OUR DAILY BREAD YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

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March 6
friday


YOU ARE NOT
FORGOTTEN

READ:
Hebrews 11:24-40
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When Britain's oldest man turned 111, vintage aircraft did a fly-over, and the Band of the Royal Marines played "Happy Birthday." According to the Daily Mirror, Henry Allingham was amazed by all of the attention. Until 6 years earlier, he had for 86 years kept secret the horrific memories of what happened in the trenches of World War 1. Only when tracked down by the World War 1 Veteran's Association did this old man, who had been shelled, bombed, and shot, receive honor for what he had endured in behalf of his country.

The story of the bible gives us parallels to Henry's story. The Scriptures show that those who fight the battles of God often end up wounded, imprisoned, and even killed as a result of their service.

The cynic might observe such lives and conclude with a sigh that no good deed goes unpunished. But the author of Hebrews sees a bigger picture. He reminds us that everything and anything we have done in faith and love will oine day be honored by God (6:10).

Are you discouraged today? do you feel insignificant? Do you feel forgotten after trying to serve God? Be assured that God will not forget anything you have done in your service to Him or others. __Mart De Haan
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```````````````Does the place you're called to labor````````````````
`````````````````Seem so small and little known?`````````````````
`````````````````````It is great if God is in it,````````````````````
``````````````And He'll not forget His own. __Suffield``````````````
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God remembers the good we forget

**************Today's Bible Reading __ Hebrews 11:24-40**********

24 By faith Moses, when he
became of age, refused to be
called the son of pharaoh's
daughter, 25 choosing rather
to suffer affliction with the
people of God than to enjoy
the passing pleasures of sin,

26 esteeming the reproach of
Christ greater riches than the
treasures in Egypt; for he
looked to the reward....

30 By faith the walls of
Jericho fell down after they
were encircled for seven
days. 31 By faith the harlot
Rahab did not perish with
those who did not believe,
when she had received the
spies with peace.

32 And what more shall I
say? For the time would fail
me to tell of Gideon and
Barak and Samson and
Jephthah, also of David and
Samuel and the
prophets.... 35 Others were
tortured, not accepting
deliverance, that they might
obtain a better resurrection.

36 Still others had trial of
mockings and scourgings,
yes, and of chains and
imprisonment. 37 They were
stoned, they were sawn in
two, were tempted, were
slain with the sword. They
wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins,
being destitute, afflicted,
tormented__ 38 of whom the
world was not worthy. They
wandered in deserts and
mountains, in dens and
caves of the earth.

39 And all these, having
obtained a good testimony
through faith, did not receive
the promise, 40 God having
provided something better
for us, that they should
not be made perfect apart
from us.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

As the writer closes this section on the great heroes of faith, the record
shows the price they paid for their faithfulness. Still, this inspired
record itself proves that their desire to honor their God, even at great
personal cost, has not been and will not be forgotten. __Bill Crowder