Tag: Our Daily Bread

[:en]Now these three remain:  Faith , hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love” (1 Cor. 13:13) Love is the first and the greatest.  It originates with God because God is love.  He first loved us before we love Him, (1 John 4:19)  Love is eternal, for love is of God and God… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/10/17)[:]

[:en]Music is a universal language.  It touches the senses and emotions of people and is appreciated in different ways.  All believers are members of God’s orchestra.  But we often hear only the music closest to us.  When Job was suffering, all he heard was only sad notes.  “Now those young men mock me in song. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/09/17)[:]

[:en]A sister pinched his brother because he had said something mean to her.  Then the brother grabbed her arm because she had pinched him.  This pattern, which is common between children can show up in adult relationship too. One person offends another, and the hurt person shoots back a verbal blow.  The original offender retaliates… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/08/17)[:]

[:en]Horses have the largest eyes of all land mammals, yet they have poor eyesight and can see only few colors.  They cannot always identify objects on  the ground so that they can easily step on something that might harm them.  For this reason, they have to be properly trained. Job misunderstood his troubled and thought… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/07/17)[:]

[:en]Our parents give us rules and regulations on what we should do and what we should not do.  But sometimes, we consider their instructions a killjoy to keep us from enjoying ourselves.  For example.  They warn us not to play with fire because they don’t want us to be burned.  They told us not to… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/06/17)[:]

[:en]David battled with the brevity of his life when he said:  “Show me Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeing my life is” (Ps. 39:4) He described his life’s span as no longer than the width of his hand, as only a moment to God and merely… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/05/17)[:]

[:en]In Yunnan province of China, their main source of food is corn and rice.  But in May, 2012, a severe drought hit the region and the crops withered.  To end the drought, the people carried out superstitious practices but without any effect.  So they began blaming the five Christians in the village for offending the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/04/17)[:]

[:en]Sometimes we have thought of having done something embarrassing, shameful, encountered fear or being lost, to wake up realizing that it was only a dream  The relief of waking up from a dream is nothing compared to waking to the reality of God’s forgiveness which we ever thought as too good to be true. A… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/03/17)[:]

[:en]God promises that those who believed in Him shall have eternal life (John 3:16). This assurance lifts us up when we are downhearted.  It gives us courage to sharpen our faith in times of doubt. Have you believed in Jesus?  Invite Him into your life and cast out all your doubts because God will give… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/01/17)[:]

[:en]Joshua shared a message to the people saying:  ” You lived in the wilderness for a long time (Joshua 24:7).  God gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities you did not build, and you live in them and eat from vineyard’s and olive groves that you did not plant (Joshua… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/02/17)[:]