12/4
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8
We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it. WilliamButlerYeats
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12/5
Our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. 1 Thessalonians 1:5
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. G.K. Chesterton
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12/6
What is wrong with the people? Why are they weeping? 1 Samuel 11:5
No man treats a motor car as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying behavior to sin, he does not say, “You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go.” He attempts to find out what is wrong and set it right. Bertrand Russell
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12/7
They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green. Psalm 92:14
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Stanislaw J. Lec
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12/8
Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land. Exodus 23:30
Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little. Plutarch
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12/9
This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3
Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by what is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him? Pierre Troubetzkoy
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12/10
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. Mark 11:25
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi Be Strong! Forgive!