Sunday April 17, 2011 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Practice the gift of gratitude-

2-Appreciating what you have changes your perception of what you think you need-

3-Christians should be afraid to commit the sin of worry-

4-Do we understand that Satan hates us?

5-It is more important to finish well than to start well-

STRANGE THOUGHT-Don't think on it too long or you'll forget to act-

I'VE LEARNED-If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there-

DID YOU KNOW-The average life span of a major league baseball is seven pitches-

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Which person of the Trinity raised Jesus from the grave?

2-Why didn't Jesus call a carpenter to be a disciple since he was one himself?

3-When did Jesus' disciples know he was the Messiah?

4-Does most spiritual growth come through personal pain?

5-Is Christianity a counter culture?

BIBLE TRIVIA-What epistle mentions Tryphena, a faithful church worker?

Yesterday's answer-Tamar

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-5

A Warning About False Teachers

¹ Now the Holy Spirit clearly says that in the later times some people will stop believing the faith. They will follow spirits that lie and teachings of demons.² Such teachings come from the false words of liars whose consciences are destroyed as if by a hot iron.³ They forbid people to marry and tell them not to eat certain foods which God created to be eaten with thanks by people who believe and know the truth.⁴ Everything God made is good, and nothing should be refused if it is accepted with thanks,⁵ because it is made holy by what God has said and by prayer.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

ALMIGHTY God, who pours out the spirit of grace and of supplication to all who ask for it; Deliver me, when I draw near to you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, so that with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections, I may worship You in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.