Friday November 19, 2010 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-God wants to reveal himself in you to others-

2-What God has done for you and in you ought to be observable in your way of life or behavior-

3-There should be some observable relationship between who we say we are in Jesus and how we live-

4-Winners find reasons to--losers find excuses to-

5-Patience is the child of faith-

STRANGE THOUGHT-You can't have a testimony until you have a test-

I'VE LEARNED-Through salvation our past has been forgiven, our present has meaning, and our future is secured-

DID YOU KNOW-A fable says that Truth and Falsehood went bathing. Falsehood came first out of the water and dressed herself in Truth's garments. Truth, unwilling to take those of Falsehood, went naked-

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-What most likely was the illness Paul had?

2-Was Jesus ever sick or injured while growing up?

3-Paul evidently had vision problems, so could this have been his "thorn in the flesh"?

4-If Paul's "thorn in the flesh" was a vision problem, could it have come from his conversion experience on the Damascus Road?

5-Old Testament Jews were to go to the temple to worship, so when did the synagogues start?

BIBLE TRIVIA-What king was criticized by the prophet Isaiah for showing Judah's treasure to Babylonian ambassadors?

Yesterday's answer-Sennacherib

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY LUKE 16:19-31

The Rich Man and Lazarus

¹⁹ Jesus said, "There was a rich man who always dressed in the finest clothes and lived in luxury every day. ²⁰ And a very poor man named Lazarus, whose body was covered with sores, was laid at the rich man's gate.²¹ He wanted to eat only the small pieces of food that fell from the rich man's table. And the dogs would come and lick his sores.²² Later, Lazarus died, and the angels carried him to the arms of Abraham. The rich man died, too, and was buried.²³ In the place of the dead, he was in much pain. The rich man saw Abraham far away with Lazarus at his side.²⁴ He called, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am suffering in this fire!'²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Child, remember when you were alive you had the good things in life, but bad things happened to Lazarus. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.²⁶ Besides, there is a big pit between you and us, so no one can cross over to you, and no one can leave there and come here.'²⁷ The rich man said, 'Father, then please send Lazarus to my father's house.²⁸ I have five brothers, and Lazarus could warn them so that they will not come to this place of pain.'²⁹ But Abraham said, 'They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets; let them learn from them.'³⁰ The rich man said, 'No, father Abraham! If someone goes to them from the dead, they would believe and change their hearts and lives.' ³¹ But Abraham said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.' "

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