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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

The simplest word of faith is the deepest word of theology: Christ died for our sins.

James Denney

This Day's Verse

While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, “Judas, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?” And when those who were about him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him. Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders, who had come out against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

Luke 22:47-53
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen—nothing else matters.

Jaroslav Pelikan

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

Easter is to our faith what water is to the ocean, what stone is to the mountain, what blood is to your body.

Raymond I. Lindquist

This Day's Verse

Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 53:10-11
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

The cross is the ladder to heaven.

Thomas  Draxe

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Slow me down, Lord! Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of singing streams that live in my memory. Teach me the art of taking minute vacations…of slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read a few lines from a good book. Remind me each day of the fable of the hare and the tortoise, that I may know that the race is not always to the swift; that there is more to life than measuring its speed. Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Slow me down, Lord, and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values that I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny.

Unknown

This Day's Verse

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

Hebrews 3:14
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

God comes into our lives to take them over, not to make us feel good.

Jim Miller

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

If the devil catch a man idle, he’ll set him at work.

Thomas Fuller

This Day's Verse

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.

Matthew 4:18-20
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

Gerald Hopkins

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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

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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-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-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

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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

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