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          OUR DAILY BREAD                           Tuesday, March 8, 1994
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          Read:  Acts 5:17-32

                                 OUR GREAT DELIVERER

                    An angel of the Lord opened the prison doors
                           and brought [the apostles] out.
                                     --Acts 5:19

          Margaret Nikol  was born into a pastor's family in Bulgaria.  Her
          mother and father were murdered for their faith by the communists
          in  the 1960s.  Margaret was a brilliant violinist, and in  spite
          of opposition she got an excellent education.  She achieved  fame
          throughout  Europe  and  became  concertmaster  of  the   Dresden
          Symphony.  But because of her faith in Christ, she was  subjected
          to  physical and emotional cruelty.  Eventually, she was given  a
          prison  sentence  -- to begin as soon as the concert  season  was
          over.

          But God had other plans.  Margaret was invited to play in  Vienna
          at  an Easter concert in 1982.  The communists repeatedly  denied
          permission,  but  finally,  because  of  outside  pressure,  they
          relented.  "God  was faster than they were," testifies  Margaret.
          In  Vienna she requested political asylum, and no less than  five
          free nations offered it!  Today, Margaret Nikol travels all  over
          the world in behalf of a growing ministry in Bulgaria.

          The  same God who delivered Margaret from  communist  oppression,
          and  who  sent an angel to free the apostles  from  prison  (Acts
          5:19), can also rescue us from whatever is holding us captive  --
          physically  or spiritually.  We must never give up hope!  God  is
          our great deliverer.

          Author:  David C. Egner

                          Our God can still a raging storm
                           One word can calm an angry sea;
                          So when we put our trust in Him,
                       He breaks our chains and sets us free.
                                       --Sper

          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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          The God who holds the universe is the God who is holding you.

          THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Deuteronomy 26-28





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