April 3, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

Truly we have learned a great lesson when we have learned that “saying prayers” is not praying!

J. C. Ryle

Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”

Luke 19:9-10
The New Living Translation

It is better to be a child of God than king of the whole world.

Aloysius Gonzaga

April 2, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

Have you ever heard of anyone being greatly used by Christ who did not experience a special time of waiting, or a complete upset of his plans at first? From the apostle Paul’s being sent into the Arabian wilderness for three years—during which time he must have been overflowing with the Good News—down to the present day, it seems those who will be used will have a time of waiting.

Frances Ridley Havergal

Yes, he alone is my Rock, my rescuer, defense and fortress. Why then should I be tense with fear when troubles come?

Psalm 62:2
The Living Bible

April 1, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Monday

Grow, Jesus, grow in me, in my heart, in my spirit, my imagination, my senses, by your modesty, your purity, your humility, your zeal, your love. Grow with your grace, your light, your peace. Grow despite my resistance, my pride.

Bernadette Soubirous

He who trusts in his own mind is a fool; but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Proverbs 28:26
The Revised Standard Version

Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves amid the pots and pans.

Teresa of Avila

March 29, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Friday

Be constant in practicing every virtue, and especially in imitating the patience of our dear Jesus, for this is the summit of pure love.

Paul of the Cross

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 7:9
The English Standard Version

Begin now to be what you will be hereafter.

Jerome

March 28, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

To be with God, there is no need to be continually in church. We may make an oratory of our heart wherein to retire from time to time to converse with him in meekness, humility and love. There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God.

Brother Lawrence

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17
The New King James Version

March 27, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

It is in the view of the glory of Christ that we are made partakers of evangelical peace, consolation, joy and assurance.

John Owen

His anger lasts a moment; his favor lasts for life! Weeping may go on all night, but in the morning there is joy.

Psalm 30:5
The Living Bible

Life is the childhood of immortality.

Daniel A. Poling

March 26, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light.

V. Raymond Edman

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 25:5
The King James Version

March 25, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Monday

Talk less with men, talk more with God.

Leonard Ravenhill

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:10
The Revised Standard Version

When the door is open no room is small.

Gauis Glenn Atkins

March 22, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Friday

God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.

J. Hudson Taylor

And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was a calm. But He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and marveled, saying to one another, “Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!”

Luke 8:24-25
The New King James Version

If someone is without a smile, give them yours.

Unknown

March 21, 2019 by This Day's Thought

This Day’s Thought-Thursday

We may cast out the beam from the eye of the soul; we may “cleanse” it by all the actions of a virtuous life; we may direct it toward God by the processes of prayer and meditation; but all that is as nothing, unless God of his own free beneficence presents himself to the clarified vision and supplies the light wherewith he may be seen.

Kenneth E. Kirk

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

1 Chronicles 16:34
The English Standard Version