Spiritual Thoughts

  B lessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. ~ Dr. Michael McGriffy C reate in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. ~ Psalm 51:10

  J ust because you have made mistakes does not mean your mistakes get to make you. Forgive yourself and move on .  ~ Robert Tew   B e not conformed to this world, BUT be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is: that which is good and   acceptable and complete.  ~ Romans 12:2

C hange might not be fast, and it is not always easy, BUT with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped. ~ Charles Duhigg   D o not conform to the pattern of this world, BUT be transformed by the renewing of your mind. ~ Romans 12:2

  N ot everything that is faced can be changed BUT nothing can be changed until it is faced. ~ James Baldwin   D o not conform to the pattern of this world, BUT be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to discern and approve what God's will is. ~ Romans 12:2 (NIV)

  Y ou will never change your life until you change something you do daily. ~ Mike Murdock   B e renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. ~ Ephesians 4:12

  I t doesn't matter what you look like. You can be tall, short, fat, thin, ugly or  handsome, or you can be black, yellow  or white, it does not matter.  What does matter is the size of your  heart and strength of your character. ~ Herman Numster   P ut off your old self... to be renewed in   your minds, and to put on the new self,  created after the likeness of God in  true righteousness and holiness. ~ Ephesians 4:22-24

Friday Tale - In Prison?   T he late Dr. Jay Dishman, wrote about habits and the Alcatraz prison.         "Recently I visited Alcatraz prison. Once it housed the most hardened of criminals. Today it is open to tourists under the direction of the United States Parks Department. Many men have tried to escape Alcatraz, no one is known to have succeeded. As I listened to the tour guide explain the impossibility of escape, I thought of other prisons equally confining but where the doors are never locked, no guards walk the halls, and escape is encouraged and possible. That prison is habit."         Our habit of thinking about ourselves and our environment as a jail or a paradise. We need but to look around us to see people who are rich emotionally and materially because they think and feel rich. We also see people who are laden with emotional and material debt becaus...

Friday Tale - God ~ Our Redeemer God is a Redeemer; He gave us his beloved Son, He rescues and breaks the chains of bondage, He finds us and brings us to Him. God is a Restorer; He returns what was destroyed and replaces what was stolen. He removes the stain of sin, and brings beauty out of the ruins of our lives. God is a Renewer; He rekindles the flame which flickers in the heart grown cold. He takes away the old things and makes all things new. God is a Refresher; He sends the cooling wind on a summer's day, brings rivers to the desert place, and sends seasons of refreshing to the soul. ~ Roy Lessin Y our Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.  ~ Isaiah 54:5

T he New Year is a painting not yet painted, a path not yet stepped on; a wing not yet taken off! Things haven't happened as yet! Before the clock strikes twelve, remember you are blessed with the ability to reshape your life! ~ Mehmet Murat ildan B e renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true right-ness and holiness. ~ Ephesians 4:23-24

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. ~ Neil Gaiman D o not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, BUT let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God - what is good and pleasing to Him and is perfect. ~ Romans 12:2 (GNB)

D on't let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out. ~ Robert Tew   F or to set the mind on the flesh is death, BUT to set the mind on God is life and peace. Do not be conformed to this world, BUT be transformed by the renewal of your mind.  ~ Romans 8:6; 12:2

T he state of your life is nothing more        than a reflection of your state of mind. -Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Y ou are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,           and to put on the new self, created after the                 likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.  -Joshua 24:15 (ESV)

I f, in 5 or 10 years, you were to look back       at your actions of today,          what would you change?  - Craig Ballantyne Y ou were taught...to put off your old self...,       and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,          and to put on the new self. -Ephesians 4:22-24    

    J ust because I laugh a lot, doesn't mean my life is easy. J ust because I have a smile on my face every day,      doesn't mean that something is not bothering me. I just choose to move on, and         not dwell on all the negatives in my life. Every new moment gives me the chance to renew anew .             I choose to be that. - Author Unknown B ut they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles,             they shall run and not be weary;                 they shall walk and not faint.  -Isaiah 40:31

O nly I can change my life.    No one can do it for me.  -Carol Burnett D o not be conformed to this world,       but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.... -Romans 12:2