Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (Psa 119:11-12, 1:1-2; Job 22:22; 2Pet 1:19-21)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (Col 2:8; Eph 4:10-14; 2Tim 3:16-17)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

The next day he [John] saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (John 1:29; Acts 4:12; John 3:35-36; 1COr 3:11; 1Tim 2:5-6; 1john 4:10)