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Ability     

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. -Longfellow

 
A buried talent is never a buried treasure.  Talents become treasures only through use. -Rupert

They are able because they think they are able. -Vergil

Mt 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

 Ac 11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:

 1Pe 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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Afflictions

 
There are no crown-wearers in heaven that were not cross-bearers here below.
-Spurgeon
 
 
The greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted. -Anonymous

 2Co 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you

2Co 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

2Co 8:2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

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AGE

An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven. -Chapin

The only thing to come to us without effort. -Anonymous

Age doesn't matter unless you are cheese. -Burke

It is not years that make souls grow old, but having nothing to love, nothing to hope for.  -Congreve

Psa 39:5  Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

Psa 92:13  Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psa 92:14  They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

Zec 8:4  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

 

[Shammu]

Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you.

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 ANGELS
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we awake. -Milton

Ps 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Mt 4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Lu 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

[Soldier4Christ]

Psa 31:14  But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.


1Ch 23:30  And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

[Shammu]

James 1:4 But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.

[nChrist]

Beneath The Cross Of Jesus

Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand,
The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land;
A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way,
From the burning of the noontide heat, and the burden of the day.

O safe and happy shelter, O refuge tried and sweet,
O trusting place where Heaven’s love and Heaven’s justice meet!
As to the holy patriarch that wondrous dream was given,
So seems my Savior’s cross to me, a ladder up to heaven.

There lies beneath its shadow but on the further side
The darkness of an awful grave that gapes both deep and wide
And there between us stands the cross two arms outstretched to save
A watchman set to guard the way from that eternal grave.

Upon that cross of Jesus mine eyes at times can see
The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me;
And from my stricken heart with tears two wonders I confess;
The wonders of redeeming love and my unworthiness.

I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of His face;
Content to let the world go by to know no gain or loss,
My sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.

[airIam2worship]

ATHEIST

An orphaned heart, which has lost the greatest of fathers. -Richter

A man who believes himself an accident. -Thompson

1Ti 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Ps 14:1 ¶ <<To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.>> The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.

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There may be some sins of which a man cannot speak, but there is no sin which the blood of Christ cannot wash away. -Spurgeon

Plunge into the "fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel's veins," and in an instant you are whiter than snow.  Every speck, spot, and stain of sin is gone, and gone forever. -Spurgeon
 
Trust Christ and you shall live.  The bloody sacrifice of Calvary is the only hope of sinners. -Spurgeon

Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Tit 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
Tit 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
What can wash our sins away? Nothing but the Blood of Jesus

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Diffuculty

The best way out of a difficulty is through it. -Anonymous

Ps 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

 

[RKJ]

Hast thou no scar?
No hidden scar on foot, or side, or hand?
I hear thee sung as mighty in the land,
I hear them hail thy bright ascendant star,

Hast thou no scar?
Hast thou no wound?

Yet I was wounded by the archers, spend,
Leaned Me against a tree to die; and rent
By ravening beasts that compassed Me, I swooned:

Hast thou no wound?
No wound, no scar?

Yet, as the Master shall the servant be,
And, pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole: can he have followed far

Who has no wounds nor scar?

by Amy Carmichael, a lady who lived and died for Christ in India

[airIam2worship]

I speak as a man of the world to men of the world, and I say to you: search the Scriptures.  The Bible is the Book of all others to read at all ages and in all conditions of human life; not to be read once or twice or thrice through and then laid aside; but to be read in small portions of one or two chapters a day and never to be omitted by some overwhelming necessity. --John Quincy Adams
 


The study of God's Word, for the purpose of discovering God's will, is the secret discipline which has formed the greatest characters. --J.W. Alexander
 



A young Christian packing his bag for a journey said to a friend, "I have nearly finished packing.  All I have to put in are a guidebook, a lamp, a mirror, a microscope, a telescope, a volume of fine poetry, a few biographies, a package of old letters, a book of songs, a sword, a hammer, and a set of tools."  "But you cannot put all that into your bag," objected the friend. "Oh, yes," said the Christian.  "Here it is." And he placed his Bible in the corner of the suitcase and closed the lid. -Anonymous


The devil is not afraid of the Bible that has dust on it. -Anonymous


The highest earthly enjoyments are but a shadow of the joy I find I reading God's word. -Grey
 
No one ever graduates from Bible study until he meets the Author face to face. -Harris

As a nation we are indebted to the Book of Books for our national ideals and representative institutions.  Their preservation rests in adhering to its principles. --Herbert Hoover
 

[JesusFreak16]

My fav bible verse is Jeremiah 29:11-13:

"For i know the plans that i have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you'll call upon me and I'll answer you, you'll search for me and find me, when you search for me with all of your heart."

JesusFreak

[airIam2worship]

Timelessness

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!

- Abraham Lincoln