Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

[:en]AT HOME WITH JESUS When Jesus spoke His impending death and resurrection with His disciples during their last supper together, He promised that He would go away and come back for them.  He would go and prepare a place for them, a dwelling place – a home. We are assured from Jesus’ words that He… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/12/19)[:]

[:en]WHY FORGIVE? As we commemorate Holy Thursday, we think of Jesus on the cross uttering a prayer asking His Father to forgive those who had nailed Him there.  He did not hang on to bitterness or anger, but showed grace and love to those who had wronged Him. This is a fitting time to consider… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/11/19)[:]

[:en]OUR BEST FRIEND No man is an island.  We need friends in our life.  However, it is difficult to find a friend who is understanding, loyal, helpful and ever present with us. But we have  a friend who had sacrificed his life for us.  He offered us the free gift of salvation.  He has opened… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/10/19)[:]

[: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)[:]

[: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]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]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]KOSSI’S COURAGE As an eight-year-old, King Josiah came to power in an idol-worshiping, sex-obsessed culture.  His father and grandfather had been two of the worst kings in all of Judah’s sordid history.  Then the high priest discovered the book of the law.  When the young king heard its words, he took them to heart (2… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/5/19)[:]

[:en]HIS WORD THE LAST WORD Dawson Trotman was a dynamic Chrstian leader of the mid-twentieth century and founder of The Navigators.  He emphasized the importance of the Bible in the life of every Christian.  He ended each day with a practice called “His Word the Last Word”.  Before going to sleep, he prayed about its… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/4/19)[:]

[:en]A HEART OF COMPASSION Wherever we go, we will encounter people who need compassion.  We must be gentle to the sick, the lonely, the aged, the poor, the abandoned, the depressed, the homeless, and those with special needs.  Paul  said:  “As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humiltiy, gentleness… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (4/3/19)[:]