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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely...- Rodin

2 Corinthians 10:5 "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God."

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Never confuse a single defeat with a defeat - F Scott Fitzgerald Psalm 37:23,24

"The steps of the godly are directed by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will not fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand."

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When people talk of role models, society assumes they're perfect. But the definition of role model is someone we should learn from. Kids should learn from his or her mistakes... - Kobe Bryant in Manila Charity EventProverbs 24:16 "They may trip seven times, but each time they will rise again. But one calamity is enough to lay the wicked low."

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We have to go the `second mile' with God. Some of us get played out in the first ten yards, because God compels us to go where we cannot see the way, and we say - "I will wait till I get nearer the big crisis". If we do not do the running steadily in the little ways, we shall do nothing in the crisis...- Oswald Chambers John 13:14 "Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet."

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People do not quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing... - Oliver Wendell Holmes Isaiah 40:30,31 "Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

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Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart...- Mencius Matthew 18:3

"Then Jesus said, `I assure you, unless you turn from your sins and become as little children, you will never get into the kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me'."

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A survey titled CAREGIVING IN THE USA estimates that more than 44 million Americans are unpaid caregivers, and a majority of them currently work while providing care. The survey also found that God, family, and friends were most often cited as sources of strength by people who are caring for others. Three-fourths of the respondents said they relied on prayer to deal with the demands of caregiving...- David McCasland

Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

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UNITED NATIONS REPORT shows that there is `decreasing poverty' in the Phil. The proportion of families below the poverty threshold has decreased to 24.4 percent in July compared to 39.9 percent in 1990. Yet, our SWS Report in March07 indicates around 17 million Filipinos or 19% of the population are hungry and 45 million or 53% saw themselves as poor...- Alejandro Roces Phil Star 1 Timothy 6:17, 18 "Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money. Money cannot be trusted. They should put their trust in God. He gives us all we need for our happiness. Tell them to do good and be rich in good works. They should give much to those in need and be ready to share."

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The Hoffman poem goes thus: "I must tell Jesus all of my trials, I cannot bear these burdens alone; In my distress He kindly will help me, He ever loves and cares for His own." - Through prayer, we can step into the calming presence of the Lord and find strength to go on. As we bring our heartaches and needs to God, He meets us where we are and gives us His peace. He is an ever - present help who cares for us in every situation...- McCasland Psalm 46:4,5 "There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day."

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Typically, as we age we lose our prominence and our positions of influence. We fret over the extent that our reputations are being enhanced or damaged. Here is a test for our gifts, our prayers, our fasts: Are they done for God's eyes only? If so, though overlooked and unnoticed by others, we have our Father's acknowledgement and reward... - David Roper Matthew 6:18 "Your Father who sees in secret will reward you."

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The world's second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America as the leading global economic powerhouse. Today, it confronts an array of disturbing social trends, notably a population of more than 1 million hikikomori: young men who shut themselves in their rooms, withdrawing from society. There is also a growing number of `parasite singles': women who refuses to leave home, marry, or bear children. Its tradition - steeped society, its aversion to change, and its distrust of individuality are stifling economic revival, political reform, and social evolution... - Michael Zielenger, author of Shutting Out The Sun- How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation

Proverbs 21:2 "The Lord pondereth the hearts."

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Chivalry is a flower no 1- ; indigenous to the soil o .pan its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a de d-up specimen of an an e virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is sti a living object • . ewer and beauty among us...- Inazo Nitobe, Bushido Chapter 1 othy 4:4 "For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the Word of God and prayer."

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China is now expected to pass Germany as the world's third largest economy this year, a fitting opening act for the spectacle Beijing plans for the 2008 Olympics.. . - Melinda Liu, Newsweek Romans 11:33 "0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!"

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The transformation of Beijing for the `08 Olympics is merging as the most ambitious remake of any major world capital in history. A massive coming-of-age party for the world's newest economic superpower, as planned. The creation of a dynamic new capital with `the ultramodern pyramids of the 21st century', evokes the remaking of Paris in 1887...- Prof Zhou Rong, Tsinghua University Architecture School ………. Romans 11:36 "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen."

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Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door... - Emma Lazarus, Incription on Statue of Liberty, New York HarborRevelations 5:9 "And they sang a new song with these words: `You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seal and open it. For you were slain, and Your Blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. And You have caused them to become God's Kingdom and His Priests. And they will reign on the earth'."

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Edification (noun) - improvement or moral guidance, enlighten, upbuild, nurture, support, strengthen...- Random House Webster's Dictionary 1 Thessalonians 5:11 "So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing And remember to live peaceably with each otherEncourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.- See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to everyone else.- Always be joyful. - Keep on praying.- No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."

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The Asian Development Bank has sharply upgraded its growth outlook for the Philippines for this year and the next. The ADB raised its economic growth forecast for the Philippines from 5.9 to 6.9 percent-higher than the government's official target. The ADB projects '07 higher growth in PI Gross domestic Product to reach 6.6 percent...-PDI BusinessPhilippians 1:6 "And I am sure that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on that day when Christ Jesus comes back again."

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Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood. Make big plans: aim high in hope and work... - Daniel Burnham 1 Corinthians 2:4 "And my message and my preaching were very plain. I did not use wise and persuasive speeches, but the Holy Spirit was powerful among you. I did this so that you might trust the power of God rather than human wisdom."

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Beware lest you forget God's purpose for your life, viz., `I am created for God, He made me'. We have to maintain our soul open to the fact of God's creative purpose, and not muddle it with our own intentions. If we do, God will have to crush our intentions on one side however much it may hurt. The realization on earth, and we have to learn to rely on the creative purpose of God...- Oswald Chambers Isaiah 49:5 "And now the Lord says - He who formed me in the womb to be His servant."

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Poverty within is as dangerous as poverty without...- rowan Swan Proverbs 30:8

"Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread."

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To make ends meet, put the lord between them ... - T.J. Bach Psalm 42:5 "Why

are you downcast, 0 my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, For I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God."

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Problems are only opportunities in work clothes...- finery J. Kaiser Ephesians

5:15 "Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil."

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People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges... - J.F. Newton

1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."

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Some books have table of contents; others have no contents... - Melchor Cichon Romans 11:33 "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!..."

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Every long lost dream led me to where you are/ Others who broke my heart they were just northern stars/ Pointing me on my way into your loving arms/ This much I know is true/ That God blessed the broken road/ And led me straight to you...- Melodie Crittenden, Bless the Broken Road, the Duets Album Matthew 12:20 "A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not snuff out, till He leads justice to victory. In His Name the nations will put their hope."

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His mother saw books as the best way to nurture his passionate curiosity, and she `implanted in his mind the love of learning'. Nancy Eliot Edison died before he reached the pinnacle of success. Little did she realize that her son's lifelong drive to find solutions to problems would usher in a new age of technology, with more than a thousand patents issued in his name. Thomas Alva Edison, better known as the creator of the light bulb, the kinescope motion picture camera, the stock ticker machine, the phonograph, etc.- although virtually deaf from the age 12 never forgot her contributions to his many achievements- Le Ann Weiss, Heartlifters Proverbs 13:2 "Good people enjoy the positive results of their words, but those who are treacherous crave violence."

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For more than a hundred years, engineers and scientists have dreamed of a perpetual source of energy, one that would generate more power than it consumes. Imagine a power source that would drive your car without ever needing to be replenished. Perpetual energy would violate the laws of physics. But there is a source of perpetual mental and emotional fuel available to us to achieve our dreams. It is called 'hope'... - Steven K Scott Proverbs 13:12 "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when

dreams come true, there is life and joy."

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In a very real sense, when we invite Christ into our lives, the Flow finds us and we find the Flow. From then on, we are recipients and conduits of living water-the eternal source of thirst-quenching satisfaction for our souls. The indwelling Holy Spirit carries us along by a power and purpose greater than ourselves... - David McCasland John 7:37, 38 "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in Me, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

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The idealist cannot be reformed: if he is driven out of his heaven, he makes an ideal out of his hell ... - Evan Esar "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, `Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

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The man whose head you cannot get a new idea into is usually the same man whose head you cannot get an old idea out of... - Nietzche Lamentations 3:37,38 "Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the Mouth of The Most High that both calamities and good things come?"