February 2012
16 posts
WatchWatch
Feb 12th
“Heaven never helps the man who will not act.” -William Shakespeare
Feb 10th
“Men are born to succeed, not to fail.” -Henry David Thoreau
Feb 10th
“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.” -Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Feb 10th
“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.” -Hermann Hesse
Feb 10th
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“[Jesus is ] The Chuck Norris of Unsin.”
– Tim Quiles
Feb 9th
“High titles debase, instead of elevate, those who know not how to support them.” -Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Feb 7th
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will.” -Jawaharal Nehru
Feb 6th
“Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.” -Arthur Golden
Feb 6th
“Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.” -Unknown
Feb 6th
“Adversity exasperates fools, rejects cowards, draws out the faculties of the wise and industrious, puts the modest to the necessity of trying their skill, awes the opulent, and makes the idle industrious.” -Unknown
Feb 6th
“The virtue of deeds lies in completing them.” -Arabian Proverb
Feb 6th
“The chief advisor to Logic is Emotion.”
– Darnell Clayton
Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 5th
“I don’t believe in failure. Because simply by saying you’ve failed, you’ve...”
– my happiness project 
Feb 5th
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January 2012
13 posts
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Jan 29th
Jan 26th
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Jan 22nd
†: The Goal of Christian Living →
nonelikejesus: It is not to this that Christ’s example calls us. He did not cultivate self, even His divine self: He took no account of self. He was not led by His divine impulse out of the world, driven back into the recesses of His own soul to brood morbidly over His own needs, until to gain His own…
Jan 20th
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“It is easy to blame religion for acts of violence carried out in religion’s...”
– Reza Aslan, Beyond Fundamentalism (via abideinhislove) There’s a lot of wisdom in this snippet.
Jan 19th
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Pastor Chris presents his iTestimony/sermon at Transformation House. Note: video quality is low as I recorded it (live) from my iPhone. Next time I’ll just simply record it.
Jan 16th
“‎A church that can’t worship must be entertained; & men who can’t lead a...”
– A.W. Tozer (via classyliving) Very true.
Jan 15th
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Jan 1st
“Always choose enlightenment over ignorance, regardless of the consequences.”
– Darnell Clayton
Jan 1st
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“Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children,...”
– Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 14:20+38)
Jan 1st
Jan 1st
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are...”
– Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 10:23)
Jan 1st
Jan 1st
December 2011
4 posts
Christianity isn’t for cowards. It never was and never will be. To commit oneself towards the teachings of Christ means to expose oneself to injury, betrayal and ultimately failure. It’s a risky affair that demands sacrifice of time, resources and talent towards a certain goal with an uncertain path. But for those who choose to lay aside their hopes, dreams and ambitions in order...
Dec 26th
Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
I haven’t written here in awhile (in fact I’ve been busy blogging elsewhere, but that isn’t an excuse). Earlier this month I left the Assemblies of God congregation that I was attending for the past few (maybe 5?) years and opted for a smaller, younger non-denominational church (I’ll delve into the reasons why, and no none of them are political/doctrinal/etc.). Since I...
Dec 12th
plainandsimplejeanine: Don’t EVER let anyone strangle your dreams. You can become who ever you want to be. An astronaut, an author, anything. Just have faith. Amen.
Dec 1st
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November 2011
7 posts
“Your past mistakes are lessons to help you avoid future trauma.”
– Darnell Clayton
Nov 21st
“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the...”
– King David (Psalm 27:1-2)
Nov 16th
“Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Nov 15th
“The confidence of ignorance will always overcome the indecision of knowledge.” -Unknown
Nov 15th
Those who risk nothing, gain nothing. To settle for safety and security insures that you will never have more than what you started out with.
Nov 12th
Nov 12th
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October 2011
28 posts
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism;...”
– Jawaharal Nehru
Oct 30th
“You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you, you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.” -Will Smith In ‘Pursuit Of Happyness’
Oct 30th
“God’s way of answering the Christian’s prayer for more patience,...”
– Richard Cecil
Oct 30th
“For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling...”
– Author Unknown (9:13-14)
Oct 30th
“And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,...”
– Author Unknown (Hebrews 8:11-12)
Oct 30th
“Adaptability: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself...”
– Unknown
Oct 24th
“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
– John Wooden
Oct 24th
“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
Oct 24th
“I believe in prayer. It’s the best way we have to draw strength from...”
– Josephine Baker
Oct 24th
Oct 21st
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