Wednesday August 18, 2010 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-When God displays his power, it flows through weakness-

2-When we model the death of Jesus, others see his life-

3-Grace is based on forgiveness, not probation-

4-We cannot control the wind, but we can adjust our sails-

5-Laughter often hides the tears that only God sees-

STRANGE THOUGHT-Spring housecleaning is about as much fun as hugging a cactus-

I'VE LEARNED-God only fills empty vessels-

DID YOU KNOW-Charles Dickens was an insomniac, who believed his best chance of sleeping was in the center of a bed facing directly north-

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Why does Psalms 110 say the coming Messiah as being forever a priest in the order of Melchizedek?

2-When Abraham saw 3 strangers (men) standing by his tent they were 2 angels and God himself. I thought scripture says you couldn't look on the face of God and live?

3-Why did Lot offer his 2 daughters to the men of the city of Sodom knowing how they could have been treated?

4-Were Sodom and Gomorrah the only 2 wicked cities of the known world?

5-Was homosexuality the grievous sin of /Sodom and Gomorrah?

BIBLE TRIVIA-Who is the only woman mentioned in Paul's letter to Philemon?

Yesterday's answer-Aholibamah

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY LUKE 5:1-11

¹ One day while Jesus was standing beside Lake Galilee, many people were pressing all around him to hear the word of God.² Jesus saw two boats at the shore of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.³ Jesus got into one of the boats, the one that belonged to Simon,^a]">[a] and asked him to push off a little from the land. Then Jesus sat down and continued to teach the people from the boat.

⁴ When Jesus had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Take the boat into deep water, and put your nets in the water to catch some fish."

⁵ Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night trying to catch fish, and we caught nothing. But you say to put the nets in the water, so I will."⁶ When the fishermen did as Jesus told them, they caught so many fish that the nets began to break.⁷ They called to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came and filled both boats so full that they were almost sinking.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he bowed down before Jesus and said, "Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man!"⁹ He and the other fishermen were amazed at the many fish they caught, as were ¹⁰ James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners.

Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will fish for people." ¹¹ When the men brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.

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