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If you find life empty,

Try putting something into it.
- Anonymous

He is happiest, be he king or peasant,

Who finds peace in his home.

- Anonymous

When a person is wrapped up in himself,

He makes a very small parcel.
- Anonymous

 

112518 OUR AIM

Our Aim

Christians are devoted to the restoration

Of New Testament Christianity.

It is not our mission to be another denomination,

But rather to urge all religious people to return to

The simple plan of God.

It is our plea that this is a solution to the problems

That confronts a divided Christendom.

We desire that ultimately the church for which

Christ died may supersede all the movements of men,

And that his people may be one in every sense of the word.

May His church shine in all its beauty and pristine glory.

No book but the Bible.

No creed but the Christ.

No name but the divine.

No plea but the gospel.

No aim but to save.

In Christ … unity.

In opinions … liberty.

In all things … charity.

- Via Things Surely Believed Among Us

“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is

For brethren to dwell together in unity!

(Psalm 133:1)

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Happy Thanksgiving 2018

Let Us Give Thanks...

Thanks to God for my Redeemer,

Thanks for all Thou dost provide,

Thanks for times not but a memory,

Thanks for Jesus by my side.

Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,

Thanks for colorfully, wonderful fall,

Thanks for tears by now forgotten,

Thanks for peace within my soul.

Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,

Thanks for what Thou dost deny,

Thanks for storms that I have weathered,

Thanks for all Thou dost supply

Thanks for pains, and thanks for pleasure,

Thanks for comfort in despair,

Thanks for grace that none can measure,

Thanks for love beyond compare.

Thanks for roses by the wayside,

Thanks for thorns their stems contain,

Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,

Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain.

Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,

Thanks for heavenly peace with Thee,

Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,

Thanks through all eternity.

- Anonymous

Via Truth in Love

Nov. - Dec. 1991

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

The most certain way to succeed is always

To try just one more time.

- Thomas Edison

Your chances of success in any undertaking

Can always be measured by your belief in yourself.

- Robert Collier

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good

In every situation, you will discover that your life

Will suddenly be filled with gratitude,

A feeling that nurtures the soul.
- Harold S. Kushner

111818 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Count Your Blessings

When upon life’s billows
You are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged,
Thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings,
Name them one by one,
And it will surprise you
What the Lord hath done.
Are you ever burdened
With a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy
You are called to bear?
Count your many blessings,
Every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing
As the days go by.
When you look at others
With their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised
You His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings.
Wealth can never buy
Your reward in Heaven,
Nor your home on high.
So, amid the conflict
Whether great or small,
Do not be disheartened,
God is over all;
Count your many blessings,
Angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you
To your journey’s end.

Count your blessings,
Name them one by one,
Count your blessings,
See what God hath done!
Count your blessings,
Name them one by one,
And it will surprise you
What the Lord hath done.

- Johnson Oatman Jr 1897

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THE PROCESS …

The process is really what you have to do day

In and day out to be successful,

We try to define the standard that we want

Everybody to sort of work toward, adhere to,

And do it on a consistent basis.

And the things that I talked about before,

Being responsible for your own self-determination,

Having a positive attitude, having great work ethic,

Having discipline to be able to execute on a

Consistent basis, whatever it is you’re trying to do,

Those are the things that we try to focus on,

And we don’t try to focus as much on the outcomes

As we do on being all that you can be.

Eliminate the clutter and all the things that are

Going on outside and focus on the things that

You can control with how you sort of go about

And take care of your business.

That’s something that’s ongoing, and it can never change.

So it’s the process of what it takes be successful,

Very simply.

Coach Saban loves to explain how the greatest athletes,

Like Michael Jordan and Mariano Rivera, understand that

The “last race doesn’t matter.”

They focus on the next game, the next quarter,

The next pitch or shot.

Coach Saban pushes his Crimson Tide in much the same way.

In the first meeting after Alabama won the national 

championship last season, he told the assembled they were

Not national champions. They may have played a title team,

But this team was not that one.

Coach Nick Saban

1/29/16

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When you are grateful,

Fear disappears and

Abundance appears.

- Tony Robbins

The best way not to fail again

Is to be absolutely positive

That when you do it this time,

You’re going to do it right.

- Burt Reynolds

Consider the activity of two basketball players

Practicing free throws for one hour.

Player A shoots 200 practice shots,

Player B shoots 50. The Player B retrieves his own shots,

dribbles leisurely and takes several breaks to talk to friends.

Player A has a colleague who retrieves the ball after each attempt.

The colleague keeps a record of shots made.

If the shot is missed the colleague records whether the miss

Was short, long, left or right and the shooter reviews the

Results after every 10 minutes of practice.

To characterize their hour of practice as equal would hardly

Be accurate. Assuming this is typical of their practice routine and

they are equally skilled at the start, which would you

Predict would be the better shooter after only 100 hours of practice?

- Aubrey Daniels

111518 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

Count Your Blessings

Submitted by Jill Tibbels

Question …

As an American do you really realize what you have as

Versus the poorest of the poor in the Third World?  

Suppose you had to do these things …

Number one,

Remove the furniture in your home; leave a few old blankets,

A kitchen table, a wooden chair, and remember …

You’ve never had a bed.

Number two,

Throw out your clothes.  Each family member may keep the

Oldest suit, Dress, a shirt or blouse.  The head of the family 

May keep their shoes.

Number three,

No kitchen appliances allowed.  Keep a box of matches,

A small bag of flour, some sugar and salt, a few onions,

A dish of dried beans.  Rescue the moldy potatoes from 

The garbage can.  That's tonight's meal.

Number four,

Dismantle the bathroom, shut off the running water,

Take out the wiring and the lights and everything that's

Run by electricity.

Number five,

Take away the house and move the family into the tool shed.

Number six,

Note there are no other houses in the neighborhood,

Just shanties … for the fortunate ones.

Number seven,

Cancel the newspaper and magazines and throw out the

Books. You won't miss them since you are illiterate.

No radio or TV, either.

Number eight,

No more mail carrier, fire fighters, and government services.

The two-classroom school is three miles away.

Number nine,

No hospital, no doctor.  Closest clinic is ten miles away with

A midwife in charge.  Get there by bus or bicycle,

If you have one.

Number ten;

Throw out your bank books, stock certificates,

Pension plans, and insurance policies.

Your net worth is five dollars.

Number eleven,

Get out and start cultivating your three acres.

Try hard to raise $300 in cash crops, of which your landlord

Gets one-third and your money-lender 10%.

Number twelve;

Find a way for your children to bring in a little money,

So you have something to eat most days.  

However, it won't be enough to keep you healthy, 

So lop off 25-30 years of your life.

We do have it good, so work hard to make it even better. 

Zig Ziglar is known as America’s Motivator.

He authored 33 books and produced numerous training programs.

He will be remembered as a man who lived out his faith daily. 

http://www.ziglar.com/

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Be faithful to that which

Exists within yourself.

- Andre Gide

We would rather align ourselves

With an average performer we can trust,

Over a top performer that we cannot trust.

- Anonymous

Don't worry when you are not recognized,
but strive to be worthy of recognition.
- Abraham Lincoln

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The biggest thing I learned from losing?

Winning’s better.

- Ted Turner

In order to be successful,

You must have a consistent philosophy.

If you change who you are from year to year,

You’re never going to be great at anything.

- Coach Pete Carroll

Review and Adjust. 

If you aren’t getting the results you want,

Find the reason. You can trust the (Golf) ball;

It goes where you hit it. 

If you want a different outcome,

Change your setup, routine,

Or other actions until you get the result you prefer. 

Someone said, "Doing the same thing over and over

And expecting a different result is a mark of insanity." 

Successful people learn quickly;

Others learn eventually.

- Dr. Philip E. Humbert

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It is necessary for us to learn

From others' mistakes.

You will not live long enough

To make them all yourself.
-  Admiral Hyman G. Rickover

Never tell people how to do things.

Tell them what to do and they will

Surprise you with their ingenuity.
- General George S. Patton, Jr.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone,

The courage to make tough decisions,

And the compassion to listen to the needs of others.

He does not set out to be a leader,

But becomes one by the equality of his actions and

The integrity of his intent.

General Douglas McArthur

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Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name;

Make known His deeds among the peoples!

- 1Chronicles 16:8

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!

For His mercy endures forever.

- Psalm 107:1

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!

- 2 Corinthians 9:15

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Discipline is the soul of an army.

It makes small numbers formidable;

Procures success to the weak,

And esteem to all.

- George Washington

Liberty without learning is always in peril;

Learning without liberty is always in vain.

- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We will always remember.

We will always be proud.

We will always be prepared,

So we will always be free.

- Ronald Wilson Reagan

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Winning isn’t everything;

It’s the only thing.

- Coach Vince Lombardi

The difference between ordinary and

Extraordinary is that little extra.

- Coach Jimmy Johnson

Efforts and courage are not enough

Without purpose and direction.

- John F. Kennedy

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If you get, give.

If you learn, teach.

- Maya Angelou

Some cause happiness wherever they go;

Others whenever they go.
- Oscar Wilde

We are not held back by what we don’t have,

But by what we don’t use.

- Bob Goff

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Life is one-tenth here and now,

Nine-tenths a history lesson.

For most of the time,

The here and now is

Neither now nor here.

- Robert Scheinfeld

I grabbed the two point guards and

Told them after down in the hallway

That I’m going to spend more time with you,

I’ve got to get you guys on the same page

With all of us how we need you to play.

I told them, I said in one of the huddles,

I think you guys thought this was going to be easy,

The most that you learn from this is they wanted

It more than we wanted it.

- Coach John Calipari

Following loss to Duke in the Champions Classic 11/6/18

It's not whether you get knocked down,

It’s whether you get up.
- Vince Lombardi

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I like threes.

I love dunks.

- Coach John Calipari

Everything is about attitude.

A bad team with a good attitude

Is going to beat a good team

With a bad attitude.

- Coach John Calipari

Look like a team.

Play like a team.

Fight like a team.

- Coach John Calipari

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Focus on where you want to go,

Not on what you fear.

- Tony Robbins

Belief creates behaviors.

- Neale Donald Walsch

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.

We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,

But we rather have those because we have acted rightly.

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

- Aristotle