Andy's Inspiration Box

"We are incurably egocentric. Life is all about me. It takes a radical move of the Spirit of God to shift the centre of attention from ourselves to others. It doesn’t come naturally. And it matters. If I am thoroughly self-absorbed, I will not bother about your burdens, fixated as I am on my own. Besides, if I am preoccupied with my own burdens, I won’t even know what burdens, if any, you need to have shared." - David Reay

"God waits to offer us infinite resources - for the asking and the taking. The quiet time is where the soul grows receptive, where prayer becomes a place of healing - an oasis of peace, where the touch of His presence becomes as real and dramatic as the touch of the woman on the hem of Jesus' garment, where peace flows into our turbulence, where love resolves our resentments, where joy heals our griefs, and where we enter into the process of being known. The quiet time shuts us in with God, the door closes upon us, and then infinite resources flood into our soul. The door opens and we move out, with an increased awareness of God, ready to face a world that knows so little about Him." - Mick Brooks

"God has plans for our future. Dwelling on the past prevents us from seeing what God is doing in the present. Prevents us from reflecting in hope on what he is going to do in the future. Our past records are inevitably a mixture of right and wrong, good and bad. Bring what is obviously wrong to Jesus. As to the other choices we have made, trust that God has woven them into his good purposes for us. We cannot change the past, but we can change how we look at it and so change the way we look at our present and our future." - David Reay

"Rise to whatever comes to you, go to wherever you're sent, give however your soul knows how, and give thanks whenever you breathe." - Ann Voskamp

Psalm 50:1-2 English Standard Version (ESV) 50 The Mighty One, God the Lord,     speaks and summons the earth     from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,     God shines forth.

2 Corinthians 9:6 (NIV) Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

Revelation 2:1-7 Good News Translation (GNT) The Message to Ephesus 2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: “This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands. 2 I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars. 3 You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up. 4 But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first. 5 Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins and do what you did at first. If you don't turn from your sins, I will come to you and take your lampstand from its place. 6 But this is what you have in your favor: you hate what the Nicolaitans do, as much as I do. 7 “If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the ch...

Proverbs 1:5 New International Version (NIV) 5 Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance.

2 Peter 3:8-9 Good News Translation (GNT) 8 But do not forget one thing, my dear friends! There is no difference in the Lord's sight between one day and a thousand years; to him the two are the same. 9 The Lord is not slow to do what he has promised, as some think. Instead, he is patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all to turn away from their sins.

There is surely a future hope for you, & your hope will not be cut off. | Proverbs 23:8