1 Timothy 1:19

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

Matthew 9:36  But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Today's Thought: Let us pray for Christ's compassion to reign in our hearts. 

I have seen social experiments done to show how hard hearted people are.  In these experiments we have witnessed how inconsiderate and uncompassionate people could possibly be.  We could take to ignore a person needing immediate help. 

Jesus was moved with compassion as He saw the people in their dire conditions.  The King of kings showed us the meaning of loving others. In our conversation and actions we must not forget to calibrate as aligned with the compassionate of Christ.  

The compassion we show to people reflects the message of Christ.  Let us endeavor to have the eyes of our Master. 

Nehemiah 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

Ephesians 3:21  Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Today's Thought: God gets glory through His church. 

There are people who won't go to church as they would reasoned of people's imperfections.  These people only see the mistakes and failures of people in the church without knowing the purpose of the body of Christ. 

We can give money to people in the streets.  It is good,  but it is through church giving that God gets His glort.  We can appreciate concerts and performances but it is through the church that God gets His glory. 

Let us continue to serve God in the church. Through this we are giving God the glory He deserves.  

2 Peter 3:11  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Today's Thought: When you commit your life to Christ,  you allow God to shape your life. 

There is one thing in which I am dead earnest and that is the Communist 
cause. It is my life, my business, my religion, my hobby, my sweetheart, my 
wife and mistress, my bread and meat. I work at it in the daytime and dream 
of it at night. Its hold on me grows, not lessens as time goes on. Therefore 
I cannot carry on a friendship, a love affair, or even a conversation without 
relating to this force which both drives and guides my life. I evaluate people, 
books, ideas and actions according to how they effect the Communist cause 
and by their attitude toward it.

This is what a communist man wrote to her girlfriend.  This is the kind of commitment demanded of us Christians.  We must be dead earnest in giving our all to Christ.  The commitment that we have define the life we will have. 

When we remain in Christ we wi be able to know His will in our life.  It is not about the consequences of our commitment, it is about how Christ is molding the way He intends to do in our life.