October 1, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

Our trusting the Lord does not mean that there are not times of tears. I think it is a mistake as Christians to act as though trusting the Lord and tears are not compatible.

Francis Schaeffer

Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, And You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, And You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; In Your hand it is to make great And to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, We thank You And praise Your glorious name.”

1 Chronicles 29:10-13
The New King James Version

September 30, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and my sister.

Thomas Merton

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8
The English Standard Version

Jesus saved my soul. Peter’s vision saved my bacon.

David Regier

September 29, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

When I was hungry, you gave me food to eat.
When I was thirsty, you gave me your cup to drink.
Whatsoever you do to the least of these of my children, that you do unto me.
Now enter the house of my Father.
When I was homeless, you opened your doors.
When I was naked, you gave me your coat.
When I was weary, you helped me find rest.
When I was anxious, you calmed my fears.
When I was little, you taught me to read.
When I was lonely, you gave me your love.
When I was in prison, you came to my cell.
When on a sick bed, you cared for my needs.
In a strange country, you made me at home.
Seeking employment, you found me a job.
Hurt in a battle, you bound up my wounds.
Searching for kindness, you held out your hand.
When I was a Negro or Chinese or White,
Mocked and insulted you carried my cross.
When I was aged, you bothered to smile.
When I was restless, you listened and cared.
You saw me covered with spittle and blood,
You knew my features, though grimy with sweat.
When I was laughed at, you stood by my side.
When I was happy, you shared in my joy.

Mother Teresa

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.”

Jeremiah 29:11-13
The New Living Translation

September 28, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Monday

If Christians followed the teachings of a benign dead man, their lives would display an innocuous piety. But when Christians stand up for righteousness and justice, they evidence the power of the living God.

Charles Colson

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 51:6
The New International Version

Sin wouldn’t be so attractive if the wages were paid immediately.

Unknown

September 25, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Friday

Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a blessing than as it is an opportunity put into our hands by the providence of God, of doing more good.

John Tillotson

“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 4:24
The Revised Standard Version

Good morning, theologians! You wake and sing. But I, old fool, know less than you and worry over everything, instead of simply trusting in the heavenly Father’s care.

Martin Luther, talking to the birds as he walks through the woods

September 24, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

Worship services in many churches today are like a merry-go-round. You drop a token in the collection box; it’s good for a ride. There’s music and lots of motion up and down. The ride is carefully timed and seldom varies in length. Lots of good feelings are generated, and it is the one ride you can be sure will never be the least bit threatening or challenging. But though you spend the whole time feeling as if you’re moving forward, you get off exactly where you got on.

John MacArthur

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
The New International Version

September 23, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

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The next moment is as much beyond our grasp, and as much in God’s care, as that a hundred years away. Care for the next minute is just as foolish as care for a day in the next thousand years. In neither can we do anything, in both God is doing everything.

C. S. Lewis

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

Romans 5:8
The Living Bible

The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have not reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they know everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness to them.

Peter the monk, 1274

September 22, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, till it goes with us into every place, sits uppermost on every occasion, and forms and governs our hopes and fears, our cares and pleasures.

William Law

Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:17
The Revised Standard Version

September 21, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Monday

Work with all your might, but never trust in your work. Pray with all your might for the blessing in God, but work at the same time with all diligence, with all patience, with all perseverance. Pray, then, and work. Work and pray. And still again pray, and then work.

George Muller

Give unto the Lord the glory due to His name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Psalm 29:2
The New King James Version

They might not need me; but they might.
I’ll let my head be just in sight;
A smile as small as mine might be
Precisely their necessity.

Emily Dickinson

September 18, 2020 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Friday

True wisdom is gazing at God. Gazing at God is silence of the thoughts.

Isaac the Syrian

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

1 Corinthians 14:33
The English Standard Version

There is no gain except by loss;
There is no life except by death;
There is no vision but by faith.

Walter Chalmers Smith

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