ODJ: ultimate allegiance
Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do You think You are? (v.53). READ: John 8:31-58 Read the first 8 chapters of the gospel of John and you get the distinct impression that inaccurate views of two men—Moses and Abraham—stood in the way of many first-century Jews [...]
ODB: the fear of falling
April 9, 2010
READ: Psalm 46
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. —Deuteronomy 33:27
Have you ever dreamed that you were falling out of bed or from some great height, and you awoke in fright? I remember that as a boy I would often be awakened by such a terrifying feeling.
I heard about a man who had this sensation as soon as he slipped into sleep. He was so rudely awakened by his sense of falling that he was afraid to go back to sleep. He feared he would die, and he imagined he was falling into a bottomless pit.
Then one evening as he was strolling through a cemetery, he saw this phrase engraved on a tombstone:
Underneath Are The Everlasting Arms
These words reminded him that when believers die, they are safely carried by the Lord to their home in heaven. He recalled the assurance of the psalmist, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me” (Ps. 23:4).
The once-fearful man realized that in life and in death— and even in sleep—the “everlasting arms” of our loving Lord are there to catch and hold us. That night he was able to sing what he was taught in childhood, “Teach me to live that I may dread the grave as little as my bed!” At last he could fall asleep without fear. — M.R. De Haan
You can trust God in the dark as well as in the light.
Source: Our Daily Bread
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Sacrifice of Praise [1.1]
By Eugene Seah, Singapore Jesus, Open My Eyes to the Works of Your Hands In this series of articles, I would like to share some of the experiences I was blessed with in the three weeks trip I took in the villages beyond the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. I hope you will be blessed reading them [...]
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