RECIPE FOR THE NEW YEAR

Take each day, trim off all the old memories of hate and discord. Soak and wash thoroughly in plenty of love and courage. Cut these days into 12 parts, cooking only one day at a time. Be sure the fire is hot with enthusiasm and your kettle is bright with hope. Season each kettleful with some kindness for others and add patience, for small trials that come up every day. Add a little earnestness and willingness. Serve with smiles, praise and plenty of heartwarming joy, with your chin up. 

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Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil....it has no point!  --Billy Graham

If you trust that the sun will rise on schedule tomorrow morning, trust the God who keeps it on schedule--and ordains the timing of your life as well. - Dr. David Jeremiah

Today someone will study your attitudes, words, and deeds.  Make sure they see Jesus in you.  We are His reflectors to the world.  - Dr. David Jeremiah, The Upward Call

Prayer makes the impossible possible. - Unknown

Waiting for an answer to prayer is often part of the answer.  - John Blanchard

Our prayers run along one road and God’s answers by another, and by and by they meet. - Adoniram Judson                                                                                        

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. - George Muller

Hope is seeing a light at the end of the tunnel; faith is believing it is not a train.  - Anonymous  

Life with God is better—not easier, not devoid of pain or tragedy or missteps, but it is better. - Unknown

When you carry the Bible, Satan has a headache; when you open it, he collapses; when he sees you reading it, he loses his strength.  AND, when you stand on the Word of God, Satan can't hurt you. - Unknown 

Lord, I don’t know where you are going today, but wherever it is, I’m coming with YOU!  - Unknown

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Remember:
1.  I am here by God’s appointment
2.  I am in His keeping.
3.  I am under His training.
4.  He will show me His purposes in His time.
By God's appointment, in God's keeping, under His training, for His time. What an outstanding summary of what it means to trust in the Lord with all your heart! - Charles R. Swindoll, Great Days with the Great Lives

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PRAISE TO THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT!

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.  2 Corinthians 1:3-4  NIV

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.  Isaiah 41:10 NLT

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.   Philippians 4:6-7  (NLT)

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Hebrews 4:12 NLT

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.  John 14:27 NLT

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