Prayer Is The Disciplined Refusal

Count Yourself Lucky, How Happy You Must Be - You Get A Fresh Start, Your Slate's Wiped Clean. Count Yourself Lucky - God Holds Nothing Against You And You're Holding Nothing Back From Him.

Too Much Of The World's Happiness Depends On Taking From One To Satisfy Another. To Increase My Standard Of Living, Someone In Another Part Of The World Must Lower His. The Worldwide Crisis Of Hunger That We Face Today Is A Result Of That Method Of Pursuing Happiness. Industrialized Nations Acquire Appetites For More And More Luxuries And Higher And Higher Standards Of Living, And Increasing Numbers Of People Are Made Poor And Hungry. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way.

One Of The Reasons That Christians Read Scripture Repeatedly And Carefully Is To Find Out Just How God Works In Jesus Christ So That We Can Work In The Name Of Jesus Christ.

I Think Pastors Are The Worst Listeners. We're So Used To Speaking, Teaching, Giving Answers. We Must Learn To Be Quiet, Quit Being So Verbal, Learn To Pay Attention To What's Going On, And Listen.

Exile (being Where We Don't Want To Be With People We Don't Want To Be With) Forces A Decision: Will I Focus My Attention On What Is Wrong With The World And Feel Sorry For Myself? Or Will I Focus My Energies On How I Can Live At My Best In This Place I Find Myself?...'i Will Do My Best With What Is Here.'