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THE CP GROUP GUIDANCE THOUGHTS

February 02, 2007

Ps2:12 - "How blessed are all who take refuge in Him."... Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time.- Thomas

Edison

February 16, 2007

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation... - Jack Nicklaus

February 19, 2007

Jer 29:11-13 "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes..."

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#0000055

If you would have your children to walk honorable through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from their paths, but teach them to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading them by the hand, but let them learn to go alone ... Anne Bronte Col2: 6-7 "And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to live in obedience to Him. Let your roots grow down into Him and draw up nourish¬ment from Him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all He has done."

#0000056

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity ... - Douglas MacArthur

"Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the rock eternal." Isa26:4

#0000057

What on earth would a man do with himself if something did not stand in his way? ... H. G. Wells

Hebrews-13:5,6 - "He hath said, never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper I will not be afraid. What can a man do to me?"

#0000058

"If you know his father and his grandfather, you can trust the son." - Olaf the Viking

Prov23:22-25 - "Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don't despise your mother's experience when she is old. Get the truth and don't ever sell it; also get wisdom, discipline, and discernment. The father of Godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure it is to have wise children. So give your parents joyl May she who gave you birth be happy.

#0000059

When we look back and wonder how we ever made it through, we realize it's not bcuz we've been clever, but bcuz GOD has been wise; not bcuz we've been strong, but bcuz GOD has been mighty; not bcuz we've been consistent but bcuz GOD has been faithful ... Mario Almario

Psalm34:1-3 "Come, let us tell of the Lord's greatness, let us exalt His name together."

#0000060

Joy is not in things; it is in us ... - Richard Wagner

Ga/5:22,16 "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self control." "So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature."

#0000061

The most difficult thing - but an essential one - is to love life, to love it even while one suffers, because Life is all. Life is GOD, and to love Life means to love GOD...Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace ....

Co/3:14-15 "And the most important piece of clothing you must wear is Love. Love is what binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are all called to live in peace. And always be thankful."

#0000062

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness ... Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pr28:13 "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy."

#0000063

I don't think in terms of failure. I think of things as not the right time or something that's outside my capabilities. i don't feel like anyone outside of me should be setting limitations. People should be encouraged to shoot for the moon... - Whoopi Goldberg Co13:23-25 'Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as thugh you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and the Master you are serving is Christ. But if you do what is wrong, you will be paid back for the wrong you have done. For God has no favorites who can get away with evil."

#0000064

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much,

because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat ...Theodore Roosevelt

Matt10:32 "if anyone acknowledges me publicly here on earth; I will openly acknow-ledge that person before My Father in Heaven. But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before My Father in Heaven."

#0000065

I've met a lot of leaders in the Army who were very competent - but they didn't have characer. I've also met a lot of leaders who had superb character but who lacked competence. To lead in the twenty first century, you will be required to have both character and competence.... General Norman V. Schwarzkopf

2Chrol:11 God said to Solomon "Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for personal wealth and honor or the death of your enemies or even a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people, I will certainly give you the wisdom and knowledge you requested. And I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor such as no other king has ever had before you or will ever have again!"

#0000066

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them ... - George ernard Show ....

Acts17:27 "His purpose in all of this was that the nations should 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."

#0000067

Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear, amid the uproar of empires and nations, a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirrings of life and hope- Albert Camus

Psalm 32:8,9 - The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control."

#0000068

A man is a fool when he dies for his opinions. A man is a saint when he stands for his convictions. Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything...Peter Marshall... Eph4: 14 "Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about

what we believe because someone has told us something different or because someone has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth. Instead, we will hold to the truth in love, becoming more and more in every way like Christ, Who is the Head of his Body, the Church."

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If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me....-Warren Wierske

Ga15:15 "But if instead of showing love among yourselves you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another

#0000070

Confess your own sins, not your neighbors! The greatest fault is to be conscious of none but other peoples!.... Thomas Carlyle

Matt7:1-5 "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged. And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? How can you think of saying "Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye," when you can't see past the log in your own eye? Hypocrite! First get rid of the log from your own eye; then perhaps you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your firend's eye."

#0000071

At the close of life, the question will not be how much you have got, but how much

have you given. Not how much have you won, but how much have you done. Not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed. Not how much were you honored, but how much have you served.... - Nathan C. Schaeffer

Life threatening survival through the 2nd World War, Painstaking Reconstruction Postwar, Tedious Rebuilding Peacetime, Astutely Working to the Lead of the Growth Years, Nourishing Family and Community in the Prosperous Years, Now Praying for our continued Fruitfulness through the New Era of Global DiversityAmong Her Generation of Family and Peers and the Family's Proliferating Generations - Tita Mila

is among its Giant Pillars!Come let us thank and praise the Lord together!! Psalm 34!!!

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When General Douglas MacArthur was asked, "What is the greatest quality of a leader?" he answered, "Selflessness." No man can five happily who regards himself alone, who turns everything to his own advantage. You must live for others,

if you wish to five for yourselfBits and Pieces

Rev3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me."

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He who thinks he can find in himself the means of doing without others is much mistaken; but he who thinks that others cannot do without him is still more mistaken... La Rochefoucauld Psalm34:3, 8 "Come, let us tell of the Lord's greatness; let us exalt His Name together."; "Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who trust in Him."

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People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be... - Abraham Lincoln... Provl 7:23 "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

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The weakest creature, by concentrating his power on a simple object, can accomplish good results; while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks, but the hasty torrent rushes over it and leaves no trace behind. Concentrration = Power- Og Mandino

Matt7::7-8 "Keep on asking and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks."

#0000076

There is no doubt that it is around the family and the home that all the greatest virtues, the most dominating virtues of human society are created, strengthened, and maintained... Winston Churchill

Prov22:6 "Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it." -

Galatians5:22 "Love, not hatred! Joy, not worry! Peace, not violence! Patience not compulsiveness! Kindness, not unkindness! Goodness, not badness! Faithfulness, to God above man! Humility, not arrogance! Self-Control, not out of control."

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A recent Harris poll showed that over 90 percent of the people polled would change their lives dramatically if they could, and in most cases they ranked such intangibles as self-respect, affection, and acceptance - higher than status, money and power. They don't like the way they live now, but they don't know how to change...-Warren Bennis Psalm34:4-7 "I prayed to the Lord and He answered me, freeing me from all my fears. Those who look to Him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces. I cried out to the Lord in my sufferings, and He heard me. He set me free from all my fears. For the Angel of the Lord guards all who fear Him, and He rescues them."

#0000078

In reading about the lives of great men, 1 found that the first victory they won was over themselvesSelf-discipline with all of them came first... - Harry S. Truman Proverbsl:7 "Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline."

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Until you know that life is interesting - and find it so - you haven't found your soul.... - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury

Prov11:25 "A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed."

#0000080

Did you know that worry erases the promises of God from your mind? Jesus says this when He says, "0 men of little faith. Do not be anxious" (Mat6:31) ..Harold Sala Joshua 1:15 "Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

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Conscience is a trustworthy compass when GOD's Word is your true north ...Raul Romulo... Proverbs6:16-19 "There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers." -

Isa30:21 "Thine ears shall hear a Word behind thee saying, this is the way walk ye in it, when you turn to the right, and when you turn to the left."

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None so blind as those who won't see. (proverb)- Raul Romulo

lJohn2:15-17 "Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world. And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever."

#0000083

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, not the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship ...Ralph Waldo Emerson Deuteronomy33:12 "The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him; and the Lord shall cover Him all the day long, and He shall dwell between His shoulders."

#0000084

At the close of life, the question will not be how much you have got, but how much have you given. Not how much have you won, but how much have you done. Not how much have you saved, but how much have you sacrificed. Not how much were you honored, but how much have you served... - Nathan C. Schaeffer

Life threatening survival through the 2nd World War, Painstaking Reconstruction Postwar, Tedious Rebuilding Peacetime, Astutely Working to the Lead of the Growth Years, Nourishing Family and Community in the Prosperous Years, now Praying for Our Continued Fruitfulness through the New Era of Global Diversity...Among Her Generation of Family and Peers and the Family's Proliferating Generations - Tita Mila is among its Giant Pillars!... Come let us thank and praise the Lord together!! Psalm 34!!!

#0000085

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness... Ralph Waldo Emerson.. Proverbs28:13 "He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces then finds mercy."

#0000086

Amen to that! I also would like to share what I have learned in my corporate life. - The real strength of a corporation is the relationship that it has built with its people and NEVER the financial muscle that it has! - Bob Madrid Prulife UK ...

Proverbs11:26 "People curse those who holds their grain for higher prices, but they bless the one who sells to them in their time of need."

#0000087

In golf, as in life, it is the follow through that makes the difference-Justice Andy Reyes lJohn3:18 "Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.

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