THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE LORD FEAR NO BAD NEWS

MY FATHER IN HEAVEN; HELP ME TO BE KIND AND FORGIVING TOWARDS MY NEIGHBOR AS YOU HAVE BEEN TOWARDS ME.

WHEN STARTING EACH DAY BY READING ONE BIBLE PASSAGE BECOMES YOUR HABITUAL MANNER OF LIVING, DISCERNING WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU BECOMES A HABIT.

FATHER, I AM YOUR SERVANT. DO WITH ME AS YOU WILL. I WILL SERVE YOU WITH GLADNESS IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CHOOSE.

“IT IS THE LORD WHO GOES BEFORE YOU; HE WILL BE WITH YOU, HE WILL NOT FAIL OR FORESAKE YOU; DO NOT FEAR OR BE DISMAYED.”

WE MUST GO THROUGH MANY HARDSHIPS, BEFORE WE ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD

DO YOU RUN TO THE LORD WHEN YOU MEET SETBACKS IN YOUR LIFE? HE IS ALWAYS AT YOUR SIDE. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TURN TO HIM, AND ASK FOR HIS HELP.

FEAR IS USELESS, WHAT IS NEEDED IS TRUST

WE PLAN A LOT OF THINGS, BUT IN THE END, OUR LIFE’S FOLLOW THE SCRIPT WRITTEN BY GOD.

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, SO THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE IN HIM MAY NOT PERISH, BUT MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

WE WILL ALL HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGEMENT SEAT OF GOD, BOTH BELIEVERS AN NON BELIEVERS.

THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF GOD, IS “GOOD NEWS” FOR ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO RECEIVE IT

THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE SENSE OF LIFE IS TO ALLOW OUR HUMAN REASON TO BE INFORMED AND ELEVATED BY THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

LOVE, INDEED, IS THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD THINGS; IT IS AN IMPREGNABLE DEFENSE, AND THE WAY THAT LEADS TO HEAVEN.

UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT, THEY CAN NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THIS REBIRTH OF THE SPIRIT IS VERY REAL AND EXPERIENTIAL, LIKE THE WIND WHICH CAN BE FELT AND HEARD WHILE IT IS VISIBLY UNSEEN TO THE NAKED EYE.

DO YOU KNOW THE JOY AND FREEDOM OF THIS NEW LIFE JESUS CHRIST HAS WON FOR YOU?

“LORD, JESUS, FREE ME FROM ALL BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT THAT I MAY TRULY FORGIVE FROM MY HEART THOSE WHO HAVE CAUSED ME INJURY OR GRIEF.”

THE MORE WE KNOW OF GOD’S LOVE AND TRUTH THE MORE WE LOVE WHAT HE LOVES AND REJECT WHAT IS HATEFUL AND CONTRARY TO HIS WILL

ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE

SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THE REST WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU

LORD JESUS, ALL I HAVE IS A GIFT FROM YOU

THE CARNAL HUMAN BEING IS INCAPABLE OF EXPERIENCING SPIRITUAL THINGS. THEY ARE ONLY ACQUAINTED WITH MATERIAL CARNAL THINGS. THIS IS ALSO TRUE ANYONE CAN BEAR WITNESS TO BY REFLECTING ON THEIR ACQUAINTANCES.

SEVENTY IS THE SUM OF OUR YEARS, OR EIGHTY, IF WE ARE STRONG

THERE ARE TWO IRRECONCILABLE ENEMIES IN THE DEPT OF EVERY SOUL; GOOD AND EVIL, SIN AND LOVE. AND WHAT USE ARE THE VICTORIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF LIFE IF WE OURSELVES ARE DEFEATED IN OUR INNERMOST PERSONAL SELVES?

A person dressed as a classic scholar or author, sitting at a cluttered desk filled with papers and books, illuminated by candlelight, reading or examining a document.

THE RICH FOOL

AT ONE POINT IN OUR LIFE, WE REACH A POINT OF DECISION-TO GATHER OR SCATTER, TO UNITE OR DIVIDE, TO GATHER TO THE LORD OR TO ISOLATE FROM GOD.