***Bible Verses of the Day****

[chris-lei 1]

“I do believe, help my unbelief!”

– Mark 9:24

“There is no pit too deep that God’s love is not deeper still.” (Corrie ten Boom)

Lord, nothing is impossible with You. Your love conquers all.

[웃 910]

Lol, you guys actually believe the fictitious stories in the bible. The people who wrote it thousands of years ago must have been really bored, I will say that they had great imaginations:

Jeremiah speaking to God (Jeremiah 18:19 to 18:23)

Listen to me, O Lord; hear what my accusers are saying! Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember that I stood before you and spoke in their behalf to turn your wrath away from them. (This is what Jeremiah requests, a very evil prayer...) So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives be made childless and widows; let their men be put to death, their young men slain by the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring invaders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet. But you know, O Lord, all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their crimes or blot out their sins from your sight. Let them be overthrown before you; deal with them in the time of your anger.

Gods response, will He turn this evil prayer into reality? (Jeremiah 19:1 to 19:15)

This is what the lord says: "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words I tell you, and say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal--something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. I will devastate this city and make it an object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh during the stress of the siege imposed on them by the enemies who seek their lives. (...) 'Listen! I am going to bring on this city and the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.'"

Edited November 28, 2008 by Confucian

[jego ryu 0]

Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Phillippians 4:3

Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.Luke 6:21

I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.John 11: 25-26

[chris-lei 1]

So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

– James 4:7

There is a Jewish saying, “People don’t fall because they are weak, but because they think they are strong.” Never underestimate the enemy’s tactics. Always be on your guard.

Lord, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

[jego ryu 0]

Exodus 23:25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee

[chris-lei 1]

“Why do you let us wander, O Lord?”

– Isaiah 63:17

Do you have the desire to share your time, talent and treasure?

Now is a good time. Lord do not let me wander far from You. I want to share Your love with others today.

[chris-lei 1]

“What you believe will be done for you.”

– Matthew 8:13

Are you praying for something that hasn’t been answered yet? Don’t give up. And be open to the best.

Lord, take away my doubts that I may allow You to do whatever You’ve planned for me.

[dbears 1]

Manna for Today
This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden(excerpt from homeword devotional)

Then the Lord said to Moses, "It will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough food for that day..."—Exodus 16:4

Imagine traveling through the dessert with thousands of people. It's hot. It's sticky. It's sweaty. You've been held as a slave in Egypt for as long as you can remember. Although you thought at one point you would rather be dead than be a slave, now you are starting to wonder. So what - that God delivered you out of Egypt? So what - that God parted the Red Sea? So what - that God was taking you to the Promised Land? Right now, it is too hot to travel or care. In fact, you would rather just sit down right where you are and sulk. What if you never make it to where you were going? Would it be better to stay where you were at? What if Moses really isn't the leader you need? What if you don't have food tomorrow?

But, just when you want to give up, Moses delivers a message from the Lord. "The Lord will give you food," he says. As you ask the others around you to clarify what he said, you realize that there is going to be food outside of your door every morning. You are only to take as much as you need each day, no more, no less. And, you trust that the next day more will be given.

Perhaps your soul will rejoice when you realize that this manna is for you as well. In the Gospel of John, Jesus tells us that he is bread from heaven, the bread of God, the bread of life. Chances are you will not open your door tomorrow and have bread sitting on your lawn. But, you can know this: God gives us the spiritual bread of life for today and every day. We do not need to store up, because each day we can trust that we will have enough strength to get through whatever life hands us.

Jesus is the bread of life. There is enough of him to nourish and strengthen each of us – everyday.

[chris-lei 1]

“I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

– Mark 10:15

Have all your paths led to dead-ends and still you deny you are lost? If you don’t know what to say to God, simply cry. That’s pure prayer. And God will come to find you.

God, I’m lost! I don’t know what to do. You’re my only hope. I’m tired. Rescue me that I may sleep in Your arms in peace.

[PhilipYen 0]

The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. - Psalm 6:9

God hears us when we call Him,
Not one voice is ignored;
The sounds of praise, the pleas of pain
Are all heard by the Lord. - Sper

[PhilipYen 0]

Do not overwork to be rich; because of your own understanding, cease! - Proverbs 23:4

All work and no play will take the joy of life away.

[chris-lei 1]

“

…all things are possible with God.”

– Mark 10:27

God will always come to your aid at the exact moment you need to receive His help.

Lord God, Provider of all I need, thank You for Your generous and faithful provision.

[chris-lei 1]

“Your light must shine before people so that they may see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:16

Shine!

Lord, may I never be in darkness; let me shine so that everybody will see Your wonderful work for Your people.

[dbears 1]

a moving reminder and call for us to step out from our comfort zone and be the answer to our brethren's prayers. God with our guide always.

[chris-lei 1]

… be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient…

– 2 Timothy

“No matter how much tarnish you think is on the tabernacle of your heart you still shine because of God’s love.” (Mark Woodward)

Lord, I come to You in convenient and inconvenient times. I trust in Your grace and Your love. Amen.