Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

[:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (5/25/19)[:]

[:en]THE REMEDY FOR JEALOUSY When David came home from his victorious fight against Goliath, people shouted: “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands” (1 Sam. 18:7).  With this comment, King Saul gave in to the green-eyed monster of jealousy.   Saul was outraged and “from that time on…kept a jealous eye on David”… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (5/25/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/24/19)[:]

[:en]LOOKALIKES Paul said that when we become Christians, “We all are being transformed into His image with ever-increading glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2 Cor. 3:18) By transforming into the Lord’s image, he meant that we should seek to honor Jesus  and demonstrate Christlike characterics in how lives.  Our character… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/24/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (5/23/19)[:]

[:en]DEFENDING GOD When Jesus was planning to set out for Jerusalem, He sent messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for Him.  But unfortunatedly, the people there did not welcome him.  When the disciples James and John saw this,   they asked. “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (5/23/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/22/19)[:]

[:en]BLINK AND THINK OF GOD In Deudteronomy 32:1, Moses wrote that God shields and protects His people, guarding them “as the apple of His eye”.  The “apple” here means pupil of the eyes.  God is like an eyelid that encircles and guards the pupil and protects the tender eye.  The eyelid guards the eye from… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/22/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/19/19)[:]

[:en]PREPARE THE CHILD The Psalmist Asaph wrote in Psalm 78: 4-7 “We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done.  He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which He commanded our forefathers… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/19/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/18/19)[:]

[:en]CLOTHED BY GOD God showed Zechariah a vision of Joshua, a high priest, who was dressed in filthy clothes.  His filthy clothes were removed and replaced with rich garment together with a new turban.  The filthy clothes represent sin and wrongdoing.  The Lord has taken away his sins and robe him with clean garments. Similary,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/18/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/17/19)[:]

[:en]LIVING WITH LIONS One of the original Striding Lions of Babylon is being displayed in Chicago museum.  It is a large mural-type image of a winged lion with a ferocious expression.  It symbolized Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of love and war.  There were 120 similar lions lined in a Babylonian pathway during the years of… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/17/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/16/19)[:]

[:en]BEING A TRUE FRIEND Nelchizedek, both the king of Salem and a priest blessed Abram when he was returning weary from battle. (Gen. 14).   He blessed him sayinhg, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth” (v.Gen. 14:19) We can be a TRUE FRIEND by blessing others in many ways:  By… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/16/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/15/19)[:]

[:en]FOREVER UNCHANGING WORDS As the Israelites faced continual trials, Isaiah comforted them with confidence in God’s enduring words. (Isa. 40:1).  He proclaimed that God paid the debt caused by their sins and their hope is secured in the coming Messiah. In a world filled with uncertainties and affliction, the opinions of man and our feelings… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/15/19)[:]