Outpost 17

2 Samuel 17-18 / Luke 21: 1-19

“Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.”

― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

2 Samuel 15-16 / Luke 20:27-47

“Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.”

― Roy T. Bennett,

2 Samuel 13-14 / Luke 20:1-26

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”

― Fyodor Dostoevsky

2 Samuel 10-12 / Luke 19:29-48

“God desires to reveal His heart to us and to build His heart into us as we seek His face.”

― Bill Mills

2 Samuel 7-9 / Luke 19:1-28

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

2 Samuel 4-6 / Luke 18:18-43

“Imagine how much a man's life would change if he trusted that he was loved by God.”

― Donald Miller

2 Samuel 1-3 / Luke 18:1-27

"But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing!”

― John Wesley

1 Samuel 30-31 / Luke 17:20-37

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.”

― Thomas Paine

1 Samuel 27-29 / Luke 17:1-19

“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.”

― Joss Whedon

1 Samuel 25-26 / Luke 16:19-31

“It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.”

― James E. Faust