God’s grace offers us fresh starts

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/04/14/healing-words/ HEALING WORDS치유의 말[ Proverbs 16:20 - 16:24 ] - hymn 428 Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. [ PROVERBS 16:24 ] A recent study has shown that encouraging words from a health-care provider can help patients recuperate faster from their ailments. A simple experiment exposed volunteer..

출처 - https://odb.org/US/2020/04/09/surrendering-all Surrendering AllBible in a Year: 1 Samuel 13–14Luke 10:1–24 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!” Mark 10:28COMMENTJOURNALSHAREGIVEToday's Scripture & Insight:Mark 10:26–31Two men remembered for serving others for Jesus left careers in the arts to commit themselves to where they believed ..

Migrant Mother [1936] 출처 - https://odb.org/2020/03/22/the-picture-of-despair THE PICTURE OF DESPAIR절망을 찍은 사진[ Psalms 107:4 - 107:9 ] - hymn 365 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. [ PSALM 107:6 ] During the Great Depression in the United States, famed photog- rapher Dorothea Lange snapped a photo of Flo..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/02/27/unpredictable-2 Unexpected Change예기치 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..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/02/09/we-are-dust We Are Dust우리는 먼지에 불과합니다[ Psalms 103:8 - 103:14 ] - hymn 290 He remembers that we are dust. PSALM 103:14 The young father was at the end of his rope. “Ice cream! Ice cream!” his toddler screamed. The meltdown in the middle of the crowded mall began drawing the attention of shoppers nearby. “Fine, but w..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/20/clean-containers Clean Containers깨끗한 그릇[ 1 Peter 4:7 - 4:11 ] - hymn 293 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. PROVERBS 10:12 "Hatred corrodes the container that carries it.” These words were spoken by former Senator Alan Simpson at the funeral of George H. W. Bush. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv5Izm_8lz8..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/12 A Lifestyle of Praise찬양하는 삶[ Psalms 146 ] - hymn 31 I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. PSALM 146:2 Wallace Stegner’s mother died at the age of fifty. When Wallace was eighty, he finally wrote her a note— “Letter, Much Too Late”—in which he praised the virtues of a woman who grew up, married, and raised two so..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/04/perfectly-placed Perfectly Placed완벽한 위치[ Job 38:4 - 38:11 ] - hymn 79 Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? JOB 38:4 Scientists know our planet is precisely the right distance from the sun to benefit from its heat. A little closer and all the water would evaporate, as on Venus. Only a bit farther and everything would..

출처 - https://odb.org/2020/01/01/prompted-to-pray Prompted to Pray기도하라는 신호[ 1 Timothy 2:1 - 2:8 ] - hymn 361 I constantly remember you in my prayers. 2 TIM. 1:3 "Several years ago I was prompted to pray for you often, and I wonder why.” That text message from an old friend came with a photo of a note she’d kept in her Bible: “Pray for James. Cover mind, ..

출처 - https://odb.org/2019/12/31/beautiful-fruit Beautiful Fruit아름다운 열매[ Luke 8:4 - 8:15 ] - hymn 497 The seed is the word of God. LUKE 8:11 "Kids should be able to throw a seed anywhere they want [in the garden] and see what pops up," suggests Rebecca Lemos-Otero, founder of City Blossoms. While this is not a model for careful gardening, it reflects the reality..