Thought For The Day

When we first open our eyes to a new day, we should have a heart of praise. 1. Praise.  Psalm 71:6 By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother's womb.  My praise shall be continually of You. Psalm 119:164 Seven times a day I will praise you, Because of Your righteous judgments. 2. Pray. We are to PUSH, P ray U ntil S omething H appens.  Prayers should continually be going up to God, for our family, friends, churches that preach the truth of the gospel. Our government, and all world leaders. Pray for their salvation, wisdom and protection. 3. Position.  We are to know that we are accepted, loved and cared for by the Lord. We are His prize position. Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of His glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the beloved. Our position, is that we are seated with Christ. Ephesians 2:4-6 But God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us ...

  What leads us to repentance? It is the goodness of God. Romans 2:4 (Speaking of judging others) Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? Sometimes the good things of God come our way when we are not expecting the blessing. We saw ourselves as needy in an area of our walk, but didn't expect God to answer in the way that He did. God over answered our prayers. A good example is Paul and Silas (Acta 16:1-40) Paul and Silas being in the prison, didn't know what would happen to them. As they sang to the Lord miracles occurred. Philippians 1:12-14 But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; and most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the ...

  When we were born again by God's Spirit, our heart changed and our actions should follow. God gave us a new heart to love and follow Jesus with. Question- Has the way you live changed since you have received Jesus as your Savior? It should have! When we have Jesus in our heart, it should be  evident how we live. Apart from the world. 1Corithians 5:17-18 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.  Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. When we are in Jesus, it should change the way we live, unattached to this world.  We do not belong to this world, our world is new and waiting for us.  The glory of that new world, we cannot perceive ...

Philosophy is the pursuit   of truth, an effort to make since of the world, and self. SELF is, s erving e motion  l oving f avor. Colossians 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and NOT according to Christ. From a secular viewpoint, philosophy is an attempt to understand self, people and the world. The worlds phycology. Since old self is to die, when we come to Jesus as our Savior, why would we spend precious time checking out self. Dead feels nothing. That can become an idolatry. Now theology is an all encompassing study of God and His word. We can see that God has revealed things in His creation and in His word. Paul addresses this at Mars hill with the philosophers. Those seeking worldly wisdom.  Acts 17:22-25 (read the whole chapter) Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very relig...