Thoughts of the day
July 15th, 2006 by RespiteMatch.comTo view this message as a picture and music presentation, click on the link below http://greatday.com/v.html?1400p05HY6qb
THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Stop and start
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Stop making life so difficult and complicated by being afraid to fully live it. Start spending more time as the person you truly are.
Stop building elaborate scenarios in your mind about what might or might not happen. Start giving your focus and energy to making the most of the moment you’re in.
Stop wishing that things had been different. Start seeing the real, positive value and experience you’ve gained from where you’ve been.
Stop being so obsessed by the things you don’t have and constantly distracted by your desire for more. Start to fully appreciate your blessings and to enjoy the true abundance of always having enough.
Stop worrying and fretting over what others may think. Start confidently offering your own special values, gifts and perspectives to life.
Stop wasting your time wondering about what could have been.
And start to discover for yourself the incredible wonders of what can be.
Ralph Marston
Quick Thought:
“…beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:8-9 (NKJ)
Mark 9:1-8
“And He (Jesus) was saying to them, “Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who shall not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”
“And six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up to a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.”
“And Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified.”
“Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!” And all at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.” Mark 9:1-8 (NAS)
John 3:22-24
“After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.”
“And John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and they were coming and were being baptized.”
“For John had not yet been thrown into prison.” John 3:22-24
Today’s Suggested Bible Reading
Read the Bible in a Year:
New Testament — Acts 14:1 - 14:28.
Old Testament — Nehemiah 4-5.
