Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

6.8- You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt Luke 9. 23  Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24  For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.

6.7-Would you live with ease? Do what you ought and not what you please. Benjamin Franklin Luke 9. 23  Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves  Philippians 2. 3  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4  not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

6.6-I have nothing to offer but blood, sweat and tears. Winston Churchill Luke 9. 21  Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 22  And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

6.5- Why do Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God? Because He said so. C. S. Lewis John 4. 25  The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26  Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” Luke 9. 18  Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” 19  They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” 20  “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.”

6.4-Though you live near a forest.  Do not waste firewood. Chinese Proverb Luke 9. 17  They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

6.3-Organization is a means of multiplying the strength of an individual. Peter Drucker Luke 9. But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” Exodus 18. 13  The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14  When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?” 15  Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. 16  Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.” 17  Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18  You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. 19...

6.2-Don't be surprised if I give to the undeserving sinner for that is what God has done for me. Luke 9. 12  Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.” 13  He replied, “You give them something to eat.”