Shift your thinking UPward!

In order to go up we must set our focus in the direction we are headed. Here are some "Words of wisdom", from various sources, that encourage the same message of Hope: Look UP and and go UP; move from the place of hopelessness into the center of Hope. If you are in the center of hope, advance into the swing of activation. If you are in the swing of activation, take hold of the manifestation of fullness and reap the rewards of your faith. Continue pressing onward and UpWard, towards your goals. Remember, Quitting is NOT an option!!

"Sometimes we are so busy adding up our troubles that we forget to count our blessings." (author unknown)

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt.

"....If we base our self-worth on the approval of others, then we are actually saying that our ability to please others is of greater value than Christ's payment. We are the sinners, the depraved, the wretched, and the helpless. He is the loving Father, the seeking, searching, patient Savior who has made atonement for the lost, and has extended to us His grace and sonship. We add nothing to our salvation. It is God who seeks us out, convicts us of sin, and reveals Himself to us. It is God who gives us the very faith with which to accept Him. Our faith is simply our response to what He has done for us."

"So than, our worth lies in the fact that Christ's blood has paid for our sins; therefore, we are reconciled to God. We are accepted on that basis alone, but does this great truth indicate that we don't need other people in our lives? On the contrary, God very often uses other believers to demonstrate His love and acceptance to us. The strength, comfort, encouragement, and love of Christians towards one another is a visible expression of God's love. However, our acceptance and worth are not dependant on other's acceptance of us, even if they are fellow believers. Whether they accept us or not, we are still deeply loved, completely forgiven, fully pleasing, totally accepted, and complete in Christ. He alone is the final authority on our worth and acceptance."- Robert S. McGee, The Search for Significance.

"In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength." - Isaiah 30:15


Be IN courage, even the more!!