[:en]Scripture Reading: Revelation 16:12-21 There are spiritual powers behind temporal principalities. And believers of every age are targets of coercion, co-option, deception, suppression and persecution. Capitulation is richly rewarded with life, social acceptance, wealth, ease and comfort. The price of compromise is high for the faith community as well as for the world. Compromise reinforces… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (12/18/17)[:]
Author: Josephine Yu
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/22/17)[:]
[:en]”The Little Drummer’s Boy” is a popular Christmas song written in 1941. It was originally knows as “Carol of the Drum” based on a traditional Czech Carol. The carol goes straight to the heart of the meaning of worship. It describes how a boy is summoned by the magi to the scene of Christ’s birth. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/22/17)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/21/17)[:]
[:en]As Christmas was approaching after Davidene’s husband died a year ago, she said: “I could not imagine actually choosing to let go of the one I love with whom I was one, for the sake of anyone else”. But God did. He faced a house much emptier than mine, so that I could live in… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/21/17)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/20/17)[:]
[:en]There will be no peace as long as many nations are currently involved in armed conflicts. Jesus was born during a time of “peace” but it came at the cost of heavy handed oppression. The Pax Romana (“Roman Peace”) existed only because Rome squashed all dissent. Seven centuries before that time of relative peace, hostile… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/20/17)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/19/17)[:]
[:en]The wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s wife, Frances, died tragically in a fire. He was so sad on that Christmas without her. And in 1863, his son joined the army to fight in the American Civil War and was critically wounded. Longfellow was experiencing another painful Christmas and began to write the song “I… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/19/17)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/18/17)[:]
[:en]David Roper has an old dog – a West Highland White Terrier – sleeping at the foot of their bed for 13 years. Normally, she does not move or make a sound but lately, she has been pawing us gently in the middle of the night. At first, he thought she wanted to go outside,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (12/18/17)[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Revelation 8[:]
[:en]The 7th Seal – 7 angels angels were given 7 trumpets. Another angel with a golden censer, offer incense, with the prayers of all the saints before the throne. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Revelation 8[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Revelation 7[:]
[:en]From the twelve tribes of Judah, 12,000 were sealed which totaled 144,000. There was a great multitude in white robes from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Revelation 7[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Revelation 6[:]
[:en]The Seven Seals: White Horse – Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest (v. 2) Red Horse – Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. He was given a large… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Revelation 6[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Amos 5[:]
[:en]Amos lamented for Israel because the Assyrians would come and take them captive. God wanted them to seek Him and live (vs. 4, 6, 14). The people did injustice (v. 7), trampled the poor (v. 11), oppressed the righteous and took bribes and deprive the poor of justice in court (v. 12) They had religious… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Amos 5[:]