Scripture: Luke 6:35-36 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Thought for the Day: As children of the Most High God, the expectation is to follow in the way of the
Scripture: Proverbs 1:8 Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching; Thought for the Day: How many of us did not listen very well to our father’s instructions and our mother’s teachings? How many of us have kids who do not listen very well? I’m guessing, depending on the day, the number to be near… let’s say, 100%. At the same time, there
Scripture: Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all. Thought for the Day: I think most of the world hasn’t heard, but a rather monumental statement was released last night. The Catholic Church
Scripture: 1st Peter 1:14-16 Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” Thought for the Day: I grew-up hearing Robin, the sidekick to the Caped Crusader, offer rather strange statements that all began
Scripture: Luke 6:20-22 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of
Scripture: Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Thought for the Day: Let’s make this simple. Forgive others as God has forgiven you. But let’s start by extending that forgiveness to ourselves, recognizing those things that continue to quietly haunt us and subtly impair an otherwise healthy life. It will take both courage and consistency, but the effort put forward will
Scripture: Luke 7:48 Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” Thought for the Day: I’ve been having an interesting internal discussion since reading the words of Laurence Sterne (18th century Anglican Priest) on forgiveness. He wrote, “Only the brave know how to forgive. … A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.” Sterne’s observation is correct in many situations, for there are folks who
Scripture: Luke 6:1-5 One Sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God and took
Scripture: Ephesians 4:30-32 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Thought for the Day: The respected spiritual voice
Scripture: Luke 5:33-39 Then they said to Jesus, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.” Jesus said to them, “You cannot make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” He also told