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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

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Abraham Lincoln's

Favorite Devotionals

October 23

“Christian brothers, we want you

to know for sure about those who

have died.

You have no reason to have sorrow

as those who have no hope.

We believe that Jesus died and then

came to life again.

Because we believe this,

we know that God will bring to life

again, all those who belong to Jesus.

1 Thess. 4:13, 14

Though loved and lost,

not ours the pang of those

Whose earth-born grief no

heavenly balsam knows:

We would not call their

spirits from their home

Where sin assails them not,

and sorrow cannot come.

- The Believer's Daily Treasure

***

Life says, make good or

make room,

But don’t make excuses.

- Napoleon Hill Foundation

Do not spoil what you have

by desiring what you have not;

but remember that what you

now have was once among the

Things you only hoped for.

- Epictetus

When we hate our enemies,

we are giving them power over us…

power over our sleep,

Our appetites,

our blood pressure,

our health,

And our happiness.

Our enemies would dance

With joy if only they knew

how they were worrying us,

lacerating us, and getting even

With us!

Our hate is not hurting them at all,

but our hate is turning our own

Days and nights into a hellish

turmoil.

- Dale Carnegie

To think is to thank.

Gratitude is from the

same root word as grace…

The boundless mercy of God.

Thanksgiving is from the same

root word as think,

So, to think is to thank.

- Willis P. King

Until you make peace

with who you are,

You’ll never be content

with what you have.

- Doris Mortman

Most men forget God

all day and ask Him

To remember them all night.

- Anonymous

Balancing the Scales!

Two fellows opened a butcher shop

and prospered.

Then an evangelist came to town,

and one of the butchers was saved.

He tried to persuade his partner

to accept salvation also,

but to no avail.

“Why won’t you, Charlie?”

asked the born again fellow.

“Listen, Lester,”

the other butcher said.

“If I get religion, too, who’s

going to weigh the meat?”

- Anonymous

***

To Thine Own Self Be True

By thine own soul's law learn to live,
And if men thwart thee take no heed,
And if men hate thee have no care;
Sing thou thy song and do thy deed.
Hope thou thy hope and pray thy prayer,
And claim no crown they will not give,
Nor bays they grudge thee for thy hair.

Keep thou thy soul-worn steadfast oath,
And to thy heart be true thy heart;
What thy soul teaches learn to know,
And play out thine appointed part,
And thou shalt reap as thou shalt sow,
Nor helped nor hindered in thy growth,
To thy full stature thou shalt grow.

Fix on the future's goal thy face,
And let thy feet be lured to stray
Nowhither, but be swift to run,
And nowhere tarry by the way,
Until at last the end is won
And thou mayst look back from thy place
And see thy long day's journey done.