Holy Spirit

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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 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-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Most Christians understand that salvation comes by faith, apart from feelings. But they think that the Spirit-controlled life requires some type of mystical experience—a feeling, a surge of power, or being overcome by waves of love. Those experiences are usually not around when you need them. What you need is spiritual power, independent of feelings, experiences, or circumstances. That comes when we give each day to God and anticipate his blessing.

Erwin W. Lutzer

This Day's Verse

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.

Psalm 1:1-3
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

The greatest competitor of devotion to Jesus is service for him.

Oswald Chambers

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Ministers are not professional holy men or women, but representatives of the people of God. They are samples of what it means to open up one’s heart to Christ, and let his work be done within one’s life. Ministers are examples of God’s work in progress—not the finished products.

Colbert S. Cartwright

This Day's Verse

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

If you find yourself wearing a spirit of heaviness, replace it with a garment of praise.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Do not want things to turn out as they seem best to you, but as God pleases. Then you will be free from confusion, and thankful in prayer.

The Desert Fathers

This Day's Verse

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.

2 Chronicles 31:21
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

The Holy Spirit can fill your heart with a single word.

Martin Luther

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

Perfect blessedness, which consists in a vision of God.

Thomas Aquinas

This Day's Verse

“The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.”

John 6:63
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

Leave tomorrow’s trouble to tomorrow’s strength; tomorrow’s work to tomorrow’s time; tomorrow’s trial to tomorrow’s grace and to tomorrow’s God.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

As the prudent vintager eats only ripe grapes, and gathers not those which are green, so the eyes of a wise man rests only upon the virtue in others; whereas the eyes of the fool seeks only to discover in his neighbor vices and defects.

John Climacus

This Day's Verse

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:4-7
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to perform through us, He selected me—for God always chooses the weak and the absurd, and those who count for nothing.

Francis of Assisi

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

No shelter can be imaged at all comparable to the protection of Jehovah’s own shadow. The Almighty himself is where his shadow is, and hence those who dwell in his secret place are shielded by himself.

Charles Spurgeon

This Day's Verse

If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

John 14:15-17
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

Much like our lives, which start out as a blank canvas, we face trials and tribulations along the journey…Through these experiences, whether joyful or difficult, God adds color and texture along our paths to create a beautiful masterpiece.

Anne Neilson

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

“ME” is always at the bottom of all sin. One little word M-E. It may spell drink, lust, pride, covetousness, self-will; but it is some form of “me.”

Unknown

This Day's Verse

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Psalm 51:12
The New King James Version

This Day's Reprise

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shapes of pains, losses, and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Joseph Addison

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