Kindness, Compassion & Service

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Forgive me, most gracious Lord and Father, if this day I have done or said anything to increase the pain of the world. Pardon the unkind word, the impatient gesture, the hard and selfish deed, the failure to show sympathy and kindly help where I had the opportunity, but missed it; and enable me so to live that I may daily do something to lessen the tide of human sorrow, and add to the sum of human happiness.

F. B. Meyer

This Day's Verse

“This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel. You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.’”

2 Chronicles 20:15-17
The New International Version

This Day's Reprise

For every step you take toward God, God takes two steps toward you; and if you come to God walking, God comes to you running.

James Martin

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

A man’s greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

Thomas Manton

This Day's Verse

“You are my flock, the sheep of my pasture. You are my people, and I am your God. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 34:31
The New Living Translation

This Day's Smile

Today it is very fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately, it is not fashionable to talk with them.

Mother Teresa

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

There is never any peace for those who resist God.

François Fénelon

This Day's Verse

Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

Proverbs 24:19-20
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

One day Chao-Chou fell down in the snow and called out, “Help me up! Help me up!” A monk came and lay down beside him. Chao-Chou got up and went away.

Zen koan

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Goodness is something so simple; always to live for others, never to seek one’s own advantage.

Dag Hammarskjöld

This Day's Verse

For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death.

Psalm 48:14
The New American Standard Bible

This Day's Smile

I would like to thank everyone I’ve ever met in my entire life.

Maureen Stapleton

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers. Unable either to say them all or choose between them, I do as a child would do who cannot read—I say just what I want to say to God, quite simply, and He never fails to understand.

Thérèse of Lisieux

This Day's Verse

Don’t repay evil for evil. Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.

Proverbs 20:22
The Living Bible

This Day's Smile

Light tomorrow with today.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Teresa of Avila

This Day's Verse

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9
The English Standard Version

This Day's Smile

A man hoping to find wisdom traveled to Poland to see the renowned Rabbi Hafez Hayyim. When he arrived at the celebrated rabbi’s house, he was surprised to see that it was nothing more than a room. There, the rabbi sat on a bench at a small table surrounded only by the numerous volumes of books he continually pored over in study. The seeker asked, “Good Rabbi, where are all your belongings? Where are your furnishings?” Hafez answered, “Tell me, where are yours?” “Where are mine?” said the startled man. “But I only came here for a short visit.” “So did I,” the rabbi said.

Traditional Hasidic Story

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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

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

To accept the responsibility of being a child of God is to accept the best that life has to offer you.

Stella Terrill Mann

This Day's Verse

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

2 Corinthians 9:8
The New King James Version

This Day's Smile

I sought to hear the voice of God
And climbed the topmost steeple,
But God declared: “Go down again—
I dwell among the people.”

John Henry Newman

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

Speak tenderly. Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile, but give your heart as well.

Mother Teresa

This Day's Verse

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:2
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Some people talk about finding God—as if He could get lost.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday & Update

Dear Friends in Christ,

As we enter this season of thanksgiving, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for you—our readers—who share with us in daily worship of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

We continue to prayerfully offer our best in Christian thought through these brief “seeds for the day,” meant to inspire and encourage you in your walk with God.

This coming January marks our 27th year together. As we have traditionally done each November, we invite those who feel led to support this ministry financially. Your gifts and pledges are a true blessing, enabling us to plan for another year of sharing God’s truth and encouragement around the world.

Thank you for your prayers, encouragement, and faithful support. It is a joy and privilege to serve you.

In His Love,
Greg for This Day’s Thought

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This Day's Thought

Have you wept for your sin so that you were indeed sorrowful in your spirit? Are you so sorrowful that you hate it? Do you so hate it that you have left it?

Jeremy Taylor

This Day's Verse

The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

God doesn’t call people who are qualified. He calls people who are willing, and then He qualifies them.

Richard Parker

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