'"For GOD is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him."' ~ PHILIPPIANS 2:13 (NLT)

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and GOD. It was never between you and them anyway." - Mother Teresa - "'So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and GOD. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves."' ~ ROMANS 14:22 (NIV)

'"But GOD shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us."' ~ ROMANS 5:8 (ESV)

Your love never fails it never gives up it never runs out on me. One thing remains Your love, Oh LORD! "One Thing Remains" - JESUS Culture http://youtu.be/6_KXsMCJgBQ ~ "'See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of GOD; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know Him."' ~ 1 JOHN 3:1 (ESV)

'"Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your GOD. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand."' ~ ISAIAH 41:10 (NKJV)

"Don't ever be afraid or discouraged," "GOD gives the hardest battles to His strongest soldiers." -- 'Joshua said to them(army), "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight."' ~JOSHUA 10:25 (NIV)

'"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification."' ~ ROMANS 14:19 (NIV)

The best year-round temperature is a warm heart and a cool head. – Unknown. "'For GOD gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."' ~ 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 (ESV)

'"for it is GOD who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose."' ~ PHILIPPIANS 2:13 (NIV)

The victory is not when I stand up. The victory is when I realize that I can't do it on my own. ~ Nick Vujicic ~ "'But thanks be to GOD, who gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST."' ~ 1 CORINTHIANS 15:57 (NKJV)

'"You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."' ~ PSALM 16:11 (NKJV)

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~ 'And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”' ~ EXODUS 33:14 (NKJV)

"'My son, if your heart is wise, My heart will rejoice—indeed, I myself; Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things."' ~ PROVERBS 23:15-16 (NKJV)

"Believing what other say rather than exploring GOD's word for yourself will actually limit you and even keep you from doing what GOD created you to do" - Joyce Meyer - "'But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness,"' ~ 2 TIMOTHY 2:16 (ESV)

'"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."' ~ GALATIANS 5:25 (NKJV)

Unless my talk about my faith Is mirrored in my walk, The faith that glibly I profess Is merely empty talk. --Anon. "'Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil."' ~ EPHESIANS 5:15-16 (ESV)

'"For the kingdom of GOD is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,"' ~ ROMANS 14:17 (NIV)

A glimpse of Heaven is when you still feel an inner peace, love and joy in your heart even when you are in the midst of life's struggle, turmoil and pain. ~ Florabelle L. Barrican ~ "'But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself."' ~ PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21

"For we are His workmanship, created in CHRIST JESUS for good works, which GOD prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." ~ EPHESIANS 2:10 (NKJV)

We are GOD's family. We are His children, His workmanship, His masterpiece. ~ Florabelle L. Barrican ~ "'The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of GOD,"' ~ ROMANS 8:16 (ESV)

"'He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise."' ~ Proverbs 11:29 (NIV)

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? ~ Elbert Hubbard ~ '"People who don’t take care of their relatives, and especially their own families, have given up their faith. They are worse than someone who doesn’t have faith in the LORD."' ~1 TIMOTHY 5:8 (CEV)

'"Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it."' ~ PROVERBS 22:6 (NIV)

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children. ~ Rosaleen Dickson ~ "'Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them."' ~ DEUTERONOMY 4:9 (NIV) "HAPPY FAMILY DAY CANADA!"

'"Whoever is wise will observe these things, And they will understand the lovingkindness of the LORD."' ~ PSALM 107:43 (NKJV)

“How wise should we be if, with joyful certainty, we accepted each unfolding of His will as a proof of His faithfulness and love!” ~ Susannah Spurgeon ~ "'Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the LORD is."' ~ EPHESIANS 5:15-17 (ESV)

"And GOD shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."' ~ REVELATION 21:4 (NKJV)

Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—is to seek and experience eternal happiness. ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf ~ "'Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life."' ~ JOHN 5:24 (ESV)

"'The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me; Your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands."' ~ PSALM 138:8 (ESV)

And when the oceans rage I don't have to be afraid. Because I know that You love me Your love never fails. The wind is strong and the water's deep. But I'm not alone here in these open seas, Cause Your love never fails. "Your Love Never Fails" by JESUS Culture ~ http://youtu.be/X_2qG22SPwU ~ "'GOD saw the trouble we were in. GOD’s love never fails."' ~ PSALM 136:23 (CEV)

'"But GOD demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, CHRIST died for us."' ~ ROMANS 5:8 (NKJV)

GOD's love is the greatest love of all. There's no if's, no but's, no conditions. His love is unfailing; uncompromising; unconditional! ~ Florabelle L. Barrican ~ "'But GOD, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with CHRIST— by grace you have been saved."' ~ EPHESIANS 2:4-5 (NKJV)

"'So whenever you give to the poor, don't blow a trumpet before you like the hypocrites do in the streets so that they will be praised by people."' ~ MATTHEW 6:2

There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn't matter who gets the credit. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. ~ It's not for us to receive honor and praise but to let GOD receive the glory. "'You are worthy, O LORD, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”' ~ REVELATION 4:11 (NKJV)

"'Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."' ~ MATTHEW 18:4 (NKJV)

Pray like a child! Prayers that come from a pure heart...unscripted, unedited, undictated, unmemorized. ~ Florabelle L. Barrican ~ '" and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven."' ~ MATTHEW 18:3 (NKJV)

"'Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];"' ~1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 (NKJV)

An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~ "'And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to GOD."' ~ LUKE 6:12 (NKJV)

'"The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger."' ~ JOB 17:9 (NLT)

Relationship works best when you drop the luggage of the past and live life forward with no regrets. "'GODly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death."' ~ 2 CORINTHIANS 7:10 (NIV)

"'Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”' ~ LUKE 21:36 (NKJV)

Prayer is not an extra option nor is it a last resort when all the other methods have failed. When a man works, man works. But when a man prays, GOD works! "'He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, And shall not despise their prayer."' ~ PSALM 102:17 (NKJV)

"'For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock."' ~ PSALM 27:5 (NKJV)

One reason GOD created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past. "'Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear."' ~1 PETER 1:17 (NIV)

"'You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.'" ~ ISAIAH 26:3-4 (ESV)

We trust because we love, we believe, we have hopes, we have dreams, we have faith, we have GOD! ~ Florabelle L. Barrican ~ "'For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living GOD, who is the SAVIOR of all men, especially of those who believe."' ~1 TIMOTHY 4;10 (NKJV)

"that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of GOD." ~1 CORINTHIANS 2:5 (NKJV)

Faithless will lead someone to be unhappy, discontented, sinful and miserable. Have faith in GOD! Be happy, contented, forgiven and cheerful. ~ Florabelle L. Barrican ~ "'In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one."' ~ EPHESIAN 6:16 (NIV)

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way." ~PSALM 37:23 (NKJV)

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. ~ Cesare Pavese ~ "For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone."~ PSALM 91:11 (NKJV)