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Sunday, December 11, 2022

Peace Quotes

Quotes About Peace
  • The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature, and God. --ANNE FRANK
  • A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it. Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899)
  • All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.  Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
  • Emotional peace and calm come after doing God's will and not before. Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- )
  • Finding God, you have no need to seek peace, for he himself is your peace. Frances J. Roberts
  • First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
  • Five great enemies to peace: greed, ambition, envy, anger, and pride.
  • For most men the world is centered in self, which is misery: to have one's world centered in God is peace. Donald Hankey (1874-1917)
  • God is a tranquil being and abides in a tranquil eternity. So must your spirit become a tranquil and clear little pool, wherein the serene light of God can be mirrored. Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)
  • God takes life's pieces and gives us unbroken peace. W. D. Gough
  • Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
  • However painful or difficult, or, on the other hand, however inconspicuous or humdrum life may be, the Christian finds his peace in accepting and playing his part in the master plan. J. B. Phillips (1906-1982)
  • If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. Chinese Proverb
  • If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. John Bunyan (1628-1688)
  • In his will is our peace. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
  • In life troubles will come which seem as if they never will pass away. The night and storm look as if they would last forever; but the calm and the morning cannot be stayed; the storm in its very nature is transient. The effort of nature, as that of the human heart, ever is to return to its repose, for God is peace. George Macdonald (1824-1905)
  • It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. Sir Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
  • It is the spiritually humble who know what peace is. Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
  • My son, now will I teach thee the way of peace and inward liberty. Be desirous to do the will of another rather than thine own. Choose always to have less rather than more. Seek always the lowest place and to be inferior to everyone. Wish always, and pray, that the will of God may be wholly fulfilled in thee. Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
  • No sleep can be tranquil unless the mind is at rest. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 b.c.-a.d. 65)
  • Nobody studies peace. There are no courses in peace, no examinations, no discoveries, and alas, no advances. We are no farther on the road to peace than were the ancient Greek city-states, and perhaps we're farther away. Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986)
  • Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding. Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
  • Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain if our will remain firm and sub- missive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence, not in an exemption from suffering. François Fénelon (1651-1715)
  • Peace doesn't come from what we hold, but by whom holds us. Hopefully Jesus.
  • Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677)
  • Peace is not arbitrary. It must be based upon definite facts. God has all the facts on his side; the world does not. Therefore God, and not the world, can give peace. Billy Graham (1918- )
  • Peace is not made at the council tables, or by treaties, but in the hearts of men. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
  • Peace is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope with it.
  • Peace is one of those things, like happiness, which we are sure to miss if we aim at them directly. Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
  • Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.
  • Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by.  Maria Schell
  • Peace rules the day when Christ rules the mind.
  • Peace within makes beauty without. English Proverb
  • Peace won by compromise is usually a short-lived achievement.  Winfield Scon (1786-1866)
  • Peace: the wisp of straw that binds the sheaf of blessings. Jewish Proverb
  • Petrarch (1304-1374)
  • Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock in a thunderstorm. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894)
  • Selfishness is a gangrene, eating at the very vitals. Sin is a cancer, poisoning the blood. Peace is the rhythm of our wills with Jesus' love-will. Samuel Dickey Gordon (1859-1936)
  • Sowing seeds of peace is like sowing beans. You don't know why it works; you just know it does. Seeds are planted, and top soils of hurt are shoved away. Max L. Lucado (1955- )
  • The soul of peace is love, which... comes from the love of God and expresses itself in love for men. Pope Paul vi (1897-1978)
  • To thee, O God, we turn for peace... but grant us too the blessed assurance that nothing shall deprive us of that peace, neither ourselves, nor our foolish earthly desires, nor my wild longings, nor the anxious cravings of my heart. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
  • True peace is found by man in the depths of his own heart, the dwelling-place of God. Johann Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
  • Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence of forgiveness, God's removal of that which obscures His face and so breaks union with Him. --Charles H. Brent
  • If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. --MARVIN GAYE
  • Where there is peace, God is.
  • Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. --John F. Kennedy
  • Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. --Albert Einstein
  • I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. --THOMAS PAINE





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Do You Have Inner Peace? = In our volatile, reactive world, we all desire inner peace. We can’t obtain inner peace from anything external, such as money or situations going our way. Inner peace comes from making a decision—understanding that it isn’t what happens to us but what happens in us that makes the difference. Outside influence can’t give us inner peace, nor can it take our inner peace away. 


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Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Philippians 4:6 (NLT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:7 (NLT) Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 5:7 (NLT) Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.
John 16:33 (NLT) I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
2 Thessalonians 3:16 (NLT) Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.
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Saturday, July 30, 2022

Chaos Quotes

Quotes about Chaos

  • Embrace the chaos.
  • In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
  • All great changes are preceded by chaos.
  • Coordinator of chaos.
  • Some call it chaos, we call it family.
  • Yes, I noticed, but everything doesn't need my reaction.
  • Thriving on Chaos
  • Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. -- St Francis
  • Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. --Henry Miller
  • All this hurrying soon will be over. Only when we tarry do we touch the holy. --RAINER MAR




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Bring Peace Into Chaos = How does a chaotic environment affect you? Allow it to draw out your leadership skills and your desire to organize, communicate, and build a team. If you have a chaotic situation in your life, pull back and think, “Can I bring a sense of calmness and direction to this chaos?” If you can, go for it! When you bring peace to people, they are always appreciative. 




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Bring Peace Into Chaotic Situations = When there is chaos around you, how does that affect you? Does it draw out your leadership skills and desire to organize, communicate, and make a team like it does for John Maxwell? If you have a chaotic situation in your life, pause and think, “Can I bring a sense of calmness and direction to this chaos?” If you can, go for it! When you bring peace to people, they are always appreciative.


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1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
John 14:27 ESV Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Philippians 4:6-7 ESV Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 25:28 ESV A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Isaiah 32:17-18 ESV And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
Proverbs 11:14 ESV Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
1 Corinthians 14:40 ESV But all things should be done decently and in order.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.


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Monday, March 20, 2023

Tranquility Quotes

Quotes About Tranquility

  • Motion is tranquility. --Stirling Moss
  • Movement is tranquility. --Stirling Moss
  • Practice in tranquility. --Artur Schnabel
  • Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility. --James Thurber
  • Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame. --Thomas a Kempis


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Colossians 3:15 (NLT) And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
Philippians 4:7 (NLT) Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:1 ESV Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 14:27 ESV Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Philippians 4:6 ESV Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 It's better to have one handful of tranquility than to have two handfuls of trouble and to chase after the wind.
Proverbs 3:2 For length of days and years of life [worth living]And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life’s blessings] they will add to you.
Proverbs 14:30 A heart of tranquility [is] life [to the] flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Calm Quotes

Quotes About Calm

  • Your nervous system will naturally feel calm around people with pure intentions and authentic energy- trust it.
  • In distress, a friend comes like a calm to the tempest-tossed mariner. --Euripides
  • Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. --Michael Caine, English Actor (1933-  )
  • Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed. --Channing Pollock, American Actor
  • Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process. --Alexandra Stoddard
  • Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. --Saint Francis de Sales
  • After a storm comes a calm. --Matthew Henry
  • Calmness is the cradle of power. --Josiah Gilbert Holland




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Respond Thoughtfully = The difference between responding and reacting lies with agility. Reacting is emotional and short-sighted, while responding is thoughtful, grounding, and has a long-term vision. Agile leaders take a breath, assess, and choose a course of action that aligns with their values and goals, even under pressure. This composure builds trust in their teams, and it helps them handle crises with calmness and consistency. This keeps everyone focused and moving forward.




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Pursue A Peace That Passes All Understanding = Calm is more than emotion and a sense of serenity. Calm is about an essence that good leaders exude for their people, specifically in difficult times. When leaders create a calming environment for others during difficult times, their leadership shines. Good leaders learn how to pursue calm even in the midst of adversity.  



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Stress is a normal part of life. But it can become a problem when it dominates your life. If you feel your composure slipping, perhaps it’s because you are entirely too focused on the small picture. When you get caught up in the obstacle that appears directly in front of you—hindering your next few steps—look up, look farther, look beyond the problem at the big picture. That’s where you will find the possibilities, and along with those possibilities, your composure.


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Proverbs 12:16 A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 - If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.
Psalm 131:2 - But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Luke 8:24 - And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Mark 4:39 - And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Matthew 8:26 - And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Proverbs 29:11 Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].
1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then let us not sleep [in spiritual indifference] as the rest [of the world does], but let us keep wide awake [alert and cautious] and let us be sober [self-controlled, calm, and wise].
Proverbs 15 A gentle answer turns away wrath...
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Sunday, August 14, 2022

Overcome Quotes

Quotes about Overcome
  • A new morning means a new beginning, a new struggle, a new endeavor, but with the Lord by our side we can overcome any challenges and turn obstacles into stepping stones.
  • Faith is the victory that overcomes--even on the worst day of your life! Brian Zahnd --
  • He said not: |Thou shalt not be tempted: |Thou shalt not be travailed:|Thou shalt not be afflicted. |But he said:|Thou shalt not be overcome. --Julian of Norwich
  • I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solve. I asked for prosperity and God gave me brawn and brain to work. I asked for courage and God gave me dangers to overcome.
  • I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. --Aristotle
  • Laugh about your mistakes, but, learn from them. Joke over you troubles, but, gather strength from them. Have fun with your difficulties, but overcome them. That's the way to live life.
  • Love brings joy, it brings peace. It brings sadness and grief. It brings hope, it brings pain, it drives people insane. It brings smiles, it brings tears, it helps overcome fears. It's part of you, part of me, part of us, cause love is key.
  • Most people are paralyzed by fear. Overcome it and you take charge of your life and your world. --Mark Victor Hansen
  • No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage teamwork & determination, a person can overcome anything. --B. Dodge
  • Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. --Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author
  • The confidence of ignorance will always overcome the indecision of knowledge. --
  • The only way to overcome is to hang in. Even I'm starting to believe that. --Dan OBrien
  • When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. --Jimi Hendrix
  • When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams. --Les Brown 
  • When you feel like you're drowning in life don't worry, your lifeguard walks on water.
  • When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't. --THOMAS EDISON
  • After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. --NELSON MANDELA




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John 16:33 ESV I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Proverbs 3:5-8 ESV Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones.

Proverbs 3:13-18 ESV Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from her is better than gain from silver and her profit better than gold. She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ...

1 Peter 5:7-9 ESV Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

Romans 12:2 ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Philippians 4:6 ESV Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Revelation 2:7 ESV He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’

Matthew 16:18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.

John 1:5 That light shines in the darkness,yet the darkness did not overcome it.





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Friday, December 08, 2023

Contentment Quotes

Quotes About Contentment 



  • Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. --BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
  • There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. --OSCAR WILDE
  • He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. --AESOP
  • To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton (fl. 1375 B.C.)
  • Happiness: a way station between too little and too much. Channing Pollock
  • The stream of spontaneous acts of Godly kindness carries us to the sea of contentment and peace.  Constance Hurst-Howard
  • Until you make peace with who you are, You'll never be content with what you have. Doris Mortman
  • There is no one luckier than he who thinks himself so. German Proverb
  • One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment. Merle Shain
  • The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God. Miguel Cordero-Munoz
  • It is right to be content with what we have, but never with what we are. Sir James Makintosh
  • Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. --Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman (1608-1661)
  • Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire. --Thomas Fuller
  • Contentment is natural wealth. --Socrates
  • Contentment, then, is the product of a heart resting in God. It is the soul’s enjoyment of that peace that passes all understanding. It is the outcome of my will being brought into subjection to the Divine will. It is the blessed assurance that God does all things well, and is, even now, making all things work together for my ultimate good. --Arthur W. Pink
  • There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have the energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him. --J. I. Packer
  • Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it. --FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
  • If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better. --Lou Holtz











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Happiness Is an Inside Job
Happiness cannot be acquired. Often, people set out to pursue happiness in a spouse, a friend, a job, a family, a home, a title or a whole lot of money. But happiness isn’t “out there.” Happiness starts inside of you. It is a gift you can give to yourself. 



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Contentment
A state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1Ti_6:6; 2Co_9:8). It is opposed to envy (Jas_3:16), avarice (Heb_13:5), ambition (Pro_13:10), anxiety (Mat_6:25, Mat_6:34), and repining (1Co_10:10). It arises from the inward disposition, and is the offspring of humility, and of an intelligent consideration of the rectitude and benignity of divine providence (Psa_96:1, Psa_96:2; 145), the greatness of the divine promises (2Pe_1:4), and our own unworthiness (Gen_32:10); as well as from the view the gospel opens up to us of rest and peace hereafter (Rom_5:2).

Contentment
CONTENTMENT, n.
1. Content; a resting or satisfaction of mind without disquiet; acquiescence.
Contentment, without external honor, is humility.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim 6.
2. Gratification.
At Paris the prince spent a day, to give his mind some contentment.

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Proverbs 14:30 (MSG) A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
Luke 12:15 (MSG) Speaking to the people, he went on, “Take care! Protect yourself against the least bit of greed. Life is not defined by what you have, even when you have a lot.”
Ecclesiastes 4:6 (MSG) One handful of peaceful repose Is better than two fistfuls of worried work— More spitting into the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 (MSG) We work to feed our appetites; Meanwhile our souls go hungry.
Psalms 131:2 (MSG) I’ve kept my feet on the ground, I’ve cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother’s arms, my soul is a baby content.
John 14:8 (MSG) Philip said, “Master, show us the Father; then we’ll be content.”
3 John 10 - So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
Hebrews 13:5 - Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
1 Timothy 6:8 - But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
1 Timothy 6:6 Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth.
Philippians 4:11 - Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
2 Corinthians 12:10 - For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Luke 3:14 - Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
Job 20:20 Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

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Think of these things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. Benjamin Franklin 
 A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful--five years later. Phyllis Battelle 
Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child. -- Laura Lippman 
 Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them. -- Albert Schweitzer We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky. ~ George Herbert Walker Bush O Lord, forgive what I have been, sanctify what I am, and order what I shall be. -- Thomas Wilson None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. -Ralph Waldo Emerson The only people you should ever want to get "even" with are those who have helped you. – John Honeyfield If you want to understand the meaning of happiness, you must see it as a reward and not as a goal. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. Abraham Lincoln You have the ability, with your words, to make a person stronger. Your words are to their soul what a vitamin is to their body. Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged. Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down! Speak words that make people stronger. Believe in them as God has believed in you. Max Lucado A Love Worth Giving Love is an act of will: listening to someone when we are bored, keeping that perfectly couched comeback to ourselves, letting old Mrs. Jones win the argument over something unimportant, biting our tongues instead of reminding others of our triumphs. Love is the decision to behave a certain way even when we don't feel like it. Leslie Williams Seduction of the Lesser Gods Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. Oprah Winfrey Hospitality is a grand gesture of acceptance. Christ's hospitality is forgiveness and acceptance. It welcomes friends and family, strangers and sinners. Because we live in Christ, the hospitality with which we welcome others is generated by a deep, passionate, single-minded love of Jesus extended to all corners. Hospitality comes from the heart, Christ's true home. Harriet Crosby A Place Called Home To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. Robert Muller The Greek word translated "workmanship" is poiema; it means "something made" and gives us the English word poem. The Christian who boasts, "I'm a self-made person!" doesn't understand this basic principle that God must work in us before He can work through us. He must prepare us for what He has prepared for us. Warren W. Wiersbe A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. Benjamin Franklin The whole idea that our lives belong to us is a myth, and an arrogant assumption when it comes right down to it. I did not conceive myself; I wasn't my own idea. I cannot will myself to wake up in the mornings--it is by God's grace alone that I am given even one more day to live. Leslie Williams First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas a Kempis Our precious Jesus will meet extra-ordinary pain with extraordinary grace. He will meet extraordinary needs with extraordinary resources. He will meet extraordinary fears with extraordinary comfort. Kathy Troccoli We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it. Abraham Lincoln A man with outward courage dares to die. A man with inward courage dares to live. To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig Many Bible passages (such as Luke 13:3 or Acts 2:38) issue a call for repentance. Repentance? The very thought stops our hearts with chilling honesty, for it insists that we come clean before we set out to execute life's important choices. Repentance demands that we choose a path of holy living. Calvin Miller God is in the business of restoration, and he's been doing it for a long, long time. We're merely his partners, his apprentices. We're working with a pro! Today open your heart and let God's touch bring restoration to those areas of your life that need repair. Then go and touch others with his restoring love. Amy Nappa We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by your past. He turned a murderer named Moses into a leader and a coward named Gideon into a courageous hero, and he can do amazing things with the rest of your life, too. God specializes in giving people a fresh start. Rick Warren When all is said and done, more is said than done. Lou Holtz Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your feet on first. Frederick Wilcox Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Theresa Unless the gospel is preached with contemporary relevance it has not been preached. Martin Luther The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduced yourself to had life not done it for you. Kendall Hailey Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying "Wow, this is it. I guess I'm happy. I got a home I love. A career that I love. I'm even feeling more and more at peace with myself." If there's something else to happiness, let me know. I'm ambitious for that, too. Harrison Ford Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. Victor Borge Patience is also a form of action. Auguste Rodin I cannot give you the formula for success but I can give you the formula for failure: Which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert B. Swope The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible. Richard M. DeVos 1926- (American Businessman, Co-founder of Amway Corp.) Holiness isn't in a style of dress. It's not a matter of rules and regulations. It's a way of life that emanates quietness and rest, joy in family, shared pleasure with friends, the help of a neighbor--and the hope of a Savior. Joni Eareckson Tada (Holiness in Hidden Places) Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - Not even our troubles. Charlie Chaplin The Bible calls the good man's life a light; and it is the nature of light to flow out spontaneously in all directions, and fill the world unconsciously with its beams. Horace Bushnell There may be an easy road to success but the problem is it's very difficult to find. Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him. Booker T. Washington Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no signficance or hope... The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose. Rick Warren There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. Even God doesn't plan to judge a man till the end of his days, why should you and I? Unknown The gospel is so simple that simple children can understand it, and it is so profound that studies by the wisest theologians will never exhaust its riches. Charles Hodge Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. Cherie Carter-Scott Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. E. H. Chapin You can't shake hands with a clenched fist. Golda Meir Keep your nose to the grindstone and your shoulder to the wheel, it's a lot cheaper than plastic surgery. Love is like a roller coaster: When it's good you don't want to get off, and when it isn't you can't wait to throw up. Humor helps us to think out of the box. The average child laughs about 400 times per day, the average adult laughs only 15 times per day. What happened to the other 385 laughs? Anoymous
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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Anxiety Quotes

Quotes About Anxiety
  • ...Anxiety beclouds the future... --Abraham Lincoln
  • Anxiety and stress derive from fear and self-doubt. --Debasish Mridha
  • Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.  C. H. Spurgeon
  • Anxiety has afflicted me all my life. --Scott Stossel
  • Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. --Soren Kierkegaard
  • Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. --T. S. Eliot
  • Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 1Peter 5.7
  • Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with The handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. Henry Ward Beecher
  • Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. --Henry Ward Beecher
  • Often Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. --Chuck Jones
  • The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. George Mueller
  • We do not know what will come. But we do know who will come. And if the last hour belongs to us, we do not need to fear the next minute.  Helmet Thielicke.


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Anxiety Is Destructive = Anxiety encompasses the things in your life that cause worry and stress. It has nothing positive to offer and does not lead to personal growth or improvement. We should all make an effort to cast all our cares on God. 



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1 Corinthians 2:3 And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.
Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
John 14:27 ESV Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Matthew 6:25-34 ESV “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ...
1 Peter 5:6-7 ESV Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Philippians 4:13 ESV I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Joshua 1:9 ESV Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Hebrews 13:6 ESV So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
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Security and Assurance

 "Your heavenly Father already knows perfectly well what you need and he will give it to you if you give him first place in your life and live as he wants you to."  Matthew 6:33 (LB)

 "Your security is not in your bank account; your security is in the Lord. If God turns off one faucet, he can turn on another."

 Many of us act like spiritual orphans. We forget that we have a heavenly Father who already knows what we need.  He's just waiting for us to ask.  He will provide.  Does God take care of little birds?  They don't worry. Human beings are the only things in all creation that worry. Everything else trusts the heavenly Father and creator to care for their needs.

 "He gives food to those who trust Him.  He never forgets His promises." (Psalm 111:5 LB) 

 How much do you trust God?  Worry is really just a form of atheism.  Every time you worry, you're saying, "It all depends on me." That's just not in the Bible.

 You must trust God with your life.  Today's verse says, "If you give him first place."  Why?  Because as long as you love anything more than God that thing or person or item will become a source of anxiety. 

 "Don't put your hope in wealth which is so uncertain. But put your hope in God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." (1 Timothy 6:17) You must always remember -- your security is not in your bank account; your security is in the Lord. If God turns off one faucet, he can turn on another.  If he turns off one job, he can turn on another.  You must seek the Lord. 

 The book of Romans says God sent his son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for you to pay for your salvation.  If God loves you enough to send His own son to die for you, don't you think He loves you enough to take care of your bills?  Don't you realize that any other problem is minor by comparison? He solved your biggest problem when he saved you. The bottom line is this:  Are you going to believe God to do what He says He will do?  And are you going to believe him enough to do what he tells you to do?
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