As we write letters to our friends or family, our minds are thinking of what to write, what to say, and the details that are involved in completing the story. As I have been reading the bible starting in Genesis and coming to conclusion in the Old Testament and soon will be reading the New Testament, I realized that the complete bible of sixty-six books, written by forty authors, all share the complete history of the world, from one Author's point of view. If we really think

What a great mystery this is for us to fully grasp, "the power of "Christ in Us." The Apostle Paul addresses this very mystery to the Colossians. He begins by writing to the Colossians that Jesus rescued them from the "dominion of darkness" and brought them into His kingdom of His Son, where we have redemption and the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1: 13-14 For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, 14 in whom we

As we wander through our lives as Christians in this ever-changing world of darkness and deceit, I know that we must pray for God's love and power to be with us in this dangerous journey we call life. But so many times we feel that we must be walking in this journey alone. We say to ourselves, "Why is God not here with me...Why do I feel so alone?" In the Book of Ephesians, the Apostle Paul addresses these concerns to the Christians in Ephesus. They too struggled with these v

In reading today's "Our Daily Bread", I am reminded again of how awesome and powerful our God is. In the Book of Isaiah, chapter 40: 21-28, Isaiah speaks about our God who looks down from His canopy in the heavens and see all that is going on among the people of the earth. Isaiah 40: 21-23 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is He who sits above the circle of the

So many of as Christians want to live a life of "absolute surrender" to God, but we have so much fear of what we think God will call us to do. We tend to say to ourselves, "Oh, my desire is not strong enough, I am not willing for everything that may come, I do not feel bold enough to say I can conquer everything." All God asks of us is to have a "willing heart." He will provide us the strength. We need to pray to God the following: "My God, I am willing that You will make me

When it comes to our "Absolute Surrender" to God, so many of us think, "How much more does God want from me? Haven't I suffered enough for His kingdom? There is still so much of my 'self-life' remaining for me to live for." And there lies the problem of our "surrender" to God. We still want to hold on to our "self-life", our "self-will", thinking that by holding on to our self-will we will have better control of ourselves. This is so untrue, and this way of thinking comes onl

As we look at today's world and see what is happening around us, it becomes easy for us to lose focus on what should be important to us. Our family should be our priority, then our work, which provides the resources to support our family. And then we have other activities that are as important, such as time with our friends and church. All these things are good, but we tend to leave out the most important relationship in our life, our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Th

In preparing for today's message, I asked the Lord to direct me to a subject that would bring encouragement to our hearts. In reading Psalm 80 He brought me to the following verses: Psalm 80: 8-11 You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it. 9 You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with its shadow, And the mighty cedars with its boughs. 11 She sent out her boughs to t

I was in a bible study this past week and the subject of creation came up and I posed the question: "Is all of creation that God created, completely and absolutely surrendered to Him?" Some said yes, others said no. Think about it...God created the sun, moon, stars, flowers, trees, and everything the earth has to offer us. All of creation is surrendered to God because He created them. Do they (creation) not allow God to work in them just as He pleases? Of course, they do, He

In a previous issue of Our Daily Bread entitled, "Goodbyes and Hello," we are reminded of our fragile time here on earth. Many times, we must be saying "goodbye" to a dear loved one close to us, or even harder, a family member. Those times when they do happen, can be difficult to say the least. But as we get past the initial loss and turn our eyes to our Creator, we are reminded that our life here on earth, though short, we can now focus on our future, our eternity in heaven