Tuesday May 29, 2012 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Do your giving while you're living, then your knowing where it is going-

2-The human tongue has done more damage and caused more heartache than any other source of trouble-

3-What we say can cut deeper than any knife or blade-

4-Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and falsely say al kinds of evil against you because of me-Jesus-

5-A mInd made up is almost impossible to persuade otherwise-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time-

 

I'VE LEARNED-The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing-

 

DID YOU KNOW-If you divide the Great Pyramid's perimeter by two times its height, you get pi to the fifteenth digit-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Should we read scripture to know how to live or to know God?

2-Does God hear the prayer of the sinner for a blessing or favor?

3-Can you receive any benefit by just reading the scriptures or does benefit come only from studying them?

4-Is God a giver of just good things?

5-How do we learn to know the "voice of God"?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-When Pekah the usurper reigned in Israel, who murdered him and took over the throne?

Yesterday's answer-Absalom    2 Samuel 15

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY   Matthew 14:15-21

 ¹⁵ When it was evening, his followers came to him and said, "No one lives in this place, and it is already late. Send the people away so they can go to the towns and buy food for themselves."

 ¹⁶ But Jesus answered, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."

 ¹⁷ They said to him, "But we have only five loaves of bread and two fish."

 ¹⁸ Jesus said, "Bring the bread and the fish to me." ¹⁹Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and the two fish and, looking to heaven, he thanked God for the food. Jesus divided the bread and gave it to his followers, who gave it to the people.²⁰ All the people ate and were satisfied. Then the followers filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of food.²¹There were about five thousand men there who ate, not counting women and children.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, each spring as we observe tiny featherless nestlings pressed against their mothers in the hollow of their parents’ nest, we’re reminded of the human love children experience from their parents’ safekeeping. We thank You for the loving care You extend to us through the preordained parents who’ve provided for us from birth to independence.  Thank You for their model of love, sacrifice, duty, protection, and other virtuous qualities needed to properly raise a family.  It has greatly influenced the way we raise our own children.

We also pray for those whose relationship with their parent is a role reversal where they must act as the parent when their own parent behaves as a needy or defiant child.  May Your multiplied mercies sustain these caregivers in their ongoing difficult role so that, above all, You are honored and they find deep peace in the midst of the turmoil.  Thank You, Father, for our human family, our spiritual family, and for our heavenly family that awaits our arrival on Your appointed day.  In the name of Christ Jesus Your Son we pray, Amen.

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