Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 01, 2023 **Do not be over-anxious, therefore, asking 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them. But make His Kingdom and righteousness your chief aim, and then these things shall all be given you in addition. - Matthew 6:31-33 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Basically it's really…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 02, 2023 **I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.** **- Psalm 103:31 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **You are responsible for what you allow to enter into your mind through your eyes. The enemy loves to use things visually to cause us to lust and fall into sin. Do not allow sin to grow inside you through looking at things that are unholy.**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 03, 2023 **Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.** **- Isaiah 55:6 (New American Standard Bible (©1995))** **Although it's true that God is omnipresent ,meaning He is everywhere at once, there are times when His presence comes more intensely and for a specific purpose. If you're not paying attention, you can miss the chance to get the blessing you've been waiting for!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 04, 2023 **But it was for our sins He was wounded, and for our evil doings He was crushed: He took the punishment by which we have peace, and by His wounds we are made well. - Isaiah 53:5 (Bible in Basic English)** **Every bit of pain and suffering that Jesus went through was for YOU. Every punch, every whip on His back, every drop of spit He took was for YOU. We were so messed up and far from God that this was the only way to buy us back…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 05, 2023 **This is not a wrestling match against a human opponent. We are wrestling with rulers, authorities, the powers who govern this world of darkness, and spiritual forces that control evil in the heavenly world. - Ephesians 6:12 (GOD'S WORD® Translation )** **Although we often think the problems we have are the result of the person we can see with our eyes, the true source of our struggle comes from the evil spiritual forces driving…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 06, 2023 **As they looked on Peter and John so fearlessly outspoken--and also discovered that they were illiterate persons, untrained in the schools--they were surprised; and now they recognized them as having been with Jesus.** **- Acts 4:13 (Weymouth New Testament)** **When people look at your life can they tell that you've "been with Jesus?"**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 07, 2023 **Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They were patient when they suffered unjustly. We consider those who endure to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance. You saw that the Lord ended Job's suffering because the Lord is compassionate and merciful.** **- James 5:10-11 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **We all go through suffering & even worse when you did…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 08, 2023 **Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you tell about the Lord's death until He comes.** **- 1 Corinthians 11:26 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **When we join together for communion it's to remember what Jesus did for us on the cross. Never allow it to become just a ritual. Acknowledge that we were sinners on our way to eternal separation from Him but now are adopted children welcomed into His Kingdom…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 09, 2023 **But, in reality, Christ *has* risen from among the dead, being the first to do so of those who are asleep. For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead. For just as through Adam all die, so also through Christ all will be made alive again. But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.**…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 10, 2023 **Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This demonstrates God's love for us. Since Christ's blood has now given us God's approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God's anger. - Romans 5:8-9 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **What more proof do we need that God loves us? He sacrificed His own Son for us when we weren't even looking for Him. Christ on the cross is a physical display of His love…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 11, 2023 **Just as Jonah was in the belly of a huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.** **- Matthew 12:40 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **It may look like something happened to put a stop to the plan of God in your life but keep the faith...it might just be put on hold so He can accomplish something else in the meantime.**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 12, 2023 **Everything written long ago was written to teach us so that we would have confidence through the endurance and encouragement which the Scriptures give us.** **- Romans 15:4 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **One of the great things about reading the Bible is you find out that all of God's people from throughout time go through the same types of things that we do and if they can make it, so can you!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 13, 2023 **Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you'll harvest. If you plant in the soil of your corrupt nature, you will harvest destruction. But if you plant in the soil of your spiritual nature, you will harvest everlasting life.** **- Galatians 6:7-8 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **If you invest your time in the foolishness of this world you will hurt your spiritual growth…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 14, 2023 **He that shall overcome, shall thus be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.** **- Revelation 3:5 (Douay-Rheims Bible)** **One day Jesus is going to say something like, "Hey Father, and you angels too...let me tell you about Rick Costa {insert your own name here}" I don't know about you but the thought of that…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 15, 2023 **That day they offered many sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them reason to rejoice. The women and children rejoiced as well. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.** **- Nehemiah 12:39 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Can you imagine this happening today? Why not!? The praise of God was SO LOUD that it can be heard in the surrounding towns! So yes God really does like loud praise!…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 16, 2023 **Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.** **- Psalm 51:7 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Remember the night the children of Israel were about to delivered from Egypt and the death angel took all the first born? The exception was he was not allowed to touch those who were in houses that had the lamb's blood on the door posts spread on them by...say it with me...HYSSOP!…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 17, 2023 **Where there is no vision, the people are uncontrolled; but he who keeps the law will be happy. - Proverbs 29:18 (Bible in Basic English)** **To give your life proper direction you should have a vision (from God obviously) so that you don't just run wild doing everything except that which God wants you to do in the first place. Even big secular non-Christian companies have a "mission statement." Seek the Holy Spirit today to…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 18, 2023 **Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, "I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you."** **- Hebrews 13:5 (Weymouth New Testament)** **Even if everyone else in life abandons and forgets you in your hour of need, God NEVER will.**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 19, 2023 **But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me, with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:13b-14 (Weymouth New Testament)** **We have all made big mistakes in the past. But we are to repent, ask God to cleanse us in His Blood and put our eyes back on the call of God on our lives. You…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 20, 2023 **Godless fools say in their hearts, "There is no God."** **-Psalm 53:1 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The book of Romans 1:20 says, "From the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly observed in what He made. As a result, people have no excuse."**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 21, 2023 **And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.** **- Romans 12:2 (Bible in Basic English)** **We should never want imitate worldly fleshly people. We are rather to have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16) who was never impressed by those with fame or fortune but only by faith. If you want…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 22, 2023 **No creature can hide from God. Everything is uncovered and exposed for him to see. We must answer to him.** **- Hebrews 4:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Why do people think they can actually hide what they do from God? He sees EVERYTHING and not one thing does He not see. But thanks be to God that we, His sons and daughters, are seen through the filter of the Blood of His son Jesus!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 23, 2023 **If a person thinks that he is religious but can't control his tongue, he is fooling himself. That person's religion is worthless.** **- James 1:26 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **I have personally witnessed so called devout Christians shout Hallelujah while in church and barely get outside the doors of the sanctuary and are already cussing. What kind of testimony is that? Control yourself!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 24, 2023 **As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering. Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.** **2 Timothy 2:3-4 (Weymouth New Testament)** **God isn't against us having fun. But at the same time we are here with a job to do. As you go about your business always be on the lookout to do GOD'S…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 25, 2023 **And His eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on His head; and He has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but Himself. And He is clothed in a robe washed with Blood: and His name is The Word of God.** **-Revelation 19:12-13 (Bible In Basic English)** **COME LORD JESUS!!!**
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 26, 2023 **You have come to Jesus, who brings the new promise from God, and to the sprinkled Blood that speaks a better message than Abel's.** **- Hebrews 12:24 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **As Abel's blood spilled onto the earth when he was killed by his brother, it cried out for revenge for his unjust death. When Jesus Blood was spilled out it did not cry out for revenge but rather cried out "MERCY!" Because the Blood has washed…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 27, 2023 **We have been sprinkled with His blood to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come to Him with a sincere heart and strong faith.** **- Hebrews 10:22 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **The enemy of our souls wants to keep us separated from our heavenly Father. If he can keep you feeling like a failure, you won't live up to your true potential. But thank God…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 28, 2023 **Be careful not to let anyone rob you of this faith through a shallow and misleading philosophy. Such a person follows human traditions and the world's way of doing things rather than following Christ. All of God lives in Christ's body. - Colossians 2:8-9** **Many people will try to say that they have a way to get to God without Jesus. That statement makes NO sense because Jesus IS God. It's like if you said "I want to talk to…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 29, 2023 **Everyone will hate you because you are committed to me. But the person who endures to the end will be saved. - Mark 13:13 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **Do you ever feel like you were treated badly for no reason even though you were nothing but nice to someone? You must realize that the Jesus inside of you bothers people who are in sin even if they don't know why. Stay strong and pray for them until the Holy Spirit…
Scripture Thought Of The Day - April 30, 2023 **We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn't made by human hands. In our present tent-like existence we sigh, since we long to put on the house we will have in heaven.** **2 Corinthians 5:1-2 (GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995))** **How great will that be when we get our new heavenly bodies? No pain! Never get tired! No…
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