The Status Quotes
April 14-30, 2013
Date Quote Old Testament Reference New Testament Reference
Sunday,
April 14, 2013
"I live for You, I live for You
When I think of all Your love has done for me
I live for You
Never looking back to what life used to be
I live for You
And everything I ever thought was mine
I'd give it all away to have You in my life"

-Rachel Lampa
12 crosses
 Psalm
42:8-11		 Romans
14:7-9
"What would you do if you only had eight minutes left to live?
...
I would call my dad. I would hear his voice. And I would...I'd tell him I'm sorry."

-Captain Colter Stevens		 Psalm
51:1-4		 Matthew
6:8-9
6:12
Monday
April 15, 2013
"Now we shall see in red the depiction of sin as dyed in the wool; in red the undyed Savior dying to undye us; and in red the Savior Himself."

-Redd M. Shawn

Isaiah 1:18
2 Corinthians 5:21
Hebrews 9:22
Exodus 26:31<==>Numbers 4:8<==>Psalm 22:6<==>Revelation 19:13
 Exodus
26:31

Numbers
4:8

Psalm
22:6

Isaiah
1:18

 2 Corinthians
5:21

Hebrews
9:22

Revelation
19:13
"Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed."

-Paul the Apostle		 Proverbs
28:16		 Romans
13:7
Tuesday
April 16, 2013		 "You don't have the thing going in your life that is more important than your calling...
[If you missed it, you might say to God,] 'Lord, you weren't faithful; you told me I had a calling.'
And He might say back to us, 'But you didn't like your "this", you know, "...for such a time as THIS," '
'Oh, for such a time as THAT.'
...'No, for such a time as THIS.'
...
'This UGLY one?'
'This ugly one.'
'...This DEADLY one?'
'This deadly one.' "

-Beth Moore		 Esther
4:14		 Matthew
6:10
"Just because you may get a glimpse into a future happening doesn't mean you can stop it. God let's us know in general terms that He knows what will be happening not for us to avert it, but for us to make proper preparations specifically."
-Prem Ahnishens
Genesis 41:25
Isaiah 55:6-7

"God: You can't mess with free will.
Bruce Nolan: Can I ask why?
God: Yes you can! That's the beauty of it!"
-Steve Koren & Mark O'Keefe
Philippians 4:2-3		 Genesis
41:25

Isaiah
55:6-7		 Philippians
4:2-3
"How does it feel? ...To be somebody everybody knows?
...
I read your book.
I liked it very, VERY much.
...
I do have a story, a very good story...
...
It's about a man who wrote a book, and then lost it, and the [capricious] kid who found it...
...You still here?
...
You think you can steal a man's life and expect there'd be no price to pay?"
-The Old Man who actually wrote "The Window Tears"
Genesis 27:18-20
Romans 1:25

"We all got it comin', kid."
-William Munny
Psalm 53:1-3
Romans 3:23, 5:7-8
 Genesis
27:18-20

Psalm
53:1-3		 Romans
1:25

Romans
3:23
5:7-8
"...And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ..."

-Jesus the Miracleworker
A rooster crowed
 Genesis
19:23-29

Deuteronomy
8:18-20		 Matthew
11:20-24
Wednesday,
April 17, 2013
"This was God's provision for a simple gospel singer."

-George Beverly Shea
 Psalm
90:0-12		 Matthew
26:30
"If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord."

-Paul the Apostle
 Judges
2:11
2:16
3:9-10
3:15
4:1
4:3-9
6:11-12
11:29
13:24-25
14:6
14:19
16:20
21:25		 1 Corinthians
14:33-38

2 John
3-6
Friday,
April 19, 2013
Fireball Chases the Sun
Sunday,
April 21, 2013

"A city on a hill cannot be hidden."		"On my world it means 'hope'."

-Kal-El
 Deuteronomy
21:22-23		 Galatians
3:13-14
"You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man."

-Charles Foster Kane		 Ecclesiastes
2:8
2:11		 Luke
9:25
Monday,
April 22, 2013
"What makes a king out of a slave? Courage.
What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage.
What makes the elephant charge his tusk
In the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage.
What makes the Sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage.
What makes the dawn come up like thunder?! Courage.
What makes the Hottentot so hot?
What puts the 'ape' in 'apricot'?
What do they got that I ain't got?!
...
You can say that again! ...Huh?"

-The Cowardly Lion
 Psalm
42:5		 Luke
12:4-7
"I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne: '...Let my armies be the rocks and the trees... and the birds of the sky'."

-Dr. Henry Jones, Sr.
 Exodus
3:4		 John
10:16
Tuesday,
April 23, 2013		 "Having someone help you does not mean you're a failure. It just means you're not in it alone."

-Eric Messer		 Psalm
46:1		 John
3:8
16:7
"Do not toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist."

-Proverbs 23:4
 Proverbs
23:4		 1 Timothy
6:6-9
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass away from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

-Jesus
 Leviticus
10:1-3		 Matthew
5:17-20
Wednesday,
April 24, 2013
"The ryne en Spyne sties minely en the plyne."

-Eliza Doolittle
 Psalm
76:2		 John
1:38
"The first [step] and the final step of faith [are both] obedience."

-Dr. Robert Welch
 Joshua
11:15		 2 Timothy
4:5
Thursday,
April 25, 2013
"God puts dreams in your heart for a purpose; He puts passions in your heart to do certain things, but then He is thinking so much more than what we're thinking."

-Rebecca St. James
 Isaiah
55:6-9		 Matthew
16:5-12
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my followers, if you have love for one another."

-Jesus		 Lamentations
3:19-27		 John
13:34-35
Friday,
April 26, 2013
"See, we have left everything and followed You[, Jesus]. What then will we have?"

-Peter the Apostle
 Genesis
12:1-8		 Matthew
7:13-14
19:23-30
"If you do not know,
O most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds' tents."

-The Song of Songs 1:8
 The Song of Songs
1:8		 Titus
2:3-5
"Romance is not Jesus' priority. Never has been. Sadly, millions will be lost forever because they never would sacrifice their romance and romanticism. Worse, millions more will be lost forever because CHRISTIANS will not sacrifice their romance and romanticism...

I wonder if that's fresh enough?"

-Terry Fayed-Baihem		 The Song of Songs
2:15-16		 Matthew
12:38-40
28:16-20
Saturday,
April 27, 2013		 "I just wanted to say... Start with the teeth in the back. If you don't mind."

-Sydney Bristow		 The Song of Songs
4:1-3		 Mark
5:41
"...All I know to say now is
Somewhere down the road
There'll be answers to the questions
Somewhere down the road
Tho' we cannot see it now
And somewhere down the road
You will find mighty arms reaching for you
And they will hold the answers at the end of the road"

-Amy Grant
 Daniel
7:13-14		 1 Corinthians
13:12
Sunday,
April 28, 2013		 "You don't want to walk around on fire for the rest of your life, do you?"

-Susan Storm		 Psalm
51:13		 Luke
16:24

John
3:16-18

Romans
6:23
"Life Principle #26: Adversity is a bridge to a deeper relationship with God."

-Dr. Charles F. Stanley		 Psalm
94:12-14

Proverbs
3:12		 Hebrews
12:4-11
Monday,
April 29, 2013		 "Some of the greatest checkmates require the sacrificing of the queen."

-N. Passant		 Esther
1:19		 Revelation
18:7
"Rosebud."

-Charles Foster Kane		 Ecclesiastes
12:1
12:13-14		 Luke
18:16
Tuesday,
April 30, 2013
"Ah. You learn plenty.
...Ah. Not everything is as seem.
...Show me 'Sand 'a floor'.
...Now show me 'Wax on, wax off'.
...Show me 'Paint 'a fence, up, down'.
...Show me 'Paint house, side, side'.
...(They bow)
...Aaaahhh! EYE! ALWAYS look eye.
(They bow again)
Come back tomorrow."

-Mr. Miyagi
 Exodus
29:26-28		 Hebrews
10:32-33
"This is what I want to say to you
If I had one chance to tell you something
You are loved
More than you can imagine
Imagine"

-Rebecca St. James		 Jeremiah
31:3		 Romans
5:8
"I'll see you in the funny papers."

-N. Abel Draighter		 Ezekiel
2:9-10		 Galatians
6:11
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