Morning Motivation

Ruth 2:12 “May the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

Matthew 5:12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

Luke 13:35 “Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!’”

Morning Motivation
When I woke up this morning lying in bed,
 I was asking myself;
 What are some of the secrets of success in life?
 I found the answer right there,
 in my very room.

The fan said… Be cool
 The Roof said… Aim high
 The Window said… See the world
 The Clock said… Every minute is precious
 The Mirrow said… Reflect before you act
 The Calendar… Be up-to-date
 The Door said… Push hard for your goals

AND NOT TO FORGET,
 THE CARPET  SAID…
 KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY.

Carry a Heart that Never Hates.
 Carry a Smile that Never Fades.
 Carry a Touch that Never Hurts..

HAVE A  PURPOSEFUL DAY
 IN THE LORD!
 
 ‘God Blesses Us To Be A Blessing Unto Others’

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Don't Quit

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with it's twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worse,
That you must not quit.

...Edgar A. Guest

"If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!"
Proverbs 24:10 (NIV)

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"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength
of my heart and my portion forever."
Psalm 73:26 (NASB)

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"Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed,
because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness."
Lamentations 3:22-23 (NKJV)

Great Minds

Great minds discuss ideas
 Average minds discuss events
 Small minds discuss people 

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.
 Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.
 Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.
 Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.
 Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.
 Amen.
- Prayer by St. Augustine

God's Way

"Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth;
Unite my heart to fear Your name.
I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart,
And I will glorify Your name forevermore."-Psalm 86:11-12 

CANDY

 I recieved this in an email and thought I would put it here .

Let's look at this bag of Candy a little different. It takes all
kinds of ladies to make up a church.

SWEETARTS--
Sometimes us ladies are SWEET when we are in church and become very
TART when we walk out the door.

PEPPERMINT--
you are MINT to be in church every time the doors are open.

TOOTSIE ROLL--
We sometimes just come in and let our TOOTSIE ROLL right onto the pew
and sit there.

BIT-O-HONEY--
Us Christian ladies are waiting for the day when we go to where a
BIT-O-milk & HONEY flow. What a day that will be.

CARAMEL CREME --
Do we as Christian Women look at people the way we see candy? CREME on
the inside surrounded with CARAMEL or do we only see the CARAMEL and
think that there is no CREME on the inside.

WERTHER ORIGINAL--
WETHER, you are young or old, rich or poor, pretty to look upon or
not, we ar still the ORIGINAL work of GOD.

FIREBALLS--
If we ladies were as fired up for GOD as this candy, imagine what a
FIREBALL we could be for him!

DOUBLE BUBBLE--
DOUBLE the time that you spend with the LORD and get out of the same
old BUBBLE.

DUM-DUM SUCKERS--
Don't be a DUM-DUM SUCKERed into believing what someone tells you
about the Bible and GOD. Read it and learn the truth for yourself.

SMARTIES--All churches have SMARTIES! Some are smart when it comes to
knowing the BIBLE, Singing in the choir or teaching Sunday School.
Then there are others who just have smart attitudes. What kind of
SMARTIE are you?

ALMOND JOY--
It is such a JOY to serve the Lord. Do you serve him with ALL your
heart? And all of GOD'S people said ALMON!!!!!!

PLANTING

"For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
the flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land."
- Song of Solomon

f you plant for days —      plant fowers
 If you plant for years  —   plant trees
 If you plant for eternity __plant people -Author unknown  

God is Perfect

As for God, His way is perfect! Psalm 18:30

Let God choose for you, it will be the right decision.
 Let God guide you, it will be the right direction.
 Let God plan for you, it will be in the right timing.
 Let God measure for you, it will be the right portion.
 Let God help you, it will be the right care.
 Let God instruct you, it will be the right teaching.
 Let God prepare you, it will be the right training.
 Let God counsel you, it will be the right perspective.
 Let God fight for you, it will be the right outcome.
 Let God work in you, it will be the right result.
-author unknown