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   OUR DAILY BREAD                    Wednesday, December 1, 1993 
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   Read:  Psalm 91 
 
                           SOMEONE TO HOLD ON TO 
 
                     He is my refuge and my fortress; 
                       my God, in Him I will trust. 
                               --Psalm 91:2 
 
   In  his book "The Fisherman and His Friends," Louis Albert  Banks 
   tells  of two men who were assigned to stand watch on a ship  out 
   at  sea.  During the night the waves from a raging  storm  washed 
   one  of them overboard.  The sailor who drowned had been  in  the 
   most sheltered place, while the one who survived was more exposed 
   to the elements.  What made the difference?  The man who was lost 
   had nothing to hold on to. 
 
   What a picture of the way some people are affected by the  trials 
   of life!  When life is peaceful, they seem very  self-sufficient, 
   but  when  the going gets rough, they are swept off  their  feet. 
   Because they have refused God's help and have nothing to hold  on 
   to, they are easily overwhelmed. 
 
   Christians  who  cling  to the Lord,  however,  can  weather  the 
   fiercest  storms of adversity.  They are often heard to  say,  "I 
   don't know what I would do without the Lord."  They know that the 
   heavenly  Father  is always with them to strengthen,  guard,  and 
   protect them. 
 
   Yes,  Christians  do  have  Someone they can  rely  on  in  every 
   circumstance  of life.  Every Christian can say of the Lord,  "He 
   is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust." 
 
   Author:  Richard W. De Haan 
 
                    He cannot fail, your faithful God, 
                  He'll guard you with His mighty power; 
                  Then fear no ill, though troubles rise, 
                His help is sure from hour to hour.  --HGB 
 
     THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 
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     God  has not promised to keep us from life's storms, but to  keep 
     us through them. 
 
     THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Galatians 1-3 
 
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