Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts

Monday, July 2, 2012

Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Firefly and Serenity


How you get to where you're going is the worthier part.

Doing the impossible makes us mighty.

Even at the corner of "no" and "where" you are rarely alone as you think you are.

If ever someone tries to kill you, you try and kill 'em right back.

There's some things not to be mistaken for suggestions.

There is no defense against Naked and Articulate

It's important to be respectful of other cultures; some people juggle geese.

Tearing the clothes off your spouse is work work work, but hey, someone's gotta do it.

A stegosaurus and a T-Rex will never be friends for long; Betrayal is sudden but inevitable.

Swearing is okay in Chinese.

Nothin into nothin, carry the nothin is NOTHIN!

When you and you and your crew arrive in the nick of time, that makes you Big Damn Heroes.

Sometimes a thing gets broke can't be fixed.

Sometimes, it's very important to interrogate buffet tables.

You don't fix faith; it fixes you.

There is a special level of Hell reserved for Child Molesters and people who talk at the theater.

The Bible is against killin', but it's a mite fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

Sometimes the voices in your head are right.

We are all dreaming.

No power in the 'verse can stop me.

"Whore" is just another way to say "I love you"

It's important to fall in love with a man of mystery, because so few men are.

"A man can get a job, he might not look to close at what the job is. But a man learns all the details of a situation like ours, well, he has a choice."
"I don't believe he does."

It's not altogether wise, sneakin up on a fella when he's handling his weapon.

Ah, but a government is just a body of people, usually notably ungoverned.

People who wear blue latex gloves are not to be trusted.

There's a very big difference between seeing somebody undressed and seeing them naked.

When you can't run, you walk. And when you can't walk, you crawl. And when you can't do that... you find someone to carry you.

Just because you want to be in command of the ship, doesn't mean you can.

Even if you're on the losing side, it doesn't mean you're on the wrong one.

The wheel keeps turnin', but it only matters to those on the rim.

Never admit that you're unarmed.

There's always time for some thrillin' heroics.

Reputation? It's gossip; people talking.

You can't stop the Signal.

You shouldn't hit a man with a closed fist but it is, on occasion, hilarious.

‘Sanguine’ means both Hopeful and Bloody, which just about covers everything.

If you can't do something Smart, do something Right.

Telling someone you're going to shoot them doesn't give them incentive to talk.

Most History was written by someone hiding the truth.

Soar like a Leaf on the Wind

Just because you’re lost don't mean you're done.

What you plan and what takes place ain't necessarily gonna be similar. Be prepared for emergencies.

Sometimes, you've just gotta reassure everyone that everything's shiny. And frettin' ain't gonna change it.

If you ever go to kill someone, it's only fair to make sure that they're awake, facing you, and armed.

“I got people with me, people who trust each other, who do for each other and ain’t always looking for the advantage. There’s good people in the ‘verse. Not many, lord knows, but you only need a few.”



Faith (Christianity)

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. (Albert Camus)

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. (Gilbert K. Chesterton)

We are punished by our sins, not for them. (Elbert Hubbard)

Don't fall into the trap of using the Lord's blessings to get what you want.  Instead you must use his blessings to get what He wants you to have.

Call those things that be not as though they were.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message; that is, love, compassion and forgiveness. The important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. (Dalai Lama)

Disbelief in God usually results in a belief in anything.

Men add and subtract; the Devil divides; but God multiplies!

Sorrow looks backward; Ambition looks forward; Faith looks upward.

The Will of God will not take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.

Man's way leads to a hopeless end; God's way leads to an endless hope.

I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. (C.S. Lewis)

Faith is like homework - all the answers to your questions are there, but you have to read the Book to find them!

To love another person is to help them love God. (Soren Kierkegaard)

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and becames the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act. (Mohandas Gandhi)

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me. (William Blake)

Human beings must be known to be loved, but [God] must be loved to be known. (Pascal)

Faith is believing what God says simply because it is God who says it.

A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for: there is all the difference in the world. (Tony Benn)

When fear knocks at your door, let faith open it.

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the apples in the seed. (Marilyn vos Savant)

Jesus invested His life in you. Have you shown any interest?

I know God won't give me anything I can't handle; I just with He didn't trust me so much. (Mother Teresa)

Live in such a way that those who know you but don't know God will come to know God because they know you.

Religion is Man's way of reaching toward God.  Jesus is God's way of reaching for Man.

God is like the Sun - you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else. (Dr. Ravi Zacharias)

Faith is your belief in God; Grace is God's belief in you.

I want to live as though Jesus died for me yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming again tomorrow. (Priceless, Dave Ramsey)

Expect SUDDENLY to happen in your life.

Got wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.

The Bible is endorsed by the ages; our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)

God can turn a "breakdown" into a "breakthrough."

God gave us a Bible and a brain, and He expects us to use both.

Repentence is essentially being sorry enough for sinning that you quit sinning.

Many Christians suffer from loneliness because they are sitting instead of serving. (Croft M. Pentz)

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Your life may be the only Bible some people ever read.

You know, religions are like cars. Some are old, some are new. They come in different makes, models and colors. But if you choose to go, they all take you down the same road to God -- whatever name you call him (or her) when you get there. They're just vehicles to Divinity. (Anonymous Jewish Woman)

The best place to keep your Bible is in your heart.

The Ten Commandments are not multiple choice.

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you a mechanic.

If a man's Bible is coming apart, it is an indication that he himself is fairly well put together. (James Jennings)

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind. (Albert Einstein)

God not only plays dice. He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.( Stephen Hawking)

To love another person is to help them love God. (Soren Kierkegaard)

This is the day which the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalms 118:24)

Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1)

If you willingly obey Him, the best of everything will be yours. (Isaiah 1:19)

The Fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." (Psalms 14:1)

The Thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

Keep your mind on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise. (Phil 4:8)

Blessed are you when people hate you, avoid you, insult you and slander you because you are committed to the Son of Man....  You have a great reward in heaven.  (Luke 6:22-23)

For I am not ashamed of the good news of Christ. (Romans 1:16)

I won't be stressed because I'm blessed.

If your life is going to waste, Jesus can recycle it.

The Big Bang Theory: God spoke and BANG - It happened.

Jesus: Don't leave Earth without Him.

Eternity: Smoking or Non-smoking?

Don't let the car fool you, my treasures are stored in Heaven.

No Jesus, No Peace
Know Jesus, Know Peace

If you're living like there is no God, you'd better be right.

If you were accused of being a Christian,
would there be enough evidence to convict you?

Life is short. Pray hard.

Be like a window, let the SON shine through

Once I asked God how much he loves me...
Jesus said "This much," then he stretched out his arms and died.

If God is your co-pilot, change seats

Good Morning! This is God.
I will be handling all your problems today.
I will not need your help. So have a nice day.

Why Worry? God's In Control

Real Men Love Jesus

In Case of Rapture, Car's Yours!

This Car is Prayer-Conditioned

Life is NOT an Emergency... SO RELAX

God Answers Knee-Mail

Give God what's right -- not what's left.

Man's way leads to a hopeless end.
God's way leads to an endless hope.

Don't wait for six strong men to take you to church.

We don't change God's message, His message changes us.

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

Read the Bible. It will scare the Hell out of you.


P.U.S.H. - Pray Until Something Happens

F.B.I. - Firm Believer In Christ

D.O.G. - Depend On God

F.R.O.G. - Fully Rely On God

W.W.J.D. - What Would Jesus Do?

Rhyme and Verse

At the end of the day, you will meet only two men in your life:  One will make your hands tremble; the other will make them steady.  The first will be your passion of youth, but like the blazing fires of the bush, it will soon die to glowing embers, then cool ashes.  The second will enter your life quietly, like a thief in the night.  he will be like the mighty trees in the forest that we do not see before us, yet they are there, strong and tall; in rain and sun, they dig their roots deep and shade us with their leaves.  It is the second one who you must marry.  He will be a good husband and father to your children. 
  (Zenzele, J. Nozipo Maraire)

If you are the desert, I'll be the sea.
If you ever hunger, hunger for me.
Whatever you ask for, that's what I'll be.
  (Father Figure, George Michaels)

I could take "No" for an answer,
Just to know I heard you speak.
  (Smell the Color Nine, Chris Rice)

We are pressed but not crushed,
Perplexed but don't despair.
We are persecuted but not abandoned.
We are no longer slaves,
We are daughters and sons,
And when we are weak we are very strong.
And neither Death nor Life nor Present nor Future
Nor Depth nor Height can keep us from the love of Christ.
  (The Word, Sara Groves)

I am the flower,
You are the seed.
We walked in the garden,
We planted a seed.
  (All I Wanna Do, Heart)

When you cross deep rivers,
I will be with you,
And you won't drown.
When you walk through fire,
You won't be burned
Or scorched by the flames.
  (Isaiah 43:2)

The single greatest cause of atheism today is Christians - who acknowledge Him with their lips, then go out and deny Him in their lives. This is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.
 (DC Talk Soundbite)

An exclamation point for every question mark.
  (Naive, Chris Rice)

Unless someone like you
Cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better.
It's not.
  (The Lorax, Dr. Seuss)

God is God and I am not. I can only see a part of the picture He's painting.
God is God and I am Man, I can never understand it all, for only God is God.
  (Steven Curtis Chapman)

I don't really care if they label me a Jesus Freak; there ain't no disguisin' the truth!
  (Jesus Freak, D.C. Talk)

Obedience is Neat.
  (Big Fish, FFH)

Too proud to bend,
Too poor to break,
I laugh until my stomach ache,
When I think about myself.
  (When I Think About Myself, Maya Angelou)

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
Any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy
Who'll decide where to go.
  (Oh, the Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss)

How many slams in an old screen door?
Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?
Depends how thin you cut it.
How much good inside a day?
Depends how good you live 'em.
How much love inside a friend?
Depends how much you give 'em.
  (How Many, How Much, Shel Silverstein)

To laugh often and love much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children;
To earn the approbation of honest critics
And endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To give one's self;
To leave the world a little better,
Whether by a healthy child,
A garden patch,
Or a redeemed social condition;
To have played and laughed with enthusiasm
And sung with exultation;
To know even one life has breathed easier
Because you have lived...
This is to have succeeded.
  (To Have Succeeded, Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Music is my Soul

Music is the shorthand of emotion. (Leo Tolstoy)

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. (Samuel Butler)

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. (George Eliot)

Rap is to music as Etch-A-Sketch is to art.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer; it sings because it has a song.

When you are in tune with Heaven, you will have a song in your heart.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. (Victor Hugo)

He who sings praise, prays.

Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
(William Congreve, "The Mourning Bride")

Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps. (Hans Christian Andersen)

Without music, life would be a mistake. (Friedrich Nietzche)

I write music with an exclamation point! (Richard Wagner)

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. (Berthold Auerbach)

Among God's creatures two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not be separated from the man. (Andre Segovia)

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (Aldous Huxley)

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. (Andre Segovia)

I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. (Ludwig van Beethoven)

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. (Ludwig van Beethoven)

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism, & humbug, and we shall want to live more musically. (Vincent Van Gogh)

Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting. (Gottfried Whilhem Leibniz) 

I will sing of Your strength, in the morning I will sing of Your love; for You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble (Psalm 59:16)

Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto Him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. (Psalm 33:2-3)

He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God... (Psalm 40:3)

Sing to the Lord a new song, sing His praise from the end of the earth! (Isaiah 42:10)

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before His presence with singing (Psalm 100:2)

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the Earth, burst into jubilant song with music (Psalm 98:4)

Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things (Psalm 98:1)

If music be the food of love, play on. (William Shakespeare)

Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe. (Douglas Adams)

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. (Henry David Thoreau)

The exercise of singing is delightful to Nature, and good to preserve the health of man. It doth strengthen all parts of the breast, and doth open the pipes. (William Byrd)

On Prayer

If my own people will humbly pray and stop sinning, then I will forgive them.... I will hear their prayers.... (2 Chron 7:14-15)

A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.

Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered. (John 15:7)

Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith. (Mark 11:24)

Don't pray for rain if you're going to complain about the mud.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers. (Dorothy Bernard)

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. (Soren Keirkegaard)

The shortest distance between a problem and its solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.

When praying, don't give God instructions, just report for duty.

It's hard to stumble when you're down on your knees.

God doesn't use an answering machine, he takes each call personally.

The man who kneels to God can stand up to anything.

Prayer has a boomerang effect - it blesses the one prayed for and the one who prays.

An important part of praying is a willingness to be part of the answer.

When life knocks you down to your knees, you are in a perfect position to pray.

Prayer does move mountains, but sometimes God just hands us a shovel.

Too many people pray for emergency rations instead of daily bread.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get things. (Harry Emerson Fosdick, "Prayer")

The fewer words the better prayer. (Martin Luther)

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. (Austin O'Malley)

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven. (Josephine Baker)

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. (Victor Hugo)

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness.... It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. (Mohandas Gandhi)

An angry man is not fit to pray. (Yiddish Proverb)

Call on God, but row away from the rocks. (Indian Proverb)

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone? (Anna Letitia Barbauld)

From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggetie beasties and things that go bump in the night, good Lord, deliver us. (Scottish prayer)

God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. (Reinhold Niebuhr)

If you don't ask, you don't get. (Mohandas Gandhi)

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. (Mohandas Gandhi)

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. (Voltaire)

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools.

God cannot do anything in your life unless you ask Him to.

Dear Lord - So far today, God, I've done all right. I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper, haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm really glad about that. But in a few minutes, God, I'm going to get out of bed and from then on I'm probably going to need a lot more help. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice. (Meister Eckehart)

Pray to the gods only when you're making some effort on your own behalf, otherwise your prayers are wasted (Aesop)

Confession
Jesus, forgive my sins.

Forgive the sins that I can remember,
And also the sins I have forgotten.

Forgive the wrong actions I have committed,
And the right actions I have omitted.

Forgive the times I have been weak in the face of temptation,
And those when I have been stubborn in the face of correction.

Forgive the times I have been proud of my own achievements,
And those when I have failed to boast of your works.

Forgive the harsh judgements I have made of others,
And the leniency I have shown to myself.

Forgive the lies I have told to others,
And the truths I have avoided.

Forgive me the pain I have caused others,
And the indulgence I have shown to myself.

Jesus have pity on me, and make me whole.