CONSIDER
"We find comfort among those who agree with us -- growth among those who don't."
~Frank Clark
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/27/2015
CONSIDER
"A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough for the next six months or take sufficient air into his lungs at one time to sustain life for a week. We must draw upon God's boundless store of grace from day to day as we need it."
~Dwight L. Moody
"A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough for the next six months or take sufficient air into his lungs at one time to sustain life for a week. We must draw upon God's boundless store of grace from day to day as we need it."
~Dwight L. Moody
Thursday, February 26, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/26/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him."
~James 1:12
"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him."
~James 1:12
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/25/2015
THE SERIOUSNESS OF MORTALITY
"We should be very sure that the ruined soul is not one who has missed a few more or less important theological points and will flunk a theological examination at the end of life. Hell is not an "oops!" or a slip. One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God. "Outer darkness" is for one who, everything said, wants it, whose entire orientation has slowly and firmly set itself against God and therefore against how the universe actually is. It is for those who are disastrously in error about their own life and their place before God and man. The ruined soul must be willing to hear of and recognize its own ruin before it can find how to enter a different path, the path of eternal life that naturally leads into spiritual formation in Christlikeness."
~Dallas Willard (b. 1935), The Renovation of the Heart, Colorado Springs, Colo.: Navpress, 2002, p. 59
"We should be very sure that the ruined soul is not one who has missed a few more or less important theological points and will flunk a theological examination at the end of life. Hell is not an "oops!" or a slip. One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God. "Outer darkness" is for one who, everything said, wants it, whose entire orientation has slowly and firmly set itself against God and therefore against how the universe actually is. It is for those who are disastrously in error about their own life and their place before God and man. The ruined soul must be willing to hear of and recognize its own ruin before it can find how to enter a different path, the path of eternal life that naturally leads into spiritual formation in Christlikeness."
~Dallas Willard (b. 1935), The Renovation of the Heart, Colorado Springs, Colo.: Navpress, 2002, p. 59
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/24/2015
CONSIDER
"The lure of quantity is the most dangerous of all."
~Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist
"The lure of quantity is the most dangerous of all."
~Simone Weil, French philosopher and social activist
Monday, February 23, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/23/2015
"Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said."
~Amos 5:14
~Amos 5:14
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/23/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
~Romans 5:10
"If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
~Romans 5:10
Sunday, February 22, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/22/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
~Romans 5:10
"If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!"
~Romans 5:10
Saturday, February 21, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 02/21/2015
CONSIDER
"Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let him out."
~G. A. Studdert Kennedy
"Nobody worries about Christ as long as he can be kept shut up in churches. He is quite safe inside. But there is always trouble if you try and let him out."
~G. A. Studdert Kennedy
Friday, February 20, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/19/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
~Hebrews 12:1
"Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
~Hebrews 12:1
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/18/2015
DAY OF REST
"How do we find rest in a 24/7 world? Just as the Hebrew people were slaves in Egypt, we have become slaves to technology. Cell phones, email, television, and the Internet are our twenty-first century taskmasters. Our technological tools allow 24-hour productivity and connectivity, give us more control ... and subtly enslave us to busyness itself.
"Sabbath is about restraint, about intentionally not doing everything all the time just because we can. Setting aside a day of rest helps us reconnect with our Creator and find the peace of God that passes all understanding. The Sabbath is about letting go of the controls one day a week and letting God be God.
"Musicians say that it is not the notes but the pauses between them that make the song. Similarly, the pauses between our workweeks add beauty and meaning to our lives. These Sabbath "stop days" turn the buzz of our busy lives into music."
~Matthew Sleeth, MD, Blessed Earth: Hope for Humanity
"How do we find rest in a 24/7 world? Just as the Hebrew people were slaves in Egypt, we have become slaves to technology. Cell phones, email, television, and the Internet are our twenty-first century taskmasters. Our technological tools allow 24-hour productivity and connectivity, give us more control ... and subtly enslave us to busyness itself.
"Sabbath is about restraint, about intentionally not doing everything all the time just because we can. Setting aside a day of rest helps us reconnect with our Creator and find the peace of God that passes all understanding. The Sabbath is about letting go of the controls one day a week and letting God be God.
"Musicians say that it is not the notes but the pauses between them that make the song. Similarly, the pauses between our workweeks add beauty and meaning to our lives. These Sabbath "stop days" turn the buzz of our busy lives into music."
~Matthew Sleeth, MD, Blessed Earth: Hope for Humanity
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Thought for today - 2/15/2015
CONSIDER
"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see."
~Martin Luther
"Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see."
~Martin Luther
Saturday, February 14, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/14/2015
"Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed."
~Hebrews 12:11-12
~Hebrews 12:11-12
Friday, February 13, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Thought for today - 2/12/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!"
~Psalm 27:13-14
"I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!"
~Psalm 27:13-14
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Thought for today - 2/11/2015
CONSIDER
"No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them."
~G. K. Chesterton
"No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them."
~G. K. Chesterton
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Thought for today - 2/10/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven."
~Hebrews 1:3
"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven."
~Hebrews 1:3
Monday, February 09, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/9/2015
CONSIDER
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently."
~Henry Ford
"Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently."
~Henry Ford
Sunday, February 08, 2015
Thought for today - 2/7/2015
GOD'S DESIRE
"Perhaps one of the greatest surprises of the biblical story is that imago dei (the image of God in humans) is never extinguished. Even more surprisingly, despite the ups and downs and wicked twists of humanity, neither is God's desire to live in intimacy with men and women: "He will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them" (Revelation 21:3).
"God, undying Gardener and Nurturer that he is, has not relinquished the dream and vision of another Eden where unity between himself and what he has made -- all that he has made -- will be restored. His quest for a second Eden is all-consuming -- just as that same quest for paradise, for all the wrong turns it has taken, is all-consuming for the human heart. Not only will there be a garden at the end of the world, just as there was at the beginning; there will be many lesser gardens and oases along the way to refresh and reinvigorate the human spirit and to keep the hope alive. Eden is a symbol of what will be again and of what was always meant to be."
~ Murray Andrew Pura, from his book Rooted
"Perhaps one of the greatest surprises of the biblical story is that imago dei (the image of God in humans) is never extinguished. Even more surprisingly, despite the ups and downs and wicked twists of humanity, neither is God's desire to live in intimacy with men and women: "He will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them" (Revelation 21:3).
"God, undying Gardener and Nurturer that he is, has not relinquished the dream and vision of another Eden where unity between himself and what he has made -- all that he has made -- will be restored. His quest for a second Eden is all-consuming -- just as that same quest for paradise, for all the wrong turns it has taken, is all-consuming for the human heart. Not only will there be a garden at the end of the world, just as there was at the beginning; there will be many lesser gardens and oases along the way to refresh and reinvigorate the human spirit and to keep the hope alive. Eden is a symbol of what will be again and of what was always meant to be."
~ Murray Andrew Pura, from his book Rooted
Saturday, February 07, 2015
Thought for today - 2/7/2015
CONSIDER
"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty."
~ John D. Rockefeller
"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty."
~ John D. Rockefeller
Friday, February 06, 2015
THOUGHT FOR TODAY - 2/6/2015
"Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured."
- Hebrews 13:1-3
- Hebrews 13:1-3
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Thought for today - 2/4/2015
VERSE TO PONDER
"You can never please God without faith, without depending on him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely look for him."
~ Hebrews 11:6 (The Living Bible)
"You can never please God without faith, without depending on him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely look for him."
~ Hebrews 11:6 (The Living Bible)
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
Thought for today - 2/3/2015
CONSIDER
"You have become a mature person when keeping a secret gives you more satisfaction than passing it along."
~ Unknown Author
"You have become a mature person when keeping a secret gives you more satisfaction than passing it along."
~ Unknown Author
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