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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

To admit that it is a world to which God seems not to be speaking is not a renunciation of faith: it is a simple acceptance of an existential religious fact. It should not disconcert anyone who knows…that the silences of God are also messages with a definite import of their own.

Thomas Merton

This Day's Verse

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind—just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you—so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:4-9
The New Revised Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

In our pursuit of righteousness, we cannot be unrighteous. Being on our way home is no justification for tramping through a flower bed.

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This Day’s Thought-Monday

This Day's Thought

There is no Christian truth so clearly revealed as this, that the spirit of every Christian must be a spirit of sacrifice.

P.  A. Sheehan

This Day's Verse

Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who have pleasure in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures for ever.

Psalm 111:2-3
The Revised Standard Version

This Day's Smile

Blessedness lieth not in much and many, but in one and oneness.

Theologia Germanica, 14th century

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

Great is the conduct of a man who lets rewards take care of themselves come if they will or fail to come—but goes on his way, true to the truth simply because it is true, strongly loyal to the right for its pure righteousness.

Phillips Brooks

This Day's Verse

“First seek the counsel of the LORD.”

1 Kings 22:5
The New International Version

This Day's Smile

Death is not a dead end but a fork in the road.

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This Day’s Thought-Thursday

This Day's Thought

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

Thomas Fuller

This Day's Verse

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry. The face of the Lord is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. The righteous cry and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:15-18
The New American Standard Bible

This Day's Reprise

To pray is nothing more involved than to lie in the sunshine of God’s grace.

Ole Hallesby

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

There is no temper of the soul more antithetic to New Testament religion than that which plays for safety.

A. Victor Murray

This Day's Verse

Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.

2 Timothy 2:22
The New Living Translation

This Day's Reprise

God’s in His Heaven—All’s right with the world.

Robert Browning

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

If we do not love one another, we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer.

Dwight L. Moody

This Day's Verse

The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 13:9
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

A sermon is a long talk about sin, with the minister always against it.

Calvin Coolidge

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This Day’s Thought-Tuesday

This Day's Thought

Peace begins with a smile.

Mother Teresa

This Day's Verse

Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 3:10
The English Standard Version

This Day's Reprise

Fear will always knock on your door. Just don’t invite it in for dinner. And for heaven’s sake, don’t offer it a bed for the night.

Max Lucado

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This Day’s Thought-Friday

This Day's Thought

For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?

Augustine

This Day's Verse

Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Proverbs 13:6
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

You say that you believe the Gospel: you live as if you were sure not one word of it is true.

Thomas Wilson

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This Day’s Thought-Wednesday

This Day's Thought

When you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Francis of Assisi

This Day's Verse

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalm 121:1-4
The King James Version

This Day's Smile

Righteousness is a straight line, and is always the shortest distance between two points.

Unknown

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