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Dedicated to Love사랑에의 헌신[ Romans 9:1 - 9:5 ] - hymn 521 1 Dear friends, my greatest wish and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. As a convert to Jesus Christ, Nabeel Qureshi has written books to help his readers understand the people in the religion he left. His tone is respectful, and Qureshi always displays a heart of love for his people. Qur..

When the Bottom Drops Out땅이 꺼지는 어려움이 닥칠 때 [ 1 Kings 17:15 - 17:24 ] - hymn 569 16 The LORD kept the promise that his prophet Elijah had made, and she did not run out of flour or oil. During the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, more people were looking for work than there were jobs available. I was one of those job seekers. After nine anxious months, I landed..

The Joy of Giving주는 기쁨[ 1 Thessalonians 5:12 - 5:24 ] - hymn 218 14 My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone. It was a dreary week. I had been feeling lethargic and listless, although I couldn’t figure out why. Near the end of the week, I found out that an aun..

Hard Mysteries다 이해할 수 없는 신비[ Nahum 1:1 - 1:7 ] - hymn 96 3 The LORD is powerful, yet patient; he makes sure that the guilty are always punished. He can be seen in storms and in whirlwinds; clouds are the dust from his feet. As my friend and I went for a walk, we talked about our love for the Bible. She surprised me when she said, “Oh, but I don’t like the ..

Radical Love파격적 사랑[ Luke 14:7 - 14:14 ] - hymn 293 ust one week before her scheduled wedding date, Sarah’s engagement ended. Despite her sadness and disappoint- ment, she decided not to waste the food she had purchased for her wedding reception. She did, however, decide to change the celebration plans. She took down the gift table and revamped the guest list, inviti..

To My Dear Friend사랑하는 친구에게[ 3 John 1:1 - 1:15 ] - hymn 91 1 From the church leader. a) To my dear friend Gaius. I love you because we follow the truth, What the apostle John did for his friend Gaius in the first century is a dying art in the twenty-first cen- tury. John wrote him a letter. One writer for the New York Times, Catherine Field, said, “Letter-writi..

Healing Flood홍수로 인한 치유[ Psalms 107:1 - 107:16 ] - hymn 487 35 But the LORD can also turn deserts into lakes and scorched land into flowing streams. I've always loved a good thunderstorm. As kids, whenever a storm was truly incredible—with booming thunder and buck- ets of heavy rain pounding down—my siblings and I would make a mad dash around the outside of our..

Love Without Limits무한한 사랑[ Psalms 145:8 - 145:21 ] - hymn 304 9 You are good to everyone, and you take care of all your creation. Psalms 145:9 A wise friend advised me to avoid using the words “you always” or “you never” in an argument—especially with my family. How easy it is to criticize others around us and to feel unloving toward those we love. But there..

Sinners Like Us우리 같은 죄인[ Luke 15:1 - 15:7 ] - hymn 305 This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. Luke 15:2 I have a friend—her name is Edith—who told me about the day she decided to follow Jesus. Edith cared nothing for religion. But one Sunday morning she walked into a church near her apartment looking for something to satisfy her discontented soul. The tex..

Overcoming Challenges어려움을 극복하기 [ Nehemiah 6:1 - 6:9 ] - hymn 585 So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. Nehemiah 6:15 We gathered monthly to hold one another accountable to our individual goals. My friend Mary wanted to reupholster the seats of her dining room chairs before the year’s end. At our November meeting she wittily ..