The Status Quotes
December 2011
Date Quote Old Testament Reference New Testament Reference
Thursday,
December 1, 2011		 "With strawberry fields
The Wind in autumn brushes
Away dying leaves"

-Jay C. Collin		 Isaiah 1:18 Revelation 3:20
Friday,
December 2, 2011		 "For strawberry fields
The Wind in autumn breathes out
All the dying leaves

-C. Kim Wyliette-Mehbiphound		 Isaiah 57:13-15 John 3:5-8
Saturday,
December 3, 2011		 "Her ways are pleasant,
And all her paths are peace."

-Proverbs 3:17		 Proverbs 3:17 1 Corinthians 1:21
Sunday,
December 4, 2011		 "I want to run to you
But if I come to you
Tell me, will you stay or will you run away?"

-Whitney Houston		 Jeremiah 31:25 Matthew 11:28
"Why must the show go on?"

-Noel Coward		 Psalm 51:12
Isaiah 40:31		 Matthew 26:41
Mark 14:38
Monday,
December 5, 2011		 "My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,
Outstanding among ten thousand."

-Song of Songs 5:10		 Song of Songs 5:10 Matthew 27:28
"Prepare yourself, for I have a black belt in retail grocery. Ready to check out? Lettuce begin!"

-Cass Yirfork-Raist
 Psalm 1:3 Ephesians 6:7-8
Tuesday,
December 6, 2011		 "Well I know that your heart is aching now
But just let it go and let God turn it
Turn it all around, yeah
Turn it all around, yeah
Turn it all around, yeah
Turn it all around, yeah"

-Cindy Morgan		 Proverbs 14:13 John 21:22
"The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny Him by their lifestyles. That is what and unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."

-Brennan Manning		 St. James
2:15-16
Matthew
23:1-12
"He does not look like anyone else
Does not fit in anywhere I know
You ask me to be Your hands
And show him now that he is loved"

-Rebecca St. James		 2 Samuel
12:1-4
Numbers
14:26-35
Wednesday,
December 7, 2011		 "Even on days that live in infamy, Yahweh Rophe, the God-who-heals, is still in control."

-Pearl Rhea Membard		 Isaiah 46:9 Matthew 7:6
"Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck."

-Lucius Fox		 Job 38:1-41 Mark 14:62


"A rainbow was the happiest frown I'd ever seen. And then I stood on my head...
WOW! That's amazing!"



-Y. B. Mellon-Colley		 Genesis 9:16 1 Corinthians 12:31
Thursday,
December 8, 2011		 "If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass us by?"

-Vanessa Carlton		 Psalm 19:1 2 Peter 3:8
Friday,
December 9, 2011		 "We've got nothing to prove
Your social guides give you swollen eyes
But what I got can't be bought"

-Mark Foster		 Daniel 5:13-17 Acts 8:18-23
Saturday,
December 10, 2011		 "I played my drum for Him...
I played my best for Him...
Then He smiled at me...
Me and my drum.

-The Little Drummer Boy		 Psalm 149:1-4 Luke 22:35-38
Sunday,
December 11, 2011		 "Praise Him with the clash of cymbals,
Praise Him with resounding cymbals."

-Psalm 150:5		 Psalm 150:5 Romans 1:20
Monday,
December 12, 2011		 "This time I will praise Yahweh."

-Leah Isaacson		 Genesis 29:31-35 Philippians 1:18
Tuesday,
December 13, 2011		 "The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
But the stomach of the wicked is in want."

-Proverbs 13:25		 Proverbs 13:25 Luke 22:28-30
"There are already so many big guys fighting this war, maybe what we need now is a little guy."

-Dr. Abraham Erskine		 1 Samuel
17:38-40		 Luke 19:1-10
Wednesday,
December 14, 2011		 "God forgive me for the time I've wasted."

-Ebenezer Scrooge		 Psalm 39:5 James 4:14
Thursday,
December 15, 2011		 "The joy of Christmas
Stays here inside us
Fills each and every heart with love"

-Faith Hill		 Psalm 117 Romans 6:23
Friday,
December 16, 2011		 "And I want to be in God's house, I want to see my Savior full in His face; right now I know that I have eternal security, and I want to go to that Holy Place at the end of the road."

-Psonic Alms 19:3-4		 Isaiah 6:2 John 14:1-3
Saturday,
December 17, 2011		 "Wide open my life is now
I hide no more behind the mask
And what you see is what I am
It's reality"

-Rebecca St. James		 Isaiah 32:1-8 John 16:29-33
"Blast this Christmas music. It's joyful AND triumphant."

-The Grinch		 Psalm 33:1 Ephesians 5:19
Sunday,
December 18, 2011		 "Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name;
Please bless brother Tim as he bows,
That win or lose, the world may know now
Your goodness, O God, and give You all the glory.
It's Your time; by the power of Your Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, the Amen."

-Mary Hale		 Psalm 18:39
Psalm 20:7		 Matthew 5:16
Philippians
2:10-11
Monday,
December 19, 2011		 "House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
But a prudent wife is from Yahweh."

-Proverbs 19:14		 Proverbs 19:14 Revelation 21:2
"Keep 'em safe, Lord. The little boy, especially."

-Dick Hallorann		 Hosea 11:1 Matthew
2:13-15
Tuesday,
December 20, 2011		 "Like a drummer without a band
Like non-existence without existence
Like a beatless heart, like a helpless hand
That's you without you"

-Nat Strayner & Cam L. Swalwer		 Psalm 146:1-2 John 15:5
Matthew 23:24
"He says it's the chance of a lifetime."

-Mary Hatch		 Exodus 3:10 Acts 1:8
Wednesday,
December 21, 2011		 "I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love
As he thanked me and ran out
I knew that God had sent that little boy
To remind me just what Christmas is all about."

-Newsong		 Isaiah 52:10 Luke 2:8-14
"O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant...
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord."

-John Francis Wade and Frederick Oakeley		 Isaiah 60:6
Micah 5:2		 Matthew 2:1-12
Thursday,
December 22, 2011		 "All I want for Christmas is you"

-Mariah Carey		 Lamentations
3:25-26		 Philippians
1:21
"He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, and wonders of His love"

-Isaac Watts		 Malachi 3:17-18 Mark 15:26
Friday,
December 23, 2011
"Fragile fingers sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny heart whose blood will save us
Unto us is born
Unto us is born
So wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob our sin and make us holy
Perfect Son of God
Perfect Son of God
Welcome to our world"

-Chris Rice
 Isaiah 9:6-7 Luke 2:21-40
Sunday,
December 25, 2011
"Look beneath the tree to find God's Greatest Gift!

Find Him in the green field (Psalm 23:2),
the cross (John 19:19),
the Bright Morning Star (Revelation 22:16);
the A, the Z (Revelation 22:13);
the Blue, the Purple, the Red (Revelation 19:11-13);

Have a TREE-mendous Christmas, everyone! : )

'...the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.' -Romans 6:23b;

Always in Christ's Love,"

-Hugh R. Luft
 Psalm 23:2 John 19:19

Romans 6:23

Revelation
19:11-13

Revelation
22:13

Revelation
22:16
Tuesday,
December 27, 2011		 "So my sister asks me, 'Why didn't you eat those Christmas leftovers I left in the fridge?' I told her, 'Oh, I finally stopped eating cold turkey.' "

-Hugh Morris		 Genesis 21:6 1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1
"As the Christian church took its place in God's name,
to take and use my virgin strength and trusting faith,
the priests, both good and bad, took--
but gave a lasting truth that Spaniard Indian Mestizo
were all God's children.
And from these words grew men who prayed and fought
for their own worth as human beings, for that
GOLDEN MOMENT of FREEDOM."

-Rodolfo Corky Gonzales
 Psalm 22:22 John 1:12
Wednesday,
December 28, 2011		 "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, ...for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake."

-God		 Exodus 2:10 Acts 9:15-16
"I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure." -Eric Liddell
 1 Kings 18:46 Hebrews 12:1-2
Thursday,
December 29, 2011		 Sword of the Spirit proficiency challenge: Genesis to Revelation recitation in 33 seconds. (It IS possible!) Proverbs 7:1-3 Hebrews 4:12
Friday,
December 30, 2011		 "The secret of Yahweh is for those who fear Him,
And He will make them know His covenant.
My eyes are continually toward Yahweh,
For He will pluck my feet out of the net."

-King David		 Psalm 25:8-15
"...He who has seen Me has seen the Father; ..."

-King Jesus the Christ		 John 14:6-20
"And Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights."

-Jonah 1:17
 Jonah 1:17 Matthew 12:40
Saturday,
December 31, 2011		 "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end."

-Ecclesiastes 3:11		 Ecclesiastes 3:11
"And He who sits on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new.' He says, 'Write, for these words are faithful and true.' "

-Revelation 21:5		 Revelation 21:5

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