A Note from Hayden…
Today’s post is in honor
And memory of a great
American Patriot
Mr. Toby Keith.
- Hayden Childs
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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 colorly, 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
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We on this continent should
never forget that men first
crossed the Atlantic not to
find soil for their ploughs
but to secure liberty for
their souls.
- Robert J. McCracken
We hold these truths to be
self-evident,
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain
inalienable Rights,
that among these are Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit
of Happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
The world is very different now…
and yet the same revolutionary
Beliefs for which our forbearers
Fought are still at issue around
the globe…
The belief that the rights of man
Come not from the generosity of
The state but from the hand of God.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Freedom prospers when religion
is vibrant and the rule of law
under God is acknowledged.
- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Live Free or Die…
For many years the license plates
of New Hampshire bore the slogan,
made famous by Revolutionary War
general John Stark…
"Live free or die."
The irony is that those great words
were printed onto the license plates
by inmates in the state prison.
They could not leave their prison,
but many of us stay in our prisons
when we have the power to leave.
We want to live free,
but we do not want to do what the
gospel says we need to do to be
truly free.
- J. Michael Shannon,
PREACHING, March/April 2004, p. 61.
Salvation is our redemption
From the bondage of sin!
Embrace salvation and
Be Free!
- Bright Eromhonsele
“So, if the Son makes you free,
you will be free for sure.”
John 8:36
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Listen to Everyone.
Ideas come from everywhere.
Tom Peters
Leaders don’t create followers,
they create more leaders.
- Tom Peters
Ready, fire, aim.
Do it! Make it happen!
Action counts.
No one ever sat their way
to success.
- Tom Peters
Your real courage shows
Best in the hour of adversity.
- Napoleon Hill Foundation
Be strong in body,
Clean in mind,
Lofty in ideals.
- Dr. James Naismith
Everything in your life is
a reflection of a choice
you have made.
If you want a different result,
Make a different choice.
- Anonymous
There is calmness to a life
Lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.
- Ralph H. Blum
Thou hast given so much
to me,
Give one thing more…
A grateful heart:
not thankful when it
pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had
spare days,
but such a heart whose
pulse may be Thy praise.
- George Herbert
What I have done is worthy
Of nothing but silence and
Forgetfulness,
But what God has done for
Me is worthy of everlasting
And thankful memory.
- Joseph Hall
There can be no failure
to a man who has not lost
his courage, his character,
his self-respect,
or his self-confidence.
He is still a King.
- Orison S. Marden
I am personally convinced that
one person can be a change catalyst,
a transformer in any situation,
any organization.
Such an individual is yeast that
can leaven an entire loaf.
It requires vision, initiative,
patience, respect, persistence,
courage, and faith to be a
transforming leader.
- Stephen R. Covey
Donald John Trump
Is such a leader.
Congratulations to
President Trump
And to the American
People for choosing
Wisely.
Thankful and still
Proud to be an
American!
- Hayden Childs
How necessary it is to
cultivate a spirit of joy.
It is a psychological truth
that the physical acts of reverence
and devotion make one feel devout.
The courteous gesture increases
one's respect for others.
To act lovingly is to begin to feel
loving, and certainly to act
joyfully brings joy to others which
in turn makes one feel joyful.
I believe we are called to the duty
of delight.
- Dorothy Day
Worship God by reverencing the
human soul as God's chosen sanctuary.
Revere it in yourselves,
revere it in others,
and labor to carry it forward.
...Go forth to respect the rights,
and seek the true, enduring welfare
of all within your influence.
Carry with you the conviction that
to trample on a human being,
of whatever color, clime, rank,
condition, is to trample on God's child.
...Go forth to do good with every
power which God bestows,
to make every place you enter happier
by your presence,
to espouse all human interests,
to throw your whole weight into
the scale of human freedom and
improvement, to withstand all wrong,
to uphold all right,
and especially to give light,
life, strength to the immortal soul.
- William Ellery Channing
Giving…
The best thing to give to your
enemy is forgiveness.
to an opponent, tolerance.
to a friend, your heart.
to your child, a good example.
to a father, deference.
to your mother,
conduct that will make her
proud of you.
to yourself, respect; to all men.
- Anonymous
In the modern world,
it’s easy to be distracted
instead of being grateful.
- Tai Lopez
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Thank You Lord – Don Moen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN3_tSDhDpY
You’ve Got to Stand For Something
– Aaron Tippin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=truJxu6fi34
Made In America – Toby Keith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaAF_3WMJGM
