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Day 36: Romans 15/Psalm 91
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Wednesday March 31, 2004
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A Lesson
Learned Long Ago…
There we were in our Sunday best; anklets sliding down into the heels
of our patent leather shoes and sitting on tiny little green wooden
chairs. We were the first grade Sunday school class at the big church
on the corner. Yes, there we were twenty little minds, some of us
fidgeting wishing we could be outside building forts in the woods, some
listening to a growl in our bellies wondering if it was going to be pot
roast or fried chicken for dinner that afternoon and would we be lucky
enough to have ice cream for dessert today?… when something incredible
happened, something to remember forever, something that changed the way
we looked at God!
The lesson and
memory verse that morning was Psalm 91:4 “He will cover you with his
feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness
will be your shield and rampart. Our teacher, Miss Pat, presented a
flannel graph lesson that morning which was our favorite teaching
method and Miss Pat our favorite teacher. The story was a true story
about a fire in the barnyard of a family’s farm. The blaze consumed the
chicken coop and all the animals inside. Dejectedly the family walked
through the barnyard saddened and bewildered by their loss when they
heard a wonderful sound, a muffled “peep peep”. The farmer walked
toward the noise and moved aside a dead hen. He was delighted to see
six little chicks hop out from under their mother’s wings. The chicks
were oblivious to their brush with death and the great sacrifice that
had been made for them.
How many times have
we been sheltered under the wings of the almighty and like the chicks,
hopped out totally unscathed? How great was the sacrifice our Savior
paid for us? How could we ever choose to be anywhere else?
Today’s
Prayer:
Father thank you for your amazing care for us and thank you that we
need not fear anything that comes our way because the safety we have
under your wings is a promise without fail.
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Memory Verse of the Week:
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the
shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD , "He is my
refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
Psalm 91:1-2 (New International Version)
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listing of all the previous devotionals in this "50 Day
Experience," click here.
To read the chapter or psalm of the day online, click on one of the
following links:
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Romans
15
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Psalm
91
Donna Hern, hern@cincyvineyard.com,
Administrative Assistant to Dave Workman and Celebrations Coordinaor
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