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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

I this day [June 28, 1788] enter on my eighty-sixth year; and what cause have I to praise God, as for a thousand spiritual blessings, so for bodily blessings also! How little have I suffered yet by “the rush of numerous years”! To what cause can I impute this, that I am as I am? First, doubtless, to the power of God, fitting me for the work to which I am called, as long as he pleases to continue me therein; and next, subordinately to this, to the prayers of his children.
May we not impute it, as inferior means:
-To my constant exercise and change of air?
-To my never having lost a night’s sleep, sick or well, at land or at sea, since I was born?
-To my having sleep at command, so that whenever I feel myself almost worn out, I call it, and it comes, day or night?
-To my having constantly, for above sixty years, risen at four in the morning?
-To my constant preaching at five in the morning, for above fifty years?
-To my having had so little pain in my life, and so little sorrow, or anxious care?

John Wesley

This Day's Verse

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:6
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

For many years, I was a man riding an ox, looking for an ox to ride on.

Meister Eckhart

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This Day’s Thought-Our Last November Update

This Day's Thought

Dear Ministry Members,

As we come to the close of November and near the end of another year, we want to again express our sincere gratitude for you. Your prayers, encouragement, and faithful readership make it possible for us to share these daily reflections as we worship our Lord and Savior together.

Each “seed for the day” is offered with the prayer that God will use it to strengthen your walk with Him and to encourage your heart. What a gift it has been to serve you throughout this month—and throughout these many years.

January will mark the beginning of our 27th year of ministry. As we prepare for the year ahead, we once more offer the opportunity for those who feel led to support This Day’s Thought financially. We are certainly blessed by your donations throughout the year, but if you sense God’s prompting at this time, you may make a contribution using the link below.

Your generosity enables us to continue sharing these daily devotionals and to reach hearts around the world with the richness of Christian thought. We are truly grateful for every gift, every prayer, and every word of encouragement.

Thank you for being part of this ministry family. May God bless you richly as we enter the Advent season and look with hope to the coming year.

In His Love,
Greg, for This Day’s Thought

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

At opening your eyes, enter upon the day with thanksgiving for the preservation of you the last night, with the glorification of God for the works of creation.

Jeremy Taylor

This Day's Verse

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

Psalm 107:1
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

Every little blessing is far too precious to ever forget to say “thank you!”

Laura Regis

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day and leave out the gratitude.

E. P. Powell

This Day's Verse

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

Colossians 3:15
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

Thanksgiving creates abundance.

Ann Voskamp

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

There is danger of leaving God out of our Thanksgiving Day. We are making it a holiday rather than a holy day. It is a day for the public recognition of God as the giver of all good. To leave God out of Thanksgiving Day is as absurd as leaving Christ out of Christmas.

Unknown

This Day's Verse

Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

A thankful spirit is like sunshine upon the fields.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

What we do with our lives individually is not what determines whether we are a success or not. What determines whether we are a success is how we have affected the lives of others.

Albert Schweitzer

This Day's Verse

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84: 5
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

A boy was taken by his father on a camping trip in the Adirondacks. They hired a guide, left the beaten trails, and spent a week in the heart of the woods. The boy was greatly impressed by the ability of the guide to see all sorts of things, invisible to the ordinary eye. One day, after the guide had been pointing out some of the hidden secrets of nature, the lad asked with an awed voice, “Mister, can you see God?” The old man replied, “My boy, it’s getting so I can hardly see anything else when I’m out in the woods.”

Walter Dudley Cavert

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

There is no feeling in a human heart which exists in that heart alone—which is not, in some form or degree, in every heart.

George MacDonald

This Day's Verse

Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,

Proverbs 2:11
The New American Standard Bible

This Day's Smile

The leisure of the monks is not the privilege of those who can afford to take the time; it is the virtue of those who give to everything they do the time it deserves to take.

David Steindl-Rast

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

O Lord, remember not only the men and women of goodwill but also those of ill will. But do not remember the suffering they have inflicted upon us; remember the fruits we brought thanks to this suffering, our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, the courage, the generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of this; and when they have come to judgment, let all the fruits of that we have borne be their forgiveness.

Prayer of an unknown woman, found on a piece of wrapping paper in Ravensbrück concentration camp

This Day's Verse

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty—you will succeed because of my Spirit, though you are few and weak.”

Zechariah 4:6
The Living Bible

This Day's Reprise

I neglect God and his angels for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

John Donne

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday with Note

Dear Ministry Family,

As we reflect upon this season of Thanksgiving, our hearts are filled with gratitude for you. For nearly 27 years, This Day’s Thought has been blessed to share daily Christian inspiration—simple seeds of faith that lift the spirit, deepen reflection, and point us to the Lord’s love. None of this would be possible without God’s grace and the faithful support of friends like you.

Each November, we humbly invite you to consider supporting this ministry. Your one-time gifts and monthly pledges sustain our work throughout the year, enabling us to continue offering meaningful, hope-filled messages to readers around the world. Many of you have shared how these daily thoughts have strengthened you during difficult moments, renewed your focus on Christ, or simply provided a quiet word of encouragement when you needed it most. Your testimonies bless us deeply.

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Thank you for standing with us—in prayer, in encouragement, and in generosity. May the Lord bless you richly as you continue your walk with Him.

In His Love,
Greg for This Day’s Thought

This Day's Thought

Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach.

R. W. Dale

This Day's Verse

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually.

Psalm 105:4
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Some pilgrims on the Lord’s highway are merely tourists.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.

John Tillotson

This Day's Verse

But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,

Nehemiah 9:17
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

You learn your theology most where your sorrows take you.

Martin Luther

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