Seeking Truth Meditations

Quote (Sept. 6, 2020): "Dwell in Possibility." (Emily Dickinson) "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Matt. 19:26) "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him." (James 1:12)

Quote (Sept. 5, 2020): "Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Phil. 4:8 -> Whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, if there is ANY EXCELLENCE, worthy of praise, Think on these things. Phil. 1:9-10 -> ...Approving what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ. 2 Cor. 8:7 -> As you EXCEL in everything - in...

Quote (Sept. 4, 2020): "Sometimes questions are more important than answers." (Nancy Willard) "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Matt. 7:7) "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." (Jer. 33:3)

Quote (Sept. 3, 2020): "Never Give Up!" "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matt. 6:33)

Quote (Sept. 2, 2020): "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." (Benjamin Franklin) Romans 12 v. 6 -> We all have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us... v.9 -> Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Quote (August 31 / September 1, 2020): "A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind." (Eugene Ionesco) 2 Kings 6:1-7-> Miracle of the Lost Axe-Head. Elisha as Leader.

Quote (August 30, 2020): "Success doesn't make you and Failure doesn't break you." (Zig Ziglar) Romans 12 v. 1-2 -> Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is a reasonable service. Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. v. 9 -> Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. v. 12 -> Rejoice in hop...

Quote (August 29, 2020): "Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." (Albert Einstein) Phil. 2:1-3 -> Agree wholeheartedly, love one another, "work together with one mind and purpose. Don't be selfish; don't try impress others. Be humble, think of others better than yourselves." Phil. 2:14-15 -> "Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live...

Quote (August 28, 2020): "Everything you can imagine is real." (Pablo Picasso) "Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you." (Isa. 35:4)

Quote (August 27, 2020): "Have Courage and be Kind." "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." (Col. 3:12) Deuteronomy 7:9 “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.” Deu...

Quote (August 26, 2020): "You never lose by loving. You lose by holding back." (Barbara de Angelis) "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." (1 Peter 4:8)

Quote (August 24/25, 2020): "Conquer from within!"  "For our of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man." (Matt. 15:19-20) "When you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey - whether you are slaves to s...

Quote (August 23, 2020): "Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" (Mark Twain) We pray that His Beautiful Creation itself can be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of Glory. (Romans 8:21).

Quote (August 22, 2020): "Be the best version of you." "May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ." (2 Thess. 3:5) The best versions of ourselves is teaming up with our Creator :) .

Quote (August 21, 2020): "To measure a man, measure his heart." (Malcolm Forbes) "... for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart." (1 Sam. 16:7)

Quote (August 20, 2020): "It is a kingly act to assist the fallen." (Mother Teresa) Luke 10:25-37 -> The Good Samaritan. "As God's chosen people, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience... Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." (Col. 3:12-14) "Judgment without mercy will be...

Quote (August 19, 2020): "Follow your Heart." Jer. 17:9 -> Heart is deceitful above all things, desperately sick. Prov. 3:5-7 -> Trust in Him with all your Heart, lean not on own understanding, acknowledge Him in all our ways. For then He will make straight our paths. Psa. 37:4 -> Take Delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart.

Quote (August 17/18, 2020): "Find out who you are and do it on purpose." (Dolly Parton) "... to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men." (Daniel 4:17)

Quote (August 17/18, 2020): "Let's get lost!" "Seek first His Kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you." (Matt. 6:33) If we are feeling lost, let's seek first his kingdom, and the way will appear!

Quote (August 15, 2020): "Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow." (Norman Vincent Peale) "Give me thine HEART, and let thine eyes observe my ways." (Prov. 23:26) "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is good, acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12:2) "And the peace of God, which passes all understan...

Quote (August 14, 2020): "Live out of your imagination, not your history." (Stephen Covey) "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past..." (Isa. 43:18-19) "...Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Phil. 3:13-14)

Quote (August 13, 2020): "The only limits are, as always, those of vision." (James Broughton) "Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law." (Prov. 29:18 ESV)

Quote (August 12, 2020): "A whole stack of memories never equals one little hope." (Charles M. Schulz) "Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding." (Prov. 3:13) "... Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us... Joy set before him (Jesus), he endured the cross..." (Heb. 12:1-2) "Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy.... that no bi...

Quote (August 10/11, 2020): "The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." (Abraham Lincoln) "Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Blessed is the one who fears the Lord, always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity." (Prov. 28:13-14)

Quote (Aug. 9, 2020): "Where there is love there is life." (Mahatma Gandhi) 1 Cor. 16:14 -> "Let all you do be done in love." 1 John 4:16 -> "God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." Psa. 143:8 -> "Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul." Col. 3:14 -> "Abov...