Some Encouraging thoughts from Johny (Late John George Samuel) 

LOVE AND SACRIFICE 

• If worldly men can suffer for a worldly cause, how much more we should, for a Heavenly cause? (Acts. 14:22; 1 Pet. 4:1; 2 Tim. 3:12) 

• God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. (Rom. 5:3; Ps. 119:71; John. 5:3) 

• Life is not to be salvaged out of the world, but an investment to be used in the world”. (Luke. 15:32; Acts. 16:10; 2 Tim. 4:11) 

• Amidst my list of blessing infinite stands this foremost, that My heart has bled for you. (1 Pet. 1:18; Rom. 5:9; Eph. 2:13) 

• “The heart that serves, loves, and clings, hears everywhere, the rush of angel’s wings”. (Gen. 39:5; Num. 25:8; 2 Sam. 9:3) 

• “There is no high hill but beside some deep valley. There is no birth without a pang”. (Prov. 22:4; Num. 12:3; Mark. 6:8) 

Some Encouraging thoughts from Johny (Late John George Samuel)

GOD’S SUFFICIENCY

• More prayer, more exercise of faith, more patient waiting, and the result is BLESSING IN ABUNDANCE. (John. 15:7; Ps. 66:18; Is. 59:2) 

• When we have nothing left but God, we find that God is enough. (Ps. 72:20; Ezra. 14:3) 

• THINK POSITIVE-BE AN OPTIMIST.
  Say to yourself every morning, “Today is going to be a great day. I can handle more than I think I can. Things don’t get better by worrying about them. I can be satisfied, it I try to do my best. There is always something to be happy about. Today I am going to make someone happy”. (Heb. 2:18; Ps. 70:1; Job. 22:30; Num. 25:8)

 CHARACTER IMPROVEMENT

• God develops our spiritual power through pressures. (Rom. 5:3; Heb. 12:10; 1 Pet. 2:20) 

• “He hath acquainted Himself with my beaten path. When He hath searched me out, I shall come out shining.” (Job. 23:10; Deut. 31:6; Ps. 139:23) 

• Some things cannot be done in a day. God does not make a sunset glory in a moment. (Ps. 142:7; Jer. 52:3; acts. 12:11)

RELAX IN GOD       

• Thou hast not always promised me rest FROM my burden, but thou hast always offered me rest IN my burden. (Ps. 55:22; 57:2-3; 1 Pet. 5:7) 

• Wait for the Lord; be strong, and take heart, and wait for the Lord. (Ps. 33:20; 106:13; 123:2) 

• Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance that the Lord will bring you today. (Ex. 14:13; Ps. 34:4)

Some Encouraging thoughts from Johny (Late John George Samuel)

HOPE

• Even though we come to the end of the rope, we never come to the end of our hope. (PS. 119:31; Is. 30:16; Job. 35:14) 

• God’s road is all uphill But do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher. (Rom. 4:21; Phil. 4:6; Is. 61:3) 

• “Not a single shaft can hit till the God of love sees fit”. (Ps. 4:1; 2 Cor. 7:6; Rom. 15:16)

GOD’S INTERVENTION

• God takes you through a way that you do not understand temporarily. It is only by going through spiritual confusion that you will come to the understanding of what God wants for you. (Is. 55:8; 2 Sam. 22:31; Prov. 3:17) 

• When we trust in Him, He will work miracles in our lives. (John. 11:40; Acts. 3:6; Luke. 7:10) 

• If we trust in God, He will make the impossible possible, and will do only what is best for us. (Gen. 26:24; 1 Kin. 17:13; Acts. 27:24)

 RIGHT RESPONSE

• If losing physical weight is a matter of concern, then how much more, the losing of spiritual weight! (Ps. 55:22; 57:2; 1 Pet. 5:7) 

• The world may ask you to hit-back and get it out of your system, but God asks you to sit-back and get Him into your system, allowing Him to handle things. (James. 5:9; Hab. 6:15; Rev. 1:9) 

• Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. (Ps. 57:1; Prov. 3:34; Ex. 33:12, 19)