Friday August 24, 2012 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Obedience is the act of carrying out the commands or directives of another, compliance is behavior influenced by a peer or supervisor, conformity is behavior matching that of the majority-

2-Christian obedience is yielding our conduct to God's values rather than our own-

3-Actions confirm the words we speak-

4-Rather than dismiss our sin, Jesus assumed our sin and incredibly sentenced himself-

5-To walk in obedience to God is to walk in love-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-It is hard to fly when something is weighing you down-

 

I'VE LEARNED-When you are in love, it shows-

 

DID YOU KNOW-Four men in the history of boxing have been knocked out in the first eleven seconds of the first round-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Why did Jesus and his disciples need a treasurer?

2-Where did the money come from that Jesus and his disciples used?

3-What did Jesus mean saying "God will forgive every sin except for blasphemy against the Holy Spirit"

4-If the Trinity is one and equal, why is speaking against the Holy Spirit worse than speaking against the Father or Son?

5-Jesus said that all would be judged for their thoughtless and careless words.  What are those words?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-In the time of the judges, what did the Levite do when his concubine had been savagely abused by the men of Gibeah?

Yesterday's answer-Benjamin     Judges 20:29-33

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY     Matthew 26:26-30

 

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took some bread and thanked God for it and broke it. Then he gave it to his followers and said, "Take this bread and eat it; this is my body."

 ²⁷ Then Jesus took a cup and thanked God for it and gave it to the followers. He said, "Every one of you drink this. ²⁸This is my blood which is the new^[a] agreement that God makes with his people. This blood is poured out for many to forgive their sins. ²⁹ I tell you this: I will not drink of this fruit of the vine^[b] again until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

 ³⁰ After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Gloria a Dios for the blessed gift of our five senses. Our surroundings become very much alive to us through our sense of touching, smelling, tasting, hearing and seeing; all a part of Your plan to help us navigate our way through life as we journey here below.  And yet it is through these senses that we also experience the irritations of life, the undesirable circumstances that can prompt an attitude of grumbling instead of gratitude, unless we have developed a sixth sense, the sense of gratitude which does away with grumbling. It doesn’t come as naturally as the five senses but Your Word develops our sense of gratitude as we apply its truths and prayerfully adapt it to our way of looking at things. Help us to give thanks in everything, for this is Your will, through Christ Jesus our Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen.

* Gloria a Dios is translated “Glory to God”

SMILE, LAUGH, FORGIVE, BELIEVE AND LOVE, OVER AND OVER AGAIN!