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OUR  DAILY  BREAD            Wednesday, February 2, 1994
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READ: Ephesians 5:8-21

		     ONLY ON SUNDAY?

                Walk as children of light.
                    - Ephesians 5:8

One controversy in professional sports today is  the  matter
of  prayer  on  the  field.  Sometimes after a big play or a
victory, a player will drop to  his  knees  and  thank  God.
Some people object to this practice.

One newspaper  writer  suggested  that  the  playing  fields
shouled  be off-limits to such religious practices.  He said
that anything having to do with God should  be  confined  to
church.   To him, it's "absolutely ridiculous" for people to
talk to God anywhere else.

As Christians, we would disagree with this kind of thinking.
But we sometimes give the impression by our behavior that we
believe it.  We set Sundays aside to worship and  serve  God
but  act as if the rest of the week is ours to do with as we
please.

For the believer, however, living for God is  a  24-hours-a-
day,  7-days-a-week  proposition.  Notice Paul's teaching in
Ephesians 5.  When he talked about walking "as  children  of
light"  (v.8), he wasn't referring only to the way we behave
in church on Sundays.  When we are filled with  the  Spirit,
we  will  exemplify  compassion, kindness, humilty, forgive-
ness, thankfulness, and love all the time.

The Christian life is not for Sunday only.  It's  a  day-to-
day, all-the-time way of life - even on the playing field.

Author:  J. David Branon

     Do others know from how we act at home,  
     at  work,  at play  That  we have Jesus 
     in our heart And live for Him each day?   
		-Dennis J. De Haan

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Being all-out for Christ means living for  Him  at  all
     times and in all places.

The Bible in One Year:  Exodus 18-20

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