THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                               THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

    The hearing of the voice of the LORD JESUS CHRIST is
   benefit of those who are born of the Truth.

  "...EVERYONE THAT IS OF THE TRUTH HEARETH MY
   VOICE"

   JOHN 18:32C.(AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION.AKJV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                   THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

   GOD'S promise to us is ETERNAL LIFE (which is knowing
  FATHER and the SON JESUS CHRIST whom HE (the FATHER)
  has sent.


 "AND THIS IS WHAT HE PROMISED US - ETERNAL LIFE'

 I JOHN 2: 25.(NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV)


"NOW THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE: THAT THEY KNOW YOU,
 THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST, WHOM YOU
HAVE SENT."

JOHN 17:3 .( NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. NIV)

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                            PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

       LORD,help me by the working of YOUR SPIRIT
       to daily walk in the reality of my citizenship in YOU
       in JESUS name.


      "FOR OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN, FROM WHICH
        ALSO WE EAGERLY WAIT FOR A SAVIOR, THE LORD 
        JESUS CHRIST;"


      PHILIPPIANS 3:20. (NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE.
     NASB)         

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

   Following after righteousness and mercy produces
   life, righteousness and honour.

   "HE THAT FOLLOWETH AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS AND
    MERCY FINDETH LIFE, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HONOUR."
 
  PROVERBS 21:21.(AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION.            AKJV).

THOUGHT FOR DAY.

                                     THOUGHT FOR DAY.
   
             Adversity is the revealer of the quality and
            volume of a Man's strength.

         " IF YOU FALTER IN A TIME OF TROUBLE,
            HOW SMALL IS YOUR STRENGTH!"

       PROVERBS 24:10.( NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV).

THINK ON THIS TODAY.

                                        THINK ON THIS TODAY.


                                        MARK  4 : 23 - 24.

  V 23 :" IF ANY MAN HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM
             BE LISTENING AND LET HIM PERCEIVE AND
             COMPREHEND.

  V24 :  AND HE SAID TO THEM, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU
             ARE HEARING. THE MEASURE [ OF THOUGHT AND
             STUDY] YOU GIVE [TO THE TRUTH YOU HEAR] WILL
             BE THE MEASURE [OF VIRTUE AND KNOWLEDGE]
             THAT COMES BACK TO YOU- AND MORE [ BESIDES]
             WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHO HEAR".

           (AMPLIFIED BIBLE, CLASSIC EDITION.AMPC)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

     The opposite of doing evil according to GOD is
     not doing good but doing the Truth.
                         
                   - JOHN 3: 20- 21.(AMPLIFIED  BIBLE, CLASSIC EDITION.AMPC)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.


   JESUS CHRIST is the measurement and the standard by           which every Man will be judged, scored at the end of our
   sojourn on this side of the divide.
                             
                                              -EPHESIANS 4:13-15.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.


           Results are not always signs of approval.
   Don't celebrate results, rather celebrate obedience to the
   LORD.

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                                   PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

            LORD , take me beyond the hearing of YOU in
            my ears to constantly seeing YOU with my eyes.
   

           "I HAVE HEARD OF THEE BY THE HEARING OF
               EAR;
             BUT NOW MY EYES SEES THEE."


             JOB 42:5. (NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE. NASB).

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                               PRAYER FOR THE DAY.


          LORD, equip me with the grace to live as
          wise and not unwise making the most of every
          opportunity because of the days that are evil.


         " SEE THEN THAT YOU WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY,
           NOT AS FOOLS BUT AS WISE,
           REDEEMING THE TIME, BECAUSE THE DAYS
           ARE EVIL."

•     EPHESIANS 5:15- 16.( NEW KING JAMES VERSION.NKJV).

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
   

        Avoid someone who talks too much when you
        don't want confidence betrayed.


        " HE WHO GOES ABOUT AS A TALEBEARER
               REVEALS SECRET..."

        PROVERBS 20:19A.( NEW KING JAMES VERSION.NKJV).

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                                    PRAYER FOR THE DAY.


       LORD, YOU  who preserve the simple, save me
       this day from where I have been brought low in
       JESUS name.


           "THE LORD preserves the simple;
            I was brought low, and HE saved me."

           PSALM 116:6.(NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE.
           NASB by The LOCKMAN FOUNDATION).

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.


             "It is not enough to want what is right,we must
             want (not avoid) the life that would make it reality."
                                      - DALLAS WILLARD.

                (Author: "THE SPIRIT OF THE DISCIPLINES:                                 UNDERSTANDING HOW GOD CHANGES LIVES.")

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                                  PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                  LORD, restrain not my eyes from seeing YOU
                  as YOU truly are in all that concerns me.


                "SO IT WAS, WHILE THEY CONVERSED AND
                 REASONED, THAT JESUS HIMSELF DREW NEAR
                 AND WENT WITH THEM.

                 BUT THEIR EYES WERE RESTRAINED, SO THAT
                 THEY DID NOT KNOW HIM."


               LUKE 24: 15-16. ( NEW KING JAMES VERSION.NKJV)

                

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                             PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

      FATHER, keep me from being foolish in my daily walk
      and help me to understand what YOUR Will for me is.


     " THEREFORE DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUT UNDERSTAND
         WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS ".

      EPHESIANS 5:17.(NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

      True Christlikeness or True companionship with CHRIST,
      comes at the point where it is hard not to respond as HE
       (JESUS) would.


       "IN THIS WAY, LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE AMONG US...
         BECAUSE IN THIS WORLD WE ARE LIKE HIM"


        I JOHN 4:17 A & C.(NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                            THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.         

      To depart from righteousness is to choose a life
      of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments,
       a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are                 never solved.
                             - DALLAS WILLARD


       "GOOD UNDERSTANDING WINS FAVOUR [FROM                         OTHERS] BUT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS
          HARD [ LIKE THE BARREN, DRY SOIL OR THE                            IMPASSABLE  SWAMP]".


         PROVERBS 13:15. (AMPLIFIED CLASSIC BIBLE.APMC).

  

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.


When you have riches and honor in abundance, mind
 who you company with ( join affinity with) - JEHOSHAPHAT
  who joined affinity with AHAB, (the husband of JEZEBEL)
  through marriage to his daughter.


 "NOW  JEHOSHAPHAT HAD RICHES AND HONOR IN
   ABUNDANCE, AND HE MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH
   AHAB THROUGH MARRIAGE. "


  2 CHRONICLES 18:1. ( HOLMAN CHRISTIAN STANDARD       BIBLE. HCSB).

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                                  PRAYER FOR THE DAY.


      FATHER, marry my ears to YOUR Voice that I may hear YOU
    as I ought per time in all my ways in JESUS name.

   
     ... AND THINE EARS SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND
     THEE, SAYING, THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YE IN IT, WHEN
     YE TURN TO THE RIGHT HAND, AND WHEN YE TURN TO        THE LEFT ".

      ISAIAH 30:21. ( AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION. AKJV. C-2008. PUBLISHED BY REVIVAL MOVEMENT ASSOCIATION ).
   

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                     THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

    Deception in a relationship destroys trust and respect
    which are vital ingredients for growth.


   "DO NOT LIE TO ONE ANOTHER, SEEING THAT YOU
     HAVE PUT OFF THE OLD SELF WITH ITS PRACTICES "

     COLOSSIANS 3:9 (ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION.ESV)


    "...INSTEAD SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE,WE WILL
      IN ALL THINGS GROW UP INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD,
     THAT IS, CHRIST ".
     
      EPHESIANS 4: 15. (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV
      C- 1973 ,1978 , 1984  by INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY
      PUBLISHED BY ZONDERVAN).

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                                 PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

          FATHER, help me by YOUR SPIRIT daily to stay
          on the path mapped out for me and to love correction
          which produces life.

          "DISCIPLINE IS HARSH FOR THE ONE
                WHO LEAVES THE PATH;
              THE ONE WHO HATES CORRECTION
                  WILL DIE ".

           PROVERBS 15:10. (HOLMAN CHRISTIAN STANDARD               BIBLE.HCSB)
   

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                            PRAYER FOR THE DAY.


FATHER, bring me by the leading of YOUR SPIRIT
to my own people and be thou my help against my
does in JESUS name.

"AND THIS HE SAID ABOUT JUDAH:" HEAR, O LORD,
 THE CRY OF JUDAH;
BRING HIM TO HIS PEOPLE.
OH, BE HIS HELP AGAINST HIS FOES".

DEUTERONOMY 33:7A and C. (NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV. C 1973, 1978 , 1984 by International Bible Society. Published by ZONDERVAN.)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                                THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.


         CHRIST is our Advocate on High,
         Thou (HOLY SPIRIT) art our Advocate within,
          O plead the Truth and make reply
               To ev'ry argument of sin.

                                                      A.H. VINE.

  " The SPIRIT himself testifies with our spirit
     that we are GOD'S children".

    ROMANS 8:16. ( NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.NIV
    C- 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.
    Published by ZONDERVAN.)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

               THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

The Testimony of our conscience must be that
we behaved in this world with simplicity and godly
 sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of
 GOD and supremely so toward our brethren.


 2 CORINTHIANS 1:12 (ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION.ESV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

                            THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.


The ONE (JESUS) who has come to save us from our
sins must be be made LORD over our lives that sin might
no longer have dominion over us anymore but HE alone

MATTHEW 1:21, ROMANS 6:14 , ROMANS 10:9- 10

Gleaned from " THEY FOUND THAT SECRET" by V. RAYMOND EDMAN.

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                           PRAYER FOR THE DAY.


LORD, let every of my weaknesses be continually
be brought under YOUR rule through the power
by which YOU bring all things under YOUR control.


"HE WILL CHANGE OUR WEAK MORTAL BODIES
  AND MAKE THEM LIKE HIS OWN GLORIOUS BODY,
  USING THAT POWER BY WHICH HE IS ABLE TO BRING
  ALL THINGS UNDER HIS RULE."

PHILIPPIANS 3:21. (GOOD NEWS FOR MODERN MAN.3RD
EDITION.AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.ABS .1966,1971.)

PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

                   PRAYER FOR THE DAY.

    FATHER teach me YOUR way that I may walk
    in YOUR truth and give me an undivided heart
    so I may fear YOUR name.

    "TEACH ME YOUR WAY, O LORD,
      AND I WILL WALK IN YOUR TRUTH;
      GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART,
       THAT I MAY FEAR YOUR NAME".
   
PSALM 86:11. ( NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. NIV)