Thought For The Day

AT THE STORE THE OTHER DAY, A LADY CAME IN SINGING, AND PEOPLE JUST LOOKED AT HER. SHE WAS ENJOYING HER DAY THAT GOD HAD GIVEN TO HER. SHE WAS FULL OF THE JOY OF THE LORD. PSALM 118:15 THE VOICE OF REJOICING AND SALVATION, IS IN THE TENTS OF THE RIGHTEOUS; THE RIGHT HAND OF THE LORD DOES VALIANTLY. I LIKE THE OLD KING JAMES ON THIS WORD. IT SAYS : THE VOICE OF REJOICING AND SALVATION ARE IN THE TABERNACLES OF THE RIGHTEOUS.   WE ARE THE TEMPLE OR TABERNACLE OF THE LORD, SO WE ARE TO BE REJOICING. PSALM 118:24 THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE; I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. WHEN MY KIDS WERE TEENAGERS, OUR HOUSE HAD AN INTERCOM, I USE TO OPEN IT AND SING THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. TIME TO GET UP. THERE IS TOO MUCH DOOM AND GLOOM AMONG SOME OF GODS PEOPLE. WHERE IS THE JOY OF THE LORD?  WE ARE TO BE JOYFUL ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD. PSALM 97:11-12 LIGHT IS SOWN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS, AND GLADNESS FOR THE UPRIGH...

WE ARE NOT TO BE SO CONCERNED WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD.   BUT WE ARE TO PRAY, AND BE JESUS WITH SKIN ON, TO THOSE WHO ARE HURTING. YES, IT DOES EFFECT US IN SOME WAYS, BUT REJOICE, JESUS SAID WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS HAPPENING, LOOK UP OUR REDEMPTION IS NEAR. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:17 NOW THE LORD IS THE SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS THERE IS LIBERTY. THOSE THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE LORD, HAVE THE LORD IN THEM, SO WHEREVER YOU GO, JESUS IS THERE  THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THERE IS FREEDOM.     YOUR LIBERTY IS A SURE THING.  FOR WHEREVER THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY, FREEDOM TO DO THE WILL OF GOD. WE USE OUR LIBERTY TO GLORIFY THE LORD, NOT TO INDULGE IN THE FLESH. GALATIANS 5:13 FOR YOU, BRETHREN, HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LIBERTY; ONLY DO NOT USE LIBERTY AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FLESH, BUT THROUGH LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER. BELOVED, WE MAY BE SHUT IN FOR A SEASON, BUT WE ARE NOT CONFINED, WE HAVE THE...

SOME OF US MOVE AHEAD OF GOD, AND PUSH OUR WAY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT GOD ISN'T READY TO GIVE US YET,  OR THAT WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR YET. SO WE SAY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T SAY, OR WE DO SOMETHING WE SHOULDN'T DO. THE LORD HAS GIVEN US GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW, THAT WILL BE A BLESSING TO US AND OTHERS. HE HAS GIVEN US FAVOR OR GRACE ALONG OUR WAY. DIVINE FAVOR WHEREVER WE GO.  OUR MOUTH CAN GET US INTO TROUBLE BY SAYING THE WRONG THING AT THE WRONG TIME AND IN THE WRONG WAY. PROVERBS 21:23 WHOEVER GUARDS HIS MOUTH AND TONGUE KEEPS HIS SOUL FROM TROUBLES. PROVERBS 21:21 HE WHO FOLLOWS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERCY  FINDS LIFE, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HONOR. PROVERBS 16:17 THE HIGHWAY OF THE UPRIGHT IS TO DEPART FROM EVIL;  HE WHO KEEPS HIS WAY PRESERVES HIS SOUL. WHEN WE FOLLOW JESUS WITH ALL OUR HEART, SOUL AND BODY, WE WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND IN THE RIGHT PLACE. PROVERBS 16:13 RIGHTEOUS LIPS ARE THE DELIGHT OF KINGS, AND THEY LOVE H...

SOME PEOPLE MAKE PROMISES THAT THEY NEVER INTEND TO KEEP.   THEY JUMP IN WITH A PROMISE THINKING THAT IT WILL HELP THE NOW SITUATION. WE SEE THIS WITH  POLITICIANS, ALL THE TIME. THEY HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS WHEN THEY MAKE THESE PROMISES, BUT NEVER FOLLOW THROUGH, OR FORGET THAT THEY MADE THE PROMISE. THOSE OF GODLY CHARACTER WILL KEEP THEIR WORD, IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE, THEY WILL NOT FORGET, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO REMIND THEM. GOOD INTENTIONS COME FROM OUR NATURAL MAN, A GODLY PROMISE COMES FROM OUR SPIRITUAL MAN, FROM A HEART OF LOVE, IT WILL NEVER DISAPPOINT KNOWINGLY. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP PROMISES THAT WE HAVE MADE.   IT DOES REFLECT ON OUR CHARACTER. THE ENEMY CANNOT PLACE GUILT ON US IF WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH OUR WORD AND KEEP OUR PROMISE. PROVERBS 15:23 A MAN HAS JOY BY THE ANSWER OF HIS MOUTH, AND A WORD SPOKEN IN DUE SEASON , HOW GOOD IT IS. PROVERBS 16:1 THE PREPARATIONS OF THE HEART BELONG TO MAN, BUT THE A...

WE CANNOT CHANGE THE THINGS GOING ON, SO WE MUST LEARN TO REST IN THE PEACE OF GOD. PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE TO FIND JESUS. I WONDER SOMETIMES ABOUT THE EMOTIONS OF NOAH.  HE HEARD GOD SAY TO BUILD THE ARK. IT HAD NEVER RAINED BEFORE, BUT IN FAITH NOAH FOLLOWED GOD'S DIRECTIONS. JESUS IS OUR ARK OF PROTECTION, WE ARE IN HIM AND HE IS IN US.  THERE IS ALWAYS A WINDOW ON TOP POINTING  TOWARD HEAVEN. (THINK ABOUT THAT) A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, PROVISION, AND HOPE, HEALING AND A DESTINATION. GENESIS 7:1 THEN THE LORD SAID TO NOAH, " COME INTO THE ARK, YOU AND ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT YOU ARE  RIGHTEOUS BEFORE ME IN THIS GENERATION. PLEASE NOTICE THAT THE LORD SAID TO NOAH, "COME INTO THE ARK.    THAT SAYS THAT THE LORD WAS THERE WITH NOAH, OR ELSE HE WOULD HAVE SAID GO INTO THE ARK. BELOVED, WE ARE IN OUR ARK OF FAITH IN OUR GOD, AND HE IS RIGHT HERE WITH US. WE ARE NEVER ALONE, WE HAVE THE LORD. THERE IS A FLOOD OF WICKED...

YES, WE HAVE ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD, YES, AND AMEN. A PROMISE IS SOMETHING IN OUR FUTURE. 2 CORINTHIANS 1:19-20 FOR THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS PREACHED AMONG YOU BY US-BY ME, SILVANUS AND TIMOTHY-WAS NOT YES AND NO, BUT IN HIM WAS YES. FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM ARE YES, AND IN HIM AMEN, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THROUGH US. WHAT WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM GOD'S WORD IS THAT IT DOES TAKE FAITH AND PATIENCE TO RECEIVE THEM. HEBREWS 6:11-12 AND WE DESIRE THAT EACH ONE OF YOU SHOW THE SAME DILIGENCE TO THE FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE UNTIL THE END, THAT YOU DO NOT BECOME SLUGGISH BUT IMITATE THOSE WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE INHERIT THE PROMISES. PROMISES ARE RECEIVED WHEN WE MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED. THOSE ARE FAITH AND PATIENCE.  FAITH IS WAITING WITH PATIENCE FOR THE LORD'S TIMING TO RECEIVE THOSE PROMISES. THE WORD LONGSUFFERING, IS THE WORD FOR PATIENCE. WE MUST LEARN TO BE PATIENT WAITING FOR OUR PROMISE, STAY IN FAITH. FAITH IS F...

WHAT A BLESSED PEOPLE WE ARE TO HAVE THE WORD OF GOD AT OUR FINGER TIPS. IT IS TREASURE CHEST OF BLESSINGS, WHEN WE SEEK THEM OUT. PROVERBS 4:20-23 MY SON, GIVE ATTENTION TO MY WORDS;  INCLINE YOUR EAR TO MY SAYINGS.  DO NOT LET THEM DEPART FROM YOUR EYES; KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF YOUR HEART; FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM,  AND HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH. PSALM 119:103-105 HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH! THROUGH YOUR PRECEPTS I GET UNDERSTANDING; THEREFORE I HATE EVERY FALSE WAY. YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH. WHAT A TREASURE TO HAVE GOD SPEAK TO OUR HEART THROUGH HIS WORD.  IT SHINES A LIGHT IN OUR DARK AREAS AND REVEALS WHERE WE NEED HEALING, TEACHING OR UNDERSTANDING. WHEN GOD'S WORD GOES FORTH, IT CHANGES THE ATMOSPHERE, THERE IS SUCH LIGHT AND POWER RELEASED IN THE WORD OF GOD. ISAIAH 55:11 SO SHALL MY WORD BE THAT GOES FORTH FROM MY MOUTH;  IT SHALL NOT RETURN TO ...

WE KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US AT ALL TIMES. BUT WHEN WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND FAULTS TO THE LORD, THE ENEMY CAN NO LONGER HOLD IT AGAINST US.  1 JOHN 1:9 IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. ONCE CONFESSED AND REPENTED OF, BY OUR ACTIONS AND DEEDS, IT IS GONE.  THE BLOOD OF JESUS TOOK CARE OF IT. 1 JOHN 2:1  MY LITTLE CHILDREN, THESE THINGS I WRITE TO YOU, SO THAT YOU MAY NOT SIN,  AND IF ANYONE SINS, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS. WHEN WE CONFESS TO EACH OTHER OUR TRESPASSES AND WEAKNESSES, WE RECEIVE HEALING. JAMES 5:16 CONFESS YOUR TRESPASSES TO ONE ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED.   THE EFFECTIVE FERVENT PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH. I have found that when we confess our trespasses to one another we both are healed, as the Holy Spirit will point out something in bo...

WE ALL TRY TO WORK ON OURSELVES, THINKING THIS WILL PLEASE GOD IF I STOP A CERTAIN HABIT, OR SIN. WE PLEASE GOD ALREADY, BECAUSE WE HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS! WE CAN TRY AS HARD AS WE WANT TO, BUT IT IS NOT OUR JOB TO CLEAN OURSELVES UP, WE COOPERATE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHEN HE REVEALS A BLIND SPOT. IT IS GOD'S STRENGTH IN US THAT WILL SEE US THROUGH, IT'S NOT OUR STRENGTH. Philippians 1: 3-6 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you with all joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, THAT HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL COMPLETE IT UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST; Beloved, notice that it is God who is doing the work on us, not we ourselves. The He Paul is talking about is the Holy Spirit. We all have blind spots in our growth and the Holy Spirit will reveal them and take care of them. His job is to make us more like Jesus, in every way, we ar...

NEVER PLACE THE LIGHT ON YOURSELF, AND YOUR GOOD WORKS, PLACE THAT LIGHT ON JESUS,  AS IT IS HE WHO IS DIRECTING YOUR STEPS, AND HE GETS THE GLORY WHEN YOU SHOW COMPASSION. WHEN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, WE WILL REFLECT HIS GLORY AND HAVE HIS COMPASSION. 1 Peter 3:8-9 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another, love the brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous,  not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were  called to this,  that you may inherit a blessing. Psalm 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. God is so patient with us, He long-suffers, waiting for us to come to Him. Share our heart with Him. All the deep things that we want only God to hear from us.  Make it personal. Nothing is hid from Him, He already knows all there  is to know about you.  He wants to see...

SOME OF US HAVE TO BE KNOCKED TO OUR KNEES IN ORDER FOR GOD TO GET OUR ATTENTION. IT IS AMAZING TO ME HOW EVERYTHING THAT TOOK OUR ATTENTION IS SHUT DOWN. OUR HOME IS THE FOCUS OF OUR ATTENTION, OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS. NOT THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. WE WILL LEARN THROUGH ALL OF THIS THAT GOD ALMIGHTY IS STILL IN CONTROL. HEBREWS 4:13 AND THERE IS NO CREATURE HIDDEN FROM HIS SIGHT, BUT ALL THINGS ARE NAKED AND OPEN TO THE EYES OF HIM TO WHOM WE MUST GIVE ACCOUNT. When we are down on our knees asking for help, the Lord will say, "child I have been waiting for you." There is no need to beg , it is the Father's pleasure to give good things to those that ask Him. Do we need wisdom for our day?  just ask, it is yours through Jesus Christ.  Do you need provision of some kind?  It is yours just by asking the Father in Jesus name. John 16:23 " and in that day you will ask me nothing.  Most assuredly, I say to you whatever you ask the Father in My name He will...

CAN YOU BE A TRUE FOLLOWER OF JESUS, IF YOU ARE UNDISCIPLINED?   DO YOU COMPROMISE TO BE NOTICED AND FIT IN WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE IN CROWD? A TRUE DISCIPLE WILL NOT ONLY KNOW THE SCRIPTURES, BUT THEY WILL LIVE THEM.  THERE WILL BE GOOD FRUIT IN THEIR LIFE. GALATIANS 5:22-26 BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL. AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW. AND THOSE WHO ARE CHRISTS' HAVE CRUCIFIED THE FLESH WITH ITS PASSIONS AND DESIRES. IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, LET US ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT. LET US NOT BECOME CONCEITED, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE ANOTHER. The word longsuffering, has to do with patience. We long-suffer waiting patiently for an answer to prayer, or to see our loved ones come to Jesus, and not just know about Him, but live for Him. The fruit you produce should be just like the Holy Spirit within you.   Love comes first, when that fruit is evident in ...

LETTING GO Of THINGS IN OUR LIFE THAT CAUSE US SORROW AND PAIN, IS A LIFETIME OF LEARNING. A DAILY BATTLE, BUT THE BATTLE IS THE LORDS. EVERY DAY IS NEW AND A FRESH START, IF WE WILL LOT GO OF YESTERDAY. WE CAN'T CHANGE A THING, ALL WE CAN DO IS GIVE IT TO JESUS.   HE HAS SUCH A WAY TO WORK THINGS IN OUR LIFE FOR GOOD, BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM. ANYTIME YOUR MIND BRINGS UP MEMORIES THAT HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS,  HIT THE FORWARD BUTTON AND START NEW WITH THE MINDSET  THAT YOU ARE A NEW CREATION, FORGIVEN, AND LOVED BY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. ( 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17) IT IS OUR HEART THAT CONDEMNS US, IF WE ALLOW IT TO. 1 JOHN 3:20-22 FOR IF OUR HEART CONDEMNS US, GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR HEART, AND KNOWS ALL THINGS. BELOVED, IF OUR HEART DOES NOT CONDEMN US, WE HAVE CONFIDENCE TOWARD GOD.   AND WHATEVER WE ASK WE RECEIVE BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND DO THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT. BELOVED, DO NOT ALLOW THE ...

WE ARE A BODY, AND ALL PARTS ARE NEEDED. WE ARE A BODY OF MANY MEMBERS, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. WE MAY NOT LIKE PARTS OF THE BODY, BUT WE MUST LOVE THEM ANYHOW. AFTER ALL THEY ARE NEEDED TO DO THEIR PART THAT GOD HAS ASSIGNED TO THEM. THERE IS TO BE DIVERSITY AND UNITY. 1 Corinthians 12:12-18 For as the body is one and has many members, but all members of that body, being many, are one body in Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free- and have all made to drink into one Spirit. For in fact the body is not one member but many. If the foot should say, "because I am not a hand, I not of the body," is it therefore not of the body? 16) And if the ear should say, "because I am not an eye, I am not of the body." Is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole body were hearing, where would be the smelling?   But now God has set the membe...

WHEN WE ARE TRANSFORMED, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE CHANGED, OUR CONDITION, AND NATURE HAS BECOME LIKE JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. WE CAN ONLY BE TRANSFORMED BY RENEWING OUR MIND IN THE WORD OF GOD. THE WORLD WANTS US TO CONFORM TO THEIR WAYS, AND USE THEIR TACTICS, BUT WE KNOW THAT AS GOD'S CHILDREN WE ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD ANY LONGER. WE WERE ONCE SINNERS SAVED BY GRACE, NOW WE ARE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS IN CHRIST. WE ARE BEING CHANGED DAY BY DAY.  OUR SPIRIT IS PERFECT, BUT OUR SOUL AND BODY STILL NEED CHANGING. 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. Moses had to cover his face because of the glory of God fading from him. While he was on the mountain with the Lord, he had the glory of God all over his face. When we spend time in the Lord's presence we also have the glory of God on our face. The glory of God that is...

I HEARD A PREACHER SAY, WE HAVE A FREE WILL, AND YES, THAT IS TRUE,  BUT TRUE FREEDOM IS SUBMIT OUR FREE WILL TO GOD, TO DO THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD. HIS WILL IS IN HIS WORD. IT'S ALL THERE, WHAT GOD WILLS FOR US TO DO.  THE THINGS THAT WILL BRING JOY AND HAPPINESS INTO OUR LIFE COME BY DOING GOD'S WILL. SERVING JESUS FROM A HEART OF LOVE FOR HIM AND PEOPLE.  THAT IS THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD. Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and PERFECT WILL OF GOD! I am sure that we want  to do the perfect will of God. We should all desire to reach that goal,  BY DENYING SELF, AND WALKING IN THE SPIRIT. Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of all peace who brought up our Lord Jesus ...

ARE YOU SOWING SEEDS THAT WILL PRODUCE A GREAT HARVEST FOR YOU? A HARVEST THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE YOU. WE CAN SOW SEEDS OF HOPE, IN TURN WHEN WE NEED HOPE IT WILL BE THERE FOR US. DO YOU WANT TO RECEIVE LOVE?  THEN SOW SEEDS OF LOVE IN ANOTHER'S LIFE. FATHER GOD SOWED THE SEED OF HIS SON FOR US. WHAT GREAT LOVE, GOD'S HARVEST IS ALL THE SOULS WHO ARE REDEEMED THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF SEEDS WE CAN SOW. LOVE,  GRACE, HOPE, MERCY, COMPASSION, OUR SUBSTANCE, FORGIVENESS, FAITH, FRIENDSHIP. Colossians  1:3-5 We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospe...