@DavidBlenko

Focus: faith, the good life, leadership, and civility. Energized by justice and strongly value humility, contribution, and long-term thinking | No DMs

Southern California
Joined December 2008
A person’s way of being human is the most authentic expression of their belief or unbelief. A person’s life speaks more about their faith than what they think or say about God ~ Tomas Halik
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Like a broken tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble ~ Proverbs 25:19
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Wisdom belongs to the aged, and understanding to the old ~ Job 12:12 | Maybe the greatest sense of wisdom and understanding is to know that you might not have all the wisdom and understanding
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Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe ~ Proverbs 29:25
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Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you ~ Matthew 7:1–2
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History is on the side of optimists. The only way to predict the future is to make it, i.e., summon the irrational optimism necessary to advance, despite the risks, into the unknown ~ Scott Galloway
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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me ~ Psalm 23:4
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The whole earth is wrapped in darkness, all people sunk in deep darkness, But God rises on you, God's sunrise glory breaks over you ~ Isaiah 60:2
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There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love ~ 1 John 4:18
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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness ~ 1 John 1:7–9
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Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens. ~ Psalm 68:19
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it ~ Albert Einstein
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Let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t get discouraged and give up ~ Galatians 6:9
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You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am ~ John 13:13 | He said this after washing others’ feet. Calling him Lord means we serve as he served. We don't serve to earn grace; we serve because he served us
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Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it ~ Proverbs 22:6
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In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them ~ Proverbs 22:5
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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful ~ Hebrews 10:23
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We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ ~ 2 Corinthians 10:5
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The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him ~ Exodus 15:2
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen ~ Ephesians 3:20–21
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Being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! ~ Philippians 2:8
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