Today’s Thought Gem—December

78 posts · 3 participants · started Nov 30, 2014, 9:59 PM

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 21, 2014, 1:21 AM

   Unless a divine lover

   lived in man,

   he could not

   unselfishly and

   spiritually love

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 22, 2014, 9:55 PM

   You cannot put

   spiritual joy

   under a microscope…

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 22, 2014, 9:57 PM

   …you cannot

   weigh love

   in a balance…

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 23, 2014, 10:02 AM

   Man aspires

   by worship

   to be better

   and thereby

   eventually attains

   the best

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 23, 2014, 10:05 AM

   God is not the mere invention

   of man’s idealism; he is

   the very source of all such

   superanimal insights and values

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 23, 2014, 10:08 AM

   Religion stands above science,

   art, philosophy, ethics and morals,

   but not independent of them

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 23, 2014, 10:10 AM

   Religious insight possesses

   the power of turning defeat

   into higher desires and

   new determinations

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 23, 2014, 10:14 AM

   Love is the highest motivation

   which man can utilize in his

   universe ascent. But love, 

   divested of truth, beauty and goodness,

   is only a sentiment, a philosophic distortion,

   a psychic illusion, a spiritual deception

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   VernParticipant
   Dec 23, 2014, 10:16 AM

   Some men’s lives are

   too great and noble

   to descend to the low level

   of being merely successful

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 23, 2014, 10:19 AM

    Be not discouraged; human evolution

    is still in progress, and the revelation

    of God to the world, in and through Jesus,

    shall not fail

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 23, 2014, 10:20 AM

    When all is said and done,

    the Father idea is still the highest

    human concept of God

     

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    VernParticipant
    Nov 30, 2015, 11:51 AM

    Today, 1 December is “It would help you much if you would learn that true wisdom embraces discretion as well as courage” a suggested match would be:

    As far as lies in your power,

    live long on the earth that your life of many years

    may be fruitful in souls won for the heavenly kingdom

    ^{[Paper 181:2.15, page 1958:2]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 2, 2015, 3:51 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 2 December is “Divine love does not merely forgive wrongs: it absorbs and actually destroys them” a suggested match would be:

    Mercy sets the guilt of

    evil-doing to one side;

    but love destroys forever the sin

    and all weakness resulting therefrom

    ^{[Paper 188:5.2, page 2018:1]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 3, 2015, 7:01 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 3 December is “The beauty of divine love, once fully admitted to the  human heart, forever destroys the charm of sin and the power of evil” a suggested match would be:

    True love does not compromise

    nor condone hate; it destroys it

    ^{[Paper 188:5.2, page 2018:1]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 4, 2015, 7:07 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 4 December is “Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world” a suggested match would be:

    It is the love of God that

    impels men to seek salvation

    ^{[Paper 192:2.1, page 2047:5]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 5, 2015, 9:20 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 5 December is “Love is the ancestor of all spiritual goodness, the essence of the true and the beautiful” a suggested match would be:

    Be a good and a true

    shepherd to the flock.

    Betray not their confidence in you.

    ^{[Paper 192:2.3, page 2047:7]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 6, 2015, 5:04 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 6 December is “Pray for tranquility of spirit and cultivate patience” a suggested match would be:

    Learn to weigh the consequences

    of your sayings and your doings.

    ^{[Paper 192:2.8, page 2048:4]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 7, 2015, 8:03 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 7 December is “And the fruits of the divine spirit which are yielded in the lives of spirit-born God-knowing mortals are: loving service, unselfish devotion, courageous loyalty, sincere fairness, enlightened honesty, undying hope, confiding trust, merciful ministry, unfailing goodness, forgiving tolerance, and enduring peace” a suggested match would be:

    My Father requires of the children of faith

    that they bear much spirit fruit.

    ^{[Paper 193:2.2, page 2054:3]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 8, 2015, 7:28 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 8 December is “Increasingly, must you yield the fruits of the spirit as you progress heavenward in the kingdom of God” a suggested match would be:

    You may enter the kingdom as a child,

    but the Father requires that you grow up,

    by grace, to the full stature of spiritual adulthood.

    ^{[Paper 193:2.2, page 2054:3]}

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    VernParticipant
    Dec 9, 2015, 4:59 AM

    Vern wrote:  Today, 9 December is “The spiritual forward urge is the most powerful driving force present in this world…” a suggested match would be:

    …the truth-learning believer

    is the one progressive and

    aggressive soul on earth.

    ^{[Paper 194:3.4, page 2063:2]}

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