GOD OF HOPE

Month: May 2017

May 31, 2017

Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. (Mary Manin Morrissey, motivational speaker and author) Whatever the cause for not moving forward, Morrissey advises, “Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain...

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May 30, 2017

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth. (C. S. Lewis, late British university professor and author) “What is truth?” Mankind has been looking for that answer since the beginning of time....

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May 29, 2017

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge. (Dale Carnegie, self-improvement writer) Some people like to argue; to them it’s like a game. Others avoid arguments at almost any cost. But arguing can be a good thing. A healthy debate over an issue of importance can be...

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May 28, 2017

The key to suffering is our attitude toward it. (Bernard Schneider, late pastor and author) We all face difficulties, trials, and hard times at some time or another. Suffering is never pleasant, even when it might be the result of surgery, for example, which...

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May 27, 2017

Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere. (Nicolas Chamfort, 18th century French writer) We’d like to think that happiness is easy to come by. After all, the right to happiness is guaranteed in the U.S....

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May 26, 2017

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. (Winston Churchill, British prime minister during World War II) Churchill made his comment well before the Internet was developed with its instant communication by email, Skype, or...

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May 25, 2017

Gentle words are more powerful than angry words. (Bill Crowder, author) Most of us would probably have to admit that at some time or other we have hurt someone else by something we have said in anger. It’s an experience we can’t take back. Crowder gives this advice:...

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May 24, 2017

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. (George Washington, 1st president of the United States) We were created to be social people. God said that it was not good for man to be alone, so...

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May 23, 2017

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won’t, you most assuredly won’t. (Denis Waitley, motivational speaker) Self-confidence is a characteristic of most successful people. Folks who are unsure of their abilities rarely step “out of the box” to...

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May 22, 2017

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. (Martin Luther King, Jr, 20th century civil rights leader) Everyone faces disappointment at one time or another—maybe multiple times. Experience has taught us, however, that we do get over those...

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