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“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek: He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to comfort all that mourn; to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the Spirit of heaviness.- Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.-He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”...-Jer8:22.-Isa61:1-3.-Mat11:28-30.-Psa147:3...

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He was not aloof. He was so much in the ordinary world that the religious people of His day called Him a glutton and a wine-bibber. Our Lord never allowed anything to interfere with His consecration of spiritual energy. We are to be ‘in’ the world but not ‘of’ it...-Chambers, My Utmost........Gal6:14 “Through which the world has been crucified to Me, and I to the world.”

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When you have something to celebrate, bring as many people to the party as possible. Folks appreciate being part of a winning team. Don't withhold your magnanimity. This isn't a time to boast or be self-important. It's time to say, ‘We are excited, and we want to share our joy.’...-Seybert, Leaders........Neh8:10 “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared.”

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“They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.- You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.”...-.-Mal3:17.-Col1:21,22...

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In the early morning hours,/ 'Twixt the night and day,/ While from earth the darkness passes/ Silently away;/ Then it's sweet to talk with Jesus/ In your bedroom still--/ For the coming day and duties/ Ask to know His will./ Then He'll lead the way before you,/ Laying mountains low;/ Making desert places blossom,/ Sweet'ning sorrow's flow./ Do you want a life of triumph,/ Victory all the way?/ Then put God in the beginning/ Of each coming day./...-LBCowman, Streams........Psalm65:8 “Where morning dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy.”

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If someone is doing something you don't understand or agree with, consider why they are acting as they are. If you are facing a situation in which someone's actions seem uncooperative or hostile, explore the reasons for their behavior before writing them off. Does your leadership tool kit include an ability to look beneath the surface?...-Seybert, Leaders........John7:24 “Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”

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“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. It is the Lord Christ that you are serving.”...Colossians 3:23,24...

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The wind that blew from the sunrise made me hope in God who had first breathed into my nostrils the breadth of life; that He would at length so fill me with His breadth, His mind, His Spirit, that I should think only His thoughts, and live His life, finding therein my own...- George McDonald........Phi4:7.-Psa65:8 "And the peace of God which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.-Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice."

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I think I kind of have the best job in the world just gettiing to play the game I love for a living. If I had not, I probably would have pursued Physiotherapy for a career...-Suzann Petterson, 2008 Rising Star and 4th Ranked European Golfer........Psalm107:9“He satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.”

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Nothing is difficult if one perseveres...-Chinese Proverb........Matthew5:6 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”

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Have you ever risen early, climbed a hill, and watched God make a morning? The dull gray gives way as He pushes the sun toward the horizon, and then the tints and hues of every color begin to blend into one perfect light as the full sun suddenly bursts into view flooding the earth and every deep valley with glorious light. The majesty of God Himself and the glory of the morning...George MacDonald..........Psalm65:8 “Where morning dawns and evening fades you call forth songs of joy.”

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Yet in thy dark streets shineth,/ the everlasting light./ The hopes and fears/ of all the years/ Are met in Thee tonight./ O come to us/ Abide in us/ Our Lord Emmanuel...-Sandi Patty w Amy Grant, Duets Christmas song, O Little Town of Bethlehem..........Psalm36:9 “For with Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light shall we see light.”

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Fix Your Thoughts on God. This isn't just theoretical; it really works. You will experience peace as a leader to the extent that you fix your thoughts on God...-Seybert, Leaders........Isaiah26:3“You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!”

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I am called to live in perfect relation to God so that my life produces a longing after God in other lives, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God is not after perfecting me to be a specimen in His show-room; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He likes...-Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest........Phil3:12 “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect.”

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I get a kick out of the Patellar Reflex. When the hammer taps your kneecap, nerve impulses race toward your brain, but they're short-circuited at your spinal cord and rush back to make your leg jump. The brain never gets a chance to tell the leg not to make a fool of itself by jumping uncontrollably... Some people behave in a similar manner. They respond to ideas without first filtering their reactions through their brains. Knee-jerk critics are frustrating, but the good news is that they are predictable. They bring disrespect on themselves as others grow weary of their behavior...-Seybert, Leaders........Jude1:10 “These people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction.”

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This time around, the Recession is not due to tight monetary policy, higher tax rates, or protectionism. It's due to a sudden and sharp plunge in the velocity of money-- what we now call Risk Aversion Hysteria- where the speed with which money moves its way through the economy slows down as both consumers and businesses decide they want to increase their cash holdings...-Brian Wesbury, First Trust Portfolios re the severity of 08 Global Credit Crunch........Psalm61:2 “When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

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“Where shall wisdom be found? If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask of God, nothing wavering.- But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peacable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy, and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.- Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.- The only wise God.- Be not wise in thine own eyes.”...-Job28:12. James1:5,6.- James3:17.- Prov3:5,6.- 1Tim1:17.- Prov3:7...

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“In this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.- Having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.”...2Corinthians5:2,4.- Philippians1:23...

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“Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.- It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy statutes.”...-Deuteronomy8:2,5,6.-Psalm119:71...

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Irony in Paradox. I belong to the school of thought that believes in the cyclical market behaviour- where we get out of risk when everyone is taking risk and take our risk when everyone is getting out of it. We bought government bonds when everyone was buying equities and are now into the heavily discounted high yield tripleA corporate bonds when the herd has left the market...-Hugh Hendrix, Eclectica Funds Mgt, Dec08 No1 fund is up 50% for the year, in the midst of hedge funds carnage at the height of the global economic crisis........2Cor12:9,10“I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”

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“There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy.- Both riches and honor come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.”...-Psalm33:16,18.- 1Chronicles29:12...

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“By strength shall no man prevail.- Then said David to the Philistine, thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it. So David prevailed over Goliath the Philistine with a sling and with a stone.-Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His mercy.”...-1Samuel2:9.- 1Samuel17:45,49,50...Psalm33:18...

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Many people want to direct God instead of surrendering themselves to be directed by Him. They want to show Him the way instead of submissively following where He leads...-Madame Guyon..........Jeremiah10:23 “I know, O Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.”

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There is so much beyond our control. The only thing that you can control is your attitude. I am convinced that life is ten percent what happens to me and ninety percent how I react to it...-Seybert, Leaders........Philippians4:8 “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”

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Have a reputation for being gracious. It is the chief glory of the high and mighty to be gracious, a prerogative of kings to conquer with universal goodwill-- To be able to do more good than others. Those make friends who do friendly acts. On the other hand, there are some who fix themselves on not being gracious, not on account of the difficulty but due to a bad disposition. In all things they are the opposite of divine grace...-Baltasar Graciàn, Maxim32........Gal5:13 “By love serve one another.”

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Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty...-Coco Chanel........Romans15:1 “We . . . that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”

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Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else...-Will Rogers.........Romans12:10 “Be kindly affectioned one to another in brotherly love; in honour preferring one another.”

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One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears-- by listening to them...-Dean Rusk........Galatians6:1 “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith...-Franklin Delano Roosevelt........Job32:8 “There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.”

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Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be...-Clementine Paddleton........Mark12:33 “To love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”