Monday June 10, 2013 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Learn something new everyday-

2-Thank you God for the blessing of work and for the health and strength to do it-

3-Heaven will be wonderful, not because the streets are gold, but because our thoughts will be pure-

4-Give God your best thoughts and see if he doesn't change your mind-

5-When we walk toward sin, it is the same as if we invited it in-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-Half the people you know are below average-

 

I'VE LEARNED-The world that has rejected Jesus will readily receive satan's antichrist-

 

DID YOU KNOW-Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Did Christianity start as a Jewish religious sect?

2-Does the Jewish religion have as many different divisions as they did in Jesus day?

3-When Peter met Cornelius (who was Jewish by faith and not by birth) the Holy Spirit comes upon them all and they spoke in other languages. What languages was it?

4-Was Cornelius the first gentile believer?

5-Jesus did many wondrous miracles.  Why did he permit so many believers to die just because of their faith in him?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-What kind of objects were around the hem of the priest's robe?

Yesterday's answer-Ezra  7:5

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY   Acts 7:17-22

¹⁷ “The promise God made to Abraham was soon to come true, and the number of people in Egypt grew large. ¹⁸ Then a new king, who did not know who Joseph was, began to rule Egypt. ¹⁹ This king tricked our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to leave their babies outside to die. ²⁰ At this time Moses was born, and he was very beautiful. For three months Moses was cared for in his father’s house. ²¹ When they put Moses outside, the king’s daughter adopted him and raised him as if he were her own son. ²² The Egyptians taught Moses everything they knew, and he was a powerful man in what he said and did.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father, as we review the passages in Jeremiah 6 we read of the pending disaster that was soon to be inflicted on Jerusalem and its impenitent people. But you raised up Jeremiah as a faithful prophet who called them to repentance. If the people would only turn to You they would be saved. Yet they refused to listen and judgment was imminent. It’s such a stark reminder that our nation is going down the same road. Though messengers of the inerrant Scriptures warn of pending judgment people refuse to listen. They prefer to listen to those who teach a false message of “peace, peace when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14). What we know is that we must continue to preach truth as presented in Scripture even when people say, “We will not listen.” Our message must not change due to current opinion polls and we must live that which we preach. We cannot change our message to bring it into conformity with the moral teaching or lifestyle of those with whom we seek favor. Scriptural teaching is not just for a lab discussion or seminary setting; it is to be lived out in our daily lives even in the midst of the hostile society in which we live. Help us to be faithful watchmen during our watch in this brief journey in which we sojourn here below. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

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