CHANGE

                1. All changes are difficult & sometimes costly, but if they're good changes, in the long run they pay off.
                2. You'd better move now with the life of God, or you'll be left behind in the death of this world.
                3. As long as you can continue to change, you'll survive. But if you solidify & freeze, you're doomed to a tomb.
                4. When you're through changing, you're through.
                5. There's no standing still. You're either climbing & getting to the top, or you're sinking & drifting to the bottom, progressing or backsliding.
                6. There is no such thing as standing still in your spiritual life.
                7. Sometimes people get settled down in a groove, in a rut, & let the roots grow down too long, & then the Lord has to uproot them, tear'm loose & really break'm & shake'm up.
                8. Most people don't like to change, they prefer to stay in their same old rut, because it costs too much to change. It takes a lot of time, effort, thought & real sacrifice to change.
                9. "Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God."--Psa.55:19b.
                10. "A new heart also will I give you, & a new spirit will I put within you: & I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, & I will give you an heart of flesh."--Eze.36:26

CHOICE & DECISION MAKING

                11. Commitment brings peace.
                12. If you're His child & you let Him choose, He's going to choose that which is best for you & that which will make you happy.
                13. God isn't going to make you do anything you don't want to do, but He may make you awful sorry you didn't.
                14. He knows, He loves, He cares,
        Nothing His Truth can dim.
        He gives His very best
        To those who leave the choice with Him.
                15. The most dangerous enemy you've got is yourself. All Heaven is at your command, but you still have the majesty of choice & your stubborn spirit can do as it damn well pleases.
                16. There are some things that God cannot do because He will not do them, because He has bound Himself within certain limitations & confined Himself to not interfering with your power of choice, because you have to make the decision & He's not going to force you to do His will.

COMFORT

                17. He gives me joy in place of sorrow,
        He gives me love that casts out fear,
        He gives me sunshine for my shadow
        And beauty for ashes, dear!
                18. When you walk through the storm
        Hold your head up high
        And don't be afraid of the dark.
                At the end of a the storm is a golden sky
      And the sweet silver song of a lark!
                19. He restoreth my soul when I'm weary,
      He giveth me strength day by day.
                He leads me beside the still waters,
        He guards me each step of the way.
                20. When all is dark & I cannot see,
        I call Your name, You come to me.
        You take my hand & draw me near,
        You light my way & make it clear.
                21. You've got all the promises in the whole Bible on your side.
                22. Without weaknesses, we couldn't help others.
                23. Nothing happens to you that hasn't happened to someone else.
                24. He was better to me than all my hopes,
      He was brighter than all my fears.
He made a bridge of my broken works
        And a rainbow of my tears.
                25. Though we tremble in the dark,
        In need of strength & help & cheer,
        We have a tender Father's Word:
        "Fear not, for I am here!"
                26. When wearied with the strain of it all you can fly to God on the wings of prayer & faith & get the relief that He alone can give you.
                27. Thank God for the comfort of His cleansing Word.
                28. Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
        Look full in His wonderful face.
                And the things of Earth will grow strangely dim,
      In the light of His glory & grace.
                29. Help them to know the joy, the love & the healing balm, Lord, that cleanses every heart & heals every wound & removes every stain.
                30. No one ever cared for me like Jesus
        There's no other friend so kind as He.
                No one else could take away my sin & sadness,
      Oh how much He cares for me!
                31. I have nothing to do with tomorrow,
        My Saviour has made that His care.
                Its grace & its strength I can't borrow,
      So why should I borrow its care?
                32. Fear thou not for I am with thee,
        I will still thy pilot be.
        Never mind those tossing billows,
        Take My hand & trust in Me.
                33. You are His forever, so He'll never leave nor forsake you even unto the end of the work. He'll hold your fast.
                34. Let not your heart be troubled,
        His tender words do hear.
        Just rest within His goodness
        And lose your doubts & fears.
                35. Did you stumble today? Did you fall today? The Lord saw it, He cares, & He's going to hold you no matter what. Even if you stumble & fall, the Lord will lift you up.
                36. God is still on the throne
        And He will remember His Own.
                Though trials may press us & burdens distress us
      He never will leave us alone.
                God is still on the throne,
        He never forsaketh His Own.
        His promise is true,
        He will not forget you,
        God is still on the throne!
                37. He will never suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able to bear, He'll always give you some way of escape.
                38. You don't know how you're going to make it, but He can make it for you.
                39. God will not allow anything to come to you that He & you together can't handle.
                40. Out of one thousand things that can come into a Christian's life, it is not 999 of them that work together for good, but 999 plus one!
                41. If the Weaver of our life's pattern chooses another plan than the one we thought to use, is He not wiser than we? Surely it will be a pattern more beautiful than our fondest dreams.
                42. "I can't!" despairingly I cried!
        This gentle whisper sounded at my side:
                "Of course not, child, thou wast not fashioned so,
      But I, thy Father, can & will.
                I know thy weakness, all thy longings see,
      And I am always strong to strengthen thee."
                43. God never fails the soul who is utterly abandoned to Him. He employs all His omnipotence & His omniscience on his behalf.
                44. We cannot be mended unless we are broken.
                45. If instead of trying to trust we will press closer to the Comforter & lean our weary heads upon His sufficient grace, trust will come without our trying & the promised perfect peace will calm every troubled wave of sorrow.
                46. He climbs beside you, lean upon Him.
                47. Oh, the wonderful story of deathless love,
      Each child is dear to that heart above.                 He fights for me when I cannot fight
        He comforts me in the gloom of night.
                He lifts the burden for He is strong,
        He stills the sigh & awakens the song.
        The burdens that bow me down He bears
        And loves & pities because He cares.
                48. I cannot row it myself, this boat on the raging sea,
      But beside me sits Another who pulls & steers with me.
                49. The way is long, my child, but it shall be
      Not one step longer than is best for thee.
                50. You do not have to understand all God's ways with you. God does not expect you to understand them. You do not expect your child to understand, only believe. Some day you will see the glory of God in the things which you do not now understand.

"MARIA'S VICTORY QUOTES! --Compiled and Read on Audio Cassette by Maria"

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