Thursday, November 29, 2012

Nov 30 - 2 Peter 3:10-11; Ps 62:2

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives” 2 Peter 3:10-11 NIV


He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.

Psalm 62:2 NLT

Nov 29 - Ps 136:1,26 ; Ps 62:2

“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.” Psalm 136:1,26 NIV




He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.

Psalm 62:2 NLT




Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Nov 28 - 1 Chronicles 16:8; Ps 62:1

“Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.” 1 Chronicles 16:8 NIV


I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him.

Psalm 62:1 NLT


Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Nov 27 - Col 3:16; Ps 39:7

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” Colossians 3:16 NIV


And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.

Psalm 39:7 NLT


Monday, November 26, 2012

Nov 26 - Heb 12:28; Ps 139:14

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,” Hebrews 12:28 NIV


Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it.

Psalm 139:14 NLT

Friday, November 23, 2012

Nov 23 - Ps 100;4-5; Ps 100:4

“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100:4-5 NIV




Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.

Psalm 100:4 NLT

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Nov 22 - Col 3:15; Ps 105:1

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”Colossians 3:15 NIV


Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.

Psalm 105:1 NLT




Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Nov 21 - 1 Cor 1:4-5; Ps 95:2

“[Thanksgiving] I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge—” 1 Corinthians 1:4-5 NIV


Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him.

Psalm 95:2 NLT


Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Nov 20 - Ps 95:1-2;Ps 30:12

“Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.” Psalm 95:1-2 NIV


..that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!

Psalm 30:12 NLT

Monday, November 19, 2012

Nov 19 - Ps 1:1-2; Phil 1:3

“[BOOK I Psalms 1–41] Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2 NIV


Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God

Philippians 1:3 NLT

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Noc 16 - Ps 119:18; Ps 9:2

“Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.”Psalm 119:18 NIV


I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.

Psalm 9:2 NLT


Nov 15 - Ps 119:143; Ps 9:2

“Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.” Psalm 119:143 NIV


I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.

Psalm 9:2 NLT


Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Nov 14 - 1 Pt 3:18;eph 5:20

“For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring you to God, after being put to death in the fleshly realm but made alive in the spiritual realm.” 1 Peter 3:18 HCSB


And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:20 NLT




Nov 13 - 1 Peter 2:15-16; Eph 5:20

“For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.”1 Peter 2:15-16 NIV


And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:20 NLT

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Nov 12 - Col 1:9; Ecc 4:10

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,” Colossians 1:9 NIV



If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 NLT

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Chill! That's an Order by NewMan Magazine


I thought I would share this article today.  This really spoke to me because sometimes my life get running out control and usually when I slow down is when I get sick.  So as it spoke to me that I need to chill. Maybe this article will speak to you as well. 


Chill! That's an Order

tired man sleeping
My work periodically requires successive days of ludicrously long hours that far exceed the labor schedule authorized by the demented Pharaoh who once enslaved the Israelites. After the most recent string of such days, I staggered home to be greeted by my wife, Dale, who was dressed in a toga and proclaimed, "Let my people go!"
Fifteen years ago, it didn't really bother me to work three 16-hour days in a row. I could bound out of bed the next morning and be ready to hit the new day with vim and vigor.
These days, I don't so much bound out of bed as ooze from the mattress and leach slowly into my pants so I can claw at the new day with anti-vim and a massive dose of caffeine.
Although my boss has explicitly and repeatedly authorized me to take some time off after a brutal few days, I am cursed with a twisted Protestant work-ethic DNA that renders me genetically incapable of taking a day off unless I have contracted some kind of incapacitating medical condition, such as scurvy, rickets or the loss of a couple limbs.
So as I reached for the alarm one morning, my wife said: "If you even think about going into work this morning, I will have you hauled off to an institution for the clinically busy. You have worked more than 48 hours in the last three days, your eyes are bloodshot and you are drooling."
"But I'm not technically dead yet," I protested.
"That can be remedied," she said. "Get back in bed. Just because you don't show up at the office it does not mean that islands will plunge into the sea and thousands of little lambs will be lost in the wilderness."
I rolled my eyes to convey my disagreement.
"Well, perhaps I can take just the morning off," I said, as my 250-pound solid-granite head slammed back into the pillow and crushed all the feathers into tiny little puffs of goose-down dust.
It was not because of noise but due to my coffee-bloated bladder that I finally awoke and tottered into the bathroom. The act of standing up forced me to quickly conclude that my wife was right. I was in no shape to go to work.
But I couldn't quite manage to cut myself completely off from the office, so I snuck a quick peek at my BlackBerry. My wife calls it a "CrackBerry" because she says I am addicted to it. But for the record, I can often go two or even three minutes without looking at it.
The first email sent chills down my groggy spine. My colleague had called in sick. The office was entirely unmanned.
This was a crisis of global proportions, cosmic even. In a horrifying moment, dozens of unread memos and unstapled documents passed before my bloodshot eyes. I could hear the islands gurgling in dismay as they sank into the watery abyss, and the lost little lambs were filing a class-action lawsuit against me for negligence.
I threw on my clothes and drove to work. Moments after I sent my first urgent email, my boss called me from our main office 75 miles away.
"I got your email. Why are you at work? Go home!"
Curiously, the earth didn't collide with the moon while I took a day off. Apparently, the only truly indispensable person is God, and He tells us to rest. Sometimes when we don't listen to Him, He tells us through our wives.
Dave Meurer is an award-winning humorist and the author of Mistake It Like a Man (Multnomah).

http://www.charismamag.com/life/men/8840-chill-thats-an-order

Friday, November 9, 2012

Nov 9 - Joshua 24:15; 1 Tim 4:12

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”” Joshua 24:15NIV




Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

1 Timothy 4:12 NLT

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Nov 8 - Josh 24:15; Ro 14:19

“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”” Joshua 24:15NIV


So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.

Romans 14:19 NLT

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Nov 7 - 1 Tim 2:1-2; 1 Cor 8:9

“[Instructions on Worship] I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” 1 Timothy 2:1-2 NIV



But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:9 NLT

Nov 6- Eph 1:6; 1 Cor 8:9

“he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.” Ephesians 1:9-10NIV


But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble.

1 Corinthians 8:9 NLT

Monday, November 5, 2012

Nov 5: Ro 13:6; Ro 14:13

“This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.” Romans 13:6NIV


So let's stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.

Romans 14:13 NLT


Friday, November 2, 2012

Nov 2 -1 Pt 2:9;2 Pt 1:5

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9 NIV




In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God's promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge

2 Peter 1:5

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Nov 1 = Eph 1:18; 1 Tim 6:12

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,” Ephesians 1:18 NIV


Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:12 NLT