Showing posts with label drive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drive. Show all posts

Thursday 26 November 2009

Determine the drive


"No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined.
No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled.
No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined."
- Harry Emerson

Your input will determine your output,
so guard what you put in and you won't be put out.
- Peter Sinclair

Even though times of transition are tough,
the riches of refinement are worth the pain of loneliness and frustration.
- Susannah Ince


The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus
results in men becoming like Him.
- H. E. Fosdick


"It is for discipline that you have to endure.
God is treating you as sons;
for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?"
Hebrews 12:7

My God, I look forward to the right motives.
Let me always choose the correct direction and find the right actions.
Give me the right skills to educate well,

I ask that in Christ Jesus' name, amen.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Bepaal de aandrijving
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Tuesday 17 March 2009

Try driving forward instead of backwards

Dutch translation / Nederlandse vertaling > Probeer vooruit te rijden in plaats van achteruit

"Serve the LORD with gladness:
come before His presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD He is God:
it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
and into His courts with praise:
be thankful unto Him, and bless His name."
Psalm 100:2-4

"How many times to we begin our prayers with thankfulness?

Someone once said, "There [are] so many times that we load up all of our
burdens and worries onto a big dump truck and we put that truck in reverse
and then we back that truck right up to the throne of God and flip the switch
and dump all of that trash at God's feet, all without ever seeing Him."

This is completely backwards from God's teachings.
We should enter God's presence with praises and thankfulness.
Then, after we have spent time thanking God for His mercies
and praising Him for his greatness,
we can turn the truck around and unload our worries and burdens.

Which direction are you driving your dump truck today?

Try driving forward instead of backwards into the presence of God."
(From The Daily Psalm)
 

English: Dump Truck 1b
English: Dump Truck 1b (Photo credit: Wikipedia)






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