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Enjoy thought-provoking quotations with added commentary about every-day life, by various writers and authors. When carefully planted, these tiny seeds are sure to sprout into harvests of joyful praise!

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Believing in Advance - I need to come into God's presence daily. Doing so will ensure that I gain a perspective of myself and the world from his vantage point.

The Right Thing - Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

What's the Rush? - The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power of simplicity. We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our lives and forget what's important and what's not.

Look to the Heavens - I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens, and say there is no God.

Winning and Losing - The most important tactic in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully swing over to your side without an embarrassing loss of face.

Emotionally Charged - We are not just rationale people who respond emotionally once in a while. We are emotional people who respond rationally once in a while.

For How Long? - When happiness is tied to things or experiences, it eventually fades away. New car break down, vacations come to an end, and life moves on.

Spend it Wisely - Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.

Dangerous Faith - The only thing we should be ruthless about is our passion to love God and the people He calls us to serve. Unfortunately, some see themselves as chosen by God to eradicate evil.

What's Your Passion? - Getting excited about something is not necessarily the same as being passionate about it. Someone can get excited about playing golf on a Sunday afternoon...

Being Wrong - Evidently, some who have achieved significant positions of status view it as an admission of fallibility and human frailty to admit they are capable of making errors.

Guard Your Heart - Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead and fix your eyes before you.

A Distorted Gospel - Unless the church of the Lord Jesus creates a counter-current to the drift of materialism, self-indulgence, and nationalism, Christians will merely adapt to the secular environment...

What Money Can't Buy - The reason we need to guard our hearts is because they are where corruption and evil take hold and spoil our lives. Corruption is not an external thing--it's internal.

Ready to Dare? - Routines are comfortable because we know what to expect and usually don't have to exert ourselves beyond a set of prescribed boundaries.

Change Happens - Change is easy for some people. If you've lived in the same house all your life, worked at the same job for the last 30 years, and have driven the same car for the last ten years, you probably don't like change.

True Spirituality - Some people equate spirituality with going to church. They assume that if one goes to church he or she must be "right with God." Why else would they go?

True Success - If we are truly successful, others will benefit from our achievements. The spin-off effect of our being blessed will bring blessings to family members, friends and work associates.

A Big Mistake - I recall reading in Billy Graham's biography that the biggest mistake he ever made was when he publicly supported one candidate for the presidency of the United States. He said he would not do it again

Every Member Involved - No Church is evangelizing well--or being spiritual--until is has enabled every member to be vitally involved in an ongoing, enjoyable ministry...

Stay-At-Home Moms - How much are stay-at-home mom's worth? Quite a bit by today's market standards. But, as a whole, society doesn't seem to value the idea.

Hypothetical Faith - Working for justice, peace, and dignity (by fighting oppression, poverty and corruption) is just as certainly a spiritual discipline as are prayer and fasting. Perhaps more.

Not Surprised - God expects more failure from us than we do from ourselves because God knows who we are. We are not the righteous person who occasionally sins...

Memory's Door - We often make a big deal over things that end up being of minimal importance. Why is that? Undoubtedly, we are impressed...

Helping Others - Working for justice, peace, and dignity (by fighting oppression, poverty and corruption) is just as certainly a spiritual discipline as are prayer and fasting. Perhaps more.

Seeking Alternatives - Anytime we try to substitute God's methods and ways with our own we sin. God doesn't want to dominate our lives and force His agenda upon us.

Off the Beaten Path - Before Interstate Highways came into existence, one had to drive on two-lane roads through small towns and villages. You couldn't go fast because there were too many roadside fruit stands...

True Generosity - Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do.

God's Raw Love - Truth to me was dead, God had never lived, life was full of pain, and death was the end of life. As a young Atheist, I sincerely believed that man had created...

Be Transparent - When you get out of bed in the morning and think about what you want to do that day, ask yourself whether you'd like others to read about it on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper.

Choose Your Mistakes Carefully - "When someone points out a mistake to you, deal with it--don't go into denial."

Your Eyes and Ears - All forms of media technology (traditional and emerging) have one thing in common, they want our eyes and ears. It used to be easy to restrict our media exposure...

Doing the Impossible - Most of the incredible things that people do start with small beginnings. If you've ever watched a custom home being built you know it doesn't happen over night.

Religion Isn't Enough - Religion cannot solve our problems. In fact, through the ages, religion has been the problem. When people "have religion" without a living faith in Jesus, they tend to substitute biblical dogma for a personal experience

Hungry for Love - Three billion people on the face of the earth go to bed hungry every night, but four billion people go to bed every night hungry for a simple word of encouragement and recognition.

Be Interested - If you want to have an interesting dinner conversation, be interested. If you want to have interesting things to write, be interested.

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