SLEEPING with BREAD:
Holding What Gives You Life
by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, Matthew Linn
After finishing my Poetry Pie Prayers, I was scrambling on 'where to go from here'? In looking through my bookcase, I found Sleeping with Bread, a small book purchased years ago but never really read! Perfect! For I found at the heart of the message was a way to look, on a daily basis, your life, actions, and love, and to share those highs and lows with others. The premise of the title is based on stories from World War 2 and the concentration camps: children who were starving were given a loaf of bread to sleep with - the assurance they would have food for another day. What gives us bread today? What gives us life? These are the questions we must answer.
Tuesday, May 9
Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life." John 6:35
Lot ordered his servants to bake some bread and prepare a fine meal for the guests. When it was ready, they ate it. Genesis 19:3
I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living. Psalm 56:13
Why are your hearts full of questions? Luke 5:22
SATURDAY, May 13
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3
SUNDAY, May 14
God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world—what is viewed as nothing—to bring to nothing what is viewed as something. 1 Cor 1:28
MONDAY, May 15
He gives wisdom to the wise and grants knowledge to those with understanding. Daniel 2:21
TUESDAY, May 16
Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them… Romans 12:6
WEDNESDAY, May 17
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Colossians 3:12
THURSDAY, May 18
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Luke 5:16
FRIDAY, May 19
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
PART TWO: Nine Hundred Candles
SATURDAY, May 20
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27
SUNDAY, May 21
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” Ecclesiastes 3:1
MONDAY, May 22
Give thanks to God—he is good and his love never quits. 1 Chronicles 16:34
TUESDAY, May 23
Let us examine and probe our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40
WEDNESDAY, May 24
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1
THURSDAY, May 25
Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test? 2 Corinthians 13:5
FRIDAY, May 26
For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” John 6:33
