Where You Look Is Where You Go!
Look up and not down; look forward and not back; look out and not in; and lend a hand. Edward E. Hale
What is a Recipe for a Calm Heart?
Abide in me; o’ershadow by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin; Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Be Secure in God’s Care!
This little bird has had its supper, and now it is getting ready to go to sleep here, quite secure and content, never troubling itself what its food will be, or where its lodging on the morrow. Like David, it abides under the shadow of the Almighty. It sits on its little twig content, and…
When You Feel Troubled or Perplexed – Pray!
Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer and prayer driveth away trouble and perplexity P Melancthon
Did You Know Prayer is as Simple as Breathing?
Charles Spurgeon Prayer is breathing in the very air of Heaven; and praise is breathing it out again.
Do You Have a Grateful Heart?
Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart. Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if thy blessings had spare days; But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy praise. G. HERBERT
What Is the Shortest Way to Happiness?
If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you. For it is certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you, if you thank and praise God for…
Do You Really Want It All?
I think of Veruca Salt from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, “I want it NOW!” How many times did I pray for something never realizing how truly awful for me it would have been to have received it!? Mercifully, our Lord knows what it best for us, because He holds the plans for our…
Do You Think Before You Speak?
This quote reminded me of the day a teacher took a paper heart and violently crumpled into a tight wad in front of her class. Then she opened it back up and tried to smooth it out, but of course the wrinkles were still in the paper. She said, “You can never take back the…
This is How I Fight My Battles
God will take care of you! Pick up that Bible and Read! 2 Corinthians 10:3-5Good News Translation3 It is true that we live in the world, but we do not fight from worldly motives. 4 The weapons we use in our fight are not the world’s weapons but God’s powerful weapons, which we use to…