Thursday May 14, 2015 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

1-God's work is not done until we care for the needs of the poor-

2-If you give up on God, you give into a life of despair-

3-We become atheists in practice when we rely more on ourselves than on God-

4-To speak in direct defiance of God is to play the part of a fool-

5-No one but God is perfect, all of us stand guilty before him and need his forgiveness-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-Chocolate comes from cocoa, which is a tree.  That makes it a plant.  Chocolate is a salad?

 

I'VE LEARNED-When God released snakes among the Israelites in the wilderness because of their ingratitude, the symbolism showed shades of the Garden of Eden-

 

 DID YOU KNOW- Karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Are the ministries and programs of the church acts of worship?

2-Does God only watch over and care for Christians?

3-What does the Bible mean when it says "love never ends"?

4-Is it okay to call the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit the Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier?

5-Is Christian conversion an act or a process?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-Who said "I will not let you go, until you bless me."

Answer    Jacob    Genesis 32:26

 

SCRIPTURE FOR THE DAY    Luke 1:18-20

¹⁸ Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I know that what you say is true? I am an old man, and my wife is old, too.” ¹⁹ The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel. I stand before God, who sent me to talk to you and to tell you this good news. ²⁰ Now, listen! You will not be able to speak until the day these things happen, because you did not believe what I told you. But they will really happen.”

 

PRAYER FOR THE DAY 

Father, we’re given the example of sterling young men like Azariah, and his fellow Hebrew friends, who refused the Babylonian king’s orders, to bow down to the golden image. Surely they were weary of enduring the daily testing as they were few in number standing against the godless culture of their day. Was it the teachings their parents presented of Moses who stood time after time before the godless Pharoah as he sought the release of the Jews? Was it the story of God providing a ram just seconds before Abraham was going to slay his only son, Isaac? Was it their parents who reinforced that God always comes through in His perfect timing to provide for their needs or deliver them from trouble? Perhaps they’d witnessed numerous challenges their parents were dealt as they remained steadfast in their faith. In the land of many gods they continued to bow down to only one, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We ask your blessings upon all who seek to pass on Biblical faith to their children and equip them to stand when the day of evil comes. In our Lord’s mighty Name we pray. Amen

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