Tag: Our Daily Bread

[:en]LEADING WITH LOVE Onesimus was a run-away slave of Philemon.  Philemon was a leader of the church in Colossae.  Later, when Onesimus became a Christian, Paul exemplified tact and diplomacy in reconciling them together.  As a respected leader of the early church, Paul appealed to Philemon on the basis of equality, friendship and love.  He… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (11/3/18)[:]

[:en]BE VIGILANT AND ALERT Adam and Eve sinnned because they got entangled with “good for food, pleasing to the eyes and desirable to gain wisdom” (Gen. 3:6). That is why Paul cautioned us to “Be alert and of sober mind.  Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour”… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (11/2/18)[:]

[:en]RUN TO ME Is fear haunting you?  Is something troubling you?  Are you in despair and in anguish? Don’t you have peace in your mind?  Remember this:  “The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe” (Prov. 18:10) “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (11/1/18)[:]

[:en]EARTHLY RESOURCES VS.  ETERNAL INHERITANCE When we retire, we make sure we don’t run out of money.  We all want the security of knowing that we will have the resources we need for the rest of our lives.  That is why there are financial plans and retirement plans  but it can not provide an absolute… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/31/18)[:]

[:en]PRAYERS NEEDED Hours before Judas betrayed Jesus, He prayed for His disciples.  He asked the Holy Father to protect them and that they may be one.  Even he knew what was going to happen to Him, He still focused on His followers and friends. May be also follow Jesus’ example to lift our eyes and… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/29/18)[:]

[:en]START LEARNING TO COUNT Oftentimes, we tend to take for granted many things in our life.  We take for granted our family members, our health, our friendship, and even our relationship with God.  David in Psalm 40:5 said: “Many, O Lord my god, are the wonders you have done.  The things you planned for us… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/28/18)[:]

[:en]REMEMBERING GOD – STAGE BY STAGE Numbers 33 is a long list of places tracing Israel’s pilgrimage from Rameses in Egypt to their arrival in the plains of Moab.  This list provided a framework upon which the Israelites could retrace their forty-year journey in the wilderness and recalled God’s faithfulness. How about you?  Have you… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread”(10/27/18)[:]

[:en]BE A WITNESS OF CHRIST Before Jesus was taken up into heaven, he told His disciples: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8)  When Paul had his… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/26/18)[:]

[:en]ACCEPTANCE AND CONTENTMENT: When Paul was given a thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment him, he pleaded with the Lord three times to take it waway from him.   But the Lord said to him: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:7-9)… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/25/18)[:]

[:en]CHOOSE TO CHANGE God created man in His image.  We are rational beings with the ability to think, to reason, to choose and to make decisions.  When the ancient Israelites fell in sin, God spoke to them through the prophet Ezekiel saying:  “Repent!  Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/24/18)[:]