What Is That to You?
Social media is useful for many things, but contentment is not one of them. At least not for me. Even when my goals are good, I can become discouraged by continual reminders that others are accomplishing them first or with greater results. I am prone to this kind of discouragement, so I frequently remind myself that God has not short-changed me. He has already given me everything I need to accomplish the work He wants me to do.
This means I don’t need a bigger budget or the assurance of success. I don’t need a better work environment or a…
How to be thankful for things that go wrong
When blessing come our way, we’re grateful to God. But what about when things go wrong in life? On “Discover the Word” today, our hosts explain why we should thank God for adversity. Because it is often a precursor to God’s greater plan!
Don’t Lose Heart
Cooking can become tedious work when I do it three times a day, week after week. I get tired of peeling, cutting, slicing, mixing, and then waiting for food to bake, grill, or boil. But eating is never tedious! It’s actually something we truly enjoy even though we do it day after day.
Paul used the illustration of sowing and reaping because he knew that doing good can be tiring (Gal. 6:7-10). He wrote, “Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart” (v.9). It’s difficult to love…
Are you facing a disaster you can’t handle?
After being imprisoned, shipwrecked, and stranded, Paul could have easily given in to panic. Yet he remained at peace during the entire disaster. Today on “Discover the Word” we’ll be taking a look at the biblical principle for crisis management.
How I Came to Understand My Parents
Written By Lim Chien Chong Chien Chong joined Singapore Youth For Christ (SYFC) full-time in 1998 after a six year teaching career in a local junior college. In 2005, he became SYFC’s National Director. He currently serves in the pulpit and bible class ministry in church as well as preaches, trains and teaches in different […]
Strength in Stillness
Early in my Christian life the demands of commitment made me wonder if I could make it past a year without returning to my old sinful ways. But this Scripture verse helped me: “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still” (Exod. 14:14 niv). These are the words Moses spoke to the Israelites when they had just escaped from slavery in Egypt and were being pursued by Pharaoh. They were discouraged and afraid.
As a young believer, with temptations engulfing my world, this call “to be still” encouraged me. Now, some 37 years later, remaining still…
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Why I’m Mourning for the Sabah Quake Victims
Written By Amy Ji, Singapore The reports on the victims of the recent Sabah earthquake have been for me, most horrifying to read. As the names of the bodies identified were listed, I realized that I had trained some of these students and had even worked with the teacher who had lost his life, just […]
What do we miss by rushing through life?
A famous author once wrote, “It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Join our study today as we look at sacred moments we might miss by rushing through life.
The Unlikely
Fanny Kemble was a British actress who moved to America in the early 1800s and married a southern plantation owner named Pierce Butler. Fanny enjoyed the life afforded by the wealth of the plantation, until she saw the cost of that luxury—a cost paid by the slaves who worked her husband’s plantations.
Having written a memoir of the cruel treatment slaves often suffered, Kemble was eventually divorced from her husband. Her writings were widely circulated among abolitionists and published in 1863 as Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838–1839. Because of her opposition to slavery, the former wife…
The Struggle To Love My Dad
I cannot remember a time when my dad played a significant part in my life—not in my growing years, and certainly not when I was a rebellious teenager. He was always busy in his career, striving to make a living to look after the family. At the time, I could not understand why he was […]
SG - Music & Majesty
The Music & Majesty Christmas CD is designed to help you celebrate the meaning and glory of Christmas. 10 beloved songs of the season are featured with rich, uplifting instrumental arrangements from the Our Daily Bread: The Best of Christmas CD. This Christmas CD is perfect for family get-togethers, church pre-services, and of course, for your personal times of prayer and reflection…
When Your Sin Comes to Light
Mixed feelings. Apprehension. Guilt. Shame. Regret. If any of those popped to mind, know that you’re not alone. Like it or not, each one of us have our fair share of bright and dark patches. For the latter, we probably wish we could erase or hide those parts away permanently. The good news for most of us is that we’d probably never have to worry about others knowing about those parts as long as we hide them well enough, or the law doesn’t ever find us out.
Failure: Life’s Great Teacher
Are you struggling with failure? This selection of articles from Our Daily Bread talks about how to deal with failure of different kinds. [Read online] [Printed copies out of stocks]
