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Unexpected Change 예기치 못한 변화 [ James 4:13 - 4:17 ] - hymn 406 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. JAMES 4:14 In January 1943, warm Chinook winds hit Spearfish, South Dakota, quickly raising the temperatures from –4° to 45°F (–20° to 7°C). That drastic weather change—a swing of 49 degrees—took place in just two minutes. The widest tem- p..

Thoughts of Joy 기쁨에 관한 여러 가지 생각 [ Philippians 4:4 - 4:9 ] - hymn 412 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! PHILIPPIANS 4:4 In What We Keep, a collection of interviews by Bill Shapiro, each person tells of a single item that holds such importance and joy that he or she would never part with it. This caused me to reflect on the possessio..

Rich Toward God 하나님께 대하여 부요함 [ 1 Timothy 6:6 - 6:11 ] - hymn 427 Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 TIMOTHY 6:6 Growing up during the Great Depression, my parents knew deep hardship as children. As a result, they were hard- working and grateful money stewards. But they were never greedy. They gave time, talent, and treasury to their church, charity..

Liberated by Jesus 예수님에 의해 자유롭게 됨 [ Mark 5:1 - 5:20 ] - hymn 284 [He] began to tell. . . how much Jesus had done for him. MARK 5:20 "I lived with my mother so long that she moved out!" Those were the words of KC, whose life before sobriety and sur- render to Jesus was not pretty. He candidly admits sup- porting his drug habit by stealing—even from loved..

Pierced Love 가시에 찔린 사랑 [ Isaiah 53:1 - 53:6 ] - hymn 151 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities. ISAIAH 53:5 She’d called. She’d texted. Now Carla stood outside her brother’s gated entry, unable to rouse him to answer. Burdened with depression and fighting addiction, her brother had hidden himself away in his home. In a..

Ancient Promises 옛 약속 [ Numbers 6:22 - 6:27 ] - hymn 638 The Lord bless you and keep you. NUMBERS 6:24 In 1979, Dr. Gabriel Barkay and his team discovered two silver scrolls in a burial ground outside the Old City of Jerusalem. In 2004, after twenty-five years of careful research, scholars confirmed that the scrolls were the oldest biblical text in existence, having been..

그가 친히 말씀하시기를.” 본문 [히브리서 13:5] 만일 이 말씀을 믿음으로 이해할 수만 있다면, 우리는 손에 모든 것을 정복하는 무기를 갖는 셈이 됩니다. 두 날이 선 이 검에 의해 죽음당하지 않을 의심이 어디 있겠습니까? 하나님의 언약의 시위에서 쏘아대는 이 화살 앞에 치명적인 상..

A Place of Belonging 우리가 속한 자리 [ Ephesians 3:14 - 3:21 ] - hymn 286 So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. EPHESIANS 3:17 Some years after the tragic loss of their first spouses, Robbie and Sabrina fell in love, married, and combined their two families. They built a new home and named it Havilah (a Hebrew word meaning “writhing in pain” and ..

The Hardest Places 가장 힘든 곳 [ Genesis 41:46 - 41:52 ] - hymn 337 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea. GENESIS 41:49 Geoff is a youth pastor today in the same city where he once abused heroin. God transformed both his heart and his circumstances in a breathtaking way. “I want to keep kids from making the same mistakes and suffering the..

The Reality of God 하나님의 실상 [ 2 Kings 6:8 - 6:17 ] - hymn 400 The Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he [saw] chariots of fire all around Elisha. 2 KINGS 6:17 In C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, all of Narnia is thrilled when the mighty lion Aslan reappears after a long absence. Their joy turns to sorrow, however, wh..