Monday May 7, 2012 thought for the day

 

 

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Don't discourage anyone who continually makes progress no matter how slow-

2-A life making mistakes is more honorable and useful than a life spent doing nothing-

3-Put your feet in the right place and then stand firm-

4-In the middle of all difficulty is opportunity-

5-Common sense is the ability to see things as they are and doing things as they ought to be done-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-Few things are harder to put up with than a good example-

 

I'VE LEARNED-Four things that make a person-hard work, sincerity, commitment, integrity-

 

DID YOU KNOW-There is a town in Texas called Ding Dong-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Is there no law keeping in grace receiving?

2-How does law keeping affect personal joy?

3-Do we sometimes try to earn a place at God's table?

4-How does God's grace affect how we live?

5-How does a person "get right with God"?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-Who was in exile three years after killing his brother Amnon?

Yesterday's answer-Assyria  2 Kings 17:6

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY    Matthew 11:20-24

Jesus Warns Unbelievers

 ²⁰ Then Jesus criticized the cities where he did most of his miracles, because the people did not change their lives and stop sinning. ²¹ He said, "How terrible for you, Korazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! If the same miracles I did in you had happened in Tyre and Sidon,^[a] those people would have changed their lives a long time ago. They would have worn rough cloth and put ashes on themselves to show they had changed. ²² But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum,^[b] will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to the depths. If the miracles I did in you had happened in Sodom,^[c] its people would have stopped sinning, and it would still be a city today. ²⁴ But I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for Sodom than for you."

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 11:21 Tyre and Sidon Towns where wicked people lived.
2. Matthew 11:23 Korazin . . . Bethsaida . . . Capernaum Towns by Lake Galilee where Jesus preached to the people.
3. Matthew 11:23 Sodom A city that God destroyed because the people were so evil.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, You love us with an everlasting love. Your enduring love stands as the supreme example for us to follow in our human relationships. Even when we have forsaken You and broken our vows, You continue to forgive us and woo us back to Yourself. You are not a god of retribution but a God of mercy. Even when we listen to the world’s counsel and experience dismal failure You pick up the shattered pieces and still call us Your own. Only a God like You deserves our complete loyalty. As we personally experience Your enduring love when we least deserve it, help us to apply the same kind of enduring love to those who least deserve it from us. Only through Your strength can we do even the impossible. Amen.

 

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