Quote (Feb. 25, 2020): "You don't just stumble into the future. You create your own future." (Roger Smith)

Luke 5:27-39 -> Levi, the Publican, rose up, left everything, and followed Christ. He intentionally chose his future to follow Christ.

Quote (Feb. 24, 2020): "If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it." (Lucy Larcom)

"You are the light of the world, a town built on a hill, that cannot be hidden... Let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds..." (Matt. 5:13-16)

Quote (Feb. 22, 2020): "It is not the Position but the Disposition." (Susan Sontag)

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." (2 Cor. 1:3,4)

Quote (Feb. 21, 2020): "Always do RIGHT. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest." (Mark Twain)

"I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed your ordinances before me... Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts." (Psa. 119:30, 172)

"Lord, let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good." (Job. 34:4)

Quote (Feb. 20, 2020): "WORK Hard, DREAM Big, NEVER Give Up."

"The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD." (Prov. 29:25-26)

Quote (Feb. 19, 2020): "The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it." (Mal Pancoast)

"Set your minds on things above." (Col. 3:2)

"Look directly forward, so our gaze will be straight." (Pv. 4:25)

"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit." (Rom. 8:5)

Quote (Feb. 18, 2020): "Patience is the art of hoping." (Luc de Clapiers).

"Be still before the Lord and wait PATIENTLY for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways when they carry out their wicked schemes." (Psa. 37:7)

Quote (Feb. 16, 2020): "Character develops itself in the stream of life." (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)

"We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope makes none ashamed;" (Romans 5:2-5)

Quote (Feb. 15, 2020): "Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." (Robert Louis Stevenson)

"In all they ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths." (Prov. 3:6)

Quote (Feb. 14, 2020): "All you need is Love."

The Lord has placed us in an ecclesia or "body" with many members. He has blessed us with all these members with different gifts, and by one spirit we were all baptized. Let us encourage one another in Love. (1 Cor. 12:12-14)