Great doors of opportunity swing on the tiny hinges of obedience.” – IKE REIGHARD.
Self-absorbed people experience a lot of disappointment and anger, and they often have a hair trigger when it comes to accusing God or anyone else who doesn’t meet their demands. We often hear them say, “That’s not fair!
Politics is the science of how who gets what, when and why.” – Sidney Hillman.
Critical words cut like a knife. And sarcasm is the same knife with a pearl handle.
Immaturity isn’t something to aspire to, but childlike faith is a valuable commodity in God’s Kingdom.
Solomon said if you want to be wise you run with the wise; if you want to be a fool, you run with fools.
What you sow you reap. What you give.
We bring a smile to God’s face when we express thanks for what we have instead of complaining because we don’t have the latest version of a toy we want. We give God joy when we take care of what He has loaned us instead of trashing things.
Just as ships are built to sail the seas and planes to fly the heavens, so is man created for a purpose.
In those early days, God gave us wonderful experiences to confirm our faith, then sooner or later, He chose a more difficult curriculum for us. Struggles, disappointments, and misunderstandings about the nature of the Christian life threatened our fledgling faith, but the winter season provided the opportunity to go deeper and grow closer to God.
We face big choices every day. Each one may seem small, but together, they are steps in a direction toward God or away from Him, toward wonderful blessings or in the direction of painful curses. It’s our choice.
Work might come later, but for now, he needed God’s perspective. And the only way to get it was to stop, look, listen, and remember the goodness and greatness of Almighty God.
In the seasons of the year, in romantic relationships, and in our walks with God, the beauty of spring doesn’t come without the dormancy of winter. If we develop greater trust when it’s cold and dark, we’ll experience more love in the warmth of spring.
When everything seems to be coming unglued, He whispers, “Stop. Be still. Listen to Me, and be sure that I can do anything that needs to be done.
The Bible does say, ‘Pray without ceasing,’ but I don’t see where it says you have to stop working in order to pray. As a matter of fact, I believe that anybody who can walk and chew gum at the same time can work and pray at the same time.” – ZIG ZIGLAR.
Even in the most difficult times in our lives, faith is built by stopping and looking at the wonder of God’s power and grace in the expanse and intricacies of nature.
When I learned how to plan each day and set specific goals, I became more focused on the things that really make a difference.
I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person. But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to be the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person. On the other hand, if you marry the right person and treat them wrong, you certainly will have ended up marrying the wrong person.
Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You are the only one who can do it permanently.” – ZIG ZIGLAR.
Running your own race is doing the best you can every chance you get with what you have for a purpose that outlives you.