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[cimi]

About yesterdays Daily Bread..I have been sick and actually still am. I developed a very painful and itchy rash on my back and a little over my rib area in front. Went to the doc and they diagnosed me with, (what i figured out it was because i like to google,) Shingles. . It's a virus from the chicken pox family. You can only get it if you've had chicken pox as a kid. The virus stays in your spinal column and decades later can be realeased in the form of what they call Shingles. I'm on 3 meds, 2 for pain and one to clear it up. My google findings said there is no cure and can recur. I gotta tell ya, the pain is intense and i don't want a recurrence. So, if ya got time, for me. thanks, cimi. And don't worry, it's not contagious, but only if you haven't had chicken pox

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May 10
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~~~~~OUR DAILY BREAD~~~~~~~THE RIGHT ANSWER~~~~~~~~~~

READ: Matthew 16:13-17
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Simon Peter answered
and said,"You are the
Christ, the Son of the
living God."
__Matthew 16:16
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When Jesus asked a question, it was not because He didn't know the answer. You can be sure He was making a point.

Jesus and His disciples were in Caesarea Philippi, away from their own territory. It was a place of idolatry and oppression-a threatening place both politically and spiritually. In this environment, Jesus posed two important questions about the perception of His identity. He wasn't interested in His popularity rating. He wanted His followers to be sure about the One they were following.

Today our culture is just as hostile and opposed to Jesus as when He first asked the question: "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?" (Matt. 16:13). As in Jesus' day, people offer a long list of inadequate and incorrect ideas aobut Jesus, ranging from "just a good teacher" all the way to "divisive" and "intolerant."

The real question was and continues to be: "Who do you say that I am?" (16:15). Peter boldly declared, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (v.16). Jesus said that he was blessed because of his declaration (v. 17).

Join Peter in confessing that Jesus is your Savior. Your life will be bolstered and blessed. __Joe stowell
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~~~~~~~~~~O receive Him today who so loved you~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~That He died on the cross for your sin;~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~O believe Him and open your heart's door,~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~Let the Savior who loves you come in. __Anon.
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~~~~~~~~~~whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~is born of God. __1 John 5:1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~