Tuesday December 28, 2010 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY 1-Integrity is more important than talent- 2-We should develop every talent that God gave us- 3-A successful life is measured by how you live and love in the time you are given- 4-Materialism is a selfish attitude toward things- 5-Sin brings it's own judgement- STRANGE THOUGHT-You can't fix anything before you know what is wrong- I'VE LEARNED-The greatest grief's are those we cause ourselves- DID YOU KNOW-Lead poisoning is known as plumbism- 5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW 1-If Christians believe they are going to heaven when they die, why do they struggle so hard to stay alive? 2-Is it okay for Christians to have a little uncertainty about life after death? 3-How should money, power, status, influence play in the life of a Christian? 4-Can a Christian not keep any of the 10 commandments and still be a Christian? 5-Can a Christian be mean spirited, hard headed, unthankful and grouchy? BIBLE TRIVIA-During the reigns of David and Soloman, Tahpenes was the queen of what country? Yesterday's answer-Jezebel SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY JAMES 1:19-27 Listening and Obeying 19 My dear brothers and sisters, always be willing to listen and slow to speak. Do not become angry easily,20 because anger will not help you live the right kind of life God wants.21 So put out of your life every evil thing and every kind of wrong. Then in gentleness accept God's teaching that is planted in your hearts, which can save you. 22 Do what God's teaching says; when you only listen and do nothing, you are fooling yourselves.23 Those who hear God's teaching and do nothing are like people who look at themselves in a mirror.24 They see their faces and then go away and quickly forget what they looked like.25 But the truly happy people are those who carefully study God's perfect law that makes people free, and they continue to study it. They do not forget what they heard, but they obey what God's teaching says. Those who do this will be made happy. The True Way to Worship God 26 People who think they are religious but say things they should not say are just fooling themselves. Their "religion" is worth nothing.27 Religion that God the Father accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world's evil influence. I WISH YOU A DAY FILLED WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, FORGIVENESS AND THANKSGIVING-JASPER