1 Thessalonians 5:18
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Today's Thought: Do not stop thanking God for least and seemingly bad things happening to you. Corrie ten Boom was a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. These camps were filthy and there were thousands of fleas everywhere. Corrie's sister...
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Psalm 92:1-2It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High:
To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Today's Thought: If you want to praise God when the sun goes down, start praising at each morn. John Stott was a British preacher who would start his morning...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Ephesians 4:17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Today's Thought: We need to understand the meaning of what we do based on the standards of the Lord. An advertisement in London's Tube to lure city workers to get a vacations says: "Your work is meaningless....
Monday, November 27, 2017
Luke 21:12-13
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Today's Thought: The Lord can use anything and anyone to tell the good news of salvation. During the reign...
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Today's Thought: The true greatness of a man is in the fear of the Lord. Alexander III of Macedon was called as Alexander the Great for creating one of the largest empires of the ancient world at the age of 30 spanning from Greece...
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Luke 22:24-26
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is...
Friday, November 24, 2017
Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Today's Thought: Surrender your will to God and you will have peace. Adelaide Pollard was a missionary going to Africa, but she was not able to go because she did not have enough financial...
Thursday, November 23, 2017
John 1:10–13
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Luke 22:35-36
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
A young woman brought her fiancee to meet her parents....
Monday, November 20, 2017
Psalm 118:23
This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
Today's Thought: There is no single flaw in the plan of the Lord for our lives. On November 17, 1558, Queen Mary died and Princess Elizabeth became the queen. Upon learning the news of her accession at Hatfield House, while under the old oak tree, the famous response of the now...
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Luke 22:10-12
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall...
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Jeremiah 29:5-7
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused...
Friday, November 17, 2017
Luke 22:27
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Today's Thought: To be like Christ, we must be willing to serve others and their needs in humility and all sincerity of the heart. When London was under siege and invasion of Germany was imminent,...
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
Today's Thought: The kind of worship you have determines the kind of person you are. Going to church on Sunday is not a popular one. Why bother...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Today's Thought: Jesus is the only solution to the loneliness and brokenness of man. Ruth Graham, daughter of evangelist Billy Graham, recalled her bouts against loneliness, depression and...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Today's Thought: We should not give up in the middle of struggles for we know the reward is at the end of it. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when Hitler mounted his attack during World War II. Churchill spoke to...
Psalm 199:27
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Today's Thought: We read in the Bible all God wants us to follow, observe and do. Solomon instructed in Ecclesiastes regarding the making of books without end. When one goes to the United States Library of Congress, one will be overwhelmed with...
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Today's Thought: We must be thankful for everything and anything God has given us. Of all choices made in life, the option of being grateful or a grumbler makes the most impact in our lives. There are so many things...
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Psalm 119:149
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Today's Thought: Listening is an expression of love.
There was a young pastor who had spent listening to the problems of church members throughout the day. One when we came home and asked his wife how was the day, she told her about the...
Friday, November 10, 2017
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Today's Thought: We have a better alternative from what we are now - to be in heaven with the Lord. There was a question raise on whether what is better to endure the pain of this world or to enter the eternal joys of heaven....
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Today's Thought: A heart that worships the Lord is full of songs and prayers.
In the Old Testament days, the harp has been part of...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Today's Thought: God will test our faith for us to learn how faithful He is. There was a man who survived a shipwrecked and reached a small, uninhabited island. He prayed to God for rescue, but help did not...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Matthew 21:26
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Today's Thought: Christ is the foundation to build upon if we want security of our lives. Kansai International Airport in Osaka was built on an artificial island. Engineers knew that in the...
Monday, November 6, 2017
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Today's Thought: Even in times of despair, the Lord gives us a new direction. Hangar 61 in Colorado at the Stapleton Airport was slowly transformed to become a church. A rusty ship in Philadelphia was...
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Acts 2:14
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
It is often said that we could have minor setbacks, but we could have a major comeback. One of the best example of a major comeback was that of the Ford...
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Judges 6:12
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
Today's Thought: A rightly positioned faith diminishes the power of fear over our lives. There was a story often told by a preacher. A mother asked her 5-year old son to get tomato soap from the kitchen. But the child objected...
Friday, November 3, 2017
Luke 24:21-23
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Luke 24:36-37
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Today's Thought: The Lord has given us peace that the world cannot give. When Jesus died His disciples were in terror, they were afraid what would...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Hebrews 11:24-26
By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming
the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for
he had respect unto the recompence of...
