“Evil has an appetite for falsity, and eagerly seizes upon it as if it were truth.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia 10648
Month: March 2018
Verse of the day
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise God in highest heaven!”
Matthew 21:9 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“You cannot have humility when you love only yourself. Self-love is hard, and love to the Divine is soft. Self-love must be wholly crushed.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, Spiritual Experiences 4754
Verse of the day
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.”
Matthew 16:24 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“There is no such thing as chance; apparent accident or fortune is Providence in the ultimate of order.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia 6493
Verse of the day
Friday, March 23, 2018
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 20:28 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“[Angels] are upset if anyone attributes to them any wisdom or intelligence at all, for they know and perceive that it would be taking away from the Divine that which is His.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia 4295:2
Verse of the day
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
Ephesians 5:2 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“No hint of life ever exists without some kind of love and no trace of joy ever exists unless it results from love.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia 33
Verse of the day
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching you learned from me – a pattern shaped by the faith and love that you have in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:13 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“You cannot be spiritually reborn without some knowledge of the new or spiritual life, of the true things that you ought to believe and the good things that you ought to do. You cannot learn these things on your own, because on your own you can comprehend things only through your physical senses. Your physical senses give you information about the material world and yourself, not about heaven and God. Spiritual knowledge comes only from revelation.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 177
Verse of the day
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“We can tell what kind of freedom we are in by what we like to think and talk about, listen to, see, and do, since all our enjoyment comes from what we love.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 147
Verse of the day
Monday, March 19, 2018
Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people!
Psalm 66:5 NLT Read Chapter
Daily inspiration
“The wisest of angels know that they have nothing of wisdom from themselves, and that acknowledging this is being wise. They know also that what they know is as nothing compared to what they do not know.”
Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell 280
Im ashamed to die until i have won some victory for humanity. 