1 Corinthians 12:12     For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. Today's Thought: Teamwork does the work; it divides the effort and multiplies the result.Arturo Toscanini conducted for a performance at the Metropolitan Operate House in New York...

Romans 6:17     But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Today's Thought: The life tells the doctrine that shaped it.John MacArthur wrote: "Nothing is more wicked than for someone to claim to speak for God to the salvation of souls when...

2 Peter 1:3-4 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in...

Luke 22:45-46 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. Today's Thought: The people of God should be wide awake and alert all the time. In colonial America, church services last long hours. Churches had ushers...

Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Today's Thought: A trial faced is an opportunity to trust God.  The first Scholastic Aptitude Test was done among more than eight thousand young students on June 23, 1926. The test was designed to test...

Psalm 121:1-2 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Today's Thought: Focus on Christ and you will see the right spiritual light. There was a woman who had difficulty with her eyes. She went to the doctor for an examination. The doctor told her that her...

1 Timothy 1:2-4 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather...

Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. Today's Thought: Those who trust in God will never be disappointed.  William Carey, a shoemaker, hung a worldmap in his shop. He began to pray that God would ignite hearts of men to reach the lost. Afterwhich, he went to India himself...

2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: Today's Thought: The decisions we make reflect the results we will achieve.  Harlan Sanders had seen much in life. During World War II, he fed thousands of workers at the Oak Ridge nuclear...

Romans 4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; Today's Thought: Keep the flames of faith burning until the day of Christ's coming.  Brendan Schweighart fought in the war in Iraq. One day he and his platoon retreived a tank when Brendan was hit by a spiner's bullet that could...

John 1:1–5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not Today's...

Matthew 15:11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them. Today's Thought: Let us live our doctrine - this is real Christianity.  On June 22, 2002, a young pitching star for the St. Louis Cardinals was found dead in his hotel room. He was young, athletic and in good health....

Luke 21:29-31 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Today's Thought: The return of Christ should affect the way...

Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Today's Thought: The greatness of God's love is demonstrated in the sacrifice of Christ. In Great Expectations, a book of Charles Dickens, there was a woman named Miss Havisham. She was wealthy and she was courted by a scoundrel who only wanted her money....

2 Corinthians 13:11-14 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. Greet one another with an holy kiss. All the saints salute you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen Today's...

Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. Today's Thought: Everything else is worthless when compared to the greatness of Christ. Perhaps the greatest denial of...

James 4:3  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. Today's Thought: Ask wisely and the Lord will answer your prayer. With the rise of online ordering, people can easily buy things without the need to physically visit the store. However, there are instances when the ordered item does not meet...

Luke 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: Today's Thought: The sacrifice of Jesus is an important ingredient of our salvation. When one substitutes one thing for the original, it may work. For instannce, when one does not like to use egg in baking, a little...

Luke 21:25–26 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. Today's Thought: Trust God...

Luke 21:20-22 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which...

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. Today's Thought: Do not forget that God provides...

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...