Encouraging Thoughts For Christians (from Eileen F.)

* The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. - George Mueller, Orphanage, Bristol, England

* A little faith with bring your soul to Heave, but a lot of faith will bring Heaven to your soul. - D. L. Moody, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

* "From prayer that I may be
Sheltered from winds that beat on Thee,
From fearing when I should aspire,
From faltering when I should climb higher,
From silken self, Oh Captain, Free Thy soldier
Who would follow Thee.
From subtle love of softening things,
From easy choices, weakenings,
(Not thus are spirits fortified,
not this way went the Crucified)
From all that dims Thy Calvary,
Oh Lamb of God, deliver me.
Give me the love that leads the way,
The faith that nothing can dismay.
The hope no disappointments tire,
The passion that will burn like fire,
Let me not sink to be a clod:
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God."
- Amy Carmichael, Dohnavur Fellowship, India

* Forbid it, LORD, that our roots become too firmly attached to the earth, that we should fall in love with things.
Help us to understand that the pilgrimage of this life is but an introduction, a preface, a training school for what is to come.
Then shall we see all of life in its true perspective.
Then shall we not fall in love with the things of time, but come to love things that endure.
Then shall we be saved from the tyranny of possessions which we have no leisure of enjoy, of property whose care becomes a burden.
Give us, we pray, the courage to simplify our lives.
So may we be mature in our faith, child-like but never childish, humble but never cringing, understanding but never conceited.
So help us, O God, to live and not merely to exist, that we may have joy in our work.
In Thy Name, who alone can give us moderation and balance and zest for living, we pray. Amen!
- Peter Marshall, Liberation & Materialism

Spiritual Warfare Video - Sept 10

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-2847559692516055729


There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.

They themselves are equally pleased by both errors. - C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters

What a Ride!

Life is not a journey to the grave
with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up,
totally worn out and
loudly proclaiming -
- WOW - - What a Ride!'
~ anonymous

Quotable Quotes - Sept. 4

From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. -- Acts 17:26-27

Here is a trustworthy saying: If we die with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown Him, He will also disown us; if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown Himself. - 2 Tim. 2:11-13

Quotable Quotes - Sept. 1

Found these during my office decor hunting trip :O)

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and
endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson (maybe inaccurately attributed)

If a man does not keep pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music which he hears,
however measured or far away.
--- Henry David Thoreau

However mean your life is, meet it and live it:
do not shun it and call it hard names.
Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage.
Do not trouble yourself much to get new things,
whether clothes or friends.
Things do not change, we change.
Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
God will see that you do want society.
--- Henry David Thoreau