The Bible refers to wisdom 479 times.  We should seek to obtain more wisdom each day because it enables us to see and understand life through the mind and eyes of God.  Worldly knowledge is the gathering of information but just because a person accumulates facts, it does not necessarily mean they are spiritually wise.  May we ask the Lord to reveal to us the MEANING of our knowledge that we might truly comprehend the depth and height of what we have learned. Wisdom is a gift from the heavenly dimension, a revelation of the deepest mysteries and the enlightenment of the Holy truth from God’s Spirit into our spirit.  Wisdom is a direct attribute of God’s nature and our entrance into the highest realm of perception, discernment and spiritual illumination.  Let us pray for wisdom that we might comprehend the instructions and visions of our heavenly Father. Prepare to be saturated with HOPE and ENCOURAGEMENT, and enjoy the peace and love of His presence.

“Our murmuring is the devil’s music.’ – Thomas Watson

“If you don’t plan to live the Christian life totally committed to
knowing your God and to walking in obedience to Him, then don’t
Begin; for this is what Christianity is all about. It is a change of
Citizenship, a change of governments, a change of allegiance. If
you have no intention of letting Christ rule your life, then forget
Christianity; it’s not for you.” – K. Arthur

“No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would
take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never
preached beyond the walls of his meetinghouse has done his duty.
A defense is required for services within buildings rather than for
worship outside of them.” – William Booth

“One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful
organization does not constitute a church any more than eleven dead
men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.”
– A. W. Tozer

“It is God’s way to let ministers try all their strength first, and
then He Himself comes and subdues the hearts they cannot.”
 Jonathan Edwards

“A man full of hope will be full of action.” – Thomas Brooks

“We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so.”
– J.C. Ryle

“Finney preached, and sometimes the entire congregation would
get up and leave! That’s good preaching.” Leonard Ravenhill

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly
disguised as impossible situations.” – Chuck Swindoll

“The messenger must first draw from the endless well of secret prayers and the intimacy of being brokenhearted before God. The individual must be filled with His fire before they speak, so their words do not fall cold and lifeless.” William Holland Jr.

“I am convinced that many evangelicals are not truly and soundly converted. When they read the Sermon on the Mount or the teaching passages of the epistles that tell them how to live or the doctrinal passages that tell how they can live, they are unaffected. The Spirit who wrote them is not witnessing in their hearts because they have not been born of the Spirit.” – A. W. Tozer.

“It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.” – George Macdonald

“With all your getting get unction.” – Leonard Ravenhill

“Being broken is both God’s work and ours. He brings His pressure to bear, but we have to make the choice…All day long the choice will be before us in a thousand ways.” – Roy Hession.

“Let me learn by paradox that the way down is the way up, that to be low is to be high, that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, that the valley is the place of vision.” – Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions.

“When the Lord reveals His will to us and we obey, our mission will be a success regardless of the results.” – Chinese house church leaders

“Worship renews the spirit as sleep renews the body.” – Richard Clarke Cabot

“The saintly Andrew Bonar used to soak his pillow with tears every Saturday night in Scotland as people below trampled the streets returning from the taverns and shows. He would cry from the
depths of his agonizing heart, Oh! They perish, they perish!”

“In Acts the apostles prayed for 10 days then preached for 10 min-
utes and 3000 people were saved. Today pastors pray for 10 minutes
then preach for 10 days and wonder why no-one is saved.”
-B.H. Clendennen.

“There is a lot of soft, sentimental talk about Jesus today that brings
no conviction. When Isaiah saw the Lord, he did not feel comfortable!
Neither did Habakkuk nor Daniel nor Paul nor John. We want a 
picture of Him today that does not disturb us, that smiles at sin, 
and winks at iniquity. I remember a man who told me he wanted to 
hear no hell-fire sermons but rather about the meek and lowly Jesus. 
Yet the poor man did not seem to realize that the meek and lowly 
Jesus said more about hell than is reported from the lips of anyone 
else in the Bible! We need a true and complete vision of God in 
His holiness and Christ in His glory that will bring us to repentance.”
-Vance Havner.

“Some years ago a fearful railroad wreck took a dreadful toll of life
and limb in an eastern state. A train, loaded with young people
returning from school, was stalled on a suburban track because of what
is known as a “hot-box.” The limited was soon due, but a flagman was
sent back to warn the engineer in order to avert a rear-end collision.
Thinking all was well, the crowd laughed and chatted while the
train-hands worked on in fancied security. Suddenly the whistle of the
limited was heard and on came the heavy train and crashed into the
local, with horrible effect.
The engineer of the limited saved his own life by jumping, and some
days afterwards was hailed into court to account for his part in the
calamity. And now a curious discrepancy in testimony occurred. He was
asked, “Did you not see the flagman warning you to stop? “He replied,
“I saw him, but he waved a yellow flag, and I took it for granted all
was well, and so went on, through slowing down.” The flagman was
called, “What flag did you wave? “A red flag, but he went by me like a
shot.” “Are you sure it was red?” “Absolutely.” Both insisted on the
correctness of their testimony, and it was demonstrated that neither
was color-blind. Finally the man was asked to produce the flag itself
as evidence. After some delay he was able to do so, and then the
mystery was explained. It had been red, but it had been exposed to the
weather so long that all the red was bleached out, and it was but a
dirty yellow! Oh, the lives eternally wrecked by the yellow gospels of
today. The bloodless theories of unregenerate men that send their
hearers to their doom instead of stopping them on their downward
road!” – H. A. Ironside

“And what is wrong with the old method of scaring the ungodly with 
a sermon on hell?” – Vance Havner

“Obedience is the crown and honour of all virtue.”
-Martin Luther

“Spiritual maturity is reached when obedience [to God and His 
word] becomes a joy.” – Jesse Yoder

“It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the
hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.”
-George Whitefield.

“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” Charles Mackay

“Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of us like an intruder, and meets the intruder’s welcome.” Charles Mackay

“Some people complain that God placed thorns on roses, while
others praise him for putting roses among the thorns.” – unknown

“Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.” – Charles H. Brent

“Don’t be afraid of tomorrow — God is already there.” – unknown

“Your character is who you are when no one but God is watching you.”
– unknown

“We will never resist the devil if we are not willing to resist our flesh” William F. Holland Jr.

“We can make plans and have expectations for our decisions, but it’s important to remember that God probably has another idea.” William F. Holland Jr.

“Allow your passion to become your purpose and it will one day become your profession”

“When trying to understand God’s providence and sovereignty, one definition is that nothing happens or fails to happen unless God allows it.” – William F. Holland Jr.

“A person repents when he comes to the place where he discovers 
that the will of God is the government of his life and the glory of 
God is the reason for his life. He only has repented who has 
changed his mind about his reason for being.” – Paris Reidhead

“If you don’t see the greatness of God, then all the things that
money can buy become very exciting. If you can’t see the sun
you will be impressed with a street light. If you’ve never felt thunder
and lightning you’ll be impressed with fireworks. And if you turn
your back on the greatness and majesty of God you’ll fall in love
with a world of shadows and short-lived pleasures.”
John Piper

“How is it that the soul being of such value, and God so great,
eternity so near and yet we are so little moved?” – William Bramwell

“A real minister of the gospel is a man of prayer. Prayer is his
grand employment, his safety, his first and perpetual duty; and
under grace, the grand source of his consolation. Our instructions
will be always barren if they are not watered with our tears and
prayers.”  Thomas Coke

“A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge,
even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry
for God.”  Leonard Ravenhill

“Lord grant that the FIRE of my heart may melt the lead in my 
feet.”  Unknown

“The Azusa revival began where every revival should rightly begin –
in repentant tears. It began in tears, it lived in tears, and when the
tears ended the Azusa revival ended.” – A. G. Osterberg

“If the spiritual life be healthy, under the full power of the Holy
Spirit, praying without ceasing will be natural.”
– Andrew Murray

“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, 
you’ll be depressed. If you look to Jesus you’ll be at rest.”
– Corrie Ten Boom

“Jesus of Nazareth always comes asking disciples to follow him–
not merely “accept him,” not merely “believe in him,” not merely
“worship him,” but to follow him: one either follows Christ or one does not… We either make him Lord of all lords, or we deny him
as Lord of any.” – Lee Camp

“The choice we face is not, as many imagine, between heaven and hell. Rather, the choice is between heaven and this world.
Even a fool would exchange hell for heaven, but only the wise
will exchange this world for heaven.”
– Dave Hunt

“Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as
much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.”
– Charles Spurgeon

“Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The
meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has
long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.”
– A. W. Tozer

“We should be more concerned with reaching the lost than
pampering the saved.” – David McGee

“One of the consequences of sin is that it makes the sinner pity himself instead of causing him to turn to God. One of the first signs of new life is that the individual takes sides with God against himself.” – Donald Barnhouse

“You can sing all you want about how you love Jesus, you can
have crocodile tears in your eyes, but the consecration that
doesn’t reach your purse has not reached your heart.”
– Adrian Rogers

“When we ignore God, the demons will ignore us, however, when we obey God the devil will take notice and declare war against us.” – William F. Holland Jr.

“Conviction is an act of divine mercy which awakens the sinful heart to realize we have offended the holiness of God.” William F. Holland Jr.

“Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and 
death for its wages.” ~ Thomas Watson

Let us enjoy the innocent moments with a precious tiny baby before it becomes old enough to break our heart.” – William F. Holland Jr.

“Stop making what someone did to you, bigger than what Jesus did for you.”

One’s profession, an occupation, or vocation, should be more than just a way to earn money. It can and should be a “labor of love” through which one engages in some activity that has, at least, three rewards. A profession should enable one to render a service that is needed, to make a meaningful contribution to others, and to satisfy the basic needs and desires of the self.

A profession may involve hard work, and sometimes it can be difficult as most of us know. But a right attitude can transform the hardest work into a peaceful and satisfying “labor of love.” Linda Evans Parlette got it right when she wrote, “To work at the things you love, or for those you love, is to turn work into enjoyment and duty into privilege.”

“We love the idea of going to heaven but are not enthused to hear that salvation is not what we thought it was. Salvation means everything but it will also cost us everything.” William F. Holland Jr.

“Every Christian should be both conservative and radical;
conservative in preserving the faith and radical in applying it.”
– John Stott

“Many Christians ‘stall out’ in the faith when the call to total
commitment is received or viewed as something too high or too
hard to acquire…or they have never been taught that total
commitment is Christ’s demand for all His followers.”
– Chip Ingram

“The Christian life is not adding Jesus to one’s own way of life
but renouncing that personal way of life for His and being willing
to pay whatever cost that may require.”
– John MacArthur

“More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was the commitment that thinned the ranks.” – Chuck Swindoll

“You never hear Jesus say in Pilate’s judgment hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry that He had undertaken so costly a sacrifice for us.  … you never hear a
groan or a shriek that looks like Jesus is going back on His commitment.”
– Charles Spurgeon

“It costs to be faithful. It cost Abraham the yielding up of his only son. It cost Esther to risk her own life. It cost Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being put into a fiery furnace. It cost Stephen death by stoning. It cost Paul his life.
Does it cost you anything to be faithful to your Lord and King?”
– Anonymous

“Sadly, it seems that most Christians are more interested in going to heaven than knowing God.” William F. Holland Jr.

We are not to stand around waiting on some great end-time revival – we are to realize that God is waiting to pour out His Spirit in our life so a great revival can begin in us! William F. Holland Jr.

“A wife who is 85 percent faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. Likewise, there is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.”
-Vance Havner

We talk of the second coming while half the world has never heard of the first.

“If I choose to harbor sin in my heart, the Lord will not hear me”  Psalm 66:18

A demonstration is a crucial step in understanding.

Prepare to be discouraged – the world has never embraced God.

If we do not pray – we do not love.

Sympathy is not a substitute for action.

You cannot lose what you never had.

“True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single
groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than
a fine oration of great length.”
-C. H. Spurgeon

STOP TELLING GOD HOW BIG YOUR PROBLEM IS

AND START TELLING THE PROBLEM HOW BIG GOD IS

“The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make
the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.”
-Andrew Murray

DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND NECESSARY RESOURCES WILL FOLLOW

“We must begin to believe that God, in the mystery of prayer,
has entrusted us with a force that can move the Heavenly world,
and can bring its power down to earth.”
-Andrew Murray

PREPARE TO BE DISAPPOINTED – THE WORLD HAS NEVER EMBRACED GOD.

OUR LIVES ARE DEFINED BY OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING THE ONES WE MISS. LET US NOT WEEP OVER CHANCES WE HAVE MISSED, BUT RATHER FOR THE ONES WE DID NOT TAKE.

“If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in
loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with
the Lord Jesus Christ.”
-C. H. Spurgeon

A successful person will always choose to lay a beautiful pathway with the bricks that others throw at them. William F. Holland Jr.

“What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked Him for yesterday?”

“If what you are doing has no eternal value then why are you doing it?”

“Do NOT confuse your path with your destination. Just because it’s stormy today that does not mean the sun will not shine tomorrow.”

“HOPE IS A STATE OF MIND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE TAKEOFF AND THE LANDING.”

AFRICAN PROVERB: “However long the night – the dawn WILL break.”

“Weeping may last through the night but joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5)

“Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, I will try it again tomorrow.”

“THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS STRONGER THAN ANYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO IT.”

“Feed your faith – and your fears will starve to death.”

“We cannot direct the wind – but we can adjust our sails”

“It’s not how many times you are knocked down – its how many times you get up”

“When something bad happens we have 3 choices: we can let it define us – we can let it destroy us – or we can let it strengthen us.”

POSITIVE CONFESSION: I am stronger than this challenge and this challenge is making me even STRONGER!”

“The larger our faith grows – the smaller our fears become.” William Holland

WHAT THE DEVIL CANNOT DO.  This includes all physical, mental and emotional problems, cancer, spiritual attacks, discouragement, broken hearts, disappointments, and every hurt and pain.

HE CANNOT STOP LOVE

HE CANNOT SHATTER HOPE

HE CANNOT DISSOLVE FAITH

HE CANNOT DESTROY PEACE

HE CANNOT SILENCE COURAGE

HE CANNOT STEAL ETERNAL LIFE

HE CANNOT CONQUER THE SPIRIT

“THE THIEF COMETH NOT BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL AND TO DESTROY: I (JESUS) HAVE COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY” (John 10:10)

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”  George Washington

“THE REASON WHY MANY ARE STILL TROUBLED, STILL SEEKING, STILL MAKING LITTLE FORWARD PROGRESS IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT YET COME TO THE END OF THEMSELVES. WE’RE STILL TRYING TO GIVE ORDERS, AND INTERFERING WITH GOD’S WORK WITHIN US.” A.W. Tozer

 “He who is not content with what he has – would not be content with what he would like to have.” Socrates

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.” Albert Einstein

 “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” Pablo Picasso

“There is no right way to do a wrong thing” Anonymous

 

“Strong convictions precede great actions” T. F. Clark

“The world offers us correction more often than consolation” George Lichtenberg

 

“AS WE DISCOVER WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BE – WE ARE THEN FACED WITH DECIDING JUST HOW MUCH WE WILL DO!” (William F. Holland Jr.)

“The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one” Oscar Wilde

“We inundate God with problems, with demands for information, for clues, for an easier path, forgetting that in HIS WORD, he has given us the solution to every problem and all the details we are capable of grasping. Many times we fail to look for him where he is waiting for us, where he is to be found: In his Son, who is his word…” unknown

“God did not call me to be successful – but to be obedient” Mother Teresa

“Since your majesty and your lordships desire a simple reply, I will answer without horns and without teeth. Unless I am convicted by scripture and plain reason–I do not accept the authority of popes and councils for they have contradicted each other–my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise, God help me. Amen”  (Martin Luther)

“SOMETIMES OUR MIRACLES OCCUR IN THE DEATH OF OUR DREAMS”

 

“OUR FAILURES DRIVE US TO THE FEET OF JESUS MORE THAN OUR SUCCESS”

“THE GAME IS SCHEDULED – WE HAVE TO PLAY IT – WE MIGHT AS WELL WIN.” (Sign in Phoenix Suns locker room)

 

“We will never build from God’s blueprint until our determination to change becomes stronger than our desire to remain the same” William F. Holland Jr.

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” (James 1:5)

“Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet Wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in Learning” (Proverbs 9:9)

“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ: In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2-3)

“Happy is the man that finds wisdom and the man that receives understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver; and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies; and cannot be compared to anything we could ever imagine” (Proverbs 3:13-15)

“How much better is it to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!” (Proverbs 16:16)

“A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Well done is better than well said”

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust. (Psalm 91:1-2)

“I hate war as only a soldier has lived it can. As one who has seen its brutality, its futility, and its stupidity.” Dwight Eisenhower

“I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail” Abraham Lincoln

“Many times a long repentance comes from a short pleasure”

“CONSTANT COMPLAINTS NEVER RECEIVE PITY”

“Consider this Christian: That ALL your trials and troubles, calamities and miseries, crosses and losses which you meet in this world are all the HELL you shall ever have.” Thomas Brooks

“Perfection does not guarantee satisfaction”

“Unless you show respect toward your fellow man, you cannot be a successful leader of men”

 “Enthusiasm is caught – not taught”

“Are the things you’re living for worth Christ dying for?” Epitaph of Leonard Ravenhill

“There are two types of people in the world: Participants and spectators“

 “The more you give – the more you possess”

“Some days you’re the bug; some days you’re the windshield.”

 “Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.”

“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.”

 

 “Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much when your lips are moving.”

“Experience is something you don’t have until just after you need it.”

 

“Never miss a good chance to be quiet.”

“Television is not a substitute for living”

“Let this one great, gracious, glorious fact lie in your spirit until it permeates all your thoughts and makes you rejoice even though you are without strength. Rejoice that the Lord Jesus has become your strength and your song – He has become your salvation.” Charles Spurgeon

“Learn how to learn”

 

 “Example is stronger than education”

“Most learning comes from mistakes”

“CHOOSE YOUR WORDS CAREFULLY”

“Things turn out the best for people who make the best

of the way things turn out”

 “Life is a long lesson in humility“

 

“Those who are loved the least are often the ones that need it the most”

 

“Emotional needs can never be satisfied by materialism.”

 “Experience is not just what happens to you, but what you do with what happens to you.”

“Never suppress a generous impulse.”

“The deeper the foundation – the stronger the house.”

“Notice and celebrate daily miracles.”

“A person is a product of his word”

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”

 

“People tend to hate in others what they hate about themselves.”

 “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” Eleanor Roosevelt

 

“Fight for just causes”

“Rule your desires or they will rule you.”

“If we don’t pray to God – we become prey to the Devil”

 

“The greatest wealth is Health” Ralph Waldo Emerson

 “FAITH IS SEEING WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE – NOT YOUR EYES”

“JESUS WAS BROKEN SO THAT WE COULD BE FIXED”

“WHEN CHRISTIANS LEARN TO HAVE

POWER OVER THEIR FLESH, THEY CAN

BEGIN TO HAVE POWER OVER THE DEVIL”

“If God said we had three months to live, how would we change our lives?”

“People want the blessings of God without letting go of the control”

“To be an effective soul winner one must passionately love souls”

“We may never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.” B.J.Palmer

“A Christian can look forward to tomorrow with joy – it is one stage nearer to glory, one step nearer to heaven.” Charles Spurgeon

 

“God does not forgive us because we deserve to be forgiven, but because we so desperately need to be”

 

“Holding fast the Word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.” PHILIPPIANS 2:16

“A WISE PERSON NEVER

THINKS HE IS WISE”

“A simple touch can mean more than a thousand words”

 “We can grow in spite of our pain or, perhaps in response to it”

“LEARN TO ENJOY SILENCE”

 “Life is learning how to put principles into practice”

 “THOSE WHO PLANT KINDNESS WILL GATHER JOY”

 “You were born to succeed”

 “Never compromise your integrity”

“IF YOU FIGHT WITH GOD OVER YOUR MONEY, HE MAY NOT HAVE YOUR HEART…” 

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: It might have been”

 “Your visions do not impress God as much as your determination”

“When one loses the burden for lost souls they have become backslidden”

 It is in LOVING – not being loved the heart is blessed

It is in GIVING – not receiving we find our quest

“In the last days, people will be captivated by the empty words of those who want their money and admiration.” Carter Conlon

 “RESOLUTION ONE: I will live for God

RESOLUTION TWO: If no one else does, I still will” (Jonathan Edwards)

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“To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge

To suffer the will of God is the greatest heroism

To do the will of God is the greatest achievement

To have the approval of God is the greatest joy“

“What if the journey IS the destination?”

 “Unity: A cloth is stronger than the individual threads from which it is made”

 “A common cover-up for emotional pain is anger”

 “It is never foolish to forgive”

 “Be someone you would want to be friends with”

“Through our collective experiences, we have found that we can accomplish together what we cannot do alone”

Planning your future saves you from regretting your past

 “TRUE WORSHIP IS A LIFESTYLE” William Holland

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER give up.” Winston Churchill

 “Luke-warmness is an enemy of our love – an infection in our spirit” William Holland Jr.

“Prayer is the least we can do – yet the most we can do”

 “Never doubt in the dark what you believed in the light”

“True success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm”

 “Do not pretend to be something you never intend to be”

 “Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore – Dream – Discover” MARK TWAIN

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE STARS AND YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND. Theodore Roosevelt

 “Adversity gives you the chance to be who you knew you were” William Holland Jr.

 “LIVE WHILE YOU ARE ALIVE”

“A good leader is also a good follower”

 “Give a grateful person more than they ask”

 “The more content you are with yourself, the fewer material things you need”

“Perseverance can do many things genius cannot”

“THE HEART THAT LOVES IS ALWAYS YOUNG”

 

“Some men see things as they are and ask, Why? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not?” George Bernard Shaw

 “Deeds are better than promises”

 “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt” Abraham Lincoln

 “KNOWING AND LOVING GOD IS THE MEANING OF LIFE.” William Holland Jr.

“We cannot decide what may happen to us,

but we can decide what happens in us”

“YOU CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE CARE ABOUT SOMETHING.”

 “Do NOT expect others to take as much interest In you as you do yourself.” WILLIAM HOLLAND JR.

 “LISTENING AND SPEAKING ARE TWO DIFFERENT SKILLS.”

 “THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OBSTACLE AND AN OPPORTUNITY IS ATTITUDE”

 “God’s commitment to man’s salvation is the promise of eternal security. Man’s commitment to God’s grace is demonstrated through faith and obedience” William F. Holland Jr.

 “WE DO NOT CHANGE THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE CHANGES US”

“Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.”

 “Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.”

 “Forbidden fruits create many jams.”

 “God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the called”

 “God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage”

 “Prayer is not giving God instructions but rather just reporting for duty”

“The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us”

 “Evangelism is a process of discipleship not necessarily a one-time event”

 “Our prison of discontent is built with our own bad attitude”

 “The grindstone of life will either wear You down or polish you up”

“I can tell how much God you have By how much entertainment you need.”  A.W. Tozer

 “Wherever riches have increased the worship of God has decreased in the same proportion…as riches increase so will pride, anger and worldly lust in all its branches.” John Wesley

 “Failing organizations are usually heavy in management and light in leadership.”

“Our hearts need to be free from moral contamination. We cannot make our way into heaven if we allow sin to plague our lives” Adam Bowman

 “Do not spoil what you possess by only dreaming of what you do not have.”

 “Maybe we do not hear God’s voice because we have already decided we are not going to do what he say’s.” A.W. Tozer

 “The greatest difference between many Christians and the world around them is the building where they spend their time sleeping on Sunday” Rikkert Zuiderveld

 “THE WORST TORMENT IS THAT OF OPPORTUNITIES LOST” DAVID WILKERSON

 “The one thing I have learned from history Is that we do NOT learn from history” Leonard Ravenhill

 A YAWN IS AN HONEST OPINION – OPENLY EXPRESSED

“A person who gossips is someone that will never tell a lie – if the truth will do more damage.”

“Salvation is not putting a man into heaven, but putting heaven into a man.” Maltbie D. Babcock

 “Nothing will do except righteousness and no other conception of righteousness will do, except Christ’s conception of it.” Matthew Arnold

 “EARTH HAS NO SORROW THAT HEAVEN CANNOT HEAL.” Thomas More

“The greatest evil is the lack of Love and Charity.” Mother Teresa

 “Since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, “God is hard to find.” Fulton J. Sheen

 “I can be calm and free from care on any shore, since God is there” Madame Jeanne Guyon

An atheist once said, “If I really believed like you say you do about the reality of eternal damnation, I would crawl on my hands and knees all over the world, crying and begging everyone to repent and surrender their heart to Christ”

 “The Son of God became a man so that He might enable men to become the sons of God.”

 “Holiness is not freedom from temptation – it is the power to resist temptation”

 “PERFECTION DOES NOT CONSIST IN UNDERSTANDING GOD’S DESIGNS BUT IN SUBMITTING TO THEM.”

“It is in ordinary human relationships that the validity of a man’s communion with God is proved.”

“Let all we do be well done, for thine eye to see.”

“With God, there are no accidents. Every incident is intended to bring us Closer to Him.” Max Lucado

“I have held many things in my hands and have lost them all but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.” Martin Luther

 “Old truths are always new to us if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.” Paul Bunyan

 “The road to glory is always the

path of self-abandonment.”

 “Saying yes to God means saying no to things that offend His holiness.

“WISDOM IS SEEING THINGS FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE.”

 “WE LEARN FAR MORE FROM DISAPPOINTMENT THAN WE DO FROM SUCCESS.”

“Being truly thankful and sincerely appreciative are the building blocks for being happy”

 “He has great tranquility of heart,

who cares neither for the praises

nor the fault-finding of men.”

“Obedience is the only thing in our spiritual life that will bring genuine joy”

 “WHAT WE DO IN PRIVATE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REVEALED”

 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13)

“God is more interested in building our character than blessing us.”

 “Involvement reduces criticism.”

“How many people that have passed away,

always meant to Pray?”

“If I choose to harbor sin in my heart The Lord will not hear me” Psalm 66:18

 “Preach the Gospel everywhere and if necessary use words” St. Francis

 “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

 “THE TRUE MEASURE OF A GODLY MAN IS HOW HE TREATS SOMEONE WHO CANNOT DO ANYTHING FOR HIM IN RETURN”

“Want what you have – and you will always

have what you want”

“Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 “GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!”

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city” Proverbs 16:32 KJV

 “Justice is when you get what you deserve

 Mercy is when you do not get what you deserve

 Grace is when you get what you do not deserve”

 “GOD IS DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH YOU”

“Our sincere love for people reveals

our intimate love for God”

 “To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge

 To suffer the will of God is the greatest heroism

 To do the will of God is the greatest achievement

To have the approval of God is the greatest happiness.” 

 “THREE enemies of God are lovers of self,

lovers of pleasure and lovers of money”

 “Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they shall see God”  Matthew 5:8

“One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, yet expecting a different outcome.”

  “THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE JESUS – NOT ANOTHER CHURCH BUILDING.”

“Change is the result of personal discipline, desire, and determination”  Wm Holland Jr.

 Anyone can find knowledge, which is the accumulation of information, but wisdom is understanding knowledge through the eyes of the divine.

Only God is the total containment of all wisdom. He has woven his wisdom into the fabric of creation and desires for humanity to seek and embrace its beauty and power. Our desire to search for deeper truth is a response to a voice of a higher dimension. The ability to recognize the need for wisdom is a divine gift. Wisdom is super-natural and is the key to becoming the fulfillment of God’s intentions.

Christians should be known for integrity and sound counsel. Christ should know us for our allegiance as we manifest the fruit of His character. The world should know us as a generous philanthropist, a sensitive listener and a compassionate samaritan toward all people.

 “From where does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? It is hidden from the eyes of all living and concealed from the birds of the air. Destruction and death say, ’We have heard a report about it with our ears.’ God understands its way, and He knows its place. For, He looks to the ends of the earth and sees under the whole heavens to establish a weight for the wind and apportion the waters by measure. When He made a law for the rain, and a path for the thunderbolt, then He saw wisdom and declared it; He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out. And to man, He said, ‘behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding” Job 28:20-28

“For this commandment, which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.  It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?”  Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go up over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?”  But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over Jordan to possess. I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days” Deuteronomy 30:11-20

 It is no secret that God has chosen the Jewish people to be the apple of His eye.  This has been evident throughout history as we see God having His hand of favor upon them and the rest of the world being envious of this blessing.  The Gentile Christian should be excited to discover they are also recipients of the Abrahamic covenant that contains the most powerful inheritance in the universe.  It is the promise about the seed bringing forth the messiah that will redeem all believers.  Here is the scripture that assures the Gentile Christian that all spiritual and earthly blessings are heirs according to the promise.

 “For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you”  Romans 11: 16-18

 The wild olive tree is the Gentile Christians. The cultivated olive tree refers to Israel, those who inherited the promises of the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenant. The Gentiles have been supernaturally connected to the family of God and have been grafted into the original vine of the holy promises and therefore have become spiritually adopted as true sons and daughters of God’s eternal blessings. This is continued with the new covenant promises pertaining to the blood of Christ, the last testament and will of Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit.

 “If you want to be miserable – think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you and what people think of you” Charles Kingsley

 “A foolish physician he is, and a most unfaithful friend, that will let a sick man die for fear of troubling him; and cruel wretches are we to our friends, to rather suffer them to go quietly to hell, than to anger them, or hazard our reputation with them” Richard Baxter

 “Our harvest is in direct proportion to how much seed we plant. Let us NOT eat our seed”

 “People want to be resurrected without being crucified”

 “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 1:8)

 “Are we seeking his face or stuffing our face?”

 “When Christ was crucified it eliminated our debt of sin, when we are crucified it eliminates the power of sin”

“The ones that say it cannot be done are left asking the question, How did they do it?”

 “Having money is a poor way of being rich”

 “Distraction is an enemy to the soul”

 “I’m so busy and have so much to do, that I have to pray three hours a day to get it all done” Martin Luther

 “Never desire to take all the credit”

 “The catching ends the pleasure of the chase” Abraham Lincoln

 “A person can never have too much hope.”

 “It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners, as it is in captive nations today. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this would receive a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching, so we accepted their terms. It was a deal: we preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching; they were happy beating us – so everyone was happy” Richard Wurmbrand

“O Jesus, our crucified Redeemer, teach us not only to believe on Thee, but to abide in Thee, to take Thy cross not only as the ground of our pardon, but also as the law of our life. O teach us to love it not only because on it Thou didst bear our curse, but because on it we enter into the closest fellowship with thyself, and are crucified with Thee” Andrew Murray

“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand” Mother Teresa

 “Strong people do not need a lot of other people around”

“I have not failed; but rather, I have made the remarkable discovery of 10,000 ideas that will not work” Thomas Edison

 “Under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved”

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored” Aldous Huxley

 You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you have something to say.” Scott Fitzgerald

 “God’s delays are not God’s denials”

 “The Kingdom of God has too many secret agents”

 “What is done in anger usually ends in shame”

 “Sometimes getting everything you want is NOT the best thing you could have”

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a prettier shell or a smoother pebble than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” Isaac Newton 

“Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.” Charles Lindberg

 “Rules without relationship causes rebellion”

“Do not listen to your fears or allow the fears of others to counsel you”

 “They who are not happy with little – will never be happy with much”

 “Integrity is the sensitivity of the conscience”

 “God’s commandment is God’s enablement”

 He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions. Anonymous

“Coming together is a beginning;

keeping together is progress;

working together is success.”

Henry Ford

“Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.” John Wesley

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Martin Luther King Jr.

 “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the Kingdom of Heaven upon Earth”John Wesley

“A BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE MAY LAST A FEW

DECADES BUT A BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY

WILL LAST A LIFETIME”

“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can,

in all the ways you can, in all the places you can,

at all the times you can, to all the people you can,

as long as you can.” John Wesley

“BE CAREFUL OF THE WORDS YOU SPEAK

MAKE THEM SOFT AND SWEET

YOU NEVER KNOW FROM DAY TO DAY

WHICH ONES YOU WILL HAVE TO EAT”

“If you want to know how wealthy you are, look around at what you have and see what money cannot buy and death cannot take away from you.” Adrian Rogers