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Quotes

Here are some quotes from the instructor of the Bible Institute I'm "attending".

Curry Blake:

Jesus came to establish a government, a spiritual kingdom that affects the natural.  He did not come to establish a religion or a system of Do's and Don't's.

Satan's best tools are part truth and part lie.  There's enough truth to get you to listen and enough lie to get you off-track.

Eventually Fear and Greed will back down.

I really like the excerpt below, since it's easier for me to apply when I teach and direct children's Sunday School:
The people you train are more important than you are.  Always remember that the people you train are God's Sons and Daughters.  You should always treat them like royalty, because that is who they are.  Anytime you are speaking, you are training the next generation of kings over the earth.
You as those being trained, also have to recognize that you are kings and priests in training, which means you have to live accordingly.

The faith of the church of Rome was spoken of throughout the whole world.  Your faith should be spoken of throughout the world.

About becoming great:
Jesus wouldn't tell you how to do it, if it was wrong to do. So it's not wrong to want ot be great in the kingdom, it's wrong to want to be great.



Heraclites

You can never step in the same river twice; between the first time you step into the river and the second time, the river changes, and so do you.



~CJ

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