Thoughts of the day
September 19th, 2005 by RespiteMatch.comTHE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Monday, September 19, 2005
Bright spots
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Look closely, and you will see the bright spots in this day.
Give your attention, your thoughts and your efforts to those bright spots, and they will grow even brighter.
Look closely, and you will see the positive possibilities in this moment, in this situation. Focus your energy on the good and valuable things you can do now, and the best of those possibilities will become real.
Though many circumstances may not be perfect, there are perfectly good, positive, life-affirming responses available to you. Respond to life from a perspective of love, and your response will have real, lasting power.
Life is rich and complicated, ever-changing and coming at you from every direction. You always have the opportunity to make the very most of it all.
You can grab on to those bright spots and nurture them toward magnificent proportions. In the midst of all the noise and confusion, you can take a glimmer of hope and build it into a dominant force.
Whatever may be going on in your life, there are bright spots that you can find and build upon and utilize to create great value. Even now those bright spots are there, ready for you to develop into something truly special.
Ralph Marston
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Luke 17:1-4
“And He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks should come, but woe to him through whom they come!”
“It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.”
“Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.”
“And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Luke 17:1-4 (NAS) Forward to a friend
John 14:20-26
“In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him.”
“Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us, and not to the world?”
“Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.”
“These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.” John 14:20-26 (NAS)
Daily Bible Reading
Today’s reading (to read the entire Bible in a Year):
New Testament — 2 Corinthians 4:1 - 4:18.
Old Testament — Proverbs 14-15.
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Other Resources
If the Lord were to come today…do you know for certain that you would go to be with Him in heaven? See Lesson 1.
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