OMIP 12.7.2015

The Lord is with us; he is our helper. We will triumph over our challenges, we will thrive in the storm, amd we will see the goodness and surpassing power of the Almighty God. This is going to be a fabulous day. Have a victorious and triumphant week!

On Worship - C.S. Lewis

God wills our good, and our good is to love Him (with that responsive love proper to creatures) and to love Him we must know Him: and if we know Him, we shall in fact fall on our faces. If we do not, that only shows that what we are trying to love is not yet God—though it may be the nearest approximation to God which our thought and fantasy can attain.

From The Problem of Pain Compiled in Words to Live By

OMIP (Thanksgiving Monday)

The God of a million stars, the One whose love is all-consuming, endless and awesome is inviting us to enjoy Him and the fullness of His joy and grace. Have a stellar week, and a blessed Thanksgiving. Love ya, Cassius

Thought for today: No replacement

There are no replacements or substitutes for the happiness, joy, peace, and contentment of God

Case for Christ

God gives us just enough evidence [of Him, His reality, His Sovereignty, His truth and His love] so that those who want Him can have Him.

On difficult people [From Randy Kilgore]

Eternal God remind "me that there is beauty in even the most difficult person if I can get close enough to discover it, and the pain they’re giving out may be reflective of the pain they are feeling. The apostle Paul says in Romans, 'If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone' (12:18). So I ask [you my God] to help me be patient with the 'hard side' [difficult, obnoxious, arrogant and unpleasant] side of others.

As we encounter difficult people, by God’s grace we can see and love them through His eyes.

By Your grace, Lord, help me to live peaceably with others. And help me to recognize when I’m the difficult person in other people’s lives and need Your intervention. Give me the will and desire to change."

Eternal God, you are gracious and merciful, and I pray that you would redeem these difficult relationships, teaching, training and enabling me to love more, and that unconditionally.  Help me to see the best, the future beauty, the upside, the brilliance, the hopes and yet unleashed potential, and the goodness in others so that we experience victory.

Quotes and prayer taken from Randy Kilgore Our Daily Bread, 11.12.2015.