A Thought for Today 30-11-2011

2 Corinthians 5:19-20

God has entrusted to us the news of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God.

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
(Saint Augustine)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUk1MbKTms0

A Thought for Today 29-11-2011

Ezekiel 34:15-16

I will pasture my sheep, I will show them where to rest – it is the Lord who speaks. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make the weak strong. I shall be a true shepherd to them.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
(Charles Maurice de Talleyrand)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nde0onVYV9g&feature=related

A Thought for Today 28-11-2011

Isaiah 13:22-14:1

Its time is almost up, its days will not last long. Yes, the Lord will have pity on Jacob, and Israel will be saved.

Our Christian conviction is that Christ is also the messiah of Israel. Certainly it is in the hands of God how and when the unification of Jews and Christians into the people of God will take place.
(Pope Benedict XVI)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0YYfH01BcE

A Thought for Today 25-11-2011

Deuteronomy 1:31

The Lord carried you, as a man carries his child, all along the road you travelled.

Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby.
(Samuel Rutherford)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by1Tq2nGffA

A Thought for Today 24-11-2011

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.

Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.
(David Wilkerson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnDvRRY5eT4

A Thought for Today 23-11-2011

1 Peter 5:5-7

Wrap yourselves in humility to be servants of each other, because God refuses the proud and will always favour the humble. Bow down, then, before the power of God now, and he will raise you up on the appointed day; unload all your worries on to him, since he is looking after you.

The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.
(Pope Benedict XVI)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fedOmAUbEI

A Thought for Today 22-11-2011

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.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.
(Mother Teresa)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5sypIy52dw

A Thought for Today 21-11-2011

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=PycBrNP8dXg

A Thought for Today 18-11-2011

2 Corinthians 13:4

He was crucified through weakness, but still he lives now through the power of God. So then, we are weak, as he was, but we shall live with him, through the power of God, for your benefit.

Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.
(Franz Grillparzer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF6a9gr_xDU

Weekly Blessing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=geXuODrsbI0

A Thought for Today 17-11-2011

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.

A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
(Man Ray)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvfHDP3RI3I

A Thought for Today 16-11-2011

1 Peter 1:15-16

Be holy in all you do, since it is the Holy One who has called you, and scripture says: Be holy, for I am holy.

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
(Carl Olson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35iRA37TqgQ

A Thought for Today 15-11-2011

Job 5:17-18

Happy indeed the man whom God corrects! So do not refuse this lesson from the Omnipotent: for he who wounds is he who soothes the sore, and the hand that hurts is the hand that heals.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.
(Jim Rohn)


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

A Thought for Today 14-11-2011

James 1:19-20,26

Be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to rouse your temper; God’s righteousness is never served by man’s anger. Nobody must imagine that he is religious while he still goes on deceiving himself and not keeping control over his tongue; anyone who does this has the wrong idea of religion.

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
(Washington Irving)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgcrLcTa8VE

A Thought for Today 10-11-2011

Hebrews 12:1-2

We should throw off everything that hinders us, especially the sin that clings so easily, and keep running steadily in the race we have started. Let us not lose sight of Jesus, who leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection: for the sake of the joy which was still in the future, he endured the cross, disregarding the shamefulness of it, and from now on has taken his place at the right of God’s throne.

When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.
(Ayrton Senna)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q6o4sbndVE&ob=av2e

A Thought for Today 09-11-2011

Ephesians 4:26-27

Even if you are angry, you must not sin: never let the sun set on your anger, or else you will give the devil a foothold.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
(Mark Twain)

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

A Thought for Today 08-11-2011

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.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
(John Gay)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B1Lv8k5pEc

A Thought for Today 07-11-2011

Leviticus 20:26

Be consecrated to me, because I, the Lord, am holy, and I will set you apart from all these peoples so that you may be mine.

And now let me address all of you, high and low, rich and poor, one with another, to accept of mercy and grace while it is offered to you; Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation; and will you not accept it, now it is offered unto you?
(George Whitefield)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRbSCTUAlc8

A Thought for Today 04-11-2011

Romans 3:21-22

God’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone who believes.

I think God's justice is making wrongs right.
(Joel Osteen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9J8eqKovY&ob=av2e

Weekly Blessing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNkc8bT0VV8&feature=player_embedded

A Thought for Today 03-11-2011

Wisdom 19:22

Lord, in every way you have made your people great and glorious. You have never disdained them, but stood by them always and everywhere.

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.
(William Ames)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uIHc376SiI

A Thought for Today 02-11-2011

Isaiah 25:8

The Lord will destroy Death for ever. He will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people’s shame everywhere on earth, for the Lord has spoken.

If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death.
(Paul Ricoeur)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7ikYVGFZ-0

A Thought for Today 01-11-2011

Ephesians 1:17-18

May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
(James Huneker)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiMmgMrk3Lk&feature=related