BOLD Ministry

I ran across this post that I saved some time ago and thought it would be really relevant to today and the times we are facing.

1. Overcoming adversity: James 1:2-4
“The sermon of your life in tough times ministers to people more powerfully than the most eloquent speaker.” -Bill Bright
2. Find God’s path & follow it: Philippians 4:19
“Enjoy the adventure of receiving God’s guidance. Taste it, revel in it, appreciate the fact that the journey is often a lot more exciting than arriving at the destination.” -Bill Hybels
3. Great love leads to great miracles:
“How do you spell love? When you reach the point where the happiness, security, and development of another person is as much of a driving force to you as your own happiness, security, and development, then you have a mature love. True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted inwhat you can give to the other person.” -Josh McDowell
4. Family: Romans 12:9-10
“Calm and peaceful, the home should be the one place where people are certain they will be welcomed, received, protected, and loved.” -Ed Young
5. Faith: Hebrews 11:1
“Just as our faith strengthens our prayer life, so do our prayers deepen our faith. Let us pray often starting today, for a eeper, more powerful faith.” -Shirley Dobson
“Nothing is more disastrous than to study faith, analyze faith, make noble resolves of faith, but never actually to make the leap of faith.” -Vance Havner
6. Trust: II Corinthians 5:7
“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” -Corrie ten Boom
7. Humility: II Chronicles 7:14
“If you know who you are in Christ, your personal ego is not an issue.” -Beth Moore
“Humility expresses a genuine dependency on God and others.” -Charles Stanley
8. Trusting God leads to peace: Isaiah 32:17
“There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace.” -Gloria Gaither
“Comparison is the root of all feelings of inferiority.” -James Dobson
9. Wisdom: James 5:19-20
“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.” -C.S. Lewis
10. Worship: John 7:37
“Inside the human heart is an undeniable, spiritual instinct to commune with its Creator.” -Jim Cymbala
11. Respect & love parents & elders: Proverbs 10:12
“When we Christians are too busy to care for each other, we’re simply too busy for our own good…and for God’s.” -Marie T. Freeman
“I choose gentleness. Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it only be in praise. If I clench my fist, may it only be in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.” -Max Lucado
12. Hard work: Colossians 3:23
“Ordinary work, which is what most of us do most of the time, is ordained by God every bit as much as is the extraordinary.” -Elisabeth Elliot
13. God’s protection:
“Prayer is our pathway not only to divine protection, but also to a personal, intimate relationship with God.” -Shirley Dobson
“As sure as God puts his children in the furnace, he will be in the furnace with them.” -C.H. Spurgeon
14. Kindness: I Corinthians 13:4
“If we have the true love of God in our hearts, we will show it in our lives. We will not have to go up and down the earth proclaiming it. We will show it in everything we say or do.” -D.L. Moody
15. Character: Proverbs 27:19; I Corinthians 15:33
“Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are.” -John Maxwell
“Character is what you are in the dark.” -D.L. Moody

16. God’s purpose: Romans 8:28; Proverbs 16:3
“Only God’s chosen task for you will ultimately satisfy. Do not wait until it is too late to realize the privilege of serving Him in His chosen position for you.” -Beth Moore
“God custom-designed you with your unique combination of personality, temperament, talents, and background, and He wants to harness and use these in His mission to reach this messed-up world.” -Bill Hybels
17. Strength: Isaiah 40:31
“There are two things we are called to do: we are to depend on His strength and be obedient to His Word. If we can’t handle being dependent and obedient, we will never become the kind of people who have a heart for God.” -Stuart Briscoe
18. Let God help make decisions: Isaiah 64:8; Psalm 143:10
”God is voting for us all the time. The devil is voting against us all the time. The way we vote carries the election.” -Corrie ten Boom
19. Bitterness: Hebrews 10:23
“Bitterness is the greatest barrier to friendship with God.” -Rick Warren
20. Don’t give up: Galatians 6:9
“In the Bible, patience is not a passive acceptance of circumstances. It is a courageous perseverance in the face of suffering and difficulty.” -Warren Wiersbe
“Failure is one of life’s most powerful teachers. How we handle our failures determines whether we’re going to simply ‘get by’ in life or ‘press on’.” -Beth Moore
21. God’s presence: John 16:32
“If you want to hear God’s voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes that uncertainty. Often, much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride in to humility, doubt into faith and peace.” -Corrie ten Boom
22. Service: Psalm 100:2
“If you want to discover your spiritual gifts, start obeying God. As you serve Him, you will find that He has given you the gifts that are necessary to follow through in obedience.” -Anne Graham Lotz
23. Prayer: Philippians 4:6
“All we have to do is to acknowledge our need, move from self-sufficiency to dependence, and ask God to become our hiding place.” -Bill Hybels
24. Courage: I Corinthians 16:13
“Faith not only can help you through a crisis, it can help you to approach life after the hard times with a whole new perspective. It can help you adopt an outlook of hope and courage through faith to face reality.” -John Maxwell
25. Hope: Jeremiah 29:11-12
“I wish I could make it all new again; I can’t. But God can. ‘He restores my soul,’ wrote the shepherd. God doesn’t reform; he restores. He doesn’t camouflage the old; he restores the new. The Master Builder will pull out the original plan and restore it.” -Max Lucado
26. God’s timetable: Isaiah 40:31
“God is in no hurry. Compared to the works of mankind, He is extremely deliberate. God is not a slave to the human clock.” -Charles Swindoll
27. Loyalty: Proverbs 17:17
“Any time you make a commitment to something, it will be tested.” -John Maxwell
28. Faithfulness: James 1:12
“God’s love for His children is unconditional, no strings attached. But, God’s blessings on our lives do come with a condition—obedience. If we are to receive the fullness of God’s blessings, we must obey Him and keep His commandment.” -Jim Gallery
29. God’s Salvation: Romans 10:9-10
“Our salvation comes to us so easily because it cost God so much.” -Oswald Chambers
30. God’s plan: Proverbs 16:9
“When the dream of our heart is one that God has planted there, a strange happiness flows into us. At that moment, all of the spiritual resources of the universe are released to help us. Our praying is then at one with the will of God and becomes a channel for the Creator’s purposes for us and our world.” -Catherine Marshall