TFTD - February 2011

[Resource Manager]

01 February 2011

 

"Stumbling blocks are but our stepping stones to glory"

- Unknown

 

"But He knows the way I take;

When He has tried me,

I shall come forth as gold."

Job 23:10

[Resource Manager]

02 February 2011

 

"We may make the plans, but it is God who has the last sign."

- Bulletin Board

 

"Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city,

spend a year there, carry on business and make money.'

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.

What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Instead, you ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that.'"

James 4:13-15

[Resource Manager]

03 February 2011

 

"A 'NO' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a

'YES' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."

- Mahatma Gandhi

 

"If we say that we have no sin,

we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us."

1 John 1:8

[Resource Manager]

04 February 2011

 

"The beginning is the most important part of any work."

- Plato

 

"Commit to the LORD whatever you do,

and your plans will succeed."

Proverbs 16:3

[Resource Manager]

05 February 2011

 

"Rise heart; thy Lord is risen.

Sing his praise,

Without delays …"

- George Herbert

 

"In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground,

but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead?

He is not here; he has risen!'"

Luke 24:5-6

[Resource Manager]

06 February 2011

 

"There are two ways of spreading light:

to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it."

- Edith Wharton

 

"Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

In the same way, let your light shine before men,

that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

Matthew 5:15-16

[Resource Manager]

07 February 2011

 

"God is more concerned about your response to a problem

than He is about removing it."

- Unknown

 

"Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him,

my Savior and my God."

Psalm 42:5; 11; 43:5

[Resource Manager]

08 February 2011

 

"Think less of the power of things over you and

more of the power of Christ in you."

- Unknown

 

"But we preach Christ crucified:

a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks,

Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God."

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

[Resource Manager]

09 February 2011

 

"When things overwhelm me, I remind myself:

 

I am here:

 

By God's appointment

In God's keeping

Under His training

For His time.

 

A short way to say:

 

God brought me here. It is by His will I am in this place and in that I will rest.

Next, He keeps me in His love and gives me opportunity in this circumstance to behave as His child.

Then He will make this a blessing, teaching me the lessons He means me to learn.

Last, in his good time He can bring me out again.

How and when, only He knows."

 

- Sue Smith

 

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"And we know that all things work together for good

to those who love God,

to those who are invited according to His purpose."

Romans 8:28

[Resource Manager]

10 February 2011

 

"No one would ever have crossed the ocean if he could

have gotten off the ship in a storm."

- Anonymous

 

"But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying,

'Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.'

Peter said to Him, 'Lord, if it is You,

command me to come to You on the water.'

And He said, 'Come!' And Peter got out of the boat,

and walked on the water and came toward Jesus."

Matthew 14:27-29

[Resource Manager]

11 February 2011

 

"When God allows extraordinary trials,

He gives extraordinary comfort."

- Unknown

 

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

who comforts us in all our affliction …"

2 Corinthians 1:3

[Resource Manager]

12 February 2011

 

"Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear;

the sweetest freedom is an honest heart."

- John Ford

 

"Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil,

but use it as bond slaves of God."

1 Peter 2:16

 

"But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word

in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance."

Luke 8:15

[Resource Manager]

13 February 2011

 

"Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it."

- David Guy Powers

 

"Because of the LORD'S great love we are

not consumed, for His compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

great is Your faithfulness."

Lamentations 3:22-23

[Resource Manager]

14 February 2011

 

"If you don't know where you're going,

it doesn't matter if your alarm doesn't go off in the morning."

- Denis Waitley

 

"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness,

which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day,

and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing."

Philippians 3:14 and 2 Timothy 4:8

[Resource Manager]

15 February 2011

 

"Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded."

- Sandra Day O'Connor

 

"And do this, understanding the present time.

The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber,

because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.

So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light."

Romans 13:11-12

[Resource Manager]

16 February 2011

 

"The world is full of poetry.

The air is living ...

the waves dance to the music of its melodies,

and sparkle in its brightness."

– Percival

 

"Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;

make music to our God on the harp.

He covers the sky with clouds;

He supplies the earth with rain and

makes grass grow on the hills."

Psalm 147:7-8

[Resource Manager]

17 February 2011

 

“I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence.

Everything that surrounds us – everything that exists –

proves that there are infinite laws behind it.

There can be no denying this fact.

It is mathematical in its precision.”

– Thomas A. Edison

 

"I will extol thee, my God, O king;

and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee;

and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;

and his greatness is unsearchable."

Psalm 145:1-3

[Resource Manager]

18 February 2011

 

"What we call the beginning is often the end.

And to make an end is to make a beginning.

The end is where we start from."

- T.S. Eliot

 

"We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death

in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead

through the glory of the Father,

we too may live a new life."

Romans 6:4

[Resource Manager]

19 February 2011

 

"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance."

­- Albert Einstein

 

"Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit,

but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves."

Philippians 2:3

[Resource Manager]

20 February 2011

 

"Kindness is the evidence of greatness.

If anyone is glad that you are here,

then you have not lived in vain."

- Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806-1884)

 

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,

kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."

Galatians 5:22-23

[Resource Manager]

21 February 2011

 

"Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths

He will provide us with strong shoes, and

He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well."

- Alexander MacLaren

 

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;

For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."

Psalm 23:4

[Resource Manager]

22 February 2011

 

"The will of God for your life is simply that you submit yourself to Him each day and say,

'Father, Your will for today is mine. Your pleasure for today is mine.

Your work for today is mine. I trust You to be God. You lead me today and I will follow.'"

- Kay Arthur

 

"... you do not know about tomorrow. What is your life?

For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Instead you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and we shall do this or that.'"

James 4:14-15

[Resource Manager]

23 February 2011

 

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

- Frank Herbert Dune

 

"You will not be afraid of the terror by night,

Or of the arrow that flies by day;

Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

A thousand may fall at your side

And ten thousand at your right hand,

But it shall not approach you.

You will only look on with your eyes

And see the recompense of the wicked.

For you have made the LORD, my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place."

Psalm 91:5-9

[Resource Manager]

24 February 2011

 

"Anybody can become angry - that is easy;

but to be angry with the right person,

and to the right degree, and at the right time,

and for the right purpose, and in the right way

- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."

- Aristotle

 

"'In your anger do not sin':

Do not let the sun go down

while you are still angry."

Ephesians 4:26

[Resource Manager]

25 February 2011

 

"The greatest thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God,

living each day as though it were our last,

but planning as though our world might last a hundred years."

- C.S. Lewis

 

"For this reason you also must be ready;

for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

Who then is the faithful and sensible servant whom his master put

in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

Blessed is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he comes."

Matthew 24:44-46