Three Things in life

Three things in life once gone never come back.
1. Words (Speech), 2. Opportunity and 3. Time
Three things in life are never Sure.
1. Dream, 2. Success and 3. Fortune
Three things in life that make you a great person.
1. Hard work, 2. Sincerity and 3. Success
Three things in life are most valuable.
1. Love, 2. Self respect and 3. Friends
Three things in life must not be lost.
1. Peace, 2. Honesty and 3. Hope
Three things in life that destroy a person.
1. Greed, 2. Pride and 3. Anger
Ref: i got this message from a friend :)

When you Change your-self you can Change the World.

When I was young I set out to Change the world. When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious, so I set out to change my state. This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious, so I set out to Change my town. When I realized that I could not to even this, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by Changing myself. If I had started with myself, may be then I would have succeeded in Changing my Family, the Town, or even the State- and who knows, may be the World. anonymous

Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-20.
The Ten Commandments are God's moral guidelines for all people in all generations. If God wanted us to live in moral Uncertainty, He would given us Ten Suggestion, not Ten Commandments!

Cheap Grace

Cheap Grace is Preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance. Baptism without church Discipline. Cheap Grace is Grace without discipleship, grace without the Cross, Grace without Jesus Christ living and incarnate.

Hope

Hope is more than just a Feeling, more than just a belief,
it is sentiment capable of making the different between
Life and Death.
Hope is not something that we learn but something
that is born within us; but we can learn to cultivate it
with care, love and grace.
Hope is both, our Humanity and Divinity.
Hope is NOT a Dream. It is more than wishful thinking or
an optimistic attitude. Hope is a Way of Living.

If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving,
you lose the courage to be, that quality that helps you to go on
in spite of it all. So today i still have a dream Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is a wrong to offer Hope to someone when there is no real
intention to help, to crate an expectation and then frustrate it.
God has not called us to see through each other, but to see
each other through. Anonymous

Every act of Hope is filled with the potential of goodness.
Hope brings to life many other gifts and fruits from the Spirit such as:
Trust
Fortitude
Compassion
Patience
Kindness.

Hope can soften the suffering of others, because it can be easily
passed from one person to another.
Elie Weisel

We received Spiritual Gifts Because they have a purpose both
in our lives and in the lives of others we touch: to rekindle Faith in other's
heart's and in life itself.
Hope always give new breath to our Tired Soul.
Without Hope Life loses its Meaning.Lamentation 3:18


Ref: http://www.imeem.com/groups/FsYPnhYt/video/Mdr3jvuC/hope_is_
a_gift_from_the_spirit_music_video/

Day by Day

Day by day, O Dear Lord, three things I pray:
to See Thee more Clearly,
Love Thee more Dearly, and
Follow Thee more Nearly. Amen

Richard of Chichester, England, 13th cent.

For God's Gifts

O Holy God,
open unto me
light for my darkness,
courage for my fear,
hope for my despair.
O Loving God,
open unto me
wisdom for my confusion,
forgiveness for my sins,
love for my hate.

O God of Peace,
open unto me
peace for my turmoil,
joy for my sorrow,
strength for my weakness.
O generous God,
open my heart
to receive all your gifts.
Amen.

Howard Thurman, USA
The Howard Thurman Educational Trust

The Prayer of Saint Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may bot much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we received,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.


Francis of Assisi, Italy, 13th cent.

The Serenity Prayer

God, grant me
the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and
the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. Amen

Anonymous

Prayer for New :)

O God, give me
a pure heart, that I may see thee;
a humble heart, that I may hear thee;
a heart of Love, that I may serve thee;
a heart of faith, that I may abide in Thee.
Amen :)

For Guidance

O God, just as we look into a mirror to see any soiled spots on our face, so let us look to you in order to understand the things that we have done amiss. We are like a reed shaken in the wind; We are inexpressibly weak. Leave us not to ourselves, but dwell in our hearts and guide our thoughts and actions. Amen

Freedom in Christ

Gracious God, make me sensitive to all the evidences of your goodness; and may I, trusting in you, free myself of the terror of death, and feel free to live intensely and happily the life you have given me. Amen.

Rubem ALves (Brazil)