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OUR DAILY BREAD                 Friday, Aug. 11, 1995 
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READ:  1 Corinthians 15:50-58 
                 
                WAITING ON DEATH ROW 
 
          "Death is swallowed up in victory. 
             O death where is your sting?" 
 
                         - 1 Cor. 15:54-55  
 
Rusty Woomer was waiting on death row just 11 days 
before his execution when he received a visit from 
Chuck Colson.  He was not afraid to die, but he told 
Mr. Colson that a sense of fear came over him when  
he thought about meeting God. 
 
He was not worried about being punished for his sins 
because he was confident that Christ had forgiven him. 
But he was awed at the thought of meeting the One who 
possesses a power, a radiance, a purity, and a love 
beyond anything we can imagine. 
 
Rusty Woomer lived his final days knowing the precise 
date of his death and exactly how it would occur. 
Chuck Colson commented that even though few of us 
know when and how we will die, we are all on death 
row.  Unless Jesus comes, even the most devoted 
Christian will have to pass through the valley of 
the shadow of death.  This is a solemn thought. 
 
When we contemplate what God is like, we tremble at 
the thought of meeting Him.  Yet we can also rejoice. 
Because Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose 
again, death is defeated.  It can't hurt us. 
 
Rusty's testimony as he faced death is thrilling. 
He died rejoicing.  So can we. 
 
                        -- Herbert Vander Lugt 
 
        What awe engulfs our sinful soul 
          To contemplate God's purity! 
        We could not bear such holy love 
       Were not Christ's death our surety. 
 
                        -- Dennis J. De Haan 
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            THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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 Those who fear God need not fear death. 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Isaiah 46-48

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