Thursday, December 17, 2009

dW 12.17.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Matthew 6:19-21

Jesus teaching, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

 

En Espanol, Mateo 6:19-21

 

quote

 

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.
Andrei Platonov

 

thought

 

Most people would disagree with Andrei’s opinion.  However, most people’s actions would agree with him.

Friday, December 11, 2009

dW 12.11.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Hosea 2:19-20

God speaking to Israel, “I will accept you as my wife forever, and instead of a bride price I will give you justice, fairness, love, kindness, and faithfulness. Then you will truly know who I am.”

 

En Espanol, Oseas 2:19-20 

 

define

 

Bride price: It was the custom for the husband to pay his wife's parents a bride price.

 

story

 

Where Ain’t God

He was just a little lad, and on the Lord's Day, was wand'ring home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way.  He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar; he found a fluffy milk-weed pod, and blew out all the "filler."  A bird's nest in a tree o'head, so wisely placed on high, was just another wonder that caught his eager eye.  A neighbor watched his zig-zag course, and hailed him from the lawn; asked him, where he'd been that day, and what was going on.  "Oh, I've been to Sunday School."  (He carefully turned the sod, and found a snail inside.)  "I've learned a lot of God."  "M'm a very fine way," the neighbor said, "for a boy to spend his time; if you'll tell me where God is, I'll give you a brand new dime."  Quick as a flash his answer came, nor were his accents faint; "I'll give you a dollar mister, if you'll tell me where God ain't."

 

Monday, December 7, 2009

dW 12.07.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Proverbs 22:24-25

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

 

En Espanol, Proverbios 22:24-25

 

quote

 

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.

Aristotle

Friday, December 4, 2009

dW 12.04.09

dW

 

Greetings,

I hope that everyone is doing well. I wish to be in the office more so that I can be sending the daily-Words.

Shalom, Kyle

 

scripture

 

John 4:25-26

The woman said, "I know that the Messiah will come. He is the one we call Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us." "I am that one," Jesus told her, "and I am speaking to you now."

 

En Espanol, Juan 4:25-26

 

quote

 

Lord, if I dig a pit for others, then let me fall into it; but if I dig it for myself, give me sense enough to walk around it.

Sherwood Wirt

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

dW 11.25.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Acts 2:42-47

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

 

En Espanol, Hechos 2:42-47

 

quote

 

There is enough for everyone’s need but not for everyone’s greed.

Unknown

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

dW 11.24.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

 

En Espanol, Salmos 24:1 

 

quote

 

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Saint Ambrose

Monday, November 23, 2009

dW 11.23.09

dW

 

scripture

 

2 Corinthians 4:8, 16-18

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed… Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

 

 

En Espanol, 2 Corintios 4:4, 16-18 

 

quote

 

A Christian lady was complaining to a friend about the hardness of life and the circumstances that buffeted her and in anger said:  "Oh, I wish to God that I had never been made!"  "My dear child," replied the friend," you are not yet made; you are only being made, and you are quarreling with God's processes."

Unknown

Friday, November 20, 2009

dW 11.20.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Psalm 19:14

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

 

En Espanol, Salmos 19:14

 

quote

 

There is no miraculous cure for heartache.  With all the wonder drugs there is no instant and wondrous cure for sorrow.  We cannot use force of will to reach in and tear the sackcloth from our souls.  But we can achieve healing through faith.  We can share our troubles with our Heavenly Father.

William Silverman

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

dW 11.18.09

dW

 

scripture

 

Romans 8:35-39

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

En Espanol, Romanos 8:35-39

 

quote

 

Without Christ I was like a fish out of water.  With Christ I am in the ocean of love.

Sadhu Singh

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

dW 11.17.09

dW

 

scripture

 

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

 

En Espanol, 1 Corintios 6:9-11

 

thought

 

Isn’t sin all the same in the eyes of God?  Why is it that we have come to accept some sins while crusading against others?  Why doesn’t greed and slander get the same attention as the others in the same list?

Quote

“The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them away.” Shane Claiborne