Scripture: Proverb 4:20-23 My child, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Thought for the Day: I don’t know if you saw
Scripture: Isaiah 45:19 I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, “Seek me in chaos.” I the Lord speak the truth, I declare what is right. Thought for the Day: Has anyone ever delivered some sugar-coated hostility your way? At first, you don’t really recognize it as hostility. It might be syrupy-sweet, yet underneath is an
Scripture: Psalm 104:30-33 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while
Scripture: Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. Thought for the Day: Are you willing to stop micromanaging and allow a situation to play itself out? To be honest, I’m not so good at that. I often like to keep a hand on things which
Scripture: 1st Thessalonians 5:20 Do not despise the words of prophets… Thought for the Day: I always liked the 911 call where the young girl was notifying the dispatcher that her mom was weird. I’m surprised my son never made that same call, but in regard to his father. Had 911 been available in the times of the ancient prophets, I’m confident the dispatchers would have received numerous
Scripture: Jeremiah 22:13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbors work for nothing, and does not give them their wages… Thought for the Day: Desmond Tutu said, “If you have chosen to remain neutral in a situation of injustice, you are really not neutral.” Quiet neutrality is what those who are committing injustice desire from the
Scripture: Romans 8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Thought for the Day: We are bringing our Dare to Dream study to an end, but it is so important for us to keep on going with what we have learned. As I said in my sermon on Sunday, we did not go through
Scripture: Romans 6:7 For whoever has died is freed from sin. Thought for the Day: I have met so many people who have received blessings they did not seek. People have found strength when their own reservoir appeared empty. There are those who have experienced new life when they felt trapped in the tomb of death. Grace is a gift, and it comes again and again to set
Scripture: Exodus 20:3 …you shall have no other gods before me. Thought for the Day: I don’t know what to think about Tom Brady and Deflategate. Cheating, lying, suspensions and fines – I wonder what we are teaching our children? You need to understand that I am a big football fan. I sort of wish I was not, and in fact, I have – for the most part
Scripture: Ezekiel 18:5-9 If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right—if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period, does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the