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Our Daily Bread - Thursday, December 3, 2015
by RBC Ministries

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ONE STRETCH

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Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!
-1 John 3:1

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ezekiel 45-46
1 John 2

For years, Sarah had low-back pain that continued to worsen. Her doctor sent her for physical therapy, and she was given 25 stretches to do every day. The pain lessened but not completely. So the doctor ordered x-rays and sent her to another therapist, who instructed her to discontinue the other therapist's stretches and do only one stretch a day as needed. Surprisingly, the one simple stretch worked the best.
Sometimes, the simplest truths are the best. When asked to summarise in one sentence his whole life's work in theology, Karl Barth responded:
"Jesus loves me!" Some say he added, "This I know, for the Bible tells me so."
God's love for us is evident. He gave His son to rescue us from ourselves. Christ died on the cross, taking our burden of sin. Then He rose again, giving us new life in Him. Amazing love!. As John tells us: "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!"(1 John 3:1)
Jesus' love for us isn't a Band-Aid or a cure-all for all of life's problems, of course. But it is the one truth we can always depend on to give purpose to life and peace with God. - Anne Cetas
I am so glad that our Father in heaven
Tells of His love in the Book He has given:
Wonderful things in the Bible I see -
This is the dearest, that Jesus loves me. - Bliss

The wonder of it all - just to think that Jesus loves me.

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