Outpost 17

2 Samuel 17-18 / Luke 21: 1-19 “Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God.” ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

2 Samuel 15-16 / Luke 20:27-47 “Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett,

2 Samuel 13-14 / Luke 20:1-26 “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky

2 Samuel 10-12 / Luke 19:29-48 “God desires to reveal His heart to us and to build His heart into us as we seek His face.” ― Bill Mills

2 Samuel 7-9 / Luke 19:1-28 “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” - Theodore Roosevelt

2 Samuel 4-6 / Luke 18:18-43 “Imagine how much a man's life would change if he trusted that he was loved by God.” ― Donald Miller

2 Samuel 1-3 / Luke 18:1-27 "But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing!” ― John Wesley

1 Samuel 30-31 / Luke 17:20-37 “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.” ― Thomas Paine

1 Samuel 27-29 / Luke 17:1-19 “Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can be...

1 Samuel 25-26 / Luke 16:19-31 “It is a denial of the divinity within us to doubt our potential and our possibilities.” ― James E. Faust

1 Samuel 22-24 / Luke 16:1-18 “A great man is always willing to be little.” - Ralph Waldo Emmerson

1 Samuel 19-21 / Luke 15:11-32 “There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it, and take it. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I don't know. I need help. These are the signposts. The cardinal directions.” ― Louise Penny

1 Samuel 17-18 / Luke 15:1-10 “But so much of what is beautiful and valuable in the world comes from the shepherd, who has more strength and purpose than we ever imagine.” ― Malcolm Gladwell

1 Samuel 15-16 / Luke 14:25-35 “In the thoughtlessness of my incessant hurry, I have made God an ‘addendum in’ my life verses the ‘agenda of’ my life. And what I need to hurry up and realize is that with these priorities positioned as such, what I am hurrying to is my own demise.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

1 Samuel 13-14 / Luke 14:1-24 "The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime." – Babe Ruth

1 Samuel 10-12 / Luke 13:22-35 “What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.” ~ John Bunyan

1 Samuel 7-9 / Luke 13:1-21 “The biggest lie promoted by various of our social institutions-and this in some ways plays into our human nature and our sin of laziness-is that we're here to be happy all the time.” - M. Scott Peck

1 Samuel 4-6 / Luke 12:35-59 “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” - Virginia Wolf

1 Samuel 1-3 / Luke 12:1-34 “Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.” ― Viktor E. Frankl

Ruth 1-4 / Luke 11:29-54 “To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

Judges 20-21 / Luke 11:1-28 “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of...

Judges 18-19 / Luke 10:25-42 “God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.” ― Francis Chan

Judges 15-17 / Luke 10:1-24 “Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear -- and doubt.” ― H.A. Dorfman

Judges 12-14 / Luke 9:37-62 “God repeatedly uses the least-likely...to make the deepest impact on our world.” ― Dillon Burroughs

Judges 10-11 / Luke 9:1-36 “Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.” ― Irving Stone,