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(David Harkins)  Learn from the past but don't be dominated by it; live in the present;look to the future

The story is told of Winston Chruchhill talking to a  lady who became so frustrated with him she told him that  if  he were her husband, she would put arsenic in  his drink, to which he repled that if she were his wife, he would drink it

( Adrian Rogers) The husband who says he never made a mistake has a wife who did

( Adrian  Rogers)  A man filed an amended tax return  with the IRS, stating that he had lied on the initial one when he said he was   the head of household

The story is told of the man who wrote the IRS a letter indicating  that he had had trouble sleeping at night because he had understated his income and was enclosing a check for  one hundred dollars. He added a PS that if he still couldn't sleep, he'd send them the rest he owed.

The purpose of life is a life with a purpose

( Warren Wiersbe) There is no easy way to do  a hard thing

Never forget that everyone you meet needs encouragement

Great words from an old gospel song that  say, " remind us of where you brought us from and where we could have been "

(Swindoll) Remember the pit, refuse the praise, rely on the power of God

( C. Stanley) Compromise leads to corruption which leads to collapse

(A. Rogers) Told the story of a Baptist talking to a Methodist and asking him why he was a Methodist. The man replied that his father and grandfather had been Methodists. The Baptist man told him that didn't make sense and asked him, " what if they had been fools, then what would you be ?"  The Methodist man thought for a moment and replied, " Probably a Baptist "

Do you live your life looking through the rearview mirror or the front windshield?

Bumper sticker: Friends are God's apology for some of our relatives

( Our Daily Bread) God's grace is immeasurable and His peace inexpressible

Question: Is your Christian life a delight or a duty?

If at first you don't succeed, trying doing it the way your wife told you in the first place

( Harry Rimmer) A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there

( Warren Wiersbe)  God, in His sovereignty, has given us freedom of choice

Some people's reality checks bounce