I challenge you to shift the focus of your prayer.  Don’t spend a lot of time describing your mountain to the Lord.  He knows what it is.  Instead, focus your attention on the mountain mover—His glory, power and faithfulness.

–Bill Hybels

Trust God’s love. His perfect love.  Don’t fear He will discover your past.  He already has.  Don’t fear disappointing Him in the future.  He can show you the chapter in which you will.  With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.

–Max Lucado

A person checks into a hotel for the first time in his life and goes up
to his room. Five minutes later, he calls the desk and says, “You’ve
given me
a room with no exit. How do I leave?”

The desk clerk says, “Sir, that’s absurd. Have you looked for the door?”

The person says, “Well, there’s one door that leads to the bathroom.
There’s a second door that goes into the closet. And there’s a door I
haven’t
tried, but it has a ‘do not disturb’ sign on it.”

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Each morning at 5:30, I take my Lhasa Apso, Maxwell, for a walk. He has
the bad habit of picking up bits of paper or other trash along the way.
When
he does, I command him to “drop it,” and he usually complies.

One morning, though, he absolutely refused to drop a piece of litter. So
I told him to “sit” and then approached him to see what his treasure
was. It
was a $10 bill.

– by Elsa Boggs (via Reader’s Digest)

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