Saturday February 12, 2011 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-We need to practice being a good Samaritan-

2-Proper preparation prevents poor performance-

3-It is not the size of a church that matters but how big a heart it's people have-

4-God put you in the church to sandpaper you (take the rough edges off)-

5-Before you criticize the church, remember Jesus gave his life for it-

STRANGE THOUGHT-There is reason in all things, but not in all people-

I'VE LEARNED-Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle-

DID YOU KNOW-Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic"

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-When did Jesus lose his crown of thorns?

2-Why isn't Easter celebrated during the time of the Jewish passover celebration?

3-Why didn't Jesus teach his followers a prayer of repentance and salvation?

4-Were Jesus' disciples "saved"? If so, when?

5-When did Jesus' disciples "repent of" and "ask forgiveness for" their sins?

BIBLE TRIVIA-What king built the first temple in Jerusalem?

Yesterday's answer-David

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY- 1 JOHN 4:7-14

Love Comes from God

⁷ Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become God's child and knows God.⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.⁹ This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him. ¹⁰ This is what real love is: It is not our love for God; it is God's love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins.

¹¹ Dear friends, if God loved us that much we also should love each other.¹² No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.

¹³ We know that we live in God and he lives in us, because he gave us his Spirit.¹⁴ We have seen and can testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

GREATLY BLESSED, HIGHLY FAVORED, IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD!!!