A Thought for Today 24-02-2011

Ecclesiasticus 5:1-10

Do not give your heart to your money,

or say, ‘With this I am self-sufficient.’

Do not be led by your appetites and energy

to follow the passions of your heart.

And do not say, ‘Who has authority over me?’

for the Lord will certainly be avenged on you.

Do not say, ‘I sinned, and what happened to me?’

f or the Lord’s forbearance is long.

Do not be so sure of forgiveness

that you add sin to sin.

And do not say, ‘His compassion is great,

he will forgive me my many sins’;

for with him are both mercy and wrath,

and his rage bears heavy on sinners.

Do not delay your return to the Lord,

do not put it off day after day;

for suddenly the Lord’s wrath will blaze out,

and at the time of vengeance you will be utterly destroyed.

Do not set your heart on ill-gotten gains,

they will be of no use to you on the day of disaster.

Be who you are and be that well.
(Saint Francis de Sales)

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A Thought for Today 23-02-2011

Mark 9:38-40

John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said, ‘You must not stop him: no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me. Anyone who is not against us is for us.’

There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
(Saint Francis de Sales)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSCE8uLuTJY&feature=related

A Thought for Today 22-02-2011

2 Peter 1:16

It was not any cleverly invented myths that we were repeating when we brought you the knowledge of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; we had seen his majesty for ourselves.

The Word of God makes a man a prophet - not a mere pulpit-performer.

(Reinhard Bonnke)

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A Thought for Today 21-02-2011

James 4:11-12

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who slanders a brother, or condemns him, is speaking against the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you have stopped keeping it and become a judge over it. There is only one lawgiver and he is the only judge and has the power to acquit or to sentence. Who are you to give a verdict on your neighbour?

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.
(Albert Einstein)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Ax2uBLdJM

A Thought for Today 14-02-2011

Mark 8:11-13

The Pharisees came up and started a discussion with Jesus; they demanded of him a sign from heaven, to test him. And with a sigh that came straight from the heart he said, ‘Why does this generation demand a sign? I tell you solemnly, no sign shall be given to this generation.’ And leaving them again and re-embarking, he went away to the opposite shore.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.
(Albert Einstein)

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A Thought for Today 10-02-2011

Isaiah 66:1-2

Thus says the Lord:

With heaven my throne

and earth my footstool,

what house could you build me,

what place could you make for my rest?

All of this was made by my hand

and all this is mine – it is the Lord who speaks.

But my eyes are drawn to the man

of humbled and contrite spirit,

who trembles at my word.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
(Albert Einstein)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MllhC0qyEjY&feature=related

A Thought for Today 09-02-2011

1 Peter 1:13-14

Free your minds, then, of encumbrances; control them, and put your trust in nothing but the grace that will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. Do not behave in the way that you liked to before you learnt the truth, but make a habit of obedience.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
(Albert Einstein)

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A Thought for Today 08-02-2011

1 John 3:1,2

Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,

by letting us be called God’s children;

and that is what we are.

My dear people, we are already the children of God

but what we are to be in the future has not yet been revealed;

all we know is, that when it is revealed

we shall be like him

because we shall see him as he really is.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
(Albert Einstein)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzXwkToBNZY