The Status Quotes August 2012
Date	Quote	Old Testament Reference	New Testament Reference
Wednesday, August 1, 2012	"May I have the next dance, Miss Elizabeth?" -Fitzwilliam Darcy	Isaiah 29:17-24	Matthew 3:15
Thursday, August 2, 2012	"God weighs the mountains of our grief in scales, and the hills of our tribulation in balances. ...At the last it shall be clearly seen that in every chosen vessel of mercy, Jehovah did as He willed with His own; and that in every part of the work of grace He accomplished His purpose, and glorified His own name." -Charles H. Spurgeon	Isaiah 40:12 Proverbs 11:1, 16:11, 20:23	Ephesians 1:11
Friday, August 3, 2012	"The sky is blue because Yahweh is true, Yahweh is faithful, and Yahweh is holy. ...Jesus Christ is the Blue." -I. O. Penner	Exodus 26:4, 5 Exodus 28:31 Numbers 4:6b, 7a, 9a, 11a, 12a Psalm 19:1	Revelation 19:11
Friday, August 3, 2012	"This christian was given an acrostic that is quite helpful in remembering God's loving power, the power He offers to save. Just as the bottom line of every natural rainbow is purple, so also the bottom line of every sign from God, every wonder from God, and every miracle from God is the PURPLE; that is, the Precious Unblemished Redeemer Provided Life Everlasting. ...Jesus Christ is the Purple." -A. Christian Walker	Genesis 9:12-17 Daniel 5:29	Luke 16:19 1 John 4:8 Revelation 19:12
Friday, August 3, 2012	"The sky turns red at dusk because '...the Son of Man [was] three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.' The sky turns red at dawn because '...He has risen just as He said.' '...And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.' ...Jesus Christ is the Red." -Letty Dawn Enya-Hart	Psalm 19:1 Psalm 22:1, 6 Isaiah 1:18	Matthew 12:40 Matthew 28:6 2 Corinthians 5:21 Hebrews 9:22 Revelation 19:13
Friday, August 3, 2012	"Like Jesus, each one of us that names the name of Christ, each and every Christian, are the substance of the symbolic Blue and Purple and Red. We are resounding symbols of Him; we emulate Him, and the more we do so, the more He flows through us Pneumatically to a hurting, lost and dying world. Just as the threads were woven together in the hanging curtains of Tabernacle, so it is that God weaves us Christians together, many threads as one curtain, and many curtains as one Tabernacle, as one Church, and all according to Yahweh's pattern; we hang together, to His glory. He puts us together in ways we can only apprehend, not comprehend." -Juan Strand	Exodus 25:8-9, 26:1-3	John 17:20-23 Ephesians 4:4-6, 11-12
Saturday, August 4, 2012	"Do you even know why you're supposed to kill me?" -Jason Bourne	Isaiah 53:12	Luke 23:34
Sunday, August 5, 2012	"It's the question that drives us." -Trinity Genesis 3:9 "I am not. ...I will not, and I certainly never shall." -Elizabeth Bennet Romans 1:16	Genesis 3:9	Romans 1:16
Sunday, August 5, 2012	The richest man in town "Some joke, huh?" -George Bailey Matthew 21:2-3 "All you can take with you is that which you've given away." -Peter Bailey Ecclesiastes 11:1-2	Ecclesiastes 11:1-2	Matthew 21:2-3
Monday, August 6, 2012	"Some joke, huh?" -George Bailey	Leviticus 1:14-17	Ephesians 5:2
Monday, August 6, 2012	“You have heard that it was said, ‘ "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR" and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." -Jesus the Word of God	Ecclesiastes 3:11	Matthew 5:43-45
Tuesday, August 7, 2012	"Birthdays are great, but Rebirthdays are greater! I've received an indisguisable peace and an unhideable hope and grace and joy and love. Do you have a rebirthday? If not, make it today." -Barney Genn	Exodus 19:4	Romans 3:23, 5:8, 6:23, 10:9-10, 10:13 Revelation 3:20
Tuesday, August 7, 2012	"Seeds die that souls may live" -Brad Castor "Don't wish for a better day Be glad and use the one you're in Fear God and do exactly what He says That's what matters, all else fades like the flowers" -Rebecca St. James	Ecclesiastes 12:11-14	1 Corinthians 15:33-50
Wednesday, August 8, 2012	"A spider's web is a marvel of skill: look at it and admire the cunning hunter's wiles. Is not a deceiver's religion equally wonderful? How does he make so barefaced a lie appear to be the truth? How can he make his tinsel answer so well the purpose of gold? ...O my soul, [rest] on something better than a spider's web. [Let] the Lord Jesus [be your] eternal hiding-place." -Charles H. Spurgeon	Isaiah 59:5-6	Matthew 7:24-27
Wednesday, August 8, 2012	Learning the Toe-Step "Stepping forward in faith is often met with great resistance at the palpable fear of treading down toes." -Miss Destepp	Ezra 4:1-4	Mark 14:71
Wednesday, August 8, 2012	"COMMON CLAIMS OF THE SEDUCED [Christian] ...4. Many of those caught in relational seductions (not all seductions are relational) testified that Satan got to them through someone close by. 5. Many testified to early warning signals. ...8. Without exception, deception and some level of secrecy are involved. ...14. Many used the same peculiar word to describe what they had experienced. 15. Many describe the aftermath as a time of slowly increasing awareness rather than an instant 'wake up.' 16. ..." -Beth Moore	Jeremiah 17:9	2 Corinthians 11:1-3
Thursday, August 9, 2012	What is a word? "This just in from the 'Now Be Profound' Department: All symbols are a kind of name and word. All names are a kind of word and symbol. All words are a kind of symbol and name. Careful, your mind may now be blown." -Ward Smith	Isaiah 40:8	John 1:1
Friday, August 10, 2012	"How could she DO such a thing?!" "There have been many changes since you went away. Miss Lucas is married and settled. And one of my own daughters, too. You will have seen it in the papers, though it was not put in as it ought to have been. Very short. Nothing about her family." -Mrs. Bennet	Judges 2:11-17, 21:25	Galatians 1:6-10
Friday, August 10, 2012	" 'baal' means 'master, owner, husband'. 'baalim' means 'masters, owners, husbands'. 'ashtaroth' means 'flocks'." -Dee Fyner	Judges 2:13	Matthew 6:24
Friday, August 10, 2012	"The story the True Love writes is distinct from any story we can conceive, it is not a comedy or a tragedy, it is not horror or romance, it is not mystery or fiction; yet knowledge of all genres can help us understand His Story. His Story is the real Survival Guide--read and live." -Abel Reeder	Nehemiah 8:2-3	Revelation 1:3
Saturday, August 11, 2012	"Tu, solo tu Has llenado de luto mi vida Abriendo una herida en mi corazon Tu, tu, solo tu Eres causa de todo mi llanto De mi desencanto y desesperacion" -Selena Quintanilla	Psalm 38:5
Saturday, August 11, 2012	"For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day." -Paul the Apostle		2 Timothy 1:12
Sunday, August 12, 2012	"You know, it's easy to be a saint with nothing on the line. You wait 'til you've got a serious sacrifice to make and then you find out who you really are." -Marion Snow	Judges 11:30-31
	"HARDCORE AWESOMENESS!" -Po ; ) "Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be. So... Who are you, panda?" -The Soothsayer Goat		Matthew 10:32-33
Monday, August 13, 2012	"...And a rock feels no pain And an island never cries" -Simon & Garfunkel	Habakkuk 2:11	Luke 19:40
Monday, August 13, 2012	"I understand a lot of body bags get filled if I don't do my job, sir." -Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway	Deuteronomy 30:15-20	Matthew 28:16-20
Monday, August 13, 2012	"The trick to reallysing is to let your life go out to and through your Audience, note by precious note; He brings out His genius through you, giving full access to His Staff: See sharp and be augmented." -Abel Singer	Exodus 15:1-19	Revelation 15:1-6
Tuesday, August 14, 2012	"Because the True Love deals in justice, EVERYTHING is conditional; but because He deals also in mercy, He Himself removed the conditions from us...but not from Himself, because He deals in justice as well. An example: The thief stood speechless in his guilt and shame as the shopkeepers released him free from charge. It's amazing how one line can make $uch a difference. More amazing how +wo lines can sum up. This is grace, and this is amazing." -Mr. Kahling	Amos 5:24	Romans 6:23
Wednesday, August 15, 2012	Robert Fischer "After my mother died, you know what he told me? 'Robert, there's really nothing to be said.' " -Robert Fischer	Job 2:1-8	1 Peter 5:6-11
	"You know, in guerilla warfare, [you] try to use your weaknesses as strengths. ...Well, if they're big and you're small, then you're mobile and they're slow. You're hidden and they're exposed. You only fight battles you know you can win. ...You capture their weapons, and then you use them against them the next time, that way they're supplying you. You grow stronger as they grow weaker." -Edward Lyle	Esther 7:7-10	Ephesians 6:10-13
	" 'I will split up my father's empire.' Now, this is obviously an idea that Robert himself would choose to reject. Which is why we need to plant it deep in his subconscious. Subconscious is motivated by emotion, right? Not reason. We need to find a way to translate this into an emotional concept." -Dominick Cobb	1 Kings 11:1-13	1 Corinthians 1:10-17
Wednesday, August 15, 2012	"I remember sitting there in the theatre enjoying the film, when these lines started coming out of the actors, and they were like flaming darts coming directly at me--I was floored. I remember the True Love getting hold of me and bringing to my attention the reality that if the prince of the power of this world gets wind of what the True Love is doing to us, in us and through us, he's all over us like stink on fertilizer... But fertilizer is desperately needed to bring about life." -Abel Farmer & Evan Lee Champion	Psalm 119:156-157	Ephesians 6:16
Thursday, August 16, 2012	"Then he said to me, 'Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to the days yet future.' " -Daniel the Prophet	Daniel 10:12-14	James 2:19
Friday, August 17, 2012	"We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." -C. S. Lewis	Psalm 23:2	Galatians 6:17
Friday, August 17, 2012	A light shines in the darkness
Friday, August 17, 2012	"The True Love is deeper than any bottomless pit. As Captain, His lead must be followed precisely to properly search His depths. Momentary mutineers in their passionate wrong-head-edness limit themselves by following their own coarse plotting, exploring some deceptive shallows, and ultimately relegating themselves and any who may naively follow them to fishing below decks in the ship's holding tank for the duration." -Noel Unger Ensign, Beatty Dubiah & Kantlegaux Watwazneh Verkaht	Jonah 1:5 Nahum 2:4	Luke 5:4 1 Timothy 6:20-21
Saturday, August 18, 2012	"It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they always say in Turkey, when they cut the wrong man's head off." -Charles Dickens	2 Samuel 11:24	Matthew 14:11
Sunday, August 19, 2012	"That is what the God of all Comfort does. You don't have to go anywhere to find it. All you have to do is reach out your sweet little hands and go, 'I'm right here. Here I am. Come get me. ...' ...And there is nothing like a divine encounter when you know the voice of God has said over you, '...You just stand there, and reach out your hands. ...And I will come for you.' " -Beth Moore	Isaiah 40:1-3	2 Corinthians 1:3-5 Revelation 22:20
Sunday, August 19, 2012	"A horrible premonition that comes to pass is both tragic and a blessing; A wonderful vision unfulfilled is both inspirational and a curse." -Andy Waukswitmy, Annie Tawksewitamee, & E. Telzmi Aiamizon	Genesis 40:16-19	James 5:19-20
Monday, August 20, 2012	"Never tell me the odds!" -Han Solo	Proverbs 16:33	Matthew 17:24-27
Monday, August 20, 2012	"For over a thousand generations, the Jedi knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the old Republic... before the dark times... before the empire." -"Ben" Obi-Wan Kenobi	Ezekiel 28:11-19	Revelation 12:7-12
	"He fights for us." -Morpheus	Isaiah 53:12	2 Corinthians 5:21
Tuesday, August 21, 2012	"It was difficult for me...with you. ... You really don't remember anything?" -Nicky Parsons	Jeremiah 31:34
	"Movin' right along in search of good times and good news, With good friends you can't lose, This could become a habit! Opportunity knocks once let's reach out and grab it (yeah!), Together we'll nab it, We'll hitchhike, bus or yellow cab it! (Cab it?)" -Kermit the Frog with Fozzie Bear		Acts 18:23
Wednesday, August 22, 2012	Not just lion around "Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet." -Samson Manoahson	Judges 14:14	Revelation 1:17-19
Thursday, August 23, 2012	"Take a good look at my face..." -Smokey Robinson
Thursday, August 23, 2012	"The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal." -C. S. Lewis	Haggai 2:3	John 17:5
	"We live in the shadowlands. Sun is always shining somewhere else... around a bend in the road... over the brow of a hill." -C. S. Lewis	Psalm 23:4	1 Corinthians 13:12
Friday, August 24, 2012	"The True Love is as the True Love does; His deeds are works of art; His art is functional, bringing whoever will receive Him to Himself... To the middle of His heart." -Art B. Enmayde	Exodus 35:31-35	Ephesians 1:22-23
Saturday, August 25, 2012	" ; ) That one's for free." -Truman Burbank
	"Blocked at EVERY turn. Beautifully synchronized, don't you agree?" -Truman Burbank	Exodus 23:20	Ephesians 2:2
	"That's easy. We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented." -Christof	Proverbs 14:12	John 14:6
	"I hereby declare this planet 'Trumania' of the 'Burbank' galaxy. ... ; ) That one's for free." -Truman Burbank	Genesis 39:20-21	Ephesians 6:6-8
Sunday, August 26, 2012	"Of course we cannot fully conceive a Being like that: just as, if we were so made that we perceived only two dimensions in space we could never properly imagine a cube. But we can get a sort of faint notion of it. And when we do, we are then, for the first time in our lives, getting some positive idea, however faint, of something super-personal--something more than a person. It is something we could never have guessed, and yet, once we have been told, one almost feels one ought to have been able to guess it because it fits in so well with all the things we know already." -C. S. Lewis	Isaiah 11:1-3 Ezekiel 1:10, 15-21	John 14:2, 17:22-23 Revelation 4:2-7, 21:3-4
Monday, August 27, 2012	Don't leave earth without Him.
Monday, August 27, 2012	"All of us were born with a natural tendency to attach ourselves to a savior and worship him. To see him high and lifted up. That's why it had better be Christ. We are safe with no other." -Beth Moore	Isaiah 43:11	Acts 4:12
Tuesday, August 28, 2012	"With arms stretched out He says, 'I will carry you' " "When you are able to reflect God's light during those times of great disappointment, it can have quite an impact. I try to keep that in mind." -Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker	Job 1:20-21	2 Timothy 4:7
Tuesday, August 28, 2012	"1LINE1FISH MANYLINESENTWINED1BIGFISH MANYLINESACROSSMANYFISHBIGANDSMALL BETWEENTHELINESCANYOUSEE" -Annette Fisher !SPOILER ALERT!	The Song of Songs 1:17	Mark 1:17 John 14:2
Wednesday, August 29, 2012	"Because they stand on a wall and say, 'Nothing's going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch.' " -Lt. Cdr. JoAnn Galloway	Psalm 119:9-16	Hebrews 4:12
Wednesday, August 29, 2012	"Living God's way is found in being like Jesus in loving In giving honesty and receiving honestly the seeking sinner Being an usher to the lost, leading them into a new era By His True Love Letter expressing poetic and artistic You'll see this way at the end of the lines yields grace" -Seymour Ennis Shawley & Wade Don Godson	Isaiah 55:6-9	Ephesians 2:8-10 Revelation 22:13
Thursday, August 30, 2012	"Living God's way is loving In receiving honestly the sinner By leading them into a new era By His Letter expressing artistic You'll see at the ends grace" -Seymour Ennis Shawley & Wade Don Godson	Isaiah 55:6-9	Ephesians 2:8-10 Revelation 22:13
Thursday, August 30, 2012	"When I'm gone let it be said that I loved You more than anything; While I'm here may all men see Your love in me."
Thursday, August 30, 2012	"But that's NOT what I'M gonna do." -Dr. Alan Grant	Deuteronomy 31:6	John 10:10
Thursday, August 30, 2012	"You never had control, that's the illusion! I was overwhelmed by the power of this place. But I made a mistake, too. I didn't have enough respect for that power and it's out now. The only thing that matters now are the people we love. Alan and Lex and Tim. John, they're out there where people are dying." -Dr. Ellie Sattler	Ezekiel 6:9-10	2 Peter 3:8-9
Friday, August 31, 2012

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