Seeking Truth Meditations

Quote (Nov. 4, 2020): "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." (Eleanor Roosevelt) Tit. 2:12 -> "Denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;"

Quote (Nov. 2/3, 2020): "Whatever you are, be a good one." (Abraham Lincoln) Romans 7:22-25 -> Delight in God's Law. We are at war with being a prisoner of the law of sin and God's law; but he will deliver us.  2 Kings 18:3-8 -> "He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done." 2 Chron. 31:20-21 -> Hezekiah, throughout all Judah, did what w...

Quote (Nov. 1, 2020): "Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others." (Rosa Parks) Gen. 4 -> Cain and Abel (The first siblings) 1 John 3:12 -> "Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. ... Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous." Prov. 9:8 -> "Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise a...

Quote (Oct. 31, 2020): "The harder you fall, the higher you bounce." (Doug Horton) James 1:13-17 ... God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed... Don't be deceived... Gal. 6:7-10 Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the fl...

Quote (Oct. 30, 2020): "A rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty." (Kyle Hill) "I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth." (Gen. 9:13) Jer. 33:20-21 "If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night no longer come at their appointed time, then ... and David...

Quote (Oct. 29, 2020): "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." (Oprah Winfrey) Matt. 1 v. 3 Tamar v. 5 Rahab v. 5 Ruth v. 6 Bathsheba v. 16 Mary

Quote (Oct. 28, 2020): "The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers." (Deepak Chopra) Psa. 68:4-6 "Sing to God, sing in praise of his name... A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows... God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing..."

Quote (Oct. 26/27, 2020): "Let life surprise you." -1 John 3:1-10- v.1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! v. 4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. (5) But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. v. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them... v. 10...

Quote (Oct. 25, 2020): "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's Courage." (Anais Nin) 2 Cor. 8:9 -> By the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for our sake he became poor. So that by his poverty, we might become rich. Matt. 18:23-25 -> Unforgiving servant. Shows importance of Forgiveness and Mercy. Lk. 10:29 -> The Good Samaritan. Luke 15:11-32 -> Prodigal S...

Quote (Oct. 24, 2020): "The price of greatness is responsibility." (Winston Churchill) Matt. 15:29-34 -> Faith of the two blind men who called out to Jesus. Christ had compassion on them. Matt. 15:14 -> Blind man leading blind man. Leading only to the pit. No Salvation found here. 

Quote (Oct. 23, 2020): "Unplug" Psa. 85:7-13 -> ... Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. The Lord will indeed give what is good. Righteouness looks down from Heaven. Righteouness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps...

Quote (Oct. 22, 2020): "A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Psa. 146 Praise the Lord. Who upholds the oppressed, gives food to the hungry, sets prisoners free, gives sight to the blind, lift up those bowed down, love the righteous. He WATCHES over the foreigner, sustains the fatherless and the widow. "You reign forever, O Zion, for all generations."...

Quote (Oct. 21, 2020): "For success, attitude is equally as important as ability." (Walter Scott) Ex. 23:13 He is our God. Let's KNOW Him, so that in turn we can love him. We are His people and He is our God.  Faith without Works is Dead.  Attitude of Mercy, Grace, Patience, Goodness, Truth, and Forgiveness. To have the Ability to do these things we must reflect on them and learn to KNOW what they...

Quote (Oct. 19/20): "You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity." (Golda Meir) Gal. 3:26-29 -> "Children of God through faith..." If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seek, and heirs according to the promise. Isa. 43:6-7 -> "... everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

Quote (Oct. 18, 2020): "Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) "... as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." (Col. 3:12)

Quote (Oct. 17, 2020): "Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire." (Jennifer Lee) "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Isa. 30:21) "The Lord will GUIDE you ALWAYS; he will SATISFY your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a...

Quote (Oct. 16, 2020): "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so." (William Shakespeare) Jer. 31:2 -> Told the disciples of old that he loved them with an everlasting love, and this loving kindness is what drew the people to our God. 2 Tim. 1:7 -> He gives us not a spirit of Fear, but rather of power, love, and a sound mind. God created everything Good. It was our Flesh that messed i...

Quote (Oct. 15, 2020): "If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything." (Marva Collins) "Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God." (3 John 1:11) Deliberately doing a mistake (evil) over again, he has NOT even seen God. Mistakes that are unintentional in life are inevitable. But when we...

Quote (Oct. 14, 2020): "The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions." (Confucious) Humility of Christ: Phil. 2:7 -> Emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant. Matt. 13:55 -> Viewed only as carpenter, Mary's son, and brother of James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. Luke 9:58 -> Son of Man has no where to lay His head. Heb. 4:15 -> Hight Priest who can sympathi...

Quote (Oct. 12/13, 2020): "The time is always RIGHT to do what is RIGHT." (Martin Luther King JR.) (~Gal. 5:22-26~) "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law.  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, l...

Quote (Oct. 11, 2020): "If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time." (Zig Ziglar) Romans 14:19 (NLT): "So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up."

Quote (Oct. 10, 2020): "We do not remember days, we remember moments." (Cesare Pavese) Matt. 5:7 -> For it is the Merciful who shall obtain Mercy. 1 Chron. 16:34 -> Give thanks to the Lord, for His MERCY endures Forever.

Quote (Oct. 9, 2020): "You are not old until REGRETS start taking place of DREAMS." (John Barrymore) Ecc. 5:19-20 "When God gives someone wealth and possessions, AND the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil -This is a gift of God. They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart." 

Quote (Oct. 8, 2020): "Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment." (Napoleon Bonaparte) Psa. 37:4-5 "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass."

Quote (Oct. 7, 2020): "The power of imagination makes us infinite." (John Muir) Luke 1:26-35; 2:1-20 Mary's faith gave her opportunity. God knew no one could take on this task except if they had the faith to put all their confidence in God working through them. She knew she wasn't worthy in her eyes but she had the faith and obedience to follow through.