If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a
tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is
worthless.
-- James 1:26


Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do
not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ.
-- Blaise Pascal

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the
mountains fall into the heart of the sea.
-- Psalm 46:1-2

Faith, mighty faith the promise sees|And rests on that
alone:|Laughs at impossibilities,|And says it shall be done.
-- Charles Wesley

The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
-- Psalm 103:6

Nails were not enough to hold God-and-man nailed and fastened on
the Cross, had not love held Him there.
-- Catherine of Siena

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let
your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
-- Philippians 4:4-5

Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if
revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then
honor.
-- Romans 13:7

Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily
occupation -- speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in
prayer, as indeed you ought to be.
-- François Fénelon

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 4:14

Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from
grace.
-- Thomas à Kempis

Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow.
-- Psalm 144:4

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, ... but
delight to be alone and single with Omnipresency... Life is pure
flame, and we live by an invisible sun within us.
-- Sir Thomas Browne

Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps
the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
-- Amos 5:15


Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in
God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and
mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his
faith.
-- Thomas Merton

These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality,
however, is found in Christ.
-- Colossians 2:17

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of
God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love
with which it is performed.
-- Brother Lawrence

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us
understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in
him who is true -- even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God
and eternal life.
-- 1 John 5:20

Don't tell them that Jesus loves them until you're ready to love
them.
-- Author Unknown

Every person born in this world represents something new,
something that never existed before, something original and
unique.
-- Martin Buber

For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust
suffering because he is conscious of God.
-- 1 Peter 2:19


The great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come
and go, His love for us does not.
-- C. S. Lewis

Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is
right in God's sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot
help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
-- Acts 4:19-20


Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus
cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the
disappointment of a wounded pride of intellect, through
disappointment of heart. He will reveal inordinate
affections-things over which we never thought He would have to
get us alone.
-- Oswald Chambers

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world
can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made
for another world.
-- C. S. Lewis

We must be willing to get rid of the life we have planned, so as
to have the life that is awaiting us.
-- Joseph Campbell

What seems too difficult for us is a sure sign that it belongs
to God.
-- Marie DePree

[Jesus said,] "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest."
-- Matthew 11:28

The Son of God became the Son of man so that the sons of men
might become the sons of God.
-- Terry Fullam

[Jesus said,] "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God;
trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were
not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place
for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back
and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."
-- John 14:1-3

Without faith... nothing is possible. With it... nothing is
impossible.
-- Mary McLeod Bethune

[Jesus said,] "I have told you these things, so that in me you
may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world.
-- John 16:33

This is what the Lord says, ... "Forget the former things; do
not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs
up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and
streams in the wasteland."
-- Isaiah 43:16,18-19

God never made a promise that was too good to be true.
-- Dwight L. Moody

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old
has gone, the new has come!
-- 2 Corinthians 5:17

Perhaps God brings us to the end of our resources so we can
discover the vastness of His.
-- Neil Anderson

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be
terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be
with you wherever you go.
-- Joshua 1:9

Against the backdrop of people who avoid work, cut corners, and
do half-hearted jobs, a diligent man stands out. Practicing
diligence is an excellent way to stand out for Christ at home,
in the workplace, and even at church.
-- Dr. David Jeremiah

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with
what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never
will I forsake you."
-- Hebrews 13:5

Christians are supposed to not merely endure change, not even to
profit by it, but to cause it.
-- Henry Emerson Fosdick

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 4:18

For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and
ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
-- 2 Corinthians 4:5

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has
any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself
through love.
-- Galatians 5:6

Brotherhood doesn't come in a package. It is not a commodity to
be taken down from the shelf with one hand -- it is an
accomplishment of soul-searching, prayer and perseverance.
-- Oveta Culp Hobby

If Only I Could Keep You Guessing

I would continue this careful dance with you
If dancer’s shoes I wore
Upon my feet they would clumsily cling
But that was many years before

What is before but long begotten past?
An instance for times dawdling hand to leave nothing left to last

But nothing of much can nothing create
For things long forgotten or ignored
I’ve learned that lasting is not an illness
For which I must die to find a cure

Would loving last a loving girl
Of that I’ve never been sure
All I know is that you speak to my soul
And that is more than enough, be sure

I’ll fall for your words like I always do
Wrapped up in a smile that belongs to you
So hold me tight and crinkle that nose
And make me smile back at you