"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
I enjoy collecting quotations that inspire thought and provide motivation for eternal change.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Beautiful People
Labels:
appreciation,
Beautiful,
compassion,
concern,
death,
defeat,
dying,
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross,
gentleness,
life,
loss,
loving,
sensitivity,
struggle
Saturday, January 30, 2016
In His Hands
"When we put something or someone into His hands and then doubt and worry, He asks, 'Would you like to place them somewhere else?' " ~ James Robison
Labels:
anxiety,
concern,
depression,
doubt,
family,
hands,
issues,
James Robison,
Pray,
prayer request,
problems,
stress,
worry
Friday, January 29, 2016
Deepest Desire
"What is our deepest desire and what is it we feel we lack and that having would make us complete? It is here we are most vulnerable to the enemy." ~ Beth Moore
Labels:
Beth Moore,
complete,
deepest,
desire,
lack,
vulnerable
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Satisfaction...
"May we remember that ultimate satisfaction can only be found in God, the gracious giver of all good things. We were made for Him and we will never be satisfied with less."
~ Randy Alcorn
~ Randy Alcorn
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Fairest of Them All
"Find a woman who cares about nothing but loving, serving, honoring, and glorifying Jesus Christ, and you will truly see who is the fairest of them all."
~ Leslie Ludy
~ Leslie Ludy
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
What If?
"What could happen if we made it our goal to understand others before seeking to be understand?" ~ David Busic
Labels:
David Busic,
goal,
others,
seek,
understand
Monday, January 25, 2016
Work Is...
Work is an expression of who we are as creatures in Christ.
~ Star Parker
Labels:
child,
Christ,
creatures,
expression,
family,
Father,
parent,
relationships,
self-esteem,
social justice,
son,
Star Parker,
teach,
work
When the Law Is Not Enforced...
When the law is not enforced... the strong take advantage of the weak. ~ Sean Litton
Labels:
enforced,
law,
Sean Litton,
social justice,
strong,
take advantage,
weak
Never Compare with Others
“One of the marks of
excellent people is that they never compare themselves with others. They only
compare themselves with themselves and with their past accomplishments and
future potential.” ~ Brian Tracy
Labels:
accomplishments,
Brian Tracy,
compare,
comparison,
excellent,
Leadership,
people,
potential
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Bigger than You...
Sometimes God withholds what we want so he can give us what others need. And we are the better for it. Our lives become bigger than just us. ~ Laurie Short
Jesus Came...
"Jesus did not come into the world to make bad men good. He came into the world to make dead men live!" ~ Leonard Ravenhill
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Giving and Loving
"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." ~ Amy Carmichael
Labels:
Amy Carmichael,
give,
love,
loving
Friday, January 22, 2016
Prayer Is...
"Prayer is a spiritual law which cooperates with the mind of God. It has more in it
than merely petition. It clothes itself in reality and power, with the force of God Himself.
It is an attitude of spirit and mind. Language is secondary in true prayer." ~ Gossner.
Labels:
attitude,
force of God,
Gossner,
language,
mind,
mind of God,
petition,
power,
prayer,
reality,
secondary,
Spirit,
spiritual law
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Deep Peace of God
“Those persons who know the deep peace of God, the unfathomable peace that
passeth all understanding, are always men and women of much prayer.” ~ R. A. Torrey
Labels:
men,
peace,
prayer,
R.A. Torrey,
understanding,
unfathomable,
women
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Trouble with Prayer
“The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says ‘Amen’ and runs away
before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving
Him our ideas.” ~ Frank Laubach
Monday, January 18, 2016
How to Heal
The government can take care of the law and order part of the equation, but other people have to step in to help that person heal. ~ Sean Litton
Labels:
government,
help heal,
law,
law and order,
people,
Sean Litton,
social justice
Don't Be Silent
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Time in Prayer
"Time spent in prayer will yield more than that given to work. Prayer alone gives
work its worth and its success. Prayer opens the way for God Himself to do His work in
us and through us. Let our chief work as God's messengers be intercession; in it we
secure the presence and power of God to go with us." ~ Andrew Murray
Labels:
Andrew Murray,
God with us,
intercession,
messengers,
power,
prayer,
presence,
work
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Worship
“Yes, worship of the loving God is man’s whole reason for existence.” ~ A.W. Tozer
Labels:
A.W. Tozer,
existence,
reason,
worship
Friday, January 15, 2016
Delight in His Presence
“The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and
satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His
Presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core
and center of their hearts.” ~ A.W. Tozer
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Too Busy to Pray?
"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great
deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much
machinery but few results." ~ R. A. Torrey
Labels:
accomplish,
activity,
busy,
conversions,
machinery,
power,
Pray,
R.A. Torrey,
results,
services
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Prayer Closet
"Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet." ~ E. M. Bounds
Labels:
classroom,
closet,
E.M. Bounds,
learned,
prayer
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Prayers...
"Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty
locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails." ~ Watchman
Nee
Labels:
irresistible,
locomotive,
power,
prayers,
rails,
reach,
Watchman Nee
Monday, January 11, 2016
Justice Is More than Law
Justice is more than just the law. It's more than just the enforcement of the law. ...Justice infers a right relationship between human beings. There has to be mercy... love... caring for one another. ~ Sean Litton
Labels:
caring,
human beings,
justice,
law,
love,
mercy,
relationship,
Sean Litton,
social justice
Dependability
"Dependability is more than ability alone." ~ John C. Maxwell
Labels:
ability,
alone,
dependable,
John C. Maxwell
For others...
“Life’s most persistent
and urgent question is, ’What are we doing for others?’” ~ Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Labels:
doing,
life,
Martin Luther King Jr.,
others,
persistent,
question,
urgent
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Pray First
"I ought to pray before seeing any one…Christ arose before day and went into a
solitary place. David says: ‘Early will I seek thee’…I feel it is far better to begin with
God-to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another." ~ Robert
Murray M'Cheyne
Labels:
David,
early,
face,
Pray,
Robert Murray M'Cheyne,
seek,
solitary place,
soul
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Prevailing Prayer
"There is no power like that of prevailing prayer, of Abraham pleading for Sodom,
Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night, Moses standing in the breach, Hannah
intoxicated with sorrow, David heartbroken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of
blood. Add to this list from the records of the church your personal observation and
experience, and always there is the cost of passion unto blood. Such prayer prevails. It
turns ordinary mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It brings rain.
It brings life. It brings God." ~ Samuel Chadwick
Friday, January 8, 2016
Secret Power
"Prayer is the secret of power." ~ Evan Roberts
Labels:
Evan Roberts,
power,
prayer,
secret
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Pray for the Lost
"Where there is no vision of eternity, there is no prayer for the perishing." ~ David
Smithers
Two Hours a Day in Prayer
"Ministers who do not spend two hours a day in prayer are not worth a dime a
dozen - degrees or no degrees." ~ Leonard Ravenhill
Labels:
Leonard Ravenhill,
ministers,
Pray,
prayer
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Prayer Is... Fasting Is...
"Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and
temporal. Fasting helps express, deepen, confirm the resolution that we are ready to
sacrifice anything, even ourselves to attain what we seek for the kingdom of God." ~ Andrew Murray
Labels:
Andrew Murray,
fasting,
kingdom of God,
prayer,
resolution,
sacrifice,
seen,
temporal
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Persevering, Prevailing, Knee-Work...
"All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great
revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in
the closet." ~ Samuel Logan Brengle
Labels:
closet,
knee-work,
prayer,
revival,
Samuel Brengle,
Samuel Logan Brengle,
soul-winners
Monday, January 4, 2016
Government's Good Role...
This is not a discussion of government versus no government, but it's understanding government's good role in creating the conditions to let all the other mediating institutions do what they do best. ~ Anthony Bradley
Labels:
Anthony Bradley,
conditions,
government,
institutions,
justice,
mediating,
role,
social,
social justice
How to be Rich
“No man becomes rich
unless he enriches others.” ~ Andrew Carnegie
Labels:
Andrew Carnegie,
enriches,
finances,
man,
Rich
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Preach the Gospel to the Poor
"The first miracle after the baptism of the Holy Ghost was wroughtly upon a beggar. It means that the first service of a Holy Ghost-baptized church is to the poor; that its ministry is to those who are lowest down; that its gifts are for those who need them the most. As the Spirit was upon Jesus to preach the gospel to the poor, so His Spirit is upon His servants for the same purpose." ~ Phineas F. Bresee
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Secret, Fervent, Believing Prayer
"Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal
godliness." ~ William Carey
Labels:
believing,
fervent,
prayer,
secret,
William Carey
Friday, January 1, 2016
One Day at a Time
"A new year – a book of blank pages waiting to be filled. It is easy to fall prey to doubts and questions about unknown days before me. But maybe God’s will for my life is far greater than knowing what path my life will take, what career choice I will make or what job change will occur. Maybe God’s will is simply for me to serve Him and love Him and share His love with others. So simple, yet so complete. There is no need for lofty resolutions, no need for fear – I will begin my days with prayer; I will listen, and God and I will walk together. He will help me through the rest, one day at a time." ~ Author Unknown
Labels:
blank pages,
career,
change,
doubts,
fear,
God's will,
help,
job,
life,
listen,
lofty resolutions,
love,
new year,
prayer,
prey,
questions,
serve,
share,
simple,
unknown days
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