Tag: Our Daily Bread

[:en]Biddy Mason was a woman born into slavery.  After winning her freedom in court battle in 1856, she was able to make a small fortune from business.  As  a generous person, she reached out to the immigrants and prisoners and did charity works.  In 1872, she and her son-in-law financed the founding of the First… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/17/18)[:]

[:en]When God gave Zechariah and Elizabeth their son John when they were well past their childbearing years, they rejoiced with thanksgiving.  That was the sweetest gift they received. The most precious gift we can receive is  Jesus Himself.  He offered His greatest gift of mercy, love and forgiveness freely to us.   Are you ready to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/16/18)[:zh]Thoughts from[:]

[:en]This verse “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it” is found in the three Gospels. (Mat. 16:25. Mark 8:35. Luke 9:24, Luke 17:33) What does it mean by “find their life”?  “Find their life” means looking, getting, obtaining and procuring things and luxuries for… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/15/18)[:]

[:en]As long as we are in this world, we will experience disappointment, sorrows, heartaches, grief and sickness.  But Jesus is our hope because He can turn our disappointment to satisfaction, sorrows to joy, heartaches to comfort, grief to  to happiness, and sickness to wellness.  God can make us grow in faith during times of trials… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/14/18)[:]

[:en]There are 3 requirements that David Wilcox, a singer-songwriter needs to compose his songs.  1)- a quiet room  2)- an empty page 3)-Something that he should know.   This serves as a wonderful approach for followers of Jesus as we week His plan for our lives each day. During Jesus’s public ministry, He took time to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/13/18)[:]

[:en]When the people of Israel were given freedom from the Egyptians after hundreds of years of bondage, they set off to the Promised land on the hard road through the desert.  God used that time in the desert to instruct and mature the people He had called to follow Him.  The long road prepared the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/12/18)[:]

[:en]Charles Spurgeon wrote:  “Now contentment is one of the flowers of heaven, and it must be cultivated”. Paul wrote:  “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.  I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret of being content in… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/11/18)[:]

[:en]Here is an anonymous poem about words: A CARELESS word may kindle strife;  A CRUEL word may wreck a life; A BITTER word may hate instill; A BRUTAL word may smite and kill. A GRACIOUS word may smooth the way;  A JOYOUS word may light the day;  A TIMELY word may lessen stress;  A LOVING… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/10/18)[:]

[:en]A British scholar once said:  “The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony” Jesus gave us the Golden Rule in His Sermon on the Mount: “Do to others what you would have them do to you” (Mat. 7:12)  He… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/8/18)[:]

[:en]God gave this command to the Israelites before they entered the land of Canaan.  “Impress them on your children.  Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.  Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on yur… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (7/7/18)[:]