Proverbs 16: 17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Today's Thought: God preserves the upright in heart and destroy the evil. When I was still away from the Lord, I had lot of drunkard and drug addict friends, for I was one myself. Right now, I realized the road I formerly trod. It was...
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Today's...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
1 Kings 17:9
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Today's Thought: It is the Lord who orders our path.
Last day I watched Facing Giants (and again), and I remembered a scene in there. There was this man who went to the office of Grant (the main character...
Monday, August 28, 2017
2 Thessalonian 1: 3
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth.
Today's Thought: Loving the Lord is not just talking about it, but living through and with it. What is the manifestation of a growing faith? In most...
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Exodus 2:24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Today's Thought: Faith is trusting God and His promises.
When we had problems, we can often hear our friends saying: "for every problem I had, you were there, and I can feel the pain you are suffering from. Just tell me...
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Acts 5:41
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Today's Thought: Real discipleship is to suffer for the Gospel's sake.
During the revival of Wales, mission-minded Christians stretched forth their effort to India, which by then was a colony of England. Back in...
Friday, August 25, 2017
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Today's Thought: Heaven is a place where greed does not reside.
The Kingdom of heaven is likened into heaven, and we found this is consistent...
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Luke 21:4
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Today's Thought: When God asks for our all, we only need to trust Him.
I know of a Christian who stopped going to church when the pastor preached on giving. Giving is a very hot topic in the church,...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Deuteronomy 7:8-16
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Today's Thought: God promised to fulfill whatever He has promised to do with us...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Acts 1:8
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Today's Thought: Becoming a witness for Christ needs the power of Christ.
This morning I received a message from a friend. In her...
Monday, August 21, 2017
2 Chronicles 9:1-8
5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
Today's Thought:...
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Joshua 21:45
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Today's Thought: When God made a promise, He is able to fulfill it.
There are approximately 8,810 promises in the entire Bible. In the Old Testament there are 7,706 and in the New Testament there are 1,104 wonderful...
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Psalm 18:18
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
Today's Thought: You will never fall before enemies if the Lord is your foundation.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial is only structure left standing near the ground zero of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Though only the skeletal remains of the building withstood...
Friday, August 18, 2017
James 1:22
But ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Today's Thought: The real measure of what we hear is our application thereof.
Among business leaders a paradigm shift has been made in terms of evaluating human resources - from formal education to experiential learning. While they understood the importance...
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Today's Thought: There is safety and life in the fear of the Lord.
In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides King George II commissioned Jack Sparrow to find the Fountain of Youth before the Spaniard could locate it. Fictional stories...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Psalm 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
There is an ancient tale from India about a young man seeking God. He went to a wise old sage for help. “How can I find God?” he asked the old man. The old man took him to a nearby river....
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Joel 2:21
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.
Today's Thought: The promise of the Lord to do great and mighty things for you will endure.
Muhammad Ali, one of most celebrated sports figures of the 20th century, proclaimed: I am the greatest. There are countless of proud men who evaluated themselves...
Monday, August 14, 2017
Luke 14:27
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Today's Thought: The true marks of discipleship is suffering for Christ.
When I was younger, I was once asked what would I choose: my education or my faith in Christ Jesus. It was one of the hardest question one could take in an exam. Weeks leading...
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Revelation 22:4
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Today's Thought: Knowing we will face the Lord Jesus Christ, we must be diligent to follow His will.
There was an ordinary custodian of a building who dutifully did his job every night. One day, he heard screeches in the parking lot. There was a man who emerged...
Saturday, August 12, 2017
John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
Today's Thought: The will of God is only sweet if we learn to embrace the mind of the Lord.
Someone says, "The will of God which we sometimes think so hard, is, if we only knew it, just the softest pillow...
Friday, August 11, 2017
2 Kings 19:6
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Today's Thought: Never fear what you hear, only fear the Lord's voice.
England had just steadied her hand during the Reformation when...
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Galations 4:4
But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Today's Thought: God designs the timing of our lives; we just need to trust Him.
Yesterday a friend of mine called. She asked for an advice on how to deal the problem between her and her mother. They had a fight and her...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Lamentations 1:18
The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Today's Thought: Do not dig up a grave for your fall.
You are digging your own grave. These are words to describe how a person is destroying himself unassisted...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Joshua 21:45
There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel, all came to pass.
Today's Thought: God is able to do all His promises in your life.
When Sir Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain on April 5, 1955, it was thought that age and the desire to permit Sir Anthony...
Monday, August 7, 2017
Leviticus 26:12
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Today's Thought: God is always ready to walk and fight with us, let us just be sure we are on His side.
During the civil war Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast. One of the ministers said, “Mr. President, let us...
Sunday, August 6, 2017
1 Samuel 12:25
But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Today's Thoughts: Let us do well in the sight of God and not to be consumed.
Sodom and Gomorrah. These two words are synonymous to destruction and ruin. Ananias and Sapphira. These are two names synonymous to death for tempting God. Ahab and...
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Psalm 81:10
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth and I will fill it.
Today's Thought: Satisfaction comes only from the Lord.
Gypsy Smith tells of pushing through in the Scotland streets and feeling a tug at his sleeves. At first he thought someone was trying to get ahead. The tug came more...
Friday, August 4, 2017
Hosea 8:3
Israel hath hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Today's Thoughts: You can never win any battle of your life with the Lord.
What would a commanding general of an army say if his soldier goes to war and throws off the rifle over the ridge? What would a teacher say if a student goes to school everyday...
Thursday, August 3, 2017
1 Samuel 21:10
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
Today's Thought: The devil remains your enemy, do not have a compromise with him.
During World War II, the ancient proverb "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" was put into practice by the United States. While Roosevelt was wary of...
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Micah 6:6
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Today's Thought: Service to the Lord comes from the heart, not from what you can bring.
Part of the mass celebration was the offertory. Back when I was still in high school, when...
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Ezekiel 43:4
And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Today's Thought: The glory of the Lord in your life is more important than anything you will and want to have.
"You have lost it." "The spark isn't there anymore." There are words often heard from bosses who are firing their...
