"Do not be intimidated by this world. It seeks answers but condemns anyone who claims to have them. It honors openness to all kinds of "truths" but scoffs when one accepts THE truth." ~ Chris Tiegreen
I enjoy collecting quotations that inspire thought and provide motivation for eternal change.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Ordinary People
"Hardships often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary destiny." ~ C.S. Lewis
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C.S. Lewis,
destiny,
extraordinary,
hardship,
hardships,
ordinary,
people,
prepare
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Get Back Up Again
"The greatest in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." ~ Nelson Mandela
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fail,
failing,
get back up again,
live,
living,
Nelson Mandela,
rise,
rising,
time
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Monday, July 27, 2015
His Peace
"If our minds are stayed upon God, His peace will rule the affairs entertained by our minds. If, on the other hand, we allow our minds to dwell on the cares of this world, God's peace will be far from our thoughts." ~ Woodroll Kroll
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. ~ 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~ Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)
Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you. ~ 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)
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1 Peter 5:7,
affairs,
anxious,
cares,
entertained,
hand,
minds,
peace,
Philippians 4:6-7,
prayer,
requests,
rule,
stayed,
thoughts,
understanding,
Woodroll Kroll,
World
Poverty is the Solution
"For Jesus, it is clear, poverty is not the problem; it is the solution. Until human beings learn to live in naked contact and direct simplicity and equality with each other, sharing all resources, there can be no solution to the misery of the human condition and no establishment of God’s kingdom. Jesus’ radical and paradoxical sense of who could and who could not enter the Kingdom is even more clearly illustrated by his famous praise of children." ~ Andrew Harvey
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Andrew Harvey,
contact,
human beings,
learn,
live,
poverty,
problem,
Radical,
sharing,
simplicity,
solution
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Thy Will Be Done
“I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by
His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with
us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught
His disciples to pray: Thy will be done.” ~ Elizabeth Elliot
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Practical Solutions
"As we share the loving heart of God, we
are moved by the challenges and pain in the world around us and passionately
work to provide practical solutions for these challenges." ~ S. Vassel
Friday, July 24, 2015
There Is NO Plan B
“We should be more concerned with reaching the lost than pampering the saved.” ~ David McGee
Hold on to Hope
"You know how you
feel on those days when you’re at the point of exhaustion and feel as though
your efforts are in vain? Pause. Regroup. Hold on to hope, courageously." ~ Jume
In Christ Alone by Owl City
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courageous,
days,
efforts,
exhaustion,
feel,
Hope,
In Christ Alone,
Jume,
music,
Owl City,
regroup,
vain
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Encourage One Another
"Most of us,
swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only
a bit of praise or encouragement—and we will make the goal." ~ Jerome P. Fleishman
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV 1984)
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1 Thessalonians 5:11,
against the tide,
build up,
encourage,
encouragement,
Fleishman,
goal,
praise,
swimming,
World
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Three Stages of Great Work
"I have found that
there are three stages to every great work of God: first it is impossible, then
it is difficult, then it is done." ~ J. H. Taylor
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difficult,
done,
great work,
impossible,
J.H. Taylor,
stages,
three stages
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Search for Significance
Much of what is known as low motivation or laziness is better understood as hopelessness. If people believe they will fail, they have no reason to exert any effort. The pain they endure for their passivity seems relatively minor and acceptable compared to the agony of genuinely trying and failing ~ Robert S. McGee (The Search For Significance)
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agony,
endure,
fail,
failing,
hopelessness,
laziness,
motivation,
Robert S. McGee,
The Search for Significance,
trying
A Quality Life
“God will never stop helping us to become quality people. I promise you this. He will constantly help us to be our best when we walk in the light of truth, hope, and appreciation. Make yours a quality life, for you are important to the Lord and to us.” ~ Marvin J. Ashton
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appreciation,
help,
Hope,
important,
light,
Marvin J. Ashton,
people,
promise,
quality,
truth
Community and Private Experiences
"Those of us raised
in the "Jesus and me" context need to know that true holiness is
found in community and not just in our private experiences with God." ~ J. Serrao
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community,
experiences,
holiness,
J. Serrao,
Jesus and me,
private
Monday, July 20, 2015
Discipline Is...
Discipline is doing what you really don't want to do so that you can do what you really want to do. ~ Jeff Fisher
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discipline,
Jeff Fisher,
leader,
Leadership,
mentor,
student,
teacher,
team,
training
Actions Speak Loudest
“The actions of men are
the best interpreters of their thoughts.” ~ John Locke
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actions,
interpreters,
John Locke,
Leadership,
thoughts
Sunday, July 19, 2015
More than Motions...
"Young people are not
going to put up with a ho-hum church that’s only going through the motions—the
church has to start seeing youth as one branch of the body of Christ." ~ K. C. Dean
Saturday, July 18, 2015
A Man's god...
"A man's god is that for which he lives, for which he is prepared to give his time, his energy, his money, that which stimulates him and rouses him, excites and enthuses him." ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones
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energy,
enthuses,
excites,
finances,
give,
lives,
Martin Lloyd-Jones,
money,
prepared,
rouses,
stewardship,
stimulates,
time
Friday, July 17, 2015
Investment of the Lord's Money
"Whatever possessions the Lord puts in our hands we are to hold for Him and use unto Him. Great and prayerful care should be taken in reference to the investment of the Lord's money He has entrusted to our care." ~ Phineas F. Bresee
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care,
hold,
invest,
investment,
money,
Phineas F. Bresee,
possessions,
Pray,
prayer,
prayerful,
stewardship
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Pleasure Without God...
“Pleasure without God, without the sacred boundaries, will actually leave you emptier than before. And this is biblical truth, this is experiential truth. The loneliest people in the world are amongst the wealthiest and most famous who found no boundaries within which to live. That is a fact I’ve seen again and again.”
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again,
biblical,
boundaries,
empty,
experiencial,
famous,
live,
loneliest,
pleasure,
Ravi Zacharias,
Sacred,
truth,
wealthy,
World
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Happiness Is...
"Happiness is the absence of discord; joy is the welcoming of discord as the basis of higher harmonies. Happiness is finding a system of rules which solves our problems; joy is taking the risk that is necessary to break new frontiers…. The good life, obviously, includes both joy and happiness at different times. What I am emphasizing is the joy that follows rightly confronted despair. Joy is the experience of possibility, the consciousness of one’s freedom as one confronts one’s destiny. In this sense despair, when it is directly faced, can lead to joy." ~ Rollo May
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
A Leader...
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." ~ John C. Maxwell
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John Maxwell,
leader,
Leadership,
the way,
way
New Way of Life
While we’ve been charged to “equip the saints” for works
of service, the brutal truth is that most of us have reduced our expectations
of “serving” to a once-a-month tour of duty as an usher or greeter. We’ve
settled for serving ourselves and serving as an event rather than serving those
in need and living a new way of life that Jesus has called us to. ~ Brandon Hatmaker (Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture)
Why Pray?
"Why pray when God
knows what we need? We have to say it, so God hears us voicing it. Sometimes
when attempting to put thoughts into words, we find an answer—new insight. You
have to come to God as a needy person." ~ Perry
Monday, July 13, 2015
"It Ain't Easy"
“I thought I could change
the world. It took me a hundred years to figure out I can’t change the world. I
can only change Bessie. And honey, that ain’t easy either. ~ Annie Elizabeth
Dalany
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Annie Elizabeth Dalany,
Bessie,
change,
self,
World
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Sin is...
Once John Wesley asked his mother, Susanna Wesley, for a definition of sin. She answered, “Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off your relish of spiritual things…that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.”
HE Came to...
"We need to dispense with the idea that Jesus came to affirm everyone and take hold of the idea that He came to radically reorient people, kingdoms, and cultures." ~ Chris Tiegreen
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Inspire Others...
“If your actions inspire
others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.”
~ John Quincy Adams
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actions,
do,
dream,
inspire,
John Quincy Adams,
leader,
Leadership,
learn
Friday, July 10, 2015
Minor Role of the Bible
"Given the minor
role the Bible evidently plays in the lives of most churchgoers, it becomes
much easier to see why participation in a local congregation has failed so many
persons in supplying a meaningful religious identity." ~ David Lose
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Bible,
churchgoer,
congregation,
David Lose,
identity,
lose,
meaningful,
participation,
religious,
Scripture
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Risks
"Thankfully, the church is a witnessing
community, dedicated to making disciples—and nobody can be a disciple without
taking a few risks." ~ Ralls
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church,
community,
disciple,
disciples,
Ralls,
risk,
thankfully,
witnessing
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Hear, Listen, Help
"Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of
humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help." ~ William Booth
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
I Must. I Can. I Will
“Every day of my life, I must remind myself that I am a child
of God and have God the Holy Spirit indwelling and empowering me to say no to
sin and yes to God. Every day I must live in the truth that I can present the
members of my body for righteousness because of this indwelling power of the Holy Spirit. Every day I must
make it my will to live for God. I must. I can. I will.” ~ Kay Arthur
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child of God,
day,
Holy Spirit,
indwelling,
Kay Arthur,
life,
live,
power,
righteousness,
truth
Monday, July 6, 2015
Principles
“Back of every life there
are principles that have fashioned it.” ~ George H. Lorimer
Labels:
George H. Lorimer,
Leadership,
life,
principles
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Life Is Struggle
All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.
~ Pope Paul VI
~ Pope Paul VI
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demands,
depression,
insensitive,
lazy,
life,
Pope Paul VI,
real values,
sadness,
selfish,
struggle,
work
What Do You Want?
“But the question to precede all others, which finally determines
the course of our lives is, 'What do I really want?' Was it to love what God
commands, in the words of the collect, and to desire what He promises? Did I
want what I wanted, or did I want what He wanted, no matter what it might
cost?” ~ Elizabeth Elliot
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commands,
Cost,
count the cost,
course,
determines,
Elizabeth Elliot,
lives,
promises,
question,
want
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Struggles...as in the life of Job
"We
never know the trials that await us in the days ahead. We may not be able to
see the light through our struggles, but we can believe that those days, as in
the life of Job, will be the most significant we are called upon to live."
~ Robert Collyer
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." ~ Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence)
Friday, July 3, 2015
A Missionary Church
"Our church is preeminently a missionary church. It knows no difference between home and foreign fields–in these days all fields are near." ~ Phineas F. Bresee
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church,
foreign fields,
home,
missionary,
Nazarene,
Phineas F. Bresee
Thursday, July 2, 2015
When the Holy Spirit Moves
"In those marvelous occasions [when the Holy Ghost moves] we all rejoice, but they do not take the place of the ordinary, which are equally as necessary as the extraordinary." ~ Phineas F. Bresee
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extraordinary,
Holy Ghost,
marvelous,
necessary,
occasions,
ordinary,
Phineas F. Bresee,
rejoice
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
My Greatest Trouble...
"I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man." ~ Dwight L. Moody
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