Wednesday June 17, 2015 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

1-Friends-fight for you, include you, encourage you, need you, deserve you, standby you-

2-Holiness without love is not holiness at all.  It displays harshness, judgmentalism and a critical spirit.  It ends in nit picking and divisiveness-

3-For God to take you to another place, he must first move you from where you are-

4-A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity-

5-True followers of God pursue and praise him-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-Man cannot live by bread alone.  He also needs a roll of duct tape and a can of wd 40.

 

I'VE LEARNED-Self sufficiency is a handicap when it causes us to believe we can do what needs to be done in our own strength-

 

DID YOU KNOW-A group of officers is called a "mess"-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Is there such a thing as a luke warm Christian?

2-How close to the edge of a cliff can you get without falling off?

3-If a Christian has the means to buy the very best of things, should they still possess them?

4-Does the term "good Christian" imply there is such a thing as a "bad Christian"?

5-Why was God so unknown to so many people for such a long time?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-Who said-"Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves?"

Answer    Deborah and Barak     Judges 5:2

 

SCRIPTURE FOR THE DAY     Luke 4:42-44

⁴² At daybreak, Jesus went to a lonely place, but the people looked for him. When they found him, they tried to keep him from leaving. ⁴³ But Jesus said to them, “I must preach about God’s kingdom to other towns, too. This is why I was sent.”

⁴⁴ Then he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea

 

PRAYER FOR THE DAY 

Father, we are deeply moved within our spirit, as we consider the day of Pentecost when You presented Your gift from heaven, the blessed Holy Spirit, to the 120 in the upper room which marked the beginning of the early church. But even more personally You make the Holy Spirit available to all, in every generation, who come to You in faith, who surrender their hearts to You and forsake the ways of the world. The tongues of fire came upon those who gathered in the upper room filling them with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak in tongues as Your Holy Spirit enabled them. May we also be yielded, open, and ready to receive the fullness of Your Holy Spirit so that we walk in the power of Your Spirit, boldly proclaiming the salvation message, “Jesus saves.” Wherever You send us to share this message we’re confident that You will prepare the way just as you did to the Ethiopian eunuch who was reading from Isaiah but needed a believer to explain more fully. You sent Philip at just the right moment and the eunuch was gloriously saved. We too can go forth in the same power with the same kind of opportunities as we prayerfully look for opportunities and obey the leading of Your Holy Spirit. In the name of Christ Jesus we pray. Amen.

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