Tag: Our Daily Bread

[:en]FROM WORMS TO WAR A ten-year-old Cleo went fishing with his father.  But when he saw the bait with a worm, he was afraid and unable to act. When the angel of the Lord came  to Gideon and told him that God wanted him to lead His poeple in battle, he was fearful.  He responded: … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/9/19)[:]

[:en]HOW LONG? The prophet Habakkuk cried out to the Lord: “How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen; Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’, but you do not save?  Why do you make me look at injustice?  Why do you tolerate wrongdoings?   Habakkuk was waiting for God to intervene.  But… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/7/19)[:]

[:en]IF I KNEW THEN … At some point in our lives, most of us have thought about how we might do things differently – if only we could do it all over again.   The things that we have done, the choices that we have made cannot be reversed.  We have to bear its consequences. Praise… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/6/19)[:]

[:en]DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS Whether at work or at home, we always encounter interruptions.   A phone call, or an unexpected visit can easily deflect us from what we are doing and affect our main purpose. Disruptions in our daily lives often cause inconvenience or a change of plans.  But Jesus treated what appeared to be interrruptions in… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/4/19)[:]

[:en]CONCEIVED IN CRISIS David fled from his enemies for fear of his life.  In Psalm 57, he wrote:  I am in the midst of lions.  I lie among ravenous beasts — men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords” (v. 4).  But inspite of his predicament, he was able to sing… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/3/19)[:]

[:en]THE PERFECT PRAYER PARTNER “Jesus is now at the right hand of God interceding for us”  (Rom. 8:34).  This is such a comfort to know that Jesus is praying for us.  He hears us as we pray, and speaks to the Father on our behalf.  We don’t have to be eloquent in prayer because Jesus… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/2/19)[:]

[:en]IT TAKES TIME TO GROW In life, there are two kinds of growth to speak of – Physical and Spiritual.  A child can grow physically by eating foods.  He then matures to become an adult.  Similarly, evey individual also needs to grow spiritually.  And that is by taking spiritual food – God’s Word. Let us… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (10/1/19)[:]

[:en]NEW: INSIDE AND OUT There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus.  He was impressed with the miraculous signs that Jesus did and sensed that Jesus must come ‘from God’.  So he came to Jesus at night and asked.  Jesus told him “to be born again” and be made totally new in order to to see the… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/30/19)[:]

[:en]FRESH FAITH When Jesus came to the disciples after his resurrection, Thomas was not there.  So he insisted that “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were…. I will not believe” (John 20:25).  But when Jesus appeared to Thomas and let him  personally touched Him, Thonas… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/29/19)[:]

[:en]THE DAY I COULDN’T PRAY When I learned that I needed an open-heart surgery, many things came into my mind.  Will I be able to survive this operation?  Were there financial matters I needed to attend to settle?   Were there things that I should handover to someone?  My body was so weary and my mind… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from “Our Daily Bread” (9/28/19)[:]