Thoughts of the day
October 5th, 2006 by RespiteMatch.comTo view this message as a picture and music presentation, click on the link below http://greatday.com/v.html?1470905HY6qb
THE DAILY MOTIVATOR
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Why do you?
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Why do you cling to outdated assumptions? Let them go and free your mind to be filled with more valuable, effective thoughts and perceptions.
Why do you miss out on so much of life in an attempt to maintain a sense of comfort and security? The real security comes from being willing and able to gracefully handle all of life’s ups and downs as they come your way.
Why do you let your fears stop you from living the rich and full life you were created to experience? Step back, look at those fears, let them teach you and prepare you, and then move confidently forward.
Why do you allow the least little setback to keep you down for so long? Learn to see the opportunity in everything that happens.
Why do you put so many burdensome conditions on your own happiness? Discover that happiness is a powerful state of being that you can choose, no matter what.
Why do you sit so long and wonder what is to be done? Your most treasured dreams are ready, right now, to be lived.
Ralph Marston
Quick Thought:
“Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful.” Psalm 33:1 (NKJ)
Luke 20:1-8
“And it came about on one of the days while He (Jesus) was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him, and they spoke, saying to Him, “Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?”
“And He answered and said to them, “I shall also ask you a question, and you tell Me: “Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”
“And they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ “But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
“And they answered that they did not know where it came from. And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” Luke 20:1- 8 (NAS)
John 18:25-27
“Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself.”
“They said therefore to him, “You are not also one of His (Jesus’) disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”
“One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”
“Peter therefore denied it again; and immediately a cock crowed.” John 18:25-27 (NAS)
Today’s Suggested Bible Reading
Read the Bible in a Year:
New Testament — Ephesians 1:1 - 1:23.
Old Testament — Isaiah 7-8.
