OUR DAILY BREAD : THE NEXT CHAPTER

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August 25
Sunday


THE NEXT
CHAPTER

READ:
Hebrews 12:1-11
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Let us run with
endurance the race that
is set before us, looking
unto Jesus, teh author
and finisher of our faith.
__Hebrews 12:1-2
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Steve was almost 5 when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was killed in 1956, along with four other men, by the Waodani tribe in Ecuador. But as a result of the love and forgiveness demonstrated by the families of the martyred men, there is now a growing community of believers among the Waodani.

As an adult, Steve moved back to Ecuador and became friends with Mincaye, one of the men who killed his father. steve's motto is: "Let God Write Your Story." He says, "You have a lot of people...who want to write their own story and have God be their editor when [it] goes wrong. I decided long ago to let God write my story. When steve suffered a serious accident in 2012, he reassured his family: "Let's let God write this chapter too." His faith continues to carry him toward recovery.

The story continues to unfold for all followers of Jesus Christ. None of us knows how the next chapter of our life will read. But as we look to Jesus and "run with endurance the race that is set before us," we can trust Him__the author and finisher of our faith (Heb. 12:1-2). Jesus wrote the beginning of our story, and He'll write the next chapter and the ending as well. _Cindy Hess Kasper

```````````````````When we stand with Christ in glory,``````````````````
````````````````````Looking o'er life's finished story,````````````````````
`````````````````````then, Lord, shall I fully know__```````````````````
```````````````Not till then__how much I owe. __McCheyne``````````````
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Let your life tell the story of Christ's love and mercy
to the world around you.

*************************Today''s Bible Reading_Hebrews 12:1-11*******************************

1 Therefore we also, since
we are surrounded by so
great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which
so easily ensnares us, and
let us run with endurance
the race that is set before
us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the
author and finisher of our
faith, who for the joy that
was set before Him endured
teh cross, despising the
shame, and has sat down at
the right hand of the throne
fo God. 3 For consider Him
who endured such hostility
from sinners against
Himself, lest you become
weary and discouraged in
your souls.

4 You have not yet resisted
to bloodshed, striving
against sin. 5 And you have
forgotten the exhortation
which speaks to you as to
sons: "My son, do not
despise the chastening of
the Lord, nor be
discouraed when you are
rebuked by Him; 6 for
whom teh Lord loves He
chastens, and scourges
every son whom He
receives.


7 If you endure chastening,
God deals with you as with
sons; for what son is there
whom a father does not
chasten? 8 But if you are
without chastening, of
which all have become
partakers, then you are
illegitimate and not sons.

9 Furthermore, we have had
human fathers who
corrected us, and we paid
them respect. Shall we not
much more readily be in
subjection to the Father of
spirits and live? 10 For they
indeed for a few day
chastened us as seemed best
to them, but He for our
profit, that we may be
partakers of His holiness.

11 Now no chastening seems
to be joyful for the present,
but painful; nevertheless,
afterward it yields the
peaceable fruit of
righteousness to those who
have been trained by it.