Wednesday December 18, 2013 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

1-Obedience is not doing a favor for God-

2-Your present circumstances may be God's choice for you-

3-God always blesses us so we can bless someone else-

4-You'll do more for God if you truly love him-

5-Jesus paid for the right to be our Lord-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-English is a strange language--"The insurance was invalid for the invalid"

 

I'VE LEARNED-Don't confuse your path with your destination-

 

DID YOU KNOW-There is no record of a non rabid wolf attack on a human-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-If you only had one wish, what would you ask for?

2-What do you spend most of your time trying to get?

3-Are ownership and stewardship compatible?

4-Who was the first person Jesus revealed himself to as the Messiah?

5-When did Jesus reveal to his disciples he was the Messiah?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-At what church did the Egyptian born Apollos first serve?

Answer for today    Ephesus      Acts 18:24-28

 

SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY    Luke 4:14-30

¹⁴ Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Holy Spirit, and stories about him spread all through the area. ¹⁵ He began to teach in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
¹⁶ Jesus traveled to Nazareth, where he had grown up. On the Sabbath day he went to the synagogue, as he always did, and stood up to read. ¹⁷ The book of Isaiah the prophet was given to him. He opened the book and found the place where this is written:

¹⁸ “The Lord has put his Spirit in me,
    Because he appointed me to tell the Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to tell the captives they are free
    And to tell the blind that they can see again. Isaiah 61:1
God sent me to free those who have been treated unfairly Isaiah 58:6
¹⁹  and to announce the time when the Lord will show his kindness.” Isaiah 61:2

²⁰ Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the assistant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was watching Jesus closely. ²¹ He began to say to them, “While you heard these words just now, they were coming true!”

²² All the people spoke well of Jesus and were amazed at the words of grace he spoke. They asked, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
²³ Jesus said to them, “I know that you will tell me the old saying: ‘Doctor, heal yourself.’ You want to say, ‘We heard about the things you did in Capernaum. Do those things here in your own town!’” ²⁴ Then Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, a prophet is not accepted in his hometown. ²⁵ But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah. It did not rain in Israel for three and one-half years, and there was no food anywhere in the whole country. ²⁶ But Elijah was sent to none of those widows, only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon. ²⁷ And there were many with skin diseases living in Israel during the time of the prophet Elisha. But none of them were healed, only Naaman, who was from the country of Syria.”
²⁸ When all the people in the synagogue heard these things, they became very angry. ²⁹ They got up, forced Jesus out of town, and took him to the edge of the cliff on which the town was built. They planned to throw him off the edge, ³⁰ but Jesus walked through the crowd and went on his way.

PRAYER FOR TODAY 

Father, the prince of darkness has captured the hearts of so many and filled our communities and country and world with great discord, deceit, fear, and hatred. We must not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among us, for it it part of the testing of our faith to see that it is genuine and lasting. Instead we must remain steadfast and firm, focused on Jesus. For at the future appointed hour the kingdom of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He shall reign forever and ever alongside the saints of all the ages and the angelic beings He created to bring Him praise, glory and honor. I long to be among the redeemed singing Your praises through all of eternity. Amen.


LIVE SIMPLY! LOVE GENEROUSLY! CARE DEEPLY! SPEAK KINDLY! LEAVE THE REST WITH GOD!!