Shanelle Ann

How a Wise Man Travels [09-18]

Quote (Sept. 18, 2020): "A wise man travels to discover himself." (James Russell Lowell)
Joshua 1:9 -> "Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
John 15:16 -> "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed YOU so that you might go and bear fruit - fruit that will last - and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you." 

”Anyone can Survive” [09-17]

Quote (Sept. 17, 2020): "Surviving is important. Thriving is Elegant." (Maya Angelou)
Ezek. 16:7 -> He made his people thrive like plants of the field, growing up and maturing, becoming very beautiful... they started out as stark naked.
Ezek. 17:9-10 -> Will it Thrive? Even in winds and trials?Ezek. 17:24 -> The Lord brings down the tall tree and makes the low tree grow tall. He is the Lord. 

Religion is a Journey of a Thousand Miles [09-16]

Quote (Sept. 16, 2020): "Go for the journey of a thousand miles." 
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." (James 1:27)

Our Future Belongs to what We Believe is Beauty [09-14/15]

Quote (Sept. 14/15, 2020): "The Future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." (Eleanor Roosevelt)
"..put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator." (Col. 3:10)

Ambition to die of Exhaustion [09-13]

Quote (Sept. 13, 2020): "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." (Thomas Calyle)
"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace." (Romans 8:6, NIV)

Faith to open Your Parachute in Life [09-12]

Quote (Sept. 12, 2020): "Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open." (Thomas Dewar)
"For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (2 Tim. 1:7)

Let Your Adventure Begin [09-11]

Quote (Sept. 11, 2020): "Let the adventure begin"
Psa. 30:4-5 ->"Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
For his anger endures but a moment; in his favour is life: Weeping may endure for a night, but JOY comes in the morning." 

Greater the Handicap, Greater the Triumph [09-10]

Quote (Sept. 10, 2020): "I believe the greater the handicap, the greater the triumph." (John H. Johnson)
James 1:2-4 -> Consider it pure JOY when faced with trials of many kinds. For the testing of our faith produces perseverance. With patience, perseverance will finish its work so that we may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 

Riches | Dreams | Life [09-09]

Quote (Sept. 9, 2020): "Make your dreams happen."
Prov. 22:1-4"A good name is more desirable than great riches;to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
Rich and poor have this in common:The Lord is the Maker of them all.
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honour and life."

Service of Others [09-07/08]

Quote (Sept. 7/8, 2020): "The best way to FIND yourself is to LOSE yourself in the Service of Others." (Mahatma Gandhi)
Heb. 10:1 -> The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming - not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
Psa. 1:1-3 -> Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nore sits in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; meditating on it day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.