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OUR DAILY BREAD                     Thursday, August 25, 1994
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READ:  Psalm 138

                   "WHAT TO DO IN A CRISIS"

           "Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
                      You will revive me.

                         Psalm 138:7

Luyada Gbuda, the president of his denomination in Zaire, was 
describing conditions in his native land in 1993.  Again and again 
he used the word "crisis".

Politically, the nation was in turmoil, and an outbreak of 
fighting was a real possibility.  Economically, the country was 
caught in raging inflation.  No one had money to buy what few 
goods were in the stores.  Fuel prices were soaring. The nation 
was suffering.

Gbuda said that as he travels among the believes of Zaire, he 
proclaims a message of encouragement based on the words of David 
in Psalm 138.  He challenges his listeners to think of God's 
greatness and to praise Him as their true source of help (vv. 1-
6).

The psalmist was confident of God's ability to rescue him even 
when trouble surrounded him (v. 7).  And he could look to the 
future with hope because he recalled how the Lord had taken care 
of him in the past (v. 3).

We all face difficulty.  Perhaps you are in a crisis situation 
right now.  You're hurting and afraid.  Even so, you can sing 
praise to the God of power, love, and mercy.  Pause to remember 
that He can be trusted.  It's the right thing to do -- and keep 
doing -- in a time of crisis.

    -- David C. Egner

     Be this the purpose of my soul,
     My solemn, my determined choice:
     To yield to God's supreme control,
     And in my every trial rejoice.

     - Anon.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Our troubles seem smaller when we remember the
greatness of the Lord.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  1 Chronicles 10-13

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