“You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.” Adlin Sinclair




Glad you liked the Bunyan quote Woodee.

The souls of men are not our enemy,

but the spirit that deceives the soul, is.

Those, that wait upon the Lord,

Shall renew their strength.


Ephratan Arba-elleh

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a living presence. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Christian life consists of faith and charity. -- Martin Luther King

The purpose of Christianity is not to avoid difficulty, but to produce a character adequate to meet it when it comes. It does not make life easy; rather it tries to make us great enough for life. -- James L. Christensen

This is a wonderful thread!

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
John Bunyan

When you pray rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.
John Bunyan

Where reason cannot wade there faith may swim.
- Thomas Watson

Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise:
give thanks to him and praise his name
For the Lord is good
and his love endures forever...
ps 100:4,5


Posted it again. - I love castles, so I thought this was so cool.......
There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
John Bunyan

How weak soever the believer finds himself, and how powerful soever he perceives his enemy to be, it is all one to him, he hath no more to do but to put faith on work, and to wait till God works.

David ****son

wow, I did not realize I would not be able to quote that gentleman's name.

I shall refer to him as David D in future.

"Patience with other is love. Patience with self is hope. Patience with God is faith."

- Adel Bestavros

lovely quote Bayareagirl..

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Stay safe if travelling.

A quote from Max Lucado... another widely reknowned Christian author...

"...'If anyone is thirsty,' Jesus once said, 'let him come to me and drink' (John 7:37).

Admission of thirst doesn't come easy for us. False fountains pacify our cravings with sugary swallows of pleasure. But there comes a time when pleasure doesn't satisfy. There comes a dark hour in every life when the world caves in and we are left trapped in the rubble of reality, parched and dying.

Some would rather die than to admit it. Others admit it and escape death.

'God, I need help!'

So the thirsty come. A ragged lot we are, bound together by broken dreams and collapsed promises. Fortunes that were never made. Families that were never built. Promises that were never kept...

And we are very thirsty.

Not thirsty for fame, possessions, passion or romance. We've drunk from those pools. They are saltwater in the desert. They don't quench - they kill.

'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness...'

Righteousness. That's it. That's what we are thirsty for. We are thirsty for a clean conscience. We crave a clean slate. We yearn for a fresh start. We pray for a hand which will enter the dark cavern of our world and do for us the one thing we can't do for ourselves - make us right again."

WOW!!!!!Creativesoul, you have no idea how deeply comforting that quote is to me at the moment.
That's something I could not comprehend years ago, and learned of its value after the fact.

Thanksgiving is every day for me, my friend....every day!!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, ALL!!!!

wouldee:

I am glad that this touched you in some way...

I am also thankful that I could have been used to do such a thing...

"Love is not only something you feel. It is something that you do." David Wilkerson, author of "The Cross and the Switchblade."

Nice quote Hillfolk.




"If one advances confidently in the direction of his
dreams, and endeavors to live a life which he has
imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in
common hours."

* Henry David Thoreau

Creative that was so beautiful......and so very true......I want to always hunger and thirst for His righteousness.

A few quotes I posted in the coffeehouse...thought you would enjoy.


For with God nothing shall be impossible. -- Luke 1:37

Some things have to be believed to be seen. - Ralph Hodgson

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -- Hebrews 11:1

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God. -- Pope John Paul II

No cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a rainbow in it. -- Bishop Horne

The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness. -- Joseph Addison

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it. -- Stanley Baldwin

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. -- Helen Keller

Faith in God, faith in man, faith in work: this is the short formula in which we may sum up the teachings of the founders of New England,—a creed ample enough for this life and the next. -- James Russell Lowell

Let us have faith that right makes might; and, let us to the end dare to do our duty. -- Abraham Lincoln

God bless he that started it.

Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God —1 Corinthians 10:31

Temerity has her perfect place,

but patience is a virtue





Ephratan Arba-elleh