The Status Quotes September 2012
Date	Quote	Old Testament Reference	New Testament Reference
Saturday, September 1, 2012	"A symphony of color Painted on a western sky..." "Sunset stole the light that colored in your eyes, and everything in sight was lost in silhouette, you're lost in silhouette. Light it up and let it go, don't you see that you're not alone. Light it up and watch it fly, 'cause you can go anywhere you want tonight. Light it, light it up. Light it, light it up." -for KING & COUNTRY	Exodus 34:29-35	Luke 9:28-31 Acts 9:3-6 Revelation 22:16
Sunday, September 2, 2012	"What is blinding, suffocating fire to you[, Wormwood,] is now cool light to him, is clarity itself, and wears the form of a Man." -Screwtape	Isaiah 9:2	John 1:4-5
Monday, September 3, 2012	"Sometimes God does something and you think, 'Okay, something is up with that, and right now I don't get it, but I'm gonna guard it until I get it.' " -Beth Moore	Genesis 37:11	Luke 2:51
Tuesday, September 4, 2012	RIP MCD :' (
	"Thank You, Jesus! Thank You, Lord! Thank You! ThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYou!" -J. Otis Curlene, "Bear"	Psalm 42:7
	"You tell God the Father it was a kindness you done. I know you're hurtin' and worryin'. I can feel it on you. But you ought to quit on it now. I want it to be over and done wit'. I do. I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of n...ever having me a buddy to be wit' to tell me where we's goin' to, comin' from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people bein' ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand?" -John Coffey		Titus 3:3-9
Wednesday, September 5, 2012	Messages at cross times, A Message across time. "There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people, so when we needed them, they could fight the battles that we never could." -SHIELD Director Nick Fury	Zechariah 7:8-10	John 15:5
Thursday, September 6, 2012	"Again, however, Gideon had his focus all wrong. He was living by sight and not by faith. In God's call to service, a person's social position and wealth do not matter. God is looking for someone who will respond to Him with trust and obedience. The great servants of the faith showcase God's power, not their own." -Rick Ezell	Judges 6:15	Hebrews 11:32-34
Thursday, September 6, 2012	All ears "I really enjoy it when customers are getting corn on the cob, because then I can say, 'Now you're ready to listen--you're all ears!' (as I hold up their ears of corn). Then my co-workers say, 'Always with the corny jokes!' Then all that remains to be said is obvious and irresistible: 'Aww, shucks.' ; )" -Jaime Aihel-Pyu	Psalm 137:3	Acts 16:22-26
Thursday, September 6, 2012		Numbers 2:1-34	Luke 9:23
Friday, September 7, 2012	Don't fret. "Strings of an instrument we are, A-flat, B-flat and C, A no-one, a someone and a shining star, Across which the True Love's Breath breathes And a healing harmony can be heard upon the breeze For those who have ears, that they may hear. - ephphatha - " -Noah Novkonsa Quence	Lamentations 3:62-63	1 Corinthians 3:9
Saturday, September 8, 2012	BEINGSUPERHEROZ "AND WITH MY RISING UP, DEATH IS UTTERLY DEFEATED." -Guide	Numbers 21:8	John 12:30-32
Saturday, September 8, 2012	"You thought you'd found a friend To take you out of this place Someone you could lend a hand In return for grace It's a beautiful day Sky falls, you feel like It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away" -Bono	Exodus 14:11	Matthew 13:33
Saturday, September 8, 2012	"We are gonna see the entire puzzle put together." -Beth Moore	Proverbs 1:1-2	Matthew 13:15 Romans 8:28
Sunday, September 9, 2012	"Evil company is one of Satan's great nets in which he holds his birds until the time shall come for their destruction. How many would rather escape, but they are afraid of those around them whom they count on to be good fellows, and whose society has become necessary to their mirth!" -Charles Haddon Spurgeon 5/16/1869	Proverbs 1:10	Acts 26:28
Sunday, September 9, 2012	"Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists." -Dr. Ian Malcolm	Psalm 1:6	Matthew 7:13
Sunday, September 9, 2012	"When it all came out, and we came to the other side of it, you know what? It didn't come out in the best case scenario of what I would have wanted, but you know what? I had already had the victory!" -Beth Moore	Psalm 118:5-7	Acts 27:33-35
Monday, September 10, 2012	"This is our time to be strong, this is our time to rise up, to stand and be counted." -Rebecca St. James	Ecclesiastes 3:7	John 13:35
Tuesday, September 11, 2012	Roll On
Tuesday, September 11, 2012	"Heaven, I'm in Heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek" -Jerry Travers	2 Samuel 6:14
	"Why, they's angels. Angels, just like up in Heaven." -John Coffey		Matthew 22:30 Luke 15:10
Wednesday, September 12, 2012	"Simplicity is complicated" "I'm sitting in a laundromat reading about myself sitting in a laundromat reading about myself. I'm getting a headache!" -Dean Winchester	Isaiah 45:1-3	John 17:20-23, 20:30-31
Thursday, September 13, 2012	John Coffey with Paul Edgecomb
	"Things that happen in this world. Its a wonder God allows it." -Paul Edgecomb	Judges 19:30
	"...He felt it too, through me. Didn't mean to hurt him none. All that hurt just spill out." -John Coffey		Matthew 27:50-54 John 1:29
Friday, September 14, 2012	"Ninety-nine dreams I have had Every one a red balloon Now it's all over and I'm standin' pretty In this dust that was a city If I could find a souvenir Just to prove the world was here And here is a red balloon I think of you and let it go" -Nena Pure art, drawing in its audience, drawing out their imaginations; drawing from time a moment, drawing from eternity timelessness, drawing space from a plane, and drawing depth not from the shadow dropped, but from the balloon juxtaposed with the light that produces it; art that will ever prompt us to say, "God will always love Hugh." Never forget this! : )	Joel 2:28	Luke 24:51
Friday, September 14, 2012	"It's no mean feat to be conversant with six different people simultaneously, but it is possible with the True Love's Help. Can you see?" -Ward Smith	Hosea 11:1	John 2:19-21
Saturday, September 15, 2012	"The real test of being in the presence of God is that you either forget about yourself altogether or see yourself as a small, dirty object. It is better to forget about yourself altogether." -C. S. Lewis	Leviticus 3:16	Ephesians 5:1-2
Saturday, September 15, 2012	"Husbands are not Christ. But they are called to be like him. And the specific point of likeness is the husband's readiness to suffer for his wife's good without threatening or abusing her. This includes suffering to protect her from any outside forces that would harm her, as well as suffering disappointments or abuses even from her. This kind of love is possible because Christ died for both husband and wife. Their sins are forgiven. Neither needs to make the other suffer for sins. Christ has borne that suffering. Now as two sinful and forgiven people we can return good for evil." -John Piper	Genesis 2:24	Ephesians 5:31-33
Saturday, September 15, 2012	" H e a................................v e n , I'm . in . Hea.......................ven, . Hea v e n , H e a v................e n , . I ' m . i n H e a v e n , H e a v e n , H e a v e n I ' m . i n . H e a v e n , H e a v e n , H e a v e n . I ' m . i n . H e a v e n , . I ' m . i n . H e a v e n . I'm . i n . H e a v e n . I ' m . i n Heaven . Hea ven Heav en Hea ven " -John Coffey	1 Samuel 31:2	Luke 23:43
Sunday, September 16, 2012	"The beautiful thing about opting for God is that you are opting for everything He brings. Because He is infinite, you will never reach the end of all He offers of Himself. Nothing on earth is like fully engaging with God. Nothing. Once you taste what I've tasted, nothing in the physical realm can touch it. Yet everything in the physical realm takes on brilliant color because of it. God's love is better than life. No one compares. If you're willing to engage God as your deliverer from the pit, the full-throttle relationship you develop with Him will be the most glorious thing that has ever happened to you." -Beth Moore	Psalm 34:6-11	Revelation 1:9-20
Sunday, September 16, 2012	"Glances at the clock" "Count your blessings, Lizzie. If he liked you, you'd have to talk to him." -Charlotte Lucas	Proverbs 25:2	Luke 8:17-18
Sunday, September 16, 2012	"Can the wise man guess by what folly he will next be seduced from his obedience? We need more watching than the billowy sea, and are far more rebellious. Lord, rule over us for [Your] own glory. Amen." -Charles Haddon Spurgeon	Job 7:12	Matthew 26:33
Monday, September 17, 2012	"I think that the way of advancing the Kingdom is just being a loyal friend and a good example to nonbelievers and also Christians; just trying to not contradict myself and get rid of all hypocrisy, and... just to live for Christ." -Cassie Bernall	Daniel 3:28-30	Philippians 1:21-24
Monday, September 17, 2012	"Hoping it's nothing, though haunting nonetheless: In a dream the songbird sings, beautiful as usual, though dressed not as usual; A tat is flashed from thigh to calf, A Chinese-style dragon, gold with red outlining; Then the notes stop, as a watermelon piece protrudes from her neck, Another moment, another look and the neck is covered with cut-pieces of watermelon, cataloupe and honeydew; The bird is attended to as the concerned crowd looks on. Hoping it's nothing, though haunting nonetheless." -Shea Kenn	Genesis 41:8	Acts 2:17
Monday, September 17, 2012	"Open-handed living means not only letting Dad take anything and everything off our hands, but also receiving every thing He places on them. Those who have hands to grasp, let them grasp." -Han Delwit Kehr	Genesis 22:3	2 Corinthians 12:9
Tuesday, September 18, 2012	"And I've come to pour my praise on Him like oil From Mary's alabaster box Don't be angry if I wash His feet with my tears And dry them with my hair, my hair You weren't there the night Jesus found me You did not feel what I felt When He wrapped His loving arms around me and You don't know the cost of the oil Oh, you don't know the cost of my praise You don't know the cost of the oil In my alabaster box" -Cece Winans	Proverbs 31:25-27	Matthew 26:6-13
Wednesday, September 19, 2012	"My eyes have been closed to the world 'Cause the world's got nothing for me" -Mark Foster	Judges 16:26	2 Corinthians 5:7
Wednesday, September 19, 2012	"That one's for free." -Paul Edgecomb	Psalm 22:6-8	1 Corinthians 4:12-13
Wednesday, September 19, 2012	"And [friends,] this is one reason why you and I have got to know the Word of God! So that when something is spoken over us that HAS the potential to have great power and influence in our lives, we get to have something--a plumb line to set it up against--and go, 'You know, it might have even sounded good, but that's not what God's Word SAYS.' " -Beth Moore, 2007	Proverbs 18:19-21	Hebrews 1:3
Thursday, September 20, 2012	"What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more." -Paul the Apostle	Exodus 4:2	1 Corinthians 9:18-19
Thursday, September 20, 2012	Is it really music if a donkey can do it? Only the "bray"-ve click here!
Friday, September 21, 2012
	"All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable." -Paul the Apostle	Micah 6:11	1 Corinthians 6:12
	“The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. If Yahweh is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which flows with milk and honey. Only do not rebel against Yahweh; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and Yahweh is with us; do not fear them.” -Joshua Nunson and Caleb Jephunnehson	Numbers 14:7-9	Matthew 23:1-3
Saturday, September 22, 2012	"TO DO WHATEVER YOU TELL ME, DRILL SERGEANT?!" -Forrest Gump
	"Pray with me, Forrest. Pray with me! Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here. Dear God, make me a bird, so I can fly far, far far away from here..." -Jenny Curran	Exodus 3:7	Revelation 12:14
	"Jenny... I don't know if momma was right, or if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floatin' around accidental like on a breeze, but I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time... I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away." -Forrest Gump	Proverbs 16:33	Philippians 4:2-3 (Editor's note: "Euodia" means "fine traveling"; "Syntyche" means "an accident"; "Clement" means "merciful".)
Sunday, September 23, 2012	“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.” -Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, the Son of the Living God	Jonah 4:1-11	John 20:21-23
Monday, September 24, 2012	"My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off." -Proverbs 24:13-14	Proverbs 24:13-14 Ezekiel 3:3	Revelation 10:10
Monday, September 24, 2012	"SATAN: ...God. Oh, yeah. God, God, yeah, God. Do you know what God invented? Oh, I mean, c'mon, most of you are just too stupid to figure it out. GOD created the oceans and the stars. He created compassion, mercy and (heh heh) stupid things like love. He created good health, raindrops, and the scent of jasmine... You humans. You're pathetic. You know, I can tempt you with a candy bar, and you'll sell out Jesus Christ in a millisecond..." -Tim Chey	Ezekiel 28:17	Luke 22:31-32
Monday, September 24, 2012	"If I sing but don't have love I waste my breath with every song I bring an empty voice, a hollow noise. If I speak with a silver tongue Convince a crowd but don't have love I leave a bitter taste with every word I say." -for KING & COUNTRY	Proverbs 10:20	1 Corinthians 13:1-2
Tuesday, September 25, 2012	"I think Loki's trying to wind us up. This is a man who means to start a war and if we don't stay focused, he'll succeed. We have orders. We should follow them." -Captain "America", Steve Rogers	Psalm 144:1-2	1 Corinthians 15:58
Tuesday, September 25, 2012	"I was having 12% of a moment..." -Pepper Potts	Proverbs 30:18-19	Luke 5:39
Tuesday, September 25, 2012	"That man is playing Galaga. He thought we wouldn't notice, but we did." -Tony Stark	Ecclesiastes 5:12	2 Thessalonians 3:10
Wednesday, September 26, 2012	"It's not going to be that subtle." -Pepper Potts	Psalm 138:3	2 Corinthians 10:1-6
Wednesday, September 26, 2012	"Yahweh is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him." -Nahum the Prophet	Nahum 1:1-11	John 18:3-9
Thursday, September 27, 2012	"G od's O wn S on P rovided E ternal L ife" -Juan Ciusiyit Yulneva-Natsiyit	Ruth 4:10	John 3:16
Thursday, September 27, 2012	"With all that's happening and the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old-fashioned." -SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson	Psalm 25:6	James 1:17
Friday, September 28, 2012	"Well, I see better from a distance." -SHIELD Agent Clint "Hawkeye" Barton	Daniel 7:2-7
	"Some people were also surprised about [Captain America's] line here ('There's only one God ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.'), me being an avowed atheist but... I may be, but Steve Rogers isn't and I definitely think his reaction to this new world feels very real." -Joss Whedon		Philippians 1:18
Friday, September 28, 2012	"Humour is for [the English] the all-consoling and (mark this) the all-excusing, grace of life. Hence it is invaluable as a means of destroying shame. ...Cruelty is shameful--unless the cruel man can represent it as a practical joke. A thousand bawdy, or even blasphemous, jokes do not help towards a man's damnation so much as his discovery that almost anything he wants to do can be done, not only without the disapproval but with the admiration of his fellows, if only it can get itself treated as a Joke." -Screwtape (Letter 11)	2 Kings 2:23	Ephesians 5:4
Saturday, September 29, 2012	"But flippancy is the best of all. In the first place it is very economical. Only a clever human can make a real Joke about virtue, or indeed about anything else; any of them can be trained to talk as if virtue were funny. Among flippant people the Joke is always assumed to have been made. No one actually makes it; but every serious subject is discussed in a manner which implies that they have already found a ridiculous side to it. ...It is a thousand miles from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practise it." -Screwtape (Letter 11)	Daniel 5:3-4	John 19:19-22
Saturday, September 29, 2012	"theopneustos, theh-op-nyoo-stos; ...divinely breathed in:--given by inspiration of God." -James Strong	Genesis 2:7 Psalm 119:105	2 Timothy 3:16-17
Saturday, September 29, 2012	What if the pawns and pieces make their own moves? "When the game's over, the king and pawn go back in the same box." -Patrick Jane	Proverbs 22:1-2	Luke 9:25
Sunday, September 30, 2012	"Lamb of God, holy Lord You are holy Lamb of God, holy, You are" -Rebecca St. James	Exodus 12:1-6	Matthew 21:1-27:50

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