Stretch Quote – Open Arms (Blaise Pascal)
It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may STRETCH out our arms to the Redeemer.
Blaise Pascal
What are you searching for these days?
Stretch Quote – Comfort Zone (Les Brown)
If you put yourself in a position where you have to STRETCH outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.
Les Brown
What are you doing to push the boundaries of your comfort zone?
Stretch Quote – People (Bryant H. McGill)
There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.
Bryant H. McGill
How would your world change if you really got to know someone? Tell me about a person you have come to treasure. Leave your responses in the comments.
John R. W. Stott Quote
“Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique. ”
― John R.W. Stott
Why do you think people become missionaries?
Strive, Stretch, Strain…HOPE
Striving. Stretching. Straining.
What are you striving, stretching, and straining towards?
Faith, Hope, and Love
I often share a quote about hope – one of the three things that remain according to I Corinthians 13. But the greatest of these three is love. As we enter this week when many will be celebrating romantic love, may we love in a way that represents Paul’s words well.
How have you experienced faith, hope, and love this week? How can you share love with others in the week ahead?
Today, I’m hooking up with The Sunday Community and The Weekend Brew. Hop on over here and here to see what I’m talking about.
(Come back Wednesday, when I continue a discussion with Bill Grandi based on Love Works a great leadership book by Joel Manby.)
Drew Brees Quote
We spend so much time tracking our stats and trying to do better. We track the traffic to our blogs. We track our social media Klout scores. We track the number of followers, friends, and likes we rack up. I’m guilty of it. I want to know if I’m expanding my reach.
But at some point, it becomes too much. I want to be more than a number. I want to achieve dreams that go beyond records and one-up-man-ship. When I think about hope, it’s so much more than a number. I hope we all aim higher.
How have numbers gotten in the way of reaching for bigger hopes?
John Wayne Quote
What have you learned from your past that give you hope for the future?
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character keeps repeating the same day over and over again. Initially, it drives him crazy. But then he starts to learn from the repeated day before to make the next repeated day better.
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