Seeking Truth Meditations

Quote (August 8, 2020): "When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt." (Henry J. Kaiser) "Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom." (James 3:13)

Quote (August 7, 2020): "We will either find a way or make one." (Hannibal Barea) "God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." (1 Peter 5:10)

Quote (August 6, 2020): "Achieve your life stream."   "For everything that was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope." (Romans 15:4)

Quote (August 5, 2020): "Fortune befriends the Bold." (Emily Dickinson) "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat." (Prov. 13:4)

Quote (August 3/4, 2020): "The healthiest response to life is joy." (Deepak Chopra) "...we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)

Quote (August 2, 2020): "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." (Margaret Thatcher) "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts. See if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psa. 139:23, 24)

Quote (August 1, 2020): "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." (Henry Ford) "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me." (John 15:4)

Quote (July 31, 2020): "Enjoy every Sunset."  "From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised." (Psa. 113:3) "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Psa. 19:1)

Quote (July 30, 2020): "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." (Albert Einstein) "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," (Romans 3:23) "For the righteous fall seven times, and rise again. But the wicked stumble when clamity strikes." (Prov. 24:16) "Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand." (Psa. 37:24) "In all th...

Quote (July 29, 2020): "Actually, I can." Gal. 5:2-6 -> "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ..."

Quote (July 27/28, 2020): "What man's mind can create, man's character can control." (Thomas Edison) Matt. 23:2-7 -> Scribes and Pharisees were hypocrites and their characters weren't strong enough to contol what their minds were telling them in boastfulness. Jer. 17:5-8 -> Having Hope in the Lord. Romans 2:17, 28-29 -> He is a Jew that boasts in the Lord, not himself. Who is one inwardly...

Quote (July 26, 2020): "High expectations are the key to everything." (Sam Walton) James 1:19 -> Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. James 4:6-10 -> God opposes the proud but shows favour to the humble. Prov. 11:2 -> Pride comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Prov. 12:15 -> The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Psa. 25:...

Quote (July 25, 2020): "Be kind whenever possible. It is Always Possible." (Dalai Lama) "And let the PEACE of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." (Col. 3:15)

Quote (July 24, 2020): "Create the Future." "But the Fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance..." (Gal. 5:22, 23)

Quote (July 23, 2020): "In the middle of Difficulty lies Opportunity." (Albert Einstein) "He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant." (Psa. 25:9-15) (Matt. 5)

Quote (July 22, 2020): "Virtue is its own reward." (John Henry Newman) "Let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet." (1 Thess. 5:8) Prov. 10 -> Wise vs. Foolish

Quote (July 20/21, 2020): "Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes." (William James) "Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being? declares the Lord... These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word." (Isa. 66:2) Beattitudes -> Matt. 5

Quote (July 19, 2020): "Take your work seriously but never yourself." (Margot Fonteyn) "Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose taht prevails." (Proverbs 19:21)

Quote (July 18, 2020): "Always do what you are afraid to do." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." (Phil. 4:9)

Quote (July 17, 2020): "Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself." (Richard Bach) "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of JOY; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." (Psa. 16:11)

Quote (July 16, 2020): "Don't count the days, make the days count." (Muhammad Ali) "What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person's heart..." (Mark 7:20-23) "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing." (Psa. 16:2) "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." (Prov. 16:18)

Quote (July 15, 2020): "Every burden is a blessing." (Walt Kelly) "God has not given us a spirit of Fear, BUT of power and of LOVE and of a sound mind." (2 Tim. 1:7) "Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above..." (Col. 3:1) BURDENS: Matt. 11:28-30 -> "Come to me, all who labour and are beavy burdened... For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Psa. 55:2...

Quote (July 13/14, 2020): "Turn your wounds into wisdom." (Oprah Winfrey) "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you." (Deut. 31:6)

Quote (July 12, 2020): "Put on your Positive Pants." Phil. 4:8 -> Think on whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy. Prov. 17:22 -> A Cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. 1 Thess. 5:16-19 -> Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do...

Quote (July 11, 2020): "I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more." (Jonas Salk) "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled." (Heb 12:13-15)