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We have a Bible verse every day, a quote from a significant other, and a joke to give you a smile.

Jan 17, 2024

A Verse:

Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Philippians 2:3-4

 
A Quote:

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

Mahatma Gandhi
 

A Joke:

What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?

"Supplies!"

Jan. 15, 2024

A Verse:

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

1 John 3:185

A Quote:

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

 Maya Angelou

A Joke:

Did you hear about the kidnapping at the park?

They woke up.

Jan. 12, 2024

A Verse:

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

John 13:34-35

 
A Quote:

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

George Eliot


A Joke:

Why don't skeletons fight each other?

They don't have the guts.

Jan. 11, 2024

A Verse:

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:19-20

A Quote:

 "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Edmund Burked
 

A Joke:

How does NASA organize a party?

They planet.

Jan. 10, 2024

A Verse:

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Acts 1:7-8

 
A Quote:

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

Elbert Hubbard
 

A Joke:

What do you get from a pampered cow?

Spoiled milk.

Jan. 9, 2024

A Verse:

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

 
A Quote:

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

Mark Twains
 

A Joke:

I took the shell off of my racing snail, thinking it would make him faster.

But if anything, it made him more sluggish.

Jan 8, 2024

A Verse:

Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine.

Proverbs 3:9-10


A Quote:

"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."

Steve Jobs
 

A Joke:

The first rule of the Alzheimer’s club is…

Wait, where are we again?

Jan. 6, 2024

A Verse:

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 4:5

A Quote:

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle

A Joke:

Two windmills are standing on a wind farm. One asks,

‘What’s your favorite kind of music?’

The other replies, ‘I’m a big metal fan.'


Jan. 5, 2024

A Verse:

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His [a]life a ransom for many.”

Mark 10:45

A Quote:

 "The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today."

H. Jackson Brown Jr.
 

A Joke:

You heard the rumor going around about butter?

Never mind, I shouldn’t spread it.

Jan. 4, 2024

A Verse:

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Hebrews 12:3

 
A Quote:

"The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow."

Buckminster Fuller
 

A Joke:

Why is Peter Pan always flying?

Because he Neverlands. (I love this joke because it never grows old.)

Jan. 3, 2024

Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast,immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

 

Quote: Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

 

Joke:

Why are toilets always so good at poker?

They always get a flush

Jan. 2, 2024

A Verse:

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:2

 
A Quote:

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

Charles R. Swindolla
 

A Joke:

What does a house wear?

Address!

Dec. 29, 2023

A Verse:

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

1 John 2:15-16

 
A Quote:

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

Buddha
 

A Joke:

Where does a waitress with only one leg work?

IHOP

Dec. 28, 2023

A Verse:

And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

Luke 9:23

 

A Quote:

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

Ralph Waldo Emerson
 


A Joke:

How do you measure a snake?

In inches—they don’t have feet.

Dec. 27, 2023

A Verse:

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33


A Quote:

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

Abraham Lincoln


A Joke:

I entered ten puns in a contest to see which would win.

No pun in ten did.

Dec. 26, 2023

A Verse:

How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping it according to Your word.
With all my heart I have sought You;
Do not let me wander from Your commandments.
Your word I have treasured in my heart,
That I may not sin against You.

Psalms 119:9-11

A Quote:

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Joke:

What kind of shorts do clouds wear?

Thunderpants.

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