Spiritual Thoughts

  L aughter is the best way to make somebody's heart beat . ~ Robert Holden A happy heart is good medicine and a cheeful mind works healing. ~ Proverbs 17:22 (Amplfieid

   IF you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes . ~ African proverb D o not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live, and also do this or that." ~ Proverbs 27:1; James 4:15 (NASB)

  S ome men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. ~ Mary Frances Berry L et your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. BUT seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be addedd to you. . ~ Proverbs 4:25; Matthew 6:33 (Amplified)

  Friday Tale ~ As My Last... A nd  what shall I do with this last precious day which remains in my keeping? First, I seal up its container of life so that not one drop spills itself upon the sand. I will waste not a moment mourning yesterday's misfortunes, yesterday's defeats, yesterday's aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?     Can sand flow upward in the hour-glass? Will the sun rise where it sets and sets where it rises? Can I relive the errors of yesterday and right them? Can I call back yesterday's wounds and make them whole? Can I become younger than yesterday? Can I take back the evil that was spoken, the blows that were struck, the pain that was caused? No. Yesterday is buried forever, I will think of it no more.     I will live this day as if it is my last.     And what then shall I do? Forgetting yesterday neither will I think of tomorrow. Why should I throw now after maybe? Can tomorr...

  T here is much satisfaction in work well done, BUT there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands . ~ Victor Robinsoll F or we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, BUT one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. et us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need . ~ Hebrews 4:15-16 (ESV)

  A champion is someone who  gets up  when he can't . ~ Jack Dempsey B ut you, remain steady in every situation, endure suffering, do the work that a proclaimer of the Good News should, and do everything your service to God requires.. ~ 2 Timothy 4:5 (CJB)

   H e who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger . ~ Japanese proverb A cheerful  heart is good medicine; a soft answer turns away rage. ~ Proverbs 17:22; 15:1

  M an does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat. ~ E. Merrill Root F or in the gospel God's righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith." ~ Romans 1:17

  Friday Tale ~ Seven Things I have seen much in my years. I can tell you these seven things: 1.     Money can make you comfortable, but it will not comfort you for long. 2.     Health is your greatest material asset; if you're healthy, you are rich. 3.     You must be content within yourself first; your completeness will not come from another person. 4.     This too shall pass. 5.     Don't give up, don't quit. 6.     Single or married does NOT make the difference in whether you are happy or not. 7.     There is one relationship that takes precedence and matters more than any other:   Your relationship with God. ~ Anonymous I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty . ~ 2 Corinthjians 6:17-18

  S peak softly and sweetly; later you may have to eat your words. ~ Unknown L et no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, BUT only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear . ~ Ephesians 4:29 (NASB)

  I t has been said that our anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow,  BUT only empties today of its strength. ~ Charles H. Spurgeon B e on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life . . . BUT keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man. ~ Luke 21:34, 36 (NASB)

  F ocus on fantastically forever, for forgetting and forgiving, following together. ~ Unknown   T herefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely and let us run with patience the race that is set before us . ~ Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)