Ephesians 6:1-3 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/13/2022)…

“Today I am grateful for the additional memories we’ve built throughout her long cancer journey. From weeknight dinners, painting classes and vacations to my mum being there for those priceless moments during holidays with our children, her diagnosis helped us realize that our time as a family should never be taken for granted.”

Jason Day (PGA Professional)

NOTE: This quote is from a interview Jason Day did during the PGA Wells Fargo Championship this past Mother’s Day. His mom died of cancer this past March.

Ephesians‬ ‭6:1-3‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

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1 Peter 2:12 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/12/2022)…

“We leave our fingerprints on each other’s souls, for Christ or for unbelief. Therefore it is imperative that our thoughts, our desires, our actions have roots in the faith we confess with our lips.”

R. K. Hughes

Matthew‬ ‭5:13-16‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless. “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

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1 Peter‬ ‭2:12‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.

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Proverbs 14:23 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/11/2022)…

“This is something I try to tell young people because it’s inevitable. You think that when you’re successful it’s going to last forever…To ensure your success you have to be better today than you were yesterday. The moment you begin to work by inertia, it is the beginning of the end of your career.”

Dennis Prager

The Dennis Prager Show

Proverbs‬ ‭14:23‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!

Proverbs‬ ‭21:5‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Colossians‬ ‭3:23‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

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Matthew 6:34 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/10/2022)…

“Nearly all vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead.”

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

The Screwtape Letters

Psalms‬ ‭118:24‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Matthew‬ ‭6:34‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.

Hebrews‬ ‭3:12-13‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

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1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/9/2022)…

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of the virtues, but the parent of all of the others”

Cicero (106–43 BC)

1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:15-18‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people. Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

Colossians‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

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Romans 12:11-12 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/6/2022)…

“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.”

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Romans‬ ‭12:11-12‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.

Ephesians‬ ‭5:15-17‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/5/2022)…

“There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.”

William Wilberforce (1759-1833)

British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.

2 Timothy‬ ‭3:16-17‬ (‭NLT‬‬) All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

Psalms‬ ‭119:11‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

2 Corinthians‬ ‭2:14, 17‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume…You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.

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Proverbs 13:4 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/4/2022)…

“A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.”

Zig Ziglar (1926-1912)

Proverbs‬ ‭13:4‬ (‭NLT‬‬) Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.

Proverbs‬ ‭18:9‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

Proverbs‬ ‭19:15‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.

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Proverbs 21:5 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/3/2022)…

“Words alone are not enough. It takes action and sacrifice to realize results.”

Don Santo

Proverbs‬ ‭21:5‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

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Proverbs‬ ‭14:23‬ ‭(NIV‬‬) All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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Ecclesiastes‬ ‭2:24-25‬ ‭(NLT‬‬) So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God. For who can eat or enjoy anything apart from him?

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Matthew 6:9-13 (NLT)

FROM TODAY’S READING (5/2/2022)…

“Notice that we are invited to pray for bread, not dessert. We are not to use the Niemann Marcus catalog as our daily devotional guide. One of the sweet realities of our prayer life is that God cares about the simple, day-to-day needs of life. He cares whether his children are warm, fed, and housed. He is concerned for our well-being, including those things necessary to maintain a whole, happy family.”

R. Kent Hughes

Matthew‬ ‭6:9-13‬ ‭(NKJV‬‬) In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

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