Daily Dose of God’s Glorious Love

May 3,2023 Ephesians 5:20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I should be thankful to God I should be thankful for God I am thankful for the Father I am thankful for the Holy Spirit I am thankful for the Lord Jesus Christ May you be thankful for God "He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he’s moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain." - Randy Alcorn  

May 2,2023 Ephesians 5:4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Be thankful Be not filthy Be not foolish Be not coarse But be fitting Be thankful "Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth." - Lysa Terkeurst  

May 1,2023 Ephesians 1:16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: If you celebrate those who love you you can love those who harm you If you celebrate those who challenge you you can celebrate the challenges in life “ I’m not perfect. I’m never going to be. And that’s the great thing about living the Christian life and trying to live by faith, is you’re trying to get better every day. You’re trying to improve.”— Tim Tebow  

Its getting confusing I can say Its getting confusing everyday My left eye wouldn’t open today A shadow walked or floated by or is it did not walk or float by But the scariest so far today was the man who grinned at me when he did not walk by today Its getting confusing I can say Its getting confusing everyday 4/28/2023  

April 30, 2023 2Co rinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! God is more than I can imagine than I can hope for than I will ever need "Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” - John Piper  

April 29, 2023 2Co rinthians 8:16 ¶ But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. I can care but only so much God cares so I can care more “ To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”— C. S. Lewis  

April 28, 2023 2Co rinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. Follow God to triumph Follow God in triumph The fragrance of God’s knowledge is God’s gift to me May the fragrance of God’s knowledge diffuse from me “ However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts.”— John Calvin  

Pray today What to pray What can say About today Bad today Nations fray Words spray Keep away I don’t say When I pray What can say God will say Fall away Worse today Rotting way Bad today God will say When we pray Sin away Hope replay W r itten for National Day of Prayer 5/6/2010  

  April 27, 2023 2Co rinthians 1:11 you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the gift granted to us through many. Help others in prayer be with them in prayer be thankful in prayer becoming one in prayer “ For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”— Saint Teresa of Ávila

April 26, 2023 1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks Victory Lord Jesus “ Joy is the infallible proof of the presence of God.”— Madeleine L’engle.  

April 25, 2023 1Co 14:17 For you indeed give thanks well, but the other is not edified. Let giving thanks be contagious Let offering praise be contagious Let joining worship be contagious Let sharing love be contagious "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot  

April 24, 2023 1Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say “Amen” at your giving of thanks, since he does not understand what you say? Speak clearly your thanksgiving so everyone can understand Speak publicly your thanksgiving so everyone can join with you “ What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”— Hans urs von Balthasar  

April 23, 2023 1Co rinthians 11:24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” When the day is hard Remember God When sin destroys you Remember God When death overcomes Remember God When life is glorious Remember God "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength." -  Corrie Ten Boom  

April 22, 2023 1Co rinthians 10:30 But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food over which I give thanks? Partake with thanks Enjoy it with thanks Share it with thanks Avoid evil with thanks “ From the seed of hope grows the plant of faith and produces the fruit of love.” Ron Ramsey  

April 21, 2023 Romans 16:4 who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. Give thanks to those who gave to you giving of themselves for your life investing in the blessings from your life  

April 20, 2023 Ro mans 14:6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it . He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. A gift from God is each day observe it A gift from God is our food thank God “ For what we have give the glorious God thanks. For what we do not have give the glorious God thanks.” Ron Ramsey  

April 19, 2023 Ac ts 27:35 And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. I want bread I need bread I want Jesus I need Jesus “ True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.”— Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God.  

April 18, 2023 John 6:23 however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks —  Come to the place you were fed Come to the place you were fed Come to Jesus and give thanks “ God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”— John Piper .  

April 17, 2023 Joh n 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. Jesus gives to you and offers thanks Share with others and offers thanks (As I write this I wonder did Jesus give thanks for the food or the ability to share? I believe it was both!)  

April 16, 2023 Lu ke 22:19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it , and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” Bread is the food of life nourishing the body Bread is the body of Jesus nourishing the soul Give thanks to God break it and share it “ I thought a joyful Christian was an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp, airline food and Microsoft Works.” Phil Callaway  

April 15, 2023 Lu ke 22:17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; Receive the cup of Jesus’ blood of His sacrifice divide and share  

“ Reading biographies of great men and women of God helps you see reflections of the Light and glory of God.” Ron Ramsey  

April 14, 2023 Lu ke 17:16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. Fall down look up everyone can give thanks “ When we work we work. When we pray God works.” Hudson Taylor  

April 13, 2023 Luke 2:38 And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem. In a minute God provides we thank God We speak out “ I’m not brave. I just refuse to be a coward.” ―  Craig D. Lounsbrough  

The United Methodist Church has become very un-united no longer is being Methodist no longer acts as a church I served over 32 years and I weep at the loss I mourn what it now is and the exodus from it  

April 12, 2023 M ark 14:23 Then He took the cup, and when He had given thanks He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. Jesus took the cup Jesus took our cup Jesus offers us grace Jesus dies for grace I want to go home but I never will I cannot go home because of my will  

April 11, 2023 M ark 8:6 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them ; and they set them before the multitude. Sit, trust, give thanks God will provide you can have and give God will provide “ I remember sitting in church as a boy looking at the adults, who some of them looked like prunes, thinking to myself I don’t think I want to spend eternity with these people.” Phil Callaway  

“ The only time no ever means no in the absence of violence is when it is uttered by one civilized person to another.” ―  Jordan B. Peterson,  12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos  

April 10, 2023 Matthew 26:27 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. Jesus offers to us the cup of grace and drank our cup of God’s wrath Jesus gave thanks to take God’s wrath to offer us the fullness of God’s grace  

April 9, 2023 M atthew 15:36 And He took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. Give thanks to God Thanks for the loaves and fishes Thanks for disciples and multitude Give thanks to God  

  I’m sorry Uncle Albert I’m sorry I’m no good I’m sorry Uncle Albert I am not who I should (This is a ditty I sing to myself when I am ashamed of who I am. So I sing this almost daily. One of the few people through whom I experienced total love and grace was my Uncle Al. He was married to my Aunt who liked to torment me and many others. I saw love and grace in Uncle Al’s life and for the first time I knew someone believed I could amount to something. I grieve I have disappointed God and Uncle Al.)

April 8, 2023 Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days. Pray when illegal Pray if will cost life Pray and give thanks Pray must be a custom  

April 7, 2023 Psalm 140:13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; The upright shall dwell in Your presence. Shall give Shall give thanks Shall give thanks to God’s name Shall dwell in God’s presence  

“ Joy grows best in the soil of thanksgiving.” Phil Callaway  

April 6, 2023 Ps alm 136:1 ¶ Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Forever Good Mercy Thanks  

April 5, 2023 Ps alm 136:26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever. Mercy must endure to be truly mercy For mercy to endure it must come from God  

“ To my mom laughter was like a windshield wiper, it didn’t stop the rain but allowed her to keep going.” Phil Callaway  

April 4, 2023 Ps alm 136:3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever: Some things need to be said again To give thanks to God is said again God is Lord of lords is why said again God’s mercy endures is why said again  

April 3, 2023 Ps alm 136:2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. Give thanks to God the God of god’s because His mercy endures forever  

“ When people refuse to pay the price of personal responsibility for the problems of the nation, these same people end up paying the high price of irresponsibility, which is often in tragedy and sorrow.” ―  Sunday Adelaja  

April 2, 2023 Psalm 122:4 Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD. Give thanks as a tribe Give thanks as a testimony Give thanks to God’s name