Spiritual Vitamins

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. – Proverbs 3:4-5 

Where there is love there is no darkness.  –  Burundi Proverb  

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. – Matthew 22:34-40 

What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. – Eleanor Powell 

My soul finds rest in God alone: My salvation comes from Him.  – Psalms 62:1 

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases his mercies never
 come to an end; they are new every morning. – Lamentations 3:22-23 

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson 

It is such comfort to drop the tangles of life into God’s hands and leave them there. – Author Unknown 

The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God. – Robert Burns 

Faith is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes can see.  – William Newton Clark   

Prayer releases the power and wisdom of God into a situation. – Author Unknown 

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.  – I Corinthians 14:33 

The Lord is good. His love endures forever, his faithfulness continues through all generations. – Psalms 100:5 

Stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.  –  Job 37:14 

God often comforts us, not by changing the circumstances of our lives, but by changing our attitude toward them.  – S.H.B. Masterman 

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. – Phillips Brooks 

The virtue of a man ought to be measured, not by his extra-ordinary exertions, but by his everyday conduct.  – Blaise Pascal 

Our walk counts far more than our talk, always! – George Muller 

The Christian life is a positive allegiance to Jesus Christ.  It is becoming so occupied with Him that the values and standards of the world around us have little influence. -George Sweeting 

Do not have your concert first and tune your instruments afterward.  Begin the day with God. – Hudson Taylor 

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. –Jeremiah 29:11 

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  – I Thessalonians 5:18 

May the God of peace….equip you with everything good for doing His will.  – Hebrews 13:20-21 

You are what you are because of what goes into your mind. – Zig Ziglar 

“Careful with fire” is good advice we know.  “Careful with words” is ten times doubly so. – William Carleton 

Neither go back in fear and misgiving to the past, nor in anxiety and forecasting to the future, but lie quiet under His hand, having no will but His.  – H. E. Manning 

Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. – Galatians 6:9 

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin. – Mother Teresa 

The instruments of both life and death are contained within the power of the tongue.  – Proverbs 18:21 

Trust the past to God’s mercy, the present to God’s love and the future to God’s providence. 
– St. Augustine 

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.  – E Chapin 

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. – Mother Teresa 

All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose he has given them.  – Oswald Chambers 

The Lord is my shepherd….He restores my soul.  – Psalm 23:1,3 

Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.  – Proverbs 19:20 

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you.  – Colossians 2:13 

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.  – Matthew Henry 

Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God. – Jim Elliot 

A smile is the lighting system of the face and the heating system of the heart. – Barbara Johnson 

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  – Matthew 6:21 

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.  – Proverbs 22:1 

I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.  – John Newton 

I choose kindness… I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me. – Max Lucado 

It is the duty of every Christian to be Christ to his neighbor. – Martin Luther 

Faith is believing He, the miracle worker, can turn my stone-cold indifference into a fire of love toward certain “unlovables”. – Pamela Reeve 

The badge of courage does not require that we walk through something dangerous. It simply requires that we continue to share God’s love whenever and wherever we are. – Tom White 

God does not comfort us to make us comfortable only, but to make us comforters. – Dr.  H. Jowett

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. – Mother Teresa 

Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord you God will be with you wherever you go. – Joshua 1:9 

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. – Isaiah 41:10 

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.  – Corrie Ten Boom 

Faith can move mountains, but don’t be surprised if God hands you a shovel.  – Author Unknown 

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.  – St. Augustine 

What we are is God’s gift to us.  What we become is our gift to God.  – Eleanor Powell 

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.  – Corrie Ten Boom 

What God can do through a person who’s willing to act is limitless. – Erwin McManus 

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. – Italian Proverb 

One life – a little gleam of time between two eternities. – Thomas Carlyle 

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. – Samuel Johnson 

While God leaves us with many choices to make, when He has spoken, the one right choice is to obey. – Erwin McManus 

Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible.  – Sir William Osler 

For we walk by faith, not by sight.  – 2 Corinthians 5:7 

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.  – Hebrews 13:8 

These things I command you, that you love one another.  –  John 15:17 

Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins. – Proverbs 10:12 

I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.  – Max Lucado 

Wisdom is, and starts with, the humility to accept the fact that you don’t have all the right answers, and the courage to learn to ask the right questions.  – Unknown 

The true follower of Christ will not ask, “If I embrace this truth, what will it cost me?” Rather he will say, “This is truth. God help me to walk in it, let come what may!”  – A. W. Tozer 

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.  – Billy Graham 

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.   – Barbara Johnson 

We must never minimize the suffering of another. Scripture’s mandate to us is, “Weep with them that weep.” (Romans 12:15)  – Billy Graham 

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.  – Peter Marshall 

When you cannot stand, He will bear you in His arms. – Francis de Sales 

When God is involved, anything can happen. Be open. Stay that way. God has a beautiful way of bringing good vibrations out of broken chords. – Charles Swindoll 

Only Christ could build a bridge to God with only two pieces of wood. – Unknown 

The Christian life is a life of paradoxes. We must give to receive, realize we are blind to see, become simple to be wise, suffer for gain, and die to live. – Unknown 

Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray. – Charles H. Brent 

Work as if everything depended on you and pray as if everything depended on God. – D.L. Moody 

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. – Jim Elliot 

If God has fit you to be a missionary, I would not have you shrivel down to be a king. – Charles Spurgeon 

Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. – Charles Wesley 

Growth is not more of knowledge or increase of years, it is simply more of Him and less of me. – Chip Brogden 

The Lord can do great things with people who don’t care who gets the credit. – Clarence W. Jones 

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.” – Matthew 5:6 

I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. – Jesus 

I am the light of the world.  Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.  – Jesus 

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. – Jesus 

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable, but the one who controls his lips is wise. – Proverbs 10:19 

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. –Matthew 5:8 

…love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. – Matthew 5:44-45 

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. – Psalm 150:6 

Great is the Lord and worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom. – Psalm 145:3 

If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?  But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. – Psalm 130:3-4 

Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. – Psalm 119:105 

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. – Psalm 119:11 

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. – Psalm 86:15 

Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. – Psalm 86:11 

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way. –  William Barclay 

He became what we are that He might make us what He is. –  Saint Athanasius