"Wise" Sayings (fellowship thread)

[rural_preacher]

(Share your "wise" sayings, or ones that you have heard that you think are worth repeating.)

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Maturity is knowing when and where to be immature






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[SumTinWong]

"Any of it [teaching] that is good is in the Word of God, and any that is not in the Word of God is not good. I am a Bible Christian and if an archangel with a wingspread as broad as a constellation shining like the sun were to come and offer me some new truth, I'd ask him for a reference. If he could not show me where it is found in the Bible, I would bow him out and say, 'I'm awfully sorry, you don't bring any references with you'"- A.W. Tozer

[SumTinWong]

George MacLeod of Scotland said, "I simply argue that the cross should be raised at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves; on the town’s garbage heap; at a crossroad, so cosmopolitan they had to write His title in Hebrew and Latin and Greek . . . at the kind of a place where cynics talk smut, and thieves curse, and soldiers gamble. Because that is where He died. And that is what He died for. And that is what He died about. That is where church-men ought to be and what church-men ought to be about."

[SumTinWong]

Genuine faith may be in the soul like a hidden seed, but as yet it may not have budded and blossomed into joy and peace.

[SumTinWong]

"In view of the testimony offered by the writers of scripture, Christian faith rests on the surest grounds possible. Of course I've not seen every claim by every religion there is, but of those I have seen none other comes even close to having the grounds we have for Christian trust in God. Contrary to some, even some Christians, our faith is not a blind faith, but one backed up by clear and evident proof, beginning with the existence of God to the revelation of Himself in Jesus Christ. Those who reject the evidence do not do so because of the lack of evidence, but because of their own errant hearts."

[SumTinWong]

A fight to the death between zombies has a few inherent problems.

[brotherjim]

"With much Wisdom comes much sorrow."

- God

[Iollain]

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Sir Winston Churchill

[Iollain]

It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
Sir Winston Churchill

[Tenorvoice]

My signature says enough for itself....

[Matthan]

To be a Christian is to be despised by many, loved by few, and known to God.

[2Timothy2]

Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you ought.

[SumTinWong]

It is foolishness to play leap frog with a unicorn

[rural_preacher]

It is foolishness to play leap frog with a unicorn

OUCH!! :(


^_^


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[SumTinWong]

Bibles that are falling apart usually belong to people who are not.

[rural_preacher]

It is hard to care for others when you are comfortable yourself.



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[SumTinWong]

If you lost your left arm, your right arm would be left.

[2Timothy2]

If you lost your left arm, your right arm would be left.

:D :scratch: :D :scratch: :D :scratch: :D

[SumTinWong]

Only a pessimist complains about the noise when oppurtunity knocks.

[Tenorvoice]

Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you ought.

Actually Josh Mcdowell said it this way......

"true freedom isn't doing what you want to do, but doing what you know is right."

[Diane_Windsor]

"Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it."--I believe George Santayana said this (or something similar).

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest until the good is better and the better is best."

No Jesus, No Peace
Know Jesus, Know Peace (Bumper sticker)

Diane
:)

[SumTinWong]

If drinking and driving is illegal, why do bars have parking lots?

[Sword-In-Hand]

The next moment is as much beyond our grasp, as as much in God's care, as the next hundred years away. Care for the next minute is as foolish as care for a day in the next thousand years. In neither we can do anything, in both God is doing everything--C.S. Lewis

[Sword-In-Hand]

A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have--D.L. Moody

[Sword-In-Hand]

If life is easy and you're not getting attacked by the adversary, then you're doing something wrong and the devil already has you where he wants you.

[SumTinWong]

"Important as it is that we recognize God working in us, I would yet warn against an over preoccupation with the thought. It is a sure road to sterile passivity. God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, ‘Oh Lord Thou knowest.’ Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God's omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints."
AW Tozer

[SumTinWong]

"Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become ‘unity’ conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life."
AW Tozer

[SumTinWong]

"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."

"The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian."

AW Tozer

[SumTinWong]

"Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn."

Charles Wesley

[SumTinWong]

"The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on tiptoe."
"There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself."
"Work as if everything depended on you and pray as if everything depended on God."
"This book (the Bible) will keep you from sin or sin will keep you from this book."

DL Moody

[ZiSunka]

When Christ calls a man (or woman) He calls him to come and die. D. Bonhoeffer.
Purity of the heart is to be single-minded. S. Kierkegaard

[SumTinWong]

"The Church is the one institution that exists for those outside it."
William Tyndale

"Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails."
Watchman Nee

"God does not have to come and tell me what I must do for Him, He brings me into a relationship with Himself where I hear His call and understand what He wants me to do, and I do it out of sheer love to Him... When people say they have had a call to foreign service, or to any particular sphere of work, they mean that their relationship to God has enabled them to realize what they can do for God."
Oswald Chambers

[Stefan Davidovich]

Hello everyone. I'm new to this website...just thought I'd share a couple quotes that have meant a great deal to me:

"If Jesus Chrsit be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him." - CT Studd

"In our private communions with God, time is essential to the value of the prayer. Much time spent with God is the secret of all successful praying." - EM Bounds

"Spirituality that saves men from hell and keeps men from vulgar sins is wonderful, but, i believe elementary. When Paul went to the Cross, the miracle of conversion and regeneration took place; but later when he got on the Cross, the greater miracle of identification took place." - Leonard Ravenhill

Well those are some quotes that have meant a great deal to me. I look forward to getting to know you all.

Your brother in Christ,

Stephen

[SumTinWong]

EM Bounds rocks on the subject of prayer, thanks for that !!!

Welcome to the forum !!!!

[ZiSunka]

An ability and an opportunity to do a good work should be considered a call to do it. DL Moody

[SumTinWong]

Confession without repentance is just bragging. - Rev. Eugene Bolton

In the beginning, God created the Baptists. And the Baptists looked at themselves and said: We good. And God saw it was too late.

[unimportantbuthisnameis]

Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/248.html)
Albert Einstein (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Albert_Einstein/)

[unimportantbuthisnameis]

They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/1042.html)

Emily Dickinson (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Emily_Dickinson/)

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. (http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/23640.html)

H. L. Mencken (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/H._L._Mencken/)

[2Timothy2]

Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out.

[rural_preacher]

Hello everyone. I'm new to this website...

Welcome to the Forum!

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[Lutherrunner]

"Why can't we all just get along?".....Rodney King

[rural_preacher]

Jesus said, "All men will hate you because of me...By standing firm you will gain life." (Matt. 21:17 & 19).


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[SumTinWong]

When we long for a life with no difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure. - Peter Marshall

"God is dead." - Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead" - God

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada." - Britney Spears

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. - Benny Hill

[SonOfThunder]

Treat you wife like a thorough-bred horse, or she might turn into an old nag!!

(unknown, but I like it)


James

[ZiSunka]

"I get to go to lots of overseas places, like Canada." - Britney Spears

Um, Bud? This is supposed to be a WISE sayings thread. :D

[SumTinWong]

Oh yeah, well since I learned my Theology from her and Madonna... JOKE!!! Just kidding :D

How about this?
No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.

[ZiSunka]

"All roads might lead to Rome, but only the Way, the Truth and the Life leads to heaven."