Tag: Our Daily Bread

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/7/18)[:]

[:en]Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, A dinner was given in Jesus’ honor in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper.  Mary took an expensive perfume, poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.  The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.  People… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/7/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/6/18)[:]

[:en]Grace is receiving undeserved blessings from God.  Mercy is relinquishing deserve punishment from God.  In His grace, he gave  us eternal life as a gift.  In His mercy, He took the penalty of our sins at the cross. God’s love is demonstrated by His sacrifice while we were still sinners.  Let us thank God for… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/6/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/4/18)[:]

[:en]The ancient Israelites always failed to do what God asked them to do.  That’s why Moses told the people:  “Be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you.. Walk in obedience to all that He has commanded you” (Deut. 5:33-33) In the book of Genesis, “Noah did everything just as God commanded… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/4/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/3/18)[:]

[:en]A children’s minster was playing a game called “Imitation” with the children.  He was going to name something for the children to act out what it does.  When Jesus was named, one six-year-old with a big smile on his face immediately threw his arms wide open in welcome.  The congregation applauded. When we become Christian,… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/3/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/2/18)[:]

[:en]God created man in His own image.  He is the craftsman who shapes us.  Sometimes our lives is wonderful, sometimes, it is painful.  But  we have to allow the Artist to cut, shape and sand us according to His plan.  We should put ourselves in the Master Carver’s hand because He knows what is best… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/2/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/1/18)[:]

[:en] When Assyrian King Sennacherib sent a message to King Hezekiah hat he is about to conquer the national of Israel, Hezekiah took this message to the temple in Jerusalem and “tell it to the Lord”.  He prayed and asked for help from the Almighty God.  The Lord through prophet Isaiah delivered this message to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/1/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (8/31/18)[:]

[:en]We are enslaved by our sins and unable to fight for freedom by ourselves.  It is only the Son of God, Jesus Christ that can set us free.  We can be liberated from our guilt, shame and hopelessness by trusting Jesus as our Savior.  Through his sacrifice and shedding of blood, he has secured us… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (8/31/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (8/30/18)[:]

[:en]A few years before Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the U.S., he got word that his oldest son, Theodore Jr. was ill.   His son was suffering from nervous exhaustion caused by him because he pressed him unmercifully to become the “fighter” hero-type he himself had not been during his own frail childhood.  Upon… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (8/30/18)[:]

[:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (8/29/18)[:]

[:en]When John the Baptist came to announce the good news of the coming Messiah, he was calling in the desert “Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him” (John 3:4).  He was preaching a baptism of repentance by declaring “Every valley shall be filed in, every mountain and hill made low.  The… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (8/29/18)[:]