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May 29, 2024

Verse


Genesis 9:1-3

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

Quote


Roy T. Bennett,
"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choices you make makes you. Choose wisely."

Joke

What do you call a group of musical whales?
An orca-stra.

May 28, 2024

Verse


Psalm 32:8-10

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle
or they will not come to you.
Many are the woes of the wicked,
but the Lord’s unfailing love
surrounds the one who trusts in him.

Quote


Robert Frost,

"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."

Joke


Why did the bicycle fall over?
Because it was two-tired.

May 27, 2024

Verse


Matthew 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Quote


Joshua J. Marine, "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."

Joke


Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

May 24, 2024

Verse


Colossians 2:6-8
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces a of this world rather than on Christ.

Quote


John Irving, "If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."

Joke


"What do you call someone with no body and no nose? Nobody knows."

May 23, 2024

Verse


Exodus 3:14
God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

John 8:58
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

Quote


Abraham Lincoln, "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

Joke


"Did you hear the rumor about butter? Well, I'm not going to spread it!"

May 22, 2024

Verse


John 6:35-37
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

Quote


Elon Musk, "I'd rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right."

Joke


"Why can't a nose be 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot."

May 21, 2024

Verse


John 4:13-14
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Quote


Albert Einstein, "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid."

Joke


"What does a lemon say when it answers the phone?" "Yellow!"

May 20, 2024

Verse


John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome a it.

Quote


Napoleon Hill, "Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

Joke


"Dad, can you put the cat out?" "I didn't know it was on fire."

May 17, 2024

Verse


2 Peter 2:1-3

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.


Quote


James Clear, "People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied."


Joke


"My wife is really mad at the fact that I have no sense of direction. So I packed up my stuff and right!"

May 16, 2024

Verse


2 Peter 1:3-4

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.


Quote


Joshua J. Marine, "Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."


Joke


"I don't trust those trees. They seem kind of shady."

May 15, 2024

Verse


1 Peter 5:8-9

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.


Quote


Clarence Darrow, "When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it."


Joke


"I got carded at a liquor store, and my Blockbuster card accidentally fell out. The cashier said never mind."

May 14, 2024

Verse


1 Peter 4:7-9

The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.


Quote


Will Rogers,
"Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke."


Joke


"What has more letters than the alphabet?" "The post office!"

May 13, 2024

Verse


1 Peter 1:3-4

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.

Quote


Martin Luther King, Jr.,
"A genuine leader is not a searcher for the consensue but a molder of consensus."

Joke


"I only know 25 letters of the alphabet. I don't know y."

May 10, 2024

Verse


Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.


Quote


Margaret Thather,
"Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy."


Joke


"How do you make a tissue dance? You put a little boogie in it."

May 9, 2024

Verse


Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
for they refuse to do what is right.


Quote


George Washington,
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumbe and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."


Joke


"Why did the math book look so sad? Because of all of its problems!"

May 8, 2024

Verse


Proverbs 17:12

Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.


Quote


Horace 65 B.C.,
"Words once spoken can never be recalled."

Joke


"What does a bee use to brush its hair?" "A honeycomb!"

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