[:en]I ‘M REALLY SCARED All of us do not want to face unwanted life events.  We are scared to have medical tests.  We are anxious waiting for the results.  We are frightened to be hospitalized.  Where can we turn for help?  Who can give us  courage and comfort?  Paul in Philippians 4:6-7 said:  “Do not… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “OUr Daily Bread” (7/22/19)[:]

[:en]A TIME FOR EVERYTHING King Solomon was the writer of the book of Ecclesiastes.  In Ecc. 3, he wrote about “A Time for Everything”.  He addressed through a series of opposites how there is a ‘time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven’ (v. 1) “A time to be born and a… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/20/19)[:]

[:en]MIGHTIER THAN ALL Iguazu Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina, is a spectacular waterfall system of 275 falls along 21.7 km. (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River.  Etched on a wall on the the Brazilian side of the Falls are the words of Psalm 93:4.  “Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/19/19)[:]

[:en]BEYOND LABELS Many times, we allow labels to define who we are.  We see ourselves as wonderful or terrible, capable or helpless.  We also assign them to others.   But God’s grace defies labels because it is rooted in His love, not in our self-perception. The Lord  accepts us as we are.  He invites us to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/18/19)[:]

[:en]JUST LIKE DAD Children are great imitators.  They listen to  what their parents are saying.  They observe what they are doing.  And they copy their actions. Jesus is also doing exactly what the Father did – reaching out to the lost, helping the needy, and healing the sick.  He said:  “the Son can do nothing… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/17/19)[:]

[:en]DEEP ROOTS The sequoia tree is one of three species of redwwods.  It is among the world’s largest and most enduring organisms.  It can grow to 300 feet in height, weight over 2.5 million pounds (1.1 million kg), and live for 3,000 years.  Thje majestic sequoia owes much of its size and longevity to what… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/16/19)[:]

[:en]ARE YOU BEING PREPARED? David was just a shepherd boy.  But he had fought and killed a lion and a bear to save the sheep.  When Israel was challenged  to send someone to fight Goliath, he bravely volunteered to fight with him.  King Saul was reluctant to send him but David said:  “The Lord who… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/15/19)[:]

[:en]FACE TO FACE With the advance technology, the world is conncected electronically instead of physically.  We have less time together in person to share laughter and emotions with each other face to face., During the Old Testament times, people cannnot talk to God directly .  The priest acted as an intermediary between God and the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/14/19)[:]

[:en]INTIMATE DETAILS The universe that God has made is astonishingly grand.  The moon is spinning around us at nearly 2,300 miles per hour.  Our earth is spinning around the sun at 66,000 miles an hour.  Our sun is one of 200 billion other starts and trillions more planets in our galaxy, and that galaxy is… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/13/19)[:]