Friday June 24, 2016 thought for the day

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

1-It is more important to know where you are going than to get there fast-

2-Better to do it than to wish it done-

3-The truly educated person refuses to be guided by prejudice-

4-To handle yourself use your head, to handle others use your heart-

5-If your feet are on the ground you can't fall very far-

 

STRANGE THOUGHT-With her marriage she got a new name and a dress-

 

I'VE LEARNED-I feared the dark until I saw the beauty of starlight-

 

DID YOU KNOW-In Jasmine, Saskatchewan, it is illegal for a cow to moo within 300 kilometers of a private home?

 

5 THINGS I WANT TO KNOW--

1-Why were there two other men crucified along with Jesus?

2-Was Jesus crucified between the other two men. If so, why was he put on the middle cross?

3-Why did one of the men criticize Jesus while the other man asked to be with Jesus after they had both died?

4-What kind of people were the Roman soldiers that they would mock a dying man?

5-How could a beaten dying Jesus ask his father to forgive those who wanted him dead?

 

BIBLE TRIVIA-"From Paul. God called me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God wanted. Also from Sosthenes, our brother in Christ" is the first verse of chapter 1 of what book of the Bible?

Answer for today     1 Corinthians

 

SCRIPTURE FOR THE DAY        Matthew 24:39-42
³⁹ They knew nothing about what was happening until the flood came and destroyed them. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding grain with a mill.^[a] One will be taken, and the other will be left.⁴² “So always be ready, because you don’t know the day your Lord will come.

Footnotes:

1. 24:41 mill Two large, round, flat rocks used for grinding grain to make flour.

 

 

PRAYER FOR THE DAY

 

Jesus, may I live out my expectation that you will come at any moment-

 

I PRAY THAT GOD GIVES YOU STRENGTH IN YOUR STRUGGLE, PEACE IN YOUR PAIN, AND VICTORY IN YOUR VALLEY-