Jesus Christ

by

This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought
God is a light that is never darkened; an unwearied life that cannot die; a fountain always flowing; a garden of life; a seminary of wisdom; a radical beginning of all goodness.

Francis Quarles

This Day's Verse

I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

Sleep on, beloved, sleep, and take thy rest;
Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour’s breast;
We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best—
Good-night! Good-night! Good-night!

Sarah Doudney

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

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

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

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

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

I wish, my brothers and sisters, that during this year you may live nearer to Christ than you have ever done before. Depend upon it, it is when we think much of Christ that we think little of ourselves, little of our troubles, and little of the doubts and fears that surround us.

Charles Spurgeon

This Day's Verse

“For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Jeremiah 29:11
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

A New Year Wish
What shall I wish thee this New Year?
Health, wealth, prosperity, good cheer,
All sunshine—not a cloud or tear?
Nay!  Only this:
That God may lead thee His own way,
That He may choose thy path each day,
That thou mayest feel Him near alway,
For this is bliss!

Unknown

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Earth grows into heaven, as we come to live and breathe in the atmosphere of the incarnation. Jesus makes heaven wherever He is.

Frederick W. Faber

This Day's Verse

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 17:3
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

I will light candles this Christmas,
Candles of joy, despite all sadness,
Candles of hope where despair keeps watch.
Candles of courage where fear is ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens.
Candles of love to inspire all my living,
Candles that will burn all the year long.

Howard Thurman

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

There are moments in life when we are given eyes to see as God sees. Surely one such moment is at the birth of a child. ‘And this will be a sign for you, you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.’ Few stories have captured the human imagination as powerfully as Jesus’ birth. With a cast of characters that resonate across time and culture, it tells of God choosing to come among us as a child born on the margins of society, to parents reliant on the kindness of strangers. An angel appeared to the shepherds in the field and said, “Do not be afraid—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all people—The promise of Christmas is not for some people, the most deserving, or those who hold certain beliefs; not for one racial or ethnic group, or the citizens of one nation. The birth of Jesus is meant to be good news of great joy for all people, a sign that God will never give up on us, no matter what; that God’s desire is to be with us, as we are. Moreover, the Christmas story suggests that God is perfectly at home in less than ideal circumstances. But Jesus’ birth is more than a sign. He came to show us a way, God’s way toward the peace and goodwill we long for. It is the way of kindness and love, forgiveness and generosity. The truth is that God cannot create a world of peace and goodwill without us. Ours are the eyes through which God sees. Ours are the heart and the hands through which God responds to this world in love. This Christmas I pray that we all may see ourselves as God sees us, with eyes of love. And as we look with God’s eyes at suffering and grief that take no holiday, may we respond with that same love, doing our part to help realize the hope of Christmas for all people.

Mariann Edgar Budde

This Day's Verse

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

John 1:14
The English Standard Version

This Day's Smile

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

W. T. Ellis

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

If we open our hearts and embrace Him, not only to reap abundance and joy and heath and happy fulfillment, but also for the cancellation of our sins—then this is the greatest welcome we can give to the Christ Child.

Norman Vincent Peale

This Day's Verse

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6
The New King James Version

This Day's Reprise

Jesus…
He came not to a throne,
but to a manger.
He lived not as a king,
but as a servant.
He chose not an earthly kingdom,
but a cross.
He gave not just a little,
but everything.

Holley Gerth

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

I am Christmas.
I commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.
I bring good news and good cheer to millions of people.
I demonstrate how God can incarnate Himself in a human being.
I am the birthday of the Christian faith.
I bring the message of peace on earth made possible by the Prince of Peace.
I honor lowliness of mind and purity of heart.
I put God definitely within the series of historic events.
I show how godliness may be subject to the law of growth and development.
I am celebrated most appropriately as a religious festival.
I call attention to the spiritual capacities of newly-born children.
I bring encouragement to those of lowly birth.
I place the wisdom and the holiness of God within man’s reach.
I identify religion with human experience enriched by God’s self-revelation.
I celebrate the beginning of a life in which God was made real and immediately approachable.

Norman E. Richardson

This Day's Verse

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.

Micah 5:2
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas.

Dale Evans Rogers

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Christ exists in all things that are.

Gregory of Nazianzus

This Day's Verse

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing. Know that the LORD is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 100:1-3
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

As the sun makes ice melt; kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Albert Schweitzer

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us

by

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Language has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone, and the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.

Paul Tillich

This Day's Verse

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

John 8:28-29
The King James Version

This Day's Reprise

If you are a Christian, you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.

Vance Havner

Visit Our Website | Subscribe | Make A Donation | Contact Us