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8/31/2007 |
A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love. |
-Catherine of Siena |
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8/30/2007 |
The world needs people ….
Whose word is their bond, who will be honest in small things as in great things, who are true to their friends through good report and evil report, in adversity as well as prosperity. (Excerpt) |
-Ted W. Engstrom |
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8/29/2007 |
Sometimes we need a housecleaning of the heart. |
-Catherine Marshall |
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8/28/2007 |
32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common |
Acts 4:32 KJV |
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8/27/2007 |
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! |
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 KJV |
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8/26/2007 |
43-45Everyone around was in awe—all those wonders and signs done through the apostles! And all the believers lived in a wonderful harmony, holding everything in common. They sold whatever they owned and pooled their resources so that each person's need was met |
Acts 2:43-45 MSG |
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8/25/2007 |
Never forget the nine most important words of any family – I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me. |
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
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8/24/2007 |
22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. |
John 17: 22-23 KJV |
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8/23/2007 |
What’s good for you is good for them, too: If you want others to be patient with you, then you should treat them in the same way. |
-Family Christian Press |
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8/22/2007 |
20Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. |
John 17: 20-21 KJV |
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8/21/2007 |
Attempt to Resolve Conflicts: Be quick to go to the offended person. Communicate clearly, giving facts, feelings, and intuitions. Make no assumptions that the other person had additional information. Look for strengths in others instead of focusing on their weaknesses. |
-Glenda Hotton |
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8/20/2007 |
1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again |
Matthew 7:1-2 KJV |
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8/19/2007 |
Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have fallen beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend. |
-Charles Spurgeon |
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8/18/2007 |
1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! |
Psalms 133:1 KJV |
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8/17/2007 |
If someone listens or stretches out a hand or whispers a word of encouragement or attempts to understand a lonely person, extraordinary things begin to happen. |
-Loretta Girzartis |
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8/16/2007 |
13-15It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don't use this freedom as an excuse to do whatever you want to do and destroy your freedom. Rather, use your freedom to serve one another in love; that's how freedom grows. For everything we know about God's Word is summed up in a single sentence: Love others as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom. If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then? |
Galatians 5:14-15 MSG |
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8/15/2007 |
True friends will always lift you higher and challenge you to walk in a manner pleasing to our Lord. |
-Lisa Bevere |
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8/14/2007 |
4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; |
Ephesians 4:4 KJV |
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8/13/2007 |
24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. |
Mark 3:24-25 KJV |
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8/12/2007 |
4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. |
Romans 12:4-5 NIV |
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8/11/2007 |
In building friendships, I emphasize the need for mutual honesty and mutual trust. |
-Family Christian Press |
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8/10/2007 |
12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. |
I Corinthians 12:12-13 NIV |
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8/9/2007 |
37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38This is the first and great commandment.
39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. |
Matthew 22:37-39 KJV |
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8/8/2007 |
20 Fire goes out without wood,
and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.
21 A quarrelsome person starts fights
as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
22 Rumors are dainty morsels
that sink deep into one’s heart. |
Proverbs 26: 20-22 NLT |
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8/7/2007 |
A soul cannot live without loving. It must have something to love, for it was created to love. |
Catherine of Siena |
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8/6/2007 |
10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. |
I Corinthians 1:10 KJV |
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8/5/2007 |
We can never untangle all the woes in other people’s lives. We can’t produce miracles overnight. But we an bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart. |
-Barbara Johnson |
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8/4/2007 |
7And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. |
Genesis 13:7-9 KJV |
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8/3/2007 |
12Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. |
Colossians 3:12 AMP |
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8/2/2007 |
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. |
Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV |
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8/1/2007 |
1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. |
1Phillipians 1-4 NIV |
