Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

[:en]SURPRISE INTERVIEW On a crowded London commuter train, an early morning rider shoved and insulted a fellow passenger who got in his way.  When he arrived at the destination for job interview, he was shocked to discover that the person who greeted him was the one he shoved and sworn earlier that day. While on… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/13/19)[:]

[:en]UNIQUELY CREATED Each of us has individual differences and pereferences because we are uniquely and wonderfully made. (Ps. 139:14).  So all of us are gifted in different ways to serve each other (1 Pet. 4:10-11) The disciples of Jesus has different characteristics.  Peter was  an impulsive person.  He cut off a servant’s ear when Jesus… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/12/19)[:]

[:en]MAYDAY “Mayday” was created in 1923 by Frederick Stanley Mockford , a senior radio officer at Londond’s Croydon Airport.  He coined “Mayday” from the French word “m’aidez” which means, “help me”.  It is an international distress call  which is always repeated three times in a row that signals a life-threatening emergency. Kind David also faced… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (March 11, 2019)[:]

[:en]HOME The Jews were exiled and living without a country as aliens and outsiders (Eph. 2:12) .  Paul wrote Ephesians to tell them and they could find life and hope in Christ.  They learned that they belong to the kingdom of heaven  being known and cared for by the heavenly Father. May we learn to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/10/19)[:]

[:en]MISTAKES WERE MADE When God asked Eve why she ate the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,  she blamed it to the serpent.  When God asked Adam why he took the fruit, he blamed it to Eve.  When the people built a golden calf to worship in the desert,  Aaron… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/9/19)[:]

[:en]PAINTING A PORTRAIT The National Portrait Gallery in London, England, houses a treasure of paintings from across the centuries, including 166 images of Winston Churchill, 94 of Wkilliam Shakespeare, and 20 of George Washington.  As we look at it, we may wonder:  Is that what these individuals really looked like? This is also true with… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/8/18)[:]

[:en]RULER OF THE WAVES Our God, the creator is the One who laid Earth’s foundation (Job 38:4-7).  He commands morning to appear and night to end (Job 38:12-13)  He stocks the storehouse of the snow and directs the stars (Job 38:22, 31-33).  He is the only one Ruler of the waves (Job 38:1). Let us… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/7/19)[:]

[:en]LOVING PERFECTLY What is Love? Love is: Patient, kind, keeps no record of wrongs, rejoice with the truth, always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love is not: Envious, boastful, proud, rude, self-seeking, easily angered, delight in evil. Jesus is the perfect example of perfect love.  He interacted with people with varying needs and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/6/19)[:]

[:en]THE GIFT OF WELCOME The writer of the book of Hebrews exhorted his readers to continue to welcome strangers.  For in doing so, “some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it” (Heb. 13:2).  Abraham and Sarah had welcomed three strangers to their house reaching out to them with generosity and treating them to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/5/19)[:]

[:en]OF LOVE AND OLD SHOES We always prefer to wear the “old shoes” because it fits so well and it is very comfortable.  Sometimes we refer to each other affectionately as “my old shoe” – a compliment that expresses a relationship as the result of decades of love and trust. God’s love for us already… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (3/4/19)[:]