Author: Josephine Yu

[:en]WITH GOD’S HELP Here are the signs of old age:   Gray hair, wrinkles, receding gums, senile warts, forgetfulness, losing hair, joint pains, frequent urination,  sagging skin, blurred vision, loss of hearing.  As we grow older, we feel useless and unimportant. But when Caleb was of senior age, he said:  “So here I am today, eighty… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (12/14/19)[:]

[:en]IT ISN’T ME Arturo Toscanini was one of the most celebrated orchestral conductors in the twentieth century.  When the New York Philharmonic Orchestra rose to their feet and cheered Toscanini at the end of a rehearsal of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Arturo said:  “It isn’t me… it’s Beethoven!” The apostle Paul also refused to take credit… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/13/19)[:]

[:en]THE CURE FOR ANXIETY If anyone could have been anxious about unknowns and challenges, it would have been Paul.  He was shipwrecked, beaten,  and jailed.  In his letter to the Philippian church, he encouraged his friends who also were facing unknowns, telling them, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/12/19)[:]

[:en]IT’S ALL A GIFT London’s Cafe Rendezvous was originally started as a business by a local church.  The cafe was transformed a year after it was started.  They make everything on the menu free.  It’s all a gift.  Their generosity exemplify how God treats us.  God gives us sunshine, fresh air, rain, and many more… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/11/19)[:]

[:en]RESTORED FAILURES The principle of God’s grace is His goodness, faithfulness and compassion in restoring failures.  No matter how  many times we have failed, He lifts and picks us up.  He restores our failures and turns it into success.  “The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down” (Ps. 145:14)… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/10/19)[:]

[:en]OUTSIDE IN? Most of us want to change for the better.  We spend money to improve our looks.   We devote much energy to self-improvement.  But the deepest and most satisfying change is the transformation of our heart through Christ. All of us should be baptized into Christ and clothed ourselves with Christ. (Gal. 3:27) to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/9/19)[:]

[:en]UNEXPECTED GRACE Saul was actively punishing and harassing Christians when he came face to face with Jesus on the road to Damascus. (Acts 9:1-4).  Jesus confronted him with his sinful actions.  He was blinded and would need a Christian – Ananias- to restore his sight.  Anaias became the face of grace in Paul’s life. As… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/8/19)[:]

[:en]FIRST THINGS FIRST When you travel by air, before the flight takes off, an airline employee presents a safety briefing, which explains what to do if there is a loss of cabin pressure.  Passengers are told that oxygen masks will drop from the compartment above and they are to put one on themselves before helping… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/7/19)[:]

[:en]TRUSTING GOD EVEN IF King Nebuchadnezzar  set up an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.  Then he commanded everyone to fall down and worship the image of god upon hearing the sound of the horn, flute zither, lyre harp, pipes and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/6/19)[:]

[:en]JESUS LOVES ME The central message of the Gospel is “Jesus Loves Me”.  John, the disciple whom Jesus loved wrote in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life”. He reinforced that message of love… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/5/19)[:]