Resource Manager Posted December 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 26 December 2016 "... The lesson to be learned is that our faith must be our own. Our conviction must be certitude in our own mind. The solemn truth is that one man’s faith is not sufficient for two. We can share our belief but we cannot borrow it. Faith by proxy may seem to be all right for a while, but when the crisis comes it shatters." - Dennis GillettWords and Weights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2016 27 December 2016 “Take a little honey.” That was the advice Jacob gave to his sons when they were going down into Egypt to buy food. They took many gifts: balm, spices, myrrh, nuts and money. But wise old Jacob added, “Take a little honey” (Genesis 43:11). People may take with them on the journey of their lives ability, training, initiative, ambition and so many good things. Yet they fail because they forget kindness. If they had been just a little sweeter in spirit what a difference it would have made. We can learn how to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. Simple, warm kindness will work wonders. Some say this is a hard, tough world and if we ever expect to get anywhere, we have to be hard-boiled. That kindness stuff, they say, might work at a Sunday School outing, but it has no place in business. But kindness works everywhere. On the journey of life don't forget to “take a little honey.” - Claud LambA Little Honey (1975) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 28 December 2016"The development of perfect fruit must begin with the tree. It will not necessarily be a tall tree, as the farmer knows it is neither necessary nor convenient for picking at harvest time. It has been most carefully pruned, having all unnecessary branches cut off; the crown cut down, so as to give light between the branches. Thus, we see a spreading tree, with each loaded branch bearing perfect fruit, supported by a thick sturdy trunk and deep, far-reaching, firm roots. What more of a lesson could we have?"- E. GreenFruits of the Vineyard (1957) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 29 December 2016 "... in Isaiah 51. The Prophet calls to them that “follow are righteousness” (Isaiah 51:1); there is only one way to find the righteousness of God, and that is by faith, and so the prophet exhorts them to “look unto Abraham your father and unto Sara that bear you, for I called him alone and blessed him and increased him” (Isaiah 51:2, compare Romans 9:30-33). Those who sought righteousness must do so in the Abrahamic spirit of trustful humility; these the prophet likens to precious stones quarried out of the mountain of human kind (Isaiah 51:1)." - J. MartinHebrews Study Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 30 December 2016 "... Pride may exist on any plane, physical, mental, moral, or spiritual, with every conceivable form of disguise. Our very success in conquering the more obvious weaknesses of our nature may produce a complacency which discounts all the advantage gained. The Publican who recognized that he was a sinner was nearer to God than the Pharisee who fasted and gave tithes, but spoilt all his virtue by his self-satisfaction. In many ways as we make some progress in spiritual graces, our capacity to assess values so increases that we are more than ever conscious of human infirmity and the divine mercy which offers forgiveness." - Islip CollyerNewness of Life (1948) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 31 December 2016 “We do not wait for a New Year to make good resolutions. We make them daily. Yet when a New Year dawns another milestone is past and we find ourselves looking back over the road where we have sometimes slipped and forgotten our direction. With the help our Lord will gladly give us we can put behind us the times when we have slipped on the path and forgotten our direction and we can step out again with bigger minds, with renewed zeal, with a more determined purpose and with greater courage, “shedding our old faults, gaining new virtues until by His grace life becomes altogether new.” - R. McHaffieThe Worry Habit (1960) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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