Friday, 30 November 2012

A Thought for Today 30-11-2012


Matthew 4:19 (NLT)

Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”


If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it and act it, why should the world believe us?
(Leonard Ravenhill)







Thursday, 29 November 2012

A Thought for Today 29-11-2012


Psalm 100:2-3 (NLT)

Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.


Jesus doesn't want your sins! What will they do for Him? He wants you! He must be Saviour AND Lord. If Jesus is not Lord of all then He isn't Lord at all.
(Leonard Ravenhill)





Wednesday, 28 November 2012

A Thought for Today 28-11-2012


Luke 21:36 (NLT)

Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.”


There are two kinds of people in the world-- only two kinds. Not black or white, rich or poor, but those either dead in sin or dead to sin.
(Leonard Ravenhill)



Tuesday, 27 November 2012

A Thought for Today 27-11-2012


Luke 21:28 (NLT)

So when all these things begin to happen, stand and look up, for your salvation is near!”


Three things faith does: it reckons on God; it risks with God (and) it rests in God.
(Leonard Ravenhill)






Monday, 26 November 2012

A Thought for Today 26-11-2012


Matthew 24:42, 44 (NLT)

“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.


The surest thing in the world is not death and taxes, it's death and eternity. Yet, we're so unconcerned.
(Leonard Ravenhill)





Friday, 23 November 2012

A Thought for Today 23-11-2012


John 10:27 (NLT)

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.


"If weak in prayer, we are weak everywhere."
(Leonard Ravenhill)








Weekly Blessing 11/22/12

Thursday, 22 November 2012

A Thought for Today 22-11-2012


Psalm 95:8 (NLT)

The Lord says, “Don’t harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the wilderness.


"Are the things you are living for worth Christ dying for?"
(Leonard Ravenhill)



Wednesday, 21 November 2012

A Thought for Today 21-11-2012


1. John 2:5

Whenever anyone obeys what Christ has said,
God’s love comes to perfection in him.


Obedience is the fruit of faith.
(Christina Rossetti)




 


Tuesday, 20 November 2012

A Thought for Today 20-11-2012


1 John 4:10 (NLT)

This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.


One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
(Paulo Coelho)


 





Monday, 19 November 2012

A Thought for Today 19-11-2012


Psalm 1:1-2 (NLT)

Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.


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



Friday, 16 November 2012

A Thought for Today 16-11-2012


Hebrews 4:12 (NLT)

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.


The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
(Harper Lee)









Thursday, 15 November 2012

A Thought for Today 16-11-2012


Luke 17:20-21 (NLT)

One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs. You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the Kingdom of God is already among you.”


If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.
(William Law)





Wednesday, 14 November 2012

A Thought for Today 14-11-2012


1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NLT)

Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.


All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
(Daniel Defoe)





Tuesday, 13 November 2012

A Thought for Today 13-11-2012


Matthew 4:4 (NLT)

But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”


The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
(Mother Teresa)


 


Monday, 12 November 2012

A Thought for Today 12-11-2012


Luke 17:1-3 (NLT)

One day Jesus said to his disciples, “There will always be temptations to sin, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting! It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around your neck than to cause one of these little ones to fall into sin. So watch yourselves!


All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.
(Reinhold Niebuhr)


 


Friday, 9 November 2012

A Thought for Today 09-11-2012


Philippians 2:9-10 (NLT)

Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,


The price of greatness is responsibility.
(Winston Churchill)





Thursday, 8 November 2012

A Thought for Today 08-11-2012


Philippians 2:8 (NLT)
He humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.


Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.
(Charles R. Swindoll)




Wednesday, 7 November 2012

A Thought for Today 07-11-2012


Philippians 2:6-7 (NLT)

Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form


Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
(Winston Churchill)



Tuesday, 6 November 2012

A Thought for Today 06-11-2012


Philippians 2:5 (NLT)

You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.


The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
(Scott Hamilton)


 

Monday, 5 November 2012

A Thought for Today 05-11-2012


John 8:31-32 (NLT)

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”


We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.
(Thomas Kempis)


 


Friday, 2 November 2012

A Thought for Today 02-11-2012


John 6:39 (NLT)

And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.


Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.
(Thomas Kempis)







Thursday, 1 November 2012

A Thought for Today 01-11-2012


Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.


What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?
(Thomas Kempis)