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OUR DAILY BREAD                        Friday,   October  14,1994
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READ: Psalm 116:1-7


                   "A REAL RELATIONSHIP"

                   Peace I leave with you,
                   My peace I give to you.

                       - John 14:27


Phillips Brooks, former minister of Boston's Trinity Ep-
iscopal Church, is perhaps best known as the author of "O
Little Town of Bethlehem." He was a very busy pastor, yet he
always seemed relaxed and unburdened, willing to take time
for anyone in need.

Shortly before Books died, a young friend wrote to him and
asked the secret of his strength and serenity. In a heart-
felt response, Brooks credited his still-growing relation-
ship with Christ.

He wrote, "The more I have thought it over, the more sure it
has seemed to me that these last years have had a peace and
fullness which there did not used to be. It is a deeper
knowledge and truer love of Christ . . . I cannot tell you
how personal this grows to me. And one wonders with delight
what it will grow to as the years go on."

What a testimony to the strength and serenity our Savior can
provide! What a motivator for all of us who know Him as Sa-
vior to cultivate daily a closer, deeper fellowship with
Jesus!  Only that relationship can bring abiding peace and
delight.


Author: Vernon C. Grounds

        I bless the Christ of God;
        I rest on love divine;
        And with unfaltering lip and heart
        I call this Savior mine.

                                           - Bonar


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Peace floods the soul
   when Christ rules the heart.


The Bible in One Year: Malachi 1-4


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