From: st2c9@jane.uh.edu (Pou Lee: The MUG@UH Fellow) Subject: More ODB Catchy Sayings Reply-To: st2c9@jane.uh.edu Organization: University of Houston Lines: 297 Quotes from Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread is a devotional help for spiritual growth. One can spend some ten to fifteen minutes at most reading the daily portion of scriptures and a related short article that brings the scriptures alive in applying in today's society. It ends with a saying at the bottom. This article is a collection of these sayings. Our Daily Bread is one of the many ministries/services provided by Resources for Biblical Communication. It is FREE. To receive the literature, just write and ask for it. The contact addresses are listed below. Write to Radio Bible Class. Copyright 1989 Radio Bible Class, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49555-0001 Canada: Box 1622, Windsor, Ontario N9A 6Z7 Australia: Box 365, Ryde, 2112 NSW Europe: Box 1, Carnforth, Lancs., England LA5 9ES Africa: Box 1652, Manzini, Swaziland Africa: PMB 2010, Jos, Nigeria Philippines: Box 288, Greenhills, 1502 Metro Manila Sayings with related scriptures in December/January/February 89-90 issue of Our Daily Bread When God saves us, all our sins are forgiven, forgotten, forever! Romans 5:1-11 Life with Christ is difficult; without Him it's hopeless. Ecclesiastes 4:1-6 It's the sin we cover up that eventually brings us down. Psalm 19:7-14 You're not ready to live until you're ready to die. Acts 21:1-14 Trusting in God's power prevents panic. Isaiah 40:6-17 The Bible is a record of man's compete ruin in sin and God's compte remedy in Christ. - Barnhouse 2 Timothy 3:10-17 Jesus can change the foulest sinners into the finest saints. Ephesians 2:1-10 They witness best who witness with their lives. Acts 4:23-33 God came to dwell with man that man might dwell with God. Philippians 2:5-11 A hurting person needs a helping hand, not an accusing finger. Psalm 109:1,2, 14-31 What you decide about Jesus determines your destiny. John 20:24-29 We must go to sinners if we expect sinners to come to the Savior. Romans 1:8-15 Knowing that God sees us brings both conviction and cofidence. Job 34:21-28 God's chastening is not cruel but corrective. Hebrews 12:4-17 When you think of all that's good, give thanks to God. Psalm 44:1-8 Man's greatest goal: give glory to God. 1 Peter 5:5-7 God loves every one of us as if there were but one of us to love. Romans 8:31-39 Only the bread of life can satisfy man's spiritual hunger. John 6:28-41 Conscience can be our compass if the word of God is our chart. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Salvation is free, but you must receive it. Isaiah 55:1-5 If we're not as spiritual as we could be, we're not as spiritual as we should be. 2 Timonty 1:1-7 Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal what he's made of. Matthew 1:18-25 Make room for Jesus in your heart, and he will make room for you in heaven. Matthew 2:1-18 Heaven's choir came down to sing when heaven's king came down to save. Luke 2:1-20 God's highest gift awakens man's deepest gratitude. Luke 2:21-38 Serving the Lord is an investment that pays eternal dividends. 1 Peter 4:12-19 Time misspent is not lived but lost. Psalm 39:4-13 The measure of our love is the measure of our sacrifice. 1 Peter 4:7-11 God requires faithfulness; God rewards with fruitfulness. Luke 19:11-27 How you spend time determines how you spend eternity. Psalm 90:1-12 If you aim for nothing, you're sure to hit it. Daniel 1:1-8 The Christian's future is as bright as the promises of God. Psalm 23 Christ as Savior brings us peace with God; Christ as Lord brings the peace of God. Colossians 1:13-20 They who only sample the word of God never acquire much of a tast for it. Psalm 119:97-104 Unless one drinks now of the "water of life", he will thirst forever! Revelation 22:12-17 A hyprocrite is a person who is not himself on Sunday. Daniel 6:1-10 Be life long or short, its completeness depends on what it is lived for. Ecclesiates 9:1-12 God loves you and me - let's love each other. 2 Corinthians 13 It's always too soon to quit. Genesis 37:12-28 The character we build in this world we carry into the next. Matthew 7:24-29 God sends trials not to impair us but to improves us. 2 Corinthians 4:8-18 Marriage is either a holy wedlock or an unholy deadlock. 2 Corinthians 5:11-18 We are adopted through God's grace to be adapted to God's use. Galatians 6:1-10 Our children are watching: what we are speak louder than what we say. Proverbs 31:10-31 Union with Christ is the basis for unity among believers. Psalm 133 Keep out of your life all that would crowd Christ out of your heart. Romans 6:1-14 Don't try to bear tomorrow's burdens with today's grace. Matthew 6:25-34 Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you. 2 Kings 20:1-7 Some convictions are nothing more than prejudices. Galatians 3:26-29 Unless you velieve, you will not understand. - Augustine Hebrews 11:1-6 Christ is the only way to heaven; all other paths are detours to doom. 2 Corinthians 4:1-7 Many Christians are doing nothing, but no Christians have nothing to do! John 4:31-38 We bury the seed; God brings the harvest. Isaiah 55:8-13 The texture of eternity is woven on the looms of time. Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 It's not just what we know about God but how we use what we know. 1 Corinthians 8 The best way to avoid lying is to do nothing that needs to be concealed. Acts 5:1-11 God transforms trials into blessing by surrounding them with His love and grace. 2 Chronicles 20:1-4, 20-30 Confessing your sins is no substitute for forsaking them. Psalm 51:1-10 If you shoot arrows of envy at others, you would yourself. Philippians 1:12-18 He who has no vision of eternity doesn't know the value of time. Ephesians 5:8-17 He who abandons himself to God will never be abandoned by God. Psalm 123 No danger can come so near the Christian that God is not nearer. Psalm 121 Many a man lays down his life trying to lay up a fortune. Matthew 6:19-24 God's grace is infinite love expressing itself through infinite goodness. Philippians 1:1-11 One way to do great things for Christ is to do little things for others. Romans 16:1-16 You rob yourself of being you when you try to do what others are meant to do. Romans 12:1-8 Don't pretend to be what you don't intend to be. Matthew 23:1-15 Meeting God in our trials is better than getting out of them. Psalm 42 If sinners are to escape God's judgement, God's people must point the way. Matthew 24:15-27 It's not a sin to get angry when you get angry at sin. John 2:13-22 We prepare for the darkness by learning to pray in the light. 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Christianity is not a way of doing certain things but a certain way of doing all things. Ephesians 5:1-7 Better to know the truth and beware than to believe a lie and not care. Jeremiah 28 A true servant does not live to himself, for himself, or by himself. Genesis 13 Those who do the most earthly good are those who are heavely mined. Philippians 1:19-26 A good marriage requires a determination to be married for good. Genesis 2:18-24 If you're looking for something to give your life to, look to the one who gave His life for you. 1 Corinthians 3:1-11 When we have nothing left but God, we discover that God is enough. Psalm 46 God is with us inthe darkness as surely as He is with us in the light. 1 Peter 1:1-9 Some people spend most of their life at the complaint counter. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 Of all creation, only man can say "yes" or "no" to God. Genesis 9:8-17 The most rewarding end in life is to know the life that never ends. Ecclesiates 8:10-15 One of the marks of a well-fed soul is a well read Bible. Joshua1:1-9 Because God gives us all we need, we should give to those in need. Proverbs 14:20-31 It's never too early to receive Christ, but at any moment it could be too late. Luke 16:19-31 God's grace keeps pace with whatever we face. 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 When we give God our burdens, He gives us a song. Psalm 57 Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain. - Emerson 1 Corinthians 2:1-8 The best way to conquer an enemy is by the strategy of love. Matthew 5:38-48 ****************************************************************************** Loneliness is being unaware of the One who is with us everywhere. ****************************************************************************** When the Christian stays his mind on Christ, he develops a wonderful CALMplex. ******************************************************************************