Thought for today - 09/29/2013

SEE YOUR TIME AS AN INVESTMENT 
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who has failed his exam and has to repeat a grade. 

To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby. 

To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask an editor of a weekly newspaper. 

To realize the value of ONE DAY, ask a daily wage laborer who has eight kids to feed. 

To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask someone who is on his deathbed. 

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who has missed the train. 

To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who has survived an accident. 

To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who has won a silver medal in Olympics. 

Treasure every moment you have...

Thought for today

CONSIDER 
"I believe in Christianity as I believe in the sun- not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." 
- C. S. Lewis

Thought for today - 09/27/2013

"I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws." 
- Psalm 119:30

Thought for today - 09/26/2013

CONSIDER 
"Our misery is that we thirst so little for the sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space." 
- Charles Spurgeon 

Thought for today - 09/25/2013

[The Lord says,] "Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." 
- Isaiah 41:10

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Thought for today - 09/23/2013

ON PRAYER 
"O eternal God, who from all eternity dost behold and love thy own glories and perfections infinite, and hast created me to do the work of God after the manner of men, and to serve thee in this generation and according to my capacities; give me thy grace, that I may be a curious and prudent spender of my time, so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation, and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and by discharging all my duty may glorify thy name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment; that I may do works proportionable to my person, and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity; that, when the devil assaults me he may not find me idle, and my dearest Lord at his sudden coming may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions; improving my talent entrusted to me by thee, my Lord; that I may enter into the joy of my Lord, to partake of his eternal felicities, even for thy mercy's sake, and for my dearest Savior's sake. Amen."
- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)

Thought for today - 09/22/2013

VERSE TO PONDER 
"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." 
~Hebrews 11:1~

Thought for today - 09/21/2013

CONSIDER 
"When we are troubled with temptation and evil thoughts, then we see clearly the great need we have of God, since without him we can do nothing good... No one is so good that he is immune to temptation; we will never [in this life] be entirely free of it." 
~Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471), Of the Imitation of Christ [1418]~

Thought for today - 09/20/2013

"Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." 
~Hebrews 12:1~

Thought for today - 09/19/2013

"Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity." 
~Edwin Hubbel Chapin (1814-1880)

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Thought for today - 09/17/2013

"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses, knowledge -- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." 
- Ephesians 3:16-19

Thought for today - 09/16/2016

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with." 
- Mark Twain

Thought for today - 09/15/2013

"Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me." 
- Albert Schweitzer

Thought for today - 09/13/2013

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received ... but only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage." 
- St. Francis of Assisi

Thought for today - 09/12/2013

"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." 
- Galatians 5:6

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