If you feel far away from God, guess who moved?

Fear knocked, Faith answered. No one was there.

What you are is God's gift to you. What you become is your gift to God.

I am God's melody of life and He sings His song through me.

We can never really go where God is not, and where He is, all is well.

No matter what is happening in your life, know that God is waiting for you with open arms.

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.

Do your best and then sleep in peace. God is awake.

God has a purpose and plan for me that no one else can fulfill.

The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.

We are responsible for the effort, not the outcome.

We set sail; God makes the wind.

Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.

Sometimes when God says no, it's because He has something better in store for you.

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.

Prayer: don't bother to give God instructions, just report for duty.

It's not my business to do God's business and it's His business to take care of my business.

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.

How come you're always running around looking for God? He is not lost.

God put me on earth to accomplish a number of things; right now I'm so far behind I will live forever.

You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

Be ye fishers of men. You catch them - He'll clean them.

Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.

Don't put a question mark where God put a period.

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.

He who angers you, controls you!

If God is your Copilot - swap seats!

Most people want to serve God, but only in an advisory capacity.

Prayer: Don't give God instructions - just report for duty!

The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.

The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.

We don't change the message, the message changes us.

You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed-up flower, it may be the turning point for a struggling life.

You cannot keep trouble from coming, but you needn't give it a chair to sit on.

You have often heard it said, "Don't be so heavenly minded that you are no earthy good ."
When you really should say, "We need to be heavenly minded to be of any earthly good."

We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass
through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over
the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each
case is to prevent them from settling. -- John Churtom Collins

Cure yourself of the condition of bothering about how you look
to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the idea God has
of you.- Miguel de Unamuno

Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
— Chinese proverb

FRIENDSHIP...

When life is shared with someone who wishes you pleasure in all that you do.

When someone walks through shadows long - until once again your heart lifts in song.

When a burden is lightened because prayer is shared and joy is increased because someone cared!

There, beyond question, the heart's poverty ends for all souls are rich when one has a 'friend'!

- BY CAROLYN RICKMAN