Thursday December 30, 2010 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-God says, I am what I am and will be what I have been-

2-Our job is to love and train our children, it is God's job to change them-

3-The gospel is not something about Jesus, it is Jesus-

4-If we really want to be loved, we must learn to forgive-

5-The highest reward for a person's work is not what they get for it but what they become by it-

STRANGE THOUGHT-We have enjoyed freedom for so long that we may be in danger of forgetting how much freedom costs-

I'VE LEARNED-The same wind that pushes one ship into port may push another out to sea-

DID YOU KNOW-Spain literally means "the land of rabbits"

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Was there a reason that Zachariah's prayers for a baby took so long to be answered?

2-Why does God want us to pray?

3-Does God have to answer our prayers?

4-Why are we so often surprised when God answers our prayers?

5-How much is a prayer worth?

BIBLE TRIVIA-What wife of the soldier Uriah became David's wife and bore him Solomon?

Yesterday's answer-The queen of Sheba

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY JAMES 2:14-26

¹⁴ My brothers and sisters, if people say they have faith, but do nothing, their faith is worth nothing. Can faith like that save them?¹⁵ A brother or sister in Christ might need clothes or food.¹⁶ If you say to that person, "God be with you! I hope you stay warm and get plenty to eat," but you do not give what that person needs, your words are worth nothing. ¹⁷ In the same way, faith by itself—that does nothing—is dead.

¹⁸ Someone might say, "You have faith, but I have deeds." Show me your faith without doing anything, and I will show you my faith by what I do.¹⁹ You believe there is one God. Good! But the demons believe that, too, and they tremble with fear.

²⁰ You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?²¹ Abraham, our ancestor, was made right with God by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar.²² So you see that Abraham's faith and the things he did worked together. His faith was made perfect by what he did.²³ This shows the full meaning of the Scripture that says: "Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham's faith, and that faith made him right with God." And Abraham was called God's friend.²⁴ So you see that people are made right with God by what they do, not by faith only.

²⁵ Another example is Rahab, a prostitute, who was made right with God by something she did. She welcomed the spies into her home and helped them escape by a different road.

²⁶ Just as a person's body that does not have a spirit is dead, so faith that does nothing is dead!

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