Tuesday June 19, 2012 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Hell, like heaven is not a state of mind or a metaphysical dimension of floating spirits but an actual place populated by physical beings-

2-Death freezes the moral compass and people remain the way they enter-

3-God honors our request to leave us along-

4-A loving God doesn't send people to hell, they volunteer-

5-God who hates sin, unleashed his wrath on his son who took on himself the sins of mankind-

STRANGE THOUGHT-If you want to make a long story short, don't tell it-

I'VE LEARNED-Everyone looks good in the dark-

DID YOU KNOW-Two thirds of Portugal was owned by the church in the early eighteenth century-

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-How difficult was it for Mary to inform Joseph that she was pregnant?

2-Was it difficult for Mary to convince Joseph that her pregnancy story was true, and not a made up story to cover her behavior while visiting Elizabeth?

3-Would Mary's family as well as Joseph's family have felt disgraced by Mary's pregnancy?

4-What does it say about Joseph that he considered divorcing Mary as a way out of a difficulty?

5-Jesus was a very common name, so why did God choose that name for the messiah?

BIBLE TRIVIA-When Jesus was brought before the Council, how many false witnesses were brought in to accuse him?

Yesterday's answer-Paul and Silas  Acts 16:16-24

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY   Matthew 18:1-9

 ¹ At that time the followers came to Jesus and asked, "Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

 ² Jesus called a little child to him and stood the child before his followers. ³ Then he said, "I tell you the truth, you must change and become like little children. Otherwise, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. ⁴The greatest person in the kingdom of heaven is the one who makes himself humble like this child.

    ⁵ "Whoever accepts a child in my name accepts me. ⁶If one of these little children believes in me, and someone causes that child to sin, it would be better for that person to have a large stone tied around the neck and be drowned in the sea.⁷ How terrible for the people of the world because of the things that cause them to sin. Such things will happen, but how terrible for the one who causes them to happen!⁸ If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose part of your body and live forever than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the fire that burns forever. ⁹ If your eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away. It is better for you to have only one eye and live forever than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.


PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, help us not to be like the Pharisees of old who were proud of their spiritual accomplishments, mingling only with those of like mind. You have called us to reach out to the lost and dying, to be examples of Your saving grace, to share the salvation message with those whose eternal future hangs in the balance. Just as we were rescued from the domain of darkness, we want to snatch others from that darkness as well. We throw out the lifeline of salvation through the cleansing blood of Jesus our Lord as we pull them to eternal safety. Amen.

I WISH YOU A DAY FILLED WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, FORGIVENESS AND THANKSGIVING-