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SOMETHING TO PONDER
HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE by Phil
Ware
The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks
at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
Verse from 1 Samuel 16:7 New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
Have you ever wondered how many friends you may have lost
simply by judging them on their first appearance or
impression? I'm amazed at how the first impression very
seldom tells us much of substance about another. We're not
really going to be able to evaluate people properly until
the Lord reveals at judgment what is really in their heart.
Don't you think that we should give them time for their
heart to show before we make a decision about them, too?!
MY PRAYER...
Father, who alone knows each heart, help me be more patient
with others before forming an opinion about them. Please
give me eyes to see them as Jesus does. Through him I pray.
Amen.
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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE by Phil Ware
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit
his very soul?
--Mark 8:36 New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
We chase after so many different things. Only one thing is needed. Having a fist full of dollars, a great estate, and
lots of prestige doesn't mean a whole lot if you've gone to your ultimate address without the Lord. Even worse, is to find
that in the middle of your busy-ness, you awake to find yourself in the barren land where Christ does not dwell and
life is not found.
MY PRAYER...
Father, help me to keep my priorities right and my life holy and my heart open to your will rather than being blinded with
my own self-seeking. Through Jesus I pray. Amen.
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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE by Phil Ware
The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the
trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
And so we will be with the Lord forever.
--1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
What do you have that is forever? Most of everything we have falls apart, breaks, or runs down in a short time. But we
have three things that last forever: God, our Christian friends, and our praise of God. These are eternal.
MY PRAYER...
God, I look forward to the day of your next great surprise. I join the angels in standing on tiptoe as I look to the clouds
to see my Lord, your Son, return in glory and receive the welcome and honor he deserves. I praise you for that day now,
even though I see it only by faith. Until I see you on that day, please know my heart's desire is to serve you, even
when my weakness gets in the way of showing it as fully as I should.
My thanks to you in Jesus' name. Amen.
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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE by Phil Ware
God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but to save the world through him.
--John 3:17 New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
How do you view God? Is he someone looking for a way to condemn you? Is he an out-of-touch old man who doesn't really
know what it's like in our modern world? Is he too holy to soil himself with the concerns of mere mortals and has left it
up to us to work everything out for ourselves? No. NO. NO!
God chose to enter our world and experience it from the side of mortality. God chose to enter our world, not to condemn us, or
it, but to redeem it. Jesus is the great reminder that God longs to save us, not judge us. Thank God for God! Thank God
for Jesus who was God with us.
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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE by Phil Ware
Make the most of every opportunity. Let your
conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so
that you may know how to answer everyone. --Colossians 4:5-6 New
International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
There are no random acts of kindness, only intentional acts
given the opportunity to happen. This is true not just in deeds,
but in words as well. But more than trying to avoid poor speech,
we are urged to use our speech to bless and help others to come
to know Christ.
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HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE by Phil Ware
Since the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities --his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen,
being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
--Romans 1:20 New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
The touch of the Master's hand is all around us. We see it in the order, beauty, and dazzling variety in creation. The
great expanse of space with its billions of planets and the incredible world of the microscopic are all testimony to an
Orderer of great creativity. God has left his fingerprints all over his world so we can know he is here.
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May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a
spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -Romans 15:5-6
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS VERSE...
Unity comes from God's Spirit as we follow Jesus. But unity has a purpose much deeper than our getting along with each
other. Jesus prayed that we would be one so the world would know that God sent him (John 17). We want to be united so our
praise can bring glory to God. Unity is far more than a goal, it is a process through which the world learns of Jesus and we
glorify the Father who sent him and saved us. Can you think of anything more fundamental to our faith than that!
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Jesus said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he
must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever
loses his life for me will save it. - Luke 9:23-24
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS VERSE...
"I've just got to find myself" won't ever happen. We do not "find
ourselves - our life" by pursuing it. We find it by losing it to something or someone greater than ourselves. We
find our life by losing it to Jesus and the work of his Kingdom.
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Sitting down, Jesus called the twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." Mark 9:35 New International Version
THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS VERSE...
Last? Nobody likes to be last. We have a hard enough time settling for second place, much less last place. Jesus reverses the rank. The person who is most important to him is not the person seeking the status and notoriety. The most important person is like Jesus himself: willing to give up rank and status and importance to serve. For Jesus, last means first in service and first in the eyes of God.
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