Ephesians 3:14-19 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (7/11/2014)...

Deepen spiritual roots prior to the storms of life. Be assured, storms will come and test the depth of those roots.

Ephesians 3:14-19 (NLT) When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 

Proverbs 27:6, 10 (NLT)..,

FROM TODAY'S READING (7/10/2014)...

"A false friend can do more damage than an open enemy." 

- Mona Charen 

Proverbs 27:6 (NLT) Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. 

Proverbs 27:10 Never abandon a friend— either yours - or your father's...

Proverbs 17:17 (NLT) A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. 

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT)..,

FROM TODAY'S READING (7/9/2014)..,

Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.

-  George MacDonald

Romans 14:23 (NLT) But if you have doubts about whether or not you should eat something, you are sinning if you go ahead and do it. For you are not following your convictions. If you do anything you believe is not right, you are sinning. 

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT) You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. 

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. 

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY'S READING 7/8/2014)...

"So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for."

- Lou Gehrig

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NLT) Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. 

Hebrews 13:5-6 (NLT).,,

FROM TODAY'S READING (7/72014)...

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have." 

- Thomas Jefferson

Hebrews 13:5-6 (NLT) Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The LORD is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” 

Galatians 3:23-26 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (7/3/2014)...

"There must be shedding of blood for sin. You have a mirror in your bathroom, which is a picture of the law, and there is a basin underneath the mirror. You do not wash yourself with the mirror; it only reveals the dirt. Just so, the law is the mirror that reveals our sin. And beneath that mirror there is a wash basin."

- J. Vernon McGee

Galatians 3:23-26 (NLT) Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed. Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith. And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian. For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (7/2/2014)...

“The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering but in the development of the soul.” 

― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NLT)...Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad. 

Colossians 3:16, 17 NLT) Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.