True Values
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12 KJV
A Compilation May 2012
Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men.—Albert Einstein
Mahatma Gandhi identified the seven sins in the world as wealth without work, pleasure before conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principle.
We must understand spiritual truths and apply them to our modern life. We must draw strength from the almost forgotten virtues of simplicity, humility, contemplation, and prayer. It requires a dedication beyond science, beyond self, but the rewards are great and it is our only hope.—Charles Lindbergh
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.—Pearl S. Buck
Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have that you wouldn’t sell for money.—Author unknown
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.—Martin Luther King Jr.
Life in time remains without meaning if it does not find its meaning in eternity.—Nicolas Berdyaew
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it—William James
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.—Norman MacEwan
If life be short, then moderate your worldly cares and projects; do not cumber yourselves with too much provision for a short voyage.—Author unknown
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.—Helen Keller
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.—Albert Schweitzer
Jesus said, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”1 Living, the real thing, doesn’t consist of things at all, because things cannot truly satisfy. They may temporarily satisfy the body but they can never satisfy the soul or the spirit that cries out to God its Father for the joy and happiness and the eternal fulfillment that only God can give.—David Brandt Berg
1. Luke 12:15
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LET THE LORD BE YOUR FIRST LOVE AND ALWAYS KEEP HIM IN THAT PLACE
For Christ to be valued at all, He must be valued ABOVE all! You must seek first the King and His Kingdom!--And to seek first means foremost and above all!--Before everything else, above everything else, beyond everything else, and more than anything else! The FIRST place must belong to HIM!
The most important time you have to spend is with the Lord! To neglect your fellowship with the King of kings because you're so busy with the affairs of the kingdom can be disastrous to your spiritual life and communion with the Lord! "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me."--Not even His service!--Nor even lost souls! So it behooves you to give God a little time, and we should give Him some time every day!--Every single day!
But if you'll just put the Lord first and delight yourself in Him most of all, then He can trust you with other things, because they will not come between you and the Lord. They will not supersede nor overshadow nor distract, but they will supplement and be a help and merely augment your service to Him!--And all things shall be added unto you by His power and His strength and His might and in His time!
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