Wednesday September 30, 2015 thought for the day

HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

1-You seldom make wise decisions in a hurry-

2-When you wait on God, your situation may not change but you will-

3-Sin does have temporary pleasures and disobedience has its exhilarating moments-

4-If God does not exist then objective moral values do not exist-

5-The only way a Christian really knows Christianity is true is through the witness of the Holy Spirit-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-Diet ice cream

 

I'VE LEARNED-The human spirit can endure sickness but the crushed spirit is hard to bear-

 

DID YOU KNOW-The McDonald's at the Skydome in Toronto is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs-

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW

1-Whatever happened to Job's wife when God restored to him all he had lost?

2-Wasn't God's verbal response to Job rather sarcastic?

3-In the God story, why did God have to prove anything to Satan?

4-Was/is Satan really the chief of a group of fallen angels?

5-Is there an angry side to God?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-What book, one of the prophets, gets quoted in the New Testament more than any Old Testament book-419 times

Isaiah

 

SCRIPTURE FOR THE DAY   Luke 10:29-37

²⁹ But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

³⁰ Jesus answered, “As a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, some robbers attacked him. They tore off his clothes, beat him, and left him lying there, almost dead. ³¹ It happened that a priest was going down that road. When he saw the man, he walked by on the other side. ³² Next, a Levite^[a] came there, and after he went over and looked at the man, he walked by on the other side of the road. ³³ Then a Samaritan^[b] traveling down the road came to where the hurt man was. When he saw the man, he felt very sorry for him. ³⁴ The Samaritan went to him, poured olive oil and wine^[c] on his wounds, and bandaged them. Then he put the hurt man on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he cared for him. ³⁵ The next day, the Samaritan brought out two coins,^[d] gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you spend more money on him, I will pay it back to you when I come again.’”
³⁶ Then Jesus said, “Which one of these three men do you think was a neighbor to the man who was attacked by the robbers?”
³⁷ The expert on the law answered, “The one who showed him mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Then go and do what he did.”

Footnotes:

1. 10:32 Levite Levites were members of the tribe of Levi who helped the Jewish priests with their work in the Temple. Read 1 Chronicles 23:24–32.
2. 10:33 Samaritan Samaritans were people from Samaria. These people were part Jewish, but the Jews did not accept them as true Jews. Samaritans and Jews disliked each other.
3. 10:34 olive oil and wine Oil and wine were used like medicine to soften and clean wounds.
4. 10:35 coins Roman denarii. One coin was the average pay for one day’s work.

 

PRAYER FOR THE DAY

Loving Father, if only we heard “the wages of sin is death” we would be without hope, for none of us can boast that we are without sin. Yet forgiveness is extended to all who bow their knee and confess with their tongue that Jesus Christ is Lord, who live in accordance with Scripture. Yes, the wages of sin is death but Jesus’ death on the cross provides the transitional word, “but” in this Romans 6:23 Scripture. “The wages of sin is death, BUT the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” No treasure or experience on earth compares with the awesome news that we will spend eternity in heaven because of Your gift provided to us through Jesus. We thank You now and for all eternity. Amen.


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