#0002747

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart...- Helen Keller.....Matthew6:22,23 "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is."

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#0002748

An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head...- Emil Zatopek.....Psa25:4,5 "Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in You."

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#0002749

We like to buy businesses. We don't like to sell, and we expect the relationships to last a lifetime...- Warren Buffett Speaks, by Janet Lowe.....Psa32:8 "The Lord says, 'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you."

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#0002750

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults...- Socrates.......John7:17 "So Jesus told them, 'My message is not My own; it comes from God who sent Me. Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether My teaching is from God or is merely My own. Those who speak for themselves want glory only for themselves, but a person who seeks to honor the one who sent him speaks truth, not lies."

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#0002751

"And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God's ways; fools will never walk there(Isa35:8). Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will walk on it(v9). Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness(Isaiah36:10)."

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#0002752

The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking...- Dr. Robert Schuller.....James5:11 "We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy."

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#0002753

Socrates, being asked what countryman he was, answered, "I am a citizen of the whole world." But ask a Christian what countryman he is, and he will answer, "A citizen of heaven."...- William Seckler.....1Jn5:11,12 "And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God's Son does not have life."

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#0002754

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another...- George Eliot.......Acts17:27-29 "His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him--though He is not far from any one of us. For in Him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.' And since this is true, we shouldn't think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone'."

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#0002755

"Therefore, since we have been made right in God's sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us(Romans5:1). Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory(v2). We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance(v3). And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation(v4). And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love(Rom5:5)."

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#0002756

"When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners(Romans5:6). Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good(v7). But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners(v8). And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, He will certainly save us from God's condemnation(v9). For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of His Son while we were still His enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of His Son(v10). So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God(Rom5:11)."

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#0002757

Believe! No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit...- Helen Keller.....1John4:4 "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world."

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#0002758

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty...- Socrates.......Rev3:10"Because you have obeyed My command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world."

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#0002759

"They shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee(Jer1:19).- Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness(Isa41:10).- Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and your hearts will be filled with gladness, the kind of gladness that no one can take away from you(Jn16:22)."

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#0002760

Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know...- Socrates....Philippians3:3 "For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort, though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!"

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#0002761

"I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior(Isa43:11).- For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity--the man Christ Jesus. He gave His life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message God gave to the world at just the right time(1Tim2:5,6).- There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved(Acts4:12)."

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#0002762

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can...- Richard Bach......Isaiah61:10 "I delight greatly in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."

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#0002763

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be...- Jose Ortega y Gasset.....Colossians1:10 "So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of His will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better."

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#0002764

All is not gold that glitters...- Miguel de Cervantes.....Colossians2:8-10 "Don't let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority."

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#0002765

"Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down(Hosea14:1). Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to Him, 'Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises(v2). Assyria cannot save us, nor can our warhorses. Never again will we say to the idols we have made, 'You are our Gods.' No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy'(v3). The Lord says, 'Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; My love will know no bounds, for My anger will be gone forever(v4). I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon(Hos14:5)."

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#0002766

"It's branches will spread out like beautiful olive trees, as fragrant as the cedars of Lebanon(Hosea14:6). My people will again live under My shade. They will flourish like grain and blossom like grapevines. They will be as fragrant as the wines of Lebanon(v7). 'O Israel, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me'(v8). Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall(Hos14:9)."

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#0002767

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune...- Socrates.....Psalm62:5-8 "Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor come from God alone. He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me. O my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for God is our refuge."

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#0002768

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be...- Kurt Vonnegut.....1Thess3:13 "May God strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones."

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#0002769

He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature...- Socrates.....Psalm43:3,4 "Send out Your light and Your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where You live. There I will go to the altar of God, to God, the source of all My joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God."

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#0002770

"I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me(Phi3:12). No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead(v13), I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us(v14). Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you(v15). But we must hold on to the progress we have already made(Philippians3:16)."

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#0002771

God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially formed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain...- C. S. Lewis.......Psalm32:1,2,-5 "Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!- Finally, I confessed all my sins to You and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, 'I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.' And You forgave me! All my guilt is gone."

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#0002772

People do not lack strength, they lack will...- Victor Hugo.....Micah6:8 "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God."