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Extracts of God’s infalliable Word, and other inspirational quotes from famous people.

Essentials for Growth: Faithfulness and Tenacity

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One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones,
and then passed the vineyard of a lout;

They were overgrown with weeds,
thick with thistles, all the fences broken down.

I took a long look and pondered what I saw;
the fields preached me a sermon and I listened:

“A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there,
sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next?

Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life,
with poverty as your permanent houseguest!”

Proverbs 24:30-34 (The Message)

Crossing Over from Being Religious to Loving

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Passing along, Jesus saw a man at his work collecting taxes. His name was Matthew. Jesus said, “Come along with me.” Matthew stood up and followed him.

Later when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot of disreputable characters came and joined them.

When the Pharisees saw him keeping this kind of company, they had a fit, and lit into Jesus’ followers. “What kind of example is this from your Teacher, acting cozy with crooks and riffraff?”

Jesus, overhearing, shot back, “Who needs a doctor: the healthy or the sick? Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.‘ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.”

Matthew 9:9-13 (The Message)

Leading with Heart & Skills

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From tending the ewes that had their young He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob His people, of Israel His inheritance.

So [David] was their shepherd with an upright heart; he guided them by the discernment and skillfulness [which controlled] his hands.

Psalm 78:71-72 (Amplified Bible)

Being Bold in our Prayers

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Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!

So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him”

Matthew 7: 7-11 (New Living Translation)

Our Ministry of Love

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Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].

It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 5:17-20 (Amplified Bible)

Great is the Love of God

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I look at your heavens,
which you made with your fingers.
I see the moon and stars,
which you created.

But why are people even important to you?
Why do you take care of human beings?

You made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honor.

You put them in charge of everything you made.
You put all things under their control:

all the sheep, the cattle,
and the wild animals,

the birds in the sky,
the fish in the sea,
and everything that lives under water.

Lord our Lord,
your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:3-9 (New Century Version)

Found Faithful

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Below is an excerpt taken from one of Kong Hee’s daily devotions. This particular entry spoke to me- now I’m in a period of preparation. I have to be faithful. Amen.

“Many are called, but few chosen” (Matt. 20:16). It is one thing to be called of God, it is quite another to be chosen by God.

But Revelation 17:14 says, “Those who are with [the Lamb] are called, chose, and faithful.”

Moses wasn’t just called and chosen by God, he was found faithful in everything he did for the Lord in His house (Heb. 3:2).

Similarly, there will be three distinct divisions in your life. You must have the call of God. Then there will be a preparation period.

If you pass that preparation period, there will come a time when God will choose you and put you into a ministry. But for that ministry to flourish and bear great fruit, you must be found faithful in serving God in His church.

Walking in Success with God

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“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. “

Joshua 1:8 (NIV)

“Your beginnings will seem humble,
       so prosperous will your future be.”

Job 8:7 (NIV)

“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”

3 John 2 (NKJV)

The Church- A Salt Shaker

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So then, any of you who does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot be My disciple.

Salt is good [an excellent thing], but if salt has lost its strength and has become saltless (insipid, flat), how shall its saltness be restored?

It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure heap; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him listen and consider and comprehend by hearing!

Luke 14:33-35 (Amplified Bible)