The Status Quotes, January 2012

The Status Quotes
January 2012

Date Quote Old Testament Reference New Testament Reference

Monday,
January 2, 2012 "Man invents; God creates. Man invented the automobile, called it 'AMAZING!'; God made a tree, said it was 'good.' Man invented the refrigerator, called it 'INCREDIBLE!'; God made a rabbit and called it 'good.' The wheels fell off the car, the refrigerator broke down. Tree's still up and the rabbit's still runnin'."

-Bill Cosby Genesis 1:11-12,
1:24-25 Luke 21:1-4

"My wife encourages me to spend as much time in the garden as possible for the sake of my health."

-Rev. William Collins Ecclesiastes
11:1-2 Ephesians 5:25

Wednesday,
January 4, 2012 "Do you believe in miracles?!"

-Al Michaels Judges 7 Mark 8:14-21

"Though it may seem sometimes that you're walking in circles, it just might happen that some walls come tumbling down."

-Kip Walken Joshua 5:13-6:27 Ephesians
6:10-20

Thursday,
January 5, 2012 "Now listen to me very carefully."

-The Terminator Malachi 4:1-5

"A VoIP cries out in the digital wilderness, saying, 'Mend your net with gr8 haste and prepare to cast.' "

-Tex Apport Matthew
11:6-11

Friday,
January 6, 2012 "Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?"

-Mordecai Jairson Esther 4:13-14;
Proverbs 28:23 Mark 8:15-17;
John 21:20-22

Saturday,
January 7, 2012 "Beware five troublesome and near Misses:
There's Miss Ery--she loves company,
And then there's Miss Terry, who may or may not have a clue;
Miss Reed will tend to get the wrong idea,
While Miss Communication will send the wrong message;
And the most troublesome of all is Miss Understanding, for she thinks she knows, but she doesn't."

-Nadal Zabautyu Proverbs 25:3 Matthew 8:5-13

Sunday,
January 8, 2012 "You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength,
Silencing your enemies and all who oppose you."

-King David Psalm 8 Mark 10:13-16

"Thank You God for Brother Tim. 316 yards against the best defense in the playoffs. All that I can say is it's God."

-Holly Luya Proverbs 8:1-4 Matthew 5:16

Monday,
January 9, 2012 "Yahweh God knows what He's doing; check this out."

-B. Lee Venningham Psalm 31:6;
Isaiah 31:6;
Jeremiah 31:6 Matthew 3:16;
Luke 3:16;
1 Timothy 3:16;
2 Timothy 3:16

Tuesday,
January 10, 2012 "The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright,
But ruin to the workers of iniquity."

-King Solomon Proverbs 10:29 1 John 2:17

Wednesday,
January 11, 2012 "Yahweh is in His holy temple;
Yahweh's throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men."

-King David Psalm 11:4 Revelation 20:11-13

Thursday,
January 12, 2012 "If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall,
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea,
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me."

-Ben E. King Psalm 22:11 Romans 8:31-34

"To my dear brother who leads and who would lead: Look to our quarterback brother, who demonstrates it's not over 'til the last casting, and who gives our Dad glory, win or lose; do this and it's all gonna be OK."

-Kip Walken Exodus 33:20-23 John 14:9-11

"Fighting fair means changing your weapons. Disagreeing with dignity. It should result in building a bridge instead of burning one down. Remember, love is not a fight, but it is always worth fighting for."

-Stephen & Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough Proverbs 15:1 James 1:19

Saturday,
January 14, 2012 "That, detective, is the right question."

-Dr. Alfred Lanning : | Psalm 1 Matthew
7:15-20

"He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine."

-1 Samuel 17:40 1 Samuel 17:40 1 Timothy
1:18-19

Sunday,
January 15, 2012 "Love honors even when it's rejected. Love treats its beloved as special and sacred even when an ungrateful attitude is all you get in return."

-Stephen & Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough Deuteronomy 26:9;
Psalm 136 Matthew 9:26;
2 Timothy 1:3-6

Monday,
January 16, 2012 "I will bless Yahweh who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
I have set Yahweh continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken."

-King David Psalm 16 Acts 6:8-7:60

Tuesday,
January 17, 2012 "You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.
You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.
I am determined not to sin in what I say.
I have followed Your commands, which keep me from following cruel and evil people."

-King David Psalm 17 Matthew 15:11

Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (1 of 8)
- Yahweh God builds Her for Him - Genesis 2:22 Ephesians 2:10

Wednesday,
January 18, 2012 Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (2 of 8)
- Yahweh's Servant brings Her to Him - Genesis 24:63 John
6:44-45, 14:3

Thursday,
January 19, 2012 Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (3 of 8)
- Yahweh Yireh entrusts Her to Him - Genesis 41:45 John 10:27-30

Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (4 of 8)
- Yahweh Roi calls Her to Him - Exodus 2:17-21 Matthew
11:26-30

Friday,
January 20, 2012 Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (5 of 8)
- Yahweh Rophe sends Her to Him - Ruth 2:2, 3:5 Matthew
9:20-22

Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (6 of 8)
- Yahweh HahMelech prepares Her for Him - Esther 2:12-17 Revelation 21:2

Saturday,
January 21, 2012 Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (7 of 8)
- Yahweh El Shaddai empowers Her for Him - Proverbs
31:10-31 Ephesians
5:22-24

Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (8 of 8)
- Yahweh Elohim commends Her to Him - Song of Songs 1:7 John 1:38

Sunday,
January 22, 2012 Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (A Final Thought)
"The sternest feminist need not grudge my [gender] the crown offered to it either in the Pagan or in the Christian mystery. For the one is of paper and the other of thorns. The real danger is not that husbands may grasp the latter too eagerly; but that they will allow or compel their wives to usurp it."

-C. S. Lewis Exodus 4:24-26 Ephesians
5:25-33

Monday,
January 23, 2012 "It's unbelievable, Trin. Light everywhere. Like the whole thing was built of light. I wish you could see what I see."

-Neo Judges 16:21 Matthew 7:5

"What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they'd never believe you?"

-ATF Agent Doug Carlin Isaiah 52:7 Romans 10:15

Tuesday,
January 24, 2012 "It's time to expose lust for what it is--a misguided thirst for satisfaction that only God can fulfill. Lust is like a warning light on the dashboard of your heart, alerting you to the fact that you are not allowing God's love to fill you. When your eyes and heart are on Him, your actions will lead you to lasting joy, not to endless cycles of regret and condemnation"

-Stephen & Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough Exodus 20:3 2 Peter 1:3-4

Wednesday,
January 25, 2012 "...when you look in her eyes...and she's looking back in yours...everything feels...not quite normal. Because you feel...stronger...and weaker at the same time. You feel excited...and at the same time...terrified. The truth is, you don't know what you feel...except you know what kind of man you want to be. It's as if you've...reached the unreachable...and you weren't ready for it."

-Peter Parker Proverbs 8 Matthew
11:16-19

Thursday,
January 26, 2012 "He doesn't realize he's already a part of the Neverending Story. ...Just as he is sharing all your adventures, others are sharing his."

-The Childlike Empress Jeremiah 19 2 Corinthians 3:2-3

"All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before."

-C. S. Lewis Exodus 15:17-18;
Ezekiel 48:35 John 21:25;
Revelation
10:1-4

Friday,
January 27, 2012 "Sometimes, as with the man born blind, the work of God is manifest through dramatic miracle. Sometimes it is not. But in every case, suffering offers an opportunity for us to display God's work."

-Philip Yancey Psalm 27 John 9

Saturday,
January 28, 2012 "God gave the practice of settling for satisfaction in things other than Him a name I was unprepared to hear: idolatry. After serious meditation, I realized the label made perfect sense no matter how harsh it seemed. Anything we try to put in a place where God belongs is an idol."

-Beth Moore Exodus 20:4-6 Acts 19:23-41

"The major way by which Jesus forced decision was to break conventional lines in parables. Time and again a totally unexpected turn of events startled the hearers and forced them to consider the deeper implications of the parable."

-Grant R. Osborne Psalm 78:1-8 Luke 16:19-21

Sunday,
January 29, 2012 "The biblical perspective, where false teachers and false teaching is concerned, is that we are to have compassion and love for those who are enmeshed in the teachings of the false prophets, but we are to vigorously oppose the teachings, with our primary objective the winning of the soul and not so much the argument."

-Walter Martin 1 Kings
18:21, 38-39 Jude 3

Monday,
January 30, 2012 "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ."

-Paul the Apostle Psalm 30 Ephesians 1:3

"Confront them with annihiliation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory."

-Sun Tzu Proverbs 16:25

"Perhaps I misjudged you. Proceed...on your way to oblivion."

-Unicron John 3:18

"You are a good, kind man. One day, people will write songs about you."

-Annie Porter Psalm 118:26 Matthew 21:9

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The Status Quotes January 2012
Date	Quote	Old Testament Reference	New Testament Reference
Monday, January 2, 2012	"Man invents; God creates. Man invented the automobile, called it 'AMAZING!'; God made a tree, said it was 'good.' Man invented the refrigerator, called it 'INCREDIBLE!'; God made a rabbit and called it 'good.' The wheels fell off the car, the refrigerator broke down. Tree's still up and the rabbit's still runnin'." -Bill Cosby	Genesis 1:11-12, 1:24-25	Luke 21:1-4
Monday, January 2, 2012	"My wife encourages me to spend as much time in the garden as possible for the sake of my health." -Rev. William Collins	Ecclesiastes 11:1-2	Ephesians 5:25
Wednesday, January 4, 2012	"Do you believe in miracles?!" -Al Michaels	Judges 7	Mark 8:14-21
Wednesday, January 4, 2012	"Though it may seem sometimes that you're walking in circles, it just might happen that some walls come tumbling down." -Kip Walken	Joshua 5:13-6:27	Ephesians 6:10-20
Thursday, January 5, 2012	"Now listen to me very carefully." -The Terminator	Malachi 4:1-5
Thursday, January 5, 2012	"A VoIP cries out in the digital wilderness, saying, 'Mend your net with gr8 haste and prepare to cast.' " -Tex Apport		Matthew 11:6-11
Friday, January 6, 2012	"Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" -Mordecai Jairson	Esther 4:13-14; Proverbs 28:23	Mark 8:15-17; John 21:20-22
Saturday, January 7, 2012	"Beware five troublesome and near Misses: There's Miss Ery--she loves company, And then there's Miss Terry, who may or may not have a clue; Miss Reed will tend to get the wrong idea, While Miss Communication will send the wrong message; And the most troublesome of all is Miss Understanding, for she thinks she knows, but she doesn't." -Nadal Zabautyu	Proverbs 25:3	Matthew 8:5-13
Sunday, January 8, 2012	"You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, Silencing your enemies and all who oppose you." -King David	Psalm 8	Mark 10:13-16
Sunday, January 8, 2012	"Thank You God for Brother Tim. 316 yards against the best defense in the playoffs. All that I can say is it's God." -Holly Luya	Proverbs 8:1-4	Matthew 5:16
Monday, January 9, 2012	"Yahweh God knows what He's doing; check this out." -B. Lee Venningham	Psalm 31:6; Isaiah 31:6; Jeremiah 31:6	Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:16; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:16
Tuesday, January 10, 2012	"The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, But ruin to the workers of iniquity." -King Solomon	Proverbs 10:29	1 John 2:17
Wednesday, January 11, 2012	"Yahweh is in His holy temple; Yahweh's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men." -King David	Psalm 11:4	Revelation 20:11-13
Thursday, January 12, 2012	"If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall, Or the mountain should crumble to the sea, I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me." -Ben E. King	Psalm 22:11	Romans 8:31-34
	"To my dear brother who leads and who would lead: Look to our quarterback brother, who demonstrates it's not over 'til the last casting, and who gives our Dad glory, win or lose; do this and it's all gonna be OK." -Kip Walken	Exodus 33:20-23	John 14:9-11
	"Fighting fair means changing your weapons. Disagreeing with dignity. It should result in building a bridge instead of burning one down. Remember, love is not a fight, but it is always worth fighting for." -Stephen & Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough	Proverbs 15:1	James 1:19
Saturday, January 14, 2012	"That, detective, is the right question." -Dr. Alfred Lanning : \|	Psalm 1	Matthew 7:15-20
Saturday, January 14, 2012	"He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine." -1 Samuel 17:40	1 Samuel 17:40	1 Timothy 1:18-19
Sunday, January 15, 2012	"Love honors even when it's rejected. Love treats its beloved as special and sacred even when an ungrateful attitude is all you get in return." -Stephen & Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough	Deuteronomy 26:9; Psalm 136	Matthew 9:26; 2 Timothy 1:3-6
Monday, January 16, 2012	"I will bless Yahweh who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. I have set Yahweh continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken." -King David	Psalm 16	Acts 6:8-7:60
Tuesday, January 17, 2012	"You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night. You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong. I am determined not to sin in what I say. I have followed Your commands, which keep me from following cruel and evil people." -King David	Psalm 17	Matthew 15:11
Tuesday, January 17, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (1 of 8) - Yahweh God builds Her for Him -	Genesis 2:22	Ephesians 2:10
Wednesday, January 18, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (2 of 8) - Yahweh's Servant brings Her to Him -	Genesis 24:63	John 6:44-45, 14:3
Thursday, January 19, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (3 of 8) - Yahweh Yireh entrusts Her to Him -	Genesis 41:45	John 10:27-30
Thursday, January 19, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (4 of 8) - Yahweh Roi calls Her to Him -	Exodus 2:17-21	Matthew 11:26-30
Friday, January 20, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (5 of 8) - Yahweh Rophe sends Her to Him -	Ruth 2:2, 3:5	Matthew 9:20-22
Friday, January 20, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (6 of 8) - Yahweh HahMelech prepares Her for Him -	Esther 2:12-17	Revelation 21:2
Saturday, January 21, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (7 of 8) - Yahweh El Shaddai empowers Her for Him -	Proverbs 31:10-31	Ephesians 5:22-24
Saturday, January 21, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (8 of 8) - Yahweh Elohim commends Her to Him -	Song of Songs 1:7	John 1:38
Sunday, January 22, 2012	Reining in Unbridaled Behavior (A Final Thought) "The sternest feminist need not grudge my [gender] the crown offered to it either in the Pagan or in the Christian mystery. For the one is of paper and the other of thorns. The real danger is not that husbands may grasp the latter too eagerly; but that they will allow or compel their wives to usurp it." -C. S. Lewis	Exodus 4:24-26	Ephesians 5:25-33
Monday, January 23, 2012	"It's unbelievable, Trin. Light everywhere. Like the whole thing was built of light. I wish you could see what I see." -Neo	Judges 16:21	Matthew 7:5
Monday, January 23, 2012	"What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they'd never believe you?" -ATF Agent Doug Carlin	Isaiah 52:7	Romans 10:15
Tuesday, January 24, 2012	"It's time to expose lust for what it is--a misguided thirst for satisfaction that only God can fulfill. Lust is like a warning light on the dashboard of your heart, alerting you to the fact that you are not allowing God's love to fill you. When your eyes and heart are on Him, your actions will lead you to lasting joy, not to endless cycles of regret and condemnation" -Stephen & Alex Kendrick with Lawrence Kimbrough	Exodus 20:3	2 Peter 1:3-4
Wednesday, January 25, 2012	"...when you look in her eyes...and she's looking back in yours...everything feels...not quite normal. Because you feel...stronger...and weaker at the same time. You feel excited...and at the same time...terrified. The truth is, you don't know what you feel...except you know what kind of man you want to be. It's as if you've...reached the unreachable...and you weren't ready for it." -Peter Parker	Proverbs 8	Matthew 11:16-19
Thursday, January 26, 2012	"He doesn't realize he's already a part of the Neverending Story. ...Just as he is sharing all your adventures, others are sharing his." -The Childlike Empress	Jeremiah 19	2 Corinthians 3:2-3
Thursday, January 26, 2012	"All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before." -C. S. Lewis	Exodus 15:17-18; Ezekiel 48:35	John 21:25; Revelation 10:1-4
Friday, January 27, 2012	"Sometimes, as with the man born blind, the work of God is manifest through dramatic miracle. Sometimes it is not. But in every case, suffering offers an opportunity for us to display God's work." -Philip Yancey	Psalm 27	John 9
Saturday, January 28, 2012	"God gave the practice of settling for satisfaction in things other than Him a name I was unprepared to hear: idolatry. After serious meditation, I realized the label made perfect sense no matter how harsh it seemed. Anything we try to put in a place where God belongs is an idol." -Beth Moore	Exodus 20:4-6	Acts 19:23-41
Saturday, January 28, 2012	"The major way by which Jesus forced decision was to break conventional lines in parables. Time and again a totally unexpected turn of events startled the hearers and forced them to consider the deeper implications of the parable." -Grant R. Osborne	Psalm 78:1-8	Luke 16:19-21
Sunday, January 29, 2012	"The biblical perspective, where false teachers and false teaching is concerned, is that we are to have compassion and love for those who are enmeshed in the teachings of the false prophets, but we are to vigorously oppose the teachings, with our primary objective the winning of the soul and not so much the argument." -Walter Martin	1 Kings 18:21, 38-39	Jude 3
Monday, January 30, 2012	"All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ." -Paul the Apostle	Psalm 30	Ephesians 1:3
	"Confront them with annihiliation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory." -Sun Tzu	Proverbs 16:25
	"Perhaps I misjudged you. Proceed...on your way to oblivion." -Unicron		John 3:18
	"You are a good, kind man. One day, people will write songs about you." -Annie Porter	Psalm 118:26	Matthew 21:9