Wednesday May 1, 2013 thought for the day

HEE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-An ounce of example is worth a pound of advice-

2-To plant a tree is to believe in tomorrow-

3-No matter what you say, do or believe, without love you are bankrupt-

4-It is in loving that we are most like God-

5-You cannot love others anymore than you love yourself-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-When is your future behind you-

 

I'VE LEARNED- Grace comes to you not occasionally but constantly and aggressively-

 

DID YOU KNOW-The howler monkey is the loudest animal living in the rain forests of South America.  Their voices can be heard up to five mile away-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Whatever happened to Onesimus the runaway slave who became a Christian under Paul's teaching?

2-Did Philemon ever forgive the runaway slave Onesimus and send him back to Paul?

3-Why are the books Titus and 1 Timothy so similar?

4-How many years total did Paul spend in jail?

5-How long is God's "last days"?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-What priest in the Old Testament was also a king?

Yesterday's answer-Jethro, also called Reuel   Exodus 18:13-27

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY   Acts 3:11-16

¹¹ While the man was holding on to Peter and John, all the people were amazed and ran to them at Solomon’s Porch. ¹² When Peter saw this, he said to them, “People of Israel, why are you surprised? You are looking at us as if it were our own power or goodness that made this man walk. ¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, gave glory to Jesus, his servant. But you handed him over to be killed. Pilate decided to let him go free, but you told Pilate you did not want Jesus. ¹⁴ You did not want the One who is holy and good but asked Pilate to give you a murderer^[a] instead. ¹⁵ And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this. ¹⁶ It was faith in Jesus that made this crippled man well. You can see this man, and you know him. He was made completely well because of trust in Jesus, and you all saw it happen!

Footnotes:

1. 3:14 murderer Barabbas, the man the crowd asked Pilate to set free instead of Jesus (Luke 23:18).

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, we are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy when we proclaim, “The Lord is risen. He is risen indeed!” Though we were not personal eyewitnesses to the resurrection of Your Son we have personally experienced and witnessed in others the transformational change that the ever- living Christ brings about in the lives of those who believe. The completion of Christ’s incarnation took place at the tomb when death was swallowed up in victory as He overcame the power and terror of death’s penalty. Satan’s plot failed as God’s plan flourished making us more than victors through Christ who loves us and atoned for our sins! Thank You for all You went through so that we might have abundant life here and eternal life on the other side.  Amen.

 

 

LIVE SIMPLY! LOVE GENEROUSLY! CARE DEEPLY! SPEAK KINDLY! LEAVE THE REST WITH GOD!!