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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Thou art the true peace of the heart, Thou art its only rest; out of Thee all things are full of trouble and difficulty. In this peace, that is, in Thee, the one sovereign eternal Good, I will sleep and take my rest. Amen.

Thomas à Kempis

This Day's Verse

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

Acts 13:47-48
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

Hold everything you own with an open hand.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. Unable either to say them all or choose between them, I do as a child would do who cannot read—I say just what I want to say to God, quite simply, and He never fails to understand.

Thérèse of Lisieux

This Day's Verse

Don’t repay evil for evil. Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.

Proverbs 20:22
The Living Bible

This Day's Smile

Light tomorrow with today.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

To Him who is everywhere, folk come not by travelling but by loving.

Augustine

This Day's Verse

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Luke 6:45
The King James Version

This Day's Reprise

Jesus is the yes to every promise of God.

William Barclay

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

If a man wishes to be sure of the road he treads on, he must close his eyes and walk in the dark.

John of the Cross

This Day's Verse

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:17
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

God to surround me, God to encompass me;
God in my words, God in my thoughts;
God in my waking, God in my resting;
God in my hoping, God in my doing;
God in my heart, God in my soul;
God in my weakness, God in my strength;
God in my life, God in my eternity;
God in my life, God in my eternity.

W. Mary Calvert

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

If we follow the voice of God, we shall be brought on step by step into a new world, of which before we had no idea.

John Henry Newman

This Day's Verse

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’

Lamentations 3:22-24
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

The Holy Spirit is our harpist,
And all strings
Which are touched in Love
Must sound.

Mechthild of Magdeburg

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

O God, grant that each one who has to do with me today is the happier for it. Each hour of this day grant me the wisdom of a loving heart that I may say the right thing rightly. Give me a quick perception of the feelings and needs of others, and make me eager-hearted in helping them. Then shall my day be filled with blessing. Amen.

Hannah Whitall Smith

This Day's Verse

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16
The New King James Version

This Day's Reprise

Your capacity to say No determines your capacity to say Yes to greater things.

E. Stanley Jones

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

If death be terrible, the fault is not in death, but thee.

Unknown

This Day's Verse

For the Lord says, “Because he loves me, I will rescue him; I will make him great because he trusts in my name. When he calls on me, I will answer; I will be with him in trouble and rescue him and honor him. I will satisfy him with a full life and give him my salvation.”

Psalm 91:14-16
The Living Bible

This Day's Smile

God wants the heart.

The Talmud

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

An honest, unaffected desire of doing right is the test of God’s true servant.

John Henry Newman

This Day's Verse

The way of life winds upward for the wise, That he may turn away from hell below.

Proverbs 15:24
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

Take a one-day break of semi-silence, with a good walk, followed by a nap, concluding with a time of praise!

Keith Briggs

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