12/25
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world – stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death – and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem two thousand years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. Henry Van Dyke
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12/26
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. Matthew 18:21-22
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes
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12/27
You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28
I said to a man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown”; and he replied, “Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than a light and safer than a known way!” King George VI
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12/28
David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.” 1 Samuel 17:32
God is preparing his heroes. And when the opportunity comes, He can fit them into their places in a moment. And the world will wonder where they came from. A.B. Simpson
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12/29
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3
You have enough baggage to carry without carrying the sins of others. Kevin Everett FitzMaurice
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12/30
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
A friend can tell you things you don’t want to tell yourself. Frances Ward Weller
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12/31
There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18
Leave the broken, irreversible past in God’s hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him. Oswald Chambers
