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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Thanks be to God for his unspeakable Gift—
indescribable
inestimable
incomparable
inexpressibly precious beyond words.

Lois LeBar

This Day's Verse

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirini-us was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:1-7
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

Then let every heart keep Christmas within:
Christ’s pity for sorrow,
Christ’s hatred for sin,
Christ’s care for the weakest,
Christ’s courage for right.
Everywhere, everywhere,
Christmas tonight!

Phillips Brooks

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

Though time crumbles stone and the story grows old,
Yet The Shepherd we love, still watches His fold;
And His star still shines, over city and mart,
And His voice still speaks to the listening heart.
Our hearts are His birthplace.
Our lives are His home.
Let His work truly be our own.

James Barnes

This Day's Verse

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.’ All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: ‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’, which means, ‘God is with us.’ When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; and he named him Jesus.

Matthew 1:18-25
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

God must have said, “I know what I’ll do, I’ll send my LOVE right down there where they are. And I’ll send it as a tiny baby, so they’ll have to touch it, and they’ll have to hold it close.”

Gloria Gaither

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Sunrise at the far horizon was sunrise near me in this infant.

Walter Wangerin, Jr.

This Day's Verse

When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.  He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 7:12-13
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

Christmas is when God came down the stairs of heaven with a baby in His arms.

R. Eugene Sterner

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

When Jesus Christ utters a word, He opens His mouth so wide that it embraces all heaven and earth, even though that Word be but in a whisper. The word of the emperor is powerful, but that of Jesus Christ governs the whole universe.

Martin Luther

This Day's Verse

“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. For the sake of his great name the Lord will not reject his people, because the Lord was pleased to make you his own. As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right. But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you. Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”

1 Samuel 12:20-25
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

Happiness grows at your own fireside, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Meditation is different from studying. By study, truth is explored; by meditation it is felt. By the one, things different are discriminated; by the other, what is known is loved and embraced. The design of secret meditation is not so much to accumulate knowledge, or to please ourselves, as to enlarge the desires of the soul and to elevate the affections.

David Sturrock

This Day's Verse

“‘And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”

Acts 2:21
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.

Samuel Rutherford

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

For the Christian, Jesus is the Way. All things are measured by his Way: by his healing grace, his call to forgiveness and purity of heart, nonviolence and a concern for justice; by his relinquishment of earthly power and dominance; affirmation of agape (friendship and self-giving Love) as a new basis for kinship, of change of heart as the requirement for righteousness, and of the transcendent power of suffering.

Madonna Kolbenschlag

This Day's Verse

The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

Psalm 145:18
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

Sometime near a century ago the advice was given to young preachers: “When you go to the city to preach, take your best coat; when you go to the country, take your best sermon.”

Religious Telescope

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This Day's Thought

As I draw near the borderland…the wonderful light of the other life seems often to shine so joyfully into this one, that I almost forget the past and present, in an eager anticipation of the approaching awakening.

Elizabeth Blackwell

This Day's Verse

Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

Psalm 40:4
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

People who walk with Jesus on a consistent, daily basis make an amazing discovery: He satisfies their soul at its deepest level.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

Jesus died for you in public, so don’t only live for Him in private.

Charles Spurgeon

This Day's Verse

He who has knowledge spares his words, And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

Proverbs 17:27
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

Catherine of Siena

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

He was silent that He might be judged; he will not be silent when He begins to judge.

Augustine

This Day's Verse

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and trust in Him.  And all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 64:10
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

The simple heart that freely asks in love, obtains.

John Greenleaf Whittier

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

We must resort to our Lord Jesus Christ whose office is to write the things in our hearts which God had written in stones.

John Calvin

This Day's Verse

Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!

Psalm 119:2
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

It is not for us to set an hour glass to the Creator of time.

Samuel Rutherford

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