Category: Daily Devotional Thoughts

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/09/17)[:]

[:en]Music is a universal language.  It touches the senses and emotions of people and is appreciated in different ways.  All believers are members of God’s orchestra.  But we often hear only the music closest to us.  When Job was suffering, all he heard was only sad notes.  “Now those young men mock me in song. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/09/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/08/17)[:]

[:en]Scripture Reading:  Psalms 129 Biblical Truth”  Psalms 129 is a recollection of all the sufferings that the people of  Israel experienced at the hands of her enemies.  It is also a declaration of God’s punishment to the evil done to Israel. Personal Application:  When you have been wrong, it is God’s responsibility to exact vengeance … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/08/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/08/17)[:]

[:en]A sister pinched his brother because he had said something mean to her.  Then the brother grabbed her arm because she had pinched him.  This pattern, which is common between children can show up in adult relationship too. One person offends another, and the hurt person shoots back a verbal blow.  The original offender retaliates… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/08/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/07/17)[:]

[:en]Scripture Reading:  Job 20 Biblical Truth:  Job’s friend Zophar falsely assumed that Job was evil and a hypocrite.  Zophar was correct about the final heritage of the wicked but he was wrong in directing it against Job. Personal Application:  Punishment of sinners may not happen in this lifetime.  Because of God’s amazing grace and mercy,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/07/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/07/17)[:]

[:en]Horses have the largest eyes of all land mammals, yet they have poor eyesight and can see only few colors.  They cannot always identify objects on  the ground so that they can easily step on something that might harm them.  For this reason, they have to be properly trained. Job misunderstood his troubled and thought… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/07/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/06/17)[:zh]T[:]

[:en]Scripture Reading:  Job 19 Biblical Truth:  During the time of Job, there was no doctrine about resurrection in Israel.  And yet Job had an amazing faith when he declared:  “I know that my Redeemer lives and … after my skin has been destroyed … I myself will see Him with my own eyes” (Job 19:25-27) … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/06/17)[:zh]T[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/06/17)[:]

[:en]Our parents give us rules and regulations on what we should do and what we should not do.  But sometimes, we consider their instructions a killjoy to keep us from enjoying ourselves.  For example.  They warn us not to play with fire because they don’t want us to be burned.  They told us not to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/06/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/05/17)[:]

[:en]Scripture Reading:  Job 18 Biblical Truth:  Job contended that the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer, but Job’s friend Bildah thought otherwise.  He viewed Job’s affliction as a consequence of sin.  In  real life, we know that Job was right because very often, the wicked do not get punished at all in their life and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/05/17)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/04/17)[:]

[:en]Scripture Reading:  Job 17 Biblical truth:  As Job struggled with pessimism facing his uncomprehensible suffering, he cried out to God.  Job continued to assert his innocence while his friends accused of his wrongdoings as the cause of his suffering.  The book Job shows that prosperity and  security were not necessarily a reward for faith in… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Light to My Path” (10/04/17)[:]