Thursday April12, 2012 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-You will not waste any tears you shed if you give them to God-

2-Without a setback there is no comeback-

3-You can be a realist-idealist-pessimist-optimist-

4-Chose to be willing to change-

5-When life becomes a battlefield choose to fight until victory comes-

STRANGE THOUGHT-Forget the health food for at my age I need all the preservatives I can get-

I'VE LEARNED-Give up your need for approval-

DID YOU KNOW-It costs more to buy a car today than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake thee voyages to the New World-

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Jesus said to the repentant thief on the cross next to him "Today you will be with me in Paradise" yet the apostles creed said Jesus descended into hell. What happened?

2-Did the Roman soldiers know what they were doing when they crucified Jesus?

3-Did Jesus really have a choice about his crucifixion?

4-Whatever happened to the Ethiopian eunuch after being baptized by Phillip?

5-Is greed ever okay for the Christian?

BIBLE TRIVIA-In the time of the judges, what man stole eleven hundred pieces of silver from his own mother?

Yesterday's answer-Judas Iscariot John 12:4-6

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY Matthew 7:24-29

²⁴ "Everyone who hears my words and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. ²⁵ It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.²⁶ Everyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and hit that house, and it fell with a big crash."

²⁸ When Jesus finished saying these things, the people were amazed at his teaching,²⁹ because he did not teach like their teachers of the law. He taught like a person who had authority.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, Jesus warns us that Satan seeks to agitate us like wholesome grain that is being sifted from worthless chaff. You know the chaff we cling to such as doubts, fears, half-heartedness, slothfulness and other harmful debris that weakens or destroys our faith and ultimately our testimony. Help us not to resent the testings and temptations of this life that act as a filter forcing us to give up that which is uncomely to the Christian character; that which holds us back instead of moving us forward keeping us steadfast in our faith. We’re grateful for Jesus who faithfully intercedes for us, in the siftings and shakings of life. Above all, we’re grateful that no sin or failing on our part exceeds the scope of Your absolute forgiveness. Just as You restored Peter, reignited his zeal, and reinstated Him in his evangelistic role, You do the same for all who seek forgiveness and turn away from their sin. How wonderful, how marvelous is my Savior’s love for me!

MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE LOVE TO SHARE, HEALTH TO SPARE AND FRIENDS THAT CARE!