Germantown Church of The Brethren
“INSULT TO INJURY” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Job 5 (Focus vs.17–27) MEMORY VERSE “Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.” Job 5:7 BACKGROUND During the Golden Age of radio, Fred Allen (1894–1956) used comedic pessimism to bring smiles to a generation living in […]
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“INSULT TO INJURY” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Job 5 (Focus vs.17–27) MEMORY VERSE “Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.” Job 5:7 BACKGROUND During the Golden Age of radio, Fred Allen (1894–1956) used comedic pessimism to bring smiles to a generation living in
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“HIDING FROM GOD” OUR DAILY BREAD (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Genesis 3 (Focus vs.1–10) MEMORY VERSE “The Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 BACKGROUND I squeezed my eyes shut and started counting aloud. My fellow third-grade classmates tore out of the room to find a place
“HIDING FROM GOD” OUR DAILY BREAD (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Genesis 3 (Focus vs.1–10) MEMORY VERSE “The Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 BACKGROUND I squeezed my eyes shut and started counting aloud. My fellow third-grade classmates tore out of the room to find a place
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“THIS IS GRACE” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Acts 2 (Focus vs. 32–410 MEMORY VERSE “God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” Acts 2:36 BACKGROUND Les Misérables begins with paroled convict Jean Valjean stealing a priest’s silver. He’s caught, and he expects to
“THE POTTER’s WHEEL” OUR DAILY BREAD (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Jeremiah 18 (Focus vs. 1–6) MEMORY VERSE “The pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.” Jeremiah 18:4 BACKGROUND In 1952, in
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“WE NEED OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) DECEMBER 1, 2021 READ: Hebrews 10 (Focus vs.19–25) MEMORY VERSE [Let us] not [give] up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but [encourage] one another. Hebrews 10:25 BACKGROUND I grew up the firstborn son of
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“LOVING GOD” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: 1 John 4 (Focus vs.10–21) MEMORY VERSE “We know and rely on the love God has for us.” 1 John 4:16 BACKGROUND The professor ended his online class in one of two ways each time. He’d say, “See you next time”
“CELEBRATING DIVERSITY” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Psalm 133 MEMORY VERSE “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1 BACKGROUND At the 2019 graduation ceremony at a local high school, 608 students prepared to receive their diplomas. The principal began by
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“TRUE IDENTITY” OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: 1 John 2&3 (Focus vs.2: 28–3:10) MEMORY VERSE “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” 1 John 3:1 BACKGROUND As my friend reviewed the pictures I took of her, she