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Discipline

Hebrews12:11

"No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. "

About Love and Happiness

"God does not love us because we are good, we are made good because God first loves us. "

"Do not rely on others to make you happy. You are responsible for your own happiness. "

"If a person truly loves and care about you, he/she would want the best for you, and will not be upset if you can't attend to their needs. Therefore, it is ok not to be a people pleaser. Life would be too tiring to try to please everybody."

-Radio Rhema

Viva La Vida

"Tu tiempo es limitado, a si que no lo malgastes viviendo la vida de alguien distinto"

- Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

- chicmuse

Have no regrets

87-year old college student Rose:

"We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.

There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!

There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets."

One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. -via helpothers.org

- Thought of the day: Our days are numbered, and we need to make them count.

Who do you seek approval from?

"Obviously,
I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God,
If pleasing people were my goal,
I would not be Christs's servant."

- Galatians 1:10

How often do we go against our own will, beliefs, or even deceive our own heart, just to be a people-pleaser?

Anger

Ephesians 4:26-27

"In your anger do not sin":

Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

and do not give the devil a foothold.

God's chosen one

1 Peter 2:9
" But you are a chosen people,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people belonging to God,
that you may declare the praises of him
who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. "

We are chosen to be...

1. loved and to love

Colossians 3:12-14

"Therefore, as God's chosen people,
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.
Forgive as the lord forgave you.
And over all these virtues put on love,
which blinds them all together in perfect unity."

"holy and dearly loved, clothed yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."

2. Salt and Light

Matthew 5:13-16:

You are the salt of the earth;

but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

... You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid...

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works

and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

"As a christian, we are chosen to walk through life, and to be a living sacrifice. Just like our lord God Jesus who died on the cross for us, so that our sins could be cleansed and forgiven. T.V. Philip says, "Christians are not other worldly. We are not to spend our time thinking of how to escape from the world. Nor are we to be preoccupied with churchly matters. The Church is not the kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is about this world, and about our life and witness in the world. It is about politics, about economics and about culture. It is about our environment, about the destruction of nuclear weapons. It is about peace. How are we to fulfil our responsibility in the society in which we live? Jesus said: You are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world." by T.V. Philip
3. Fruitful

John 15: 2

He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,

while every branch that does bear fruit

he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

We must:

find the sweet spot in life (areas where you can influence others)
be the person God created you to be (use your gifts wisely)
so that it makes a difference in other people's life

-Inspired by: church camp

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