Saturday, January 4, 2020

Thoughts for a New Year


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.


“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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