A Thought for Today 28-07-2011

Amos 4:13

He it was who formed the mountains, created the wind, reveals his mind to man, makes both dawn and dark, and walks on the top of the heights of the world; the Lord, the God of Hosts, is his name.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
(Charles Dickens)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW5HYznywIg

A Thought for Today 27-07-2011

James 1:22,25

You must do what the word tells you, and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves. But the man who looks steadily at the perfect law of freedom and makes that his habit – not listening and then forgetting, but actively putting it into practice – will be happy in all that he does.

For the Christian, worship is co-extensive with life. Life is already an expression of worship.
(Ravi Zacharias)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abVdgbV6f14

A Thought for Today 26-07-2011

Isaiah 55:3

Pay attention, come to me; listen, and your soul will live.

Of all the things Christ wants for us, loving Him and focusing our attention on Him are the most important.
(Charles Stanley)

http://www.youtube.com/user/setapartlife?blend=8&ob=5#p/u/57/6A6lWl_XzKA

A Thought for Today 20-07-2011

Colossians 1:23

Persevere and stand firm on the solid base of the faith. Never let yourselves drift away from the hope promised by the Good News, which you have heard, which has been preached to every created thing under Heaven.

Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing.
(Ravi Zacharias)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r4yHYwa7Uc&feature=slpl

A Thought for Today 19-07-2011

1 John 3:17-18

If a man who was rich enough in this world’s goods saw that one of his brothers was in need, but closed his heart to him, how could the love of God be living in him? My children, our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active.

"Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us."
(Ravi Zacharias)

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

A Thought for Today 18-07-2011

Wisdom 15:1,3

You, our God, are kind, loyal and slow to anger, and you govern all things with mercy. To acknowledge you is indeed the perfect virtue, to know your power is the root of immortality.

Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God's presence during dark seasons of questioning.
(Ravi Zacharias)

http://www.youtube.com/user/setapartlife#p/u/0/iF_G0Lt3YOg

A Thought for Today 15-07-2011

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me, and that is why I am quite content with my weaknesses, and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and the agonies I go through for Christ’s sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
(Thomas A. Edison)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR1ljs8RBdQ

Weekly Blessing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBOvt5xAds&feature=player_embedded

A Thought for Today 14-07-2011

1 Peter 3:8-9

You should all agree among yourselves and be sympathetic; love the brothers, have compassion and be self-effacing. Never pay back one wrong with another, or an angry word with another one; instead, pay back with a blessing. That is what you are called to do, so that you inherit a blessing yourself.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
(Francis Bacon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kggeN-wjnck

A Thought for Today 13-07-2011

Ephesians 3:20-21

Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
(Julius Caesar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghgpz0IWV0E

A Thought for Today 12-07-2011

Jeremiah 22:3

Practise honesty and integrity; rescue the man who has been wronged from the hands of his oppressor; do not exploit the stranger, the orphan, the widow; do no violence; shed no innocent blood in this place.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
(Plato)

http://www.youtube.com/user/setapartlife#p/u/29/2XK1xpKRWyQ

A Thought for Today 11-07-2011

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?

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
(Napoleon Bonaparte)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznU9_ajLOk&feature=related

A Thought for Today 07-07-2011

Galatians 5:13-14

My brothers, you were called, as you know, to liberty; but be careful, or this liberty will provide an opening for self-indulgence. Serve one another, rather, in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarised in a single command: Love your neighbour as yourself.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
(Abraham Joshua Heschel)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RWEllqh5J0

A Thought for Today 06-07-2011

Romans 8:35,37

Nothing can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who loved us.

I say that trials and tests locate a person. In other words they determine where you are spiritually. They reveal the true condition of your heart. How you react under pressure is how the real you reacts.
(John Bevere)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WYK6TxWX7s

A Thought for Today 04-07-2011

Romans 3:23-25

All have sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and all are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
(Victor Hugo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ugyV-f3hA

A Thought for Today 04-07-2011

Jeremiah 15:16

When your words came, I devoured them: your word was my delight and the joy of my heart; for I was called by your name, Lord, God of hosts.

Every creature is a word of God.
(Meister Eckhart)

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

A Thought for Today 01-07-2011

Jeremiah 31:33

This is the covenant I will make with the House of Israel when those days arrive – it is the Lord who speaks. Deep within them I will plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. Then I will be their God and they shall be my people.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
(William Shakespeare)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad3bMvRyT9U

Weekly Blessing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZfEvUT7a4&feature=player_embedded