Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

[:en]IT TAKES TIME TO GROW In life, there are two kinds of growth to speak of – Physical and Spiritual.  A child can grow physically by eating foods.  He then matures to become an adult.  Similarly, evey individual also needs to grow spiritually.  And that is by taking spiritual food – God’s Word. Let us… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/1/19)[:]

[:en]NEW: INSIDE AND OUT There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus.  He was impressed with the miraculous signs that Jesus did and sensed that Jesus must come ‘from God’.  So he came to Jesus at night and asked.  Jesus told him “to be born again” and be made totally new in order to to see the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/30/19)[:]

[:en]FRESH FAITH When Jesus came to the disciples after his resurrection, Thomas was not there.  So he insisted that “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were…. I will not believe” (John 20:25).  But when Jesus appeared to Thomas and let him  personally touched Him, Thonas… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/29/19)[:]

[:en]THE DAY I COULDN’T PRAY When I learned that I needed an open-heart surgery, many things came into my mind.  Will I be able to survive this operation?  Were there financial matters I needed to attend to settle?   Were there things that I should handover to someone?  My body was so weary and my mind… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/28/19)[:]

[:en]CLOTHES FOR THE CLIMATE Some countries have 4 seasons in a year.  So the people have to wear particular clothes for the season.  When properly clothed for the climate, a person can survive and thrive in harsh and changing weather conditions. The same principle is true in our spiritual lives.  The Lord had prescribed spiritual… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/27/19)[:]

[:en]FROM EMPTY TO FULL A widow came to Elisha in financial distress, fearing her children would be sold into slavery to pay her debts (2 Kings 4).  She had no assets other than a jar of oil.  God multiplied that oil to fill enough borrowed jars to settle the debts plus care for their daily… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (9/26/19)[:]

[:en]APART BUT NOT ABANDONED Paul had established the church in Ephesus.  They were as close as family for about three years.  But Paul had to say goodbye to them and go to Jerusalem.  He might not be able to see them again.  As pasting advice, he told the Ephesians not to feel abandoned.  God would… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/25/19)[:]

[:en]LIVING IN TENTS When Abraham was 75 years old, God called him to leave his country so the Lord could make him into a new nation. (Gen. 12:1-2)  Abraham obeyed, trusting that God would keep His promise.  And for the rest of his life until he died at 175 , he lived away from his… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/24/19)[:]

[:en]THE DAILY PRAYER Paul urges the Ephesian christians to pray “on all occasions with all kinds of prayers” (Eph. 6:18)  It is essential to teach our children the importance of  prayer and to pray with them.  They need to know how to reach God personally in faith.  Let them lessen their daily worries by reaching… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/21/19)[:]

[:en]SWEET AND SOUR When Job was undergoing suffering, he continued to honor God.  When Painful sores afflicted his body, he endured th agony (Job 2:7-8).  His wife told him to give up God, but Job responded by trusting the Lord through suffering and afflictions.  “Whall we accept good from God, and not trouble? (Job. 2:10)… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/21/19)[:]