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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 02, 2023 **I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust.** **- Psalm 91:2 (King James 2000 Bible (©2003))** **No matter what the enemy plans against you there's safety in God.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 04, 2023 **As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win.** **- Exodus 17:11 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Hands uplifted always represents praise so in every battle you face never stop praising Him if you want to win!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 05, 2023 **"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might." - Ephesians 6:10** **Notice that it says to draw on God's strength and power and not on our own. We just mess things up anyway in our own strength so let God be God and get off His throne!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 06, 2023 **"Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God. The other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly, a violent earthquake shook the foundations of the jail. All the doors immediately flew open, and all the prisoners' chains came loose."** **-Acts16:25-26 (GOD'S WORD ® Translation)** **Having a bad day? Pray and praise God and watch Him rock your world!!!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 07, 2023 **When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek."** **- Psalm 27:8 (New American Standard Bible (©1995))** **God isn't impressed with all that you do or offer Him or even what you do for His people. He wants His children to want to be WITH HIM. To spend time WITH HIM. To love on HIM. Just like any loving Father would. Make time for Daddy today...and everyday.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 08, 2023 **"See, your name is marked on my hands;"** **- Isaiah 49:16a (Bible in Basic English)** **Have you ever seen someone write a person's phone number on their hand so that they wouldn't forget it? Well God has YOUR name engraved into His hands. So when you feel like everyone has forgotten you and that nobody cares remember that God CANNOT forget you!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 09, 2023 **"For we have not a High Priest who is unable to feel for us in our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every respect just as we are tempted, and yet did not sin."** **- Hebrews 4:15 (Weymouth New Testament)** **We confess our sins to Jesus, our "High Priest" because He knows EXACTLY how it feels to go through everything that we do since He experienced it first hand also. So if you fall, His Blood will cleanse you and then…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 10, 2023 **"For the vision is still for the fixed time, and it is moving quickly to the end, and it will not be false: even if it is slow in coming, go on waiting for it; because it will certainly come, it will not be kept back." - Habakkuk 2:3 (Bible in Basic English)** **Are you waiting on a promise of God to come to pass? God doesn't live from day to day like we do but rather totally outside of time. He sees all eternity at once and is…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 11, 2023 **"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things." - Philippians 4:8 (NASB (©1995))** **The world is so full of corruption and things that are totally against God and His holiness. The ads we see on TV, the Internet and elsewhere just seem to get…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 12, 2023 **"But--to use the words of Scripture--we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him." -1 Corinthians 2:9 (Weymouth New Testament)** **We can't even begin to imagine the awesome, incredible and wonderful things that God has in store for us in eternity. Our life here comes and goes like a vapor and at times we may go…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 13, 2023 **Do not be over-anxious, therefore, about to-morrow, for to-morrow will bring its own cares. Enough for each day are its own troubles.** **-Matthew 6:34 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Worrying about things you can't control is a waste of time and for that matter often a lack of faith. Do your best and trust God for the rest. Tomorrow is another day.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 14, 2023 **God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn't change His mind. When He says something, He does it. When He makes a promise, He keeps it.** **-Numbers 23:19 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **God is faithful to His Word. You can rest in the fact that whatever God says He will do, He will most assuredly do it!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 15, 2023 **So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.** **- Romans 10:17 (American King James Version)** **Do you feel like you don't have as much faith as others do? Well when I read this verse I like to read it saying, "hearing and hearing and hearing and hearing, over and over, etc..." When you "feed" on the Word of God it makes your spirit get stronger and stronger. EAT the Word and get strong!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 16, 2023 **Being confident of this very thing, that he who hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:** **- Philippians 1:6 (Webster's Bible Translation)** **God allows life to shape you until we are conformed to the image of Christ. Sometimes it hurts like a mound of clay being pounded on to become the final product but it's all part of the process. We don't always understand why we suffer but God uses…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 17, 2023 **I've written this to those who believe in the Son of God so that they will know that they have eternal life. - 1 John 5:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **We are supposed to KNOW that we have eternal life. Jesus did ALL the work to buy you back with His Blood from the enemy's clutches. You simply accept the fact that Jesus took the punishment for ALL of your sins and turn your life over to Him. Remember that it's not your…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 18, 2023 **With perfect peace You will protect those whose minds cannot be changed, because they trust You.** **- Isaiah 26:3 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **This is a pretty good deal! If you put all your trust in God then He will in turn bring to your mind "perfect peace." So if you're troubled in your mind, cast all your cares on Him and He will put your mind at ease. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me! And as always YOU have to do…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 19, 2023 **For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him.** **- 2 Chronicles 16:9 (Webster's Bible Translation)** **God is constantly looking for someone who's heart is fully committed to Him so that He can show the world how powerful He is. That's awesome!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 20, 2023 **Come close to God, and he will come close to you...** **- James 4:8a (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Notice who has to make the first move. We do. Over and over when Jesus would heal someone He would make them do something first that they couldn't do BEFORE they would get their healing. So remember, when you are looking for God to move, He is looking for you to move first!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 21, 2023 **Thank God that He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. So, then, brothers and sisters, don't let anyone move you off the foundation of your faith. Always excel in the work you do for the Lord. You know that the hard work you do for the Lord is not pointless.** **- 1 Corinthians 15: 57-58 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **There's plenty of times when we don't "feel like" working for the Lord but there's also…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 22, 2023 **However, when God our Savior made His kindness and love for humanity appear, He saved us, but not because of anything we had done to gain His approval. Instead, because of His mercy He saved us through the washing in which the Holy Spirit gives us new birth and renewal.** **-Titus 3:4-5 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **There isn't anything you have done or can do to win your salvation. For some reason that only He knows,…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 23, 2023 **For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.** **- James 2:26 (King James Version)** **Lots of people say they have faith or even go so far as to claim to be a Christian who goes to church. Well that's all well and good on Sunday morning but how about the rest of the week? If your life was to be put under a microscope, what would the world see? Would it be enough to convince people that you…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 24, 2023 **My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings. Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and health to their whole body.** **- Proverbs 4:20-22 (World English Bible)** **God urges us to keep His Word in our minds all the time. And the benefit is life and health! I could use some of that! There are few things the enemy of our souls will fight…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 25, 2023 **Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will take care of me.** **- Psalm 27:10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Rejection. It's something we all go through at some point in our lives. But God promises that if everyone else, even your own parents who are supposed to love you unconditionally...even if they forsake and turn away from you, God will NEVER turn His back on you. Thank you Jesus. Worship Him today for…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 26, 2023 **Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour. Withstand him, firm in your faith; knowing that your brethren in other parts of the world are passing through just the same experiences. - 1 Peter 5:8-9 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Our enemy is looking around for those who appear weak in faith. Those who say they are Christians but don't pray,…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 27, 2023 **Humble yourselves therefore beneath the mighty hand of God, so that at the right time He may set you on high.** **- 1 Peter 5:6 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Even if God has promised you would do some great thing one day, remain humble before Him until the time comes. If you think of yourself more than you should, you'll just delay the plan of God anyway.**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 28, 2023 **For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them.** **- Matthew 18:20 (American King James Version)** **When we meet up together with Jesus as our focus, He promises to show up! In other words...let's have church!!!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 29, 2023 **You see that Abraham's faith and what he did worked together. His faith was shown to be genuine by what he did.** **- James 2:22 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Believing something is true is only part one of faith. Acting like it's true is the part that completes it. Don't just mentally acknowledge God's Word but live your life knowing that it's true!**
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 30, 2023 **Consider this: The Father has given us His love. He loves us so much that we are actually called God's dear children. And that's what we are. For this reason the world doesn't recognize us, and it didn't recognize Him either.** **- 1 John 3:1 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If people treat you like something's wrong with you for your faith it's because you are one of God's kids. They can't figure you out because they…
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Scripture Thought Of The Day - March 31, 2023 **However, you are chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, people who belong to God. You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not God's people, but now you are. Once you were not shown mercy, but now you have been shown mercy.** **- 1 Peter 2:9-10 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Never forget that at one point you too were…