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OUR DAILY BREAD                         Wed., September 28, 1994
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READ: Psalm 119:89-96

"THE BIBLE AND SOCIETY"

"I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have given me life."

- Psalm 119:93

Bible reading and the teaching of Christian values are no longer 
permitted in many school systems in the Western world. This is not 
the case in Eastern Europe, however.

Speaking at the American Christian educators convention in 
November 1992, a Russian delegate said, "Seventy years ago we 
closed God out of our country, and it has caused so many problems 
in our society that we cannot count them. We must put God back 
into our country, and we must begin with our children."

The deputy of the Ministry of Education said, "Do we have the 
right to deprive our children of knowledge about God and Christian 
values? No, and once again, no!" 

A plan was then drawn up to send 12,000 Christian teachers to the 
Commonwealth of Independent States. Today Bibles are being sent to 
Russia, and many will be used in the schools.

Getting the Bible back into our individual lives is the first step 
in getting it back into our classrooms and into society. We must 
read it regularly, believe what it says and obey it faithfully. 
May the psalmist's prayer become our prayer: "I will never forget 
Your precepts, for by them You have given me life" (119:93). 

--Herbert Vander Lugt

Give us, O Lord, a strong desire
To look within Your Word each day;
Help us to hide it in our heart,
Lest from truth our feet would stray.

-- J. David Branon

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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To ignore the Bible is to invite disaster. 

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Daniel 7-9


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