Our hope
is not in the new year…
but in
the One who makes all things new.
Faith tells me no matter
what lies ahead of me this
year, God is already there.
~ TOBYMAC
The best
way to start TODAY
is with a
PRAYER,
a SMILE,
and a GRATEFUL HEART.
* Tip your server.
* Return your shopping
cart.
* Hold the door for the
person behind you.
* Let someone into your
lane.
Small acts can have a
ripple effect.
That’s how we change the
world.
Accept
both compliments and criticism.
It takes
both sun and rain for a flower to grow.
~ Katie
Murch
ASKING
GOD
“WHAT CAN
I LEARN?”
INSTEAD
OF
“WHY ME?”
IS A MUCH
BETTER
PLACE TO
PARK OUR
MINDS.
~ TOBYMAC
GROW
THROUGH WHAT YOU GO THROUGH.
Teach
your children two things
and
you’ve taught them well:
to love
the Lord with
all of
their heart,
to have a
heart of
compassion
for others.
~ The Time
Warp
Children hear everything
you say.
And they mimic everything
you do.
Give them a good example.
No matter
how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you can always turn around.
WHAT THE
NEW YEAR
BRINGS TO
YOU
DEPENDS A
GREAT DEAL
ON WHAT YOU
BRING
TO THE
NEW YEAR.
~ Vern
McLellan
“There is always, always, always SOMETHING to be
thankful for.”
~ Ann Voscamp
PRACTICE
THE PAUSE.
WHEN IN
DOUBT, PAUSE.
WHEN
ANGRY, PAUSE.
WHEN
TIRED, PAUSE.
WHEN
STRESSED, PAUSE.
AND WHEN
YOU PAUSE, PRAY.
~ TOBYMAC
To
strengthen the muscles of your heart, the best exercise is lifting someone
else’s spirit whenever you can.
~
Dodinsky
You can’t
control the
minutes
you play,
but you
can control
how you
play the
minutes
you get.
“I believe that
appreciation is a holy thing – that when we look for what’s best in a person we
happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor
we’re participating in something sacred.”
~ Fred Rogers
Morning
is God’s way of saying one
more
time, go make a difference,
touch a heart, encourage a mind,
inspire a soul and enjoy the day.
touch a heart, encourage a mind,
inspire a soul and enjoy the day.
“To be kind is more
important than to be right. Many times,
what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that
listens.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Don’t
tell someone
to get
over it.
Help them
get
through
it.
~ Sue
Fitzmaurice
“May your
choices reflect your hopes not your fears.”
~ Nelson
Mandela
“Every
accomplishment
starts
with
the
decision
to try.”
~ John F.
Kennedy
“The greatest gift you can
give someone is your time. Because when
you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never
get back.”
~ Rick Warren
Don’t mix
bad words with
your bad
mood.
You’ll
have many opportunities
to change
your mood,
but
you’ll never get
the
opportunity to replace
the words
you spoke…
“What
lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies
within us.”
~ Ralph
Waldo Emerson
“Never be
afraid to trust an unknown
future to
a known God.”
~ Corrie
Ten Boom
Philippians is seen as the
happiest book of the Bible, yet it was written in prison. Your circumstance does not determine your
joy.
“MAY WE
THINK OF
FREEDOM,
NOT AS THE
RIGHT TO
DO AS WE
PLEASE,
BUT AS THE
OPPORTUNITY
TO DO
WHAT IS
RIGHT.”
~ Peter
Marshall
You can’t
change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
~ Mahatma
Gandhi
“Yesterday is the past,
tomorrow’s
the future,
but today
is a gift.
That’s
why it’s called the present.”
~ Bil
Keane
Trust in
the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all
your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
The LORD has done
great things for us and we are filled with joy.
Psalm 126:3
Because
of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
He is a
shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 18:30
Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is
here.
2 Corinthians 5:17
For we
are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God
prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
Let each
of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4
I can do
all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:13
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