"Don't let your
worries get the best of you, remember, Moses started out as a basket case"
Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited - until you try to sit
in their pews.
Many folks want to serve God in an advisory capacity.
It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.
The good Lord didn't
create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.
When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
People are funny, they want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and
the back of the church.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door
forever.
Quit griping about your church; if it was perfect, you couldn't belong.
If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has.
God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should
you?
Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
I don't know why some people change churches; what difference does it make
which one you stay home from?
We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges
Be ye fishers of men. You catch them - He'll clean them.
Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.
Don't put a question mark where God put a period.
God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
God loves everyone, but probably prefers "fruits of the Spirit" over
"religious nuts!"
God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
He who angers you, controls you!
Prayer: Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect
you.
We don't change the message, the message changes us.
You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him.
Peace starts with a smile. The world will never know peace until it learns to forgive.
"Father, bless the person reading this in whatever it is that You know
they need."
...basket case is a common phrase with a horrible origin. It is military slang dating from World War I. Basket cases were soldiers who had lost all of their limbs and could not be safely carried on stretchers, though these types of casualties were probably very rare. At that time, a basket case was a wicker basket used to carry linens or other dry goods.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tom, I did not know that. God bless.
DeleteThose are all excellent food for thought and for living.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Brian. God bless.
DeleteThese are great! How I can relate to those about visitors sitting in 'my' pew ... actually all those church-related. Truth hurts!
ReplyDeleteSame in our church. Some people always sit in the same pews and get upset if someone else takes their place.
DeleteGod bless, Mevely.
Every one of these is too true for too many in the church, Victor. I think all of us, at one time or another, have been guilty of some of them. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteExcept me, Martha ... I have never sinned in my life. I don't tell lies either.
DeleteKeep smiling and God bless, my friend.
Excellent words to ponder and oh so true. Thanks, Victor!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Bill. God bless you.
DeleteThese are great!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the prayer at the end.
"Don't put a question mark where God put a period."
Amen!
Thanx Sandi. We do tend to question God's decisions and motives.
DeleteGod bless always.
I belong to a fellowship that publishes a 'thought a day' calendar. When they put out the call for next year I will be including some of your thoughts for submission.
ReplyDeleteThat's so kind of you, Kathy. God bless.
DeletePeace starts with a smile... and we could do with a lot of smiles at the moment!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Indeed Jan. Smiles and hope, and prayers too. God bless you ans yours.
Delete"God made the star-hung skies for us,
ReplyDeleteAnd singing trees and hills and lakes.
Of course He made mosquitoes too–-
But everybody makes mistakes."
From the Cheerful Cherub, by Rebecca McCann
--Cheerful Monk
How did Noah get two mosquitoes in the ark?
DeleteGod bless, CM.
Love these.
ReplyDeleteGod bless, K.
DeleteExcellent, all of them, especially, "You catch them -- He'll clean them!"
ReplyDeleteAmen.
DeleteGod bless you, Mimi my friend.