Friday, May 03, 2013

Sentence Sermonettes


The Almighty gives the best to those who leave the choice to him.
Sin thrills and then it kills.
The heart of religion is the heart.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Sin always carries with it a built-in deception about judgment.
If you are happy, tell your face about it.
Are you on a collision course with God?
Your soul will live forever, somewhere — ​where?
Love gives and forgives.
Good works are the fruit, not the root, of salvation.
God’s will is not always easy, but it is always right.
Not to decide is to decide.
Sin is personal but not private.
Life without Christ is an empty existence.
Every problem is in reality an opportunity.
Prejudice is a lazy person’s substitute for thinking.
Hell is a place of no hope.
People judge each other by rank; God judges all by service.
Happiness is a sweet perfume you cannot pour out on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
No joy is complete unless it is shared.
Not failure, but low aim, is the real crime in life.
A sharp tongue will cut your own throat.
Life is like a bicycle — ​stop pedaling, and you fall.
Worry is a mental tornado.
A problem honestly stated is half solved.
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.
You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. — ​Chinese proverb
One may be better than one’s reputation but never better than one’s principles.
It is evil not to do good.
Is your heart on its knees?
Love is the only effective way to deal with a problem.
To poison a person’s mind is a worse sin than to poison a person’s food.
If you kicked the one responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn’t be able to sit down for six months.
Forgiveness: man’s deepest need and highest achievement.
Two things are hard on the heart — ​running up stairs and running down people.
Most friction in life is caused by the tone of the voice.
Unfounded and unnecessary fears are deadly enemies that paralyze the will, poison the affections, and if allowed to continue, may destroy the soul.
If you want to be rich, give; if you want to be poor, grasp.
Cast all your care on God! That anchor holds. — ​Alfred Tennyson
It is natural to be religious; it is supernatural to be Christian.
God’s wisdom is both timely and timeless.
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

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