I enjoy bass fishing, deer hunting and golfing in the south.
Love is always
Bestowed as a gift…
Freely,
willingly and without
Expectation.
We don't love
To be loved;
We love to love.
- Leo Buscaglia
It is a funny thing
About life;
If you refuse to
Accept anything
But the best you
Very often get it.
- William Somerset Maughan
Every good thing you do,
Every good thing you say,
Every good thought you
Think, vibrates on and on
And never ceases.
The evil remains only
Until it is overcome by good,
But the good remains forever.
- Peace Pilgrim
“If you can believe,
All things are possible
To him who believes.”
Mark 9:23
If you believe you
Can do a thing,
You can do it.
- Claude M. Bristol
What you leave in
Your children is
More important
That what you
Leave them.
- Denis Waitley
Accept the priceless gift…
The joy of work.
Apply the greatest value
In life…
Love people and serve
Them.
You will attract big and
Generous portions of
Success.
- W. Clement Stone
He who expects little,
And does nothing,
Will not be disappointed.
- James E. Gibbons
Doing what's expected of
you can make you good,
but it's the time you spend
going above and beyond
what's required that
makes you great!
- Josh S. Hinds
Motivation is life.
Without it,
doctors wouldn't care
for their patients,
parents wouldn't raise
their children,
and you wouldn't work to
create the best life possible.
Nothing happens until
someone is motivated
to make it happen.
- Jason Gracia
My Rules for Life…
George DeHoff
1. I try never to say anything behind
A man’s back that would give me
The least embarrassment to say
To his face.
2. I try never to speak back to
Personal critics… friends do not
Need to hear the defense and
Enemies would not believe it.
3. Every day I greet every person
I see with a smile and make a
Special effort to do so if the
Person is poor or in unfortunate
Circumstances.
4. The first thing when I awake
In the morning I plan what my
Duty for the day is and try to
Go beyond it.
5. Every day I read from the Bible
And some other good books…
Feeding the mind and soul is
More important than feeding
The body.
6. I try to pay every debt I owe
On time and always save
Something from every pay check,
However small.
7. I like people and never harbor
Any malice or hatred toward any
Person in the world; I like places
And have yet to be anywhere that
I do not like… I go there with the
Intention of liking the place.
8. I am a confirmed optimist
believing that even in this life
evil men will be punished by
their own unhappiness and
good men will be rewarded.
“It’s better further on.”
9. I try to close each day as if
It were the last day I’d be on
Earth, closing the books on all
Regrets, worries and annoyances.
10. The last thing I do at night
Is to count one by one the
Blessings of the day.
This makes me so thankful
And happy that I soon drift
Into pleasant sleep.
In this spirit I hope to close
Life’s journey and drift into
Eternity.
- Beacon 9/26/1991
***
Cecelia’s Recipe For Life…
Cecelia Weir
Be Positive…
Look ahead…
Live in the present…
And be sure…
To love every minute…
Of whatever you do.
Have a zest for life…
A forgiving spirit…
Enthusiasm for others…
A genuine will for helping…
And nothing…
Will be impossible for you.
***
I have found that if you
Love life,
Life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubenstien
Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Devotionals
The Believer's Daily Treasure
March 8
Pardon through Christ
“In whom we have redemption
Through His blood,
The forgiveness of sins.
- Colossians 1:14
“In that day a fountain shall be
Opened for the house of David
And for the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
For sin and for uncleanness.
- Zechariah 13:1
There Is a Fountain…
William Cowper
There is a
fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
The dying thief
rejoiced to see
That fountain in His day;
And there have I, though vile as he,
Washed all my sins away:
Washed all my sins away,
Washed all my sins away;
And there have I, though vile as he,
Washed all my sins away.
Dear dying Lamb,
Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are safe, to sin no more:
Are safe, to sin no more,
Are safe, to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God
Are safe, to sin no more.
E’er since by
faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die:
And shall be till I die,
And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
When this poor,
lisping, stamm’ring tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save:
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save;
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy pow’r to save.
- Published 1772
The Greatest Need of the World
- Bill Dillon
Our society is characterized by mechanical conveniences,
Escape entertainment, sexual freedom, upward mobility
And practically unencumbered leisure.
What else could any people need?
Is there more to life?
What happens when the machines break down?
The entertainment is over?
The sexual freedom is found out to be nothing but
Barnyard morality?
The mobility becomes stalled?
The leisure turns to boredom?
What do we say when over soaring prices in stores,
Loved ones die, etc?
1. Can Science Help?
Science has its place, but it can’t salve the soul.
Science can ease some of the suffering through
Medicine but can’t tell the “why” of suffering.
2. Can Education Help?
H.G. Wells once believed more education would
Make man better but W.W. 2 showed some of the
Most educated nations committing the worst atrocities.
Education has a place but it is not the ultimate answer
To man’s spiritual problems.
3. Can Greater Sensual Pleasure Help?
No one opposes good fun, but in this age “King Jazz
Has replaced King Jesus.” In the gusto generation
There is more enthusiasm for beer, wine, whiskey and
Drugs than for God, Christ, the Church and the Bible.
4. Salvation from Sin is the Word’s Greatest Need!
If that need is filled then nothing else matters.
All have sinned (Romans 3:23).
And a new life is described by the Apostle Paul
In (Romans 6:1-4).
Via Beacon 12/12/1985 Edited by H.C.
The Power of the Gospel
- Marshall Keeble
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only thing that will stop
Men from sinning. It has already been proven that city
And county jails won’t stop it; State and Federal penitentiaries
Have been enlarged yet they are over crowded.
The death penalty won’t stop them from sinning.
The only thing that will stop them is what the Apostle Paul
Wrote about in the book of Romans chapter 1 verse 16…
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
For it is the power of God to salvation for
Everyone who believes,
For the Jew first and also for the Greek.”
Friend, the gospel is powerful enough to stop a man from
Bootlegging, to stop a man from beating his wife,
To make him stay away from his neighbor’s wife,
To make a woman let her neighbor’s husband alone.
Via Beacon 12/12/1985 Edited by H.C.
Plan of Salvation…
* God’s Part
1. The great love of God for man.
For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life.
(John.3:16)
2. He gave Christ as the Savior.
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and
to save that which was lost.”
(Luke 19:10)
3. Sent the Holy Spirit as a guide.
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come,
He will guide you into all truth;
for He will not speak on His own authority,
but whatever He hears He will speak;
and He will tell you things to come.
(John 16:13)
4. Provided atonement by the blood of Christ.
Much more then, having now been justified by
His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
(Romans 5:9)
5. Gave the Gospel as “the power unto salvation.”
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone
who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
(Romans 1:16)
*Man’s Part
1. Hear the Gospel.
So then faith comes by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
(Romans 10:17)
2. Believe the Gospel.
But these are written that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in His name.
(John 20:31)
3. Repent of past sins.
Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
(Acts 17:30)
4. Confess faith in Christ.
Therefore whoever confesses Me before men,
him I will also confess before My Father
who is in heaven.
(Matt.10:32)
5. Water Baptism.
For as many of you as were
baptized into Christ have
put on Christ.
(Galatians 3:27)
6. Faithfulness
But Jesus said to him,
“No one, having put his hand to the plow,
and looking back,
is fit for the kingdom of God.”
(Luke 9:62)
Modern man needs to realize
That speed is meaningless
Without direction.
- James E. Gibbons
When you get where you are going,
Where will you be when you
Get there?
- James E. Gibbons
Right is always right
If no one is right,
And wrong is still wrong
If everyone is wrong.
- James E. Gibbons
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