Food For Thought
Take Care of the Real You | 1 Pet. 3:3-4
September 26, 20233 Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— 4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. – 1 Peter 3:3-4 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtHappy to Be a Child of God | 1 Kings 18:21-22, 24
September 25, 202321 And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” … 22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. 24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” – 1 Kings 18:21-22, 24 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtNot for Your Glory but the Glory of God | John 7:17-18
September 22, 202317 If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. – John 7:17-18 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtFinding Riches Greater Than the World’s Riches | Ps. 19:9-10
September 21, 20239 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. – Psalm 19:9-10 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtWhen You Have Lost Joy | Lam. 5:15-16, 21
September 19, 202315 The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning. 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! 21 Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old – Lamentations 5:15-16, 21 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtWhen You Wait on God | Is. 40:30-31
September 18, 202330 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. – Isaiah 40:30-31 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtThe Shame of the “Wise” | 1 Corinthians 1:26-27
September 14, 202326 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty – 1 Corinthians 1:26-27 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtStop Giving the Devil Power | Luke 10:17-19
September 12, 202317 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” 18 And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. – Luke 10:17-19 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtWe Must Stand Together | Phil. 1:27-28
September 11, 202327 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God. – Philippians 1:27-28 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtWhen No One Stands With You | 2 Tim. 4:16-17
September 7, 202316 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them. 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. – 2 Timothy 4:16-17 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtMaking a Mockery Out of God | Heb. 6:4,6
September 5, 20234 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit … 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. – Hebrews 6:4,6 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtHow to Truly Understand | Prov. 1:5-6
September 4, 20235 A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, 6 To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.
View Daily ThoughtFighting With a Good Conscience | 1 Tim. 1:18-19
August 31, 202318 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck – 1 Timothy 1:18-19 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtTo Be a Person of Integrity | Prov. 28:5-6
August 30, 20235 Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all. 6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich. – Proverbs 28:5-6 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtDoes Wrong Sit Well With You? | Eph. 4:22-24
August 28, 202322 put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. – Ephesians 4:22-24
View Daily ThoughtYou Never Know Who You’ll Need | Gen. 45:4-5
August 23, 20234 And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. – Genesis 45:4-5 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtDon’t Let Them Take Away Your Joy | 1 Pet. 4:12,14
August 18, 202312 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you … 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. – 1 Peter 4:12, 14 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtYou Are God’s Testimony | Gen. 39:2-3
August 17, 20232 The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did to prosper in his hand. – Genesis 39:2-3
View Daily ThoughtWhen They Want You to Be In Fear | 1 Sam. 17:32-33
August 15, 202332 Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.” – 1 Samuel 17:32-33 NKJV
View Daily ThoughtGet Up and Go to Your Blessing! | Ex. 14:15-16
August 14, 202315 And the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward. 16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. – Exodus 14:15-16 NKJV
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