--------- Begin forwarded message ---------- From: "ChristianNet" <ChristianNet@...> To: <odb@...> Subject: [ODB] Sun 19 Sep 99 - A Common Language Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 23:40:57 +0100 Message-ID: <011901bf0227$02ef98e0$654ef7c2@genesis> Our Daily Bread September 19, 1999 A Common Language Read: Matthew 26:17-29 <http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?Matthew+26:17-29> This is My body. . . . This is My blood of the new covenant. --Matthew 26:26,28 Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 28-30 A young Russian woman had been sent to a hospital in Japan for a rare, life-saving procedure. After she arrived she couldn't stop crying. The doctors and nurses, who didn't speak Russian, were unable to console her. Finally they decided to call an American missionary in their town to see if he could help her. The missionary came to the hospital and tried to comfort her, but he didn't know Russian either. When the patient saw his Bible and the communion wafers and juice he had brought with him, however, she smiled and nodded to indicate her approval. Then, with no verbal communication at all, this American man and Russian woman shared a common bond in Christ. He later learned that this fellow believer was encouraged and strengthened as they shared in remembering the Lord's death. I'm not surprised. This experience illustrates the unity we have as believers in Christ. We celebrate that oneness as together we remember His death and the forgiveness and new life He has given to us. Sometimes, as in the case of the American man and the Russian woman, Christian unity transcends language barriers. Followers of Christ will always experience a common bond in Him. --DCE When Christians join in blessed fellowship Commemorating Jesus' sacrifice, They sense a common bond of unity Because for every race He paid the price. --Hess Christian unity begins at the cross. World Wide Web address: <http://www.gospelcom.net/rbc/> "Our Daily Bread", Copyright 1999, used by permission of RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI 49555 USA. Written permission must be obtained from RBC for any further posting or distribution. RBC produces a variety of Bible resources, which are available for the asking. RBC is not funded by any group or denomination, and support comes voluntarily from its members and friends. Write for more information or call 1-800-598-7221. To order a printed copy of the "Our Daily Bread" devotional send an e-mail message requesting it to rbc@... Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version, copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc. -- This email version of Our Daily Bread is posted by ChristianNet. ChristianNet is not funded by any denomination or organisation. Email: ChristianNet@... Fax (US): 1 530 325 6040 Fax (UK): 44 (0)870 054 3584 WWW: http://associate.com/christiannet To unsubscribe, send an empty email to odb-unsubscribe@... To subscribe, send an empty email to odb-subscribe@... --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.