“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

“Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.” - Unknown

“One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you dont feel like doing it.” Unknown

Some Quotes about Life

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine

Rom 11: 17-21 17 If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, 18 do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” 20 Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

As long as you have your eyes on God, as long as you trust in Him, there is still a hope for you. "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:1-3

Psalm 31:24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

Good Friday! What is good about this special Friday? What is good about that Friday knowing that somebody died after been brutalized? Yes through this sacrifice you and I are redeemed. We can also be called again children of God because Jesus paid the price of our sins.

On that Friday when Jesus died, His opponents thought they have won the battle, but they forgot it was only Friday and that Sunday was coming.

"We are the ones who need to live according to God’s will. We cannot force our will on God. The Congress could vote all the laws it wants but one thing is sure; God will never low his standard to match our weaknesses. God is willing to accept the weak but the weak must become strong by turning away from the ungodly way of living." Extract from [America the Beautiful Garden of God by Emile K. Abitor]

Love One Another

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35
You must love not only those who love you but everybody you come across

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2
Are you showing your love toward those you know in need of your love, your move in compassion to lift them up?

The Bible Passages behind MLK Jr's Message

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JANUARY 16, 2012 • 10:55 AM
Holiday Re-post: The Bible Passages Behind Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Message
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a U.S. holiday dedicated to the memory of the massively influential civil rights activist. King is remembered primarily as a civil-rights figure who fought for social and political change, but he was also a pastor—and he considered his ideas about civil rights to be firmly rooted not just in common sense or political theory, but in Scripture itself.
I thought it would be interesting and appropriate today to look at some of King’s best-known sermons and identify the Bible passages upon which they are based.
One of King’s most creative sermons is a clever mirror of the apostle Paul’s letters to the early church in New Testament books like Galatians, Ephesians and Philippians. The sermon, “Paul’s Letter to American Christians,” imagines a fictional epistle written to 20th-century Americans. It begins in a familiar style:
I, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to you who are in America, Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father, through our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ….
As in the New Testament epistles, King’s imagined letter from Paul contains both praise and criticism for its audience of believers. King imagines that Paul would critique not just America’s racial inequality, but the un-Christian greed and materialism that define so much of American life.
“Loving Your Enemies” is a 1957 King sermon based on one of the most famous passages from the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:43-48:
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
After discussing different Greek words for “love” used in the Bible, King reflects on Jesus’ command:
…it’s significant that he does not say, “Like your enemy.” Like is a sentimental something, an affectionate something. There are a lot of people that I find it difficult to like. I don’t like what they do to me. I don’t like what they say about me and other people. I don’t like their attitudes. I don’t like some of the things they’re doing. I don’t like them. But Jesus says love them. And love is greater than like. Love is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men, so that you love everybody, because God loves them. You refuse to do anything that will defeat an individual, because you have agape in your soul. And here you come to the point that you love the individual who does the evil deed, while hating the deed that the person does. This is what Jesus means when he says, “Love your enemy.” This is the way to do it. When the opportunity presents itself when you can defeat your enemy, you must not do it.
It’s not hard to see the point King is making here, given the criticism and opposition the civil rights movement faced at the time.
King’s 1967 sermon “Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool” is an examination of a passage from Luke 12. Here’s how King paraphrases the story before beginning his analysis:
I want to share with you a dramatic little story from the gospel as recorded by Saint Luke. It is a story of a man who by all standards of measurement would be considered a highly successful man. And yet Jesus called him a fool. If you will read that parable, you will discover that the central character in the drama is a certain rich man. This man was so rich that his farm yielded tremendous crops. In fact, the crops were so great that he didn’t know what to do. It occurred to him that he had only one alternative and that was to build some new and bigger barns so he could store all of his crops. And then as he thought about this, he said, “Then I’m going to do something after I build my new and bigger barns.” He said, “I’m going to store my goods and my fruit there, and then I’m going to say to my soul, ‘Soul, thou hast much goods, laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.’” That brother thought that was the end of life.
But the parable doesn’t end with that man making his statement. It ends by saying that God said to him, “Thou fool. Not next year, not next week, not tomorrow, but this night, thy soul is required of thee.”
If you think of King only as a civil rights activist, you might be surprised at how much of his message of equality drew on Scripture, and at King’s concern for American moral challenges beyond racial discrimination. I encourage you today to look for yourself—open your Bible (or BibleGateway.com, of course!) and set it alongside a few of King’s sermons, checking out the Scriptures as you read. (Wikipedia’s list of notable King sermons is a good place to start; transcripts should be available online or at your local library.) Do King’s Scriptural analyses hold up to scrutiny? Could these sermons be preached at your own church today? How might King have preached about these same passages today if he were still alive?
If you’re interested in more, see also Bible References in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech.
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3. Bible References in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
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Is God with you? Seek Him and call Him in your time of trouble or need.

Each new hour, each new day, each new week, each new month and each new year God gives you, is an opportunity for you to make up for your misssed steps of last hour, last day, last week, last month and last year.Would you do something better?

Hebrews 12:28
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe"
In all you do to celebrate the coming of the New Year, remember to be thankful and worship the Lord for without his Merci you would not make it to this day.

Christmas

Christmas is here. We are celebrating Christmas because God gave us a great gift that is his only son, Jesus Christ.
At this Christmas you are trying hard to buy your love ones the best gift you could give. The cheapest but best gift you can give God is your Heart.

Luke 2: 9-11
9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.