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Thought For the Day: Action Is the Great Restorer and Builder of Confidence. Inaction Is Not Only the Result, But the Cause of Fear…Any Action Is Better Than None
“Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.” – Norman Vincent Peale
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First Principles: The Powers Delegated By the Proposed Constitution To the Federal Government Are Few and Defined. Those Which Are To Remain In the State Governments Are Numerous and Indefinite
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” – James Madison, Federalist 45, 1788 (For those who do not understand that the … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Yesterday We Obeyed Kings and Bent Our Necks Before Emperors. But Today We Kneel Only To Truth, Follow Only Beauty, and Obey Only Love
“Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.” – Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (6 Jan 1883-1931)
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Sufficiency
Sufficiencyby Michael DoyleGod’s grace is filled with sufficiencyIt eases us from lives of deficiencyWe walk this world, but not aloneStep by step, we come to atoneWithin God’s sacred familyWe learn God’s word is not a homilyBut a walk we live … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Atone, Believer, Bible, Blind, Book of Romans, Centrality, Christ, Christianity, Community, Courageous Question, Deficiency, Faith, Follow, God, God's Grace, Good News, Homily, Humility, Identity, Jesus, Life Claiming, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Right, Sacred Family, Servant, Sight, Sinner, Sufficiency, Walk, Wrong Road
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Thought For the Day: Where Is God? Where Can I Find Him?” We Don’t Realize That’s Like A Fish Swimming Frantically Through the Ocean In Search of the Ocean
“Where is God? Where can I find him?” we ask. We don’t realize that’s like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean” – Ted Dekker
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Tagged Find, Fish, God, Ocean, Realize, Swim, Ted Dekker, Thought For the Day, Where
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First Principles: For In the Gospel the Righteousness of God Is Revealed – A Righteousness That Is By Faith From First To Last, Just As It Is Written. The Righteous Will Live By Faith
“For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed–a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” – Romans 1:17 (NIV)
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A Desire For Positive Impact
A Desire for Positive Impactby Michael DoyleThis an age that embraces the apocalypse constantlyIt is hard to find anyone left who feels empathyFor those who want to live a life to its fullest measureIt is as though we have forgotten … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievement, Age, Apocalypse, Beacon of Light, Calamity, Challenges, Connection, Demise, Desire, Doing, Empahty, Fulfillment, Goethe, Imagination, Kernels of Wisdom, Life, Measure, New Experences, Nurture, Poetry and Poems, Positive Impact, Potential, Rage Against the Night, Satisfication, Thinking, Treasure, True Action, Vanity
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First Principles: It Should Be Your Care…To Elevate the Minds of Our Children and Exalt Their Courage
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abhorrence, Care, Children, Contempt of Meanness, Courage, Elevate, First Principles, Industry, Injustice, John Adams, Minds
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Thought For the Day: Children Require Guidance and Sympathy Far More Than Instruction
“Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.” – Anne Sullivan
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Pushback On A Throw Away Life
Pushback On A Throw Away Lifeby Michael DoyleWords are frequently flungLike bells that can’t be un-rungThere remains work to be doneWe can’t turn away before it’s wonFor those with caring heartsThis is off to a rough startPeople who deserve next … Continue reading →