I Need Thee Every Hour

Isaiah 26:3 says that when we keep our minds fixed on Jesus Christ then everything about us - our character and our inclinations - will reflect him. (Amplified Version) We need the Lord every minute of every day that he gifts us with. We cannot do this life without Christ. We were not created to do this life without him but plenty of us try, don't we? We strive to do it without him and when we get to the end of ourselves and our pitiful efforts then we turn to him. How much easier would it be if we would just turn to him first? :) Gee, what an idea! He gave you life and that means you need him every hour of the life he's given you.

I Need Thee Every Hour
I Need Thee Every Hour (Jars of Clay)
I Need Thee Every Hour (Randy Owen - from Alabama! - and The Isaacs)
I Need Thee Every Hour (Fernando Ortega)

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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