Tag: Our Daily Bread

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/30/19)[:]

[:en]EXPECT AND EXTEND MERCY The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector spoke of two men who went up to the temple to pray.  The Pharisee was comparing himself to the tax collector and boasting about himself and of what he did.  But the tax collector stood at a distance, beat his breast and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/30/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/29/19)[:]

[:en]LET HONOR MEET HONOR There is the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.  In Sept. 2003, hurriance Isabel was bearing down on Washington, DC., and the guards were told to seek shelter during the worst of the storm.  Surprisingly, the guards refused!  They unselfishly stood their post… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/29/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/28/19)[:]

[:en]NOT ONE SPARROW Whenever there is someone close to our heart that departs from this world, we feel the grief, the pain, the loneliness and the loss.  But God said:  “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants” (Psalm 116:15) All of us has to make an emotional preparation… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/28/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from Our Daily Bread” (5/27/19)[:]

[:en]DYSFUNCTIONAL “Dysfunctional” means broken, not working properly, unable to do what it was designed to do”. In Romans, Apostle Paul wrote:  “All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one …For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:12-13) The… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Our Daily Bread” (5/27/19)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/26/19)[:]

[:en]NAVIGATING ROUGH WATERS Our lives have to undergo lots of transitions.  From childhood to college, career to marriage, adulthood to old age –  all are marked by uncertainty and insecurity. When Solomon assumed the throne from his father David, this was his father’s advice: “Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (5/26/19)[:]

[: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)[:]