Today's devotional reading for:
Monday, Aug 31, 2020 Living Thankfully
“As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.”
— Colossians 2:6–7
A secular author was researching the subject of gratitude.
As he did, he examined two large dictionaries of modern psychology and could find no mention of the terms “gratitude,” “thankfulness,” or “giving of thanks.”
He then scanned the card catalog of a large university library containing hundreds of thousands of volumes.
Through his search, he found not one single card giving any reference to the terms “gratitude” or “thankfulness.”
Indeed, as one humorist put it, “If you’re looking for gratitude, you’d better look in the dictionary.
That’s the only place you’re going to find it.”
If someone looked into your heart today, would that person find thankfulness and gratitude?
Someone once said that thankfulness is the least of the virtues and ingratitude the worst of the vices.
We consider gratitude an easy virtue to attain, yet so few people distinguish themselves by their thankfulness.
Meanwhile, in the first chapter of Romans, Paul, in cataloging the descent of humankind into the mire of depravity, begins by saying that
“although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful” (Romans 1:21, emphasis mine).
He then describes humanity’s fall into all sorts of base immorality.
The slide from godliness into wickedness begins with ingratitude.
Shakespeare once said, “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!”
But the Bible repeatedly calls upon us to remember our blessings and express gratitude.
It says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits” (Psalm 103:2).
What blessings can you thank God for today?
Beginning now, cultivate a grateful heart.
Make it a regular practice to thank the Lord for who He is and for all He has done for you.
“As a rule, a man’s a fool. When it’s hot, he wants it cool. When
it’s cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting what is not.” Anonymous  | ||||||
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Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever
Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.
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To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.
Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!
Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!
Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!
Monday, August 31, 2020
LIVING THANKFULLY
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