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"Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you.- Give diligence to make your calling and election sure: . . . for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.- So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.- The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory." l..-John6:27.-2Petl:10,11:Cor9:24,25.-Isa60:19...

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#0001482

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"Thou hearest me always.- Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.- Father, glorify Thy Name.Then came there a voice from Heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.- Lo, I come to do Thy will, 0 God.- Not my will, but Thine, be one"...-John11:42.-41.-John12:28.-Heb10:7.-Luke22:42...

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#0001483

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For guys like me singing the 'blues', you can sum it up simply like this: Things ye like, Things ye don't like, Things ye wish for, And things ye don't wish for...-BBKing, King of Blues……..Lukel:45 "Blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.- Lord, increase our faith."

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#0001484

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My hope does not rest on anything but on God alone, I will praise Him regardless...-CCF, Worship Focus Psa42:5 "Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance."

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#0001485

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The Hebrew words for "guide" gives us several clues as to what God expects from those He uses as leaders. A guide: Is a spiritual head who unites and directs people in their walk with God; takes people on the straight path that leads to fellowship with God; gives accurate and godly counsel to those who need it; leads with gentleness and trustworthiness, making others feel safe; bases his or her direction on the Spirit and the Word of God..: Maxwell, Leadership Promises………Psa32:8 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye."

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#0001486

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A man's true wealth is he good that he does in the world...-Mohammed…….Eph4:1,2 "Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love."

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#0001487

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I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve...-Albert Schweitzer………lCorl3:4 "Charity suffereth long, and is kind ..."

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Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind...-Judith Pitman………Proverbs10:26 "As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him."

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#0001489

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The three essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense...-Thomas Edison………Prov10:5 "He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame."

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#0001490

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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it...-Winston Churchill…….Proverbsi12:1 "Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish."

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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity...-Ralph Waldo Emerson……Proverbsl0:28a "The hope of the righteous shall be gladness ..."

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#0001492

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A Chinese proverb states that `behind an able man there are always other able men.' The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement. 'One' is too small a number to achieve greatness. You cannot do anything of real value `alone'. Don't Try To Fly Solo...-Maxwell, Leadership Promises……….Ecc4:9-12 "Two are better than one . . . and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."

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#0001493

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Dear soul, you may scarcely realize the value of your present situation. If you are enduring great afflictions right now, you are at the source of the strongest faith. God will teach you during these dark hours to have the most powerful bond to His throne you could ever know, if you will only submit. "When I am afraid, I will trust in You."(Psa56:3). Great faith must first endure great trials...-ABSimpson…….Rom4:18,19 "Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed . . . . Without weakening in his faith."

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#0001494

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Pressing On Toward The Goal...- NIV Zondervan, Life Application…………….Phi3:12-16 "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained."

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#0001495

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"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day; we are not of the night, nor of darkness.--Watch, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh."...-1 Thess5:3-5.-Mat25:13...

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"Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.- We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.- These Words spake Jesus, ' I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. I in them, and Thou in the, that they may be made perfect in one'."-2Pet3:18. 2Cor3:18: John17:1,15,23...

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"Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.-What has thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?- By grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them."...-Rom3:27.- 1 Cor4:7.-Eph2:8-10...

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"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things.- All things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee.- By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."...-Roml l:36.-lChr29:14.-lCorl5:10...

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#0001499

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A leader's history of successes and failures makes a big difference in their credibility. It's a bit like earning and spending pocket change. Leader's who keep making good decisions and recording wins build up change. If they make huge blunders, they still have plenty of change left over, because they still have the trust of their people...-Maxwell, Leadership Promise…….Prv20:28 "Love and truth form a good leader; sound leadership is founded on loving integrity.”

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"Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?- In Him we live, and move, and have our being.- Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.- He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned He his anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath. For He remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again."...-Ma12:10.- Acts17:28.- Psa103:13.-Psa78:38,39...

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Jesus, the omnipotent Son of God, felt it necessary to rise each morning before dawn to pour out His heart to His Father in prayer. Should we not feel even more compelled to pray to Him who is the giver of 'every good and perfect gift' (Jam1:17) and who has promised to provide whatever we need? A life without prayer is a powerless life. It may be a life filled with a great deal of activity and noise, but it will be far removed from Him who day and night prayed to God..: Cowman-Reiman, Streams……….Mat26:41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."

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If you have only one crab in the basket, you need a lid to keep it from crawling out, but if you've got two or more you don't. When there are several crabs, they will drag one another down so that none of them can get away. Some people act the same way. They'll do things to keep others from getting ahead. But the good news is that you don't have to buy into their belief system. Get out and stay out of the basket by refusing to be a crab...-Maxwell, Leadership Promises……….2Tim4:3 "Instead, to suit theft own desires, they will gather around them a great number of leaders to say what their itching ears want to hear."

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Have you been neglecting your relationships or are you suffering from burnout? Maybe you are trying to do far more than God ever intended you to do. When our choices are unwise, we suffer the estrangement of loneliness. Alone, depressed, and without friends and family. Our lifestyle may well be wrong. Invest in your relationships today...-Sala, Refuge……..Johnl 1:5 "Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus."

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Resist Shortsighted 'Solutions'. The temptation to lie, cheat, or steal is driven by the rush of gratification such actions purport to provide. Breaking the rules opens the door to a quick reward, but there is always a price to be paid..: Seybert, Leaders…….Mark4:22 "For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light."

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"Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in His ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.- Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily shalt thou be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.- Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee withersoever thou goest.- The Lord made all that he did to prosper in His hand."...-Psa128:1,2.-Psa37:3,4.-Joshual:9.-Gen39:3...

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"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.- As long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.- Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God) in not keeping His commandments, and His judgements, and His statutes, which I command thee this day: and thou say in thine heart, my power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.- Is not the Lord your God with you? And bath He not given you rest on every side?"...-Mat6:33.-2Chr26:5.-Deut8:11,17.-lChr22:18...

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"Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?- Behold the fowls of the air; . . . your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?- Why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not . . . remember the five loaves of the five thousand?- My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."..: Mark4:40.-Mat6:26.-Matl6:8,9.-Phi4:19...

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If a person allows it, he can find something at every turn of the road that will rob him of his victory and his peace of mind. At each milestone in your life, it is wise to check the temperature of your experience in order to be keenly aware of the surrounding conditions. Lifting your heart to God in a moment of genuine faith in Him can turn defeat into victory in a split second, if we will only trust Him. When you have faith, you can stop the enemy wherever you encounter him... -Marshal Ferdinand Foch…………..1John5:4 "Everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith."

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Identify Your Champions. Champions are people to whom the entire organization can look for vision and motivation on a particular task. They're the cheerleaders. They ignite the light at the end of the tunnel. Champions should be visible...-Seybert, Leaders………….Judges2:18 "Whenever the Lord raised up a judge over Israel, He was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies."

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In The Hands of a Great Artist, nothing is ordinary if you know how to use it. People under the influence of an empowering person are like paper in the hands of a great artist. No Matter what they're made of, they can become treasures...-Maxwell, Leadership Promises………Isa64:8 "But now, 0 Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter; and all we are the work of Your hand."