TFTD - January 2011

[Resource Manager]

01 January 2011

 

'"Tis the little rift within the lute

That by and by will make the music mute,

And, ever widening, slowly silence all."

- Tennyson

 

"I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you,

but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment ..."

1 Corinthians 1:10

[Resource Manager]

02 January 2011

 

"The best portion of a good man's life:

his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

- William Wordsworth

 

"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness and patience."

Colossians 3:12

[Resource Manager]

03 January 2011

 

"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going

in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you."

- Denis Waitley

 

"And I, brethren, when I came to you,

came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom,

declaring unto you the testimony of God.

For I determined not to know any thing among you,

save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling."

Paul, in 1 Corinthians 2:1-3

[Resource Manager]

04 January 2011

 

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,

but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

"But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it?

But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you,

leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps."

1 Peter 2:20-21

[Resource Manager]

05 January 2011

 

"Kindness has converted more sinners than

zeal, eloquence or learning."

- Frederick W. Faber

 

"When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd,

he had compassion on them,

because they were like sheep without a shepherd.

So he began teaching them many things."

Mark 6:34

[Resource Manager]

06 January 2011

 

"Our limited vision needs continual revision."

- Unknown

 

"Therefore we do not lose heart.

… yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

… So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

[Resource Manager]

07 January 2011

 

"A real leader faces the music,

even when he doesn't like the tune."

- Author unknown

 

"Let the wise listen and add to their learning,

and let the discerning get guidance ..."

Proverbs 1:5

[Resource Manager]

08 January 2011

 

"Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free

and realizing you were the prisoner!"

- Max Lucado

 

"Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone,

so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions."

Mark 11:25

[Resource Manager]

09 January 2011

 

"Kind HEARTS are the GARDENS,

Kind THOUGHTS are the ROOTS,

Kind WORDS are the FLOWERS,

Kind DEEDS are the FRUITS."

- Unknown

 

"For just as the body without the breath is dead,

so also faith without works is dead."

James 2:26

[Resource Manager]

10 January 2011

 

"You learn to speak by speaking,

to study by studying,

to run by running,

to work by working;

in just the same way,

you learn to love by loving."

- Francis De Sales (1567-1622)

 

"God has showed you, O man, what is good.

And what does the LORD require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."

Micah 6:8

[Resource Manager]

11 January 2011

 

"It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it."

- Spanish Proverb

 

"It is honorable for a man to stop striving,

since any fool can start a quarrel."

Proverbs 20:3

[Resource Manager]

12 January 2011

 

"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots."

- George Herbert (1593-1632)

 

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,

which spreads out its roots by the river,

and will not fear when heat comes; but her leaf will be green,

and will not be anxious in the year of drought,

nor will cease from yielding fruit."

Jeremiah 17:7-8

[Resource Manager]

13 January 2011

 

"Only when we have knelt before God,

can we stand before men."

- Unknown

 

"'O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your

servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name,

and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.'

Now I was the cupbearer to the king."

Nehemiah 1:11

[Resource Manager]

14 January 2011

 

"Wasting time, is wasting ourselves away."

- Anonymous

 

"Teach us to number our days aright,

that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

Psalms 90:12

[Resource Manager]

15 January 2011

 

"Practice doesn't make perfect;

practice makes permanent!"

- Denis Waitley

 

"Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,

the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."

Psalm 37:5-6

[Resource Manager]

16 January 2011

 

"If you look back,

you'll soon be going that way."

- American Proverb

 

"But Lot's wife looked back,

and she became a pillar of salt."

Genesis 19:26

[Resource Manager]

17 January 2011

 

"Finish each day and be done with it.

You have done what you could;

some blunders and absurdities have crept in;

forget them as soon as you can.

Each day is a new day; ... begin it serenely and

with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

"The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,

shining ever brighter till the full light of day."

Proverbs 4:18

[Resource Manager]

18 January 2011

 

"Some things you have to do every day.

Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day,

just isn't going to get the job done."

- Jim Rohn

 

"Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,

who daily bears our burdens."

Psalm 68:18

 

"Blessed is the man who listens to me,

watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.

For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD."

Proverbs 8:34-35

[Resource Manager]

19 January 2011

 

"We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives,

so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy,

and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all."

- Dorothy Day

 

"Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word,

and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,

and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground

is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces:

some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

Matthew 13:22-23

[Resource Manager]

20 January 2011

 

"The biggest mistake is believing there is only one right way to listen,

to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship."

- Deborah Tannen

 

"The way of a fool seems right to him,

but a wise man listens to advice."

Proverbs 12:15

[Resource Manager]

21 January 2011

 

"Psalm 37 reminds us not to store up our treasures here on this earth. So many people today are giving up their eternal happiness in exchange for temporary pleasures. What would you have to exchange just to have that new sports car, new home, extra income, or new lifestyle that you desire?

 

David reminds us that it's better to have just a 'little' here on this earth than to forfeit our eternal inheritance."

- Daily Psalm

 

"Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD sustains the righteous.

The LORD knows the days of the blameless, And their inheritance will be forever."

Psalm 37:16-18

[Resource Manager]

22 January 2011

 

"There are those of us who are always about to live.

We are waiting until things change, until there is more time,

until we are less tired, until we get a promotion, until we settle down -

until, until, until. It always seems as if there is some major event

that must occur in our lives before we begin living."

- George Sheehan

 

"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled;

set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed."

1 Peter 1:13

[Resource Manager]

23 January 2011

 

"Faith is taking the first step,

even when you don't even see the whole staircase."

- Martin Luther King

 

"Lord, I do believe; help my unbelief."

Mark 9:24

[Resource Manager]

24 January 2011

 

"Most of us can read the writing on the wall;

we just assume it's addressed to someone else."

- Ivern Ball

 

"He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white.

I will never blot out his name from the book of life,

but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels."

Revelation 3:5

[Resource Manager]

25 January 2011

 

"There is really only one person in this world who can defeat you

and that is yourself."

- Unknown

 

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine

or nakedness or danger or sword?"

Romans 8:35