The Word

Ponder: With regard to WORK, how is more important than what. Practice: Whatever you do, WORK at it with all your heart. (Colossians 3:23 – NIV)

Ponder: A FRESH start without a FRESH attitude goes nowhere fast. Practice: Clean the slate, God, so we can start the day FRESH! (Psalm 19:10 – TM)

Ponder: Fulfillment follows when God’s PURPOSE for life becomes your PURPOSE in life. Practice: God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his PURPOSE. (Romans 8:28 – NIV)

Ponder: Those who obey God’s COMMANDMENT to love, bring heaven to earth. Practice: This is My COMMANDMENT, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12 – RSV)

Ponder: Real JOY is a taste of heaven on earth. Practice: I will shout for JOY because of the works of Your hands. (Psalm 92:4 – HCSB)

Ponder: When you ENCOURAGE another you ENCOURAGE yourself. Practice: ENCOURAGE one another and build one another up. (1 Thessalonians 5:11 – RSV)

Ponder: God’s BLESSINGS are conditional; to get more, you must give more. Practice: BLESSINGS shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God. (Deuteronomy 28:2 – RSV)

Ponder: Earthly TREASURES satisfy for now; heavenly TREASURES satisfy forever. Practice: Store up for yourselves TREASURES in heaven. (Matthew 6:20 – NRSV)

Ponder: Good VISION is farsighted from God’s perspective. Practice Where there is no VISION, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18 – KJV)

Ponder: INTELLIGENCE is a matter of attitude, not just aptitude. Practice: He who listens to reproof gains INTELLIGENCE. (Proverbs 15:32 – ESV)