Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. -- Vincent Van Gogh
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala, Florida
"Where Friends Send Friends"
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
It is the responsibility of ...............
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
It is the responsibility of every adult to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them. -- Marian W. Edelman
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Veterans Park Donation by "Prestige Auto Sales"
Patriotic Horse
Happy Customers"
U - Can - 2 - Ocala
It is the responsibility of every adult to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life and to hear over and over that we love them. -- Marian W. Edelman
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Veterans Park Donation by "Prestige Auto Sales"
Patriotic Horse
Happy Customers"
U - Can - 2 - Ocala
Monday, April 27, 2009
Count It All Joy ...........
Count It All Joy
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.James 1:2
Recommended ReadingMatthew 5:11-12
Second Corinthians 5:7 contains a principle that flies in the face of modern human sensibility: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." Modern man says, "I'll believe it when I see it," while the spiritual man says, "I believe God's Word whether I see it or not." The biblical position is not just believing in the absence of evidence, it is believing in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Take James 1:2, for instance. How are we to have joy in the midst of trials? How are we to count suffering as a blessing when it doesn't look or feel like a blessing? Is that just a game; just an example of mind over matter? No! It's an example of walking by faith rather than by our senses. When things are difficult, we should ask first, "What has God said?" (He has said that trials are a reason for joy.) Next, we should "count it" so. That is, we should say to ourselves, "I choose to believe that the situation I'm in is a potential source of joy in my life, regardless of how it feels, because that's what God has said. I next choose to conform my behavior to my belief."
If you are in the midst of a trial right now, choose to walk by faith. Choose to "count it all joy."
To added affliction He addeth His mercy, to multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.
Annie Johnson Flint
Read-Thru-the-Bible1 Chronicles 9:1 - 11:47
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.James 1:2
Recommended ReadingMatthew 5:11-12
Second Corinthians 5:7 contains a principle that flies in the face of modern human sensibility: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." Modern man says, "I'll believe it when I see it," while the spiritual man says, "I believe God's Word whether I see it or not." The biblical position is not just believing in the absence of evidence, it is believing in the face of evidence to the contrary.
Take James 1:2, for instance. How are we to have joy in the midst of trials? How are we to count suffering as a blessing when it doesn't look or feel like a blessing? Is that just a game; just an example of mind over matter? No! It's an example of walking by faith rather than by our senses. When things are difficult, we should ask first, "What has God said?" (He has said that trials are a reason for joy.) Next, we should "count it" so. That is, we should say to ourselves, "I choose to believe that the situation I'm in is a potential source of joy in my life, regardless of how it feels, because that's what God has said. I next choose to conform my behavior to my belief."
If you are in the midst of a trial right now, choose to walk by faith. Choose to "count it all joy."
To added affliction He addeth His mercy, to multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.
Annie Johnson Flint
Read-Thru-the-Bible1 Chronicles 9:1 - 11:47
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Make it a great day!
Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. -- Marilyn vos Savant
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Friday, April 24, 2009
There are two types of people .........
Friday, April 24, 2009
There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, Well, here I am! and those who come in and say, Ah, there you are. ~quote about Attitude by Frederick L. Collins
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Easter Dresses .........
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
That class had insisted that socialism worked ...........
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class.That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. Could not be any simpler than that.
Have an amazing day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Have an amazing day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Unearned virtues .........
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
With wealth comes a reputation for wisdom, prudence, self-confidence, courage, greatness, and other unearned virtues. -- Unknown
Have an amazing day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
With wealth comes a reputation for wisdom, prudence, self-confidence, courage, greatness, and other unearned virtues. -- Unknown
Have an amazing day!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Monday, April 20, 2009
Make it a great week!
Monday, April 20, 2009
What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? --- Robert Schuller
Make it a great week!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala Florida
What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? --- Robert Schuller
Make it a great week!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala Florida
Friday, April 17, 2009
Some people say ...........
Friday, April 17, 2009
Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do.
But I think you have to. You have to believe in
yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
-- Venus Williams US tennis champion
Make it a great weekend!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do.
But I think you have to. You have to believe in
yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
-- Venus Williams US tennis champion
Make it a great weekend!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Thursday, April 16, 2009
People become really quite remarkable when ....
Thursday, April 16, 2009
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.
When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Normal Vincent Peale
Make it a great day all!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
"Happy Customers"
Prestige Auto Sales Ocala Florida - Blog!
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things.
When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Normal Vincent Peale
Make it a great day all!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
"Happy Customers"
Prestige Auto Sales Ocala Florida - Blog!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
To be successful, you need to be ........
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. -- Jim Lovell
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Veterans Park Donation by "Prestige Auto Sales"
Patriotic Horse
"Customer Testimonies"
U - Can - 2 - Ocala
Prestige Auto Sales Ocala Florida - Blog!
There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen. -- Jim Lovell
Make it a great day!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Veterans Park Donation by "Prestige Auto Sales"
Patriotic Horse
"Customer Testimonies"
U - Can - 2 - Ocala
Prestige Auto Sales Ocala Florida - Blog!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Make it a great day all!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time. -- Henry Ford
Make it a great day all!
Chris Spears
Prestige in Ocala
A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time. -- Henry Ford
Make it a great day all!
Chris Spears
Prestige in Ocala
Monday, April 13, 2009
"Good to Great"
Monday, April 13, 2009
Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake. -- Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great"
Make it a great week all!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Prestige Auto Sales
Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake. -- Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great"
Make it a great week all!
Chris Spears
Ocala, Florida
Prestige Auto Sales
Friday, April 10, 2009
I find friendship to be like ..........
Friday, April 10, 2009
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial. -- Thomas Jefferson
We wish you all a Blessed Easter holiday!
Chris M. Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala, Florida
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial. -- Thomas Jefferson
We wish you all a Blessed Easter holiday!
Chris M. Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala, Florida
Thursday, April 9, 2009
LORD PROP US UP...
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
LORD PROP US UP...Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, 'Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side.' After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.
He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this... I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time; it's withstood a lot of weather; it's gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years.
It's still standing. But one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit.
So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall.
Then I got to thinking about that and how much I was like that old barn. I've been around a long time.
I've withstood a lot of life's storms. I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times, and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, 'cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning at times.
Sometimes we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leaning toward hatred, leaning toward cussing, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't . So we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side, so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.
''If you stare at this barn for a second you will see who will help us stand straight and tall again.
LORD PROP US UP...Every time I am asked to pray, I think of the old deacon who always prayed, 'Lord, prop us up on our leanin' side.' After hearing him pray that prayer many times, someone asked him why he prayed that prayer so fervently.
He answered, 'Well sir, you see, it's like this... I got an old barn out back. It's been there a long time; it's withstood a lot of weather; it's gone through a lot of storms, and it's stood for many years.
It's still standing. But one day I noticed it was leaning to one side a bit.
So I went and got some pine poles and propped it up on its leaning side so it wouldn't fall.
Then I got to thinking about that and how much I was like that old barn. I've been around a long time.
I've withstood a lot of life's storms. I've withstood a lot of bad weather in life, I've withstood a lot of hard times, and I'm still standing too. But I find myself leaning to one side from time to time, so I like to ask the Lord to prop us up on our leaning side, 'cause I figure a lot of us get to leaning at times.
Sometimes we get to leaning toward anger, leaning toward bitterness, leaning toward hatred, leaning toward cussing, leaning toward a lot of things that we shouldn't . So we need to pray, 'Lord, prop us up on our leaning side, so we will stand straight and tall again, to glorify the Lord.
''If you stare at this barn for a second you will see who will help us stand straight and tall again.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Make it a great week!
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -- Truman Capote
Make it a great week!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala, Florida
Veterans Park Donation by "Prestige Auto Sales"
Patriotic Horse
U - Can - 2 - Ocala
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. -- Truman Capote
Make it a great week!
Chris Spears
Prestige Auto Sales
Ocala, Florida
Veterans Park Donation by "Prestige Auto Sales"
Patriotic Horse
U - Can - 2 - Ocala
Monday, April 6, 2009
I dreamed that I went to Heaven .....
I dreamed that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing
me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with
angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.'
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy
with so many angels sorting out petitions written on volumino us paper
sheets and scraps from people all over the world. Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached
the second section.
The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and
Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them. 'I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we
stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked.
'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the
blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments .'
'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.
'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you,Lord.'
'What blessings should they acknowledge? ' I asked.
'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your
back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.'
'And if you get this on your own computer, you are part
of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity. '
'If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness ... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day .'
'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the
loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.'
'If you can attend a church without the fear of
harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world ..'
'If your parents are still alive and still married ....you are very rare .'
'If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the
norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair.'
Ok, what now? How can I start?
If you can read this message, you just received a double
blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want,
pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
ATTN:
Acknowledgment Department: 'Thank you Lord, for giving
me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with.
If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that
you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on???? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!!
Have a blessed day!
Chris M. Spears
Ocala, Florida
** Credit shout-out to all who send me these great quotes & stories on a daily basis. I publish them here on this blog, but folks just like you find and forward these to me. Thanks and keep the good-stuff coming!
me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with
angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.'
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy
with so many angels sorting out petitions written on volumino us paper
sheets and scraps from people all over the world. Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached
the second section.
The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and
Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them. 'I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we
stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed 'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked.
'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the
blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments .'
'How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.
'Simple,' the angel answered. Just say, 'Thank you,Lord.'
'What blessings should they acknowledge? ' I asked.
'If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your
back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world.. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.'
'And if you get this on your own computer, you are part
of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity. '
'If you woke up this morning with more health than
illness ... you are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day .'
'If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the
loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 700 million people in the world.'
'If you can attend a church without the fear of
harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world ..'
'If your parents are still alive and still married ....you are very rare .'
'If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the
norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair.'
Ok, what now? How can I start?
If you can read this message, you just received a double
blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you want,
pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
ATTN:
Acknowledgment Department: 'Thank you Lord, for giving
me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people to share it with.
If you have read this far, and are thankful for all that
you have been blessed with, how can you not send it on???? I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!!
Have a blessed day!
Chris M. Spears
Ocala, Florida
** Credit shout-out to all who send me these great quotes & stories on a daily basis. I publish them here on this blog, but folks just like you find and forward these to me. Thanks and keep the good-stuff coming!
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