For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity....(Ecclesiasticus 2:5)

 

Do not take advantage of the riches of His kindness, forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness should lead you to repentance... (Romans 2:4)

 

How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can ever be numbered... (Psalm 92:5; Psalm 40:5)

 

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things and revive me in your paths... (Genesis 50:20)

 

They have meant it for harm but the LORD has meant it for good... (Genesis 50:20)

 

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, who have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your hand, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honour. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas. O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth! (Psalm 8)

Do as they say, not as they do... (Matthew 23:3)

 

 

"Some people come into our lives as blessings. Others come into our lives as lessons..." (Blessed Theresa)

 

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be filled with light but if your eye is evil then your whole body will be filled with darkness. If the light that is within you is darkness, then how great is that darkness! (Matthew 6:22-23)

 

"He who kneels before Christ, can stand before anyone... "

 

"He who leaves everything in the hand of God, will see the hand of God in everything..." من يضع كل شيء في يد الله سوف يرى يد الله في كل شيء

 

Do not believe every spirit, but test them to see if they are from God... When an unclean spirit leaves a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and it finds none. Then it says to itself, ‘I will return to the house from which I came..." but when it returns, it finds that house empty, swept, and put into order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter and dwell in that house such that the last state of that man is worse than his beginning... (1 John 4:1; Matthew 12:43-45)

 

Do not be over-righteous, neither be over-wise-- for why destroy yourself? (Ecclesiastes 7:16)

 

“Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk..." (Acts 3:6)

 

المجد لك ايها المسيح

The satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet (Proverbs 27:7) ... النفس الشبعانة تدوس العسل وللنفس الجائعة كل مر حلو

 

..but if you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. For on their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified... (1 Peter 4:14)

 

If we remember our end, there will be nothing in this world worth fighting over...

 

Do not fear those who kill the body but afterwards can do no more. But fear Him who has the authority to destroy both soul and body in never quenching fire... Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.. (Matthew 10:28; Matthew 7:15)

 

Love covers a multitude of faults... Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away... (1 Peter 4:8; 1 Corinthians 13:8)..

 

So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and He relents from doing harm... (Joel 2:13)

 

If the world resents you, remember that it resented Me first... A servant is not greater than his master.. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world and I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.. (John 15:18; John 15:20; John 15:19)

 

..and if a mother forgets her nursing child, I will never forget you... Which one of you if his son asks for a fish will give him a snake? Or if he asks for bread will give him a stone? If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more your father who is in heaven? .. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow has its own worries. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble... (Isaiah 49:15; Matthew 7:9-11; Matthew 6:34)

 

For what profit is it to man if he gains the whole world and yet loses his own soul? Or what can one give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26) - "لأَنَّهُ مَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يُعْطِي الإِنْسَانُ فِدَاءً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟

 

As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters and as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until He shows His mercy upon us... (Psalm 123:2)

 

See that I have set before you life and death; a blessing and a curse... Choose life therefore that you and your descendants may live... (Deuteronomy 30:19)

 

..and now these three things will remain: Faith, Hope and Love. But the greatest of these is Love... (1 Corinthians 13:13)

 

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe... A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes you will observe the reward of the wicked... The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous ... but the way of the wicked He will turn upside down... (Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 91:7-8; Psalm 34:15; Psalm 146:9)

 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path... (Proverbs 3:5-6)

 

In this world you will have tribulation but remember that I have overcome the world... (John 16:33)

 

Jesus said, “I am The way, The Truth and The Life... No one comes to the Father, except through Me.. ” (John 14:6)

 

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in season, whose leaf also shall not wither and whatever he does shall prosper... (Psalm 1:1-3)