OUR DAILY BREAD             Friday, February 3, 1995
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READ:  Psalm 104:24-35

            26,000 GIFTS A DAY!

      "Let everything that has breath
              praise the Lord."

                         - Psalm 150:6

What do you do 18 times a minute, 1,080 times an hour,
25,920 times a day, yet rarely notice?  The answer:
You breathe.  If you are 40 years old, you have already
taken more than 378 million breaths.  And each of those
breaths was a measured gift from the hand of God!

Your lungs are among the most important parts of your
body.  They furnish your blood with oxygen and get rid
of carbon dioxide and water.  A few minutes without
breathing and you would lose consciousness. You could
not survive much longer without oxygen.

The Bible tells us that the Lord holds in His hand
"the life of every living thing, and the breath of all
mankind" (Job 12:10).  He gives us those 26,000 gifts
each day so that we might honor Him with the life they
sustain.

A minister was at the bedside of an elderly Christian
who was near death.  When he asked her what Scripture
she wanted him to read, she said, "Make your own
selection, pastor, but let it be one of praise."
Although she was breathing her last, she wanted her
parting testimony to echo the psalmist: "Let everything
that has breath praise the Lord" (Ps. 150:6).

Have you thanked God today for His gift of life?

                                --  Henry G. Bosch

            Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!
        All that breathe, Jehovah praise;
          Let the voices God has given
           Joyful anthems to Him raise.

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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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  When it's time to breathe a prayer of thanks,
           don't hold your breath.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Leviticus 20-23

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