of our past, BUT  we don't have to be prisoners of it. ~ Rick Warren T here is a time to search and a time to give up as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

Y ou can't undo the past..... BUT you can certainly not repeat it. ~ Bruce Willis P ut off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and... be renewed in your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true right-ness and holiness. ~ Ephesians 4:22-24

T he past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it. ~ Jim Gentil T herefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope full on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Peter 1:13

W e do not heal the past by dwelling there;  we heal the past by living fully in the present .  ~Marianne Williamson L et not your heart envy sinners, BUT  continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.   Surely there is a future, and       your hope will not be cut off.  ~Proverbs 23:17-18