[:en]SWEET SCENT While Rita Snowden was visiting a small village in Dover, England, she sat outside a cafe enjoying a cup of tea. She became aware of a beautiful scent and asked a waiter where it was coming from and was told it was the people she could see passing by. Most of the villagers… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/9/19)[:]
Author: Josephine Yu
[:en]Thoughts from Psalms 47[:]
[:en]Why did the Psalmist praise God and sing to Him with shouts of joy? The Lord Most High is awesome (v. 2a) He is great King over all the earth (vs. 2b, 7) He subdued nations under them (v. 3) He has inheritance for them (v. 4) He has asecended to heaven (v. 5) He… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Psalms 47[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Psalms 46[:]
[:en]Psalms 46 is God’s answer for stress. The synonym for stress are: strain, pressure, and tension. It comes from the Latin word “Strictus” meaning “to be drawn tight”. Images of stress include racing heartbeat, rising blood pressure, sweaty palms, burning stomach, and razing edged nerves. It stretches our emotions like a rubber band ready to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Psalms 46[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Psalms 45[:]
[:en]This is a Messianic Psalm written for a royal wedding showing that Christ is the Roayl Bridegroom while the church is the bride. Description of Christ: The most excellent of men (v. 2) – His character, His words and His works are perfect His glorious victory (v. 4) – He displays truth, humily and righteousness… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Psalms 45[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Psalms 44[:]
[:en]The writer of this Psalm was recalling the History of Israel of what he had heard. He described how God had driven out other nations and planted the nation of Israel in the land. Their history revealed one miracle after another – the deliverance from Egypt, the opening of the Red Sea, the path through… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Psalms 44[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/8/19)[:]
[:en]Jacob had been a shepherd, so he compared his relationship to God as that of a shepherd and his sheep. After living through many dramatic changes, he realized that God has been his shepherd all his life. How fortunate for us to know that we can have a relationship for life. the Shepherd has promised… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/8/19)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/7/19)[:]
[:en]GODLIMAN STREET There was a road in London which was called “Godliman Street” because there was a man who lived there and whose life was sa saintly that his street because known as “that godly man’s street”. In the Old Testament, Saul’s father sent his son and a servant to look for some donkeys that… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/7/19)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/6/19)[:]
[:en]WHAT LASTS FOREVER? Living in this ever changing world, many things can happen – a career change, newfound friendship, illness, death. Good or bad, a life-altering experience may be lurking just around the corner, waiting to pounce. But what comfort us is that our loving heavenly Father does not change. The psalmist syas: “You remain… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/6/19)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Pslams 43[:]
[:en]This verse “Why are you downcast O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God” (v. 5) was mentioned in the previous chapter twice and is again repeated here. David was surrounded by deceitful and wicked men. He felt as… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Pslams 43[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Psalms 42[:]
[:en]”Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him my Savior and my God” is found in verse 5 and verse 11 of this chapter. Why is David so depressed? God seemed far from him in his hour of need. He… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Psalms 42[:]
