Tuesday, May 16, 2023

SLEEPING with BREAD: Holding What Gives You Life (Linn)

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


Wednesday, May 10

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


PART ONE: The Examen 
Thursday, May 11

I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living. Psalm 56:13


Friday, May 12

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




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