Scripture: Psalm 25:4-5 Make your ways known to me, LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth—teach it to me— because you are the God who saves me. I put my hope in you all day long. Thought for the Day: I offer you these two quotes: “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one
Scripture: Exodus 3:7-8 Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to
Scripture: Romans 15:7 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. Thought for the Day: Yesterday afternoon, the Greater Houston Area became a better place to live. People from two faith communities — Cypress Creek Christian Church and the Islamic Society of Greater Houston — took a risk and did something that is not done as often as it should. People
Scripture: Job 18:17 Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street. Thought for the Day: In the book of Job, the main character (Job) is confronted by three supposed friends who are convinced that Job’s great trouble has come upon him because of some horrible sin he committed. Now the author of the book has made it clear to the audience that
Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient
Scriptures: Matthew 15:21-22 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.” Thought for the Day: The Gospels are simple and complicated at the same time. I know that sounds like foolishness, and it might
Scripture: Romans 12:12-14 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Thought for the Day: Life! Life is happening all around us, not simply within our own bubble. There are those who are rejoicing and feeling abundantly blessed, while others are being treated poorly.
Scripture: Acts 24:15-16 I have a hope in God—a hope that they themselves also accept—that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. Therefore I do my best always to have a clear conscience toward God and all people. Thought for the Day: In the above passage, Paul is in the midst of a speech in which he makes a rather dramatic statement about
Scripture: Galatians 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Thought for the Day: Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick once said, “Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.” We have too often allowed bitterness, resentment and a hunger for reprisal to imprison us. We become trapped in an existence that might appear to be life, but is
Scripture: John 13:34-35 [Jesus said,] “I give you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, so you also must love each other. This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, when you love each other.” Thought for the Day: This appears to be a transitional moment. The disciples have gone from passive students to true disciples with a responsibility. They