Saturday September 28, 2013 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Your faith in Jesus is reveled most clearly by how much you surrender to his will-

2-Faith in God is not about moving God to embrace our agenda but to embrace his agenda-

3-You can't have wisdom without learning-

4-If we are obedient to God, then wherever we are, it is where God wants us to be-

5-Understanding the "big bang" theory-Nothing plus nobody equals everything-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of reading it-

 

I'VE LEARNED-Money doesn't change you, it magnifies who you are-

 

DID YOU KNOW-There are no penguins anywhere in the northern hemisphere (outside of zoos)-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Does unanswered prayer cause some to lose their faith in God?

2-How can we be sure we have understood God's direction?

3-How can we be sure we haven't misinterpreted God's direction?

4-Do most Christians have inadequate faith?

5-What does it mean to "fix your eyes on Jesus"?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-Who healed the crippled man at the Beautiful Gate?

Today's answer-Peter and John   Acts 3:1-10

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY   19:23-27

²³ And during that time, there was some serious trouble in Ephesus about the Way of Jesus. ²⁴ A man named Demetrius, who worked with silver, made little silver models that looked like the temple of the goddess Artemis.^[a] Those who did this work made much money. ²⁵ Demetrius had a meeting with them and some others who did the same kind of work. He told them, “Men, you know that we make a lot of money from our business. ²⁶ But look at what this man Paul is doing. He has convinced and turned away many people in Ephesus and in almost all of Asia! He says the gods made by human hands are not real. ²⁷ There is a danger that our business will lose its good name, but there is also another danger: People will begin to think that the temple of the great goddess Artemis is not important. Her greatness will be destroyed, and Artemis is the goddess that everyone in Asia and the whole world worships.”

Footnotes:

1. 19:24 Artemis A Greek goddess that the people of Asia Minor worshiped.

PRAYER FOR TODAY 

Father, the Psalmist assures us that You provide food to those who fear You, to those who remember Your covenant. Moses admonished the Israelites to follow Your commands so that You would give them rain for their land in its season, the early rain for germination and the latter rain that grows and strengthens the plants. Through all generations You have supplied for all our needs and poured out Your abundance on us. We thank You for it through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TODAY WILL NEVER COME AGAIN. BE A BLESSING. BE A FRIEND. ENCOURAGE SOMEONE. TAKE TIME TO CARE. LET YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS HEAL AND NOT WOUND.