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          OUR DAILY BREAD                         Wednesday, March 2, 1994
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          Read:  Matthew 7:21-29

                                  BUILDING TO CODE

                    No other foundation can anyone lay than that
                        which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
                                --1 Corinthians 3:11

          In  1992, Hurricane Andrew destroyed thousands of homes in  South
          Florida.  Yet  in  an area where the wreckage looked like  a  war
          zone,  one house remained standing, still firmly anchored to  its
          foundation.

          When  a reporter asked the homeowner why his house had  not  been
          blown away, he replied, "I built this house myself.  I also built
          it  according to the Florida state building code.  When the  code
          called for 2" x 6" roof trusses, I used 2" x 6" roof  trusses.  I
          was  told that a house built according to code could withstand  a
          hurricane -- and it did."

          Jesus  talked  about the importance of building our  lives  on  a
          solid foundation.  He said that the person who obeys His Word  is
          like  "a wise man who built his house on the rock" (Matt.  7:24).
          If  we build according to His code of obedience, we will  not  be
          swept  away  when  crises  hit  with  hurricane-like  force.  The
          tempests  of temptation and the storms of suffering will  not  be
          able  to sweep us off a solid foundation of faith and  obedience.
          Adversity  may come, yet because we have built according  to  the
          code of the unshakable Rock, Jesus Christ, we can emerge with our
          character strengthened.

          Are we building our lives according to Jesus' code?

          Author:  Vernon C. Grounds

                     Living for the Lord, serving Him each day,
                     Best prepares the soul for the stormy way;
                      Then as trials come, tempting to despair,
                      We can rest secure, safe within His care.
                                        --DJD

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          The storms of our life prove the strength of our anchor.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Deuteronomy 7-9









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