Sunday December 12, 2010 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Often the things we fear the most never happen-

2-God is in control of your life when you are obedient to him-

3-If you can explain a miracle, it is not a miracle-

4-Even the children of God can fall under an oppressive pharaoh-

5-Money is to be your servant, not your master-

STRANGE THOUGHT-Even if a man is listening, he is going to get it wrong-

I'VE LEARNED-Character is what you have left when you've lost everything you can lose-

DID YOU KNOW-A scholar who studies the Marquis de Sade is called a Sadian, not a Sadist-

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Was Jesus really a carpenter or does the Greek word translated carpenter mean any kind of hand worker?

2-If Joseph died before Jesus was 30, who took responsibility for Mary (Jesus' mother)?

3-Was John the Baptist baptism really a ritual bath?

4-Could Jesus have baptized himself instead of having John do it?

5-Why did Jesus choose John to baptize him?

BIBLE TRIVIA-What king burned in his fireplace the letter sent to him by the prophet Jeremiah?

yesterday's answer-Evil Merodach

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY LUKE 22:47-53

Jesus Is Arrested

⁴⁷ While Jesus was speaking, a crowd came up, and Judas, one of the twelve apostles, was leading them. He came close to Jesus so he could kiss him.

⁴⁸ But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you using the kiss to give the Son of Man to his enemies?"

⁴⁹ When those who were standing around him saw what was happening, they said, "Lord, should we strike them with our swords?"⁵⁰ And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹ Jesus said, "Stop! No more of this." Then he touched the servant's ear and healed him.

⁵² Those who came to arrest Jesus were the leading priests, the soldiers who guarded the Temple, and the elders. Jesus said to them, "You came out here with swords and clubs as though I were a criminal. ⁵³ I was with you every day in the Temple, and you didn't arrest me there. But this is your time—the time when darkness rules."

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