February 19, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Friday

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

Pearl S. Buck

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

John 15:7
The Revised Standard Version

If you look at a grain of wheat very closely, you will be overwhelmed by the glory of God.

Martin Luther

February 18, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

Affliction comes to us all not to make us sad, but sober, not to make us sorry, but wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us, as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us, as the plough enriches the field; to multiply our joy, as the seed, by planting, is multiplied a thousand-fold.

Henry Ward Beecher

But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, That I may declare all Your works.

Psalm 73:28
The New King James Version

February 17, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself.

Teresa of Avila

For the Lord will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.

Proverbs 3:26
The New King James Version

If I hadn’t believed it, I wouldn’t have seen it.

Yogi Berra

February 16, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

The best argument for Christianity is Christians; their joy, their certainty, their completeness. But the strongest argument against Christianity is also Christians—when they are sombre and joyless, when they are self-righteous and smug in complacent consecration, when they are narrow and repressive, then Christianity dies a thousand deaths.

Sheldon Vanauken

For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

Ephesians 5:8-9
The New Living Translation

February 15, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Monday

The Christian life is but a constant re-beginning, a return to grace every day, sometimes even every hour, through Him who, after each failure, pardons so that all things should be made new.

Robert Schutz

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Romans 12:19
The King James Version

I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God’s work.

Brooks Atkinson

February 12, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Friday

To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the purpose of God.

William Temple

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Revelation 21:4
The King James Version

The Christian should be an alleluia from head to foot!

Augustine

February 11, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

I go through life as a transient on his way to eternity, made in the image of God but with that image debased, needing to be taught how to meditate, to worship, to think.

Donald Coggan

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:8
The Revised Standard Version

February 10, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

Solomon was famous for his wisdom, not because he knew everything, but because he knew how little he knew.

Unknown

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;

Isaiah 43:2-3
The New King James Version

Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.

Bernie Siegel

February 9, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

People need people and friends need friends
And we all need love for a full life depends
Not on vast riches or great acclaim,
Not on success or on worldly fame
But just in knowing that someone cares
And holds us close in their thoughts and prayers—
For only the knowledge that we’re understood
Makes everyday living feel wonderfully good
And we rob ourselves of life’s greatest need
When we “lock up our hearts” and fail to heed
The outstretched hand reaching to find
A kindred spirit whose heart and mind
Are lonely and longing to somehow share
Our joys and sorrows and to make us aware
That life’s completeness and richness depends
On the things we share with our loved ones and friends.

Helen Steiner Rice

My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

Proverbs 6:22-23
The New International Version

February 8, 2021 by Greg

This Day’s Thought-Monday

If you think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself.

Woodrow Wilson

I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil.

Psalm 119:162
The English Standard Version

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.

Unknown

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