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Thought for the Day (Page 62)

Its power has not been diminished

Your flashlight doesn’t shine as bright as it once did. Your car doesn’t start as quickly as it once did. The buttons on your remote control don’t respond as well as they once did. What’s going on? We recognize the signs when battery power is weakening. It’s not always the flashlight or the starter or the remote that is dying but the battery that is powering it. Replace…

Hope is what keeps us going

When times are tough, what keeps us going? When the world seems to be winning, what keeps us going? When our health, finances, relationships and/or spiritual fervor seem to be faltering, what keeps us going? Perhaps one word can summarize what keeps the Christian going: hope! Part of that hope is for the promises that God has made to us for this life. He has promised…

I’m just a passing through

Have you ever been walking through a marketplace or similar place where there are a lot of vendors vying for your attention and, especially, your business? “Come over here and look at this!” “Have I got a great deal for you!” “You have gotta have one of these!” Have you ever tried to get through there without stopping or getting sidetracked and tried to shoo vendors…

Imposing on others

The Bible teaches us to love our neighbor (Matt. 22:39) and to be friendly (Prov. 18:24), but the Bible also warns us of imposing ourselves on others. Proverbs 25:17 states, “Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, Lest he become weary of you and hate you.” It is important to visit our friends, our brethren and our neighbor, but we must also be mindful…

As is the habit of some

Some folks can sit at a football game for three hours (or more). Some folks can sit and fish all day long. Some folks can sit in a cart and play a round of golf for three or four hours. Some folks can sit and watch a movie for two or three hours. Some folks can sit and read a book for an entire afternoon. Some folks…

Comparing yourself with others

We do it all the time. Or, so it seems. We measure ourselves against other people. We do it from a young age—“I’m almost as tall as mom.” And we keep on doing it throughout life—“We don’t have as much money as them…We are doing better in our marriage than them…I’m going to church more often than him…” The list goes on and on. Is this a…

When unbelievers object

If someone doesn’t believe the Bible and doesn’t want to hear what you might have to say about it, that’s ok. That’s on them. But wouldn’t a simple “No thank you” from them suffice? I don’t understand the vitriolic aggression that some are taking against Christians and Bible truth today. I would think that they would just walk away and leave us alone. Look at what…