Monthly Archives: November 2017

1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? — George Canning Today’s Best Illustrations Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “THANKFULNESS”.

Luke 10:42 (NIV)  ” . . . only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” “It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — J. K. Rowling Today’s Best Illustrations Volume … Continue reading →

“Men are the sum of the decisions they make.” — Patrick M. Morley Deuteronomy 30:19 (NIV) This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. … Continue reading →

When you carve the Thanksgiving turkey, give the first piece to the person who prepared it. — From Life’s Little Instruction Book 2 Kings 4:13 (NIV)  Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we … Continue reading →

The major cause of discouragement is a temporary loss of perspective.  –  J. Francis Peak Job 6:24 (NIV) Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. Today’s Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “DISCOURAGEMENT”.

Psalm 69:30 (NIV)  I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. I will thank God for the pleasures given me through my senses, for the glory of the thunder, for the mystery of music, the singing of the birds and the laughter of children. Truly, O … Continue reading →

John 6:43 (NIV)  “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. “Never excuse. Never explain. Never complain.” — Motto of the British Foreign Service Elesha Hodge, comp., Today’s Best Illustrations  Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: “OBEDIENCE”.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay that way, but if you treat him as if he were what he could be, he will become what he could be.  — Goethe Ezekiel 11:19 (NIV) I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit … Continue reading →

“You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.” — Norman Douglas Romans 12:2 (NIV) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his … Continue reading →

Philippians 4:8 (NIV) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. God grant me the courage to change the things I can change; the serenity to accept those I cannot … Continue reading →