Thoughts for 31May2012 # 2059 Be truly free We give God praise and thanks that He changes us and sets us free. We ask God to help us to seek His leading, to discover those areas of our lives that He wants to change. We ask God to give us faith to let Him transform us into His image. John 8:34-36 Jesus said to them: "I am telling you the truth: everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave does not belong to the family permanently, but a son belongs there forever. If the Son sets you free, then you will be really free." 2059

Thoughts for 30May2012 # 2058 On the look out for signs We ask God to give us eyes to see, ears to hear, and, above all, hearts to respond to the signs of His presence and His will that He continues to give us. Matthew 12:38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you." Matthew 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 2058

Thoughts for 29May2012 # 2057 Think first !! We ask God to forgive us for the times when we brought shame to Him. We ask God to help us to be mindful that our actions and our words glorify Him. We ask God to remind us to ask before we act. 1 Corinthians 10:31-33 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God -- even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved 2057

Thoughts for 28May2012 # 2056 Worship the Creator not the created God’s Word is clear. He is worthy of our worship. He created everything. We ask God to forgive us when we waste our worship on the created when we should only worship the Creator. We ask God to guide us to true worship. Revelation 22:8-9 I, John, saw all these things with my own eyes, heard them with my ears. Immediately when I heard and saw, I fell on my face to worship at the feet of the Angel who laid it all out before me. He objected, "No you don't! I'm a servant just like you and your companions, the prophets, and all who keep the words of this book! Worship God." 2056

Thoughts for 27May2012 # 2055 The power of our words We ask God to help us to guard our thoughts and our tongues. To help us to choose words that will build up one another rather than destroy. Proverbs 10:19b-20a,21a But he who holds his tongue is wise. The tongue of the righteous is choice silver. The lips of the righteous nourish many. 2055

Thoughts for 26May2012 # 2054 Nothing will distress us God magnifies us in the midst of our trouble, our burdens and our difficulties. He helps us to remember that nothing will distress us. 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 2054

Thoughts for 25May2012 # 2053 Not easily tired out We ask God to help us to keep on working for Him and never let us tired out. We ask that He will supply the resources we need, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to keep a fresh and steady zeal in our efforts to bring results for Him Galatians 6:9 So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time. Job 29:19-20 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches. My glory will remain fresh in me, the bow ever new in my hand. 2053

Thoughts for 24May2012 # 2052 Frail and weak We are frail and weak in our own strength. We thank God for His guidance so that we do not wander off His path. We thank the Holy Spirit guiding us in the moments when we start to drift off. We thank God for keeping us safe and strengthening us with His power. Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 2052

Thoughts for 23May2012 # 2051 HE is the only one When we are struggling, God calms us. When we lean on the wrong things, God wakes us up. He teaches us that only He provides relief, ease, refreshment, recreation and blessed quiet. Only He can provide us with peace and quietness. Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. 2051

Thoughts for 22May2012 # 2050 HE protects and lifts us up When the odds overwhelm us and when events seem to strike us down, we come to God. He lifts us up and assures us that we are not too small or insignificant in His sight. Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 2050

Thoughts for 21May2012 # 2049 The learning and growing process We thank God for giving us opportunities to learn and grow. Each time He puts us through obstacles and difficulties we are cleansed and purified. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. 2049

Thoughts for 20May2012 # 2048 His care for us We thank God for His sustaining care in our lives. We rely on His great faithfulness and love each day. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 2048

Thoughts for 19May2012 # 2047 We do not yet see things clearly God has plans for our lives. We thank God for His plan and making clear the bit we need to know and His wisdom in not showing all of it to us at once. 1 Corinthians 13:11-12 We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us. 2047

Thoughts for 18May2012 # 2046 His gifts of everything God has given us His gifts of everything. We thank God and ask God to help us to accept and receive these gifts with humility, thanksgiving and appreciation Genesis 1:21,25,31 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 2046

Thoughts for 17May2012 # 2045 Our childish antics God is tolerant and patient with our childish and foolish behaviour as we try to get things done our own way or get His attention for our concerns. God is always attentive to us wherever we are, and whatever we do. We thank God for His patience. We ask God to help to rekindle a right spirit in us and keep us close by His side everyday. Psalm 121:5-8 The Lord watches over you -- the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm -- he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. 2045

Thoughts for 16May2012 # 2044 Clear our minds We ask God to remove the confusion from our minds and to help us to focus on Him. Romans 12:1 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life -- your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life -- and place it before God as an offering. 2044

Thoughts for 15May2012 # 2043 Feet shod to serve We ask God to help us to consider what direction we are traveling and how we can serve others as we travel on our way. Ephesians 6:11,15 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Stand therefore having... your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace 2043

Thoughts for 14May2012 # 2042 The circle of life We thank God for the times we spend in this world. We ask God to bless those who are with us as we journey together and those who give us the honour of being with them Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. 2042

Stops & Steps 1674 13May2011

Timing is important

Have you read the story of Esther. She definitely had something she needed to say, but she paused and prayed and tackled it in the right timing.

Although it matters what we say to our kids, our friends or colleagues, but how and when we say it matters the most. Imagine the happy glow on one’s face walk away feeling that you have spoiled everything. Without doubt, you deserve and are entitled to voice your say but it would be better if you had timed them better.

Esther 4 : 16
Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go to see the king ….



Stops & Steps 1674 13May2011

Thoughts for 13May2012 # 2041 Commitment We ask God to help us to commit our lives to Him and to the furtherance of His kingdom. Psalm 37:5 Commit thy ways unto the Lord; trust also in him; he shall bring it to pass. 2041

Thoughts for 12May2012 # 2040 HE is always with us God, we thank you for the assurance that you are with us in the night as well as in the day. May we listen carefully when you speak to us. Psalm 19:4,6 In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat. Psalm 42:8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me -- a prayer to the God of my life 2040

Thoughts for 11May2012 # 2039 Be filled with His knowledge and will When God nudges us toward a new job, different friends, or a healthier lifestyle, but we stubbornly cling to the old familiar ways. We bear small fruit where we are. We settle for what we know we can do, when God wants us to go beyond our wildest imagination. Colossians 1:9-10 For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 2039

Thoughts for 10May2012 # 2038 HE is great God leads us in the direction He would have us to go. He turns our hearts towards Him and not towards selfish gain. He turns our eyes away from worthless things. He preserves our lives according to His Word. John 14:4-6 "You know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." 2038

Thoughts for 09May2012 # 2037 In good hands We learn to trust God when we are corrected in our faults, or when we are diverted in our paths. He guides us to safety and to where we are meant to be. Proverbs 30:24-28 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces 2037

Thoughts for 08May2012 # 2036 Spiritual discipline We ask God to guide and direct us toward developing the spiritual discipline to examine ourselves and to correct all the faults that we have. We ask that God strengthens us so that we may walk in harmony with His will. Luke 18:11-12 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: "God, I thank you that I am not like other men -- robbers, evildoers, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get." 2036

Thoughts for 07May2012 # 2035 Be fruitful We ask God to review and check our lives, as we know that He loves us and desires only the best for us. We ask God to help us to be fruitful John 15:1-2 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. Ephesians 2:4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much, that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. Zephaniah 3:17 The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. 2035

Thoughts for 06May2012 # 2034 Our past We thank God for this time we have spent together, remembering the blessings we have received from Him in the past. We ask God to help us to look forward with better understanding, so that in the days ahead, our memories will help to make better our relationship with Him Revelation 21:10a And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high. 2034

Thoughts for 05May2012 # 2033 To see what He sees We thank God for all that He has made. We ask God to teach us to love as He has loved and to see what He sees in this beautiful world, the beauty in people and all created things.. Romans 5:8,10 Yet the proof of God's amazing love is this: that it was while we were sinners that Christ died for us. If, while we were His enemies, Christ reconciled us to God by dying for us, surely now that we are reconciled we may be perfectly certain of our salvation through His living through us. 2033

Thoughts for 04May2012 # 2032 Mystery of nature God has created a marvelous world for us. We ask God to help us to recognize Him in all the little things around us. Psalm 19:1,3-4 How clearly the sky reveals God's glory! No speech or words are used, no sound is heard; yet the message goes out to all the world and is heard to the ends of the earth. Psalm 24:1 The world and all that is in it belong to the Lord. 2032

Thoughts for 03May2012 # 2031 Journey of faith We admire Abraham and his great faith as he went forth to follow God’s leading. We ask God to help us to understand this lesson, as He took care of Abraham, He will also take care of us when we place our faith in Him Genesis 12:1 Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. Romans 4:3 Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. 2031

Thoughts for 02May2012 # 2030



Getting our priorities right

As we grow spiritually, we ask God to help us to leave behind anything that might keep us from a close relationship with Him. We ask God to help us to seek Him, to trust Him, and to be obedient to Him. We ask God to remove the obstacles that have brought division in our lives.

Proverbs 2:11
Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.



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There is a reason and a season for everything

As we look around us, we witness God’s beautiful works, the changes and outward expressions of development. We ask God to help us to continue to grow and flourish for Him in all the stages and seasons of our lives.

Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot.


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