Today's thought: when life revolves around me, somehow I am out of sync with heaven.

Today's thought: God has not left us to ourselves to muddle through as best as we can. Within us, and around us, and therefore available to us, are the unbelievably boundless stores of grace.

Today's thought: Jesus talked about the possibility of the seed of God that has been planted in us being “choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life...” (Luke 8:14) Are there any weeds and thorns in the garden of your soul that need pulling out? Would you let the Lord show them to you?

Today's thought: who or what has the greatest tug on your heartstrings? Remember, God is a jealous lover.

Today's thought: unconquered and ungoverned areas within us are the source of much distress and defeat. Maybe we need to ask the Holy Spirit to do a deep cleansing and to bring under his, and our, control certain troublesome areas of our lives.

Today's thought: we do not want the wisdom of God for ourselves only; that is spiritually selfish. We seek the wisdom of God also to be a blessing to others, creatively beautifying their worlds.

Today's thought: what will we leave in our trail today? At the end of the day, will people be thanking God for the influence that we have had upon them, or will they be in pain?

Today's thought: it is a good thing to think about the character of wisdom. Sharpness in our words of wisdom will cut and fragment things, whereas the pure, gentle and peaceful wisdom of God will cleanse, reassure and settle things.

Today's thought: the eternal wisdom of God is always relevant simply because it issues from a divine perspective. Don’t be earthbound in your thinking.

Today's thought: the proverb says that “a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver”. (Prov.25:11) A ‘fitly spoken word’ is a word that constructs and moves thing along, adding to and inspiring any conversation. Do my words do that, or do they deconstruct and bring the conversation to a jarring stop?