WRITTEN FOR OUR DAILY BREAD 8/19/12 BY: David H. Roper I marvel at Heman, the poet who wrote Psalm 88. His lot in life was unrelieved distress. “My soul is full of troubles,” he lamented (v.3). He was fed up with suffering! Heman looked back and remembered poor health and misfortune. He looked around and [...]
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Doubts And Faith – Sunday Thought For The Day
WRITTEN FOR OUR DAILY BREAD 8/12/12 BY: Dennis Fisher Can a believer in Jesus who has occasional doubts about matters of faith ever be effective in serving the Lord? Some people think that mature and growing Christians never question their beliefs. But just as we have experiences that can build our faith, we can also [...]
Surrounded By Prayer – Sunday thought For The Day
WRITTEN FOR OUR DAILY BREAD BY: Anne Cetas (7/22/12) My friend Melissa’s 9-year-old daughter Sydnie was in the hospital for chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant when I had a dream about her. I dreamed she was staying in a central room at the hospital with her parents. Surrounding her room was a block of [...]
The Viral Gospel – Sunday Thought For The Day
WRITTEN BY: David C. McCasland for Our Daily Bread (7/8/12) The term “viral video” refers to a short clip posted on the Internet that spreads rapidly as the link is sent from one person to another. The video may be funny, inspiring, or thought provoking, and it can quickly spread around the world and be [...]
The Offering Plate – Sunday Thought For The Day
WRITTEN BY: Anne Cetas (FOR: Our Daily Bread; 7/1/12) Ed Dobson, my former pastor, often said that he disliked preaching about financial giving to the church. He said his previous job required fundraising, so he didn’t like putting any unnecessary pressure on people. But when he was teaching through 2 Corinthians, and he came to [...]
Any Distance, Any Time – Sunday Thought For The Day
WRITTEN BY: David H. Roper (For: Our Daily Bread; 6/24/12) For several years, I’ve corresponded with a pastor in Nepal who often travels with his church members to distant communities in the Himalayas to preach and plant churches. Recently he sent me his itinerary for the following week and asked me to pray. His busy [...]
Unanswered – Sunday Thought For The Day
WRITTEN BY: Anne Cetas (FOR: Our Daily Bread; 6/10/2012) One of my biggest struggles is unanswered prayer. Maybe you can relate. You ask God to rescue a friend from addiction, to grant salvation to a loved one, to heal a sick child, to mend a relationship. All these things you think must be God’s will. [...]
A Sense Of Dread – Sunday Thought For The Day
WRITTEN BY: Bill Crowder (For Our Daily Bread 5/27/12) In Tennyson’s classic poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” valiant cavalry troops riding into battle are described by the imposing phrase, “Into the valley of death rode the six hundred.” Those words portray a sense of foreboding that anticipated the tragedy that lay before them. [...]
