I had a good laugh about it. As for myself, I even skip the step of writing them down.

Take, Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will – all that I have and call my own. You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace. That is enough for me.

~Ignatius of Loyola – Prayer for the conclusion of his Spiritual Exercises

The Spirit-filled life is not a special deluxe edition of Christianity. It is part and parcel of the total plan of God for His people.

~A.W. Tozer

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We must have the Holy Spirit’s power and presence, otherwise our religion will become a mockery before God, and a misery to ourselves.

~C.H. Spurgeon

HOW CAN DISCIPLESHIP HELP THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALWAYS IN A HURRY?

We can learn how to act quickly without hurrying. Quickness is an attribute of action. Hurry is an attribute of the spirit. First, we need to recognize when we’re being drawn into hurry. At that point, stop and take time out. Then we go over how God is with us and we’re acting with Him at our side.
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Hurry involves the idea that something is out of control and we must take control. Hurry is an act of unfaith.
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Silence, solitude, fasting and Scripture memorization train us to respond differently to events when an immediate response is required

~Dallas Willard
in “Apprentice To The Master: Interview With Dallas Willard” by Jan Johnson

I have turned many of the WWW photos into three calendars on Zazzle.com where you can order them. Enjoy!

Faces of Mali 2011 Calendar by MaliAnta

Mali Scenery 2011 Calendar by MaliAnta

Mali Impressions 2011 Calendar by MaliAnta
Make a calendar with Zazzle

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. This is hard; … how can we do it? Only, I think, by remembering were we stand, by meaning our words when we say in our prayers each night, ‘Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.’ We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it means to refuse God’s mercy for ourselves.

~C.S. Lewis

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Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

~Mark Twain