tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61387962011-04-21T18:13:07.037-07:00 Thought for the DayDaily devotionaljerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comBlogger8331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-25952623696468926242007-06-19T08:44:00.000-07:002007-06-19T08:46:50.636-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comFacing Your GiantsI am reading a book by Max Lucado titled “Facing Your Giants.” Share with me this excerpt about David from the first chapter. “One might read David’s story and wonder what God saw in him. The fellow fell as often as he stood, stumbled as often as he conquered. He stared down Goliath, yet ogled at Bathsheba; defied God-mockers in the valley, yet joined jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-51628838775121152662007-02-17T07:55:00.000-08:002007-02-17T08:23:02.740-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.com Biting my nails “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.” (Ephesians 2:1 KJV) When I was a kid I used to bite my fingernails. I don’t know how I got started at that, but at a very young age I remember gnawing away at my nails. I carried the habit through adolescence and into jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-19131989202875746382007-02-06T08:51:00.000-08:002007-02-06T08:52:13.527-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGoodness Thought for the day: “To fear and not be afraid, that is the paradox of faith.”A. W. Tozer This morning after I studied the Word of God I read a chapter from A. W. Tozer’s book The Knowledge Of the Holy. The chapter I read is titled The Goodness of God. God truly is a good and loving God, but my concept of God has not always been one of a good God. Asjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-51618404323441712562007-02-05T09:21:00.000-08:002007-02-05T09:23:37.290-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comAre you listening?Thought for the day: “To listen well is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well.” (Chinese proverb) “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between prosperity and disaster, between life and death.” (Deuteronomy 30:15 NLT) I think that being a good listener is as much a spiritual gift as jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-69284635632481704952007-02-01T10:30:00.000-08:002007-02-01T10:32:03.921-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comthe promises Thought for the day: “I’ve got sunshine, on a cloudy day.” (William “Smokey” Robinson) “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20 KJV) It snowed a couple of inches last night and today as I look out my window at the bird jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-9626425047911599202007-01-30T09:32:00.000-08:002007-01-30T09:35:23.890-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comCommon groundThought for the day: “The better friends you are, the straighter you can talk, but while you are only on nodding terms, be slow to scold.” (Francis Xavier) “If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” (Romans 12:18 The Amplified Bible) In 1960 I was a jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-47826930838161386882007-01-25T09:13:00.000-08:002007-01-25T09:15:31.766-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comDaily ReprieveThought for the day: “The worshiping heart does not create its Object. It finds Him here when it wakes from its mortal slumber in the morning of its regeneration.” A.W Tozer “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-41488978307405671812007-01-22T10:31:00.000-08:002007-01-22T10:32:25.073-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSpiritual gizzardThought for the day:Without the Way, There is no going;Without the Truth, There is no knowing;Without the Life, There is no living. THOMAS A. KEMPIS Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6 NIV)“Without the Way there is no going.” That statement by Thomas Kempis sticks in my jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-37247649895787308972007-01-15T08:53:00.000-08:002007-01-15T08:55:11.729-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe Refiners fire Thought for the day: “A perfect faith would lift us absolutely above fear.” (George Macdonald) “So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead, even though it is necessary for you to endure many trials for a while. These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-3594085671669338232007-01-10T08:39:00.000-08:002007-01-10T08:41:12.960-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comOn the road againThought for the day: “Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little in comparison with eternal realities.” (R. M. M’Cheyne) “So take a new grip with your tired hands and stand firm on your shaky legs. Mark out a straight path for your feet. Then those who follow you, through they are weak and lame, will not stumble and fall but will become jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-4171476159693851612007-01-08T09:23:00.000-08:002007-01-08T09:27:36.841-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comFlipping a switchThought for the day: “God loves us not because we are loveable but because He is love, not because He needs to receive but because He delights to give.” (C.S. Lewis) “What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NLT) As I study in the Book of Hebrews jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-82523493785440252512007-01-05T08:55:00.000-08:002007-01-05T08:57:17.538-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSpirituality 101Thought for the day: “We are never called on to parade our doubts or to express the hidden ecstasies of our life with God. The secret of the worker’s life is that he keeps in tune with God all the time.” (Oswald Chambers)“So even though Jesus was God’s son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.” jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-80214743678327019292007-01-03T09:12:00.000-08:002007-01-03T09:13:37.999-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comEnigma “(God) ain’t something you can look at apart from anything else, including yourself.” (Alice Walker from The Color Purple) When I was a child, I spake like a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: nowjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-19910382710341917372007-01-02T10:26:00.000-08:002007-01-02T10:28:28.345-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comBut then GodThought for the day: “Our broken life is the black backdrop against which the bright jewels of God’s mercy and gracious salvation are displayed.” (Life Recovery Bible) “Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled by others and became slaves to many wicked desires and evil pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy. We hated others, and they jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1167674100270554612007-01-01T09:51:00.000-08:002007-01-01T09:55:00.330-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGrace from heaven in 07Thought for the day: “Time wasted getting even can never be used in getting ahead.” (Author unknown) “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1167435317522314782006-12-29T15:32:00.000-08:002006-12-29T15:35:17.550-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe Promise When I first accepted Jesus Christ I was in jail in 1983. During that time my granny got sick and being a new Christian I prayed for her healing. It was the first time I remember honestly praying for someone as a Christian. I remember making a promise with God saying that if my granny got healed I would lead 100 people to Jesus Christ. My granny recovered and jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1167153399710262372006-12-26T09:15:00.000-08:002006-12-26T09:18:48.976-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comAll my needsThought for the day: There are two kinds of people in the world: those who come into a room and say, “Here I am!” and those who come into a room and say, “Ah, there you are!” (Anonymous)“At the moment I have all I need, more than I need! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1166550799442190782006-12-19T09:52:00.000-08:002006-12-19T09:53:19.473-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSoul harmonyThought for the day: “Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.” (Corrie ten Boom) “And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from the Christ, rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts, deciding and settling with finally all questions that arise in your minds…..And be thankful, appreciative, giving praise tojerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1166466783596838842006-12-18T10:31:00.000-08:002006-12-18T10:33:03.640-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comMy goodnessThought for the day: “Daily strength comes from above, and lateral strength comes from the sources provided from above.” (James W. Dake) “I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God’s law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith……I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1166028724292643872006-12-13T08:50:00.000-08:002006-12-13T08:52:04.383-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comPoetry in motionThought for the day: “Our greatness rests solely on the fact that God in His incomprehensible goodness has bestowed His love upon us. God does not love us because we are so valuable; we are valuable because God loves us.” HELMUT THIELICKE God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t takejerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1165854905993013432006-12-11T08:30:00.000-08:002006-12-11T08:35:06.023-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comBugs in my pocketThought for the day: “The pursuit of happiness is futile. Happiness, peace of mind, and serenity are the results of the way you think God would have you live.” (Author unknown, heard at AA meetings) But when the Holy Spirit controls your lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindnessjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1165683184612011362006-12-09T08:51:00.000-08:002006-12-09T08:53:04.636-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comMy God eluded meThought for the dayI sought my soul, but my soul I could not see.I sought my God, but my God eluded me.I sought my brother, and found all three. (author unknown)Your throne is founded on two strong pillars, righteousness and justice.Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,For they jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1165424849620151292006-12-06T09:05:00.000-08:002006-12-06T09:07:29.653-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.com"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting."Thought for the day: “It is easier to protect your feet with slippers, than to carpet the whole earth.” (Author unknown) Remember this, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop…………..For God is the one who gives seed to jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1165251949958468582006-12-04T09:04:00.000-08:002006-12-04T09:05:50.003-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe salve and balmThought for the day: “When God delivered Israel out of Egypt, He didn’t send an army. We would have sent an army or an orator. But God sent a man who had been in the desert for 40 years, and had an impediment in his speech. It is weakness that God wants! Nothing is too small when God handles it.” (D.L. Moody) But this precious treasure, this light and jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1164821356141558002006-11-29T09:27:00.000-08:002006-11-29T09:29:16.183-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comArroganly ignorantThought for the day: “It is God’s will that we love others; without love nothing else matters.” (Life Recovery Bible, page 1385) [Love] It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:6 NLT Have you ever been in a relationship and felt as though possibly you have been jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1164648793342399732006-11-27T09:32:00.000-08:002006-11-27T09:33:13.386-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe bass I let goThought for the day: “God has a purpose behind every problem.” (Rick Warren) If you think you are standing strong, be careful, for you, too may fall into the same sin. But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can’jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1164477039797056462006-11-25T09:49:00.000-08:002006-11-25T09:50:39.823-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comWarm and fuzzyThought for the day: “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-5 NLT) The late blues singer Eva Cassidy sings a song titled Easy Street Dream in which she sings of easy love. In the chorus of the jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1164129606301760462006-11-21T09:18:00.000-08:002006-11-21T09:20:06.340-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comUpside downThought for the day: “If you turn it over and don’t let go of it, you will be upside down.” (Heard at AA meetings) “And now I exhort you to be of good cheer.” (Acts 27:22) Have you ever made a decision to turn over a new leaf, and found yourself back to doing the same old things? Why is jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1164047527302365432006-11-20T10:30:00.000-08:002006-11-20T10:32:07.326-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comDon't sell yourself shortThought for the day: “A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer’s need.” (Pedro la Barca Calderon) Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. Then your enemies jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1163611454391630802006-11-15T09:23:00.000-08:002006-11-15T09:24:14.440-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe natural man To see a World in a grain of sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1163438783204665592006-11-13T09:23:00.000-08:002006-11-13T09:26:23.233-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comModern mindThought for the day: “Spiritual growth is the process of replacing lies with truth.” (Rick Warren) “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.” John 17:17 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few or you were wise in the world’s eyes, or powerful, or wealthy when jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1163177982171607702006-11-10T08:58:00.000-08:002006-11-10T08:59:42.210-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSpiritual voidThought for the day: “If it can be verified, we don’t need faith………Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.” (Madeleine L’Engle) “Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1163094961799136512006-11-09T09:54:00.000-08:002006-11-09T09:56:01.833-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGod's tow truckThought for the day: “On the path to spiritual maturity, even temptation becomes a stepping-stone rather than a stumbling block when you realize that it is just as much an occasion to do the right thing, as it is to do the wrong.” (Rick Warren) “Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.” jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1162921585909699142006-11-07T09:45:00.000-08:002006-11-07T09:46:25.936-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comProverbsThought for the day: “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9 NKJ) Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfast in prayer; distributing jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1162841094096128232006-11-06T11:23:00.000-08:002006-11-06T11:24:54.123-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comIn defense of hopeThought for the day: “You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” (Kahlil Gibran) And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats nor be troubled.” But jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1162315391627781802006-10-31T09:22:00.000-08:002006-10-31T09:23:11.670-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comBrand new mercyThought for the day: “The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge but to change our lives.” (Rick Warren) My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs. He has filled me with bitterness. He has given me a cup of deep sorrow to drink. He has made me grind my teeth in gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. Peace has been stripped jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1162229910977198862006-10-30T09:37:00.000-08:002006-10-30T09:38:31.016-08:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe sun, the wax, and the clayThought for the day: “Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance; it is laying hold of His highest willingness.” (Richard C. Trench)“It does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: ‘I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimedjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1161882153841107992006-10-26T10:01:00.000-07:002006-10-26T10:02:33.976-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comClouds Thought for the day “Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days, when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great, and you turn to God alone. It is during suffering that we learn to pray our most authentic, jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1161798071021560062006-10-25T10:39:00.000-07:002006-10-25T10:41:11.046-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe Unknown God Thought for the day: “Lord, what do you want me to do? “ Saul of Tarsus So Paul standing before the Council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious, for as I was walking along I saw your many alters. And one of them had this inscription jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1161621336948821792006-10-23T09:33:00.000-07:002006-10-23T09:35:36.980-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe thiefThought for the day: “You’ll never know that God is all you need until God is all you’ve got.” (Rick Warren) “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” (Romans 5:6 KJV) The apostle Paul in writing to the Church at Rome referred to the ungodly. As I study the Book of Romans using jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1161456610794065182006-10-21T11:48:00.000-07:002006-10-21T11:50:10.830-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comPeacemakers will plant seeds of peaceThought for the day: “Pride is to character like the attic to the house, the highest part, and generally the most empty.” (John Gay) If you are wise and understand God’s ways of life of steady goodness so that only good deeds will pour forth. And if you don’t brag about the good you do, then you will be truly wise! But if you are jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1161277840954547882006-10-19T10:08:00.000-07:002006-10-19T10:10:41.006-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSee, speak, believe, and forgive Thought for the day: “There is no key to happiness, the door is always open.” (Author unknown)Words of Jesus recorded by Mark and found in the eleventh chapter verses 22-26. Share this with me…………………..JRE Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you whoever says to this jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1161013300402064762006-10-16T08:40:00.000-07:002006-10-16T08:41:40.443-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTripping my spiritual triggerThought for the day: “ I am so thankful that I didn’t get what I deserved, therefore I don’t have any right to whine when I don’t get what I want.” (Pastor Darrell Friend) “And do you think O man, you who judge those practicing such things, and doing the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of His goodnessjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1160757464269778792006-10-13T09:36:00.000-07:002006-10-13T09:37:44.303-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTrials and testsThought for the day: “True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit. It is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.” (Tryon Edwards)“Be careful to obey all the commands I am giving you today. Then you will live and multiply, and you will enter and occupy the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors. Remember how the LORD your jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1160587289422434922006-10-11T10:20:00.000-07:002006-10-11T10:21:29.453-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comhoop-er-nik-ah'-oThought for the day: “Faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze of the heart at the Triune God.” (A. W. Tozer) “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us, for I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depthjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1160412873621104052006-10-09T09:52:00.000-07:002006-10-09T09:54:33.680-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGet the ball rollin'Thought for the day: “Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief.” JOSEPH ADDISON “Roll your works upon the Lord, commit and trust them wholly to Him; [He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.” (Proverbs 16:3, The Amplified Bible) jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1160070124640291252006-10-05T10:37:00.000-07:002006-10-05T10:42:04.683-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comanger + D = dangerThought for the day: “Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, for anger resides in the bosom of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9) Anger is a luxury that some people can have, but not so with me. Anger is an emotion that is found in most all of us. It is not necessarily a bad emotion if it is kept under control and not allowed to become violence or rage. And I jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1159889849850053062006-10-03T08:35:00.000-07:002006-10-03T08:37:29.876-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comExtra horsepower in my spiritual drive trainThought for the day: “We must give freely and gratefully that which has been freely and gratefully given to us.” (Narcotics Anonymous, Basic Text, page 47) Peter replied, “Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1159804771112989342006-10-02T08:57:00.000-07:002006-10-02T08:59:31.153-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comYom KippurThought for the day: “Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.” OVID “Aaron will present the bull as a sin offering, to make atonement for himself and his family. Then he must bring the two male goats and present them to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle. He is to cast sacred lots to jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1159462581457783852006-09-28T09:50:00.000-07:002006-09-28T09:56:21.503-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comWhat is truth?Thought for the day: “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom instruction and understanding.” (Proverbs 23:23) “This means to acquire the truth by all rightful means, and then cleave to it, guard it, and defend it even to the risk of your life.”(Finis Jennings Dake) The great question is “What is truth?” As Pilate was trying Jesus, he asked Jesus if He wasjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1159293263602560172006-09-26T10:53:00.000-07:002006-09-26T10:54:23.646-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comIntrusiveThought for the day: “Secularism, materialism, and the intrusive presence of things have put out the light in our souls and turned us into a generation of zombies.”A.W.TOZER “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.” (1 Corinthians 13:11 NIV) “The intrusive jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1159203637266250402006-09-25T09:58:00.001-07:002006-09-25T10:00:37.303-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSomebody nobody Thought for the day: “We are made to reach out beyond our grasp.” OSWALD CHAMBERS “Dear brothers and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptationjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1158942093349802502006-09-22T09:20:00.000-07:002006-09-22T09:21:33.440-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comPruning away the bars and taverns Thought for the day: “To live is to be slowly born.” (Antonine de Saint-Exupery) In the last conversation that Jesus had with the eleven disciples, Judas had already left; He told them much about how it had been, how it was, and how it was going to be. As I find jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1158596249725386142006-09-18T09:16:00.000-07:002006-09-18T09:17:29.770-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comShalomThought for the day: “The beauty of the sunbeam lies partly in the fact that God does not keep it; He gives it away to us all.” (David Swing) I am leaving you with a gift, peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give isn’t like the peace the world gives. So don’t be troubled or afraid. (John 14:27 NLT) I am noticing a direct link between joy and peace. After all jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1158251836172756452006-09-14T09:35:00.000-07:002006-09-14T09:37:16.200-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSpiritually lonelyThought for the day: “Each man can interpret another’s experience only by his own.” Henry David Thoreau “So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it.” (Hebrews 4:16 NLT) How can we come boldly to the throne jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1158165681977416832006-09-13T09:40:00.000-07:002006-09-13T09:41:22.026-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comCross-wired in a Chinese toy factoryThought for the day: “In order that we finite beings may apprehend God, He translates His glory into multiple forms, into stars, woods, waters, beasts, and the bodies of men.” C. S. Lewis You are forgiving and good, O, LORD, abounding in love to all who call to you.jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1157996568674186242006-09-11T10:41:00.000-07:002006-09-11T10:42:48.726-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTaking dominion Thought for the day: “Tell me whom you love and I'll tell you who you are.” Author unknown “And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1157731997714418122006-09-08T09:12:00.000-07:002006-09-08T09:13:17.750-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comLove gave me back my serenityThought for the day: “Have patience with all things but first of all with yourself.” Saint Francis of Sales In four days I will be clean and sober for eight years, and you know what? I still struggle with getting along with others. When by the grace of God, I stopped using and drinking I began a jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1157644723970414382006-09-07T08:57:00.000-07:002006-09-07T08:58:44.006-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comCaring and sharingThought for the day: “Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealings.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) The first non-Jewish person to accept salvation and forgiveness of sins, through faith in the finished work of the cross by Jesus, was the Roman army officer Cornelius. Cornelius was a devout man who gave to the poor, prayed and fasted, all of jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1157473988758319162006-09-05T09:32:00.000-07:002006-09-05T09:33:08.786-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTaking off without JesusThought for the day: “God gets down on His knees among us; gets on our level and shares Himself with us. He does not reside afar off and send diplomatic messages, He kneels among us……..God shares Himself generously and graciously.” EUGENE PETERSON Share with me these Scripture verses from the New jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1157390544169478132006-09-04T10:21:00.000-07:002006-09-04T10:22:24.213-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comMy greatest battleThought for the day: “There are more people who wish to be loved than there are willing to love.” S. R. N. Chamfort “You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn.” Psalm 18:35-36 NIVjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1156870359972398982006-08-29T09:50:00.000-07:002006-08-29T09:52:40.006-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comBananasThought for the day: “Darkness is great when we are trying to hide something, but light is needed when we are trying to walk without falling.” Life Recovery Bible, page 1259 “Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1156786380499860522006-08-28T10:31:00.000-07:002006-08-29T09:55:21.150-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comShinning the LightThought for the day: “God enters by a private door into every individual.”RALPH WALDO EMERSONIn the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God. He was in the beginning with God. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn’t make. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines throughjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1156523204758064482006-08-25T09:25:00.000-07:002006-08-25T09:26:44.786-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe faith of GodThought for the day: “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” Solomon (Proverbs 12:18 NIV) “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1156348424321450712006-08-23T08:52:00.000-07:002006-08-23T08:53:44.500-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comBlow away the smoke and put out the fireThought for the day: “Jesus is the most revolutionary of all teachers. He turns the world upside down for those who accept his teaching. When once you have accepted the Jesus Christ Message, nothing is ever the same again.” EMMET FOX “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have all ofjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1156262777622507002006-08-22T09:04:00.000-07:002006-08-22T09:06:17.723-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comLove endures everything without weakeningThought for the day: “God guides us, despite our uncertainties and our vagueness, even through our failings and mistakes…He leads us step by step, from event to event. Only afterwards, as we look back over the way we have come…. do we experience the feeling of having been led without knowing it, the feeling that God has mysteriously jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1156175519773535982006-08-21T08:49:00.000-07:002006-08-21T08:51:59.823-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTimes of refreshing from the presence of the LordThought for the day: “Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.” WILLIAM JAMES “Now brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders. But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, saying that his jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1155660863201732442006-08-15T09:52:00.000-07:002006-08-15T09:54:23.233-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comAttitude more than amount Thought for the day: “With God attitude counts more than amount.” Life Recovery Bible, page 1241 While Jesus was in the Temple, he watched the rich people putting their gifts into the collection box. Then a poor widow cam by and dropped in tow pennies. “I assure you,” he said, “this poorjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1155570911960566342006-08-14T08:53:00.000-07:002006-08-14T08:55:12.010-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comWild horsesThought for the day: “In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.” Bill WilsonO LORD,You have searched me and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise;You perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1155227896646957262006-08-10T09:35:00.000-07:002006-08-10T09:38:16.686-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTraveling without luggageThought for the day: “The call of God is the call to be human, to embrace our humanity in all of its ambiguity…….The call of God is a summons to embark upon a journey of faith whose destiny is not always apparent.” Randall Balmer Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become newjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1155142913702712242006-08-09T10:00:00.000-07:002006-08-09T10:01:53.856-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comShooting straightThought for the day: “True fortitude I take to be the quiet possession of a man’s self, and an undisturbed doing of his duty, whatever evil besets or danger lies in his way.” JOHN LOCKE “Restore me to the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1154970925342312462006-08-07T10:12:00.000-07:002006-08-07T10:15:25.366-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comKeep on keepin' onThought for the day: “To the children of God there stands, behind all that changes, only one unchangeable joy. That is God.” HANNAH WHITALL SMITH The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray as the disciples of John the Baptist had taught his disciples to pray. Jesus gave them an example of prayer that jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1154622640389014822006-08-03T09:29:00.000-07:002006-08-03T09:30:40.426-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comIsolationThought for the day: “Nature goes her way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24 NAS) These words spoken by Jesus and recorded by the apostle John were in jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1154538449995426242006-08-02T10:06:00.000-07:002006-08-02T10:07:30.200-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGratitude, a spiritual forceThought for the day: “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” G. K. ChestertonLet the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;Let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”Let the sea resound, and all that is in jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1154448657612103342006-08-01T09:08:00.000-07:002006-08-01T09:10:57.730-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comWhen the pain exceeds the pleasureThought for the day: “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” Charles Mingus “As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds. And there was a woman in the crowd who had had a hemorrhage for twelve jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1154364812684216392006-07-31T09:51:00.000-07:002006-07-31T09:53:32.716-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe foolish wisdom Thought for the day: “A big tree attracts the gale.” (Chinese proverb on pride) “Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (I Corinthians 1:20 NIV) Where are the wise men, the scholarsjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1153845450783838592006-07-25T09:35:00.000-07:002006-07-25T09:37:30.826-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSkipping calves THOUGHT FOR THE DAY “Forbid that I should walk through Thy beautiful world with unseeing eyes: Forbid that the lure of the market-place should ever entirely steal my heart away from the love of the open acres and the green trees: Forbid that under the low roof of workshop or office or study I should ever forget jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1153800643221356472006-07-24T21:07:00.000-07:002006-07-24T21:10:43.250-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.com15-20 miles a dayThought for the day: “We never know how high we are, till we are called to rise.”EMILY DICKINSONAsk rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rainThe LORD who makes the storm clouds;And He will give them showers of rain,vegetation in the field to each man.ZECHARIAH 10:1 NAS “We never know how high we are, till we are called to rise.” What a profound jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1153498953340307172006-07-21T09:21:00.000-07:002006-07-21T09:22:33.530-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comMake a decision “Most people are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN I have heard that Abraham Lincoln suffered from what they called melancholy. Today we call it depression, so I am a little surprised to find him quoted in this statement. My question to myself today is can we jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1153324515159100982006-07-19T08:52:00.000-07:002006-07-19T08:55:15.186-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGo to war singing praisesThought for the day: “Our creator would never have made such lovely days, and given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.” NATHANIEL HAWTHORN After consulting the leaders of the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1153151813601948632006-07-17T08:55:00.000-07:002006-07-17T08:56:53.630-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comHot Thought for the day: “One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead.” Oscar Wilde We are all familiar with the story of Jonah being swallowed by the fish because of his disobedience to God’s word. Another great lesson in the story is one about dealing with self-centeredness, anger and jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152891933138325392006-07-14T08:44:00.000-07:002006-07-14T08:45:33.216-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSponsorshipThought for the day: “The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without a struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating.” Author unknown John’s two disciples found Jesus and said to him, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keepjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152809613181196822006-07-13T09:51:00.000-07:002006-07-13T09:53:33.233-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTake away the drossThought for the day: “We are always in the forge, or on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.”…………….. Henry Ward Beecher “Take away the dross from the silver, and it will go to the silversmith for jewelry.” Proverbs 25:4 NKJ Before metal can be put in the forge to be heated, so jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152629320162824532006-07-11T07:47:00.000-07:002006-07-11T07:48:40.186-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSwimming in the calm waters above the fallsThought for the day: “Waiting for someone to repent before we forgive is to surrender our future to the person who wronged us.” Author unknown Words of Jesus taken from Luke 6:27-28 The New Living Translation. “But if you are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. Pray for the jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152548647249986592006-07-10T09:20:00.000-07:002006-07-10T09:24:07.286-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comA view to righteousness Thought for the day: “One today is worth two tomorrows.” BEN FRANKLIN Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness;jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152374776837357062006-07-08T09:05:00.000-07:002006-07-08T09:06:16.866-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe inner earThought for the day: “Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.” Author unknown Then Jesus said to those who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are my disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152287382655888942006-07-07T08:47:00.000-07:002006-07-07T08:49:42.686-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comNo condemnation Thought for the day: “Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more.” John 8:11 The Scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1152124740839684732006-07-05T11:37:00.000-07:002006-07-05T11:39:00.866-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comNo condemnation Thought for the day: “Neither do I condemn thee, go and sin no more.” John 8:11 The Scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151944199354834762006-07-03T09:28:00.000-07:002006-07-03T09:29:59.393-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comEnjoy what you have Thought for the day: “The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.” Yiddish proverb “Finally my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.” (Philippians 3:1 NAS) The apostle Paul did not mind repeating jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151681571465235592006-06-30T08:31:00.000-07:002006-06-30T08:32:51.493-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comTaught by graceThought for the day: “Underneath are the everlasting arms.” What child of God was ever permitted to fall lower than God’s “underneath?” H. GILL “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.” (Titus 2:11-12 NKJ) jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151612818034800772006-06-29T13:20:00.000-07:002006-06-29T13:26:58.073-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comThe gift of GodThought for the day: “Prayer makes your heart bigger, until it is capable of containing the gift of God Himself. MOTHER TERESA This morning I got up and decided that I was going to spend my time of devotion just reading the Word of God and not write anything. That was my decision and it was not influenced by anything other than myself. Some where about jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151514613475569512006-06-28T10:08:00.000-07:002006-06-28T10:10:13.503-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comAccepting hardships as the pathway to peace “Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.” OVID “Needless worry can be silenced by accepting the things we cannot change.” Author unknown “Do not worry then saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151425002443671512006-06-27T09:14:00.000-07:002006-06-27T09:16:42.470-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSpirit-guidedThought for the day: “Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little in comparison with eternal realities.” R. M. M’Cheyne “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63 NKJ) This morning as my study of the Scriptures brings me to the sixth chapter of the Bookjerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151336562059578932006-06-26T08:41:00.000-07:002006-06-26T08:42:42.090-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSimple thanksThought for the day: “On the path to spiritual maturity, even temptation becomes a stepping-stone rather than a stumbling block when you realize that it is just as much an occasion to do the right thing, as it is to do the wrong.” Rick Warren “And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1151078363300560512006-06-23T08:55:00.000-07:002006-06-23T08:59:23.336-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comGiving up to go on Thought for the day: “At the gate of patience there is no crowding.” Moroccan proverb “You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” Luke 1:45 NLT This simple statement found in the Book jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1150907257203103452006-06-21T09:25:00.000-07:002006-06-21T09:27:37.253-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comPaving the road for my own escape Thought for the day: “Like a fish, one should look for holes in the net.” Samoan proverb “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1150821306310005432006-06-20T09:34:00.000-07:002006-06-20T09:35:06.343-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSeedtime and harvestThought for the day: “Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.” RALPH WALDO EMERSON “Don’t be misled. Remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it. You will always reap what you sow! Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful desires will harvest the consequences of jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1150733408832626632006-06-19T09:07:00.000-07:002006-06-19T09:10:08.876-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comSomething about that nameThought for the day:“Deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God.” Alcoholics Anonymous page 55 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1150560760902286522006-06-17T09:11:00.000-07:002006-06-17T09:12:40.953-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comMy aggressive urban attitudeThought for the day: “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” Author unknown In my distress I prayed to the LORD, and the LORD answered me and rescued me. The LORD is for me, so I will not be afraid. What can merejerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6138796.post-1150301168787444292006-06-14T09:04:00.000-07:002006-06-14T09:06:08.826-07:00jralphengland@yahoo.comStraight shootin'Thought for the day:“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light.” PLATO The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29 NLT) It is said that the apostle John died of natural causes at the jerryralphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16954615993057826445noreply@blogger.com