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https://odb.org/2019/04/01/borrowed-blessings/ Borrowed Blessings가져다 쓰는 축복 [ 1 Chronicles 29:6 - 29:16 ] - hymn 429 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it. Psalms 24:1 As we bowed our heads over lunch, my friend Jeff prayed: “Father, thank You for letting us breathe Your air and eat Your food.” Jeff had just been through a difficult job loss, so his he..

Read: Isaiah 44:21-23 | Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 14-16; Mark 12:28-44 https://odb.org/2019/03/11/swept-away/ - [출처] Swept Away완전히 없애주심[ Isaiah 44:21 - 44:23 ] - hymn 255 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Isaiah 44:22 When he invented the pencil eraser, British engineer Edward Nairne (1726 – 1806) was reaching..

Read: Mark 10:17-31 | Bible in a Year: Deuteronomy 1-2, Mark 10:1-31 https://odb.org/2019/03/06/return-on-investment-2/ - [출처] Return on Investment투자 수익[ Mark 10:17 - 10:31 ] - hymn 450 We have left everything to follow you! Mark 10:28 In 1995 US stock market investors received record-high returns—on average, a whopping 37.6 percent return on their dollars. Then ..

Read: Romans 13:8-14 | Bible in a Year: Numbers 7-8, Mark 4:21-41 https://odb.org/2019/02/23/living-in-gods-story/ - [출처] Living in God’s Story하나님의 이야기 속에서 살기[ Romans 13:8 - 13:14 ] - hymn 171 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. Romans 13:12 Ernest Hemingway(July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was asked if he could write a compelling sto..

Read: Joel 2:18-27 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 29-30, Matthew 21:23-46 https://odb.org/2019/02/02/restored/ Restored회복됨[ Joel 2:18 - 2:27 ] - hymn 423 I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten. Joel 2:25 A 2003 infestation of Mormon crickets caused more than $25 million in lost crops. The crickets came in such numbers that people couldn’t so much as take a st..

Read: Job 37:14-24 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 23-24, Matthew 20:1-26 https://odb.org/2019/01/30/algae-and-diatoms/ Algae and Diatoms조류와 규조류[ Job 37:14 - 37:24 ] - hymn 393 Stop and consider God's wonders. Job 37:14 ”What’s a diatom?” I asked my friend. I was leaning over her shoulder looking at pictures on her cell phone she had taken through a microscope. “..

Read: Esther 4:5-14 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 16-18, Matthew 18:1-20 https://odb.org/2019/01/27/righteous-among-the-nations/ Righteous Among the Nations여러 나라의 의로운 사람들[ Esther 4:5 - 4:14 ] - hymn 515 For such a time as this. Esther 4:5 - 4:14 At Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel, my husband and I went to the Righteous Among the Nations garden that..

Read: Matthew 15:1-11 | Bible in a Year: Exodus 7-8, Matthew 15:1-20 https://odb.org/2019/01/23/walking-boots-and-loopholes/ Trying to Impress좋은 인상을 주려는 노력[ Matthew 15:1 - 15:11 ] - hymn 288 Out of the heart come evil thoughts....These are what defile a person. Matthew 15:19-20 When a college class went on a cultural field trip, the instructor almost didn..

Read: Hosea 11:8-11 | Bible in a Year: Genesis 41-42, Matthew 12:1-23 ttps://odb.org/2018/12/15/mosaic-of-beauty/ What Can’t You Give Up?무엇을 포기할 수 없습니까? [ Hosea 11:8 - 11:11 ] - hymn 290 [Nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God. Romans 8:39 What’s one thing you can’t give up?” the radio host asked. Listeners called in with some i..

Read: Luke 1:46–55 | Bible in a Year: Amos 1–3; Revelation 6 ttps://odb.org/2018/12/15/mosaic-of-beauty/ Mosaic of Beauty아름다운 모자이크[ Luke 1:46 - 1:55 ] - hymn 115 My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46-47 Sitting in the courtyard of the Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, Israel, I was overwhelmed with the beautiful ..