Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy, and where thieves do not break in nor steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also... (Matthew 6:19-21)

 

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding... (Proverbs 9:10)

 

Light has come into the world but men loved darkness more than the Light; for their deeds were evil... (John 3:19)

 

 

For if they do these things while the tree is green; what will they do when it is dry... (Luke 23:31)

 

For where two or three are gathered in My name, there I am among them.... (Matthew 18:20)

 

 

If it had not been the LORD who was on our side— let Israel now say— If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us... (Psalm 124:1-3)

 

 

He who is faithful in the very little is also faithful in much. He who is unjust in the very little is also unjust in much... (Luke 16:10)

 

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For many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons and in your name we performed many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:22-23)

 

"I am the Light of the world..." (John 8:12)

 

The Lord gives, the Lord takes, yet let the name of the Lord be blessed in all circumstance... (Job 1:21)

 

It is the end result that matters...

 

A word spoken out of place is like a joint out of socket...

 

You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts... (Luke 16:15)

 

 

"Our society is careful not to offend anyone except God..."

 

 

Extol not yourself in your own heart; lest your soul be torn into pieces, as a bull been left astray ... (Ecclesiasticus 6:2)

 

 

 

 

يونان النبى - تأملات في قصص العهد القديم - أبونا داود لمعي

ماذا ينفع الإنسان لو ربح العالم كله وخسر نفسه †

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O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot... (Psalm 16:5)

 

Instruct a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it... (Proverbs 22:6)

 

Whom have I in heaven but You and earth has nothing I desire besides You... (Psalm 73:25)

 

But Jesus said to her, everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I give him shall never thirst... (John 4:13-14)

 

What the wicked fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.. (Proverbs 10:24)

 

A righteous man may fall seven times a day and yet he rises, but when the wicked falls a disaster shall await him... (Proverbs 24:16)

 

 

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labour in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain... (Psalm 127:1)

 

But the natural man does not accept the things of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand them, for they are spiritually discerned... (1 Corinthians 2:14)

 

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For if we live, we live for the Lord and if we die, we die for the Lord. So whether we live or die, we are the Lord's... (Romans 14:8)

 

 

السقوط السريع ...

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets to be seen by men. Assuredly I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut the door and pray to your Father who is in the secret place. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly... (Matthew 6:5-6)

 

واحده سالت من الرب واياها التمس، ان اسكن في بيت الرب كل ايام حياتي، لكي انظر الى جمال الرب واتفرس في هيكله - One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD and to meditate in His holy sanctuary....

 

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.... (Maria Faustina)

 

Prayer of St Francis of Assisi...

 

 

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)