Monday, 9 Mars,
2015
Verse of the Day: «[Dieu] nous a
sauvés, et nous a adressé une sainte vocation, non à cause de nos oeuvres,
mais selon son propre dessein, et selon la grâce qui nous a été donnée en
Jésus-Christ avant les temps éternels.» 2 Timothée 1.9
Quote of the Day:
“Mine, yours. – Here is the beginning and the image of the usurpation of all
the earth.”—Blaise Pascal
«Mien, tien. –
Voilà le commencement et l’image de l’usurpation de toute la terre.»—Blaise
Pascal
French Fun Fact:
There are more Bretons (From Britanny) in Paris than in Britanny. (confessedtravelholic.com)
What’s Really
Happening Over Here:
Weather – Clear,
Precip. 0%
Temperature –
57⁰F, high of 62⁰
News – PM:
'10,000 Europeans to wage jihad by year's end' (thelocal.fr)
More News – http://www.ouest-france.fr/
A Day In the Life:
The service yesterday was really inspiring. We started in
Hebrews and finished in 1 Thessalonians. While in Hebrews, we talked about what
has become for me one of the most powerful verses in my Christian walk, Hebrews
12:4.
“In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to
the point of shedding your blood.”
UMMM….have any of us? How exciting a prospect! That by His
strength we don’t have to just give in when it gets kind of difficult – we
should be so obsessed with Him, we should be so in love with Him, we should be
chasing holiness so ferociously that we are literally bleeding because the
enemy is having to resort to physical force to pull us away from our Love, even
for a moment, and we STILL won’t have any of it. What an honor. That’s the type
of faith that puts you in the previous chapter.
In 1 Thessalonians we were in chapter 4:1-12. I’ll let the
words speak for themselves. #FIRE
“As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed
you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask
you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2 For you know
what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you
should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your
own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like
the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong
or take advantage of a brother or sister.[b] The Lord will punish all those who
commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 7 For God did not call
us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this
instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you
his Holy Spirit.
9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to
write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 10
And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge
you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 11 and to make it your
ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with
your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect
of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.”
Marcus Antonius
Marcus Antonius (died 87 BC) was a
Roman politician of the Antonius family and one of the most distinguished Roman
orators of his time. He was also the grandfather of the famous general and
triumvir, Mark Antony.
He started his cursus honorum as
quaestor in 113 BC and in 102 BC he was elected praetor with proconsular powers
for the province of Cilicia. During his term, Antonius fought the pirates with
such success that the Senate voted a naval triumph in his honor. He was then
Throughout his political career, he
continued to appear as a mediative defender or an accuser in Roman courts of
law. Antonius' modern reputation for eloquence derives from the authority of
Cicero, since none of his speeches survive. He is one of the chief speakers in
Cicero's De Oratore.
(The above indented information is
a direct quote from the Wikipedia.com article on
Marcus Antonius.)
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