Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. (Eph 4:1, 5:8-10; 2Pet 1:3; 2Cor 3;18; 1Cor 15:49)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.” For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (John 6;44; Titus 3:3-7; 2Cor 4:6)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness. The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you. The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (Psa 45:6, 89:11, 14, 115:16; Rom 8:19; 2Pet 3:11-13)

Today's Thought

Today's Thought:

 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. (Psa 145:3-4, 102:18; 2Tim 2:1-2, 4:1-2)

Today's Thought

 Today's Thought:

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Heb 10:23; James 1:2-4; 2Tim 3:12; Lam 3:21-23)