2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (9/9/2021)…

REMEMBERING 9/11…

"September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift … And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.” 

Senetor Bill Frist

 ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:8-9‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

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2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (NIV)

FROM TODAY’S READING (9/8/2021)…

REMEMBERING 9/11…

"Why am I here? What is the reason I was saved? They're really unanswerable questions. After going through something like we did, all you can do is try to live your best life from day to day and move forward with gratitude." 

Brian Clark, World Trade Center survivor.

Psalms‬ ‭57:2‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.

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2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9-10‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Romans 12:15, 21 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (9/7/2021)…

REMEMBERING 9/11… 

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.” 

President George W. Bush

Romans‬ ‭12:15, 21‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep…Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.

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John 15:13 (NLT)

 FROM TODAY’S READING (9/6/2021)…

REMEMBERING 9/11…

"Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation’s founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America’s storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation." 

Joe Linus Barton

John‬ ‭15:13‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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1 John 3:1-2 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (9/3/2021)…

“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection…When we have come to believe in the voices that call us worthless and unlovable, then success, popularity, and power are easily perceived as attractive solutions. The real trap, however, is self-rejection. As soon as someone accuses me or criticizes me, as soon as I am rejected, left alone, or abandoned, I find myself thinking, "Well, that proves once again that I am a nobody." ... [My dark side says,] I am no good... I deserve to be pushed aside, forgotten, rejected, and abandoned. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the ‘Beloved.’ Being the Beloved constitutes the core truth of our existence.”

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1932-1996)

1 John‬ ‭3:1-2‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.

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Proverbs 4:25-27 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (9/2/2021)…

“May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ that I may do what is right, and I may be bright and right in His sight.” 

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Proverbs‬ ‭4:25-27‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.

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Psalms‬ ‭25:4-5‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.

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Psalms‬ ‭25:8-9‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way.

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2 Corinthians 1:12 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (9/1/2021)…

“I have come to see clearly that life is more than self. It is more than doing what I want, striving for what will benefit me, dreaming of all I can be. Life is all about my relationship with God. There is no higher calling, no loftier dream, and no greater goal than to live, breathe, and be poured out for Jesus Christ."

Andrew van der Bijl (Brother Andrew)

Quote from The Narrow Road: Stories of Those Who Walk This Road Together

2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:12‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

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‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:19-20‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.

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