We hope you enjoy this re-post from November 18, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, 390 days [representing 390 years]; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. – Ezekiel 4:5, Amplified… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: God would like you to stare at a metal plate for over a year.
Category: Perseverance
BEST OF TQFG: (Ant University: Part 4) If you go it alone, don’t expect to get very far.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from January 4, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. Numbers 11:14, KJV According to Wikipedia, “Complex nests are built by many ants…Weaver ant (Oecophylla spp.) workers build nests in trees… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: (Ant University: Part 4) If you go it alone, don’t expect to get very far.
I’m so overwhelmed! – Part 3
The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. – Proverbs 13:4, Amplified Bible (AMP) Jerry DeVries, 78, was one of the experts that Karl Pillemer interviewed for his book 30 Lessons For Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans. As Mr. DeVries reports:… Continue reading I’m so overwhelmed! – Part 3
True grit is the determining factor of success.
Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive [the victor’s] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him. – James 1:12, Amplified Bible (AMP) Angela Lee Duckworth holds… Continue reading True grit is the determining factor of success.
BEST OF TQFG: (Ant University: Part 1) Rather than step on the next ant you see, watch it. You might learn something.
We hope you enjoy this re-post from December 31, 2012. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Proverbs 6:6, KJV According to Wikipedia, “Ants have colonized almost every landmass on Earth… Their success has been attributed to their social organization and their… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: (Ant University: Part 1) Rather than step on the next ant you see, watch it. You might learn something.
Make sure you make your future plans with the correct present mindset.
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a… Continue reading Make sure you make your future plans with the correct present mindset.
Arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you!
Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! – Isaiah 60:1, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have a 91-year old friend who just left… Continue reading Arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you!
Be sure to apply what you have learned.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. – James 1:22, King James Version (KJV) A decision is worthless unless it is followed by consistent action. Just ask the millions of people around the world who sincerely committed to New Years resolutions earlier this year, only to fail… Continue reading Be sure to apply what you have learned.
How would you react if you lost both of your arms?
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. – Proverbs 24:10, KJV It is a rare person that never experiences feelings of defeat. When we encounter such times, there’s nothing like a good pick-me-up to get us out of the doldrums. When we ask Him to, God is faithful to provide… Continue reading How would you react if you lost both of your arms?
Not everybody thinks like God thinks.
Satisfied desire is sweet to a person; therefore it is hateful and exceedingly offensive to [self-confident] fools to give up evil [upon which they have set their hearts]. – Proverbs 13:19, Amplified Bible (AMP) 2 Timothy 3:16 (AMP) states: Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction… Part of the instruction… Continue reading Not everybody thinks like God thinks.