Words, Sayings, Proverbs...

[wayfaring man]

You only have to bear concern for others, not your self - for I am taking care of you.

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Love - what it cannot cure, it enables us to endure.

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Words mean next to nothing when spoken for material gain.

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The miracle of birth is somberly contrasted by the spectacle of death.

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The circumspect look not only for that which supports an idea, but also for that which refutes it as well.

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Exaggerated self-declarations make for poor imposters.

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Those who war over the earth, disqualify themselves from inheriting it.

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It's a good thing that God doesn't always listen to us, and it's a bad thing that we don't always listen to Him.

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Our faith is only empowering when it is aligned with The Faith of Christ.

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The truth makes us free, by dispelling the lies which kept us in bondage.

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I don't believe in atheists - for they cannot prove God does not exist.

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I don't believe in nothing - for if nothing were something, it would no more be nothing.

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Time is only on our side when The Author thereof is as well.

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In most instances, it is not a case of either or... but one of both within their own proper context.

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Peaceableness is the fruit that arguments have overlooked.

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Hope is to despair as rain is to a barren land.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Progress is a fruit of persistence.... And this is an especially good thing - when we're headed in the right direction.

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Ignorance cannot assess itself, even as darkness cannot define it's own boundaries.

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If our faith is blind - our light is darkness.

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The word faith is found 100 times more often in The New Testament than in The Old.

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We have drifted so far from the heavenly realm that we cannot even tell if the stars in our sky still exist.

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Everyone contributes something - even if it's a gift of silence...which is sometimes best.

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To exaggerate is to procrastinate coming to terms with the truth.

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The apprehension we have towards others may be little more than a projection of our own infidelities.

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Don't hate the rubble - love the gems.

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The first priority is to get our priorities straight !

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Logic tends to spread, only as far as those who have it.

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Being praised can be as great a test as being criticized.

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Difficult times cause us to draw closer to God, or do drive us away....depending on who, or what we love the most.

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We learn something new every day....as long as we don't think we know everything already.

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We cannot afford to wait until everything is 100% clear....so we proceed with what is most promising, and take note of the kind of fruit that's produced along the way.

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Everybody's got to be somewhere; but there's nowhere like our heavenly home.

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No amount of power or priviledge can alter the true nature of 'right and wrong'.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

What enables us as the children of God, to be 'blameless and harmless', is the well founded, clear sighted, ever present faith which holds fast the truth that - The Lord Himself is both our Provider & Avenger.

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Those who attempt to force their religion on others are most sacrilegious.

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If the fruit and the gifts of Christ's Spirit were prolifically present in our life - people would be climbing over each other to be near to us.

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Nothing excludes everything, while everything includes nothing.

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One can say whatever they want, but those who choose their words wisely will govern.

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God's protection is the ultimate 'coverage plan', costing only our well deserved devotion !

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The details of life may be unclear, but the principles are undeniably evident.

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In life be fair and in death be spared.

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Foolish pride is the result of failing to be prudently thankful.

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The desire to appear elite is strongest among the most barren souls.

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Those who fear The Lord in His absence will not be frightened by the return of His presence.

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To be a senior in revelation, but a junior in application, is to enroll into the 'school of hard knocks'.

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Frustration is ingenuity balking at opportunity.

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Cast your burden upon The Lord
By lifting up your every care
In solemn, thankful, heart-felt prayer.

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The problem is not that God could have done something he didn't....The problem is that we shouldn't have done something we did.

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The ultimate sin leaves very much to be desired; but even the lowest form of righteousness is greatly satisfying.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Only you can prevent yourself from blaming others.

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The Lord is no 'fair weather friend', for He sticks by our side through 'thick and thin'.

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They who have The Lord as their instructor are light years ahead of the class.

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Love isn't sex, even as spirit isn't flesh.

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The shorter the life span the greater the focus on reproducing; hence those who live forever neither marry nor are given in marriage.

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The reproductive system is where the voluntary and the involuntary collide.

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If we are irresponsible with our creative powers, God will be most reluctant to share with us His.

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The root meaning of religion has little to do with self-identifying groups... It means an inner constraint (within an individual) which allows for outer restraint, so we do not react unconscionably to all / any manner of stimuli.

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Christ shunned celebrity, but false teachers + prophets seek it with earnest.

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We don't agree to disagree - we disagree agreeably.

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Folks been telling you, 'you think too much'?
Reckon Einstein got that a lot too.

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Ignorance is repealed when truth is revealed.

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Many who only knew heaven - stumbled and fell. So hell was created to cleary define the contrast between the two.

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The Lord is kinder to His prisoners than the devil is to his soldiers of fortune.

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When you find within, an unquenchable desire to please God - know that you have drank from The Lord's cup of Salvation.

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A true martyr must be harmless, doing violence to no man. Those who teach otherwise have no inkling of an idea of how God's Favor is bestowed.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Salvation is presented as a 'whosoever proposition', not a whatsoever invitation.

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The key to God hearing our voice, is hearkening unto His.

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If we let everyone else make up our mind, we won't have a mind left to make up.

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The truth is within, or it's nowhere to be found.

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Exaggerations stem from efforts at compensation for that which is underdone.

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If there were no judgment there could be no mercy.

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Kindness to seduce is cruelty under cover.

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When foresight is as clear as hindsight - we have arrived !

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If we do not instantly repel and deny temptations - we are not yet fully persuaded.

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There is nothing more desirable in life than to have The Lord in your life leading, guiding, protecting, defending, delivering, comforting, sustaining, upholding, uplifting, inspiring, empowering, and keeping you continually !

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When we reach the point of perfection, we should be humbled by the fact - that such is how we should have been all along.

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If God brings us to it, He will also see us through it...but if we got there on our own,(like the prodigal son), we can find our own way home.

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The reward of being carnal - is one gets to 'play around'. But the reward of being spiritual - is one gets to 'stay around'!

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Many don't know enough to care, because they don't care enough to know.

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned; and heaven has no humiliation like the man whose been spurned by one.

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The fear of God is not the kind with which we try to run away. It is the kind with which we surrender to Him, for we know there is no place to hide.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Having trouble not lusting after 'her beauty'? Ask God to download His 'age progression app' into your ocular synapses.

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For those who relish living like a wild ape - the notion of evolution is quite comforting.

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The most common reason for disliking others, is that they remind us of something for which we are in denial of about our self.

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Anger cannot alter any facts; but altered facts can turn some towards anger.

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Speaking ill of another in frustration or anger, incriminates the speaker more than the one being spoken of...

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Fornication / idolatry is the golden calf of sinners; and fidelity / celibacy the holy grail of saints.

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In this life - One who cannot say anything positive is a loathesome cynic; and one who can only say positive things is a spineless sycophant.

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God loves everyone initially, but if any unrepentantly persist in hurting, harming, violating others - at some point His loving will turn to hating, for the love He has for those being repeatedly victimized.

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Virtue lost through sin is not swiftly restored; but virtue lost through ministering is quickly replaced, and with joy !

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Who would so adamantly deny the existence of counterfeits but the counterfeiter himself.

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Christ opened up the way for everyone of us to come before God's Throne of Grace, to find all the help we need; but only those of us who utilize this great gift (as intended) will benefit. The rest will be worse off for having been offered it.

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Were it not for facing problems, we would not be able to experience what a Wonderful Problem Solver Christ Is !

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Where people are indoctrinated so they parrot the same teachings to each other, without individually proving what is true, there is only a single witness throughout; without a second, or a third to establish or confirm what is truly faith, and / or what is really doubt.

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First we have to be.

Then we have to have.

And then we have to do.

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Our priorities determine our emphasis. And our emphases bear witness of our priority.

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Truly, there is no independence from God; there is only denial of dependence.

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It's easy to misconstrue what we don't understand, and that's why there's so many disjointed doctrines blowing across this land.

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Psychoactive drugs are an evilly miserable substitute for a Holy Spirit High.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Those who misrepresent the truth cannot help but resort to exaggeration and understatement.

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Christ's was 100% obedient to His Father in Heaven, not to alleviate us of that need...but so that we may be enabled to succeed.

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One of the main reasons America is failing, is the widespread division that exists between the interests of shareholders and the compensation of workers -

Introducing and promoting many more employee own businesses is the likely remedy.

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Peter isn't The Rock, even as Peter isn't Satan. The Rock is personal revelation from The Father of Who The Son Is !

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Only God can avenge the crimes committed against humanity in such a glorious manner, that they who were violated will be glad that they thus suffered.

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The fine line between understatement and overstatement is precisely drawn by the cutting edge of God's swooping sword of truth.

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He who hesitates is disoriented .

He who panics is lost.

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Need is to greed, as want is to flaunt.

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If you're feeling the irresistable urge to go on a killing spree - be a dear, and focus your wrath upon smashing to pieces our mosquitos, ticks, and horseflies.

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Why have your needs unfairly ignored by another...when you can ignore them yourself as a matter of virtue ?!

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Those who attempt to convert others through coercion, apparently do not believe in their own belief's innate ability to be persuasive.

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While it's true we aren't responsible for things beyond our control, we do indeed choose whether we give up, or persevere.

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If life were easy - even the faithless would choose it.

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Political correctness is only as right as the political agenda promoting it.

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The only thing worse than doing something wrong, is doing it wrong again and again and again, unto oblivion.

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It is far better to be honestly guilty than deceitfully innocent.

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Confidence is like rain - too little and we dry up... too much and we drown.

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Being angry is like getting wet - It's not so bad to get wet...but it's really bad to stay wet.

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Eating isn't meant to be a senseless routine that leaves us overweight and undernourished.

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Many drugs promise exciting enhancement only to deliver devastating debilitation.

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Question everything - including the need to question.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Misinformation quickly becomes disinformation in the hands of the foolishly confident.

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We all get what we wish for...

What we wish for our enemies.

To put an end to ill will.

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Any sinner can raise hell...

It takes a saint to lower heaven.

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Meanness melts in the face of kindness.

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Only the unwise seethe over that which they have no control.

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You can tell someone isn't protesting too much...when they protest in a friendly manner.

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Before I knew better, I thought I knew well enough.

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Even a liar may be loved; but not for who they truly are.

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Pleasure cannot yield purpose, but purpose can indeed yield pleasure.

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Of all the senses we possess - our sense of morality, mostly dictates the course our life will take.

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Education emphasizes contemplation.

Indoctrination only memorization.

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How lovely are pure words; for they convey the splendor of the divine.

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Every ounce of God-given repentance brings a pound of cure, and a bushel of restoration.

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The key to doing a good job is having good control over our preoccupations.

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The pen is indeed mightier than the sword; but only on the corporate level, not on the individual one.

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Words are only a clue - as to what is intended to be expressed...to know the correct meaning one must know the mind / character of the speaker / writer.

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Absolute certainty is typically a symptom of self-deception, and of that we are quite sure.

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Those who are paid to speak, do so under the constraints of their hirers.

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You know things are rough, when the most positive thing one can say is in the form of a double negative.

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Every one of us who have not multiple 'partners' are somewhat wiser than Solomon.

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One of life's valuable lessons - is how to be angry without going mad.

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He who loses his cool, loses his dignity.

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Sarcasm is the betrayal of sincerity.

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How small is our heart - if we can only love those who look like us, talk like us, and think like us ?!

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

Every time we make a choice we sacrifice.

And they who sacrifice wisely win eternal life.

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The devil will try to convince us that we have either sinned beyond the point of return, or that our continuing in sin is of very little or no consequence...whichever we are more likely to fall for...

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The Lord gives us both strict warnings and grand promises, so that we neither slumber spiritually, nor lose hope.

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Both peace and frustration come from a deep place, and not from what is going on around us.

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He who is content cannot be contained.

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The more we claim to be something - the more we appear to be nothing.

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The reason why the right way is so narrow - is the right way does not deviate from the path of truth.

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Nothing comes out of nowhere, but everyone comes from someone.

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We define things not only by what they are like, but also by what they are not - opposites educate.

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The Lord's voice inevitably prevails, because His voice is the voice of reason and temperance.

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The perfect crime is the one, no one ever even comtemplates.

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None can live an ethical life while their top priority is the bottom line.

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Those who take pleasure in causing suffering will find far more than they bargained for...

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Few things make an otherwise smart person stupid, as does a thrist for vengeance.

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Politically speaking - Those who waffle are toast.

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The rich and beautiful often get more attention than they want, while the poor and uncomely often get less attention than they need.

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A good motto is to - Never give anyone a good reason to be angry with you.

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Sometimes it's worth feeling bad, just to feel better again.

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Those who speak of salvation, as if it's all over the moment we believe, are confusing the beginning with the end.

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The main difference between being wise and being foolish - is that wisdom thinks ahead, while foolishness does not.

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Outward beauty may draw us in...but only inward beauty will keep us there.

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To love our earthly enemies is to befuddle our spiritual adversary.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

There may be 'plenty of fish' in the sea, but many of them are suckers, and many of them are sharks.

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They who witness of themselves have the most biased witness this world can afford.

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While it may not matter much what we have done; it does matter much what we yet do.

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Facts spewed in the absence of love are generally out of context.

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Honesty in the form of brutality is as the 'kiss of death'.

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Our degree of composure is directly related to the degree with which we understand the truth.

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Treachery stems from apathy; while fidelity blooms out of conscientiousness.

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Even charity shuns a parasite.

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Time is both the presentation and the retraction of opportunity.

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Death is a necessary evil, only when life is an overlooked good.

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The lives of those who refuse instruction serve as a lesson to those who embrace it.

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We prepare for the future by doing the right thing in the present.

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If we don't rule our desires and appetites - they in turn will rule us.

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Obsession is born of infatuation, but devotion is rooted in love.

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What we truly believe is conveyed by our actions and attitudes.

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Consistency is the fruit of being single minded...while inconsistency is the result of being double minded.

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The nature of our attempts at compensation do reflect the nature of our sense of inadequacy.

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Most of us love somewhat selfishly; and like faith and doubt - the two tend to cancel each other out.

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Life is full of 'second chances', death however is not.

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The spiritual can cure the physical, and not the other way 'round.

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Rules aren't meant to be broken... the hearts of the unruly are.

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wm

 

[wayfaring man]

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they misread you.

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It is what it is, and whoever lives forever wins !

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Those who can disagree agreeably are usually more correct than they who cannot.

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There's only saftey in numbers, when those numbers are aligned with God's truth and Christ's love.

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Most intolerable are those who lack tolerance.

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Putting politeness over honesty makes for superficial friendships. And being impolitely honest strains the bounds of amicableness.

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What folks say in jest - they still do somewhat mean nonetheless.

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An excellent spirit asks no more of others than it requires of itself.

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Every time we make a choice - we sacrifice what we did not choose instead.

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No one ever got better by focusing on the faults of others while ignoring their own.

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The Lord saves - not so we can do evil without consequence - but so we can learn to do good with consequence.

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The reason so many of us do not experience God's glorious power, is because our heart is not prepared to live a life of gratitude afterwards.

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An idle boast brings a swift rebuke amongst us who should know better.

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The truth is initially humbling to behold, which is why the yet proud do tend to reject it.

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Christ revealed the true nature of God - a miraculous blend of hate for sin and love for sinners.

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God's love is not blind - for He sees what we shall become - when our spirits have been purified and perfected.

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The end is sooner than the sceptics conceive, and later than the anxious believe.

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Every individual in Christ will share in the fruit of The Spirit, and every congregation in Christ will share in the gifts of The Spirit...or else something is terribly wrong !

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For better or worse - desire motivates while contentment satisfies.

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Trust in The Lord enables endurance of tribulation and overcoming of temptation.

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wm

 

[brinny]

 

[brinny]

 

[Pilgrim]

 

[Pilgrim]

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. —Proverbs 18:6 (ESV)

 

[brinny]

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. —Proverbs 18:6 (ESV)

LOL! God's humor is very poetic sometimes.

 

[brinny]

"Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked." ~Psalm 3:7

 

[Pilgrim]

"Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked." ~Psalm 3:7

>> 2:40 >>

 

[brinny]

>> 2:40 >>

This is powerful!!! Amen!!!!

AND it has Psalm 3:3 in it!!!!

"But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head."

 

[brinny]