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Monday June 21, 2010 June 17th's entry "Gossip is insatiable because it is the digging of the hole and not the filling up of it". (DJS) "Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit" (Psalm 34:13, NKJV).
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Monday June 14, 2010
"The person who has many answers creates many problems. (DJS)
"For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned" (Matthew 12:37, NKJV).
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Monday May 31, 2010 (June 1st's entry in the book)
"When you leave everything in God's hands, what is unimportant will slip through His fingers to be quickly forgotten." (DJS)
"The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities" (Psalm 103:8-10, NKJV).
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Monday May 24, 2010
"Anyone can destroy, but who can build?" (DJS)
"Surely you have instructed many, and you have strengthened weak hands. Your words have upheld him who was stumbling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees" (Job 4:3-4, NKJV).
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Monday May 17, 2010 (May 18th's entry from the book)
"Details do not matter if your whole decision is wrong." (DJS)
"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision" (Joel 3:14, NKJV).
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Monday May 10, 2010 (May 11th's entry from the book)
"God's presence is His love." (DJS)
"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted calf with hatred" (Proverbs 15:17, NKJV).
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Monday May 3, 2010
"There is nothing we can do to successfully prepare for tomorrow except to conquer today." (DJS)
"Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away" (James 4:14, NKJV).
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Monday, April 27, 2010
"Grow without God and what are you growing into?" (DJS)
"The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways" (Deuteronomy 28:9, NKJV).
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Monday, April 19, 2010
"Good things happen after prayer." (DJS)
"And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven" (James 5:15, NKJV).
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Monday, April 12, 2010
"Do not look at the stone but look at the cross, the empty cross." (DJS)
"But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away - for it was very large" (Mark 16:4, NKJV).
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
"Unless you make sin history you will be overcome by your past." (DJS)
"His heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes out, he tells it" (Pslam 41:6, NKJV).
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Monday, March 29, 2010
"Growing up does not mean growing old, and growing old does not mean growing up." (DJS)
"Brethren, do not be children in understanding; however, in malice be babes, but in understanding be mature" (1 Corinthians 14:20, NKJV).
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Monday, March 22, 2010
"Character is the thing that arises after everything else has been scratched away." (DJS)
"For whom the Lord loves He corrects, just as a father the son in whom he delights" (Proverbs 3:12, NKJV).
Monday, March 15, 2010
"Average redefines itself with each new entry, technically speaking." (DJS)
"So then each of us shall give account of himself to God" (Romans 14:12, NKJV).
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Monday, March 8, 2010
"The provision of God lays all around us, we must only harvest it."
"Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest?' Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!" (John 4:35, NKJV).
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Sometimes the wealthy have a need that can only be filled by the poor: it is called alms.
Acts 20:35, NKJV, "I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'it is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
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Monday, February 22, 2010
A commitment is never firm until it is tested.
1 Thessalonians 2:4, NKJV, "But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts."
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Monday, February 15, 2010
There is much spirit, but there is only one Christ, He has only one Spirit and only one Father.
Douglas James Smith
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No one can fully appreciate the Lord's blessing and all He does for us, but we can fully give Him thanks.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written September 21, 2009
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Hope is an everyday foundation.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 12, 2010
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Those who entertain strangers make many friends.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written September 23, 2010
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
When peace escapes, run after it.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written October 6, 2009
© 2009
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
A little compromise leads to big prisons.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 3, 2009
© 2009
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Love can knock down hate.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 1, 2010
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Love can build up hope.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 1, 2010
© 2010
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Monday, February 8, 2010
The thief comes to steal and yet loses the most.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 1, 2010
© 2010
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
The good fight is always worth fighting, it is always worth winning.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 6, 2010
© 2010
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
Love is round, it keeps coming back to the ones it cherishes.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 1, 2010
© 2010
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Friday, February 5, 2010
When you love you will stand close to your neighbors.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written March 22, 2009
© 2009
When you love, your neighbors will stand close to you.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written February 1, 2010
© 2010
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
That which is seen through the eyes of anger is never truth.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 25, 2010
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The long diligent and dutiful road leads to daily blessings but the quick fix leads to ruin.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 15, 2010
© 2010
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
There is much in life that can be fixed through forgiveness.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 21, 2010
© 2010
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Monday, February 1, 2010
When love fails foundations crumble.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written June 26, 2009
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Honor comes when pride leaves.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written May 12, 2009
© 2009
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
If you run ahead of the Lord you will end up falling way behind Him.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written May 7, 2009
© 2009
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Friday, January 29, 2009
The Bible answers even questions we have not asked.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 26, 2009
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Thursday, January 28, 2009
The beauty of suffering is the revelation of Christ.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written October 7, 2008
© 2008
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Wednesday, January 27, 2009
Love humbles itself.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written October 8, 2008
© 2008
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
If you hate one person you cannot properly love another.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 26, 2009
© 2009
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Monday, January 25, 2010
Humility rarely has cause for embarrassment.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written October 9, 2008
© 2008
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Peace takes you places.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 24, 2009
© 2009
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Love likes close proximity but can survive on trust while apart.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 24, 2009
© 2009
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Inherently people are flawed, it is only through God's grace that we can overlook those flaws and accept them as people.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 15, 2000
© 2000
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
True brilliance is best understated.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 15, 2000
© 2000
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A will without the Lord is pride.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 13, 2000
© 2000
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Peace resides with the innocent.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 13, 2000
© 2000
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Monday, January 18, 2010
The inconceivableness of the Lord is the gap between our sin and His beauty.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 12, 2000
© 2000
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
Some things, once said, can never be unsaid. Other things, once unsaid, can never be said.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 11, 2000
© 2000
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
A righteous life is worth living,
Good seeds are worth planting,
Holy wheat is worth harvesting.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written October 13, 2000
© 2000
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Friday, January 15, 2010
No matter how many times things get wet they always dry. In the same way the Lord can rain down on us His blessings but if we do not continually live in His presence we dry up and wither.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 10, 2000
© 2000
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
It is in a time of need that prayers from the heart come out.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 10, 2000
© 2000
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
It is when the Lord shares secrets with you that you truly become humbled.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 14, 2000
© 2000
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Cleanse your life lest your sin be the anchor to death.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 12, 2000
© 2000
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Monday, January 11, 2010
The windows of the righteous person's home reflect peace.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 16, 2000
© 2000
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
The tongue is like a wild boar but through refinement it can be like a majestic horse.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written November 8, 2000
© 2000
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Saturday, January 9, 2010
We all have decisions to make, but the wise will let the Lord be their discernment.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written October 13, 2000
© 2000
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Friday, January 8, 2010
If you ever have the opportunity to throw out sin, take it.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 30, 2000
© 2000
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
In times of trouble sing and praise the Lord and watch your concerns wash away.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 30, 2000
© 2000
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
To communicate to people at all levels, go to their level.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 30, 2000
© 2000
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The most important step in any process is the first one, and every step is the first of all following.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 30, 2000
© 2000
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Monday, January 4, 2010
While there may be a thousand right ways to do something people often only see one.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 30, 2000
© 2000
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
It is in our times of trouble that our faith guides us like a beacon.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 30, 2000
© 2000
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
The person who accepts you in the bad times has the right to be there in the good times.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written January 10, 2001
© 2001
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Those who scale the mountain know how to exist at the top, but those artificially placed at the top are usually bucked off.
Douglas James Smith
Originally written December 4, 2000
© 2000
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