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Jim's Sonbeams - Part 4

9/29/2014

As recorded in previous bulletins by Dave and Shirley Peck.
List collected by Lamar Marjenhoff.

Here are some edifying, witty, and insightful thoughts from *Jim Sullivan from over the years:

"Your companions are like the buttons on a elevator. They will either take you up or take you down" (Prov. 13:20).
"The true Christian is a person who is right-side up in a world that is upside-down."
"Never confuse the will of the majority with the will of God" (Matt. 7:21ff).
"Most people want to serve God, but only in the advisory capacity."
"We don't change the message. The message changes us."
"Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child."
"We may not know what the future holds, but we can know who holds the future."
"Patience is the ability to keep your engine idling when you like stripping your gears!" (Prov.16:32).
"Patience is a virtue that carries a lot of WAIT."
"If your day is hemmed with prayer, it is less unlikely to unravel."
"When you get to your 'Wit's End", you'll find God lives there."
"The task ahead of us is never greater than the power behind us" (John 4:4).
"One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."

9/22/2014

As recorded in previous bulletins by Dave and Shirley Peck.
List collected by Lamar Marjenhoff.

Here are some edifying, witty, and insightful thoughts from *Jim Sullivan from over the years:

"Although the tongue weighs very little, few people are able to hold it" (Jas. 3:5).

"It is impossible for a worthwhile thought to enter your mind through an open mouth."
"Some minds are like concrete thoroughly mixed up and permanently set."
"Many a good man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been" (Josh. 1:9).
"Be careful your marriage doesn't become a duel instead of a duet" (Rom. 14:19).
"The cure of crime is not always in the electric chair, but in the high-chair" (Prov. 22:6).
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when MEN are afraid of the light."
"It is better to die with a good name than to live with a bad one" (Eccl. 7:1).
"A man's true wealth is what he does in this world."
"We may live without giving, but we cannot LOVE without giving."
"Success is getting what you want while happiness is giving to those in need" (Acts 20:35).

9/15/2014

As recorded in previous bulletins by Dave and Shirley Peck.
List collected by Lamar Marjenhoff.

Here are some edifying, witty, and insightful thoughts from *Jim Sullivan from over the years:

“A bone of contention has no place in the body of Christ.”
"Successful gossip not only requires a big mouth, but the little ears which listen."
"The bridge your burn now, may be the one you have to cross later" (Rom. 12:18).
"People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road, and the back of the church."
"Don't wait for six strong men to take you to church."
"What the world needs is dirtier hands and cleaner minds."
"Give Satan an inch, and he will become your ruler!"
"In a full heart, there is room for everything, and in an empty heart, there is room for nothing."
"You want to know what is in your heart? Listen to your mouth!" (Luke 6:45).
"A person's true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching" (Eph. 6:6).
"Some people are kind, polite and sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their favorite pew!"

9/8/2014

As recorded in previous bulletins by Dave and Shirley Peck.
List collected by Lamar Marjenhoff.

Here are some edifying, witty, and insightful thoughts from *Jim Sullivan from over the years:

"The world will never obey the Great Commands until Christians obey the Great Commission" (Matt. 28:18-20).
"Soul-saving opportunities may knock on your door only once, but are you always ready to answer the door?" (John 4:35)
"Too many church members are singing, 'Standing on the Promises’ when all they are doing is sitting on the premises."
"Some people complain because God put thorns on rose bushes while others praise Him for putting roses among the thorns" (Phil. 4:8).
"The best answer to an atheist is to give him a good dinner, and ask him if he believes there is a cook!"
"God created man in His own image; but man did not create God in his imagination" (Gen.1:27).
"If the sermon pricked your heart, it must have had some Sharp points."
"What millions of our fellow human beings need now is to have their souls lifted and their faces left alone."
"Intentionally or not, every Christian is preaching some kind of sermon."