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RIGHT BESIDE YOU 바로 당신 옆에 [ Deuteronomy 4:5 - 4:8 ] - hymn 369 The Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him. [ DEUTERONOMY 4:7 ] Each day at a post office in Jerusalem, workers sort through piles of undeliverable letters in an attempt to guide each to its recipient. Many end up in a specially marked box labeled “Letters to God.” About a thousand such let..

LET US PRAISE! 찬양합시다! [ Psalms 67 ] - hymn 37 May the nations be glad and sing for joy. [ PSALM 67:4 ] When the alarm on Shelley’s phone goes off every day at 3:16 in the afternoon, she takes a praise break. She thanks God and acknowledges His goodness. Although she communicates with God throughout the day, Shelley loves to take this break because it helps her cele..

THROUGH THE WATERS 물 가운데로 지날 때 [ Isaiah 43:1 - 43:7 ] - hymn 391 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. [ ISAIAH 43:2 ] The movie The Free State of Jones tells the US Civil War story of Newton Knight and some Confederate deserters and slaves who aided the Union Army and then resisted slaveholders after the war. Many herald Knight as the hero, but..

OUR FATHER SINGS 노래하시는 하나님 아버지 [ Zephaniah 3:14 - 3:20 ] - hymn 88 He...will rejoice over you with singing. [ ZEPHANIAH 3:17 ] Dandy loves encouraging people by singing to them. One day we were having lunch at his favorite restaurant, and he noticed the waitress was having a hard day. He asked her a few questions and then started quietly singing a catchy,..

RUN TOWARD CHALLENGE 힘든 일을 향해 달려가기 [ 2 Kings 6:8 - 6:17 ] - hymn 397 He looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. [ 2 KINGS 6:17 ] Tom chased the young men who were stealing his poor friend’s bike. He didn’t have a plan. He only knew he needed to get it back. To his surprise, the three thieves looked his way, droppe..

“우리가 이 모든 일을 인하여 이제 견고한 언약을 세워.” 본문 [느헤미야 9:38] 우리는 일상 생활 속에서 하나님과 우리의 언약을 바르고 유익하게 갱신할 수 있는 기회들을 많이 갖고 있습니다. 예를 들어 히스기야처럼 병에서 회복된 후, 하나님과의 언약을 새롭게 하는 것도 아주 좋을..

DIVINELY ALIGNED 신성하게 배열됨 [ Romans 11:33 - 11:36 ] - hymn 302 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! [ ROMANS 11:33 ] I was deeply troubled and woke in the night to pace the floor and pray. Frankly, my attitude was not one of prayerful submission to God, but one of question..

THE SADDEST GOOSE 가장 불쌍한 거위 [ Ecclesiastes 4:9 - 4:12 ] - hymn 220 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. [ ECCLESIASTES 4:12 ] Why is there a football in the parking lot? I wondered. But as I got closer, I realized the greyish lump wasn’t a football: it was a goose—the saddest Canada goose I..

“하나님이……그를……높이사.” 본문 [사도행전 5:31] 한때 십자가에 못박혀 돌아가시고 장사지낸 바 되었던 우리 주 예수님이 지금은 영광의 보좌에 앉아 계십니다. 주님은 물론 천국에서 가장 높은 자리에 앉아 계십니다. 이 점에 대해서는 논란의 여지가 있을 수 없습니다. 그리스도..

A WORLD OF PROVISION 공급해주는 세계 [ Psalms 104:10 - 104:26 ] - hymn 66 There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number. [ PSALM 104:25 ] It’s 2 a.m. when Nadia, a farmer of sea cucumbers, walks into a roped-off pen in the ocean shallows near her Madagascar village to harvest her “crop.” The early hour doesn’t bother her. “Life was ..