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The following snippets of wisdom were found on
an excellent web site - Walking with Jesus - based in New Zealand. This is
only a very small selection: there are many others and lots more Christian
material on the site, which you can reach by
clicking here. |
- The foolish man seeks pleasure on
earth. A wise man builds treasure in heaven. But the godly man seeks
to build heaven on earth.
- Earthly possessions are perceived to
be: Owned by the foolish. Rented by the wise. Administered by the
godly.
- The true heart of a man is found in
his wallet:
- A foolish man spends all he has on himself.
- A wise man tithes 10% to the provider.
- A godly man spends all he has been given on the provider’s behalf.
- The foolish man rejects God, the wise
man respects God, but the godly man lives for his God.
- A foolish man speaks before he thinks,
a wise man thinks before he speaks, but a godly man lets his life
speak for him.
- The lips of a foolish man blaspheme
God, those of a wise man honour God, but a godly man’s lips glorify
his God.
- A foolish man loves pleasure, a wise
man finds pleasure in love, but to a godly man, pleasure is love.
- Satan loves the foolish, attacks the
wise, but fears the godly.
- A foolish heart seeks only God’s
blessings, while a wise heart seeks to bless others, but a godly heart
first blesses God.
- To the believer Jesus is Saviour, but
to the disciple he is also Lord.
- The stairway to great faith is climbed
one step at a time. A single leap courts disaster.
- God’s word is a two-edged sword,
revealing both love and judgement.
- A man’s wisdom is based upon
experience, but God’s wisdom comes through revelation.
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It’s easy to
be wise in theory, but a lot more difficult in practice!
- Took a Speed Learning course. Now I
know it all. Others have confirmed it! You already knew that!
- A Slow Hearer: The wife gets to the
end of the story, just as I start to listen.
- Be honoured when one gives you of
their time, for it is an irreplaceable gift.
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Time is more
precious than gold, for it cannot be bought at any price.
- If I was given a dollar for every
minute I have wasted in my life, I would be able to waste the rest of
it in absolute luxury.
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Time is not
valued until it is running out.
- Time is an illusion. At first it
appears plentiful, but then suddenly disappears into thin air.
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“If only I
had time” is more often an excuse than a reason.
- Life and time are inversely
proportional. The older and slower we get, the faster time goes.
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What is the
one thing that cannot be stored for future use? Time.
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There is
nothing on earth as perishable as time.
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Love and time
walk hand in hand.
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Nobody told
the bumblebee that he cannot fly – so he does!
- Men are inefficient sexual machines –
thinking about it far more than doing it. Women however, don’t think
about it as much - often even when doing it.
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Sex is like
riding a bicycle – once learned, never forgotten – although technique
can always be improved.
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Sexuality and
self-worth are intimately intertwined.
- Holiness is not found in sexual
abstinence but rather in sexual purity. Abstinence is tough, purity
even tougher.
- Children have little trouble in
accepting the ‘immaculate conception,’ for surely their parents
couldn’t have ‘done it’! I was young once…
- God made men and women to be
different. Men give love for sex, women, sex for love.
- Definition of a worrier – one who
worries that they have nothing to worry about.
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I can never
catch up with my worries, for they are all about tomorrow.
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Rarely does
tomorrow’s worry become today’s problem.
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Today’s worry
rarely solves tomorrow’s problems.
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Repentance is
when you change a ‘worry’ into a ‘sorry.’
- Laughter is the only medicine I know
where the side effects are even more beneficial than the medicine
itself.
- ‘To be, not to do, that is the
answer.’ (with apologies to Shakespeare)
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God desires
our ‘being’ much more than our ‘doing’.
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Money is
slippery – hard to grasp and even harder to hold on to.
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Nothing is
less conspicuous than a famous man’s grave.
- Sleep refreshes body, mind and spirit,
but you have to wake up to experience the benefits.
- ‘Earthly Success’ is based upon
achievement, ‘Godly Success’ upon relationship
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Failure is
often the first wrung on the ladder of success.
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100% success
is unattainable, but 100% effort is available to all.
- Easy success breeds arrogance, while
hard-earned success breeds character.
- God accepts us as we are. As we learn
to accept this, he develops us into what we can be.
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Let failure
breed experience, not despair.
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God
specialises in turning worldly failures into heavenly successes.
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Worldly
success is fleeting, heavenly glory, eternal.
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A successful
marriage is a process, not an event.
- Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
but too long an absence leads the heart to wander.
- Faith is like dropping a stone into a
pond. The small circles enlarge with time.
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One step of
faith is worth ten thousand words talking about it.
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Fear is the
inability to affect the unknown.
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Faith is the
ability to prevent the unknown affecting you.
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