DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 1; Jeremiah 9; Ephesians 3
For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son. Romans 8:29a
There is a story about an American soldier who was stationed in England after World War II. Driving to his barracks, he saw a young boy staring at some delicious pastries in a bakery window. He stopped and asked, “Son, would you like one of those?” “Yes,” the lad said, “I sure would!” The soldier bought some sweets and gave them to the boy. As he walked away, he felt a tug at his coat and heard the youngster ask, “Mister, are you God?” In our sad, broken world what a tremendous need there is for believers who manifest something of God’s character by the way they live. —W. Ross Rainey
Oh! to be like Him, tender and kind, gentle in spirit, lowly in mind;
More like Jesus, day after day, fill’d with His Spirit, now and always.—Ellsworth