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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

What we do with our lives individually is not what determines whether we are a success or not. What determines whether we are a success is how we have affected the lives of others.

Albert Schweitzer

This Day's Verse

Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.

Psalm 84: 5
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

A boy was taken by his father on a camping trip in the Adirondacks. They hired a guide, left the beaten trails, and spent a week in the heart of the woods. The boy was greatly impressed by the ability of the guide to see all sorts of things, invisible to the ordinary eye. One day, after the guide had been pointing out some of the hidden secrets of nature, the lad asked with an awed voice, “Mister, can you see God?” The old man replied, “My boy, it’s getting so I can hardly see anything else when I’m out in the woods.”

Walter Dudley Cavert

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

There is no feeling in a human heart which exists in that heart alone—which is not, in some form or degree, in every heart.

George MacDonald

This Day's Verse

Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you,

Proverbs 2:11
The New American Standard Bible

This Day's Smile

The leisure of the monks is not the privilege of those who can afford to take the time; it is the virtue of those who give to everything they do the time it deserves to take.

David Steindl-Rast

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

O Lord, remember not only the men and women of goodwill but also those of ill will. But do not remember the suffering they have inflicted upon us; remember the fruits we brought thanks to this suffering, our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, the courage, the generosity, the greatness of heart which has grown out of this; and when they have come to judgment, let all the fruits of that we have borne be their forgiveness.

Prayer of an unknown woman, found on a piece of wrapping paper in Ravensbrück concentration camp

This Day's Verse

“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty—you will succeed because of my Spirit, though you are few and weak.”

Zechariah 4:6
The Living Bible

This Day's Reprise

I neglect God and his angels for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

John Donne

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday with Note

Dear Ministry Family,

As we reflect upon this season of Thanksgiving, our hearts are filled with gratitude for you. For nearly 27 years, This Day’s Thought has been blessed to share daily Christian inspiration—simple seeds of faith that lift the spirit, deepen reflection, and point us to the Lord’s love. None of this would be possible without God’s grace and the faithful support of friends like you.

Each November, we humbly invite you to consider supporting this ministry. Your one-time gifts and monthly pledges sustain our work throughout the year, enabling us to continue offering meaningful, hope-filled messages to readers around the world. Many of you have shared how these daily thoughts have strengthened you during difficult moments, renewed your focus on Christ, or simply provided a quiet word of encouragement when you needed it most. Your testimonies bless us deeply.

If you feel led to invest in this ministry, we welcome your support through the link below.

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Thank you for standing with us—in prayer, in encouragement, and in generosity. May the Lord bless you richly as you continue your walk with Him.

In His Love,
Greg for This Day’s Thought

This Day's Thought

Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach.

R. W. Dale

This Day's Verse

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually.

Psalm 105:4
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Some pilgrims on the Lord’s highway are merely tourists.

Unknown

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.

John Tillotson

This Day's Verse

But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,

Nehemiah 9:17
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

You learn your theology most where your sorrows take you.

Martin Luther

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

We have never made a better prayer than when, after having made it, we do not know how it was made, since that is a sure sign that our soul was so attached to God as not to have had enough attention left to reflect upon itself.

Père Hayneuve

This Day's Verse

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 8:12
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.

G. K. Chesterton

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Mother Teresa

This Day's Verse

Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

Luke 9:46-48
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

Joseph P. Thompson

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else.

Robert McAfee Brown

This Day's Verse

So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment, now that you have had a taste of the Lord’s kindness.

1 Peter 2:1-3
The New Living Translation

This Day's Reprise

How rarely we weigh our neighbour in the same balance in which we weigh ourselves.

Thomas à Kempis

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

A Jesus-over-everything lifestyle is a Jesus-take-over-me-and-my-lifestyle so I don’t ruin my one precious life. But even more than that, it’s the understanding that the priority of Jesus brings order to the chaos of our lives, a job only God is big enough to do.

Lisa Whittle

This Day's Verse

And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”

Mark 9:35
The English Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Truth is the seal of God.

The Talmud

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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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