var proverbsArray = new makeArray ( 'Happy moments - praise God.
Difficult moments - seek God.
Quiet moments - worship God.
Painful moments - trust God.
Every moment - thank God.', 'Give God what´s right --
not what´s left.', 'Man´s way leads
to a hopeless end.
God´s way leads
to an endless hope.', 'A lot of kneeling will
keep you in good standing.', 'He who kneels before God
can stand before anyone.', 'When praying,
don´t give God instructions.
Just report for duty.', 'Don´t wait for six strong men
to take you to church.', 'We don´t change God´s message.
His message changes us.', 'When God ordains,
He sustains.', 'Plan ahead.
It wasn´t raining
when Noah built the ark.', 'Most people want to serve God,
but only in an advisory position.', 'Suffering from truth decay?
Brush up on your Bible.', 'Never give the devil a ride.
He will always want to drive.', 'Nothing else ruins the truth
like stretching it.', 'He who angers you
controls you.', 'Worry is the darkroom
in which negatives can develop.', 'Give Satan an inch
and he´ll be a ruler.', 'God doesn´t
call the qualified,
He qualifies the called.', 'Decisions can take you
out of God´s will
but never
out of His reach.', 'Be more concerned with what
God thinks about you
than what
People think about you.', 'If you are going in the wrong direction,
God does allow U-turns.', 'No God - No Peace,
Know God - Know Peace.', 'People are like tea bags -
You have to put them in hot water
Before you know how strong they are.', 'When down in the mouth, remember Jonah.
He came out alright.', 'How will you spend eternity -
Smoking or Non Smoking?', 'Dusty Bibles lead to dirty lives.', 'Come work for the Lord.
The work is hard,
the hours are long
and the pay is low, but the
retirement benefits are
out of this world.', 'It is unlikely that there will
be a reduction in the
wages of sin.', 'Don´t wait for the hearse
to take you to church.', 'If you don´t like the
way you were born,
try being born again.', 'This is a ch__ch.
What is missing?
(U R)', 'Forbidden fruit creates many jams.', 'In the dark?
Follow the Son.', 'If you can´t sleep,
don´t count sheep.
Talk to the Shepherd.', 'Jesus is coming ....
don´t miss him for the world.', 'Jesus proved that a
sinless life can be
lived in a sinful world.', 'Wearing a cross
can´t take the place of
bearing a cross.', 'The cross bearers here
will be the
crown wearers "over there."', 'The person who walks with
God always knows in what
direction he is going.', 'A Christianity without the cross
is a miserable counterfeit.', 'Christians are called
not to be comfortable,
but to give comfort.', 'Anger is the wind
that blows out all
reason and understanding.', 'With God´s help,
plus your own determination,
you can overcome all anger.', 'It is impossible to think clearly
when you are angry.', 'Right is right
even if nobody does it and
wrong is wrong
even if everybody does it.', 'A bible that is falling apart
usually belongs to a person who isn´t.', 'No one is ever too old to learn,
but many keep putting it off.', 'He who plants kindness
reaps love.', 'If there is no God
then nothing really matters,
but if there is a God
then nothing else really matters.', 'Negative or positive is often determined
by the attitude of the observer.', 'Truth doesn´t hurt unless it ought to!', 'Nothing lies beyond
the reach of prayer,
except what lies outside
the will of God.', 'Religion, like a deodorant,
is often used the least
by those who need it the most.', 'The tongue is a deadly weapon
whether it be blunt or sharp.', 'It is infinitely better to
rock the boat contending for truth,
than to wreck the boat
through compromise with error.', 'I am a Fool for Christs Sake.
Who´s fool are you?', 'The yoke of God
does not fit stiff necks.', 'Your character is built with
what you stand for;
your reputation by
what you fall for.', 'Christianity is a battle -
not a dream.', 'Character is not made in a crisis -
it is only exhibited.', 'The best victory
is self conquest.', 'Be the soul supporter
of your children.', 'It is unthinkable to expect
a child to listen to your advice
and ignore your example.', 'The devil first makes friends with parents
to get their boys and girls.', 'Its hard for a child to live right
when he has never seen it done.', 'The church is near,
but the road is icy -
The tavern is far
But I will drive carefully!', 'The greatest cross in life
is to be without a cross.', 'We will never bring
the world unto Christ
until we bring Christ
to the world.', 'Its hard to sell a product
you don´t use
and a religion
you don´t live.', 'The church is made of willing members;
some willing to work
and the others willing to let them.', 'Church members ought to show others how to live -
not criticize them for not knowing.', 'The world at its worst
needs the church at its best.', 'Many want the Christ of the cross
without the cross of Christ.', 'Satan is never too busy
to rock the cradle
of a sleeping Christian.', 'The less religion a church has
the more entertainment it takes
to get them there.', 'You need the church -
the church needs you -
the world needs both.', 'Are elders to
"oversee" or "overlook"?', 'The human mind was
intended for a storehouse
not a wastebasket.', 'The highest education is to
learn to do God´s will.', 'The best applause comes
from your conscience.', 'Give people a piece of your heart
rather than a piece of your mind.', 'It´s not wildfire that
worries me in the church -
it´s no fire.', 'An excuse is a
thin skin of falsehood
stretched tightly over
a bald faced lie.', 'Too many reach for the stool
when there is a piano to be moved.', 'Following the line of least resistance
makes both rivers and men crooked.', 'With every sin the devil
provides also an excuse.', 'When the road is straight
don´t look for a short cut.', 'The great use of life
is to spend it on something
that outlasts it.', 'Faith ends when worry begins;
worry ends when faith begins.', 'An atheist cannot find God
for the same reason
a thief cannot find a policeman.', 'Ulcers are the result of
mountain climbing over molehills', 'Faith sees the invisible,
believes the incredible,
and achieves the impossible.', 'When a man wants
to believe something,
it doesn´t take much
to convince him.', 'You cannot walk with God
while running with the devil.', 'If Christ is kept outside,
something is wrong inside.', 'Faith keeps a man
that keeps his faith.', 'I do not merely wish
to possess a faith;
I want a faith
that possesses me.', 'Faults are thick
where love is thin.', 'He who cannot forgive
destroys the bridge
over which he
also must pass.', 'You cannot do kindness
too soon, because you
never know how soon
it will be too late.', 'A man´s venom poisons himself
more than its victim.', 'No one can go to heaven
who wants to go alone.', 'The strongest words
are used in the
weakest arguments.', 'If you were another person
would you be a
friend of yourself?', 'It is better to offer a hand
than to point a finger.', 'A man is also known by
the company he doesn´t keep.', 'You can make a good living
yet live a poor life.', 'The real measure of wealth
is how much we would
be worth if we lost it.', 'A fat purse will not
compensate for a lean soul.', 'The poorest man is he
who only has money.', 'What if the Lord made us
as poor as our giving shows?', 'A man who lives for himself
is ruined by the
company he keeps.', 'It isn´t what I would do
If a million should fall my lot;
But what I am doing today
With the dollar and quarter I´ve got!', 'Don´t cheat the Lord
and call it economy.', 'When some put in their
Two Cents Worth
they have some change coming.', 'Some use the tongue
to express thought,
to conceal thought,
or instead of thought.', 'He only opens his mouth
to change feet.', 'The man who talks about
his brother to you
will talk about
you to his brother.', 'Gossip is a little insect,
It has neither legs nor wings.
It is made up wholly of tales
And most of them have stings.', 'Those who tell
little white lies
soon become color blind.', 'Some find fault as if
it were buried treasure.', 'Before you give someone
a piece of your mind,
make sure you have
enough to spare.', 'Man does not live
by words alone
although sometimes
he has to eat them.', 'There is much difference
between a busybody
and a busy body.', 'When you have a fight
with your conscience
and lose, you won.', 'Jesus didn´t say "Get ready",
He said "Be ready."', 'Religion is not just
doing religious things,
but doing all things religiously.', 'Good examples have twice the
value of good advice.', 'The only man worse than a quitter
is the man afraid to begin.', 'Tears of repentance
are good for the eyes.', 'If you hoot with the
owls at night,
you cannot soar with the
eagles in the morning.', 'When love empties the purse,
happiness fills the heart.', 'You cannot borrow happiness
but you can give it to others.', 'A smile is a light in the
window of your face showing
your heart is at home.', 'One advantage in traveling
the straight and narrow way -
no one is trying to pass you.', 'Doing nothing for others
is the undoing of ourselves.', 'An atheist has reason
but no hope for his reason;
a hypocrite has hope
but no reason;
a Christian has both
hope and reason.', 'If we could only forget our
troubles as we do our blessings.', 'Without Christ,
a hopeless end;
with Christ,
an endless hope.', 'Will electronic computers
ever get smart enough
to deny man made them?', 'Seven prayer less days
makes one weak.', 'Some sow wild oats six days
then go to church on Sunday
and pray for crop failure.', 'Prayer less pews make
powerless pulpits.', 'You cannot expect a million dollar
answer to a ten cent prayer.', 'Don´t worry about the
Far Left or Far Right.
Worry about the
High Above and the Way Below.', 'A good preacher scratches
where members don´t itch.', 'Preachers prefer holding services
with you than over you.', 'A sermon is not to be
liked but to be lived.', 'The thoughtless
are seldom wordless.', 'The candle loses no light
in lighting another.', 'Anger is the wind that blows
out the light of intelligence.', 'The entrances to trouble are wide -
the exits narrow.', 'Good intentions don´t help a man
traveling the wrong road.', 'Courtesy is contagious;
start an epidemic.', 'If your morals must go down
to get up in society
you had better stay on the level.', 'An ounce of doing is worth
a pound of intention.', 'The longer a man is wrong,
the surer he is he´s right.', 'Evil often triumphs
but it can never conquer.', 'After all is said and done
more is said than done.', 'God tries you with a little
to see what you could do
with a lot.', 'Today´s mighty oak
is yesterday´s little nut
that held his ground.', 'The duty of many should not
be the task of the few.', 'Some reach the top of the ladder
only to find it is leaning
against the wrong wall.', 'Error will slip through a crack
while the truth will stick in a doorway.', 'Hell is truth found too late.', 'Some throw away a bushel of truth
because it has a grain of error.
Others swallow a bushel of error
because it contains a grain of truth.', 'Being ignorant is not as bad
as being unwilling to learn.', 'No man ever got lost
on a straight road.', 'When you tell the truth
you don´t have to remember
what you said.', 'A Bible in the hand is better
than two on the shelf.', 'Men seek the truth -
not because it is lost
but they are.', 'Men do not reject the Bible
because it contradicts itself
but because it contradicts them.', 'Never put a question mark
where God put a period.', 'He who closes his eyes
cannot walk a straight line.', 'When met by temptation,
turn to the right.', 'Man is like water - in that
he seeks his own level.', 'Don´t brag,
it isn´t the whistle
that pulls the train.', 'Prepare and prevent
rather than repair and repent.', 'The emptier the pot,
the quicker it boils.', 'Fools make prophecies;
wise men make plans.', 'The most difficult thing
to open is a closed mind.', 'Do not argue with a fool -
the bystanders may not know
which is which.', 'Horse sense
is stable thinking.', 'When the majority in a
democracy are insane
the sane go to the asylum.', 'Watch your step carefully!
Everyone else does.', 'Silence is sometimes golden;
sometimes plain yellow.', 'If you don´t learn from mistakes
there is no sense in making them.', 'Living without faith
is like driving in a fog.', 'Worship is to a Christian
what a mainspring is to a watch.', 'Human eyes are never as clear
as when washed by tears.', 'Too many try to get
something from worship
without putting something in.', 'Organize the day
around your duty to God.', 'You put life into religion
by putting religion into life.', 'If God is your co-pilot
then you´re in the wrong seat.', 'If your faith doesn´t
bring you to worship,
it is doubtful it will
take you to heaven.', 'It´s hard to stumble when you´re
down on your knees.', 'Satan subtracts and divides.
God adds and multiplies.', 'If you do not want to
reap the fruits of sin,
stay out of the devil´s orchard.', 'To belittle is
to be little.', 'Wisdom has two parts:
1) Having a lot to say.
2) Not saying it.', 'The greatest homage
we can pay to truth
is to use it.', 'Exercise Daily
Walk With The Lord' );