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Post by kanyon on Oct 24, 2007 20:43:04 GMT -5
I am putting up a diary of member quotes that bless me. I hope they bless you too.
If you want to respond to any of them please start another thread. Also you might want to start your own thread of quotes from members that have blessed you and why. My first is from Giants..
"A couple of things that the Lord in ministering to me in this season...
When David was faced with his giant, he RAN to the battlefield to confront him...."
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Post by kanyon on Oct 30, 2007 11:38:39 GMT -5
Gift of Singleness
Quote from Beck
Singleness means to be separate, unique and whole. Would you like to stop being whole or unique as a person? Our problem comes in when we confuse singleness with being alone. and if we desire to be married just to rescue us from the worlds view of being single then we are trying to get married for the wrong reasons. Singleness is a Gift from God, and as a matter of fact Adam didn't even realize he was alone, nor did he have a problem with it. It was God who said.."is not good for man to be alone"..Singleness doesn't mean being alone... Singleness means being complete and whole, unique...set apart... I would even dare to say that until we grasp the concept of being single we are not ready for marriage
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Post by kanyon on Nov 19, 2007 11:25:56 GMT -5
Good quote from another site dealing with our response to misunderstanding and our resultant hurt..." What works for me when I am angry at someone or something is to go stand at the foot of the cross.
Remember what I have been forgiven of, what it took to accomplish that, that the other person (if they are a believer) has also been forgiven much.
And if the other person is not a believer and has hurt me by sinning against me, I remember that I cannot punish that person's sin better than God will one day - so I don't have to now - I just need to allow God to punish their sin.
And if the other person who hurt me is a believer then God has ALREADY punished their sin at the cross - just as He has already punished mine.
So either way I am covered. Their sin is punished or will be some day.
I remember that I don't have to like someone to love them. Loving them means seeing them as Christ sees them, as a person created in God's image worthy of dignity. I don't have to get along with them, agree with everything they say or do to love them.
When I have been misunderstood, I remember the perspective of eternity - most of the things that flare up in this life will be but pale memories in the grand scheme of eternity. In other words, this life is just a drop in the bucket when compared to what awaits us in eternity so it isn't worth losing sleep over.
That's what helps me anyway."
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Post by Beulah5 on Nov 19, 2007 11:38:52 GMT -5
Please some funny ones as well all these serious quotes are getting me down. Thanks
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Post by kanyon on Dec 3, 2007 10:45:09 GMT -5
Here is a quote from still focused that I liked...
"Even though I am single at this moment..something I gathered from this is..that you can't have a husband or wife and act as if you're still single. That ain't even a God thing..because the world knows that principle, too !!"
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Post by kanyon on Jul 21, 2008 8:38:44 GMT -5
Here is another quote I picked up from stillfocused...
"Many Pastors and ministries are facing the same trials..hurting and preaching, faithless and preaching, prayerless and preaching, fearful and preaching, lack of compassion and preaching...trying to save face and preaching, and unrepentative and preaching..much prayer is needed for them all."
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Post by kanyon on Jul 21, 2008 8:45:02 GMT -5
A C&P from another Christian site...
Dealing With Strongholds
Dealing with Strongholds Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, “Pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” What are you to pull down? Strongholds: areas of your life that are held in the grip of the enemy. What are you to cast down and take captive? Thoughts: thinking that doesn’t line up with God’s Word or submit to the rule of Christ in your life.
Recognize that you are in a war. You are a new creation and your old character will constantly try to reestablish control over you. Don’t let it. So long as it reigns in your life, Christ’s seat is taken. If it is on the throne, Christ is still on the cross. Put Christ on the throne and your past on the cross!
In the Old Testament, a priest could not come into God’s presence if he had touched anything dead (see Leviticus 22:3-4). If you are going to walk with God, you must bury your old lifestyle. It also means forgiving those who hurt you, including yourself, then moving on. The issue is not whether you remember, but how you remember. God is able to take the sting out of the memory and leave us healed and redeemed. No longer will you be handicapped or hindered by what you’ve been through or by what you’ve done; instead you’ll be enriched by it!
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Christopher Jobe
Toronto, Canada
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!"
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