Thought for the Day 7/6/2009

Careful what you sow, it might grow.
Unknown

The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction;
the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Let us not become weary in doing good,
for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:8-9

Thought for the Day 7/3/2009

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Therefore, 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

Thought for the Day 7/2/2009

Without the Way there is no going;
without the Truth there is no knowing;
without the Life there is no living.
Thomas a Kempis

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:6

Thought for the Day 7/1/2009

GO THE DISTANCE
Yesterday is experience.
Tomorrow is hope.
Today is getting from one to the other as best we can.
John M. Henry

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today,
so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end
the confidence we had at first.
Hebrews 3:13-14

Thought for the Day 6/30/2009

Happiness is like manna;
it is to be gathered in grains,
and enjoyed every day.
Author unknown

O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you.
Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
Isaiah 33:2

Thought for the Day 6/29/2009

Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keep You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!

The LORD'S loving-kindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him."
Lamentations 3:22-24

Thought for the Day 6/26/2009

"So do not worry about tomorrow;
for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34

Two Days Without Worry
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry, two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is Yesterday with all its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone forever.

The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow with all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and its poor performance; Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow, for it is yet to be born.

This leaves only one day, Today. Any person can fight the battle of just one day. It is when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities, Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down. It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad, it is the remorse or bitterness of something which happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.

So let us, therefore, live but one day at a time.
Author Unknown