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Bible Verses:
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. -Matthew 11:28
Which one of you can add a single moment to your life by worrying?-Matthew 6:27
I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart. - Psalm 139:14
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. ~1 John 4: 18~ (NIV version)
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. -Romans 10: 17
Running the Race: 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ~Matthew 9: 36~ (NIV version)
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. ~John 15: 18-20~
This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. -Romans 3:22-24
Come now, and let us reason together,' says the Lord, 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.' -Isaiah 1:18
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel---which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. ~Galatians 1: 6-10~
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. ~Galatians 5: 16-18~
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. -James 4: 11-12
The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: being sexually unfaithful, not being pure, taking part in sexual sins, worshiping gods, doing witchcraft, hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, and doing other things like these. -Galatians 5: 19-21
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. -Galatians 5:22-26
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. -2 Timothy 4:2-4
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. -1 Peter 1: 8-9
Christ/Christanity/Spirituality:
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus
We are a fellowship of saved, believing sinners. We are not a fellowship of 'perfect Christians'. ~Eric Lovegood~
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Henry Ward Beecher
To shame our sins He blushed in blood; He closed His eyes to show us God; Let all the world fall down and know That none but God such love can show. ~Bernard of Clairvaux~
God says your not afraid to be alone you just afraid to be alone with Me ~ Tasha Hendricks ~
They say they have experienced Christanity, but have they experienced Jesus? ~P. Roll~
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. ~Ronald Reagan~
Take care of yourself, because sometimes what affects you inside can affect the environment and the people around you. Be careful, and make sure to keep in step with the Spirit. ~Eric Lovegood~
A church without love is no church at all. ~ Robert Wakhu ~
God still speaks to those who take the time to listen. ~ Susan Poole ~
We don't change the message; the message changes us.
Isn't that a wonderful little truth...Be Blessed ི♥ྀ ✿ܓ ི♥" ~Maria Theresa~
There is so many words we can say about God, so many ways we could try to describe Him and all that He represents. But when one is confronted by the awe inspiring, life changing full force brunt of the love of God....all we can do-is fall on our knees and all we can say is...He just is...everything good. He is. ~Desiree Cohen~
"I answer to God's law, not Roman." "Roman law is the reality." "I believe in the reality of Christ." "With no compromises?" "No." ~quote from the Luther movie~
The Bible is like a war spear. It pierces the enemies and signals the allies. ~Paige Rollins~ (Inspired By My College Essay: "Taking Up the Spear")
Agape love = Christ ~Ryan Howard~
I'm just a little girl, but the God behind me is bigger than anyone could ever imagine. ~Gianna~
Love/Marriage:
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu
True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ~Jason Jordan~
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Thomas Carlyle
Love me because your heart wants you to, not because your mind or pity tells you to. ~Victoria Golding~
Love is not rationality and neither is it irrational. Love is something one cannot describe in full context. We can describe love with similes and metaphors but those are only similarities and never exact. The true meaning of love is something one cannot find with the mind, but with the heart. Love is not visible but though it cannot be seen, it is still there. Love is indescribable. ~P. Roll~
"'Maybe your scared because someone may actually want to be with you.' 'Why would that scare me?' 'Because then you wouldnt be abe to hide behind your books or your [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] telescope or...even your faith. No, you wanna know the real reason why you're scared. It's because you want to be with me too.'" ~A Walk To Remember movie~
Life/Wisdom:
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Robert Frost
I see then that anything in life can be received with thankfulness. ~Alex Crain~
True happiness is found by loving others the way we are all loved by God. ~Haley Penca~
Find the beauty in everything as everything is beauty and beauty is everything. ~Paige Rollins~
We make a living by what we get, we make a
life by what we give. - Sir Winston Churchill
What we know and what we do aren't always the same thing. ~ Bill Tussey ~
"You don't need the answers. To all of life's questions. Just know that He loves her. And stay by her side. Love her like Jesus." ~Casting Crowns (Song: "Love Them Like Jesus")~
In today's society, being the 'rebel' as defined today is actually the 'conformist' of today. For most are 'rebels' as you see now, especially in the upcoming generations. The true rebellion lies with those who are good. For the world gives you pleasure ideas, and not the good ideas. So, being good really is the non-conformity in today's society. ~Eric Lovegood~
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~Author Unknown
Sometimes our great challenges can be our greatest moments. And in these challenges you must remember who you are, what you believe, and trust yourself. Remember your family and the people you trust, cause its in them where you find your peace of mind. ~Kayla Davis~
People/Humanity/Personal Advice/Society:
"You are more than the choices that you've made. You are more than the sum of your past mistakes. You are more than the problems you created. You've been remade." ~"You Are More" by Tenth Avenue North~
I am not a box. There are more than four sides to me. - Kurt Hummel
You know my name not my story. ~FB Likes~
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
Thomas Szasz
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
C. Wright Mills
Friendship:
Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. -Bob Marley
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
Pam Brown
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
Bil Keane
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Leo Buscaglia
War/Religious Oppression/Peace:
And I shall not judge the heart of a radical Christian because the judging is up to the Lord. But my two cents on religious violence is this fact: all religions had their time in war, even Islam, both as oppresser and victim. ~John Victor~
Why be our enemy, when you can be our friend? ~Erica Erkkila~
Martin Luther King Junior: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.... The chain reaction of evil--hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars--must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation".
Funny/Comedy/Random:
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
Paul Sweeney
"Does your mother turn into a pillar of salt when she looks at you?" ~Sister Mary~ (From "Sister Mary Tells It All" one act)
Evil beware. We have waffles! -Raven
[Jeremiah] says tonight was a truly educational experience full of intrigue, discovery, and blundering idiocy. I laughed, I cried, and blood rushed to my head multiple times on different occasions for different reasons. It was violent, peaceful, and hysterical. Logic loss all feasibility, until reality hit home for myself Paige Rollins, Katrina Fricke begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, and Mikey Havey. We all vowed NEVER AGAIN!!! at least during the week. night ~Jeremiah Jording begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting (commenting on our all nighter at Concordia lol)~
'Normal dog and baby wing dog conducted biology.' ~Jeremiah~ 'That must have been alot of biology.' ~Cameron~ (LMAO!)
"Yes, I do not care if I accidentally get ice cream in my hair because I love it soo much. Plus, I'll smell like ice cream...I'll smell yummy!" ~Me~
"A man steps into a deep puddle: 'Where is Moses when you need him?'" ~Me~
Sorry for the spaces...Bible Verses:
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. -Matthew 11:28
Which one of you can add a single moment to your life by worrying?-Matthew 6:27
I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart. - Psalm 139:14
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. ~1 John 4: 18~ (NIV version)
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. -Romans 10: 17
Running the Race: 1 Corinthians 9: 24-27
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. ~Matthew 9: 36~ (NIV version)
If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. ~John 15: 18-20~
This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. -Romans 3:22-24
Come now, and let us reason together,' says the Lord, 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.' -Isaiah 1:18
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel---which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ. ~Galatians 1: 6-10~
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. ~Galatians 5: 16-18~
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. -James 4: 11-12
The wrong things the sinful self does are clear: being sexually unfaithful, not being pure, taking part in sexual sins, worshiping gods, doing witchcraft, hating, making trouble, being jealous, being angry, being selfish, making people angry with each other, causing divisions among people, feeling envy, being drunk, having wild and wasteful parties, and doing other things like these. -Galatians 5: 19-21
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. -Galatians 5:22-26
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. -2 Timothy 4:2-4
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. -1 Peter 1: 8-9
Christ/Christanity/Spirituality:
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus
We are a fellowship of saved, believing sinners. We are not a fellowship of 'perfect Christians'. ~Eric Lovegood~
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Henry Ward Beecher
To shame our sins He blushed in blood; He closed His eyes to show us God; Let all the world fall down and know That none but God such love can show. ~Bernard of Clairvaux~
God says your not afraid to be alone you just afraid to be alone with Me ~ Tasha Hendricks ~
They say they have experienced Christanity, but have they experienced Jesus? ~P. Roll~
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. ~Ronald Reagan~
Take care of yourself, because sometimes what affects you inside can affect the environment and the people around you. Be careful, and make sure to keep in step with the Spirit. ~Eric Lovegood~
A church without love is no church at all. ~ Robert Wakhu ~
God still speaks to those who take the time to listen. ~ Susan Poole ~
We don't change the message; the message changes us.
Isn't that a wonderful little truth...Be Blessed ི♥ྀ ✿ܓ ི♥" ~Maria Theresa~
There is so many words we can say about God, so many ways we could try to describe Him and all that He represents. But when one is confronted by the awe inspiring, life changing full force brunt of the love of God....all we can do-is fall on our knees and all we can say is...He just is...everything good. He is. ~Desiree Cohen~
"I answer to God's law, not Roman." "Roman law is the reality." "I believe in the reality of Christ." "With no compromises?" "No." ~quote from the Luther movie~
The Bible is like a war spear. It pierces the enemies and signals the allies. ~Paige Rollins~ (Inspired By My College Essay: "Taking Up the Spear")
Agape love = Christ ~Ryan Howard~
I'm just a little girl, but the God behind me is bigger than anyone could ever imagine. ~Gianna~
Love/Marriage:
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu
True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ~Jason Jordan~
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Thomas Carlyle
Love me because your heart wants you to, not because your mind or pity tells you to. ~Victoria Golding~
Love is not rationality and neither is it irrational. Love is something one cannot describe in full context. We can describe love with similes and metaphors but those are only similarities and never exact. The true meaning of love is something one cannot find with the mind, but with the heart. Love is not visible but though it cannot be seen, it is still there. Love is indescribable. ~P. Roll~
"'Maybe your scared because someone may actually want to be with you.' 'Why would that scare me?' 'Because then you wouldnt be abe to hide behind your books or your [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] telescope or...even your faith. No, you wanna know the real reason why you're scared. It's because you want to be with me too.'" ~A Walk To Remember movie~
Life/Wisdom:
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
Robert Frost
I see then that anything in life can be received with thankfulness. ~Alex Crain~
True happiness is found by loving others the way we are all loved by God. ~Haley Penca~
Find the beauty in everything as everything is beauty and beauty is everything. ~Paige Rollins~
We make a living by what we get, we make a
life by what we give. - Sir Winston Churchill
What we know and what we do aren't always the same thing. ~ Bill Tussey ~
"You don't need the answers. To all of life's questions. Just know that He loves her. And stay by her side. Love her like Jesus." ~Casting Crowns (Song: "Love Them Like Jesus")~
In today's society, being the 'rebel' as defined today is actually the 'conformist' of today. For most are 'rebels' as you see now, especially in the upcoming generations. The true rebellion lies with those who are good. For the world gives you pleasure ideas, and not the good ideas. So, being good really is the non-conformity in today's society. ~Eric Lovegood~
To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~Author Unknown
Sometimes our great challenges can be our greatest moments. And in these challenges you must remember who you are, what you believe, and trust yourself. Remember your family and the people you trust, cause its in them where you find your peace of mind. ~Kayla Davis~
People/Humanity/Personal Advice/Society:
"You are more than the choices that you've made. You are more than the sum of your past mistakes. You are more than the problems you created. You've been remade." ~"You Are More" by Tenth Avenue North~
I am not a box. There are more than four sides to me. - Kurt Hummel
You know my name not my story. ~FB Likes~
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai E. Stevenson
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
Thomas Szasz
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
C. Wright Mills
Friendship:
Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. -Bob Marley
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
Pam Brown
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
Bil Keane
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.
Leo Buscaglia
War/Religious Oppression/Peace:
And I shall not judge the heart of a radical Christian because the judging is up to the Lord. But my two cents on religious violence is this fact: all religions had their time in war, even Islam, both as oppresser and victim. ~John Victor~
Why be our enemy, when you can be our friend? ~Erica Erkkila~
Martin Luther King Junior: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.... The chain reaction of evil--hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars--must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation".
Funny/Comedy/Random:
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
Paul Sweeney
"Does your mother turn into a pillar of salt when she looks at you?" ~Sister Mary~ (From "Sister Mary Tells It All" one act)
Evil beware. We have waffles! -Raven
[Jeremiah] says tonight was a truly educational experience full of intrigue, discovery, and blundering idiocy. I laughed, I cried, and blood rushed to my head multiple times on different occasions for different reasons. It was violent, peaceful, and hysterical. Logic loss all feasibility, until reality hit home for myself Paige Rollins, Katrina Fricke begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, and Mikey Havey. We all vowed NEVER AGAIN!!! at least during the week. night ~Jeremiah Jording begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting (commenting on our all nighter at Concordia lol)~
'Normal dog and baby wing dog conducted biology.' ~Jeremiah~ 'That must have been alot of biology.' ~Cameron~ (LMAO!)
"Yes, I do not care if I accidentally get ice cream in my hair because I love it soo much. Plus, I'll smell like ice cream...I'll smell yummy!" ~Me~
"A man steps into a deep puddle: 'Where is Moses when you need him?'" ~Me~
