Archive for May 24, 2012

Day 77 | Read the Bible in a Year

read the bible in a year: day 77 Matthew 18:1-20

1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 And he took a little child, and put him in the middle of them, 3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever gives honour to one such little child in More >

Unexpected Mercy

In Matthew 27:48, immediately one of the people ran, taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Jesus a drink.

While everyone may be doing what pleases them either in a secular or religious way, there are  always a few who have  mercy, compassion, and love. Some bystander saw that Jesus was suffering there on cross and he offered Him a drink to try to sooth His pain. It was most likely a Roman soldier since he had access to get that close to Jesus. When the group of people whom Jesus More >

Thought for the morning of Thu March 17, 2011

Why does God allow so many of his children to be poor? He could make them all rich if he pleased; he could lay bags of gold at their doors; he could send them a large annual income; or he could scatter round their houses abundance of provisions, as once he made the quails lie in heaps round the camp of Israel, and rained bread out of heaven to feed them. There is no necessity that they should be poor, except that he sees it to be best. “The cattle upon a thousand hills are his”-he could supply them; he More >

Day 76 | Read the Bible in a Year

read the bible in a year: day 76 Matthew 17

1 And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves. 2 And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light. 3 And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him. 4 And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for More >

Thought for the morning of Thu May 24, 2012

In looking back upon the character of our prayers, if we do it honestly, we shall be filled with wonder that God has ever answered them. There may be some who think their prayers worthy of acceptance-as the Pharisee did; but the true Christian, in a more enlightened retrospect, weeps over his prayers, and if he could retrace his steps he would desire to pray more earnestly. Remember, Christian, how cold thy prayers have been. When in thy closet thou shouldst have wrestled as Jacob did; but instead thereof, thy petitions have been faint and few-far removed from that humble, More >