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Wednesday April 30, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 30 2008
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Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 30 2008
There is something inexpressively pleasing to a justified mind to know that God has all the honor in our salvation...to know that God’s honor is not violated, but on the contrary, shines more illustrious; to know that God’s law is not injured.
--Robert Murray Cheney
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Shelbie N.
"Grandaughter has five tumors in her heart and has been diagnosed with a brain tumor."
--from nankel
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Matthew 22:41-46
41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: 42 “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” 43 He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet” ’?
45 If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” 46 No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
From the New Revised Standard Version. Reprinted with permission from HarperBibles.
Wednesday April 30, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Reading I: Acts 17:15, 22—18:1
Responsorial Psalm: 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14
Gospel Reading: John 16:12-15
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Wednesday April 30, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 22:41-46
[41] While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, [42] Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. [43] He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit...
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 29, 2008
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.--Sydney Smith...
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 29 2008
Since I began to love, love has never forsaken me. It has ever grown to its own fullness within my innermost heart.--St. Catherine of Genoa...
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Dr. S
He is in his last phases of his battle against lung cancer. --from Mich ">Add your prayers now...
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Matthew 13:18-23 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what...
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Tuesday April 29, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 13:18-23
[18] Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. [19] When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is...
Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 28, 2008
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on the way.--Carl Sandburg...
Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 28 2008
Grace keeps us from worrying because worry deals with the past, while grace deals with the present and future.--Joyce Meyer...
Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Neil L.
"My sweet and loving husband just diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive skin cancer." --from pitterpatt ">Add your prayers now...
Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, April 28, 2008
Matthew 13:1-16 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the...
Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Monday April 28, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 13:1-16
[1] The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. [2] And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on...
Sunday April 27, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 27, 2008
Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.--The Dalai Lama...
Sunday April 27, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 27 2008
Everything is permissible’--but not everything is beneficial. 'Everything is permissible'--but not everything is constructive.--1 Corinthians 10:23...
Sunday April 27, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Sgt. F
"He is currently serving in Afghanistan." --from alsa99 ">Add your prayers now...
Sunday April 27, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, April 27, 2008
Luke 12:13-21 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15...
Sunday April 27, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Sunday April 27, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Luke 12:13-21
[13] And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. [14] And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? [15] And...
Saturday April 26, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 26, 2008
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.--Unknown...
Saturday April 26, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 26 2008
He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He worked in a carpentry shop until he was thirty, and then for three years he was an itinerant preacher.--Unknown...
Saturday April 26, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Dianne L.
An infection is taking over her body. --from chickied ">Add your prayers now...
Saturday April 26, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, April 26, 2008
Matthew 7:13-21 13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. 14 For the gate is narrow and the road is hard...
Saturday April 26, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Saturday April 26, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 7:13-21
[13] Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [14] Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the...
Friday April 25, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Friday, April 25, 2008
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.--Confucius...
Friday April 25, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 25 2008
The gospel is a doctrine that teaches a far higher matter than the wisdom, righteousness, and religion of the world; it teaches free forgiveness of sins through Christ.--Martin Luther...
Friday April 25, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, April 25, 2008
Matthew 7:1-12 1 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see...
Friday April 25, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Friday April 25, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 7:1-12
[1] Judge not, that ye be not judged. [2] For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. [3] And why beholdest thou the mote that...
Friday April 25, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 6:25-34
[25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the...
Thursday April 24, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, April 24, 2008
It's not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it's who you are.--Elvis Presley...
Thursday April 24, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 24 2008
As we wait, we can fix our eyes on Jesus as a companion who empathizes with our suffering and a Savior who is working behind the scenes. Difficult circumstances seem to increase our ability to experience intimacy with Christ.--Ruthann Ridley...
Thursday April 24, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, April 24, 2008
Matthew 6:25-34 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more...
Thursday April 24, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Wednesday April 23, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Wednesday, April 23, 2008
One without a friend is like the right hand without the left.--Bosnian Proverb...
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 23 2008
The great secret of a life of faith is… to hang upon Jesus daily; to go to Him in every trial; to cast upon Him every burden; to take the infirmity, the corruption, the cross, as it rises, simply and...
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Matthew 6:19-24 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and...
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Wednesday April 23, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 6:19-24
[19] Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: [20] But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where...
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Tuesday, April 22, 2008
When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.--Vietnamese saying...
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 22 2008
We become truly personal by loving God and by loving other humans...In its deepest sense, love is the life, the energy, of the Creator in us.--Kallistos Ware...
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Matthew 6:16-18 16 “And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17 But when...
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Tuesday April 22, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 6:16-18
[16] Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. [17] But thou, when...
Monday April 21, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Monday, April 21, 2008
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.--Douglas Jerrould...
Monday April 21, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 21 2008
If you are to receive your due, you must be punished. What then is done? God has not rendered you due punishment, but bestows upon you unmerited grace. If you wish to be an alien from grace, boast your merits.--Augustine...
Monday April 21, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, April 21, 2008
Matthew 6:1-15 1 “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before...
Monday April 21, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Monday April 21, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 6:1-15
[1] Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. [2] Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet...
Sunday April 20, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Sunday, April 20, 2008
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.--Margaret Lee Runbeck...
Sunday April 20, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 20 2008
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.--Mark 11:25...
Sunday April 20, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, April 20, 2008
Luke 4:16-30 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah...
Sunday April 20, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Sunday April 20, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Luke 4:16-30
[16] And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. [17] And there was delivered unto him the...
Saturday April 19, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Saturday, April 19, 2008
The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.--John Marks Templeton...
Saturday April 19, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 19 2008
Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.--John Calvin...
Saturday April 19, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, April 19, 2008
Matthew 5:38-48 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right...
Saturday April 19, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Saturday April 19, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 5:38-48
[38] Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: [39] But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,...
Friday April 18, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Friday, April 18, 2008
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.--Robert M. Pirsig...
Friday April 18, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 18 2008
Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins.--Thomas Brooks...
Friday April 18, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, April 18, 2008
Matthew 5:27-37 27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29...
Friday April 18, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Friday April 18, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 5:27-37
[27] Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: [28] But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already...
Thursday April 17, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for Thursday, April 17, 2008
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.--George MacDonald...
Thursday April 17, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 17 2008
Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking in His Name, and nothing without asking, I beg you to see how absolutely vital prayer is.--Charles Spurgeon...
Thursday April 17, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, April 17, 2008
Matthew 5:21-26 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that if you are angry with a...
Thursday April 17, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Thursday April 17, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 5:21-26
[21] Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: [22] But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his...
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 16, 2008
The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.--Arthur C. Clarke...
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 16 2008
God, having placed good and evil in our power, has given us full freedom of choice; He does not keep back the unwilling, but embraces the willing.--John Chrysoston...
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Matthew 5:17-20 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one...
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Wednesday April 16, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 5:17-20
[17] Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. [18] For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle...
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 15, 2008
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.--Vincent Van Gogh...
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 15 2008
Let him who cannot be alone, beware of community... Let him who is not in community, beware of being alone.--Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Matthew 5:11-16 11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the...
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Tuesday April 15, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 5:11-16
[11] Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. [12] Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so...
Monday April 14, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 14, 2008
Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.--Howard Thurman...
Monday April 14, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 14 2008
We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.--Oswald Chambers...
Monday April 14, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, April 14, 2008
Matthew 5:1-10 1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,...
Monday April 14, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Monday April 14, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 5:1-10
[1] And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: [2] And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, [3] Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs...
Sunday April 13, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 13, 2008
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have...
Sunday April 13, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 13 2008
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your...
Sunday April 13, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, April 13, 2008
Mark 6:30-44 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming...
Sunday April 13, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Sunday April 13, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Mark 6:30-44
[30] And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. [31] And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest...
Saturday April 12, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 12, 2008
You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.--Eva Jessye...
Saturday April 12, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 12 2008
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our...
Saturday April 12, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, April 12, 2008
Matthew 4:18-25 18 As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow...
Saturday April 12, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Saturday April 12, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 4:18-25
[18] And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. [19] And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will...
Friday April 11, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 11, 2008
If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?--Rebbe Nachman of Breslov...
Friday April 11, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 11 2008
The beautiful thing about this adventure called faith is that we can count on Him never to lead us astray.--Charles Swindoll...
Friday April 11, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, April 11, 2008
Matthew 4:12-17 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 so that what...
Friday April 11, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Friday April 11, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 4:12-17
[12] Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; [13] And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: [14]...
Thursday April 10, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 10, 2008
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.--Oliver Goldsmith...
Thursday April 10, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 10 2008
God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.--Elisabeth...
Thursday April 10, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, April 10, 2008
Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him,...
Thursday April 10, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Thursday April 10, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 4:1-11
[1] Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. [2] And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. [3] And when the tempter came...
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 9, 2008
If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.--Mary Pickford...
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 9 2008
God loves us not because of who we are, but because of who He is.--Unknown...
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Matthew 3:13-17 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But...
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Wednesday April 9, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 3:13-17
[13] Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. [14] But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? [15] And Jesus answering said unto...
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 8, 2008
When we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn't just ourselves that we're discovering. We're discovering the universe.--Pema Chodron...
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 8 2008
If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then I know nothing of Calvary love.--Amy Carmichael...
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Matthew 3:1-12 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The...
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Tuesday April 8, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Joseph S.
"My husband Joe has been diagnosed with diabetes, and we can't get it under control." --from zenmomof3 ">Add your prayers now...
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 3:1-12
[1] In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, [2] And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. [3] For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias,...
Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Learning the Art of Forgiving
What Do I Do With My Fear of Forgiveness?
Fear is a part of growth, and a part of risk, and a part of change. Like other feelings, it is not permanent, and should not be a barrier to progress. The world, as Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav wisely taught...
Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 7, 2008
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.--Bruce Crampton...
Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 7 2008
No founder of any religion has dared to claim for himself one fraction of the assertions made by the Lord Jesus Christ about himself.--Henry J. Heydt...
Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Monday, April 7, 2008
Matthew 1:1-17 1 An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and...
Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Daniel My Son
"Prayer for my son and his safety in Iraq." --from Ruby225 ">Add your prayers now...
Monday April 7, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Matthew 1:1-17
[1] The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. [2] Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; [3] And Judas begat Phares and Zara of...
Sunday April 6, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 6, 2008
People should be beautiful in every way--in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.--Anton Chekhov...
Sunday April 6, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 6 2008
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.--Matthew 6:31-34 (Revised Standard...
Sunday April 6, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Sunday, April 6, 2008
Mark 16:9-20 9 [[Now after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went out and told those who had been with...
Sunday April 6, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Sunday April 6, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Single Mothers of Boys
"Pray that single mothers raise their young boys up to know respect, honor, love, faithfulness and a love for God and Family." --from spiritedann Add your prayers now...
Sunday April 6, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
Mark 16:9-20
[9] Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. [10] And she went and told them that had been with him, as...
Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 5, 2008
Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness.--May Sarton...
Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 5 2008
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those that I do understand.--Mark Twain...
Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Saturday, April 5, 2008
John 16:16-33 16 “A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to...
Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Connie P.
"My beautiful daughter is studying medicine, just bought a home, and has been diagnosed with Graves disease." --from carlagranite@yahoo.com ">Add your prayers now...
Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 16:16-33
[16] A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. [17] Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he...
Saturday April 5, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 16:16-33
[16] A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. [17] Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he...
Friday April 4, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 4, 2008
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.--Henri Bergson...
Friday April 4, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 4 2008
I’ve always considered Christ to be one of the greatest revolutionaries in the history of humanity.--Fidel Castro...
Friday April 4, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Friday April 4, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Friday, April 4, 2008
John 16:1-15 1 “I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so...
Friday April 4, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Marie B.
"Mother in need of help." --from katneedshelp ">Add your prayers now...
Friday April 4, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 16:1-15
[1] These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. [2] They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. [3] And...
Thursday April 3, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 15:12-27
[12] This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. [13] Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. [14] Ye are my friends, if ye...
Thursday April 3, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 3, 2008
Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.--Helen Hayes...
Thursday April 3, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 3 2008
Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.--Watchman Nee...
Thursday April 3, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Thursday April 3, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Thursday, April 3, 2008
John 15:12-27 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. 14 You are my friends if you...
Thursday April 3, 2008
Categories: Prayer Circle of the Day
Pray for Bruce H.
"Bruce has received a diagnosis of aggressive lung cancer, with at most a year to live." --from bravegirl ">Add your prayers now...
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 2, 2008
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.--Alexis Carrel...
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 2 2008
Works? Works? A man gets to heaven by works? I would as soon think of climbing to the moon on a rope of sand!--George Whitefield...
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Wednesday April 2, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Wednesday, April 2, 2008
John 15:1-11 1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3 You...
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 15:1-11
[1] I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. [2] Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit....
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Categories: Daily Inspiration
Daily Inspiration for April 1, 2008
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?--Marcus Tullius Cicero...
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Categories: Christian Wisdom
Christian Wisdom for April 1 2008
One filled with joy preaches without preaching.--Mother Teresa...
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Categories: Lectionary Readings
Today's Lectionary Reading
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Tuesday April 1, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading
Gospel Reading for Tuesday, April 1, 2008
John 14:18-31 18 “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. 20 On...
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Categories: Bible Reading KJV
John 14:18-31
[18] I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. [19] Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. [20] At that day ye...
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