Category: Daily Wisdom

By micoots
11/07/2016 0

Let Them Come to Me! – Mark 10:14

Key Passage: Jesus saw what happened. He did not like his followers telling the children not to come. Jesus said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to people that are like these little children.”
— Mark 10:14 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought: We must not do anything to keep “little ones”—whether that means new baby followers of Jesus or young children—from knowing the grace and power of Jesus! Even more than that, we must actively e..

By micoots
11/07/2016 0

Where is God? (Jul 11th)

Verse: Then they remembered the old days, the days of Moses, God's servant: “Where is he who brought the shepherds of his flock up and out of the sea? And what happened to the One who set his Holy Spirit within them?”
— Isaiah 63:11 msg
Thought: In their rebellion against God, his people forget that it is they who have left God, not God who has abandoned them. They wonder why the Holy Spirit isn't present in the life of their community and their nation when they, in fact, have grieved and ..

By micoots
10/07/2016 0

Hebrews 11:6 (07-10-16)

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.— Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)
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By micoots
10/07/2016 0

Please Bless Them – Mark 10:13

Key Passage: People brought their small children to Jesus, so that Jesus could touch them. But the followers told the people to stop bringing their children to Jesus.
— Mark 10:13 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought: We can never seem to find enough time to do the things we need to do. So who gets left out in the “busy-ness” of life? Children tend to be forgotten, neglected, ignored, put off, or left out when schedules get crunched—and this is true even in our child-dominated cultures. Even when childr..

By micoots
10/07/2016 0

Thought for the evening of Sun July 10, 2016

Verse: “And the evening and the morning were the first day.” — ge 1:5
Thought: The evening was “darkness” and the morning was “light,” and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there is darkness and light, and yet he is not to be named a sinner because there is sin in him, but he is to be named a saint because he possesses some degree of holiness. This will be a..

By micoots
10/07/2016 0

Thought for the morning of Sun July 10, 2016

Verse: “Fellow citizens with the saints.” — eph 2:19
Thought: What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? It means that we are under heaven's government. Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; our daily prayer is, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The proclamations issued from the throne of glory are freely received by us: the decrees of the Great King we cheerfully obey. Then as citizens of the New Jerusalem, we share heaven's honours. The glory which belongs to ..

By micoots
10/07/2016 0

Grieve the Holy Spirit (Jul 10th)

Verse: He said, “Without question these are my people,
children who would never betray me.” So he became their Savior. In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn't send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them and carried them along for a long, long time. But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them.
— Isaiah 63:8-10 msg
Thought: When we reb..

By micoots
09/07/2016 0

Matthew 6:6 (07-09-16)

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.— Matthew 6:6 (NIV)
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By micoots
09/07/2016 0

Divorce and Adultery – Mark 10:10-12

Key Passage: Later, the followers and Jesus were in the house. The followers asked Jesus again about the question of divorce. Jesus answered, “Any person that divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of sin against his wife. He is guilty of the sin of adultery. And the woman that divorces her husband and marries another man is also guilty of adultery.”
— Mark 10:10-12 ERV (Read Full Text)
Key Thought: In a world which takes divorce lightly despite the carnage left in the lives of childr..

By micoots
09/07/2016 0

Thought for the evening of Sat July 9, 2016

Verse: “And God divided the light from the darkness.” — ge 1:4
Thought: A believer has two principles at work within him. In his natural estate he was subject to one principle only, which was darkness; now light has entered, and the two principles disagree. Mark the apostle Paul's words in the seventh chapter of Romans: “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: but I see another law in my members, warring again..