Psalm 54:4 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/10/2018)...

“Behold, God is my helper…”

“There is no situation too great for God. There is no heart too hard for God. There is no budget too tight for God. There is no boss too difficult for God. God is your helper! He is my helper! Those four words change every situation.

Do you need wisdom today? God is your helper. 

Do you need strength today? God is your helper. 

Do you need patience today? God is your helper. 

If God is your helper, that changes everything.”

by Pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Indiana, PA

Psalms‬ ‭54:4‬ ‭(ESV‬‬) Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

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1 Peter 4:14-16 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/9/2019)...

"Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and he has done me no wrong; how can I blaspheme my king who saved me?" 

Polycarp (69-156 AD) 

NOTE: Polycarp was burned at the stake and was pierced with a spear for refusing to burn incense to the Roman Emperor. On his farewell, he said "I bless you Father for judging me worthy of this hour, so that in the company of the martyrs I may share the cup of Christ." 

1 Peter 4:14-16 (NLT) If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs. But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!

Romans 14:8-9 (NLT) If we live, it’s to honor the Lord. And if we die, it’s to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Christ died and rose again for this very purpose—to be Lord both of the living and of the dead.

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Colossians 1:15-17 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/5/2019)...

“Manned space flight is an amazing achievement, but it has opened for mankind thus far only a tiny door for viewing the awesome reaches of space. An outlook through this peephole at the vast mysteries of the universe should only confirm our belief in the certainty of its Creator.

I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advance of science.”

Wernher von Braun (1912-1977) Director of NASA and U.S. guided missile program

Colossians 1:15-17 (NLT) Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.”

Apollo 8

Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/4/2019)...

“Our great object in time is not to waste our passions and gifts on the things external that we must leave behind, but that we cultivate within us all that we can carry into the eternal progress beyond.”

Bulwer

Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

Proverbs 23:26 (NLT) O my son, give me your heart. May your eyes take delight in following my ways.

Psalms 73:24-26 (NLT) You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.

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1 Corinthians 10:31 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/3/2019)...

“He who wishes to fulfill his mission in the world must be a man of one idea, that is, of one great overmastering purpose, overshadowing all his aims, and guiding and controlling his entire life.”

Julius Bate

1 Corinthians 10:31 (NLT) So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ecclesiastes 12:12-14 (The Message) 

The last and final word is this: 

Fear God. 

Do what he tells you. 

And that’s it. 

Eventually God will bring everything that we do out into the open and judge it according to its hidden intent, whether it’s good or evil.

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Colossians 3:12-13 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/2/2019)...

“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

Unknown

Colossians 3:12-13 (NLT) Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.

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Matthew 16:24-26 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY’S READING (4/1/2019)...

APRIL FOOLS DAY...

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”

Jim Elliot

Matthew 16:24-26 (NIV) Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?”

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