Spiritual Thoughts

  P roblems tend to growl at us like cowardly dogs. If we face them and challenge them, they back away. If we run from them, they run after us, snapping at our heels. ~ Freddie Mitman But  you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of a preacher of the gospel, fulfil your ministry. ~ 2 Timothy 4:5

  T he problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. ~ Theodore Rubin M y brothers, Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith works patience. ~ James 1:2-3

I n their own way, problems can be blessings. They can be the prod to get us out of our complacency and into action. ~ Unknown   C onsider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. ~ James 1:2-4

P roblems are not stop signs, they are guide lines. ~ Robert Schuller   F or You are my rock and my fortress; for Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me. You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, for You are my strength. ~ Psalm 31:3-4

  E very problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds. ~ Norman Vincent Peale   B lessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

  I n their own way, problems can be  blessings. They can be the prod  to get us out of  our complacency  and into action. ~ Unknown   Consider it nothing BUT joy whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith through experience produces endurance, leading to spiritual maturity and inner peace. ~ James 1:2-3 (Amplified)

H appiness is not the absence of problems, BUT the willingness to deal with them joyfully. ~ Jonathan Lockwood Huie 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

E xpect problems and eat them for breakfast. ~ Alfred A. Montapert  P atience and gentle talk can convince a ruler and overcome any problem.  ~ Proverbs 25:15

T alk about your blessings more than you talk about your problems. ~ Author Unknown N ot that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.  ~ Philippians 4:11

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

T here are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few we can solve by ourselves. ~Lyndon B. Johnson F or everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - - our faith. ~ 1 John 5:4