Spiritual Thoughts

  I t is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. BUT above all, try something. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt   W hatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave. ~ Ecclesiastes 9:10

  I nch by inch it's all a cinch,  by the year it's hard.  Go for it - no matter how slow  or how long the process seems. ~ Mardi Ballou   T herefore, my dear friends, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose. ~ Philippians 2:12-13

O ur greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time. ~ Thomas Edison     F ight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called.... ~ 1 Timothy 6:12 ESV

D on't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try. ~ Jack Canfield   W alk as children of light, and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. ~ Ephesians 5:8, 10

I t takes as much courage to have tried   and failed, as it does to     have tried and succeeded. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh T ry to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. -Ephesians 5:10

Ever tried?  Every failed?  No matter.  Try again. Fail again.     Try better.  Fail better.  Learn. -Samuel Beckett  Consider Him who endured from sinners   such hostility against himself, so that     you may not grow weary or faint-hearted.  -Hebrews 12:3

"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything:  "I will try " has accomplished wonders. -George P. Burnham  Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent   to make your calling and election sure,    for if you practice these qualities        you will never fall.  -2 Peter 1:10 

I t  takes as much courage    to have tried and failed,        as it does to have tried and succeeded.  -Anne Morrow Lindbergh But you, take courage !   Do not let your hands be weak,     for your work shall be rewarded." As soon as Asa heard these words....    he took courage and put away the       detestable idols from all the land....           and he repaired the altar of the Lord. -2 Chronicles15:7-8 

N othing will ever be attempted - - if all      possible objections must first be overcome. - Samuel Johnson Be not slothful in zeal,      be fervent in spirit,          serve the Lord.  -Romans 12:11