My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 and the Bigger Story. We are GOD✝️💝🎁’s handiwork, created in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 to do good works, which GOD✝️💝🎁 prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10. A generous friend offered to babysit our kids so my wife and I could go on a date. “You should go somewhere fancy!” she gushed. Being practical people, we decided to go grocery shopping instead. When we returned, grocery bags in arms, our friend asked why we hadn’t done anything special. We told her that what makes a date special isn’t so much what you do, but who you’re with. One of the few books of the Bible that doesn’t record God directly saying or doing anything, the book of Ruth could seem to be pretty ordinary. So some read it as a touching but largely human drama of two people coming together in a relationship. But in truth, something extraordinary is taking place. In the final chapter of Ruth, we read that Ruth and Boaz’s union results in a son named Obed, the grandfather of David (4:17). And as we read in Matthew 1:1, it’s from David’s family that JESUS✝️💝🎁 was born. It’s Jesus who unveils the ordinary story of Ruth and Boaz and reveals the extraordinary story of God’s amazing plans and purposes at work. So often we see our own lives in the same way: as ordinary and serving no special purpose. But when we view our lives through Christ, He gives eternal significance to even the most ordinary situations and relationships. REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, You give eternal purpose and meaning to the most ordinary of circumstances. Help me to see ALL my relationships and circumstances through You! When has GOD✝️💝🎁 turned an ordinary situation into one of extraordinary significance for you? How has He made ALL moments in life something sacred and extraordinary? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT It’s helpful to contrast the long view of the book of Ruth with its immediate context. In the long view, Ruth’s child would be the grandfather of David—Israel’s great king. This connection also prepares the way for the birth of JESUS✝️💝🎁 who would come from David’s kingly line (see Matthew 1:1-16). The result of Ruth and Boaz’s union prepared for the rescue of the world; in a more immediate sense, the birth of Obed also provided a kind of rescue for Naomi. Her life decimated by loss and grief, she’s delivered from despair and heartache by the gift of this new life (Ruth 4:16-17). Her JOY restored, Naomi was once again able to live up to her name, which means “pleasant.”

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 –
JESUS✝️💝🎁 and the Bigger Story.
We are GOD✝️💝🎁’s handiwork, created in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 to do good works, which GOD✝️💝🎁 prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10.

A generous friend offered to babysit our kids so my wife and I could go on a date. “You should go somewhere fancy!” she gushed. Being practical people, we decided to go grocery shopping instead. When we returned, grocery bags in arms, our friend asked why we hadn’t done anything special. We told her that what makes a date special isn’t so much what you do, but who you’re with.
One of the few books of the Bible that doesn’t record God directly saying or doing anything, the book of Ruth could seem to be pretty ordinary. So some read it as a touching but largely human drama of two people coming together in a relationship.
But in truth, something extraordinary is taking place. In the final chapter of Ruth, we read that Ruth and Boaz’s union results in a son named Obed, the grandfather of David (4:17). And as we read in Matthew 1:1, it’s from David’s family that JESUS✝️💝🎁 was born. It’s Jesus who unveils the ordinary story of Ruth and Boaz and reveals the extraordinary story of God’s amazing plans and purposes at work.
So often we see our own lives in the same way: as ordinary and serving no special purpose. But when we view our lives through Christ, He gives eternal significance to even the most ordinary situations and relationships.
REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, You give eternal purpose and meaning to the most ordinary of circumstances. Help me to see ALL my relationships and circumstances through You!

When has GOD✝️💝🎁 turned an ordinary situation into one of extraordinary significance for you? How has He made ALL moments in life something sacred and extraordinary?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
It’s helpful to contrast the long view of the book of Ruth with its immediate context. In the long view, Ruth’s child would be the grandfather of David—Israel’s great king. This connection also prepares the way for the birth of JESUS✝️💝🎁 who would come from David’s kingly line (see Matthew 1:1-16). The result of Ruth and Boaz’s union prepared for the rescue of the world; in a more immediate sense, the birth of Obed also provided a kind of rescue for Naomi. Her life decimated by loss and grief, she’s delivered from despair and heartache by the gift of this new life (Ruth 4:16-17). Her JOY restored, Naomi was once again able to live up to her name, which means “pleasant.”

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎 ye first1️⃣🥇🏅🎖🏆 the KING🤴🏿🦁👑dom of GOD✝️💝🎁 and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬. Asking❓🙋🏿‍♀️🙏🏿 GOD✝️💝🎁. The LORD✝️💝🎁 has heard my cry😭😿😢😭😥 for mercy; the LORD✝️💝🎁 accepts my prayer🙏🏿🤲🏿🛐. Psalm 6:9. Why art thou cast down🙃⏬👎🏿⬇️😞🙇🏿‍♂️, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted🤫😶🤐🙊📵🔇🔕 within me? hope thou in GOD✝️💝🎁 for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my GOD✝️💝🎁. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11. Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalm 6, written by David, is considered one of seven penitential psalms, or psalms of confession of sin (32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143). As F. B. Meyer in his commentary on Psalms writes, “The earlier verses of this psalm are a wail; but it ends in a song. It is like a day of rain which clears at evening.” David is in “deep anguish” because of his sin and shortcomings and cries out, “How long, Lord, how long?” (Psalm 6:3). He felt GOD✝️💝🎁’s displeasure regarding his sin and as a result was in agony—groaning, weeping, sorrowful, sleepless, and perhaps ill. Yet, it seems no sooner was his prayer uttered but he felt GOD✝️💝🎁’s mercy and forgiveness: “The LORD✝️💝🎁 has heard my cry” and “accepts my prayer” (v. 9). . . JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎 ye first1️⃣🥇🏅🎖🏆 the KING🤴🏿🦁👑dom of GOD✝️💝🎁 and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added unto you.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.33.kjv . “Why art thou cast down🙃⏬👎🏿⬇️😞🙇🏿‍♂️, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted🤫😶🤐🙊📵🔇🔕 within me? hope thou in GOD✝️💝🎁 for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my GOD✝️💝🎁.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/psa.42.11.kjv When my husband, Dan, was diagnosed with cancer, I couldn’t find the “right” way to ask God to heal him. In my limited view, other people in… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 13 | Bible in a Year: Hosea 12-14; Revelation 4 Asking God The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer. Psalm 6:9 READ PSALM 6:4–9 audio playLISTEN ONLINE When my husband, Dan, was diagnosed with cancer, I couldn’t find the “right” way to ask God to heal him. In my limited view, other people in the world had such serious problems—war, famine, poverty, natural disasters. Then one day, during our morning prayer time, I heard my husband humbly ask, “Dear Lord, please heal my disease.” It was such a simple but heartfelt plea that it reminded me to stop complicating every prayer request, because God perfectly hears our righteous cries for help. As David simply asked, “Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love” (Psalm 6:4). That’s what David declared during a time of spiritual confusion and despair. His exact situation isn’t explained in this psalm. His honest pleas, however, show deep desire for godly help and restoration. “I am worn out from my groaning,” he wrote (v. 6). Yet, David didn’t let his own limits, including sin, stop him from going to God with his need. Thus, even before God answered, David was able to rejoice, “the Lord has heard my weeping. The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer” (vv. 8-9). Despite our own confusion and uncertainty, God hears and accepts the honest pleas of His children. He’s ready to hear us, especially when we need Him most. By Patricia Raybon REFLECT & PRAY Dear God, as you cleanse our hearts, grant us courage to ask for Your divine help, believing that You hear us and will answer. What’s stopping you from asking God for His help? What help will you seek from Him today? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalm 6, written by David, is considered one of seven penitential psalms, or psalms of confession of sin (32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143). As F. B. Meyer in his commentary on Psalms writes, “The earlier verses of this psalm are a wail; but it ends in a song. It is like a day of rain which clears at evening.” David is in “deep anguish” because of his sin and shortcomings and cries out, “How long, Lord, how long?” (Psalm 6:3). He felt God’s displeasure regarding his sin and as a result was in agony—groaning, weeping, sorrowful, sleepless, and perhaps ill. Yet, it seems no sooner was his prayer uttered but he felt God’s mercy and forgiveness: “The Lord has heard my cry” and “accepts my prayer” (v. 9). Alyson Kieda Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎 ye first1️⃣🥇🏅🎖🏆 the KING🤴🏿🦁👑dom of GOD✝️💝🎁 and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬.

Asking❓🙋🏿‍♀️🙏🏿 GOD✝️💝🎁.
The LORD✝️💝🎁 has heard my cry😭😿😢😭😥 for mercy; the LORD✝️💝🎁 accepts my prayer🙏🏿🤲🏿🛐. Psalm 6:9.
Why art thou cast down🙃⏬👎🏿⬇️😞🙇🏿‍♂️, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted🤫😶🤐🙊📵🔇🔕 within me? hope thou in GOD✝️💝🎁 for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my GOD✝️💝🎁. ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11.

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Psalm 6, written by David, is considered one of seven penitential psalms, or psalms of confession of sin (32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143). As F. B. Meyer in his commentary on Psalms writes, “The earlier verses of this psalm are a wail; but it ends in a song. It is like a day of rain which clears at evening.” David is in “deep anguish” because of his sin and shortcomings and cries out, “How long, Lord, how long?” (Psalm 6:3). He felt GOD✝️💝🎁’s displeasure regarding his sin and as a result was in agony—groaning, weeping, sorrowful, sleepless, and perhaps ill. Yet, it seems no sooner was his prayer uttered but he felt GOD✝️💝🎁’s mercy and forgiveness: “The LORD✝️💝🎁 has heard my cry” and “accepts my prayer” (v. 9).

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JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎 ye first1️⃣🥇🏅🎖🏆 the KING🤴🏿🦁👑dom of GOD✝️💝🎁 and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added unto you.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.33.kjv
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“Why art thou cast down🙃⏬👎🏿⬇️😞🙇🏿‍♂️, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted🤫😶🤐🙊📵🔇🔕 within me? hope thou in GOD✝️💝🎁 for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my GOD✝️💝🎁.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/psa.42.11.kjv
When my husband, Dan, was diagnosed with cancer, I couldn’t find the “right” way to ask God to heal him. In my limited view, other people in…
Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT

December 13 | Bible in a Year: Hosea 12-14; Revelation 4
Asking God
The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.
Psalm 6:9

READ PSALM 6:4–9

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
When my husband, Dan, was diagnosed with cancer, I couldn’t find the “right” way to ask God to heal him. In my limited view, other people in the world had such serious problems—war, famine, poverty, natural disasters. Then one day, during our morning prayer time, I heard my husband humbly ask, “Dear Lord, please heal my disease.”
It was such a simple but heartfelt plea that it reminded me to stop complicating every prayer request, because God perfectly hears our righteous cries for help. As David simply asked, “Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love” (Psalm 6:4).
That’s what David declared during a time of spiritual confusion and despair. His exact situation isn’t explained in this psalm. His honest pleas, however, show deep desire for godly help and restoration. “I am worn out from my groaning,” he wrote (v. 6).
Yet, David didn’t let his own limits, including sin, stop him from going to God with his need. Thus, even before God answered, David was able to rejoice, “the Lord has heard my weeping. The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer” (vv. 8-9).
Despite our own confusion and uncertainty, God hears and accepts the honest pleas of His children. He’s ready to hear us, especially when we need Him most.
By Patricia Raybon
REFLECT & PRAY
Dear God, as you cleanse our hearts, grant us courage to ask for Your divine help, believing that You hear us and will answer.

What’s stopping you from asking God for His help? What help will you seek from Him today?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Psalm 6, written by David, is considered one of seven penitential psalms, or psalms of confession of sin (32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143). As F. B. Meyer in his commentary on Psalms writes, “The earlier verses of this psalm are a wail; but it ends in a song. It is like a day of rain which clears at evening.” David is in “deep anguish” because of his sin and shortcomings and cries out, “How long, Lord, how long?” (Psalm 6:3). He felt God’s displeasure regarding his sin and as a result was in agony—groaning, weeping, sorrowful, sleepless, and perhaps ill. Yet, it seems no sooner was his prayer uttered but he felt God’s mercy and forgiveness: “The Lord has heard my cry” and “accepts my prayer” (v. 9). Alyson Kieda

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – After this I beheld👀👁👁, and, lo, a great multitude👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, which no man could number, of ALL nations🌍🌎🌏🗺, and kindreds, and people, and tongues👅👅👅, stood before the throne👑, and before the Lamb🐏, clothed with white robes, and palms🌴🏝 in their hands;” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/rev.7.9.kjv

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 –
After this I beheld👀👁👁, and, lo, a great multitude👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, which no man could number, of ALL nations🌍🌎🌏🗺, and kindreds, and people, and tongues👅👅👅, stood before the throne👑, and before the Lamb🐏, clothed with white robes, and palms🌴🏝 in their hands;”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/rev.7.9.kjv

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – Then spake🗣JESUS🎁✝️💝🎁 again unto them👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, saying, I.AM✝️💝🎁 the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of the world🌎🌍🌏🗺: he that followeth Me shall not walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣👞👟 in darkness, but shall have the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of life.” John‬ ‭8:12. Overcoming Fear😱😨😓👺👻🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️. Some trust in chariots🏎🚘🚗🚙🚕🚎🚟🚊 and some in horses🐴🐎🎠🏇🏿, but we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 trust in the name of the LORD✝️💝🎁 our GOD✝️💝🎁. Psalm 20:7. Fear ruled a man’s life for thirty-two years. Afraid of being caught for his crimes, he hid at his sister’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting no one, even missing his mother’s funeral. When he was sixty-four, he learned that no charges had ever been filed against him. The man was free to resume a normal life. Yes, the threat of punishment was real, but he allowed the fear of it to control him. Likewise, fear ruled the Israelites🇮🇱✡️ when the Philistines challenged them at the Valley of Elah. The threat was real. Their enemy Goliath was 9 feet 9 inches tall and his body armor alone weighed 125 pounds (1 Samuel 17:4-5). For forty days, every morning and evening, Goliath challenged the Israelite🇮🇱✡️ army to fight him. But no one dared come forward. No one until David visited the battle lines. He heard and saw the taunting, and volunteered to fight Goliath. While everyone in the Israelite🇮🇱✡️ army thought Goliath was too big to fight, David the shepherd boy knew he wasn’t too big for GOD✝️💝🎁 He said, “the LORD✝️💝🎁 saves; for the battle is the LORD✝️💝🎁’s” (v. 47). When we’re gripped by fear, let’s follow David’s example and fix our eyes on GOD✝️💝🎁 to gain a right perspective of the problem. The threat may be real, but the ONE✝️💝🎁 who is with us and for us is bigger than that which is against us. REFLECT & PRAY Thank You, GOD✝️💝🎁 that You’re bigger than any other giant in my life. I trust You. What giant battle are you facing that’s crippling you in fear? How can you intentionally fix your eyes on the living GOD✝️💝🎁? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT David defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone. While the sling was an unconventional weapon of warfare, it was common for shepherds to use it to defend against wild animals. Twice in today’s short text it’s mentioned that David defeated Goliath without a sword (1 Samuel 17:47, 50). What we might read past in this familiar story is what the author wants to highlight: David won the day without a sword because it was GOD✝️💝🎁 who delivered Goliath into his hands. . . “Then spake🗣JESUS🎁✝️💝🎁 again unto them👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, saying, I.AM✝️💝🎁 the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of the world🌎🌍🌏🗺: he that followeth Me shall not walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣👞👟 in darkness, but shall have the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of life.” ‭‭John‬ ‭8:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/jhn.8.12.kjv Fear ruled a man’s life for thirty-two years. Afraid of being caught for his crimes, he hid at his sister’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 12 | Bible in a Year: Hosea 9-11; Revelation 3 Overcoming Fear Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 READ 1 SAMUEL 17:4–7, 45–50 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Fear ruled a man’s life for thirty-two years. Afraid of being caught for his crimes, he hid at his sister’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting no one, even missing his mother’s funeral. When he was sixty-four, he learned that no charges had ever been filed against him. The man was free to resume a normal life. Yes, the threat of punishment was real, but he allowed the fear of it to control him. Likewise, fear ruled the Israelites when the Philistines challenged them at the Valley of Elah. The threat was real. Their enemy Goliath was 9 feet 9 inches tall and his body armor alone weighed 125 pounds (1 Samuel 17:4-5). For forty days, every morning and evening, Goliath challenged the Israelite army to fight him. But no one dared come forward. No one until David visited the battle lines. He heard and saw the taunting, and volunteered to fight Goliath. While everyone in the Israelite army thought Goliath was too big to fight, David the shepherd boy knew he wasn’t too big for God. He said, “the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s” (v. 47). When we’re gripped by fear, let’s follow David’s example and fix our eyes on God to gain a right perspective of the problem. The threat may be real, but the One who is with us and for us is bigger than that which is against us. By Albert Lee REFLECT & PRAY Thank You, God, that You’re bigger than any other giant in my life. I trust You. What giant battle are you facing that’s crippling you in fear? How can you intentionally fix your eyes on the living God? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT David defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone. While the sling was an unconventional weapon of warfare, it was common for shepherds to use it to defend against wild animals. Twice in today’s short text it’s mentioned that David defeated Goliath without a sword (1 Samuel 17:47, 50). What we might read past in this familiar story is what the author wants to highlight: David won the day without a sword because it was God who delivered Goliath into his hands. J.R. Hudberg Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – Then spake🗣JESUS🎁✝️💝🎁 again unto them👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, saying, I.AM✝️💝🎁 the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of the world🌎🌍🌏🗺: he that followeth Me shall not walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣👞👟 in darkness, but shall have the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of life.” John‬ ‭8:12.
Overcoming Fear😱😨😓👺👻🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️.
Some trust in chariots🏎🚘🚗🚙🚕🚎🚟🚊 and some in horses🐴🐎🎠🏇🏿, but we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 trust in the name of the LORD✝️💝🎁 our GOD✝️💝🎁.
Psalm 20:7.

Fear ruled a man’s life for thirty-two years. Afraid of being caught for his crimes, he hid at his sister’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting no one, even missing his mother’s funeral. When he was sixty-four, he learned that no charges had ever been filed against him. The man was free to resume a normal life. Yes, the threat of punishment was real, but he allowed the fear of it to control him.
Likewise, fear ruled the Israelites🇮🇱✡️ when the Philistines challenged them at the Valley of Elah. The threat was real. Their enemy Goliath was 9 feet 9 inches tall and his body armor alone weighed 125 pounds (1 Samuel 17:4-5). For forty days, every morning and evening, Goliath challenged the Israelite🇮🇱✡️ army to fight him. But no one dared come forward. No one until David visited the battle lines. He heard and saw the taunting, and volunteered to fight Goliath.
While everyone in the Israelite🇮🇱✡️ army thought Goliath was too big to fight, David the shepherd boy knew he wasn’t too big for GOD✝️💝🎁 He said, “the LORD✝️💝🎁 saves; for the battle is the LORD✝️💝🎁’s” (v. 47).
When we’re gripped by fear, let’s follow David’s example and fix our eyes on GOD✝️💝🎁 to gain a right perspective of the problem. The threat may be real, but the ONE✝️💝🎁 who is with us and for us is bigger than that which is against us.
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You, GOD✝️💝🎁 that You’re bigger than any other giant in my life. I trust You.

What giant battle are you facing that’s crippling you in fear? How can you intentionally fix your eyes on the living GOD✝️💝🎁?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
David defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone. While the sling was an unconventional weapon of warfare, it was common for shepherds to use it to defend against wild animals. Twice in today’s short text it’s mentioned that David defeated Goliath without a sword (1 Samuel 17:47, 50). What we might read past in this familiar story is what the author wants to highlight: David won the day without a sword because it was GOD✝️💝🎁 who delivered Goliath into his hands.

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“Then spake🗣JESUS🎁✝️💝🎁 again unto them👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, saying, I.AM✝️💝🎁 the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of the world🌎🌍🌏🗺: he that followeth Me shall not walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣👞👟 in darkness, but shall have the light 🎄💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 of life.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:12‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/jhn.8.12.kjv
Fear ruled a man’s life for thirty-two years. Afraid of being caught for his crimes, he hid at his sister’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting…
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Overcoming Fear
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Psalm 20:7

READ 1 SAMUEL 17:4–7, 45–50

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Fear ruled a man’s life for thirty-two years. Afraid of being caught for his crimes, he hid at his sister’s farmhouse, going nowhere and visiting no one, even missing his mother’s funeral. When he was sixty-four, he learned that no charges had ever been filed against him. The man was free to resume a normal life. Yes, the threat of punishment was real, but he allowed the fear of it to control him.
Likewise, fear ruled the Israelites when the Philistines challenged them at the Valley of Elah. The threat was real. Their enemy Goliath was 9 feet 9 inches tall and his body armor alone weighed 125 pounds (1 Samuel 17:4-5). For forty days, every morning and evening, Goliath challenged the Israelite army to fight him. But no one dared come forward. No one until David visited the battle lines. He heard and saw the taunting, and volunteered to fight Goliath.
While everyone in the Israelite army thought Goliath was too big to fight, David the shepherd boy knew he wasn’t too big for God. He said, “the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s” (v. 47).
When we’re gripped by fear, let’s follow David’s example and fix our eyes on God to gain a right perspective of the problem. The threat may be real, but the One who is with us and for us is bigger than that which is against us.
By Albert Lee
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You, God, that You’re bigger than any other giant in my life. I trust You.

What giant battle are you facing that’s crippling you in fear? How can you intentionally fix your eyes on the living God?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
David defeated Goliath with a sling and a stone. While the sling was an unconventional weapon of warfare, it was common for shepherds to use it to defend against wild animals. Twice in today’s short text it’s mentioned that David defeated Goliath without a sword (1 Samuel 17:47, 50). What we might read past in this familiar story is what the author wants to highlight: David won the day without a sword because it was God who delivered Goliath into his hands. J.R. Hudberg

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The word translated “healed” (sozo) indicates physical healing as well as the restoring of a relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁 The woman’s faith healed her both physically and eternally. . . “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto ALL men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith✝️💝🎁.” ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/gal.6.10.kjv Artist Doug Merkey’s masterful sculpture Ruthless Trust features a bronze human figure clinging desperately to a cross made of walnut wood. He… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 10 | Bible in a Year: Hosea 1-4; Revelation 1 Grace at the End Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering. Mark 5:34 READ MARK 5:25–34 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Artist Doug Merkey’s masterful sculpture Ruthless Trust features a bronze human figure clinging desperately to a cross made of walnut wood. He writes, “It’s a very simple expression of our constant and appropriate posture for life—total, unfettered intimacy with and dependency upon Christ and the gospel.” That’s the kind of trust we see expressed in the actions and words of the unnamed woman in Mark 5:25-34. For twelve years her life had been in shambles (v. 25). “She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse” (v. 26). But having heard about Jesus, she made her way to Him, touched Him, and was “freed from her suffering” (vv. 27-29). Have you come to the end of yourself? Have you depleted all your resources? Anxious, hopeless, lost, distressed people need not despair. The Lord Jesus still responds to desperate faith—the kind displayed by this suffering woman and depicted in Merkey’s sculpture. This faith is expressed in the words of hymn writer Charles Wesley: “Father, I stretch my hands to Thee; no other help I know.” Don’t have that kind of faith? Ask God to help you trust Him. Wesley’s hymn concludes with this prayer: “Author of faith, to Thee I lift my weary, longing eyes; O may I now receive that gift! My soul, without it, dies.” By Arthur Jackson REFLECT & PRAY Father, thank You for Your power to rescue me. Help me to trust You to meet all my needs. When have you desperately clung to Christ? How did God meet your need? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The woman in Mark 5:25-34 “who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years” took a risk by reaching out to touch Jesus. According to Jewish law, bleeding made a person unclean. This woman had likely lived as an outcast from society because those who came in contact with her would have become unclean themselves. The truth of the woman’s great faith is enhanced when we realize that many would have viewed her act of touching Jesus as making Him unclean rather than Him making her clean. However, once the woman admitted to touching Jesus, He declared, “your faith has healed you” (vv. 33-34). The word translated “healed” (sozo) indicates physical healing as well as the restoring of a relationship with God. The woman’s faith healed her both physically and eternally. Julie Schwab Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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Artist Doug Merkey’s masterful sculpture Ruthless Trust features a bronze human figure clinging desperately to a cross✝️ made of walnut wood. He writes, “It’s a very simple expression of our constant and appropriate posture for life—total, unfettered intimacy with and dependency upon CHRIST✝️💝🎁 and the gospel.” That’s the kind of trust we see expressed in the actions and words of the unnamed woman in Mark 5:25-34. For twelve years her life had been in shambles (v. 25). “She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent ALL she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse” (v. 26). But having heard about JESUS✝️💝🎁 she made her way to Him, touched Him, and was “freed from her suffering” (vv. 27-29). Have you come to the end of yourself? Have you depleted ALL your resources? Anxious, hopeless, lost, distressed people need not despair. The LORD✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 still responds to desperate faith—the kind displayed by this suffering woman and depicted in Merkey’s sculpture. This faith is expressed in the words of hymn writer Charles Wesley: “ FATHER✝️💝🎁, I stretch my hands to Thee; no other help I know.” Don’t have that kind of faith? Ask GOD✝️💝🎁 to help you trust Him. Wesley’s hymn concludes with this prayer: “Author of faith, to Thee I lift my weary, longing eyes; O may I now receive that gift! My soul, without it, dies.”
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The woman in Mark 5:25-34 “who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years” took a risk by reaching out to touch JESUS✝️💝🎁. According to Jewish🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍law, bleeding made a person unclean. This woman had likely lived as an outcast from society because those who came in contact with her would have become unclean themselves. The truth of the woman’s great faith is enhanced when we realize that many would have viewed her act of touching JESUS✝️💝🎁 as making Him unclean rather than Him making her clean.

However, once the woman admitted to touching JESUS✝️💝🎁 He declared, “your faith has healed you” (vv. 33-34). The word translated “healed” (sozo) indicates physical healing as well as the restoring of a relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁 The woman’s faith healed her both physically and eternally.

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“As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto ALL men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith✝️💝🎁.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/gal.6.10.kjv
Artist Doug Merkey’s masterful sculpture Ruthless Trust features a bronze human figure clinging desperately to a cross made of walnut wood. He…
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Grace at the End
Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.
Mark 5:34

READ MARK 5:25–34

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Artist Doug Merkey’s masterful sculpture Ruthless Trust features a bronze human figure clinging desperately to a cross made of walnut wood. He writes, “It’s a very simple expression of our constant and appropriate posture for life—total, unfettered intimacy with and dependency upon Christ and the gospel.”
That’s the kind of trust we see expressed in the actions and words of the unnamed woman in Mark 5:25-34. For twelve years her life had been in shambles (v. 25). “She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse” (v. 26). But having heard about Jesus, she made her way to Him, touched Him, and was “freed from her suffering” (vv. 27-29).
Have you come to the end of yourself? Have you depleted all your resources? Anxious, hopeless, lost, distressed people need not despair. The Lord Jesus still responds to desperate faith—the kind displayed by this suffering woman and depicted in Merkey’s sculpture. This faith is expressed in the words of hymn writer Charles Wesley: “Father, I stretch my hands to Thee; no other help I know.” Don’t have that kind of faith? Ask God to help you trust Him. Wesley’s hymn concludes with this prayer: “Author of faith, to Thee I lift my weary, longing eyes; O may I now receive that gift! My soul, without it, dies.”
By Arthur Jackson
REFLECT & PRAY
Father, thank You for Your power to rescue me. Help me to trust You to meet all my needs.

When have you desperately clung to Christ? How did God meet your need?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The woman in Mark 5:25-34 “who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years” took a risk by reaching out to touch Jesus. According to Jewish law, bleeding made a person unclean. This woman had likely lived as an outcast from society because those who came in contact with her would have become unclean themselves. The truth of the woman’s great faith is enhanced when we realize that many would have viewed her act of touching Jesus as making Him unclean rather than Him making her clean.

However, once the woman admitted to touching Jesus, He declared, “your faith has healed you” (vv. 33-34). The word translated “healed” (sozo) indicates physical healing as well as the restoring of a relationship with God. The woman’s faith healed her both physically and eternally. Julie Schwab

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But LOVE✝️💝🎁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 your enemies👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward🥇🎖🏆 shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the HIGHEST ✝️💝🎁: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil👿👻👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️.” Our Guiding Light💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄. You, LORD✝️💝🎁, are my lamp💡🏮🛋🕎; the LORD✝️💝🎁 turns my darkness into light 💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄 . 2 Samuel 22:29. . At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand. Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand. Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand. Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation. The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face. By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand. Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation. The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face. By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection. Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life? , please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection. Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life? David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation. The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face. By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection. Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life? David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand. Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation. The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face. By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection. Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life? helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation. The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face. By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection. Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Today’s passage is part of a longer song David wrote “when the LORD✝️💝🎁 delivered him from the hand of ALL his enemies and from the hand of Saul” (2 Samuel 22:1). This song was the exuberant celebration of a man who’d been “delivered” from years of running and hiding—both from enemies in other countries and from his own people. While we don’t know exactly how long David lived on the run, we know that he lived with the Philistines for sixteen months (1 Samuel 27:7). This is amazing considering his initial claim to fame was killing their champion (ch. 17). To learn more about the time of David, visit https://christianuniversity.org/lessons/the-kingdom-era/?course=courses/old-testament-basics . . JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But LOVE✝️💝🎁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 your enemies👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward🥇🎖🏆 shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the HIGHEST ✝️💝🎁: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil👿👻👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:35‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/luk.6.35.kjv At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 9 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 11-12; Jude Our Guiding Light You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light. 2 Samuel 22:29 READ 2 SAMUEL 22:26–30 audio playLISTEN ONLINE At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand. Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation. The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face. By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection. Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life? Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Today’s passage is part of a longer song David wrote “when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul” (2 Samuel 22:1). This song was the exuberant celebration of a man who’d been “delivered” from years of running and hiding—both from enemies in other countries and from his own people. While we don’t know exactly how long David lived on the run, we know that he lived with the Philistines for sixteen months (1 Samuel 27:7). This is amazing considering his initial claim to fame was killing their champion (ch. 17). To learn more about the time of David, visit christianuniversity.org/OT128-06. J.R. Hudberg Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But LOVE✝️💝🎁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 your enemies👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward🥇🎖🏆 shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the HIGHEST ✝️💝🎁: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil👿👻👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️.”
Our Guiding Light💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄.
You, LORD✝️💝🎁, are my lamp💡🏮🛋🕎; the LORD✝️💝🎁 turns my darkness into light
💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆🔅🌖🚨🚦🎄
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2 Samuel 22:29.

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At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand.
Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with
At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand.
Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with
At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand.
Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation.
The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand.
Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation.
The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection.

Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life?

, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection.

Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life?

David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation.
The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection.

Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life?

David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With
At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand.
Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation.
The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection.

Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life?

helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation.
The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection.

Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Today’s passage is part of a longer song David wrote “when the LORD✝️💝🎁 delivered him from the hand of ALL his enemies and from the hand of Saul” (2 Samuel 22:1). This song was the exuberant celebration of a man who’d been “delivered” from years of running and hiding—both from enemies in other countries and from his own people. While we don’t know exactly how long David lived on the run, we know that he lived with the Philistines for sixteen months (1 Samuel 27:7). This is amazing considering his initial claim to fame was killing their champion (ch. 17).

To learn more about the time of David, visit https://christianuniversity.org/lessons/the-kingdom-era/?course=courses/old-testament-basics

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JESUS✝️💝🎁 “But LOVE✝️💝🎁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 your enemies👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward🥇🎖🏆 shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the HIGHEST ✝️💝🎁: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil👿👻👹👺👻💀☠️👽🤖🧟‍♀️.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:35‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/luk.6.35.kjv
At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay…
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December 9 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 11-12; Jude
Our Guiding Light
You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light.
2 Samuel 22:29

READ 2 SAMUEL 22:26–30

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At a museum, I lingered near a display of ancient lamps. A sign revealed they were from Israel. Decorated with carved designs, these oval-shaped clay vessels had two openings—one for fuel, and one for a wick. Although the Israelites commonly used them in wall alcoves, each was small enough to fit in the palm of a person’s hand.
Perhaps a little light like this inspired King David to write a praise song in which he said, “You Lord are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light” (2 Samuel 22:29). David sang these words after God gave him victory in battle. Rivals from both inside and outside his own nation had been stalking him, intending to kill him. Because of his relationship with God, David didn’t cower in the shadows. He moved forward into enemy confrontations with the confidence that comes from God’s presence. With God helping him, he could see things clearly so he could make good decisions for himself, his troops, and his nation.
The darkness David mentioned in his song likely involved fear of weakness, defeat, and death. Many of us live with similar worries, which produce anxiety and stress. When the darkness presses in on us, we can find peace because we know God is with us too. The divine flame of the Holy Spirit lives in us to light our path until we meet Jesus face to face.
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
God, please assure me of Your presence when I’m afraid. Help me to remember that You’ve defeated spiritual darkness through Your death and resurrection.

Why can you trust God to help you with your fears? What can you do to seek God’s guidance in your life?

Help us share God’s love with more people in 2020.

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Today’s passage is part of a longer song David wrote “when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul” (2 Samuel 22:1). This song was the exuberant celebration of a man who’d been “delivered” from years of running and hiding—both from enemies in other countries and from his own people. While we don’t know exactly how long David lived on the run, we know that he lived with the Philistines for sixteen months (1 Samuel 27:7). This is amazing considering his initial claim to fame was killing their champion (ch. 17).

To learn more about the time of David, visit christianuniversity.org/OT128-06. J.R. Hudberg

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- JESUS✝️💝🎁”But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍ye first1️⃣🥇🏆🏅🎖the kingdom of GOD✝️💝🎁, and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added➕unto you.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬. . “He that saith🗣he abideth in Him (JESUS✝️💝🎁)ought himself also so to walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣, even as He walked. 1 John‬ ‭2:6‬. Attitude of Gratitude🙏🏿🥰🙌🏿😍. Let the peace☮️✌🏿🕊🏳️of CHRIST✝️💝🎁rule in your hearts💕💞💓💗, since as members👨‍👩‍👧‍👦of one1️⃣body you were called to peace☮️✌🏿🕊🏳️. And be thankful🙏🏿🥰🙌🏿😍.Colossians 3:15. In my state in the US, the winters can be brutal, with sub-zero temperatures and never-ending snow. One bitterly cold day, as I shoveled snow for what seemed like the thousandth time, our postman paused in his rounds to ask how I was doing. I told him that I disliked winter and was weary of all the heavy snow. I then commented that his job must be pretty rough during these extreme weather conditions. He responded, “Yeah, but at least I have a job. A lot of people don’t. I’m thankful to be working.” I have to admit that I felt quite convicted by his attitude of gratitude. How easily we can lose sight of everything we have to be thankful for when the circumstances of life become unpleasant. Paul told the followers of CHRIST✝️💝🎁at Colossae, “Let the peace of CHRIST✝️💝🎁rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful” (Colossians 3:15). He wrote to the Thessalonians, “Give thanks in ALL circumstances; for this is GOD✝️💝🎁’s will for you in CHRIST✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Even in our times of genuine struggle and pain, we can know GOD✝️💝🎁’s peace and permit it to rule our hearts. And in that peace, we’ll find reminders of ALL that we’ve been given in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. In that, we can truly be thankful. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The virtues and vices listed in Colossians 3:5-17 illustrate the dramatic contrast between life on our own and life lived by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁. Believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁don’t experience spiritual transformation by “trying harder” but by surrendering our old identities in exchange for “the new self” (v. 10) that has died and risen with CHRIST✝️💝🎁(vv. 1-3). REFLECT & PRAY GOD✝️💝🎁, how often I complain about things that are mere inconveniences. Help me never to lose sight of Your goodness. Give me a heart full of gratitude. What do you need to stop complaining about? What do you have to thank GOD✝️💝🎁 for today? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁”But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍ye first1️⃣🥇🏆🏅🎖the kingdom of GOD✝️💝🎁, and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added➕unto you.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.33.kjv . “He that saith🗣he abideth in Him (JESUS✝️💝🎁)ought himself also so to walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣, even as He walked.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.2.6.kjv In my state in the US, the winters can be brutal, with sub-zero temperatures and never-ending snow. One bitterly cold day, as I shoveled snow for… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 8 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 8-10; 3 John Attitude of Gratitude Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 READ COLOSSIANS 3:12–25 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In my state in the US, the winters can be brutal, with sub-zero temperatures and never-ending snow. One bitterly cold day, as I shoveled snow for what seemed like the thousandth time, our postman paused in his rounds to ask how I was doing. I told him that I disliked winter and was weary of all the heavy snow. I then commented that his job must be pretty rough during these extreme weather conditions. He responded, “Yeah, but at least I have a job. A lot of people don’t. I’m thankful to be working.” I have to admit that I felt quite convicted by his attitude of gratitude. How easily we can lose sight of everything we have to be thankful for when the circumstances of life become unpleasant. Paul told the followers of Christ at Colossae, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful” (Colossians 3:15). He wrote to the Thessalonians, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). Even in our times of genuine struggle and pain, we can know God’s peace and permit it to rule our hearts. And in that peace, we’ll find reminders of all that we’ve been given in Christ. In that, we can truly be thankful. By Bill Crowder REFLECT & PRAY God, how often I complain about things that are mere inconveniences. Help me never to lose sight of Your goodness. Give me a heart full of gratitude. What do you need to stop complaining about? What do you have to thank God for today? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The virtues and vices listed in Colossians 3:5-17 illustrate the dramatic contrast between life on our own and life lived by Christ’s Spirit. Believers in Jesus don’t experience spiritual transformation by “trying harder” but by surrendering our old identities in exchange for “the new self” (v. 10) that has died and risen with Christ (vv. 1-3). Monica Brands La Rose Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
JESUS✝️💝🎁”But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍ye first1️⃣🥇🏆🏅🎖the kingdom of GOD✝️💝🎁, and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added➕unto you.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬.
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“He that saith🗣he abideth in Him (JESUS✝️💝🎁)ought himself also so to walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣, even as He walked. 1 John‬ ‭2:6‬.
Attitude of Gratitude🙏🏿🥰🙌🏿😍.
Let the peace☮️✌🏿🕊🏳️of CHRIST✝️💝🎁rule in your hearts💕💞💓💗, since as members👨‍👩‍👧‍👦of one1️⃣body you were called to peace☮️✌🏿🕊🏳️. And be thankful🙏🏿🥰🙌🏿😍.Colossians 3:15.
In my state in the US, the winters can be brutal, with sub-zero temperatures and never-ending snow. One bitterly cold day, as I shoveled snow for what seemed like the thousandth time, our postman paused in his rounds to ask how I was doing. I told him that I disliked winter and was weary of all the heavy snow. I then commented that his job must be pretty rough during these extreme weather conditions. He responded, “Yeah, but at least I have a job. A lot of people don’t. I’m thankful to be working.”
I have to admit that I felt quite convicted by his attitude of gratitude. How easily we can lose sight of everything we have to be thankful for when the circumstances of life become unpleasant.
Paul told the followers of CHRIST✝️💝🎁at Colossae, “Let the peace of CHRIST✝️💝🎁rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful” (Colossians 3:15). He wrote to the Thessalonians, “Give thanks in ALL circumstances; for this is GOD✝️💝🎁’s will for you in CHRIST✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
Even in our times of genuine struggle and pain, we can know GOD✝️💝🎁’s peace and permit it to rule our hearts. And in that peace, we’ll find reminders of ALL that we’ve been given in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. In that, we can truly be thankful.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The virtues and vices listed in Colossians 3:5-17 illustrate the dramatic contrast between life on our own and life lived by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁. Believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁don’t experience spiritual transformation by “trying harder” but by surrendering our old identities in exchange for “the new self” (v. 10) that has died and risen with CHRIST✝️💝🎁(vv. 1-3).
REFLECT & PRAY
GOD✝️💝🎁, how often I complain about things that are mere inconveniences. Help me never to lose sight of Your goodness. Give me a heart full of gratitude.
What do you need to stop complaining about? What do you have to thank GOD✝️💝🎁 for today?
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JESUS✝️💝🎁”But seek👀👁👁🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍ye first1️⃣🥇🏆🏅🎖the kingdom of GOD✝️💝🎁, and His righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added➕unto you.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:33‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.33.kjv
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“He that saith🗣he abideth in Him (JESUS✝️💝🎁)ought himself also so to walk🚶🏿‍♂️👣, even as He walked.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.2.6.kjv
In my state in the US, the winters can be brutal, with sub-zero temperatures and never-ending snow. One bitterly cold day, as I shoveled snow for…
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December 8 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 8-10; 3 John
Attitude of Gratitude
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:15

READ COLOSSIANS 3:12–25

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In my state in the US, the winters can be brutal, with sub-zero temperatures and never-ending snow. One bitterly cold day, as I shoveled snow for what seemed like the thousandth time, our postman paused in his rounds to ask how I was doing. I told him that I disliked winter and was weary of all the heavy snow. I then commented that his job must be pretty rough during these extreme weather conditions. He responded, “Yeah, but at least I have a job. A lot of people don’t. I’m thankful to be working.”
I have to admit that I felt quite convicted by his attitude of gratitude. How easily we can lose sight of everything we have to be thankful for when the circumstances of life become unpleasant.
Paul told the followers of Christ at Colossae, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful” (Colossians 3:15). He wrote to the Thessalonians, “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
Even in our times of genuine struggle and pain, we can know God’s peace and permit it to rule our hearts. And in that peace, we’ll find reminders of all that we’ve been given in Christ. In that, we can truly be thankful.
By Bill Crowder
REFLECT & PRAY
God, how often I complain about things that are mere inconveniences. Help me never to lose sight of Your goodness. Give me a heart full of gratitude.

What do you need to stop complaining about? What do you have to thank God for today?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The virtues and vices listed in Colossians 3:5-17 illustrate the dramatic contrast between life on our own and life lived by Christ’s Spirit. Believers in Jesus don’t experience spiritual transformation by “trying harder” but by surrendering our old identities in exchange for “the new self” (v. 10) that has died and risen with Christ (vv. 1-3). Monica Brands La Rose

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-For the grace of GOD✝️💝🎁that bringeth salvation hath appeared to ALL men👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Teaching👨🏿‍🏫📓📚📖🖍✔️us that, denying ungodliness and worldly🌍🌎🌏🗺lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Titus‬ ‭2:11-12 Don’t Forget the Giver💝🎁. Be careful that you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦do not forget the LORD✝️💝🎁. Deuteronomy 6:12. . It was just before CHRIST✝️💝🎁mas, and her kids were having a difficult time with gratitude. She knew how easy it was to slip into that kind of thinking, but she also knew she wanted something better for the hearts of her children. So she went through the house and placed red bows on light switches, the pantry and refrigerator doors, the washing machine and dryer, and the water faucets. With each bow there was a handwritten note: “Some of the gifts GOD✝️💝🎁gives us are easy to overlook, so I’ve put a bow on them. He is so good to our family. Let’s not forget where the gifts come from.” In Deuteronomy 6, we see that the future of the nation of Israel🇮🇱✡️involved the conquest of existing places. So they would move into large flourishing cities they did not build (v. 10), occupy houses filled with good things they didn’t provide, and benefit from wells and vineyards and olive groves they didn’t dig or plant (v. 11). ALL these blessings could be easily traced back to a single source—“the LORD✝️💝🎁your GOD✝️💝🎁” (v. 10). And while GOD✝️💝🎁LOVE✝️💝🎁ingly provided these things and more, Moses wanted to make sure the people were careful not to forget (v. 12). During certain seasons of life it’s easy to forget. But let’s not lose sight of GOD✝️💝🎁’s goodness, the source of ALL our blessings. . REFLECT & PRAY LOVE✝️💝🎁ing FATHER✝️💝🎁, You are the source of every blessing in our lives. In our pride we often imagine otherwise, but we know better. We do. Thank You for ALL Your gifts. Name five blessings in your life. Why are you grateful for them? How will you thank GOD✝️💝🎁for them today? . . “For the grace of GOD✝️💝🎁that bringeth salvation hath appeared to ALL men👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Teaching👨🏿‍🏫📓📚📖🖍✔️us that, denying ungodliness and worldly🌍🌎🌏🗺lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;” ‭‭Titus‬ ‭2:11-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/tit.2.11-12.kjv It was just before Christmas, and her kids were having a difficult time with gratitude. She knew how easy it was to slip into that kind of thinking,… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 7 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 5-7; 2 John Don’t Forget the Giver Be careful that you do not forget the Lord. Deuteronomy 6:12 READ DEUTERONOMY 6:4–12 audio playLISTEN ONLINE It was just before Christmas, and her kids were having a difficult time with gratitude. She knew how easy it was to slip into that kind of thinking, but she also knew she wanted something better for the hearts of her children. So she went through the house and placed red bows on light switches, the pantry and refrigerator doors, the washing machine and dryer, and the water faucets. With each bow there was a handwritten note: “Some of the gifts God gives us are easy to overlook, so I’ve put a bow on them. He is so good to our family. Let’s not forget where the gifts come from.” In Deuteronomy 6, we see that the future of the nation of Israel involved the conquest of existing places. So they would move into large flourishing cities they did not build (v. 10), occupy houses filled with good things they didn’t provide, and benefit from wells and vineyards and olive groves they didn’t dig or plant (v. 11). All these blessings could be easily traced back to a single source—“the Lord your God” (v. 10). And while God lovingly provided these things and more, Moses wanted to make sure the people were careful not to forget (v. 12). During certain seasons of life it’s easy to forget. But let’s not lose sight of God’s goodness, the source of all our blessings. By John Blase REFLECT & PRAY Loving Father, You are the source of every blessing in our lives. In our pride we often imagine otherwise, but we know better. We do. Thank You for all Your gifts. Name five blessings in your life. Why are you grateful for them? How will you thank God for them today? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Orthodox Jews take the command of Deuteronomy 6:8 literally. A devout Jewish man will tie leather cases known as tefillin (Greek, phylactery) on his left arm or hand and on his forehead. The tefillin contain the portion of Scripture known as the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). In Mark 12:29-31, Jesus quoted from the Shema and Leviticus 19:18 when He said “there is no commandment greater” than “to love the Lord your God . . . [and] your neighbor as yourself.” The tefillin usually include Scriptures from Exodus 13:1-16 and Deuteronomy 11:13-21. The Exodus portion refers to the first Passover when God said, “This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips” (Exodus 13:9). A time will come when those who reject God must have a mark either on their hands or on their foreheads (Revelation 13:16; 14:9). Satan loves to counterfeit God’s ways. Tim Gustafson %%DC::ENODB_DYNAMICRULE::ENODB_DYNAMICCONTENT%% Our Daily Bread Ministries Link %%DC::ODBDEVOSOCIALMEDIA::ODBDEVOSOCIALMEDIA%% Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries %%DC::ODBADDRESSBYCOUNTRY-EXPERIENCE::ODBADDRESSBYCOUNTRY%% Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-For the grace of GOD✝️💝🎁that bringeth salvation hath appeared to ALL men👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Teaching👨🏿‍🏫📓📚📖🖍✔️us that, denying ungodliness and worldly🌍🌎🌏🗺lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Titus‬ ‭2:11-12
Don’t Forget the Giver💝🎁.
Be careful that you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦do not forget the LORD✝️💝🎁.
Deuteronomy 6:12.
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It was just before CHRIST✝️💝🎁mas, and her kids were having a difficult time with gratitude. She knew how easy it was to slip into that kind of thinking, but she also knew she wanted something better for the hearts of her children. So she went through the house and placed red bows on light switches, the pantry and refrigerator doors, the washing machine and dryer, and the water faucets. With each bow there was a handwritten note: “Some of the gifts GOD✝️💝🎁gives us are easy to overlook, so I’ve put a bow on them. He is so good to our family. Let’s not forget where the gifts come from.”
In Deuteronomy 6, we see that the future of the nation of Israel🇮🇱✡️involved the conquest of existing places. So they would move into large flourishing cities they did not build (v. 10), occupy houses filled with good things they didn’t provide, and benefit from wells and vineyards and olive groves they didn’t dig or plant (v. 11). ALL these blessings could be easily traced back to a single source—“the LORD✝️💝🎁your GOD✝️💝🎁” (v. 10). And while GOD✝️💝🎁LOVE✝️💝🎁ingly provided these things and more, Moses wanted to make sure the people were careful not to forget (v. 12).
During certain seasons of life it’s easy to forget. But let’s not lose sight of GOD✝️💝🎁’s goodness, the source of ALL our blessings.
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REFLECT & PRAY
LOVE✝️💝🎁ing FATHER✝️💝🎁, You are the source of every blessing in our lives. In our pride we often imagine otherwise, but we know better. We do. Thank You for ALL Your gifts.
Name five blessings in your life. Why are you grateful for them? How will you thank GOD✝️💝🎁for them today?
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“For the grace of GOD✝️💝🎁that bringeth salvation hath appeared to ALL men👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, Teaching👨🏿‍🏫📓📚📖🖍✔️us that, denying ungodliness and worldly🌍🌎🌏🗺lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
‭‭Titus‬ ‭2:11-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/tit.2.11-12.kjv
It was just before Christmas, and her kids were having a difficult time with gratitude. She knew how easy it was to slip into that kind of thinking,…
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Don’t Forget the Giver
Be careful that you do not forget the Lord.
Deuteronomy 6:12

READ DEUTERONOMY 6:4–12

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
It was just before Christmas, and her kids were having a difficult time with gratitude. She knew how easy it was to slip into that kind of thinking, but she also knew she wanted something better for the hearts of her children. So she went through the house and placed red bows on light switches, the pantry and refrigerator doors, the washing machine and dryer, and the water faucets. With each bow there was a handwritten note: “Some of the gifts God gives us are easy to overlook, so I’ve put a bow on them. He is so good to our family. Let’s not forget where the gifts come from.”
In Deuteronomy 6, we see that the future of the nation of Israel involved the conquest of existing places. So they would move into large flourishing cities they did not build (v. 10), occupy houses filled with good things they didn’t provide, and benefit from wells and vineyards and olive groves they didn’t dig or plant (v. 11). All these blessings could be easily traced back to a single source—“the Lord your God” (v. 10). And while God lovingly provided these things and more, Moses wanted to make sure the people were careful not to forget (v. 12).
During certain seasons of life it’s easy to forget. But let’s not lose sight of God’s goodness, the source of all our blessings.
By John Blase
REFLECT & PRAY
Loving Father, You are the source of every blessing in our lives. In our pride we often imagine otherwise, but we know better. We do. Thank You for all Your gifts.

Name five blessings in your life. Why are you grateful for them? How will you thank God for them today?

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Orthodox Jews take the command of Deuteronomy 6:8 literally. A devout Jewish man will tie leather cases known as tefillin (Greek, phylactery) on his left arm or hand and on his forehead. The tefillin contain the portion of Scripture known as the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). In Mark 12:29-31, Jesus quoted from the Shema and Leviticus 19:18 when He said “there is no commandment greater” than “to love the Lord your God . . . [and] your neighbor as yourself.”

The tefillin usually include Scriptures from Exodus 13:1-16 and Deuteronomy 11:13-21. The Exodus portion refers to the first Passover when God said, “This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips” (Exodus 13:9). A time will come when those who reject God must have a mark either on their hands or on their foreheads (Revelation 13:16; 14:9). Satan loves to counterfeit God’s ways. Tim Gustafson

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- MERRY Wonderful EVERYday CHRIST✝️💝🎁mas. Gifts💝🎁from Above. The virgin👧🏿will conceive🤰🏿and give💝🎁birth🤱🏿👼🏿👶🏿to a SON✝️💝🎁, and they will call him IMMANUEL✝️💝🎁.Matthew 1:23. JESUS✝️💝🎁“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23:11‬. According to an old story, a man named Nicholas (born in ad 270) heard about a father who was so poor that he couldn’t feed his three daughters, much less provide for their future marriages. Wanting to assist the father, but hoping to keep his help a secret, Nicholas threw a bag of gold through an open window, which landed in a sock or shoe drying on the hearth. That man was known as St. Nicholas, who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus. When I heard that story of a gift💝🎁coming down from above, I thought of GOD✝️💝🎁the FATHER✝️💝🎁, who out of LOVE✝️💝🎁and compassion sent to earth the greatest gift💝🎁, His SON✝️💝🎁, through a miraculous birth. According to Matthew’s gospel, JESUS✝️💝🎁fulfilled the Old Testament prophecy that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a SON✝️💝🎁whom they would call IMMANUEL✝️💝🎁, meaning “GOD✝️💝🎁with us” (1:23). As LOVE✝️💝🎁ly as Nicholas’s gift was, how much more amazing is the gift of JESUS✝️💝🎁. He left heaven to become a man, died and rose again, and is GOD✝️💝🎁living with us. He brings us comfort when we’re hurting and sad; He encourages us when we feel downhearted; He reveals the truth to us when we might be deceived. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Today’s text introduces us to Joseph, a carpenter in Nazareth and step-father of JESUS✝️💝🎁. Joseph is only mentioned briefly in Scripture but he’s never the speaker; however, his life speaks volumes of his devotion to GOD✝️💝🎁. He’s concerned for the law and desires to act in obedience (Matthew 1:19), yet he pairs that concern with genuine compassion for Mary. His focus on obedience is likewise balanced by trust that the message he’s received from the angel is from GOD✝️💝🎁—giving him strength to obey (vv. 22-25). For more on Joseph, see Mary and Joseph: Reflecting on the Wonder of CHRIST✝️💝🎁masat https://discoveryseries.org/courses/mary-joseph/ REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, thank You for the way You left Your FATHER✝️💝🎁 to be born in humble circumstances. May I never take for granted Your presence in my life. To learn more about the birth of JESUS✝️💝🎁, visit https://christianuniversity.org/resource-library/bible-videos/the-gospel-series/ How can you give the gift of JESUS✝️💝🎁 today? How does His presence lead you to share your resources of time, wisdom, and LOVE✝️💝🎁 with others? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.23.11.kjv According to an old story, a man named Nicholas (born in ad 270) heard about a father who was so poor that he couldn’t feed his three daughters,… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 6 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 3-4; 1 John 5 Gifts from Above The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel. Matthew 1:23 READ MATTHEW 1:18–25 audio playLISTEN ONLINE According to an old story, a man named Nicholas (born in ad 270) heard about a father who was so poor that he couldn’t feed his three daughters, much less provide for their future marriages. Wanting to assist the father, but hoping to keep his help a secret, Nicholas threw a bag of gold through an open window, which landed in a sock or shoe drying on the hearth. That man was known as St. Nicholas, who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus. When I heard that story of a gift coming down from above, I thought of God the Father, who out of love and compassion sent to earth the greatest gift, His Son, through a miraculous birth. According to Matthew’s gospel, Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecy that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a son whom they would call Immanuel, meaning “God with us” (1:23). As lovely as Nicholas’s gift was, how much more amazing is the gift of Jesus. He left heaven to become a man, died and rose again, and is God living with us. He brings us comfort when we’re hurting and sad; He encourages us when we feel downhearted; He reveals the truth to us when we might be deceived. By Amy Boucher Pye REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, thank You for the way You left Your Father to be born in humble circumstances. May I never take for granted Your presence in my life. To learn more about the birth of Jesus, visit bit.ly/2R7FD4f. How can you give the gift of Jesus today? How does His presence lead you to share your resources of time, wisdom, and love with others? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Today’s text introduces us to Joseph, a carpenter in Nazareth and step-father of Jesus. Joseph is only mentioned briefly in Scripture but he’s never the speaker; however, his life speaks volumes of his devotion to God. He’s concerned for the law and desires to act in obedience (Matthew 1:19), yet he pairs that concern with genuine compassion for Mary. His focus on obedience is likewise balanced by trust that the message he’s received from the angel is from God—giving him strength to obey (vv. 22-25). For more on Joseph, see Mary and Joseph: Reflecting on the Wonder of Christmas at discoveryseries.org/hp074. Bill Crowder Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. 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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
MERRY Wonderful EVERYday CHRIST✝️💝🎁mas.
Gifts💝🎁from Above.
The virgin👧🏿will conceive🤰🏿and give💝🎁birth🤱🏿👼🏿👶🏿to a SON✝️💝🎁, and they will call him IMMANUEL✝️💝🎁.Matthew 1:23.
JESUS✝️💝🎁“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23:11‬.
According to an old story, a man named Nicholas (born in ad 270) heard about a father who was so poor that he couldn’t feed his three daughters, much less provide for their future marriages. Wanting to assist the father, but hoping to keep his help a secret, Nicholas threw a bag of gold through an open window, which landed in a sock or shoe drying on the hearth. That man was known as St. Nicholas, who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus.
When I heard that story of a gift💝🎁coming down from above, I thought of GOD✝️💝🎁the FATHER✝️💝🎁, who out of LOVE✝️💝🎁and compassion sent to earth the greatest gift💝🎁, His SON✝️💝🎁, through a miraculous birth. According to Matthew’s gospel, JESUS✝️💝🎁fulfilled the Old Testament prophecy that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a SON✝️💝🎁whom they would call IMMANUEL✝️💝🎁, meaning “GOD✝️💝🎁with us” (1:23).
As LOVE✝️💝🎁ly as Nicholas’s gift was, how much more amazing is the gift of JESUS✝️💝🎁. He left heaven to become a man, died and rose again, and is GOD✝️💝🎁living with us. He brings us comfort when we’re hurting and sad; He encourages us when we feel downhearted; He reveals the truth to us when we might be deceived.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Today’s text introduces us to Joseph, a carpenter in Nazareth and step-father of JESUS✝️💝🎁. Joseph is only mentioned briefly in Scripture but he’s never the speaker; however, his life speaks volumes of his devotion to GOD✝️💝🎁. He’s concerned for the law and desires to act in obedience (Matthew 1:19), yet he pairs that concern with genuine compassion for Mary. His focus on obedience is likewise balanced by trust that the message he’s received from the angel is from GOD✝️💝🎁—giving him strength to obey (vv. 22-25).
For more on Joseph, see Mary and Joseph: Reflecting on the Wonder of CHRIST✝️💝🎁masat https://discoveryseries.org/courses/mary-joseph/
REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, thank You for the way You left Your FATHER✝️💝🎁 to be born in humble circumstances. May I never take for granted Your presence in my life. To learn more about the birth of JESUS✝️💝🎁, visit https://christianuniversity.org/resource-library/bible-videos/the-gospel-series/
How can you give the gift of JESUS✝️💝🎁 today? How does His presence lead you to share your resources of time, wisdom, and LOVE✝️💝🎁 with others?

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JESUS✝️💝🎁“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭23:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.23.11.kjv
According to an old story, a man named Nicholas (born in ad 270) heard about a father who was so poor that he couldn’t feed his three daughters,…
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Gifts from Above
The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel.
Matthew 1:23

READ MATTHEW 1:18–25

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
According to an old story, a man named Nicholas (born in ad 270) heard about a father who was so poor that he couldn’t feed his three daughters, much less provide for their future marriages. Wanting to assist the father, but hoping to keep his help a secret, Nicholas threw a bag of gold through an open window, which landed in a sock or shoe drying on the hearth. That man was known as St. Nicholas, who later became the inspiration for Santa Claus.
When I heard that story of a gift coming down from above, I thought of God the Father, who out of love and compassion sent to earth the greatest gift, His Son, through a miraculous birth. According to Matthew’s gospel, Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament prophecy that a virgin would conceive and give birth to a son whom they would call Immanuel, meaning “God with us” (1:23).
As lovely as Nicholas’s gift was, how much more amazing is the gift of Jesus. He left heaven to become a man, died and rose again, and is God living with us. He brings us comfort when we’re hurting and sad; He encourages us when we feel downhearted; He reveals the truth to us when we might be deceived.
By Amy Boucher Pye
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, thank You for the way You left Your Father to be born in humble circumstances. May I never take for granted Your presence in my life. To learn more about the birth of Jesus, visit bit.ly/2R7FD4f.

How can you give the gift of Jesus today? How does His presence lead you to share your resources of time, wisdom, and love with others?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Today’s text introduces us to Joseph, a carpenter in Nazareth and step-father of Jesus. Joseph is only mentioned briefly in Scripture but he’s never the speaker; however, his life speaks volumes of his devotion to God. He’s concerned for the law and desires to act in obedience (Matthew 1:19), yet he pairs that concern with genuine compassion for Mary. His focus on obedience is likewise balanced by trust that the message he’s received from the angel is from God—giving him strength to obey (vv. 22-25).

For more on Joseph, see Mary and Joseph: Reflecting on the Wonder of Christmas at discoveryseries.org/hp074. Bill Crowder

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are the pure in heart😻😍🥰❤️❣️💓💞💕💗💖💘💝♥️♠️🖤💜💙💚💛🧡😻: for they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall see👀👁👁GOD✝️💝🎁.” Matthew‬ ‭5:8‬. Intentional Kind😻💘💝💞🥰❣️😍🤗👐🏿ness. I want to show GOD✝️💝🎁’s Kind😻💘💝💞🥰❣️😍🤗👐🏿nessto them👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.2 Samuel 9:3. Boarding a plane alone with her children, a young mom tried desperately to calm her three-year-old daughter who began kicking and crying. Then her hungry four-month-old son also began to wail. A traveler seated next to her quickly offered to hold the baby while Jessica got her daughter buckled in. Then the traveler—recalling his own days as a young dad—began coloring with the toddler while Jessica fed her infant. And on the next connecting flight, the same man offered to assist again if needed. Jessica recalled, “I [was] blown away by GOD✝️💝🎁’s hand in this. [We] could have been placed next to anyone, but we were seated next to one of the nicest men I have ever met.” In 2 Samuel 9, we read of another example of what I call intentional kindness. After King Saul and his son Jonathan had been killed, some expected David to kill off any competition to his claim for the throne. Instead, he asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show GOD✝️💝🎁’s kindness?” (v. 3). Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, was then brought to David who restored his inheritance and warmly invited him to share his table from then on—just as if he were his own son (v. 11). As beneficiaries of the immense kindness of GOD✝️💝🎁, may we look for opportunities to show intentional kindness toward others (Galatians 6:10). SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The events that transpire in 2 Samuel 9 have their roots in the covenant relationship that David had with Jonathan, the son of Israel🇮🇱✡️’s first king, Saul. Jonathan, knowing that David was destined to be king, secured David’s commitment to show “kindness” to his offspring (1 Samuel 20:14-17). Mephibosheth, crippled by an accident when he was five years old (2 Samuel 4:4), was an heir to covenant kindness. . REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, I thank You for the kindness You’ve shown me. Help me to lavish it on others. Who can you show GOD✝️💝🎁’s kindness to? What specific act of kindness can you demonstrate to someone who is hurting or discouraged? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are the pure in heart😻😍🥰❤️❣️💓💞💕💗💖💘💝♥️♠️🖤💜💙💚💛🧡😻: for they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall see👀👁👁GOD✝️💝🎁.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.8.kjv Boarding a plane alone with her children, a young mom tried desperately to calm her three-year-old daughter who began kicking and crying. Then her… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 5 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 1-2; 1 John 4 Intentional Kindness I want to show God’s kindness to them. 2 Samuel 9:3 READ 2 SAMUEL 9:3–11 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Boarding a plane alone with her children, a young mom tried desperately to calm her three-year-old daughter who began kicking and crying. Then her hungry four-month-old son also began to wail. A traveler seated next to her quickly offered to hold the baby while Jessica got her daughter buckled in. Then the traveler—recalling his own days as a young dad—began coloring with the toddler while Jessica fed her infant. And on the next connecting flight, the same man offered to assist again if needed. Jessica recalled, “I [was] blown away by God’s hand in this. [We] could have been placed next to anyone, but we were seated next to one of the nicest men I have ever met.” In 2 Samuel 9, we read of another example of what I call intentional kindness. After King Saul and his son Jonathan had been killed, some expected David to kill off any competition to his claim for the throne. Instead, he asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” (v. 3). Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, was then brought to David who restored his inheritance and warmly invited him to share his table from then on—just as if he were his own son (v. 11). As beneficiaries of the immense kindness of God, may we look for opportunities to show intentional kindness toward others (Galatians 6:10). By Cindy Hess Kasper REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly Father, I thank You for the kindness You’ve shown me. Help me to lavish it on others. Who can you show God’s kindness to? What specific act of kindness can you demonstrate to someone who is hurting or discouraged? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The events that transpire in 2 Samuel 9 have their roots in the covenant relationship that David had with Jonathan, the son of Israel’s first king, Saul. Jonathan, knowing that David was destined to be king, secured David’s commitment to show “kindness” to his offspring (1 Samuel 20:14-17). Mephibosheth, crippled by an accident when he was five years old (2 Samuel 4:4), was an heir to covenant kindness. Arthur Jackson Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are the pure in heart😻😍🥰❤️❣️💓💞💕💗💖💘💝♥️♠️🖤💜💙💚💛🧡😻: for they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall see👀👁👁GOD✝️💝🎁.” Matthew‬ ‭5:8‬.
Intentional Kind😻💘💝💞🥰❣️😍🤗👐🏿ness.
I want to show GOD✝️💝🎁’s Kind😻💘💝💞🥰❣️😍🤗👐🏿nessto them👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.2 Samuel 9:3.
Boarding a plane alone with her children, a young mom tried desperately to calm her three-year-old daughter who began kicking and crying. Then her hungry four-month-old son also began to wail.
A traveler seated next to her quickly offered to hold the baby while Jessica got her daughter buckled in. Then the traveler—recalling his own days as a young dad—began coloring with the toddler while Jessica fed her infant. And on the next connecting flight, the same man offered to assist again if needed.
Jessica recalled, “I [was] blown away by GOD✝️💝🎁’s hand in this. [We] could have been placed next to anyone, but we were seated next to one of the nicest men I have ever met.”
In 2 Samuel 9, we read of another example of what I call intentional kindness. After King Saul and his son Jonathan had been killed, some expected David to kill off any competition to his claim for the throne. Instead, he asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show GOD✝️💝🎁’s kindness?” (v. 3). Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, was then brought to David who restored his inheritance and warmly invited him to share his table from then on—just as if he were his own son (v. 11).
As beneficiaries of the immense kindness of GOD✝️💝🎁, may we look for opportunities to show intentional kindness toward others (Galatians 6:10).
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The events that transpire in 2 Samuel 9 have their roots in the covenant relationship that David had with Jonathan, the son of Israel🇮🇱✡️’s first king, Saul. Jonathan, knowing that David was destined to be king, secured David’s commitment to show “kindness” to his offspring (1 Samuel 20:14-17). Mephibosheth, crippled by an accident when he was five years old (2 Samuel 4:4), was an heir to covenant kindness.
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REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, I thank You for the kindness You’ve shown me. Help me to lavish it on others.
Who can you show GOD✝️💝🎁’s kindness to? What specific act of kindness can you demonstrate to someone who is hurting or discouraged?
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JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are the pure in heart😻😍🥰❤️❣️💓💞💕💗💖💘💝♥️♠️🖤💜💙💚💛🧡😻: for they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall see👀👁👁GOD✝️💝🎁.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.8.kjv
Boarding a plane alone with her children, a young mom tried desperately to calm her three-year-old daughter who began kicking and crying. Then her…
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December 5 | Bible in a Year: Daniel 1-2; 1 John 4
Intentional Kindness
I want to show God’s kindness to them.
2 Samuel 9:3

READ 2 SAMUEL 9:3–11

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Boarding a plane alone with her children, a young mom tried desperately to calm her three-year-old daughter who began kicking and crying. Then her hungry four-month-old son also began to wail.
A traveler seated next to her quickly offered to hold the baby while Jessica got her daughter buckled in. Then the traveler—recalling his own days as a young dad—began coloring with the toddler while Jessica fed her infant. And on the next connecting flight, the same man offered to assist again if needed.
Jessica recalled, “I [was] blown away by God’s hand in this. [We] could have been placed next to anyone, but we were seated next to one of the nicest men I have ever met.”
In 2 Samuel 9, we read of another example of what I call intentional kindness. After King Saul and his son Jonathan had been killed, some expected David to kill off any competition to his claim for the throne. Instead, he asked, “Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” (v. 3). Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, was then brought to David who restored his inheritance and warmly invited him to share his table from then on—just as if he were his own son (v. 11).
As beneficiaries of the immense kindness of God, may we look for opportunities to show intentional kindness toward others (Galatians 6:10).
By Cindy Hess Kasper
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly Father, I thank You for the kindness You’ve shown me. Help me to lavish it on others.

Who can you show God’s kindness to? What specific act of kindness can you demonstrate to someone who is hurting or discouraged?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The events that transpire in 2 Samuel 9 have their roots in the covenant relationship that David had with Jonathan, the son of Israel’s first king, Saul. Jonathan, knowing that David was destined to be king, secured David’s commitment to show “kindness” to his offspring (1 Samuel 20:14-17). Mephibosheth, crippled by an accident when he was five years old (2 Samuel 4:4), was an heir to covenant kindness. Arthur Jackson

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- FREE🆓🔓🔑🗝from Condemnation. If our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦hearts❣️💞💕💗💓condemn us, we know that GOD✝️💝🎁is greater than our hearts❣️💞💕💗💓.1 John 3:20. With my soul have I desired Thee in the night🌃🌌🌚🌓; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek👀👁👁🔎🕵️🏿‍♀️🔭Thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐, the inhabitants👨‍👩‍👧‍👦of the world🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐will learn righteousness. Isaiah‬ ‭26:9‬. As a couple drove their trailer through dry Northern California🇺🇸, they felt a tire blow and heard the scrape of metal against pavement. The sparks ignited the 2018 Carr Fire—a wildfire that burned nearly 230,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, and resulted in the deaths of several people. When survivors heard how the couple were overcome with grief, they formed a Facebook page to show “grace and extend kindness . . . for the shame and despair” enveloping them. One woman wrote: “As someone that lost their home to this fire—I need you to know my family [doesn’t blame you], nor [do] any of the other families that lost homes. . . . Accidents happen. I really hope these kind messages ease your burden. We will all get through this together.” Condemnation, our fear that we’ve done something unredeemable, can cannibalize the human soul. Thankfully, the Scriptures reveal that “if our hearts condemn us, we know that GOD✝️💝🎁is greater than our hearts” (1 John 3:20). Whatever our hidden shame, GOD✝️💝🎁is greater than ALL of it. JESUS✝️💝🎁calls us to the healing act of repentance (if needed) or simply unmasks the shame consuming us. Then, encountering divine redemption, we “set our hearts at rest in his presence” (v. 19). Whatever our regrets over things we wish we could undo, GOD✝️💝🎁draws us near. JESUS✝️💝🎁smiles at us and says, “Your heart is free.” SCRIPTURE INSIGHT John’s first letter begins in a way similar to the beginning of the gospel of John (1:1-4). In both his letter and gospel, he reflects the wonder of someone who’s seen the eternal Word of GOD✝️💝🎁with his own eyes (John 1:1-3; 1 John 1:1-4). In both books he develops the themes of what it takes to live in the presence of One who personified light, life, and LOVE✝️💝🎁. But there are also some important differences. John’s gospel focuses on the ways JESUS✝️💝🎁revealed Himself to men and women who never could’ve guessed that the life, light, and LOVE✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁could be revealed from an executioner’s cross. John’s first letter, on the other hand, works as an appeal to those who knew the story but were in danger of forgetting what a lack of LOVE✝️💝🎁for such a GOD✝️💝🎁—and one another—means. . . REFLECT & PRAY GOD✝️💝🎁, I have such regret. I wish I could erase this painful situation and do it all over. But thank You for giving me grace to learn and move forward. How have you experienced shame or condemnation? What does it mean for you to know that JESUS✝️💝🎁has freed your heart? . . “With my soul have I desired Thee in the night🌃🌌🌚🌓; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek👀👁👁🔎🕵️🏿‍♀️🔭Thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐, the inhabitants👨‍👩‍👧‍👦of the world🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐will learn righteousness.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/isa.26.9.kjv As a couple drove their trailer through dry Northern California, they felt a tire blow and heard the scrape of metal against pavement. The sparks… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 4 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 47-48; 1 John 3 Free from Condemnation If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts. 1 John 3:20 READ 1 JOHN 3:19–24 audio playLISTEN ONLINE As a couple drove their trailer through dry Northern California, they felt a tire blow and heard the scrape of metal against pavement. The sparks ignited the 2018 Carr Fire—a wildfire that burned nearly 230,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, and resulted in the deaths of several people. When survivors heard how the couple were overcome with grief, they formed a Facebook page to show “grace and extend kindness . . . for the shame and despair” enveloping them. One woman wrote: “As someone that lost their home to this fire—I need you to know my family [doesn’t blame you], nor [do] any of the other families that lost homes. . . . Accidents happen. I really hope these kind messages ease your burden. We will all get through this together.” Condemnation, our fear that we’ve done something unredeemable, can cannibalize the human soul. Thankfully, the Scriptures reveal that “if our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts” (1 John 3:20). Whatever our hidden shame, God is greater than all of it. Jesus calls us to the healing act of repentance (if needed) or simply unmasks the shame consuming us. Then, encountering divine redemption, we “set our hearts at rest in his presence” (v. 19). Whatever our regrets over things we wish we could undo, God draws us near. Jesus smiles at us and says, “Your heart is free.” By Winn Collier REFLECT & PRAY God, I have such regret. I wish I could erase this painful situation and do it all over. But thank You for giving me grace to learn and move forward. How have you experienced shame or condemnation? What does it mean for you to know that Jesus has freed your heart? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT John’s first letter begins in a way similar to the beginning of the gospel of John (1:1-4). In both his letter and gospel, he reflects the wonder of someone who’s seen the eternal Word of God with his own eyes (John 1:1-3; 1 John 1:1-4). In both books he develops the themes of what it takes to live in the presence of One who personified light, life, and love. But there are also some important differences. John’s gospel focuses on the ways Jesus revealed Himself to men and women who never could’ve guessed that the life, light, and love of God could be revealed from an executioner’s cross. John’s first letter, on the other hand, works as an appeal to those who knew the story but were in danger of forgetting what a lack of love for such a God—and one another—means. Mart DeHaan Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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FREE🆓🔓🔑🗝from Condemnation.
If our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦hearts❣️💞💕💗💓condemn us, we know that GOD✝️💝🎁is greater than our hearts❣️💞💕💗💓.1 John 3:20.
With my soul have I desired Thee in the night🌃🌌🌚🌓; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek👀👁👁🔎🕵️🏿‍♀️🔭Thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐, the inhabitants👨‍👩‍👧‍👦of the world🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐will learn righteousness. Isaiah‬ ‭26:9‬.
As a couple drove their trailer through dry Northern California🇺🇸, they felt a tire blow and heard the scrape of metal against pavement. The sparks ignited the 2018 Carr Fire—a wildfire that burned nearly 230,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, and resulted in the deaths of several people.
When survivors heard how the couple were overcome with grief, they formed a Facebook page to show “grace and extend kindness . . . for the shame and despair” enveloping them. One woman wrote: “As someone that lost their home to this fire—I need you to know my family [doesn’t blame you], nor [do] any of the other families that lost homes. . . . Accidents happen. I really hope these kind messages ease your burden. We will all get through this together.”
Condemnation, our fear that we’ve done something unredeemable, can cannibalize the human soul. Thankfully, the Scriptures reveal that “if our hearts condemn us, we know that GOD✝️💝🎁is greater than our hearts” (1 John 3:20). Whatever our hidden shame, GOD✝️💝🎁is greater than ALL of it. JESUS✝️💝🎁calls us to the healing act of repentance (if needed) or simply unmasks the shame consuming us. Then, encountering divine redemption, we “set our hearts at rest in his presence” (v. 19).
Whatever our regrets over things we wish we could undo, GOD✝️💝🎁draws us near. JESUS✝️💝🎁smiles at us and says, “Your heart is free.”
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
John’s first letter begins in a way similar to the beginning of the gospel of John (1:1-4). In both his letter and gospel, he reflects the wonder of someone who’s seen the eternal Word of GOD✝️💝🎁with his own eyes (John 1:1-3; 1 John 1:1-4). In both books he develops the themes of what it takes to live in the presence of One who personified light, life, and LOVE✝️💝🎁. But there are also some important differences. John’s gospel focuses on the ways JESUS✝️💝🎁revealed Himself to men and women who never could’ve guessed that the life, light, and LOVE✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁could be revealed from an executioner’s cross. John’s first letter, on the other hand, works as an appeal to those who knew the story but were in danger of forgetting what a lack of LOVE✝️💝🎁for such a GOD✝️💝🎁—and one another—means.
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REFLECT & PRAY
GOD✝️💝🎁, I have such regret. I wish I could erase this painful situation and do it all over. But thank You for giving me grace to learn and move forward.
How have you experienced shame or condemnation? What does it mean for you to know that JESUS✝️💝🎁has freed your heart?
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“With my soul have I desired Thee in the night🌃🌌🌚🌓; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek👀👁👁🔎🕵️🏿‍♀️🔭Thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐, the inhabitants👨‍👩‍👧‍👦of the world🌍🌏🌎🗺🌐will learn righteousness.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/isa.26.9.kjv
As a couple drove their trailer through dry Northern California, they felt a tire blow and heard the scrape of metal against pavement. The sparks…
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December 4 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 47-48; 1 John 3
Free from Condemnation
If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts.
1 John 3:20

READ 1 JOHN 3:19–24

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
As a couple drove their trailer through dry Northern California, they felt a tire blow and heard the scrape of metal against pavement. The sparks ignited the 2018 Carr Fire—a wildfire that burned nearly 230,000 acres, destroyed more than 1,000 homes, and resulted in the deaths of several people.
When survivors heard how the couple were overcome with grief, they formed a Facebook page to show “grace and extend kindness . . . for the shame and despair” enveloping them. One woman wrote: “As someone that lost their home to this fire—I need you to know my family [doesn’t blame you], nor [do] any of the other families that lost homes. . . . Accidents happen. I really hope these kind messages ease your burden. We will all get through this together.”
Condemnation, our fear that we’ve done something unredeemable, can cannibalize the human soul. Thankfully, the Scriptures reveal that “if our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts” (1 John 3:20). Whatever our hidden shame, God is greater than all of it. Jesus calls us to the healing act of repentance (if needed) or simply unmasks the shame consuming us. Then, encountering divine redemption, we “set our hearts at rest in his presence” (v. 19).
Whatever our regrets over things we wish we could undo, God draws us near. Jesus smiles at us and says, “Your heart is free.”
By Winn Collier
REFLECT & PRAY
God, I have such regret. I wish I could erase this painful situation and do it all over. But thank You for giving me grace to learn and move forward.

How have you experienced shame or condemnation? What does it mean for you to know that Jesus has freed your heart?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
John’s first letter begins in a way similar to the beginning of the gospel of John (1:1-4). In both his letter and gospel, he reflects the wonder of someone who’s seen the eternal Word of God with his own eyes (John 1:1-3; 1 John 1:1-4). In both books he develops the themes of what it takes to live in the presence of One who personified light, life, and love. But there are also some important differences. John’s gospel focuses on the ways Jesus revealed Himself to men and women who never could’ve guessed that the life, light, and love of God could be revealed from an executioner’s cross. John’s first letter, on the other hand, works as an appeal to those who knew the story but were in danger of forgetting what a lack of love for such a God—and one another—means. Mart DeHaan

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- JESUS✝️💝🎁”But when thou👨‍👩‍👧‍👦doest💝🎁alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:” Matthew‬ ‭6:3‬. JESUS✝️💝🎁”Store💾up for yourselves👨‍👩‍👧‍👦treasures🏴‍☠️🗝in heaven🌃🌌🎇, where moths and vermin do not destroy💣🤯, and where thieves👿👾💸👹👺👻💀🤖💩🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🐲🐉🎰🎲♣️do not break in and steal”. Matthew 6:20. The Lost Envelope. We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the ground. I grabbed it, dirt and all, and looked inside. To my surprise, it contained one hundred dollars. One hundred dollars that someone had lost and who at that very moment was possibly frantically searching to find. I gave our phone number to the attendants at the gas station in case anyone came back looking for it. But no one ever called. Someone had that money and lost it. Earthly treasure is often like that. It can be lost, stolen, or even squandered. It can be lost in bad investments or even in a monetary market over which we have no control. But the heavenly treasure we have in JESUS✝️💝🎁—a restored relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁and the promise of eternal life—isn’t like that. We can’t lose it at a gas station or anywhere else. That’s why CHRIST✝️💝🎁told us to store up “treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:20). We do that when we become “rich in good deeds” (1 Timothy 6:18) or “rich in faith” (James 2:5)—LOVE✝️💝🎁ingly helping others and sharing JESUS✝️💝🎁with them. As GOD✝️💝🎁leads and empowers us, may we store up eternal treasure even as we anticipate our eternal future with Him. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Matthew (or Levi, son of Alphaeus; Mark 2:14)—the tax collector turned disciple of JESUS✝️💝🎁—is believed to be the writer of the gospel of Matthew. Matthew 6 is part of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), given on a hillside near Capernaum. It begins with JESUS✝️💝🎁speaking on the spiritual life of the believer in CHRIST✝️💝🎁(vv. 1-18) and moves to warnings against LOVE✝️💝🎁of possessions, anxiety, and judgmental attitudes (v. 19-7:5). The warning about LOVE✝️💝🎁of money and possessions in today’s passage is a common theme in the Bible. A few examples are the accounts of Achan (Joshua 7:1), the rich young man (Matthew 19:16-22), and Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11). REFLECT & PRAY Dear GOD✝️💝🎁, thank You for everything You’ve given us on this earth—our money, our homes, and more. Help us to hold them loosely while seeking to store up more eternal treasures. What can you do this week that has eternal implications? How can you better use your earthly treasures as investments for heaven’s good? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁”But when thou👨‍👩‍👧‍👦doest💝🎁alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.3.kjv We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 3 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 45-46; 1 John 2 The Lost Envelope Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:20 READ MATTHEW 6:19–21 audio playLISTEN ONLINE We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the ground. I grabbed it, dirt and all, and looked inside. To my surprise, it contained one hundred dollars. One hundred dollars that someone had lost and who at that very moment was possibly frantically searching to find. I gave our phone number to the attendants at the gas station in case anyone came back looking for it. But no one ever called. Someone had that money and lost it. Earthly treasure is often like that. It can be lost, stolen, or even squandered. It can be lost in bad investments or even in a monetary market over which we have no control. But the heavenly treasure we have in Jesus—a restored relationship with God and the promise of eternal life—isn’t like that. We can’t lose it at a gas station or anywhere else. That’s why Christ told us to store up “treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:20). We do that when we become “rich in good deeds” (1 Timothy 6:18) or “rich in faith” (James 2:5)—lovingly helping others and sharing Jesus with them. As God leads and empowers us, may we store up eternal treasure even as we anticipate our eternal future with Him. By Dave Branon REFLECT & PRAY Dear God, thank You for everything You’ve given us on this earth—our money, our homes, and more. Help us to hold them loosely while seeking to store up more eternal treasures. What can you do this week that has eternal implications? How can you better use your earthly treasures as investments for heaven’s good? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Matthew (or Levi, son of Alphaeus; Mark 2:14)—the tax collector turned disciple of Jesus—is believed to be the writer of the gospel of Matthew. Matthew 6 is part of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), given on a hillside near Capernaum. It begins with Jesus speaking on the spiritual life of the believer in Christ (vv. 1-18) and moves to warnings against love of possessions, anxiety, and judgmental attitudes (v. 19-7:5). The warning about love of money and possessions in today’s passage is a common theme in the Bible. A few examples are the accounts of Achan (Joshua 7:1), the rich young man (Matthew 19:16-22), and Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11). Alyson Kieda Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
JESUS✝️💝🎁”But when thou👨‍👩‍👧‍👦doest💝🎁alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:” Matthew‬ ‭6:3‬.
JESUS✝️💝🎁”Store💾up for yourselves👨‍👩‍👧‍👦treasures🏴‍☠️🗝in heaven🌃🌌🎇, where moths and vermin do not destroy💣🤯, and where thieves👿👾💸👹👺👻💀🤖💩🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🐲🐉🎰🎲♣️do not break in and steal”. Matthew 6:20.
The Lost Envelope.
We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the ground. I grabbed it, dirt and all, and looked inside. To my surprise, it contained one hundred dollars.
One hundred dollars that someone had lost and who at that very moment was possibly frantically searching to find. I gave our phone number to the attendants at the gas station in case anyone came back looking for it. But no one ever called.
Someone had that money and lost it. Earthly treasure is often like that. It can be lost, stolen, or even squandered. It can be lost in bad investments or even in a monetary market over which we have no control. But the heavenly treasure we have in JESUS✝️💝🎁—a restored relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁and the promise of eternal life—isn’t like that. We can’t lose it at a gas station or anywhere else.
That’s why CHRIST✝️💝🎁told us to store up “treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:20). We do that when we become “rich in good deeds” (1 Timothy 6:18) or “rich in faith” (James 2:5)—LOVE✝️💝🎁ingly helping others and sharing JESUS✝️💝🎁with them. As GOD✝️💝🎁leads and empowers us, may we store up eternal treasure even as we anticipate our eternal future with Him.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Matthew (or Levi, son of Alphaeus; Mark 2:14)—the tax collector turned disciple of JESUS✝️💝🎁—is believed to be the writer of the gospel of Matthew. Matthew 6 is part of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), given on a hillside near Capernaum. It begins with JESUS✝️💝🎁speaking on the spiritual life of the believer in CHRIST✝️💝🎁(vv. 1-18) and moves to warnings against LOVE✝️💝🎁of possessions, anxiety, and judgmental attitudes (v. 19-7:5). The warning about LOVE✝️💝🎁of money and possessions in today’s passage is a common theme in the Bible. A few examples are the accounts of Achan (Joshua 7:1), the rich young man (Matthew 19:16-22), and Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11).
REFLECT & PRAY
Dear GOD✝️💝🎁, thank You for everything You’ve given us on this earth—our money, our homes, and more. Help us to hold them loosely while seeking to store up more eternal treasures.
What can you do this week that has eternal implications? How can you better use your earthly treasures as investments for heaven’s good?
.

.
JESUS✝️💝🎁”But when thou👨‍👩‍👧‍👦doest💝🎁alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.3.kjv
We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the…
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December 3 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 45-46; 1 John 2
The Lost Envelope
Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Matthew 6:20

READ MATTHEW 6:19–21

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
We were on the way home from a visit with family in another state when I found it. I was pumping gas when I noticed a dirty, bulky envelope on the ground. I grabbed it, dirt and all, and looked inside. To my surprise, it contained one hundred dollars.
One hundred dollars that someone had lost and who at that very moment was possibly frantically searching to find. I gave our phone number to the attendants at the gas station in case anyone came back looking for it. But no one ever called.
Someone had that money and lost it. Earthly treasure is often like that. It can be lost, stolen, or even squandered. It can be lost in bad investments or even in a monetary market over which we have no control. But the heavenly treasure we have in Jesus—a restored relationship with God and the promise of eternal life—isn’t like that. We can’t lose it at a gas station or anywhere else.
That’s why Christ told us to store up “treasures in heaven” (Matthew 6:20). We do that when we become “rich in good deeds” (1 Timothy 6:18) or “rich in faith” (James 2:5)—lovingly helping others and sharing Jesus with them. As God leads and empowers us, may we store up eternal treasure even as we anticipate our eternal future with Him.
By Dave Branon
REFLECT & PRAY
Dear God, thank You for everything You’ve given us on this earth—our money, our homes, and more. Help us to hold them loosely while seeking to store up more eternal treasures.

What can you do this week that has eternal implications? How can you better use your earthly treasures as investments for heaven’s good?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Matthew (or Levi, son of Alphaeus; Mark 2:14)—the tax collector turned disciple of Jesus—is believed to be the writer of the gospel of Matthew. Matthew 6 is part of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), given on a hillside near Capernaum. It begins with Jesus speaking on the spiritual life of the believer in Christ (vv. 1-18) and moves to warnings against love of possessions, anxiety, and judgmental attitudes (v. 19-7:5). The warning about love of money and possessions in today’s passage is a common theme in the Bible. A few examples are the accounts of Achan (Joshua 7:1), the rich young man (Matthew 19:16-22), and Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1-11). Alyson Kieda

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- The Flip Side of LOVE✝️💝🎁. Grace, mercy and peace☮️✌🏿🕊🏳️from GOD✝️💝🎁the FATHER✝️💝🎁and from JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s, the FATHER✝️💝🎁’s SON✝️💝🎁, will be with us in truth and LOVE✝️💝🎁.2 John 1:3. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GOD✝️💝🎁: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-9‬. The Roman inns during the time of CHRIST✝️💝🎁had a reputation so bad that rabbis wouldn’t even permit cattle to be left at them. Faced with such bad conditions, traveling CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians usually sought out other believers for hospitality. Among those early travelers were false teachers who denied that JESUS✝️💝🎁was the MESSIAH✝️💝🎁. This is why the letter of 2 John tells its readers there is a time to refuseto extend hospitality. John had said in a previous letter that these false teachers were “antichrist—denying the FATHER✝️💝🎁and the SON✝️💝🎁” (1 John 2:22). In 2 John he elaborated on this, telling his readers that whoever believes JESUS✝️💝🎁is the MESSIAH✝️💝🎁“has both the FATHER✝️💝🎁and the SON✝️💝🎁” (v. 9). Then he warned, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them” (v. 10). To extend hospitality to someone preaching a false gospel would actually help keep people separated from GOD✝️💝🎁. John’s second letter shows us a “flip side” of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁. We serve a GOD✝️💝🎁who welcomes everyone with open arms. But genuine LOVE✝️💝🎁won’t enable those who deceitfully harm themselves and others. GOD✝️💝🎁wraps His arms around those who come to Him in repentance, but He NEVER embraces a LIE🤥. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The author of 1, 2, and 3 John isn’t explicitly identified. First John has no author identification at all, and 2 and 3 John simply refer to the author as “the elder” (2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1). However, there’s much evidence to link these three letters to John the disciple. For example, the gospel of John (which is attributed to John the disciple) and the epistles of John ALL share similar themes. In today’s reading from 2 John, three key ideas echo themes in John’s gospel: truth (John 14:6), LOVE✝️💝🎁(John 3:16), and LOVE✝️💝🎁leading to obedience (John 15:9-17). REFLECT & PRAY FATHER✝️💝🎁, You LOVE✝️💝🎁us in Your truth. Help us extend that LOVE✝️💝🎁 to others with the unwavering grace that comes only from Your SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁. How can you reflect GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁in your relationships today? What issues might you need to confront in your own life or in the lives of others? . . “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GOD✝️💝🎁: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-9‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/eph.2.8-9.kjvgg The Roman inns during the time of Christ had a reputation so bad that rabbis wouldn’t even permit cattle to be left at them. Faced with such bad… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 2 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 42-44; 1 John 1 The Flip Side of Love Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. 2 John 1:3 READ 2 JOHN 1:1–11 audio playLISTEN ONLINE The Roman inns during the time of Christ had a reputation so bad that rabbis wouldn’t even permit cattle to be left at them. Faced with such bad conditions, traveling Christians usually sought out other believers for hospitality. Among those early travelers were false teachers who denied that Jesus was the Messiah. This is why the letter of 2 John tells its readers there is a time to refuse to extend hospitality. John had said in a previous letter that these false teachers were “antichrist—denying the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22). In 2 John he elaborated on this, telling his readers that whoever believes Jesus is the Messiah “has both the Father and the Son” (v. 9). Then he warned, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them” (v. 10). To extend hospitality to someone preaching a false gospel would actually help keep people separated from God. John’s second letter shows us a “flip side” of God’s love. We serve a God who welcomes everyone with open arms. But genuine love won’t enable those who deceitfully harm themselves and others. God wraps His arms around those who come to Him in repentance, but He never embraces a lie. By Tim Gustafson REFLECT & PRAY Father, You love us in Your truth. Help us extend that love to others with the unwavering grace that comes only from Your Spirit. How can you reflect God’s love in your relationships today? What issues might you need to confront in your own life or in the lives of others? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The author of 1, 2, and 3 John isn’t explicitly identified. First John has no author identification at all, and 2 and 3 John simply refer to the author as “the elder” (2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1). However, there’s much evidence to link these three letters to John the disciple. For example, the gospel of John (which is attributed to John the disciple) and the epistles of John all share similar themes. In today’s reading from 2 John, three key ideas echo themes in John’s gospel: truth (John 14:6), love (John 3:16), and love leading to obedience (John 15:9-17). J.R. Hudberg Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- The Flip Side of LOVE✝️💝🎁.
Grace, mercy and peace☮️✌🏿🕊🏳️from GOD✝️💝🎁the FATHER✝️💝🎁and from JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s, the FATHER✝️💝🎁’s SON✝️💝🎁, will be with us in truth and LOVE✝️💝🎁.2 John 1:3.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GOD✝️💝🎁: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-9‬.
The Roman inns during the time of CHRIST✝️💝🎁had a reputation so bad that rabbis wouldn’t even permit cattle to be left at them. Faced with such bad conditions, traveling CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians usually sought out other believers for hospitality.
Among those early travelers were false teachers who denied that JESUS✝️💝🎁was the MESSIAH✝️💝🎁. This is why the letter of 2 John tells its readers there is a time to refuseto extend hospitality. John had said in a previous letter that these false teachers were “antichrist—denying the FATHER✝️💝🎁and the SON✝️💝🎁” (1 John 2:22). In 2 John he elaborated on this, telling his readers that whoever believes JESUS✝️💝🎁is the MESSIAH✝️💝🎁“has both the FATHER✝️💝🎁and the SON✝️💝🎁” (v. 9).
Then he warned, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them” (v. 10). To extend hospitality to someone preaching a false gospel would actually help keep people separated from GOD✝️💝🎁.
John’s second letter shows us a “flip side” of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁. We serve a GOD✝️💝🎁who welcomes everyone with open arms. But genuine LOVE✝️💝🎁won’t enable those who deceitfully harm themselves and others. GOD✝️💝🎁wraps His arms around those who come to Him in repentance, but He NEVER embraces a LIE🤥.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The author of 1, 2, and 3 John isn’t explicitly identified. First John has no author identification at all, and 2 and 3 John simply refer to the author as “the elder” (2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1). However, there’s much evidence to link these three letters to John the disciple. For example, the gospel of John (which is attributed to John the disciple) and the epistles of John ALL share similar themes. In today’s reading from 2 John, three key ideas echo themes in John’s gospel: truth (John 14:6), LOVE✝️💝🎁(John 3:16), and LOVE✝️💝🎁leading to obedience (John 15:9-17).
REFLECT & PRAY
FATHER✝️💝🎁, You LOVE✝️💝🎁us in Your truth. Help us extend that LOVE✝️💝🎁 to others with the unwavering grace that comes only from Your SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁.
How can you reflect GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁in your relationships today? What issues might you need to confront in your own life or in the lives of others?
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.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of GOD✝️💝🎁: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8-9‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/eph.2.8-9.kjvgg
The Roman inns during the time of Christ had a reputation so bad that rabbis wouldn’t even permit cattle to be left at them. Faced with such bad…
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December 2 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 42-44; 1 John 1
The Flip Side of Love
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
2 John 1:3

READ 2 JOHN 1:1–11

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
The Roman inns during the time of Christ had a reputation so bad that rabbis wouldn’t even permit cattle to be left at them. Faced with such bad conditions, traveling Christians usually sought out other believers for hospitality.
Among those early travelers were false teachers who denied that Jesus was the Messiah. This is why the letter of 2 John tells its readers there is a time to refuse to extend hospitality. John had said in a previous letter that these false teachers were “antichrist—denying the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22). In 2 John he elaborated on this, telling his readers that whoever believes Jesus is the Messiah “has both the Father and the Son” (v. 9).
Then he warned, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them” (v. 10). To extend hospitality to someone preaching a false gospel would actually help keep people separated from God.
John’s second letter shows us a “flip side” of God’s love. We serve a God who welcomes everyone with open arms. But genuine love won’t enable those who deceitfully harm themselves and others. God wraps His arms around those who come to Him in repentance, but He never embraces a lie.
By Tim Gustafson
REFLECT & PRAY
Father, You love us in Your truth. Help us extend that love to others with the unwavering grace that comes only from Your Spirit.

How can you reflect God’s love in your relationships today? What issues might you need to confront in your own life or in the lives of others?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The author of 1, 2, and 3 John isn’t explicitly identified. First John has no author identification at all, and 2 and 3 John simply refer to the author as “the elder” (2 John 1:1; 3 John 1:1). However, there’s much evidence to link these three letters to John the disciple. For example, the gospel of John (which is attributed to John the disciple) and the epistles of John all share similar themes. In today’s reading from 2 John, three key ideas echo themes in John’s gospel: truth (John 14:6), love (John 3:16), and love leading to obedience (John 15:9-17). J.R. Hudberg

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – Is There Hope? If GOD✝️💝🎁 is for us👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, who can be against us? Romans 8:31. The voice🗣🎤🎙 of him that crieth😢😭😰 in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD✝️💝🎁, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD✝️💝🎁. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD✝️💝🎁 shall be revealed, and ALL flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD✝️💝🎁 hath spoken it. Isaiah‬ ‭40:3-5‬. Edward Payson (1783-1827) led an extremely difficult life. The death of his younger brother shook him to the core. He struggled with bipolar disorder, and he was affected by extreme migraine headaches for days. If this wasn’t enough, a fall from a horse led to paralysis of his arm, and he almost died from tuberculosis! Surprisingly, his response wasn’t one of despair and hopelessness. His friends said that before Edward passed away, his JOY😂😹 was intense. How could that be? In his letter to the believers in Rome, the apostle Paul expressed his complete confidence in the reality of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 regardless of circumstances. He asked with boldness, “If GOD✝️💝🎁 is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). If GOD✝️💝🎁 gave His very own SON✝️💝🎁, JESUS✝️💝🎁, to save us, then He will provide everything we need to finish this life well. Paul listed seven seemingly unbearable situations that he himself faced: trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and the sword (v. 35). He didn’t imply that CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 would stop bad things from happening. But Paul said that “in ALL these things we are more than conquerors through him who LOVE✝️💝🎁 d us” (v. 37). Through the uncertainty of this world, GOD✝️💝🎁 can be trusted completely, knowing that nothing, absolutely nothing, “will be able to separate us from the LOVE✝️💝🎁 of GOD✝️💝🎁 that is in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 our LORD✝️💝🎁” (v. 39). SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Romans 8, three things jump from the page to fill GOD✝️💝🎁’s child with assurance and hope. Verses 1-4 remind us that “there is now no condemnation” for believers in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. This affirmation gives us confidence that in JESUS✝️💝🎁 we’re brought into right relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁 and are safe from judgment for our sins. The bulk of the chapter (vv. 5-27) confirms the role of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 in empowering us in living out our faith. The final segment (vv. 28-39) assures us that GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 for us will never die or diminish. After seven chapters that speak to our failings and our need of a SAVIOR✝️💝🎁, chapter 8 builds a case for spiritual confidence in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. His protection, SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, and LOVE✝️💝🎁 have come to us through the cross✝️, reminding us that we’re loved and cared for by the FATHER✝️💝🎁. REFLECT & PRAY Faithful FATHER✝️💝🎁, thank You for Your SON✝️💝🎁’s sacrifice so that I can have eternal life. Thank You that, no matter how gray life may seem, I can trust in Your promises. To learn more about living with the difficulties, visit https://christianuniversity.org/resource-library/videos/help-for-my-life/#section4. When you face seemingly hopeless situations, how do you typically respond? What promise of GOD✝️💝🎁 can you cling to, knowing He is faithful? . . “The voice🗣🎤🎙 of him that crieth😢😭😰 in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD✝️💝🎁, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD✝️💝🎁. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD✝️💝🎁 shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD✝️💝🎁 hath spoken it.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:3-5‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/isa.40.3-5.kjv Edward Payson (1783-1827) led an extremely difficult life. The death of his younger brother shook him to the core. He struggled with bipolar… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT December 1 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 40-41; 2 Peter 3 Is There Hope? If God is for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 READ ROMANS 8:31–39 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Edward Payson (1783-1827) led an extremely difficult life. The death of his younger brother shook him to the core. He struggled with bipolar disorder, and he was affected by extreme migraine headaches for days. If this wasn’t enough, a fall from a horse led to paralysis of his arm, and he almost died from tuberculosis! Surprisingly, his response wasn’t one of despair and hopelessness. His friends said that before Edward passed away, his joy was intense. How could that be? In his letter to the believers in Rome, the apostle Paul expressed his complete confidence in the reality of God’s love regardless of circumstances. He asked with boldness, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). If God gave His very own Son, Jesus, to save us, then He will provide everything we need to finish this life well. Paul listed seven seemingly unbearable situations that he himself faced: trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and the sword (v. 35). He didn’t imply that Christ’s love would stop bad things from happening. But Paul said that “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (v. 37). Through the uncertainty of this world, God can be trusted completely, knowing that nothing, absolutely nothing, “will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (v. 39). By Estera Pirosca Escobar REFLECT & PRAY Faithful Father, thank You for Your Son’s sacrifice so that I can have eternal life. Thank You that, no matter how gray life may seem, I can trust in Your promises. To learn more about living with the difficulties, visit bit.ly/2wXd3Jj. When you face seemingly hopeless situations, how do you typically respond? What promise of God can you cling to, knowing He is faithful? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Romans 8, three things jump from the page to fill God’s child with assurance and hope. Verses 1-4 remind us that “there is now no condemnation” for believers in Christ. This affirmation gives us confidence that in Jesus we’re brought into right relationship with God and are safe from judgment for our sins. The bulk of the chapter (vv. 5-27) confirms the role of the Holy Spirit in empowering us in living out our faith. The final segment (vv. 28-39) assures us that God’s love for us will never die or diminish. After seven chapters that speak to our failings and our need of a Savior, chapter 8 builds a case for spiritual confidence in Christ. His protection, Spirit, and love have come to us through the cross, reminding us that we’re loved and cared for by the Father. Bill Crowder Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – Is There Hope?
If GOD✝️💝🎁 is for us👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, who can be against us? Romans 8:31.
The voice🗣🎤🎙 of him that crieth😢😭😰 in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD✝️💝🎁, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD✝️💝🎁. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD✝️💝🎁 shall be revealed, and ALL flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD✝️💝🎁 hath spoken it. Isaiah‬ ‭40:3-5‬.
Edward Payson (1783-1827) led an extremely difficult life. The death of his younger brother shook him to the core. He struggled with bipolar disorder, and he was affected by extreme migraine headaches for days. If this wasn’t enough, a fall from a horse led to paralysis of his arm, and he almost died from tuberculosis! Surprisingly, his response wasn’t one of despair and hopelessness. His friends said that before Edward passed away, his JOY😂😹 was intense. How could that be?
In his letter to the believers in Rome, the apostle Paul expressed his complete confidence in the reality of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 regardless of circumstances. He asked with boldness, “If GOD✝️💝🎁 is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). If GOD✝️💝🎁 gave His very own SON✝️💝🎁, JESUS✝️💝🎁, to save us, then He will provide everything we need to finish this life well. Paul listed seven seemingly unbearable situations that he himself faced: trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and the sword (v. 35). He didn’t imply that CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 would stop bad things from happening. But Paul said that “in ALL these things we are more than conquerors through him who LOVE✝️💝🎁 d us” (v. 37).
Through the uncertainty of this world, GOD✝️💝🎁 can be trusted completely, knowing that nothing, absolutely nothing, “will be able to separate us from the LOVE✝️💝🎁 of GOD✝️💝🎁 that is in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 our LORD✝️💝🎁” (v. 39).
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Romans 8, three things jump from the page to fill GOD✝️💝🎁’s child with assurance and hope. Verses 1-4 remind us that “there is now no condemnation” for believers in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. This affirmation gives us confidence that in JESUS✝️💝🎁 we’re brought into right relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁 and are safe from judgment for our sins. The bulk of the chapter (vv. 5-27) confirms the role of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 in empowering us in living out our faith. The final segment (vv. 28-39) assures us that GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 for us will never die or diminish. After seven chapters that speak to our failings and our need of a SAVIOR✝️💝🎁, chapter 8 builds a case for spiritual confidence in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. His protection, SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, and LOVE✝️💝🎁 have come to us through the cross✝️, reminding us that we’re loved and cared for by the FATHER✝️💝🎁.
REFLECT & PRAY
Faithful FATHER✝️💝🎁, thank You for Your SON✝️💝🎁’s sacrifice so that I can have eternal life. Thank You that, no matter how gray life may seem, I can trust in Your promises. To learn more about living with the difficulties, visit https://christianuniversity.org/resource-library/videos/help-for-my-life/#section4.
When you face seemingly hopeless situations, how do you typically respond? What promise of GOD✝️💝🎁 can you cling to, knowing He is faithful?
.

.
“The voice🗣🎤🎙 of him that crieth😢😭😰 in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD✝️💝🎁, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD✝️💝🎁. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD✝️💝🎁 shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD✝️💝🎁 hath spoken it.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:3-5‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/isa.40.3-5.kjv
Edward Payson (1783-1827) led an extremely difficult life. The death of his younger brother shook him to the core. He struggled with bipolar…
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December 1 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 40-41; 2 Peter 3
Is There Hope?
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31

READ ROMANS 8:31–39

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Edward Payson (1783-1827) led an extremely difficult life. The death of his younger brother shook him to the core. He struggled with bipolar disorder, and he was affected by extreme migraine headaches for days. If this wasn’t enough, a fall from a horse led to paralysis of his arm, and he almost died from tuberculosis! Surprisingly, his response wasn’t one of despair and hopelessness. His friends said that before Edward passed away, his joy was intense. How could that be?
In his letter to the believers in Rome, the apostle Paul expressed his complete confidence in the reality of God’s love regardless of circumstances. He asked with boldness, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). If God gave His very own Son, Jesus, to save us, then He will provide everything we need to finish this life well. Paul listed seven seemingly unbearable situations that he himself faced: trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and the sword (v. 35). He didn’t imply that Christ’s love would stop bad things from happening. But Paul said that “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” (v. 37).
Through the uncertainty of this world, God can be trusted completely, knowing that nothing, absolutely nothing, “will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (v. 39).
By Estera Pirosca Escobar
REFLECT & PRAY
Faithful Father, thank You for Your Son’s sacrifice so that I can have eternal life. Thank You that, no matter how gray life may seem, I can trust in Your promises. To learn more about living with the difficulties, visit bit.ly/2wXd3Jj.

When you face seemingly hopeless situations, how do you typically respond? What promise of God can you cling to, knowing He is faithful?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Romans 8, three things jump from the page to fill God’s child with assurance and hope. Verses 1-4 remind us that “there is now no condemnation” for believers in Christ. This affirmation gives us confidence that in Jesus we’re brought into right relationship with God and are safe from judgment for our sins. The bulk of the chapter (vv. 5-27) confirms the role of the Holy Spirit in empowering us in living out our faith. The final segment (vv. 28-39) assures us that God’s love for us will never die or diminish. After seven chapters that speak to our failings and our need of a Savior, chapter 8 builds a case for spiritual confidence in Christ. His protection, Spirit, and love have come to us through the cross, reminding us that we’re loved and cared for by the Father. Bill Crowder

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Carefully Crafted. CHRIST✝️💝🎁Himself gave💝🎁the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers👨🏿‍🏫, to equip His people. Ephesians 4:11-12. Be not overcome of evil👿, but overcome evil with good. Romans‬ ‭12:21. In a YouTube video, Alan Glustoff, a cheese farmer in Goshen, New York, described his process for aging cheese, a process that adds to a cheese’s flavor and texture. Before it can be sent out to a market, each block of cheese remains on a shelf in an underground cave for six to twelve months. In this humid environment the cheese is carefully tended. “We do our best to give it the right environment to thrive . . . [and] to develop to its truest potential,” Glustoff explained. Glustoff’s passion for developing the potential of the cheese he produces reminded me of GOD’s✝️💝🎁’s passion for developing the “truest potential” of His children so they will become fruitful and mature. In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul describes the people involved in this process: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (v. 11). People with these gifts help to stimulate the growth of each believer as well as to encourage acts of service (the “works” mentioned in verse 12). The goal is that we “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (v. 13). Spiritual growth comes about through the power of the HOLY✝️💝🎁SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁as we submit to His maturing process. As we follow the guidance of the people He places in our lives, we become more effective as He sends us out to serve. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The New Testament contains three main listings of spiritual gifts—Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, and 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. In addition, Ephesians 4:11 lists offices carried out by those with specific gifts, and 1 Peter 4:10-11 classifies the gifts into speaking and serving. That no two lists are identical suggests they’re not exhaustive. In each, the emphasis isn’t on the quantity of gifts but on their diversity and purpose. They’re to be used in aLOVE✝️💝🎁ing way to promote unity in the church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; 13:1-13), build up the spiritual maturity of the believers (Ephesians 4:12-16), and bring glory to GOD✝️💝🎁(1 Peter 4:10-11). In Ephesians 4, interposed between the unity (vv. 1-6) and maturity (vv. 14-16) of the church, Paul highlights the teaching gifts that help grow, build up, stabilize, unite, equip, and mature the church (vv. 11-13. . REFLECT & PRAY LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁, I’m grateful for the tender way You help me to grow. Who has been most influential to your spiritual growth? In what ways have you been challenged to grow? How can you encourage the growth of someone else? . . “Be not overcome of evil👿, but overcome evil with good.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:21‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/rom.12.21.kjv In a YouTube video, Alan Glustoff, a cheese farmer in Goshen, New York, described his process for aging cheese, a process that adds to a cheese’s… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 30 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 37-39; 2 Peter 2 Carefully Crafted Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people. Ephesians 4:11-12 READ EPHESIANS 4:11–14 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In a YouTube video, Alan Glustoff, a cheese farmer in Goshen, New York, described his process for aging cheese, a process that adds to a cheese’s flavor and texture. Before it can be sent out to a market, each block of cheese remains on a shelf in an underground cave for six to twelve months. In this humid environment the cheese is carefully tended. “We do our best to give it the right environment to thrive . . . [and] to develop to its truest potential,” Glustoff explained. Glustoff’s passion for developing the potential of the cheese he produces reminded me of God’s passion for developing the “truest potential” of His children so they will become fruitful and mature. In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul describes the people involved in this process: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (v. 11). People with these gifts help to stimulate the growth of each believer as well as to encourage acts of service (the “works” mentioned in verse 12). The goal is that we “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (v. 13). Spiritual growth comes about through the power of the Holy Spirit as we submit to His maturing process. As we follow the guidance of the people He places in our lives, we become more effective as He sends us out to serve. By Linda Washington REFLECT & PRAY Loving God, I’m grateful for the tender way You help me to grow. Who has been most influential to your spiritual growth? In what ways have you been challenged to grow? How can you encourage the growth of someone else? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The New Testament contains three main listings of spiritual gifts—Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, and 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. In addition, Ephesians 4:11 lists offices carried out by those with specific gifts, and 1 Peter 4:10-11 classifies the gifts into speaking and serving. That no two lists are identical suggests they’re not exhaustive. In each, the emphasis isn’t on the quantity of gifts but on their diversity and purpose. They’re to be used in a loving way to promote unity in the church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; 13:1-13), build up the spiritual maturity of the believers (Ephesians 4:12-16), and bring glory to God (1 Peter 4:10-11). In Ephesians 4, interposed between the unity (vv. 1-6) and maturity (vv. 14-16) of the church, Paul highlights the teaching gifts that help grow, build up, stabilize, unite, equip, and mature the church (vv. 11-13). K. T. Sim Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
Carefully Crafted.
CHRIST✝️💝🎁Himself gave💝🎁the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers👨🏿‍🏫, to equip His people. Ephesians 4:11-12.
Be not overcome of evil👿, but overcome evil with good. Romans‬ ‭12:21.
In a YouTube video, Alan Glustoff, a cheese farmer in Goshen, New York, described his process for aging cheese, a process that adds to a cheese’s flavor and texture. Before it can be sent out to a market, each block of cheese remains on a shelf in an underground cave for six to twelve months. In this humid environment the cheese is carefully tended. “We do our best to give it the right environment to thrive . . . [and] to develop to its truest potential,” Glustoff explained.
Glustoff’s passion for developing the potential of the cheese he produces reminded me of GOD’s✝️💝🎁’s passion for developing the “truest potential” of His children so they will become fruitful and mature. In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul describes the people involved in this process: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (v. 11). People with these gifts help to stimulate the growth of each believer as well as to encourage acts of service (the “works” mentioned in verse 12). The goal is that we “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (v. 13).
Spiritual growth comes about through the power of the HOLY✝️💝🎁SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁as we submit to His maturing process. As we follow the guidance of the people He places in our lives, we become more effective as He sends us out to serve.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The New Testament contains three main listings of spiritual gifts—Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, and 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. In addition, Ephesians 4:11 lists offices carried out by those with specific gifts, and 1 Peter 4:10-11 classifies the gifts into speaking and serving. That no two lists are identical suggests they’re not exhaustive. In each, the emphasis isn’t on the quantity of gifts but on their diversity and purpose. They’re to be used in aLOVE✝️💝🎁ing way to promote unity in the church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; 13:1-13), build up the spiritual maturity of the believers (Ephesians 4:12-16), and bring glory to GOD✝️💝🎁(1 Peter 4:10-11). In Ephesians 4, interposed between the unity (vv. 1-6) and maturity (vv. 14-16) of the church, Paul highlights the teaching gifts that help grow, build up, stabilize, unite, equip, and mature the church (vv. 11-13.
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REFLECT & PRAY
LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁, I’m grateful for the tender way You help me to grow.
Who has been most influential to your spiritual growth? In what ways have you been challenged to grow? How can you encourage the growth of someone else?
.

.
“Be not overcome of evil👿, but overcome evil with good.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:21‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/rom.12.21.kjv
In a YouTube video, Alan Glustoff, a cheese farmer in Goshen, New York, described his process for aging cheese, a process that adds to a cheese’s…
Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT

November 30 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 37-39; 2 Peter 2
Carefully Crafted
Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people.
Ephesians 4:11-12

READ EPHESIANS 4:11–14

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In a YouTube video, Alan Glustoff, a cheese farmer in Goshen, New York, described his process for aging cheese, a process that adds to a cheese’s flavor and texture. Before it can be sent out to a market, each block of cheese remains on a shelf in an underground cave for six to twelve months. In this humid environment the cheese is carefully tended. “We do our best to give it the right environment to thrive . . . [and] to develop to its truest potential,” Glustoff explained.
Glustoff’s passion for developing the potential of the cheese he produces reminded me of God’s passion for developing the “truest potential” of His children so they will become fruitful and mature. In Ephesians 4, the apostle Paul describes the people involved in this process: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers (v. 11). People with these gifts help to stimulate the growth of each believer as well as to encourage acts of service (the “works” mentioned in verse 12). The goal is that we “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (v. 13).
Spiritual growth comes about through the power of the Holy Spirit as we submit to His maturing process. As we follow the guidance of the people He places in our lives, we become more effective as He sends us out to serve.
By Linda Washington
REFLECT & PRAY
Loving God, I’m grateful for the tender way You help me to grow.

Who has been most influential to your spiritual growth? In what ways have you been challenged to grow? How can you encourage the growth of someone else?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The New Testament contains three main listings of spiritual gifts—Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, and 1 Corinthians 12:28-30. In addition, Ephesians 4:11 lists offices carried out by those with specific gifts, and 1 Peter 4:10-11 classifies the gifts into speaking and serving. That no two lists are identical suggests they’re not exhaustive. In each, the emphasis isn’t on the quantity of gifts but on their diversity and purpose. They’re to be used in a loving way to promote unity in the church (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; 13:1-13), build up the spiritual maturity of the believers (Ephesians 4:12-16), and bring glory to God (1 Peter 4:10-11). In Ephesians 4, interposed between the unity (vv. 1-6) and maturity (vv. 14-16) of the church, Paul highlights the teaching gifts that help grow, build up, stabilize, unite, equip, and mature the church (vv. 11-13). K. T. Sim

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-JESUS✝️💝🎁”For GOD✝️💝🎁sent not His SON✝️💝🎁into the world🌍🌏🌎🗺to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved🆘⛑🏥🏩.” John‬ ‭3:17. Hazardous⚠️☣️Materials. See👀👁👁, this [live coal🥵🌶♨️🔥🌋🌡] has touched your lips👄💋; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.Isaiah 6:7. The sound of a siren increased to an ear-piercing level as an emergency vehicle sped by my car. Its flashing lights glared through my windshield, illuminating the words “hazardous materials” printed on the side of the truck. Later, I learned it had been racing to a science laboratory where a 400-gallon container of sulfuric acid had begun to leak. Emergency workers had to contain the substance immediately because of its ability to damage whatever it came in contact with. As I thought about this news story, I wondered what would happen if sirens blared every time a harsh or critical word “leaked” out of my mouth? Sadly, it might become rather noisy around our house. The prophet Isaiah shared this sense of awareness about his sin. When he saw GOD✝️💝🎁’s glory in a vision, he was overcome by his unworthiness. He recognized that he was “a man of unclean lips” living with people who shared the same problem (Isaiah 6:5). What happened next gives me hope. An angel😇👼🏿touched his lips with a red-hot coal, explaining, “your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for” (v. 7). We have moment-by-moment choices to make with our words—both written and spoken. Will they be “hazardous” material, or will we allow GOD✝️💝🎁’s glory to convict us and His grace to heal us so we can honor Him with everything we express? SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The book of Isaiah was written by the prophet whose name means “YAHWEH✝️💝🎁is salvation” during a time of almost constant clash with the kingdom of Assyria. Isaiah was the son of Amoz and was married to a woman called “the prophetess” (8:3). They had two sons—Shear-Jashub and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (7:3; 8:3). From the very first verse we know that Isaiah prophesied “during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,” a period of possibly fifty year. . REFLECT & PRAY Dear GOD✝️💝🎁, help me to see how my words affect other people. Show me how to encourage them. Why do our words have such a powerful effect on others? How might GOD✝️💝🎁 want to change your speech? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁”For GOD✝️💝🎁sent not His SON✝️💝🎁into the world🌍🌏🌎🗺to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved🆘⛑🏥🏩.” ‭‭John‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/jhn.3.17.kjv Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 29 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 35-36; 2 Peter 1 Hazardous Materials See, this [live coal] has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for. Isaiah 6:7 READ ISAIAH 6:1–10 audio playLISTEN ONLINE The sound of a siren increased to an ear-piercing level as an emergency vehicle sped by my car. Its flashing lights glared through my windshield, illuminating the words “hazardous materials” printed on the side of the truck. Later, I learned it had been racing to a science laboratory where a 400-gallon container of sulfuric acid had begun to leak. Emergency workers had to contain the substance immediately because of its ability to damage whatever it came in contact with. As I thought about this news story, I wondered what would happen if sirens blared every time a harsh or critical word “leaked” out of my mouth? Sadly, it might become rather noisy around our house. The prophet Isaiah shared this sense of awareness about his sin. When he saw God’s glory in a vision, he was overcome by his unworthiness. He recognized that he was “a man of unclean lips” living with people who shared the same problem (Isaiah 6:5). What happened next gives me hope. An angel touched his lips with a red-hot coal, explaining, “your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for” (v. 7). We have moment-by-moment choices to make with our words—both written and spoken. Will they be “hazardous” material, or will we allow God’s glory to convict us and His grace to heal us so we can honor Him with everything we express? By Jennifer Benson Schuldt REFLECT & PRAY Dear God, help me to see how my words affect other people. Show me how to encourage them. Why do our words have such a powerful effect on others? How might God want to change your speech? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The book of Isaiah was written by the prophet whose name means “Yahweh is salvation” during a time of almost constant clash with the kingdom of Assyria. Isaiah was the son of Amoz and was married to a woman called “the prophetess” (8:3). They had two sons—Shear-Jashub and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (7:3; 8:3). From the very first verse we know that Isaiah prophesied “during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,” a period of possibly fifty years. Alyson Kieda Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-JESUS✝️💝🎁”For GOD✝️💝🎁sent not His SON✝️💝🎁into the world🌍🌏🌎🗺to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved🆘⛑🏥🏩.” John‬ ‭3:17.
Hazardous⚠️☣️Materials.
See👀👁👁, this [live coal🥵🌶♨️🔥🌋🌡] has touched your lips👄💋; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.Isaiah 6:7.
The sound of a siren increased to an ear-piercing level as an emergency vehicle sped by my car. Its flashing lights glared through my windshield, illuminating the words “hazardous materials” printed on the side of the truck. Later, I learned it had been racing to a science laboratory where a 400-gallon container of sulfuric acid had begun to leak. Emergency workers had to contain the substance immediately because of its ability to damage whatever it came in contact with.
As I thought about this news story, I wondered what would happen if sirens blared every time a harsh or critical word “leaked” out of my mouth? Sadly, it might become rather noisy around our house.
The prophet Isaiah shared this sense of awareness about his sin. When he saw GOD✝️💝🎁’s glory in a vision, he was overcome by his unworthiness. He recognized that he was “a man of unclean lips” living with people who shared the same problem (Isaiah 6:5). What happened next gives me hope. An angel😇👼🏿touched his lips with a red-hot coal, explaining, “your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for” (v. 7).
We have moment-by-moment choices to make with our words—both written and spoken. Will they be “hazardous” material, or will we allow GOD✝️💝🎁’s glory to convict us and His grace to heal us so we can honor Him with everything we express?
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The book of Isaiah was written by the prophet whose name means “YAHWEH✝️💝🎁is salvation” during a time of almost constant clash with the kingdom of Assyria. Isaiah was the son of Amoz and was married to a woman called “the prophetess” (8:3). They had two sons—Shear-Jashub and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (7:3; 8:3). From the very first verse we know that Isaiah prophesied “during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,” a period of possibly fifty year.
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REFLECT & PRAY
Dear GOD✝️💝🎁, help me to see how my words affect other people. Show me how to encourage them.
Why do our words have such a powerful effect on others? How might GOD✝️💝🎁 want to change your speech?
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JESUS✝️💝🎁”For GOD✝️💝🎁sent not His SON✝️💝🎁into the world🌍🌏🌎🗺to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved🆘⛑🏥🏩.”
‭‭John‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/jhn.3.17.kjv
Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT

November 29 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 35-36; 2 Peter 1
Hazardous Materials
See, this [live coal] has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.
Isaiah 6:7

READ ISAIAH 6:1–10

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
The sound of a siren increased to an ear-piercing level as an emergency vehicle sped by my car. Its flashing lights glared through my windshield, illuminating the words “hazardous materials” printed on the side of the truck. Later, I learned it had been racing to a science laboratory where a 400-gallon container of sulfuric acid had begun to leak. Emergency workers had to contain the substance immediately because of its ability to damage whatever it came in contact with.
As I thought about this news story, I wondered what would happen if sirens blared every time a harsh or critical word “leaked” out of my mouth? Sadly, it might become rather noisy around our house.
The prophet Isaiah shared this sense of awareness about his sin. When he saw God’s glory in a vision, he was overcome by his unworthiness. He recognized that he was “a man of unclean lips” living with people who shared the same problem (Isaiah 6:5). What happened next gives me hope. An angel touched his lips with a red-hot coal, explaining, “your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for” (v. 7).
We have moment-by-moment choices to make with our words—both written and spoken. Will they be “hazardous” material, or will we allow God’s glory to convict us and His grace to heal us so we can honor Him with everything we express?
By Jennifer Benson Schuldt
REFLECT & PRAY
Dear God, help me to see how my words affect other people. Show me how to encourage them.

Why do our words have such a powerful effect on others? How might God want to change your speech?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The book of Isaiah was written by the prophet whose name means “Yahweh is salvation” during a time of almost constant clash with the kingdom of Assyria. Isaiah was the son of Amoz and was married to a woman called “the prophetess” (8:3). They had two sons—Shear-Jashub and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (7:3; 8:3). From the very first verse we know that Isaiah prophesied “during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,” a period of possibly fifty years. Alyson Kieda

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Happy EveryDay Thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿Giving 💝🎁 – A Sincere Thank🙏🏿🙌🏿 You. I will give💝🎁thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿to You, LORD✝️💝🎁, with ALL my heart😍🥰❣️💕💞💓💗💖💘♥️💝💟; I will tell of ALL Your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1. O give💝🎁thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿unto the LORD✝️💝🎁; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:34. . In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with prospective employers. He then pretended to be a hiring interviewer, using his decades of experience as a manager to ask Xavier questions. After the role-playing, our son tucked several copies of his resume into a folder. He smiled when Alan reminded him about the cards. “I know,” he said. “A sincere thank-you note will set me apart from all the other applicants.” When the manager called to hire Xavier, he expressed gratitude for the first hand-written thank-you card he’d received in years. Saying thanks makes a lasting impact. The psalmists’ heartfelt prayers and grateful worship were preserved in the book of Psalms. Though there are one hundred and fifty psalms, these two verses reflect a message of thankfulness: “I will give thanks to you, LORD✝️💝🎁, with ALL my heart; I will tell of ALL your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High” (Psalm 9:1-2). We will never be able to finish expressing our gratitude for ALLGOD✝️💝🎁’s wonderful deeds. But we can start with a sincere thank you through our prayers. We can nurture a lifestyle of grateful worship, praising GOD✝️💝🎁and acknowledging ALL He’s done and ALL He promises He’ll do. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalms 9 and 10 may have originally been a single acrostic poem in Hebrew✡️🕍in which alternating lines begin with successive letters of the Hebrew✡️🕍alphabet. Unlike other laments (a prayer or poem of deep sorrow for the hardships and difficulties of life), these psalms begin with deep confidence and praise to GOD✝️💝🎁. Even in the midst of the trials, the author recognizes that GOD✝️💝🎁has done wonderful things and the proper response is to give thanks, spread the news of those deeds, and rejoice and sing praises to His name (9:1-2). We see in Psalm 9 a lesson in perspective. Not only has GOD✝️💝🎁performed grand things like delivering His people from Egypt🇪🇬, sustaining them in the wilderness, and giving them the Promised Land, but His deeds are personal as well. GOD✝️💝🎁shows His goodness and unfolds His plan in both grand and personal way . REFLECT & PRAY Generous and LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁, please help us acknowledge the countless and wonderful ways You work. What would you like to thank GOD✝️💝🎁 for on this day He’s made? How can writing down prayers of thanks help us cultivate a spirit of gratitude in ALL circumstances? . . “O give💝🎁thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿unto the LORD✝️💝🎁; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.” ‭‭1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:34‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1ch.16.34.kjv In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 28 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 33-34; 1 Peter 5 A Sincere Thank You I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1 READ PSALM 9:1–2, 7–10 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with prospective employers. He then pretended to be a hiring interviewer, using his decades of experience as a manager to ask Xavier questions. After the role-playing, our son tucked several copies of his resume into a folder. He smiled when Alan reminded him about the cards. “I know,” he said. “A sincere thank-you note will set me apart from all the other applicants.” When the manager called to hire Xavier, he expressed gratitude for the first hand-written thank-you card he’d received in years. Saying thanks makes a lasting impact. The psalmists’ heartfelt prayers and grateful worship were preserved in the book of Psalms. Though there are one hundred and fifty psalms, these two verses reflect a message of thankfulness: “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High” (Psalm 9:1-2). We will never be able to finish expressing our gratitude for all God’s wonderful deeds. But we can start with a sincere thank you through our prayers. We can nurture a lifestyle of grateful worship, praising God and acknowledging all He’s done and all He promises He’ll do. By Xochitl Dixon REFLECT & PRAY Generous and loving God, please help us acknowledge the countless and wonderful ways You work. What would you like to thank God for on this day He’s made? How can writing down prayers of thanks help us cultivate a spirit of gratitude in all circumstances? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalms 9 and 10 may have originally been a single acrostic poem in Hebrew in which alternating lines begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Unlike other laments (a prayer or poem of deep sorrow for the hardships and difficulties of life), these psalms begin with deep confidence and praise to God. Even in the midst of the trials, the author recognizes that God has done wonderful things and the proper response is to give thanks, spread the news of those deeds, and rejoice and sing praises to His name (9:1-2). We see in Psalm 9 a lesson in perspective. Not only has God performed grand things like delivering His people from Egypt, sustaining them in the wilderness, and giving them the Promised Land, but His deeds are personal as well. God shows His goodness and unfolds His plan in both grand and personal ways. J.R. Hudberg Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
Happy EveryDay Thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿Giving 💝🎁 –
A Sincere Thank🙏🏿🙌🏿
You.
I will give💝🎁thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿to You, LORD✝️💝🎁, with ALL my heart😍🥰❣️💕💞💓💗💖💘♥️💝💟; I will tell of ALL Your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1.
O give💝🎁thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿unto the LORD✝️💝🎁; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. 1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:34.
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In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with prospective employers. He then pretended to be a hiring interviewer, using his decades of experience as a manager to ask Xavier questions. After the role-playing, our son tucked several copies of his resume into a folder. He smiled when Alan reminded him about the cards. “I know,” he said. “A sincere thank-you note will set me apart from all the other applicants.”
When the manager called to hire Xavier, he expressed gratitude for the first hand-written thank-you card he’d received in years.
Saying thanks makes a lasting impact. The psalmists’ heartfelt prayers and grateful worship were preserved in the book of Psalms. Though there are one hundred and fifty psalms, these two verses reflect a message of thankfulness: “I will give thanks to you, LORD✝️💝🎁, with ALL my heart; I will tell of ALL your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High” (Psalm 9:1-2).
We will never be able to finish expressing our gratitude for ALLGOD✝️💝🎁’s wonderful deeds. But we can start with a sincere thank you through our prayers. We can nurture a lifestyle of grateful worship, praising GOD✝️💝🎁and acknowledging ALL He’s done and ALL He promises He’ll do.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Psalms 9 and 10 may have originally been a single acrostic poem in Hebrew✡️🕍in which alternating lines begin with successive letters of the Hebrew✡️🕍alphabet. Unlike other laments (a prayer or poem of deep sorrow for the hardships and difficulties of life), these psalms begin with deep confidence and praise to GOD✝️💝🎁. Even in the midst of the trials, the author recognizes that GOD✝️💝🎁has done wonderful things and the proper response is to give thanks, spread the news of those deeds, and rejoice and sing praises to His name (9:1-2).
We see in Psalm 9 a lesson in perspective. Not only has GOD✝️💝🎁performed grand things like delivering His people from Egypt🇪🇬, sustaining them in the wilderness, and giving them the Promised Land, but His deeds are personal as well. GOD✝️💝🎁shows His goodness and unfolds His plan in both grand and personal way
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REFLECT & PRAY
Generous and LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁, please help us acknowledge the countless and wonderful ways You work.
What would you like to thank GOD✝️💝🎁 for on this day He’s made? How can writing down prayers of thanks help us cultivate a spirit of gratitude in ALL circumstances?
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“O give💝🎁thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿unto the LORD✝️💝🎁; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.”
‭‭1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:34‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1ch.16.34.kjv
In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with…
Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT

November 28 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 33-34; 1 Peter 5
A Sincere Thank You
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 9:1

READ PSALM 9:1–2, 7–10

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In preparation for Xavier’s first job interview, my husband, Alan, handed our son a pack of thank-you cards for him to send out after he met with prospective employers. He then pretended to be a hiring interviewer, using his decades of experience as a manager to ask Xavier questions. After the role-playing, our son tucked several copies of his resume into a folder. He smiled when Alan reminded him about the cards. “I know,” he said. “A sincere thank-you note will set me apart from all the other applicants.”
When the manager called to hire Xavier, he expressed gratitude for the first hand-written thank-you card he’d received in years.
Saying thanks makes a lasting impact. The psalmists’ heartfelt prayers and grateful worship were preserved in the book of Psalms. Though there are one hundred and fifty psalms, these two verses reflect a message of thankfulness: “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High” (Psalm 9:1-2).
We will never be able to finish expressing our gratitude for all God’s wonderful deeds. But we can start with a sincere thank you through our prayers. We can nurture a lifestyle of grateful worship, praising God and acknowledging all He’s done and all He promises He’ll do.
By Xochitl Dixon
REFLECT & PRAY
Generous and loving God, please help us acknowledge the countless and wonderful ways You work.

What would you like to thank God for on this day He’s made? How can writing down prayers of thanks help us cultivate a spirit of gratitude in all circumstances?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Psalms 9 and 10 may have originally been a single acrostic poem in Hebrew in which alternating lines begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Unlike other laments (a prayer or poem of deep sorrow for the hardships and difficulties of life), these psalms begin with deep confidence and praise to God. Even in the midst of the trials, the author recognizes that God has done wonderful things and the proper response is to give thanks, spread the news of those deeds, and rejoice and sing praises to His name (9:1-2).

We see in Psalm 9 a lesson in perspective. Not only has God performed grand things like delivering His people from Egypt, sustaining them in the wilderness, and giving them the Promised Land, but His deeds are personal as well. God shows His goodness and unfolds His plan in both grand and personal ways. J.R. Hudberg

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – Happy EveryDay Thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿Giving 💝🎁 – Enter into His(GOD✝️💝🎁) gates🌉⛩ with thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿giving 💝🎁, and into His courts with praise🙌🏿🙏🏿🗣👏🏿👋🏿: be thankful🙏🏿🙌🏿 unto Him, and bless His name. Psalms‬ ‭100:4‬. Greedy👿 Grasping. Better one handful👌🏿👍🏿💪🏿 with tranquillity than two🤲🏿 handfuls with toil👨🏿‍🏭👷🏿‍♂️ and chasing🚔🚓after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:6. In the ancient fable The Boy and the Filberts (Nuts), a boy sticks his hand into a jar of nuts and grabs a great fistful. But his hand is so full that it gets stuck in the jar. Unwilling to lose even a little of his bounty, the boy begins to weep. Eventually, he’s counseled to let go of some of the nuts so the jar will let go of his hand. Greed can be a hard boss. The wise teacher of Ecclesiastes illustrates this moral with a lesson on hands and what they say about us. He compared and contrasted the lazy with the greedy when he wrote: “Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind” (4:5-6). While the lazy procrastinate until they’re ruined, those who pursue wealth come to realize their efforts are “meaningless—a miserable business!” (v. 8). According to the teacher, the desired state is to relax from the toil of greedy grasping in order to find contentment in what truly belongs to us. For that which is ours will always remain. As JESUS✝️💝🎁 said, “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul” (Mark 8:36). SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The book of Ecclesiastes is properly placed amid the Wisdom books of the Old Testament (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs). This obscure book highlights the concerns of mankind from the beginning, with questions about GOD✝️💝🎁, earthly living and eternity, JOY😂😹 and sorrow, good and evil, death and dying, wisdom and folly. Ecclesiastes is like a twelve-chapter journal where the author records his musings and perspective on how life works. The writer is a realist (he doesn’t ignore the many complexities of life) and uses phrases that represent the author’s varied frustrations. The word meaningless is repeated thirty-five times, and the phrase chasing after the windoccurs nine times. But the writer is also a theist—he believes in GOD✝️💝🎁. He urges his readers to acknowledge and reverence their MAKER✝️💝🎁. Why? “GOD✝️💝🎁 will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil” (12:14). REFLECT & PRAY GOD✝️💝🎁, thank You for Your provision and faithful presence in my life. Help me to live in a contented way, exhibiting true gratefulness to You. What are you driven to pursue and grasp? How can you apply the wise words of Ecclesiastes in order to find tranquility? . . “Enter into His(GOD✝️💝🎁) gates🌉⛩ with thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿giving 💝🎁, and into His courts with praise🙌🏿🙏🏿🗣👏🏿👋🏿: be thankful🙏🏿🙌🏿 unto Him, and bless His name.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/psa.100.4.kjv In the ancient fable The Boy and the Filberts (Nuts), a boy sticks his hand into a jar of nuts and grabs a great fistful. But his hand is so full… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 27 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 30-32; 1 Peter 4 Greedy Grasping Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:6 READ ECCLESIASTES 4:4–8 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In the ancient fable The Boy and the Filberts (Nuts), a boy sticks his hand into a jar of nuts and grabs a great fistful. But his hand is so full that it gets stuck in the jar. Unwilling to lose even a little of his bounty, the boy begins to weep. Eventually, he’s counseled to let go of some of the nuts so the jar will let go of his hand. Greed can be a hard boss. The wise teacher of Ecclesiastes illustrates this moral with a lesson on hands and what they say about us. He compared and contrasted the lazy with the greedy when he wrote: “Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind” (4:5-6). While the lazy procrastinate until they’re ruined, those who pursue wealth come to realize their efforts are “meaningless—a miserable business!” (v. 8). According to the teacher, the desired state is to relax from the toil of greedy grasping in order to find contentment in what truly belongs to us. For that which is ours will always remain. As Jesus said, “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul” (Mark 8:36). By Remi Oyedele REFLECT & PRAY God, thank You for Your provision and faithful presence in my life. Help me to live in a contented way, exhibiting true gratefulness to You. What are you driven to pursue and grasp? How can you apply the wise words of Ecclesiastes in order to find tranquility? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The book of Ecclesiastes is properly placed amid the Wisdom books of the Old Testament (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs). This obscure book highlights the concerns of mankind from the beginning, with questions about God, earthly living and eternity, joy and sorrow, good and evil, death and dying, wisdom and folly. Ecclesiastes is like a twelve-chapter journal where the author records his musings and perspective on how life works. The writer is a realist (he doesn’t ignore the many complexities of life) and uses phrases that represent the author’s varied frustrations. The word meaningless is repeated thirty-five times, and the phrase chasing after the wind occurs nine times. But the writer is also a theist—he believes in God. He urges his readers to acknowledge and reverence their Maker. Why? “God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil” (12:14). Arthur Jackson Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – Happy EveryDay Thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿Giving 💝🎁 – Enter into His(GOD✝️💝🎁) gates🌉⛩ with thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿giving 💝🎁, and into His courts with praise🙌🏿🙏🏿🗣👏🏿👋🏿: be thankful🙏🏿🙌🏿 unto Him, and bless His name. Psalms‬ ‭100:4‬.
Greedy👿 Grasping.
Better one handful👌🏿👍🏿💪🏿 with tranquillity than two🤲🏿 handfuls with toil👨🏿‍🏭👷🏿‍♂️ and chasing🚔🚓after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:6.
In the ancient fable The Boy and the Filberts (Nuts), a boy sticks his hand into a jar of nuts and grabs a great fistful. But his hand is so full that it gets stuck in the jar. Unwilling to lose even a little of his bounty, the boy begins to weep. Eventually, he’s counseled to let go of some of the nuts so the jar will let go of his hand. Greed can be a hard boss.
The wise teacher of Ecclesiastes illustrates this moral with a lesson on hands and what they say about us. He compared and contrasted the lazy with the greedy when he wrote: “Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind” (4:5-6). While the lazy procrastinate until they’re ruined, those who pursue wealth come to realize their efforts are “meaningless—a miserable business!” (v. 8).
According to the teacher, the desired state is to relax from the toil of greedy grasping in order to find contentment in what truly belongs to us. For that which is ours will always remain. As JESUS✝️💝🎁 said, “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul” (Mark 8:36).
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The book of Ecclesiastes is properly placed amid the Wisdom books of the Old Testament (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs). This obscure book highlights the concerns of mankind from the beginning, with questions about GOD✝️💝🎁, earthly living and eternity, JOY😂😹 and sorrow, good and evil, death and dying, wisdom and folly. Ecclesiastes is like a twelve-chapter journal where the author records his musings and perspective on how life works. The writer is a realist (he doesn’t ignore the many complexities of life) and uses phrases that represent the author’s varied frustrations. The word meaningless is repeated thirty-five times, and the phrase chasing after the windoccurs nine times. But the writer is also a theist—he believes in GOD✝️💝🎁. He urges his readers to acknowledge and reverence their MAKER✝️💝🎁. Why? “GOD✝️💝🎁 will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil” (12:14).
REFLECT & PRAY
GOD✝️💝🎁, thank You for Your provision and faithful presence in my life. Help me to live in a contented way, exhibiting true gratefulness to You.
What are you driven to pursue and grasp? How can you apply the wise words of Ecclesiastes in order to find tranquility?
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“Enter into His(GOD✝️💝🎁) gates🌉⛩ with thanks🙏🏿🙌🏿giving 💝🎁, and into His courts with praise🙌🏿🙏🏿🗣👏🏿👋🏿: be thankful🙏🏿🙌🏿 unto Him, and bless His name.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100:4‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/psa.100.4.kjv
In the ancient fable The Boy and the Filberts (Nuts), a boy sticks his hand into a jar of nuts and grabs a great fistful. But his hand is so full…
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November 27 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 30-32; 1 Peter 4
Greedy Grasping
Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:6

READ ECCLESIASTES 4:4–8

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In the ancient fable The Boy and the Filberts (Nuts), a boy sticks his hand into a jar of nuts and grabs a great fistful. But his hand is so full that it gets stuck in the jar. Unwilling to lose even a little of his bounty, the boy begins to weep. Eventually, he’s counseled to let go of some of the nuts so the jar will let go of his hand. Greed can be a hard boss.
The wise teacher of Ecclesiastes illustrates this moral with a lesson on hands and what they say about us. He compared and contrasted the lazy with the greedy when he wrote: “Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind” (4:5-6). While the lazy procrastinate until they’re ruined, those who pursue wealth come to realize their efforts are “meaningless—a miserable business!” (v. 8).
According to the teacher, the desired state is to relax from the toil of greedy grasping in order to find contentment in what truly belongs to us. For that which is ours will always remain. As Jesus said, “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul” (Mark 8:36).
By Remi Oyedele
REFLECT & PRAY
God, thank You for Your provision and faithful presence in my life. Help me to live in a contented way, exhibiting true gratefulness to You.

What are you driven to pursue and grasp? How can you apply the wise words of Ecclesiastes in order to find tranquility?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The book of Ecclesiastes is properly placed amid the Wisdom books of the Old Testament (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs). This obscure book highlights the concerns of mankind from the beginning, with questions about God, earthly living and eternity, joy and sorrow, good and evil, death and dying, wisdom and folly. Ecclesiastes is like a twelve-chapter journal where the author records his musings and perspective on how life works. The writer is a realist (he doesn’t ignore the many complexities of life) and uses phrases that represent the author’s varied frustrations. The word meaningless is repeated thirty-five times, and the phrase chasing after the wind occurs nine times. But the writer is also a theist—he believes in God. He urges his readers to acknowledge and reverence their Maker. Why? “God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil” (12:14). Arthur Jackson

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-“And He(JESUS✝️💝🎁)said unto me🚶🏿‍♂️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, ‘My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋is made perfect in weakness😩🤒😓⛑’. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋of CHRIST✝️💝🎁may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9 He’s(JESUS✝️💝🎁) Got This. But grow👨‍👩‍👧‍👦in the grace and knowledge🧠💡of our LORD✝️💝🎁and SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁.2 Peter 3:18. . Pastor Watson Jones remembers learning to ride a bike. His father was walking alongside when little Watson saw some girls sitting on a porch. “Daddy, I got this!” he said. He didn’t. He realized too late he hadn’t learned to balance without his father’s steadying grip. He wasn’t as grown up as he thought. Our heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁longs for us to grow up and “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (Ephesians 4:13). But spiritual maturity is different from natural maturity. Parents raise their children to become independent, to no longer need them. Our divine FATHER✝️💝🎁raises us to daily depend on Him more. Peter begins his letter by promising “grace and peace . . . through the knowledge of GOD✝️💝🎁and of JESUS✝️💝🎁our LORD✝️💝🎁,” and he ends by urging us to “grow in” that same “grace and knowledge🧠💡of our LORD✝️💝🎁and SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (2 Peter 1:2; 3:18). Mature CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians never outgrow their need for JESUS✝️💝🎁. Watson warns, “Some of us are busy slapping JESUS✝️💝🎁’s hands off the handlebars of our life.” As if we didn’t need His strong hands to hold us, to pick us up, and to hug us when we wobble and flop. We can’t grow beyond our dependence on CHRIST✝️💝🎁. We only grow by sinking our roots deeper in the grace and knowledge of Him. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Peter wrote both of his letters (see 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 3:1) to CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians in “the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia” (roughly modern Turkey🇹🇷🍗🦃). In his second letter, he warns the believers to be on guard against false teachers (3:17). To ensure they’re not easily persuaded, they must “grow👨‍👩‍👧‍👦in the grace and knowledge🧠💡of our LORD✝️💝🎁and SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (v. 18). To know JESUS✝️💝🎁intimately is the clarion call of true discipleship and the end goal of every believer (John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 2:2). Peter says we’ve received “everything we need for living a GOD✝️💝🎁ly life . . . by coming to know Him” (2 Peter 1:3 nlt). . REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, thank You for walking alongside me as I grow in my relationship with You. Where do you feel your dependence on JESUS✝️💝🎁? How is that a sign of maturity? . . “And He(JESUS✝️💝🎁)said unto me🚶🏿‍♂️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, ‘My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋is made perfect in weakness😩🤒😓⛑’. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋of CHRIST✝️💝🎁may rest upon me.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/2co.12.9.kjv Pastor Watson Jones remembers learning to ride a bike. His father was walking alongside when little Watson saw some girls sitting on a porch…. Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 26 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 27-29; 1 Peter 3 He’s Got This But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18 READ 2 PETER 3:14–18 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Pastor Watson Jones remembers learning to ride a bike. His father was walking alongside when little Watson saw some girls sitting on a porch. “Daddy, I got this!” he said. He didn’t. He realized too late he hadn’t learned to balance without his father’s steadying grip. He wasn’t as grown up as he thought. Our heavenly Father longs for us to grow up and “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). But spiritual maturity is different from natural maturity. Parents raise their children to become independent, to no longer need them. Our divine Father raises us to daily depend on Him more. Peter begins his letter by promising “grace and peace . . . through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,” and he ends by urging us to “grow in” that same “grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:2; 3:18). Mature Christians never outgrow their need for Jesus. Watson warns, “Some of us are busy slapping Jesus’s hands off the handlebars of our life.” As if we didn’t need His strong hands to hold us, to pick us up, and to hug us when we wobble and flop. We can’t grow beyond our dependence on Christ. We only grow by sinking our roots deeper in the grace and knowledge of Him. By Mike Wittmer REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, thank You for walking alongside me as I grow in my relationship with You. Where do you feel your dependence on Jesus? How is that a sign of maturity? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Peter wrote both of his letters (see 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 3:1) to Christians in “the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia” (roughly modern Turkey). In his second letter, he warns the believers to be on guard against false teachers (3:17). To ensure they’re not easily persuaded, they must “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (v. 18). To know Jesus intimately is the clarion call of true discipleship and the end goal of every believer (John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 2:2). Peter says we’ve received “everything we need for living a godly life . . . by coming to know him” (2 Peter 1:3 nlt). K. T. Sim Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-“And He(JESUS✝️💝🎁)said unto me🚶🏿‍♂️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, ‘My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋is made perfect in weakness😩🤒😓⛑’. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋of CHRIST✝️💝🎁may rest upon me.” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9
He’s(JESUS✝️💝🎁) Got This.
But grow👨‍👩‍👧‍👦in the grace and knowledge🧠💡of our LORD✝️💝🎁and SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁.2 Peter 3:18.
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Pastor Watson Jones remembers learning to ride a bike. His father was walking alongside when little Watson saw some girls sitting on a porch. “Daddy, I got this!” he said. He didn’t. He realized too late he hadn’t learned to balance without his father’s steadying grip. He wasn’t as grown up as he thought.
Our heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁longs for us to grow up and “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (Ephesians 4:13). But spiritual maturity is different from natural maturity. Parents raise their children to become independent, to no longer need them. Our divine FATHER✝️💝🎁raises us to daily depend on Him more.
Peter begins his letter by promising “grace and peace . . . through the knowledge of GOD✝️💝🎁and of JESUS✝️💝🎁our LORD✝️💝🎁,” and he ends by urging us to “grow in” that same “grace and knowledge🧠💡of our LORD✝️💝🎁and SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (2 Peter 1:2; 3:18). Mature CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians never outgrow their need for JESUS✝️💝🎁.
Watson warns, “Some of us are busy slapping JESUS✝️💝🎁’s hands off the handlebars of our life.” As if we didn’t need His strong hands to hold us, to pick us up, and to hug us when we wobble and flop. We can’t grow beyond our dependence on CHRIST✝️💝🎁. We only grow by sinking our roots deeper in the grace and knowledge of Him.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Peter wrote both of his letters (see 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 3:1) to CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians in “the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia” (roughly modern Turkey🇹🇷🍗🦃). In his second letter, he warns the believers to be on guard against false teachers (3:17). To ensure they’re not easily persuaded, they must “grow👨‍👩‍👧‍👦in the grace and knowledge🧠💡of our LORD✝️💝🎁and SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (v. 18). To know JESUS✝️💝🎁intimately is the clarion call of true discipleship and the end goal of every believer (John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 2:2). Peter says we’ve received “everything we need for living a GOD✝️💝🎁ly life . . . by coming to know Him” (2 Peter 1:3 nlt).
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REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, thank You for walking alongside me as I grow in my relationship with You.
Where do you feel your dependence on JESUS✝️💝🎁? How is that a sign of maturity?
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“And He(JESUS✝️💝🎁)said unto me🚶🏿‍♂️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, ‘My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋is made perfect in weakness😩🤒😓⛑’. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋of CHRIST✝️💝🎁may rest upon me.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭12:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/2co.12.9.kjv
Pastor Watson Jones remembers learning to ride a bike. His father was walking alongside when little Watson saw some girls sitting on a porch….
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November 26 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 27-29; 1 Peter 3
He’s Got This
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18

READ 2 PETER 3:14–18

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Pastor Watson Jones remembers learning to ride a bike. His father was walking alongside when little Watson saw some girls sitting on a porch. “Daddy, I got this!” he said. He didn’t. He realized too late he hadn’t learned to balance without his father’s steadying grip. He wasn’t as grown up as he thought.
Our heavenly Father longs for us to grow up and “become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). But spiritual maturity is different from natural maturity. Parents raise their children to become independent, to no longer need them. Our divine Father raises us to daily depend on Him more.
Peter begins his letter by promising “grace and peace . . . through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,” and he ends by urging us to “grow in” that same “grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:2; 3:18). Mature Christians never outgrow their need for Jesus.
Watson warns, “Some of us are busy slapping Jesus’s hands off the handlebars of our life.” As if we didn’t need His strong hands to hold us, to pick us up, and to hug us when we wobble and flop. We can’t grow beyond our dependence on Christ. We only grow by sinking our roots deeper in the grace and knowledge of Him.
By Mike Wittmer
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, thank You for walking alongside me as I grow in my relationship with You.

Where do you feel your dependence on Jesus? How is that a sign of maturity?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Peter wrote both of his letters (see 1 Peter 1:1; 2 Peter 3:1) to Christians in “the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia” (roughly modern Turkey). In his second letter, he warns the believers to be on guard against false teachers (3:17). To ensure they’re not easily persuaded, they must “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (v. 18). To know Jesus intimately is the clarion call of true discipleship and the end goal of every believer (John 17:3; Ephesians 1:17; Colossians 2:2). Peter says we’ve received “everything we need for living a godly life . . . by coming to know him” (2 Peter 1:3 nlt). K. T. Sim

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- GOD✝️💝🎁’s Special Treasure🌟🍯💛🥇🏆💎🏴‍☠️🗝. But you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦are . . . GOD✝️💝🎁’s special possession🌟🍯💛🥇🏆💎🏴‍☠️🗝.1 Peter 2:9. He that walketh🚶🏿‍♂️👣with wise🧠🧐🤓💡💭🤔🙇🏿‍♂️men shall be wise: but a companion of fools🃏🤬🤡shall be destroyed💣🔫🔪🗡⚔️🥊🤯. Proverbs‬ ‭13:20. . Imagine a vast throne room. Seated on the throne is a great KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁. He’s surrounded by ALL manner of attendants, each on their best behavior. Now imagine a box that sits at the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s feet. From time to time the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁reaches down and runs His hands through the contents. And what’s in the box? Jewels💎, gold🍯🌟🏆, and gemstones particular to the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s tastes. This box holds the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s treasures, a collection that brings Him great JOY😂😹. Can you see that image in your mind’s eye? The Hebrew✡️🕍word for this treasure is segulah, and it means “special possession.” That word is found in such Old Testament Scriptures as Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6, and Psalm 135:4, where it refers to the nation of Israel🇮🇱✡️. But that same word picture shows up in the New Testament by way of the pen of Peter the apostle. He’s describing the “people of GOD✝️💝🎁,” those who “have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:10), a collection now beyond the nation of Israel🇮🇱✡️. In other words, he’s talking about those who believe in JESUS✝️💝🎁, both Jew🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍and gentile. And he writes “But you are . . . GOD✝️💝🎁’s special possession” (v. 9). Imagine that! The great and powerful KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁of heaven considers you among His special treasures. He has rescued you from the grip of sin and death. He claims you as His own. The KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s voice says, “This one🚶🏿‍♂️I LOVE✝️💝🎁. This one is mine.” SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When Peter speaks of JESUS✝️💝🎁and His disciples as being like living stones (1 Peter 2:4-6), he draws on words from the prophet Isaiah and Psalm 118. Using the language of a builder, Isaiah foresees a cornerstone GOD✝️💝🎁will lay in Jerusalem🇵🇸🇮🇱🕎🕍as a safe foundation for ALL who build on it (28:16). Psalm 118 praises the day when this cornerstone will be laid, describing it as a stone human builders rejected before GOD✝️💝🎁used it to show that His faithful LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever (vv. 22-24, 29). Peter is joined by the apostle Paul, who also refers to JESUS✝️💝🎁as the cornerstone of a temple made of the treasured lives of GOD✝️💝🎁’s own people (Ephesians 2:19-22). Together, these Old and New Testament texts give us a picture of a temple that comes alive in the people of GOD✝️💝🎁as they’re filled with the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁of CHRIST✝️💝🎁. . REFLECT & PRAY High KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁of heaven, my identity is found entirely in You, and You call me Your special treasure. I know this isn’t because of anything I’ve done, but because of everything You are. Can you recall a time when someone genuinely called you “special”? What effect did it have on you? What does it mean for you to know that you’re precious to GOD✝️💝🎁? . . “He that walketh🚶🏿‍♂️👣with wise🧠🧐🤓💡💭🤔🙇🏿‍♂️men shall be wise: but a companion of fools🃏🤬🤡shall be destroyed💣🔫🔪🗡⚔️🥊🤯.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/pro.13.20.kjvw Imagine a vast throne room. Seated on the throne is a great king. He’s surrounded by all manner of attendants, each on their best behavior. Now… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 25 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 24-26; 1 Peter 2 God’s Special Treasure But you are . . . God’s special possession. 1 Peter 2:9 READ 1 PETER 2:4–10 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Imagine a vast throne room. Seated on the throne is a great king. He’s surrounded by all manner of attendants, each on their best behavior. Now imagine a box that sits at the king’s feet. From time to time the king reaches down and runs his hands through the contents. And what’s in the box? Jewels, gold, and gemstones particular to the king’s tastes. This box holds the king’s treasures, a collection that brings him great joy. Can you see that image in your mind’s eye? The Hebrew word for this treasure is segulah, and it means “special possession.” That word is found in such Old Testament Scriptures as Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6, and Psalm 135:4, where it refers to the nation of Israel. But that same word picture shows up in the New Testament by way of the pen of Peter the apostle. He’s describing the “people of God,” those who “have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:10), a collection now beyond the nation of Israel. In other words, he’s talking about those who believe in Jesus, both Jew and gentile. And he writes “But you are . . . God’s special possession” (v. 9). Imagine that! The great and powerful King of heaven considers you among His special treasures. He has rescued you from the grip of sin and death. He claims you as His own. The King’s voice says, “This one I love. This one is mine.” By John Blase REFLECT & PRAY High King of heaven, my identity is found entirely in You, and You call me Your special treasure. I know this isn’t because of anything I’ve done, but because of everything You are. Can you recall a time when someone genuinely called you “special”? What effect did it have on you? What does it mean for you to know that you’re precious to God? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When Peter speaks of Jesus and His disciples as being like living stones (1 Peter 2:4-6), he draws on words from the prophet Isaiah and Psalm 118. Using the language of a builder, Isaiah foresees a cornerstone God will lay in Jerusalem as a safe foundation for all who build on it (28:16). Psalm 118 praises the day when this cornerstone will be laid, describing it as a stone human builders rejected before God used it to show that His faithful love endures forever (vv. 22-24, 29). Peter is joined by the apostle Paul, who also refers to Jesus as the cornerstone of a temple made of the treasured lives of God’s own people (Ephesians 2:19-22). Together, these Old and New Testament texts give us a picture of a temple that comes alive in the people of God as they’re filled with the Spirit of Christ. Mart DeHaan Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
GOD✝️💝🎁’s Special Treasure🌟🍯💛🥇🏆💎🏴‍☠️🗝.
But you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦are . . . GOD✝️💝🎁’s special possession🌟🍯💛🥇🏆💎🏴‍☠️🗝.1 Peter 2:9.
He that walketh🚶🏿‍♂️👣with wise🧠🧐🤓💡💭🤔🙇🏿‍♂️men shall be wise: but a companion of fools🃏🤬🤡shall be destroyed💣🔫🔪🗡⚔️🥊🤯. Proverbs‬ ‭13:20.
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Imagine a vast throne room. Seated on the throne is a great KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁. He’s surrounded by ALL manner of attendants, each on their best behavior. Now imagine a box that sits at the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s feet. From time to time the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁reaches down and runs His hands through the contents. And what’s in the box? Jewels💎, gold🍯🌟🏆, and gemstones particular to the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s tastes. This box holds the KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s treasures, a collection that brings Him great JOY😂😹. Can you see that image in your mind’s eye?
The Hebrew✡️🕍word for this treasure is segulah, and it means “special possession.” That word is found in such Old Testament Scriptures as Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6, and Psalm 135:4, where it refers to the nation of Israel🇮🇱✡️. But that same word picture shows up in the New Testament by way of the pen of Peter the apostle. He’s describing the “people of GOD✝️💝🎁,” those who “have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:10), a collection now beyond the nation of Israel🇮🇱✡️. In other words, he’s talking about those who believe in JESUS✝️💝🎁, both Jew🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍and gentile. And he writes “But you are . . . GOD✝️💝🎁’s special possession” (v. 9).
Imagine that! The great and powerful KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁of heaven considers you among His special treasures. He has rescued you from the grip of sin and death. He claims you as His own. The KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁’s voice says, “This one🚶🏿‍♂️I LOVE✝️💝🎁. This one is mine.”
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When Peter speaks of JESUS✝️💝🎁and His disciples as being like living stones (1 Peter 2:4-6), he draws on words from the prophet Isaiah and Psalm 118. Using the language of a builder, Isaiah foresees a cornerstone GOD✝️💝🎁will lay in Jerusalem🇵🇸🇮🇱🕎🕍as a safe foundation for ALL who build on it (28:16). Psalm 118 praises the day when this cornerstone will be laid, describing it as a stone human builders rejected before GOD✝️💝🎁used it to show that His faithful LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever (vv. 22-24, 29). Peter is joined by the apostle Paul, who also refers to JESUS✝️💝🎁as the cornerstone of a temple made of the treasured lives of GOD✝️💝🎁’s own people (Ephesians 2:19-22). Together, these Old and New Testament texts give us a picture of a temple that comes alive in the people of GOD✝️💝🎁as they’re filled with the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁of CHRIST✝️💝🎁.
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REFLECT & PRAY
High KING✝️💝🎁👑🤴🏿🦁of heaven, my identity is found entirely in You, and You call me Your special treasure. I know this isn’t because of anything I’ve done, but because of everything You are.
Can you recall a time when someone genuinely called you “special”? What effect did it have on you? What does it mean for you to know that you’re precious to GOD✝️💝🎁?
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“He that walketh🚶🏿‍♂️👣with wise🧠🧐🤓💡💭🤔🙇🏿‍♂️men shall be wise: but a companion of fools🃏🤬🤡shall be destroyed💣🔫🔪🗡⚔️🥊🤯.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/pro.13.20.kjvw
Imagine a vast throne room. Seated on the throne is a great king. He’s surrounded by all manner of attendants, each on their best behavior. Now…
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November 25 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 24-26; 1 Peter 2
God’s Special Treasure
But you are . . . God’s special possession.
1 Peter 2:9

READ 1 PETER 2:4–10

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Imagine a vast throne room. Seated on the throne is a great king. He’s surrounded by all manner of attendants, each on their best behavior. Now imagine a box that sits at the king’s feet. From time to time the king reaches down and runs his hands through the contents. And what’s in the box? Jewels, gold, and gemstones particular to the king’s tastes. This box holds the king’s treasures, a collection that brings him great joy. Can you see that image in your mind’s eye?
The Hebrew word for this treasure is segulah, and it means “special possession.” That word is found in such Old Testament Scriptures as Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6, and Psalm 135:4, where it refers to the nation of Israel. But that same word picture shows up in the New Testament by way of the pen of Peter the apostle. He’s describing the “people of God,” those who “have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:10), a collection now beyond the nation of Israel. In other words, he’s talking about those who believe in Jesus, both Jew and gentile. And he writes “But you are . . . God’s special possession” (v. 9).
Imagine that! The great and powerful King of heaven considers you among His special treasures. He has rescued you from the grip of sin and death. He claims you as His own. The King’s voice says, “This one I love. This one is mine.”
By John Blase
REFLECT & PRAY
High King of heaven, my identity is found entirely in You, and You call me Your special treasure. I know this isn’t because of anything I’ve done, but because of everything You are.

Can you recall a time when someone genuinely called you “special”? What effect did it have on you? What does it mean for you to know that you’re precious to God?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When Peter speaks of Jesus and His disciples as being like living stones (1 Peter 2:4-6), he draws on words from the prophet Isaiah and Psalm 118. Using the language of a builder, Isaiah foresees a cornerstone God will lay in Jerusalem as a safe foundation for all who build on it (28:16). Psalm 118 praises the day when this cornerstone will be laid, describing it as a stone human builders rejected before God used it to show that His faithful love endures forever (vv. 22-24, 29). Peter is joined by the apostle Paul, who also refers to Jesus as the cornerstone of a temple made of the treasured lives of God’s own people (Ephesians 2:19-22). Together, these Old and New Testament texts give us a picture of a temple that comes alive in the people of God as they’re filled with the Spirit of Christ. Mart DeHaan

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Hereby perceive we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦the LOVE✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, because He (JESUS✝️💝🎁) laid✝️⚰️☠️😵💀down His life for us: and we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦ought to lay down our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦lives for the brethren👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. 1 John‬ ‭3:16‬. GOD✝️💝🎁Talk🗣👄📞. Fix these words of Mine (GOD✝️💝🎁) in your hearts❤️💞💓❣️💕💗💖♥️and minds🧠🤔💭🙇🏿‍♂️💡; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.Deuteronomy 11:18. . A study conducted by the Barna Group in 2018 found that most Americans don’t like to talk about GOD✝️💝🎁. Only seven percent of Americans say they talk about spiritual matters regularly—and practicing believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁in America aren’t that different. Only thirteen percent of regular churchgoers say they have a spiritual conversation about once a week. Perhaps it’s not surprising that spiritual conversations are on the decline. Talking about GOD✝️💝🎁can be dangerous. Whether because of a polarized political climate, because disagreement might cause a rift in a relationship, or because a spiritual conversation might cause you to realize a change you need to make in your life—these can feel like high-stakes conversations. But in the instructions given to GOD✝️💝🎁’s people, the Israelites🇮🇱✡️, in the book of Deuteronomy, talking about GOD✝️💝🎁can be a normal, natural part of everyday life. GOD✝️💝🎁’s people were to memorize His words and to display them in places where they’d often be seen. The law said to talk about GOD✝️💝🎁’s instructions for life with your children “when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (11:19). GOD✝️💝🎁calls us to conversation. Take a chance, rely on the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, and try turning your small talk toward something deeper. GOD✝️💝🎁will bless our communities as we talk about His words and practice them. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT JESUS✝️💝🎁quoted Deuteronomy more than any other Old Testament book except the Psalms. When tempted in the wilderness, He rebuffed Satan👿three times with teachings from Deuteronomy (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10, quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3, 6:16, and 6:13). And when a teacher of the law asked Him which commandment was the greatest (Matthew 22:34-40), JESUS✝️💝🎁quoted Deuteronomy 6:5. That passage is repeated here in 11:13, emphasizing its importance. If Israel🇮🇱✡️obeyed GOD✝️💝🎁’s law by LOVE✝️💝🎁ing “the LORD✝️💝🎁[their] GOD✝️💝🎁and [serving] him with ALL [their] heart❤️💞💓❣️💕💗💖♥️and with ALL [their] soul,” GOD✝️💝🎁’s blessing would follow. . REFLECT & PRAY There’s so much about You, GOD✝️💝🎁, that can be shared with others in my life. Lead me as I interact with them. To learn more about why the Bible endures, visit https://ourdailybreadfilms.org/film/the-bible-why-does-it-endure/ What challenges have come to you as a result of spiritual conversations with friends? What blessings? . . “Hereby perceive we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦the LOVE✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, because He (JESUS✝️💝🎁) laid✝️⚰️☠️😵💀down His life for us: and we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦ought to lay down our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦lives for the brethren👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.3.16.kjv A study conducted by the Barna Group in 2018 found that most Americans don’t like to talk about God. Only seven percent of Americans say they talk… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 24 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 22-23; 1 Peter 1 God Talk Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Deuteronomy 11:18 READ DEUTERONOMY 11:13–21 audio playLISTEN ONLINE A study conducted by the Barna Group in 2018 found that most Americans don’t like to talk about God. Only seven percent of Americans say they talk about spiritual matters regularly—and practicing believers in Jesus in America aren’t that different. Only thirteen percent of regular churchgoers say they have a spiritual conversation about once a week. Perhaps it’s not surprising that spiritual conversations are on the decline. Talking about God can be dangerous. Whether because of a polarized political climate, because disagreement might cause a rift in a relationship, or because a spiritual conversation might cause you to realize a change you need to make in your life—these can feel like high-stakes conversations. But in the instructions given to God’s people, the Israelites, in the book of Deuteronomy, talking about God can be a normal, natural part of everyday life. God’s people were to memorize His words and to display them in places where they’d often be seen. The law said to talk about God’s instructions for life with your children “when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (11:19). God calls us to conversation. Take a chance, rely on the Spirit, and try turning your small talk toward something deeper. God will bless our communities as we talk about His words and practice them. By Amy Peterson REFLECT & PRAY There’s so much about You, God, that can be shared with others in my life. Lead me as I interact with them. To learn more about why the Bible endures, visit bit.ly/2XO1Abb. What challenges have come to you as a result of spiritual conversations with friends? What blessings? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Jesus quoted Deuteronomy more than any other Old Testament book except the Psalms. When tempted in the wilderness, He rebuffed Satan three times with teachings from Deuteronomy (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10, quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3, 6:16, and 6:13). And when a teacher of the law asked Him which commandment was the greatest (Matthew 22:34-40), Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:5. That passage is repeated here in 11:13, emphasizing its importance. If Israel obeyed God’s law by loving “the Lord [their] God and [serving] him with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul,” God’s blessing would follow. Tim Gustafson Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
Hereby perceive we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦the LOVE✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, because He (JESUS✝️💝🎁) laid✝️⚰️☠️😵💀down His life for us: and we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦ought to lay down our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦lives for the brethren👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. 1 John‬ ‭3:16‬.
GOD✝️💝🎁Talk🗣👄📞.
Fix these words of Mine (GOD✝️💝🎁) in your hearts❤️💞💓❣️💕💗💖♥️and minds🧠🤔💭🙇🏿‍♂️💡; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.Deuteronomy 11:18.
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A study conducted by the Barna Group in 2018 found that most Americans don’t like to talk about GOD✝️💝🎁. Only seven percent of Americans say they talk about spiritual matters regularly—and practicing believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁in America aren’t that different. Only thirteen percent of regular churchgoers say they have a spiritual conversation about once a week.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that spiritual conversations are on the decline. Talking about GOD✝️💝🎁can be dangerous. Whether because of a polarized political climate, because disagreement might cause a rift in a relationship, or because a spiritual conversation might cause you to realize a change you need to make in your life—these can feel like high-stakes conversations.
But in the instructions given to GOD✝️💝🎁’s people, the Israelites🇮🇱✡️, in the book of Deuteronomy, talking about GOD✝️💝🎁can be a normal, natural part of everyday life. GOD✝️💝🎁’s people were to memorize His words and to display them in places where they’d often be seen. The law said to talk about GOD✝️💝🎁’s instructions for life with your children “when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (11:19).
GOD✝️💝🎁calls us to conversation. Take a chance, rely on the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, and try turning your small talk toward something deeper. GOD✝️💝🎁will bless our communities as we talk about His words and practice them.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
JESUS✝️💝🎁quoted Deuteronomy more than any other Old Testament book except the Psalms. When tempted in the wilderness, He rebuffed Satan👿three times with teachings from Deuteronomy (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10, quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3, 6:16, and 6:13). And when a teacher of the law asked Him which commandment was the greatest (Matthew 22:34-40), JESUS✝️💝🎁quoted Deuteronomy 6:5. That passage is repeated here in 11:13, emphasizing its importance. If Israel🇮🇱✡️obeyed GOD✝️💝🎁’s law by LOVE✝️💝🎁ing “the LORD✝️💝🎁[their] GOD✝️💝🎁and [serving] him with ALL [their] heart❤️💞💓❣️💕💗💖♥️and with ALL [their] soul,” GOD✝️💝🎁’s blessing would follow.
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REFLECT & PRAY
There’s so much about You, GOD✝️💝🎁, that can be shared with others in my life. Lead me as I interact with them. To learn more about why the Bible endures, visit https://ourdailybreadfilms.org/film/the-bible-why-does-it-endure/
What challenges have come to you as a result of spiritual conversations with friends? What blessings?
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“Hereby perceive we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦the LOVE✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, because He (JESUS✝️💝🎁) laid✝️⚰️☠️😵💀down His life for us: and we👨‍👩‍👧‍👦ought to lay down our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦lives for the brethren👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.3.16.kjv
A study conducted by the Barna Group in 2018 found that most Americans don’t like to talk about God. Only seven percent of Americans say they talk…
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November 24 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 22-23; 1 Peter 1
God Talk
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Deuteronomy 11:18

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A study conducted by the Barna Group in 2018 found that most Americans don’t like to talk about God. Only seven percent of Americans say they talk about spiritual matters regularly—and practicing believers in Jesus in America aren’t that different. Only thirteen percent of regular churchgoers say they have a spiritual conversation about once a week.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that spiritual conversations are on the decline. Talking about God can be dangerous. Whether because of a polarized political climate, because disagreement might cause a rift in a relationship, or because a spiritual conversation might cause you to realize a change you need to make in your life—these can feel like high-stakes conversations.
But in the instructions given to God’s people, the Israelites, in the book of Deuteronomy, talking about God can be a normal, natural part of everyday life. God’s people were to memorize His words and to display them in places where they’d often be seen. The law said to talk about God’s instructions for life with your children “when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up” (11:19).
God calls us to conversation. Take a chance, rely on the Spirit, and try turning your small talk toward something deeper. God will bless our communities as we talk about His words and practice them.
By Amy Peterson
REFLECT & PRAY
There’s so much about You, God, that can be shared with others in my life. Lead me as I interact with them. To learn more about why the Bible endures, visit bit.ly/2XO1Abb.

What challenges have come to you as a result of spiritual conversations with friends? What blessings?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Jesus quoted Deuteronomy more than any other Old Testament book except the Psalms. When tempted in the wilderness, He rebuffed Satan three times with teachings from Deuteronomy (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10, quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3, 6:16, and 6:13). And when a teacher of the law asked Him which commandment was the greatest (Matthew 22:34-40), Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:5. That passage is repeated here in 11:13, emphasizing its importance. If Israel obeyed God’s law by loving “the Lord [their] God and [serving] him with all [their] heart and with all [their] soul,” God’s blessing would follow. Tim Gustafson

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Lay not up for yourselves👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 treasures🏴‍☠️☠️💎💍🏎🚘🚤🛩🚁🏫🏘🏦💵💰💲🤑 upon earth🌍🌎🌏🗺, where moth🦋🐛 and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves🤬🔫 💸 🔪🗡 😡 break🔨🔓 through and steal:” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:19‬. The Approval of ONE✝️💝🎁. We are not trying to please people but GOD✝️💝🎁, who tests our hearts. 1 Thessalonians 2:4. When the legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was young, a hunger for approval drove him toward success. Warren Wiersbe wrote of him: “When Verdi produced his first opera in Florence, the composer stood by himself in the shadows and kept his eye on the face of one man in the audience—the great Rossini. It mattered not to Verdi whether the people in the hall were cheering him or jeering him; ALL he wanted was a smile of approval from the master musician.” Whose approval do we seek? A parent’s? A boss’s? A LOVE✝️💝🎁 interest’s? For Paul, there was but one answer. He wrote, “We speak as those approved by GOD✝️💝🎁 to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but GOD✝️💝🎁, who tests our hearts” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). What does it mean to seek GOD✝️💝🎁’s approval? At the very least, it involves two things: turning from the desire for the applause of others and allowing His SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 to make us more like CHRIST✝️💝🎁—the ONE✝️💝🎁 who LOVED✝️💝🎁 d us and gave Himself for us. As we yield to His perfect purposes in us and through us, we can anticipate a day when we will experience the smile of His approval—the approval of the ONE✝️💝🎁 who matters most. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT On his second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:22), Paul wanted to preach the gospel in Asia Minor and Bithynia (modern western and northern Turkey🇹🇷), but GOD✝️💝🎁 redirected him northwest into Europe via Troas through “a vision of a man of Macedonia” (16:6-12). Paul preached in Thessalonica (northern Greece🇲🇰🇬🇷🏛), the second European city evangelized (after Philippi), for about a month (17:2). After starting a church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️ there, he left because of persecution (vv. 5-10), but he was deeply concerned for the infant church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️. After trying unsuccessfully to return (1 Thessalonians 2:17-18), he sent Timothy to visit the church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️ (3:1-5). Timothy reported that it was thriving—standing firm in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 despite persecution (vv. 6-8)—but he also shared concerns about immoral behavior and erroneous beliefs concerning CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s return (4:1-18). In response, Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians to commend the church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️ for being “a model to ALL the believers” and for their “faith in GOD✝️💝🎁” (1:7-8). REFLECT & PRAY FATHER✝️💝🎁, it’s far too easy to seek the applause of those around me and to desire their praise. Help me to lift my eyes to You, the ONE✝️💝🎁 who knows me best and LOVE✝️💝🎁s me most. For further study, read Living an Authentic CHRIST✝️💝🎁 ian Life at https://discoveryseries.org/courses/living-an-authentic-christian-life/ Whose approval do you find yourself seeking and why is their validation so important to you? How could GOD✝️💝🎁’s approval satisfy even more deeply? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Lay not up for yourselves👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 treasures🏴‍☠️☠️💎💍🏎🚘🚤🛩🚁🏫🏘🏦💵💰💲🤑 upon earth🌍🌎🌏🗺, where moth🦋🐛 and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves🤬🔫 💸 🔪🗡😡 break🔨🔓 through and steal:” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.19.kjv When the legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was young, a hunger for approval drove him toward success. Warren Wiersbe wrote of him:… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 23 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 20-21; James 5 The Approval of One We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 READ 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1–4 audio playLISTEN ONLINE When the legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was young, a hunger for approval drove him toward success. Warren Wiersbe wrote of him: “When Verdi produced his first opera in Florence, the composer stood by himself in the shadows and kept his eye on the face of one man in the audience—the great Rossini. It mattered not to Verdi whether the people in the hall were cheering him or jeering him; all he wanted was a smile of approval from the master musician.” Whose approval do we seek? A parent’s? A boss’s? A love interest’s? For Paul, there was but one answer. He wrote, “We speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts” (1 Thessalonians 2:4). What does it mean to seek God’s approval? At the very least, it involves two things: turning from the desire for the applause of others and allowing His Spirit to make us more like Christ—the One who loved us and gave Himself for us. As we yield to His perfect purposes in us and through us, we can anticipate a day when we will experience the smile of His approval—the approval of the One who matters most. By Bill Crowder REFLECT & PRAY Father, it’s far too easy to seek the applause of those around me and to desire their praise. Help me to lift my eyes to You, the One who knows me best and loves me most. For further study, read Living an Authentic Christian Life at discoveryseries.org/hp111. Whose approval do you find yourself seeking and why is their validation so important to you? How could God’s approval satisfy even more deeply? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT On his second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:22), Paul wanted to preach the gospel in Asia Minor and Bithynia (modern western and northern Turkey), but God redirected him northwest into Europe via Troas through “a vision of a man of Macedonia” (16:6-12). Paul preached in Thessalonica (northern Greece), the second European city evangelized (after Philippi), for about a month (17:2). After starting a church there, he left because of persecution (vv. 5-10), but he was deeply concerned for the infant church. After trying unsuccessfully to return (1 Thessalonians 2:17-18), he sent Timothy to visit the church (3:1-5). Timothy reported that it was thriving—standing firm in Christ despite persecution (vv. 6-8)—but he also shared concerns about immoral behavior and erroneous beliefs concerning Christ’s return (4:1-18). In response, Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians to commend the church for being “a model to all the believers” and for their “faith in God” (1:7-8). K. T. Sim Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Lay not up for yourselves👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 treasures🏴‍☠️☠️💎💍🏎🚘🚤🛩🚁🏫🏘🏦💵💰💲🤑 upon earth🌍🌎🌏🗺, where moth🦋🐛 and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves🤬🔫 💸 🔪🗡 😡 break🔨🔓 through and steal:”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:19‬.
The Approval of ONE✝️💝🎁.
We are not trying to please people but GOD✝️💝🎁, who tests our hearts. 1 Thessalonians 2:4.
When the legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was young, a hunger for approval drove him toward success. Warren Wiersbe wrote of him: “When Verdi produced his first opera in Florence, the composer stood by himself in the shadows and kept his eye on the face of one man in the audience—the great Rossini. It mattered not to Verdi whether the people in the hall were cheering him or jeering him; ALL he wanted was a smile of approval from the master musician.”
Whose approval do we seek? A parent’s? A boss’s? A LOVE✝️💝🎁 interest’s? For Paul, there was but one answer. He wrote, “We speak as those approved by GOD✝️💝🎁 to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but GOD✝️💝🎁, who tests our hearts” (1 Thessalonians 2:4).
What does it mean to seek GOD✝️💝🎁’s approval? At the very least, it involves two things: turning from the desire for the applause of others and allowing His SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 to make us more like CHRIST✝️💝🎁—the ONE✝️💝🎁 who LOVED✝️💝🎁 d us and gave Himself for us. As we yield to His perfect purposes in us and through us, we can anticipate a day when we will experience the smile of His approval—the approval of the ONE✝️💝🎁 who matters most.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
On his second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:22), Paul wanted to preach the gospel in Asia Minor and Bithynia (modern western and northern Turkey🇹🇷), but GOD✝️💝🎁 redirected him northwest into Europe via Troas through “a vision of a man of Macedonia” (16:6-12). Paul preached in Thessalonica (northern Greece🇲🇰🇬🇷🏛), the second European city evangelized (after Philippi), for about a month (17:2). After starting a church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️ there, he left because of persecution (vv. 5-10), but he was deeply concerned for the infant church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️. After trying unsuccessfully to return (1 Thessalonians 2:17-18), he sent Timothy to visit the church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️ (3:1-5). Timothy reported that it was thriving—standing firm in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 despite persecution (vv. 6-8)—but he also shared concerns about immoral behavior and erroneous beliefs concerning CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s return (4:1-18). In response, Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians to commend the church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️ for being “a model to ALL the believers” and for their “faith in GOD✝️💝🎁” (1:7-8).
REFLECT & PRAY
FATHER✝️💝🎁, it’s far too easy to seek the applause of those around me and to desire their praise. Help me to lift my eyes to You, the ONE✝️💝🎁 who knows me best and LOVE✝️💝🎁s me most. For further study, read Living an Authentic CHRIST✝️💝🎁 ian Life at https://discoveryseries.org/courses/living-an-authentic-christian-life/ Whose approval do you find yourself seeking and why is their validation so important to you? How could GOD✝️💝🎁’s approval satisfy even more deeply?

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JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Lay not up for yourselves👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 treasures🏴‍☠️☠️💎💍🏎🚘🚤🛩🚁🏫🏘🏦💵💰💲🤑 upon earth🌍🌎🌏🗺, where moth🦋🐛 and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves🤬🔫 💸 🔪🗡😡 break🔨🔓 through and steal:”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:19‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.6.19.kjv
When the legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was young, a hunger for approval drove him toward success. Warren Wiersbe wrote of him:…
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November 23 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 20-21; James 5
The Approval of One
We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:4

READ 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1–4

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
When the legendary composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was young, a hunger for approval drove him toward success. Warren Wiersbe wrote of him: “When Verdi produced his first opera in Florence, the composer stood by himself in the shadows and kept his eye on the face of one man in the audience—the great Rossini. It mattered not to Verdi whether the people in the hall were cheering him or jeering him; all he wanted was a smile of approval from the master musician.”
Whose approval do we seek? A parent’s? A boss’s? A love interest’s? For Paul, there was but one answer. He wrote, “We speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts” (1 Thessalonians 2:4).
What does it mean to seek God’s approval? At the very least, it involves two things: turning from the desire for the applause of others and allowing His Spirit to make us more like Christ—the One who loved us and gave Himself for us. As we yield to His perfect purposes in us and through us, we can anticipate a day when we will experience the smile of His approval—the approval of the One who matters most.
By Bill Crowder
REFLECT & PRAY
Father, it’s far too easy to seek the applause of those around me and to desire their praise. Help me to lift my eyes to You, the One who knows me best and loves me most. For further study, read Living an Authentic Christian Life at discoveryseries.org/hp111.

Whose approval do you find yourself seeking and why is their validation so important to you? How could God’s approval satisfy even more deeply?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
On his second missionary journey (Acts 15:36-18:22), Paul wanted to preach the gospel in Asia Minor and Bithynia (modern western and northern Turkey), but God redirected him northwest into Europe via Troas through “a vision of a man of Macedonia” (16:6-12). Paul preached in Thessalonica (northern Greece), the second European city evangelized (after Philippi), for about a month (17:2). After starting a church there, he left because of persecution (vv. 5-10), but he was deeply concerned for the infant church. After trying unsuccessfully to return (1 Thessalonians 2:17-18), he sent Timothy to visit the church (3:1-5). Timothy reported that it was thriving—standing firm in Christ despite persecution (vv. 6-8)—but he also shared concerns about immoral behavior and erroneous beliefs concerning Christ’s return (4:1-18). In response, Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians to commend the church for being “a model to all the believers” and for their “faith in God” (1:7-8). K. T. Sim

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- The Older Brother. [They]👨‍👩‍👧‍👦muttered💬, “This man (JESUS✝️💝🎁) welcomes sinners🤬🤼‍♀️⚔️🥋🤥🔫🔪🥊👹👺💀☠️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️and eats with them.”Luke 15:2. BeLOVE✝️💝🎁d👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, I wish above ALL things that thou mayest prosper and be in health🧘🏿‍♂️🥗🚰🏃🏿‍♂️🏋️🏿‍♂️⛹️🏿‍♂️🏊🏿‍♂️🚵🏿‍♂️🚴🏿‍♂️💓, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John‬ ‭1:2. . Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia🇷🇺, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal🎨🖌🖼of the prodigal son. As the day wore on, changes in the natural lighting from a nearby window left Nouwen with the impression that he was seeing as many different paintings as there were changes of light. Each seemed to reveal something else about a father’s LOVE✝️💝🎁for his broken son. Nouwen describes how, at about four o’clock, three figures in the painting appeared to “step forward.” One was the older son who resented his father’s willingness to roll out the red carpet for the homecoming of his younger brother, the prodigal. After all, hadn’t he squandered so much of the family fortune, causing them pain and embarrassment in the process? (Luke 15:28-30). The other two figures reminded Nouwen of the reLIE🤥gious leaders who were present as JESUS✝️💝🎁told His parable. They were the ones who muttered in the background about the sinners JESUS✝️💝🎁was attracting (vv. 1-2). Nouwen saw himself in ALL of them—in the wasted life of his youngest son, in the condemning older brother and reLIE🤥gious leaders, and in a FATHER✝️💝🎁’s heart that’s big enough for anyone and everyone. What about us? Can we see ourselves anywhere in Rembrandt’s painting? In some way, every story JESUS✝️💝🎁told is about us. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Luke 15 is a parable with three distinct but related parts in which JESUS✝️💝🎁describes three lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each part ends with rejoicing over finding what was lost to show there will be rejoicing in heaven over “a sinner who repents” (vv. 7, 10, 32). Those listening were Pharisees🤥and teachers🤥who criticized JESUS✝️💝🎁for welcoming sinners (vv. 1-2). Through the older brother (vv. 25-31), JESUS✝️💝🎁pointed out the need of the Pharisees🤥to repent. He doesn’t tell us whether the older son chose to attend his brother’s celebration. It’s almost as if He placed the Pharisees🤥in the older brother’s shoes to show them they had a choice of whether they themselves would repent. REFLECT & PRAY FATHER✝️💝🎁, help me to see myself for how much You LOVE✝️💝🎁 me. How might you reflect again on the story JESUS✝️💝🎁 told and on the Rembrandt painting? As the light changes, where do you find yourself? . . “BeLOVE✝️💝🎁d👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, I wish above ALL things that thou mayest prosper and be in health🧘🏿‍♂️🥗🚰🏃🏿‍♂️🏋️🏿‍♂️⛹️🏿‍♂️🏊🏿‍♂️🚵🏿‍♂️🚴🏿‍♂️💓, even as thy soul prospereth.” ‭‭3 John‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/3jn.1.2.kjv Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal of the… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 22 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 18-19; James 4 The Older Brother [They] muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:2 READ LUKE 15:11–13; 17–24 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal of the prodigal son. As the day wore on, changes in the natural lighting from a nearby window left Nouwen with the impression that he was seeing as many different paintings as there were changes of light. Each seemed to reveal something else about a father’s love for his broken son. Nouwen describes how, at about four o’clock, three figures in the painting appeared to “step forward.” One was the older son who resented his father’s willingness to roll out the red carpet for the homecoming of his younger brother, the prodigal. After all, hadn’t he squandered so much of the family fortune, causing them pain and embarrassment in the process? (Luke 15:28-30). The other two figures reminded Nouwen of the religious leaders who were present as Jesus told His parable. They were the ones who muttered in the background about the sinners Jesus was attracting (vv. 1-2). Nouwen saw himself in all of them—in the wasted life of his youngest son, in the condemning older brother and religious leaders, and in a Father’s heart that’s big enough for anyone and everyone. What about us? Can we see ourselves anywhere in Rembrandt’s painting? In some way, every story Jesus told is about us. By Mart DeHaan REFLECT & PRAY Father, help me to see myself for how much You love me. How might you reflect again on the story Jesus told and on the Rembrandt painting? As the light changes, where do you find yourself? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Luke 15 is a parable with three distinct but related parts in which Jesus describes three lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each part ends with rejoicing over finding what was lost to show there will be rejoicing in heaven over “a sinner who repents” (vv. 7, 10, 32). Those listening were Pharisees and teachers who criticized Jesus for welcoming sinners (vv. 1-2). Through the older brother (vv. 25-31), Jesus pointed out the need of the Pharisees to repent. He doesn’t tell us whether the older son chose to attend his brother’s celebration. It’s almost as if He placed the Pharisees in the older brother’s shoes to show them they had a choice of whether they themselves would repent. Julie Schwab Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
The Older Brother.
[They]👨‍👩‍👧‍👦muttered💬, “This man (JESUS✝️💝🎁) welcomes sinners🤬🤼‍♀️⚔️🥋🤥🔫🔪🥊👹👺💀☠️🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️and eats with them.”Luke 15:2.
BeLOVE✝️💝🎁d👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, I wish above ALL things that thou mayest prosper and be in health🧘🏿‍♂️🥗🚰🏃🏿‍♂️🏋️🏿‍♂️⛹️🏿‍♂️🏊🏿‍♂️🚵🏿‍♂️🚴🏿‍♂️💓, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John‬ ‭1:2.
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Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia🇷🇺, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal🎨🖌🖼of the prodigal son. As the day wore on, changes in the natural lighting from a nearby window left Nouwen with the impression that he was seeing as many different paintings as there were changes of light. Each seemed to reveal something else about a father’s LOVE✝️💝🎁for his broken son.
Nouwen describes how, at about four o’clock, three figures in the painting appeared to “step forward.” One was the older son who resented his father’s willingness to roll out the red carpet for the homecoming of his younger brother, the prodigal. After all, hadn’t he squandered so much of the family fortune, causing them pain and embarrassment in the process? (Luke 15:28-30).
The other two figures reminded Nouwen of the reLIE🤥gious leaders who were present as JESUS✝️💝🎁told His parable. They were the ones who muttered in the background about the sinners JESUS✝️💝🎁was attracting (vv. 1-2).
Nouwen saw himself in ALL of them—in the wasted life of his youngest son, in the condemning older brother and reLIE🤥gious leaders, and in a FATHER✝️💝🎁’s heart that’s big enough for anyone and everyone.
What about us? Can we see ourselves anywhere in Rembrandt’s painting? In some way, every story JESUS✝️💝🎁told is about us.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Luke 15 is a parable with three distinct but related parts in which JESUS✝️💝🎁describes three lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each part ends with rejoicing over finding what was lost to show there will be rejoicing in heaven over “a sinner who repents” (vv. 7, 10, 32). Those listening were Pharisees🤥and teachers🤥who criticized JESUS✝️💝🎁for welcoming sinners (vv. 1-2). Through the older brother (vv. 25-31), JESUS✝️💝🎁pointed out the need of the Pharisees🤥to repent. He doesn’t tell us whether the older son chose to attend his brother’s celebration. It’s almost as if He placed the Pharisees🤥in the older brother’s shoes to show them they had a choice of whether they themselves would repent.
REFLECT & PRAY
FATHER✝️💝🎁, help me to see myself for how much You LOVE✝️💝🎁 me.
How might you reflect again on the story JESUS✝️💝🎁 told and on the Rembrandt painting? As the light changes, where do you find yourself?
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“BeLOVE✝️💝🎁d👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, I wish above ALL things that thou mayest prosper and be in health🧘🏿‍♂️🥗🚰🏃🏿‍♂️🏋️🏿‍♂️⛹️🏿‍♂️🏊🏿‍♂️🚵🏿‍♂️🚴🏿‍♂️💓, even as thy soul prospereth.”
‭‭3 John‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/3jn.1.2.kjv
Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal of the…
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The Older Brother
[They] muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 15:2

READ LUKE 15:11–13; 17–24

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Author Henri Nouwen recalls his visit to a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he spent hours reflecting on Rembrandt’s portrayal of the prodigal son. As the day wore on, changes in the natural lighting from a nearby window left Nouwen with the impression that he was seeing as many different paintings as there were changes of light. Each seemed to reveal something else about a father’s love for his broken son.
Nouwen describes how, at about four o’clock, three figures in the painting appeared to “step forward.” One was the older son who resented his father’s willingness to roll out the red carpet for the homecoming of his younger brother, the prodigal. After all, hadn’t he squandered so much of the family fortune, causing them pain and embarrassment in the process? (Luke 15:28-30).
The other two figures reminded Nouwen of the religious leaders who were present as Jesus told His parable. They were the ones who muttered in the background about the sinners Jesus was attracting (vv. 1-2).
Nouwen saw himself in all of them—in the wasted life of his youngest son, in the condemning older brother and religious leaders, and in a Father’s heart that’s big enough for anyone and everyone.
What about us? Can we see ourselves anywhere in Rembrandt’s painting? In some way, every story Jesus told is about us.
By Mart DeHaan
REFLECT & PRAY
Father, help me to see myself for how much You love me.

How might you reflect again on the story Jesus told and on the Rembrandt painting? As the light changes, where do you find yourself?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Luke 15 is a parable with three distinct but related parts in which Jesus describes three lost things—a sheep, a coin, and a son. Each part ends with rejoicing over finding what was lost to show there will be rejoicing in heaven over “a sinner who repents” (vv. 7, 10, 32). Those listening were Pharisees and teachers who criticized Jesus for welcoming sinners (vv. 1-2). Through the older brother (vv. 25-31), Jesus pointed out the need of the Pharisees to repent. He doesn’t tell us whether the older son chose to attend his brother’s celebration. It’s almost as if He placed the Pharisees in the older brother’s shoes to show them they had a choice of whether they themselves would repent. Julie Schwab

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- JESUS✝️💝🎁”My yoke is easy and My burden🏋️🏿‍♂️is light.” Matthew 11:30. JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦which do hunger🤤😋and thirst🥤🚰🍶🥛🍵☕️after righteousness: for they shall be filled💯.” Matthew‬ ‭5:6‬. Whosoever👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall confess that JESUS✝️💝🎁is the SON✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, GOD✝️💝🎁dwelleth in him, and he in GOD✝️💝🎁. 1 John‬ ‭4:15. Beautifully Burdened. I awoke to pitch darkness. I hadn’t slept more than thirty minutes and my heart sensed that sleep wouldn’t return soon. A friend’s husband lay in the hospital, having received the dreaded news, “The cancer is back—in the brain and spine now.” My whole being hurt for my friends. What a heavy load! And yet, somehow my spirit was lifted through my sacred vigil of prayer. You might say I felt beautifullyburdened for them. How could this be? In Matthew 11:28-30, JESUS✝️💝🎁promises rest for our weary souls. Strangely, His rest comes as we bend under His yoke and embrace His burden. He clarifies in verse 30, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” When we allow JESUS✝️💝🎁to lift our burden from our backs and then tether ourselves to JESUS✝️💝🎁’s yoke, we become harnessed with Him, in step with Him and ALL He allows. When we bend under His burden, we share in His sufferings, which ultimately allows us to share in His comfort as well (2 Corinthians 1:5). My concern for my friends was a heavy burden. Yet I felt grateful that GOD✝️💝🎁would allow me to carry them in prayer. Gradually I ebbed back to sleep and awoke—still beautifully burdened but now under the easy yoke and light load of walking with JESUS✝️💝🎁. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s words offering rest to the weary (Matthew 11:28-29) seem to be connected to His discussion of oppression. In Judaism🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍, the word yokewas often used as a metaphor for GOD✝️💝🎁’s law. A yoke was used to train an inexperienced ox by yoking it to an experienced one; in the same way, the law could function as a training guide. But the word yokewas also used to describe political rule, and rest to describe deliverance from oppressive rule. For example, in Isaiah 14 GOD✝️💝🎁promised to remove the Assyrian’s burdensome yoke and bring the land rest (14:7, 25). Both the Roman🇻🇦🇮🇹Empire and reLIE🤥gious teachers of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s day (the scribes and Pharisees) used their authority in burdensome ways (see Matthew 23:4). So JESUS✝️💝🎁invited those worn and wearied by such burdens to live instead as subjects under His compassionate leadership in GOD✝️💝🎁’s life-giving KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom. . REFLECT & PRAY Dear JESUS✝️💝🎁, please take my heavy load and lay upon me Your beautiful burden for this world. What are you carrying today? How will you give that burden to JESUS✝️💝🎁? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦which do hunger🤤😋and thirst🥤🚰🍶🥛🍵☕️after righteousness: for they shall be filled💯.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.6.kjv. “Whosoever👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall confess that JESUS✝️💝🎁is the SON✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, GOD✝️💝🎁dwelleth in him, and he in GOD✝️💝🎁.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.4.15.kjv I awoke to pitch darkness. I hadn’t slept more than thirty minutes and my heart sensed that sleep wouldn’t return soon. A friend’s husband lay… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 21 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 16-17; James 3 Beautifully Burdened My yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:30 READ MATTHEW 11:28–30 audio playLISTEN ONLINE I awoke to pitch darkness. I hadn’t slept more than thirty minutes and my heart sensed that sleep wouldn’t return soon. A friend’s husband lay in the hospital, having received the dreaded news, “The cancer is back—in the brain and spine now.” My whole being hurt for my friends. What a heavy load! And yet, somehow my spirit was lifted through my sacred vigil of prayer. You might say I felt beautifully burdened for them. How could this be? In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus promises rest for our weary souls. Strangely, His rest comes as we bend under His yoke and embrace His burden. He clarifies in verse 30, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” When we allow Jesus to lift our burden from our backs and then tether ourselves to Jesus’s yoke, we become harnessed with Him, in step with Him and all He allows. When we bend under His burden, we share in His sufferings, which ultimately allows us to share in His comfort as well (2 Corinthians 1:5). My concern for my friends was a heavy burden. Yet I felt grateful that God would allow me to carry them in prayer. Gradually I ebbed back to sleep and awoke—still beautifully burdened but now under the easy yoke and light load of walking with Jesus. By Elisa Morgan REFLECT & PRAY Dear Jesus, please take my heavy load and lay upon me Your beautiful burden for this world. What are you carrying today? How will you give that burden to Jesus? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Christ’s words offering rest to the weary (Matthew 11:28-29) seem to be connected to His discussion of oppression. In Judaism, the word yoke was often used as a metaphor for God’s law. A yoke was used to train an inexperienced ox by yoking it to an experienced one; in the same way, the law could function as a training guide. But the word yoke was also used to describe political rule, and rest to describe deliverance from oppressive rule. For example, in Isaiah 14 God promised to remove the Assyrian’s burdensome yoke and bring the land rest (14:7, 25). Both the Roman Empire and religious teachers of Christ’s day (the scribes and Pharisees) used their authority in burdensome ways (see Matthew 23:4). So Jesus invited those worn and wearied by such burdens to live instead as subjects under His compassionate leadership in God’s life-giving kingdom. Monica Brands Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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JESUS✝️💝🎁”My yoke is easy and My burden🏋️🏿‍♂️is light.” Matthew 11:30.
JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦which do hunger🤤😋and thirst🥤🚰🍶🥛🍵☕️after righteousness: for they shall be filled💯.” Matthew‬ ‭5:6‬.
Whosoever👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall confess that JESUS✝️💝🎁is the SON✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, GOD✝️💝🎁dwelleth in him, and he in GOD✝️💝🎁. 1 John‬ ‭4:15.
Beautifully Burdened.
I awoke to pitch darkness. I hadn’t slept more than thirty minutes and my heart sensed that sleep wouldn’t return soon. A friend’s husband lay in the hospital, having received the dreaded news, “The cancer is back—in the brain and spine now.” My whole being hurt for my friends. What a heavy load! And yet, somehow my spirit was lifted through my sacred vigil of prayer. You might say I felt beautifullyburdened for them. How could this be?
In Matthew 11:28-30, JESUS✝️💝🎁promises rest for our weary souls. Strangely, His rest comes as we bend under His yoke and embrace His burden. He clarifies in verse 30, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” When we allow JESUS✝️💝🎁to lift our burden from our backs and then tether ourselves to JESUS✝️💝🎁’s yoke, we become harnessed with Him, in step with Him and ALL He allows. When we bend under His burden, we share in His sufferings, which ultimately allows us to share in His comfort as well (2 Corinthians 1:5).
My concern for my friends was a heavy burden. Yet I felt grateful that GOD✝️💝🎁would allow me to carry them in prayer. Gradually I ebbed back to sleep and awoke—still beautifully burdened but now under the easy yoke and light load of walking with JESUS✝️💝🎁.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s words offering rest to the weary (Matthew 11:28-29) seem to be connected to His discussion of oppression. In Judaism🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍, the word yokewas often used as a metaphor for GOD✝️💝🎁’s law. A yoke was used to train an inexperienced ox by yoking it to an experienced one; in the same way, the law could function as a training guide. But the word yokewas also used to describe political rule, and rest to describe deliverance from oppressive rule. For example, in Isaiah 14 GOD✝️💝🎁promised to remove the Assyrian’s burdensome yoke and bring the land rest (14:7, 25).
Both the Roman🇻🇦🇮🇹Empire and reLIE🤥gious teachers of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s day (the scribes and Pharisees) used their authority in burdensome ways (see Matthew 23:4). So JESUS✝️💝🎁invited those worn and wearied by such burdens to live instead as subjects under His compassionate leadership in GOD✝️💝🎁’s life-giving KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom.
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REFLECT & PRAY
Dear JESUS✝️💝🎁, please take my heavy load and lay upon me Your beautiful burden for this world.
What are you carrying today? How will you give that burden to JESUS✝️💝🎁?
.

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JESUS✝️💝🎁”Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦which do hunger🤤😋and thirst🥤🚰🍶🥛🍵☕️after righteousness: for they shall be filled💯.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.6.kjv.
“Whosoever👨‍👩‍👧‍👦shall confess that JESUS✝️💝🎁is the SON✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁, GOD✝️💝🎁dwelleth in him, and he in GOD✝️💝🎁.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.4.15.kjv
I awoke to pitch darkness. I hadn’t slept more than thirty minutes and my heart sensed that sleep wouldn’t return soon. A friend’s husband lay…
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Beautifully Burdened
My yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:30

READ MATTHEW 11:28–30

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
I awoke to pitch darkness. I hadn’t slept more than thirty minutes and my heart sensed that sleep wouldn’t return soon. A friend’s husband lay in the hospital, having received the dreaded news, “The cancer is back—in the brain and spine now.” My whole being hurt for my friends. What a heavy load! And yet, somehow my spirit was lifted through my sacred vigil of prayer. You might say I felt beautifully burdened for them. How could this be?
In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus promises rest for our weary souls. Strangely, His rest comes as we bend under His yoke and embrace His burden. He clarifies in verse 30, “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” When we allow Jesus to lift our burden from our backs and then tether ourselves to Jesus’s yoke, we become harnessed with Him, in step with Him and all He allows. When we bend under His burden, we share in His sufferings, which ultimately allows us to share in His comfort as well (2 Corinthians 1:5).
My concern for my friends was a heavy burden. Yet I felt grateful that God would allow me to carry them in prayer. Gradually I ebbed back to sleep and awoke—still beautifully burdened but now under the easy yoke and light load of walking with Jesus.
By Elisa Morgan
REFLECT & PRAY
Dear Jesus, please take my heavy load and lay upon me Your beautiful burden for this world.

What are you carrying today? How will you give that burden to Jesus?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Christ’s words offering rest to the weary (Matthew 11:28-29) seem to be connected to His discussion of oppression. In Judaism, the word yoke was often used as a metaphor for God’s law. A yoke was used to train an inexperienced ox by yoking it to an experienced one; in the same way, the law could function as a training guide. But the word yoke was also used to describe political rule, and rest to describe deliverance from oppressive rule. For example, in Isaiah 14 God promised to remove the Assyrian’s burdensome yoke and bring the land rest (14:7, 25).

Both the Roman Empire and religious teachers of Christ’s day (the scribes and Pharisees) used their authority in burdensome ways (see Matthew 23:4). So Jesus invited those worn and wearied by such burdens to live instead as subjects under His compassionate leadership in God’s life-giving kingdom. Monica Brands

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Fruitful🥝🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍈🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥑to the End. They👨‍👩‍👧‍👦will still bear fruit🥝🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍈🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥑in old age, they will stay fresh🆕☀️and green💚🍏🥬🥗💚🥦🥒💚.Psalm 92:14. Let no man👨‍👩‍👧‍👦say when he is tempted, I am tempted of GOD✝️💝🎁: for GOD✝️💝🎁cannot be tempted with evil👿👹🐲🐉🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️👺☠️💀, neither tempteth he any man: James‬ ‭1:13‬. . Although Lenore Dunlop was ninety-four years young, her mind was sharp, her smile was bright, and her contagious LOVE✝️💝🎁for JESUS✝️💝🎁was felt by many. It wasn’t uncommon to find her in the company of the youth of our church; her presence and participation were sources of JOY😂😹and encouragement. Lenore’s life was so vibrant that her death caught us off guard. Like a powerful runner, she sprinted across life’s finish line. Her energy and zeal were such that, just days before her death, she completed a sixteen-week course that focused on taking the message of CHRIST✝️💝🎁to the peoples of the world. The fruitful, GOD✝️💝🎁-honoring life of Lenore illustrates what’s seen in Psalm 92:12-15. This psalm describes the budding, blossoming, and fruit-bearing of those whose lives are rooted in a right relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁(vv. 12-13). The two trees pictured were valued for their fruit and wood, respectively; with these the psalmist captures a sense of vitality, prosperity, and usefulness. When we see in our lives the budding and blossoming fruit of loving, sharing, helping, and leading others to CHRIST✝️💝🎁, we should rejoice. Even for those who may be labeled “senior” or “seasoned,” it’s never too late to take root and bear fruit. Lenore’s life was deeply rooted in GOD✝️💝🎁through JESUS✝️💝🎁and testifies to this and to GOD✝️💝🎁’s goodness (v. 15). Ours can too. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalm 92 has this superscription: “A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.” This tells us the Israelites🇮🇱✡️sang this praise song in public worship on the Sabbath day (vv. 1-3). According to the New Living Translation Study Bible, “Jewish🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍tradition assigned one psalm to each day of the week: Sunday (Psalm 24), Monday (Psalm 48), Tuesday (Psalm 82), Wednesday (Psalm 94), Thursday (Psalm 81), Friday (Psalm 93), and the Sabbath (Psalm 92).” The Sabbath was a day GOD✝️💝🎁set apart for His people to rest and participate in community worship—celebrating His greatness in creation (Exodus 20:8-11; Leviticus 23:3) and remembering their deliverance from slavery in Egypt🇪🇬(Deuteronomy 5:6, 15). For the Israelites🇮🇱✡️, long life was considered a reward and blessing from GOD✝️💝🎁(Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:33; 30:20). Psalm 92 celebrates that blessing, capturing the gratitude of those who’ve experienced a lifetime of walking with Him (vv. 5-15). . REFLECT & PRAY FATHER✝️💝, give me the strength to bear fruit that clearly demonstrates that my life is rooted in the life of JESUS✝️💝, Your SON✝️💝. How does your life reflect the fruit found in a growing relationship with JESUS✝️💝? What can you add or eliminate to help you grow? . . “Let no man👨‍👩‍👧‍👦say when he is tempted, I am tempted of GOD✝️💝🎁: for GOD✝️💝🎁cannot be tempted with evil👿👹🐲🐉🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️👺☠️💀, neither tempteth he any man:” ‭‭James‬ ‭1:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/jas.1.13.kjv Although Lenore Dunlop was ninety-four years young, her mind was sharp, her smile was bright, and her contagious love for Jesus was felt by many. It… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 20 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 14-15; James 2 Fruitful to the End They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green. Psalm 92:14 READ PSALM 92:12–15 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Although Lenore Dunlop was ninety-four years young, her mind was sharp, her smile was bright, and her contagious love for Jesus was felt by many. It wasn’t uncommon to find her in the company of the youth of our church; her presence and participation were sources of joy and encouragement. Lenore’s life was so vibrant that her death caught us off guard. Like a powerful runner, she sprinted across life’s finish line. Her energy and zeal were such that, just days before her death, she completed a sixteen-week course that focused on taking the message of Jesus to the peoples of the world. The fruitful, God-honoring life of Lenore illustrates what’s seen in Psalm 92:12-15. This psalm describes the budding, blossoming, and fruit-bearing of those whose lives are rooted in a right relationship with God (vv. 12-13). The two trees pictured were valued for their fruit and wood, respectively; with these the psalmist captures a sense of vitality, prosperity, and usefulness. When we see in our lives the budding and blossoming fruit of loving, sharing, helping, and leading others to Christ, we should rejoice. Even for those who may be labeled “senior” or “seasoned,” it’s never too late to take root and bear fruit. Lenore’s life was deeply rooted in God through Jesus and testifies to this and to God’s goodness (v. 15). Ours can too. By Arthur Jackson REFLECT & PRAY Father, give me the strength to bear fruit that clearly demonstrates that my life is rooted in the life of Jesus, Your Son. How does your life reflect the fruit found in a growing relationship with Jesus? What can you add or eliminate to help you grow? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalm 92 has this superscription: “A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.” This tells us the Israelites sang this praise song in public worship on the Sabbath day (vv. 1-3). According to the New Living Translation Study Bible, “Jewish tradition assigned one psalm to each day of the week: Sunday (Psalm 24), Monday (Psalm 48), Tuesday (Psalm 82), Wednesday (Psalm 94), Thursday (Psalm 81), Friday (Psalm 93), and the Sabbath (Psalm 92).” The Sabbath was a day God set apart for His people to rest and participate in community worship—celebrating His greatness in creation (Exodus 20:8-11; Leviticus 23:3) and remembering their deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:6, 15). For the Israelites, long life was considered a reward and blessing from God (Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:33; 30:20). Psalm 92 celebrates that blessing, capturing the gratitude of those who’ve experienced a lifetime of walking with Him (vv. 5-15). K. T. Sim Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. 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Fruitful🥝🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍈🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥑to the End.
They👨‍👩‍👧‍👦will still bear fruit🥝🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍈🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥑in old age, they will stay fresh🆕☀️and green💚🍏🥬🥗💚🥦🥒💚.Psalm 92:14.
Let no man👨‍👩‍👧‍👦say when he is tempted, I am tempted of GOD✝️💝🎁: for GOD✝️💝🎁cannot be tempted with evil👿👹🐲🐉🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️👺☠️💀, neither tempteth he any man: James‬ ‭1:13‬.
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Although Lenore Dunlop was ninety-four years young, her mind was sharp, her smile was bright, and her contagious LOVE✝️💝🎁for JESUS✝️💝🎁was felt by many. It wasn’t uncommon to find her in the company of the youth of our church; her presence and participation were sources of JOY😂😹and encouragement. Lenore’s life was so vibrant that her death caught us off guard. Like a powerful runner, she sprinted across life’s finish line. Her energy and zeal were such that, just days before her death, she completed a sixteen-week course that focused on taking the message of CHRIST✝️💝🎁to the peoples of the world.
The fruitful, GOD✝️💝🎁-honoring life of Lenore illustrates what’s seen in Psalm 92:12-15. This psalm describes the budding, blossoming, and fruit-bearing of those whose lives are rooted in a right relationship with GOD✝️💝🎁(vv. 12-13). The two trees pictured were valued for their fruit and wood, respectively; with these the psalmist captures a sense of vitality, prosperity, and usefulness. When we see in our lives the budding and blossoming fruit of loving, sharing, helping, and leading others to CHRIST✝️💝🎁, we should rejoice.
Even for those who may be labeled “senior” or “seasoned,” it’s never too late to take root and bear fruit. Lenore’s life was deeply rooted in GOD✝️💝🎁through JESUS✝️💝🎁and testifies to this and to GOD✝️💝🎁’s goodness (v. 15). Ours can too.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Psalm 92 has this superscription: “A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.” This tells us the Israelites🇮🇱✡️sang this praise song in public worship on the Sabbath day (vv. 1-3). According to the New Living Translation Study Bible, “Jewish🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍tradition assigned one psalm to each day of the week: Sunday (Psalm 24), Monday (Psalm 48), Tuesday (Psalm 82), Wednesday (Psalm 94), Thursday (Psalm 81), Friday (Psalm 93), and the Sabbath (Psalm 92).” The Sabbath was a day GOD✝️💝🎁set apart for His people to rest and participate in community worship—celebrating His greatness in creation (Exodus 20:8-11; Leviticus 23:3) and remembering their deliverance from slavery in Egypt🇪🇬(Deuteronomy 5:6, 15). For the Israelites🇮🇱✡️, long life was considered a reward and blessing from GOD✝️💝🎁(Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:33; 30:20). Psalm 92 celebrates that blessing, capturing the gratitude of those who’ve experienced a lifetime of walking with Him (vv. 5-15).
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REFLECT & PRAY
FATHER✝️💝, give me the strength to bear fruit that clearly demonstrates that my life is rooted in the life of JESUS✝️💝, Your SON✝️💝.
How does your life reflect the fruit found in a growing relationship with JESUS✝️💝? What can you add or eliminate to help you grow?
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“Let no man👨‍👩‍👧‍👦say when he is tempted, I am tempted of GOD✝️💝🎁: for GOD✝️💝🎁cannot be tempted with evil👿👹🐲🐉🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️👺☠️💀, neither tempteth he any man:”
‭‭James‬ ‭1:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/jas.1.13.kjv
Although Lenore Dunlop was ninety-four years young, her mind was sharp, her smile was bright, and her contagious love for Jesus was felt by many. It…
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November 20 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 14-15; James 2
Fruitful to the End
They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green.
Psalm 92:14

READ PSALM 92:12–15

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Although Lenore Dunlop was ninety-four years young, her mind was sharp, her smile was bright, and her contagious love for Jesus was felt by many. It wasn’t uncommon to find her in the company of the youth of our church; her presence and participation were sources of joy and encouragement. Lenore’s life was so vibrant that her death caught us off guard. Like a powerful runner, she sprinted across life’s finish line. Her energy and zeal were such that, just days before her death, she completed a sixteen-week course that focused on taking the message of Jesus to the peoples of the world.
The fruitful, God-honoring life of Lenore illustrates what’s seen in Psalm 92:12-15. This psalm describes the budding, blossoming, and fruit-bearing of those whose lives are rooted in a right relationship with God (vv. 12-13). The two trees pictured were valued for their fruit and wood, respectively; with these the psalmist captures a sense of vitality, prosperity, and usefulness. When we see in our lives the budding and blossoming fruit of loving, sharing, helping, and leading others to Christ, we should rejoice.
Even for those who may be labeled “senior” or “seasoned,” it’s never too late to take root and bear fruit. Lenore’s life was deeply rooted in God through Jesus and testifies to this and to God’s goodness (v. 15). Ours can too.
By Arthur Jackson
REFLECT & PRAY
Father, give me the strength to bear fruit that clearly demonstrates that my life is rooted in the life of Jesus, Your Son.

How does your life reflect the fruit found in a growing relationship with Jesus? What can you add or eliminate to help you grow?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Psalm 92 has this superscription: “A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day.” This tells us the Israelites sang this praise song in public worship on the Sabbath day (vv. 1-3). According to the New Living Translation Study Bible, “Jewish tradition assigned one psalm to each day of the week: Sunday (Psalm 24), Monday (Psalm 48), Tuesday (Psalm 82), Wednesday (Psalm 94), Thursday (Psalm 81), Friday (Psalm 93), and the Sabbath (Psalm 92).” The Sabbath was a day God set apart for His people to rest and participate in community worship—celebrating His greatness in creation (Exodus 20:8-11; Leviticus 23:3) and remembering their deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:6, 15). For the Israelites, long life was considered a reward and blessing from God (Deuteronomy 4:40; 5:33; 30:20). Psalm 92 celebrates that blessing, capturing the gratitude of those who’ve experienced a lifetime of walking with Him (vv. 5-15). K. T. Sim

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-JESUS✝️💝🎁“What do you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦want Me to do for you?” JESUS✝️💝🎁asked❓him.Mark 10:51. For do I now persuade men👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, or GOD✝️💝🎁? or do I seek🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍👀👁👁to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of CHRIST✝️💝🎁. Galatians‬ ‭1:10. LORD✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁GOD✝️💝🎁LOVE✝️💝🎁 . True, Deep Desire. A mouse with a shrill voice, Reepicheep is perhaps The Chronicles of Narnia’s most valiant character. He charged into battle swinging his tiny sword. He rejected fear as he prodded on the Dawn Treadertoward the Island of Darkness. The secret to Reepicheep’s courage? He was deeply connected to his longing to get to Aslan’s country. “That is my heart’s desire,” he said. Reepicheep knew what he truly wanted, and this led him toward his king. Bartimaeus, a blind man from Jericho, sat in his normal spot jingling his cup for coins when he heard JESUS✝️💝🎁and the crowd approaching. He yelled out, “JESUS✝️💝🎁, SON✝️💝🎁of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47). The crowd tried to silence him, but Bartimaeus couldn’t be stopped. “JESUS✝️💝🎁stopped,” Mark says (v. 49). In the midst of the throng, JESUS✝️💝🎁wanted to hear Bartimaeus. “What do you want?” JESUS✝️💝🎁asked (v. 51). The answer seemed obvious; surely JESUS✝️💝🎁knew. But He seemed to believe there was power in allowing Bartimaeus to express his deep desire. “I want to see,” Bartimaeus said (v. 51). And JESUS✝️💝🎁sent Bartimaeus home seeing colors, beauty, and the faces of friends for the first time. Not all desires are met immediately (and desires must be transformed), but what’s essential here is how Bartimaeus knew his desire and took it to JESUS✝️💝🎁. If we’ll pay attention, we’ll notice that our true desires and longings always lead us to Him. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The story of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) isn’t the only account in Mark’s gospel where JESUS✝️💝🎁healed physical blindness. The other is in 8:22-26 where He healed an unnamed man in Bethsaida. But physical blindness wasn’t the only “sight” issue that Mark highlights. Spiritual blindness was prevalent. Just before JESUS✝️💝🎁healed the blind man in Bethsaida He rebuked His disciples saying, “Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear” (vv. 17-18). And just before He healed Bartimaeus, JESUS✝️💝🎁reminded His disciples that He was destined for suffering and death, but they didn’t get it (vv. 31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-34). It wasn’t until after CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s resurrection that their spiritual blindness was banished. . REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, help me to bring my desires to You. What I’m ultimately seeking can only be satisfied by what You alone can provide. What do you truly desire? How might this desire lead you to JESUS✝️💝🎁? . . “For do I now persuade men👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, or GOD✝️💝🎁? or do I seek🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍👀👁👁to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of CHRIST✝️💝🎁.” ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭1:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/gal.1.10.kjv A mouse with a shrill voice, Reepicheep is perhaps The Chronicles of Narnia’s most valiant character. He charged into battle swinging his tiny… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 19 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 11-13; James 1 True, Deep Desire “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. Mark 10:51 READ MARK 10:46–52 audio playLISTEN ONLINE A mouse with a shrill voice, Reepicheep is perhaps The Chronicles of Narnia’s most valiant character. He charged into battle swinging his tiny sword. He rejected fear as he prodded on the Dawn Treader toward the Island of Darkness. The secret to Reepicheep’s courage? He was deeply connected to his longing to get to Aslan’s country. “That is my heart’s desire,” he said. Reepicheep knew what he truly wanted, and this led him toward his king. Bartimaeus, a blind man from Jericho, sat in his normal spot jingling his cup for coins when he heard Jesus and the crowd approaching. He yelled out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47). The crowd tried to silence him, but Bartimaeus couldn’t be stopped. “Jesus stopped,” Mark says (v. 49). In the midst of the throng, Jesus wanted to hear Bartimaeus. “What do you want?” Jesus asked (v. 51). The answer seemed obvious; surely Jesus knew. But He seemed to believe there was power in allowing Bartimaeus to express his deep desire. “I want to see,” Bartimaeus said (v. 51). And Jesus sent Bartimaeus home seeing colors, beauty, and the faces of friends for the first time. Not all desires are met immediately (and desires must be transformed), but what’s essential here is how Bartimaeus knew his desire and took it to Jesus. If we’ll pay attention, we’ll notice that our true desires and longings always lead us to Him. By Winn Collier REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, help me to bring my desires to You. What I’m ultimately seeking can only be satisfied by what You alone can provide. What do you truly desire? How might this desire lead you to Jesus? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The story of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) isn’t the only account in Mark’s gospel where Jesus healed physical blindness. The other is in 8:22-26 where He healed an unnamed man in Bethsaida. But physical blindness wasn’t the only “sight” issue that Mark highlights. Spiritual blindness was prevalent. Just before Jesus healed the blind man in Bethsaida He rebuked His disciples saying, “Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear” (vv. 17-18). And just before He healed Bartimaeus, Jesus reminded His disciples that He was destined for suffering and death, but they didn’t get it (vv. 31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-34). It wasn’t until after Christ’s resurrection that their spiritual blindness was banished. Arthur Jackson Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-JESUS✝️💝🎁“What do you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦want Me to do for you?” JESUS✝️💝🎁asked❓him.Mark 10:51.
For do I now persuade men👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, or GOD✝️💝🎁? or do I seek🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍👀👁👁to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of CHRIST✝️💝🎁. Galatians‬ ‭1:10.
LORD✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁GOD✝️💝🎁LOVE✝️💝🎁
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True, Deep Desire.
A mouse with a shrill voice, Reepicheep is perhaps The Chronicles of Narnia’s most valiant character. He charged into battle swinging his tiny sword. He rejected fear as he prodded on the Dawn Treadertoward the Island of Darkness. The secret to Reepicheep’s courage? He was deeply connected to his longing to get to Aslan’s country. “That is my heart’s desire,” he said. Reepicheep knew what he truly wanted, and this led him toward his king.
Bartimaeus, a blind man from Jericho, sat in his normal spot jingling his cup for coins when he heard JESUS✝️💝🎁and the crowd approaching. He yelled out, “JESUS✝️💝🎁, SON✝️💝🎁of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47). The crowd tried to silence him, but Bartimaeus couldn’t be stopped.
“JESUS✝️💝🎁stopped,” Mark says (v. 49). In the midst of the throng, JESUS✝️💝🎁wanted to hear Bartimaeus. “What do you want?” JESUS✝️💝🎁asked (v. 51).
The answer seemed obvious; surely JESUS✝️💝🎁knew. But He seemed to believe there was power in allowing Bartimaeus to express his deep desire. “I want to see,” Bartimaeus said (v. 51). And JESUS✝️💝🎁sent Bartimaeus home seeing colors, beauty, and the faces of friends for the first time.
Not all desires are met immediately (and desires must be transformed), but what’s essential here is how Bartimaeus knew his desire and took it to JESUS✝️💝🎁. If we’ll pay attention, we’ll notice that our true desires and longings always lead us to Him.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The story of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) isn’t the only account in Mark’s gospel where JESUS✝️💝🎁healed physical blindness. The other is in 8:22-26 where He healed an unnamed man in Bethsaida. But physical blindness wasn’t the only “sight” issue that Mark highlights. Spiritual blindness was prevalent. Just before JESUS✝️💝🎁healed the blind man in Bethsaida He rebuked His disciples saying, “Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear” (vv. 17-18). And just before He healed Bartimaeus, JESUS✝️💝🎁reminded His disciples that He was destined for suffering and death, but they didn’t get it (vv. 31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-34). It wasn’t until after CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s resurrection that their spiritual blindness was banished.
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REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, help me to bring my desires to You. What I’m ultimately seeking can only be satisfied by what You alone can provide.
What do you truly desire? How might this desire lead you to JESUS✝️💝🎁?
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“For do I now persuade men👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, or GOD✝️💝🎁? or do I seek🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍👀👁👁to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of CHRIST✝️💝🎁.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭1:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/gal.1.10.kjv
A mouse with a shrill voice, Reepicheep is perhaps The Chronicles of Narnia’s most valiant character. He charged into battle swinging his tiny…
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November 19 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 11-13; James 1
True, Deep Desire
“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
Mark 10:51

READ MARK 10:46–52

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
A mouse with a shrill voice, Reepicheep is perhaps The Chronicles of Narnia’s most valiant character. He charged into battle swinging his tiny sword. He rejected fear as he prodded on the Dawn Treader toward the Island of Darkness. The secret to Reepicheep’s courage? He was deeply connected to his longing to get to Aslan’s country. “That is my heart’s desire,” he said. Reepicheep knew what he truly wanted, and this led him toward his king.
Bartimaeus, a blind man from Jericho, sat in his normal spot jingling his cup for coins when he heard Jesus and the crowd approaching. He yelled out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47). The crowd tried to silence him, but Bartimaeus couldn’t be stopped.
“Jesus stopped,” Mark says (v. 49). In the midst of the throng, Jesus wanted to hear Bartimaeus. “What do you want?” Jesus asked (v. 51).
The answer seemed obvious; surely Jesus knew. But He seemed to believe there was power in allowing Bartimaeus to express his deep desire. “I want to see,” Bartimaeus said (v. 51). And Jesus sent Bartimaeus home seeing colors, beauty, and the faces of friends for the first time.
Not all desires are met immediately (and desires must be transformed), but what’s essential here is how Bartimaeus knew his desire and took it to Jesus. If we’ll pay attention, we’ll notice that our true desires and longings always lead us to Him.
By Winn Collier
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, help me to bring my desires to You. What I’m ultimately seeking can only be satisfied by what You alone can provide.

What do you truly desire? How might this desire lead you to Jesus?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The story of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) isn’t the only account in Mark’s gospel where Jesus healed physical blindness. The other is in 8:22-26 where He healed an unnamed man in Bethsaida. But physical blindness wasn’t the only “sight” issue that Mark highlights. Spiritual blindness was prevalent. Just before Jesus healed the blind man in Bethsaida He rebuked His disciples saying, “Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear” (vv. 17-18). And just before He healed Bartimaeus, Jesus reminded His disciples that He was destined for suffering and death, but they didn’t get it (vv. 31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-34). It wasn’t until after Christ’s resurrection that their spiritual blindness was banished. Arthur Jackson

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- There is no fear😱😨😓👺🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️in LOVE✝️💝🎁; but perfect LOVE✝️💝🎁casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He👨‍👩‍👧‍👦that feareth is not made perfect in LOVE✝️💝🎁. 1 John‬ ‭4:18. LOVE✝️💝🎁ing the Stranger. Do not mistreat🤬👊🏿🤼‍♀️🥋⚔️or oppress a foreigner👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, for you were foreigners in Egypt🇪🇬.Exodus 22:21. . After a member of my family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦converted to a different religion, CHRIST✝️💝🎁ian friends urged me to “convince” her to return to JESUS✝️💝🎁. I found myself first seeking to LOVE✝️💝🎁my family member as CHRIST✝️💝🎁would—including in public places where some people frowned at her “foreign-looking” clothes. Others even made rude comments. “Go home!” one man yelled at her from his truck, not knowing or apparently caring that she already is “home.” Moses taught a much kinder way to act toward people whose dress or beliefs feel different. Teaching laws of justice and mercy, Moses instructed the children of Israel🇮🇱✡️, “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt🇪🇬” (Exodus 23:9). The edict expresses GOD✝️💝🎁’s concern for ALL strangers, people vulnerable to bias and abuse, and it is repeated in Exodus 22:21 and Leviticus 19:33. Therefore, when I spend time with my family member—at a restaurant, in a park, taking a walk together or sitting and talking with her on my front porch—I seek first to show her the same kindness and respect that I would want to experience. It’s one of the best ways to remind her of the sweet LOVE✝️💝🎁of JESUS✝️💝🎁, not by shaming her for rejecting Him, but by LOVE✝️💝🎁ing her as He LOVE✝️💝🎁s ALL of us—with amazing grace. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The covenant people ofGOD✝️💝🎁were to be distinctive and separate from the surrounding nations. This was primarily to protect them from worshiping false gods. Exodus 34:15 says, “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.” GOD✝️💝🎁’s commands were protective, but that didn’t mean the people of Israel🇮🇱✡️were to totally isolate themselves from foreigners. The word translated “foreigner” in Exodus 23:9 means to live among people who aren’t blood relatives. Because immigrants weren’t protected by family, they became dependent on the hospitality of the people where they lived—which the children of Israel🇮🇱✡️had themselves experienced in Egypt🇪🇬during a time of famine (Genesis 50:15-21). . REFLECT & PRAY Gracious FATHER✝️💝🎁, open my heart today to a stranger or foreigner in my land, helping them to encounter You. What attitudes do you hold about people who appear “different” or “foreign”? In what ways can you practice GOD✝️💝🎁’s edict to not mistreat a “stranger” or “sojourner” in your land? . . “There is no fear😱😨😓👺🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️in LOVE✝️💝🎁; but perfect LOVE✝️💝🎁casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He👨‍👩‍👧‍👦that feareth is not made perfect in LOVE✝️💝🎁.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.4.18.kjv After a member of my family converted to a different religion, Christian friends urged me to “convince” her to return to Jesus. I found myself… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 18 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 8-10; Hebrews 13 Loving the Stranger Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Exodus 22:21 READ EXODUS 23:1–9 audio playLISTEN ONLINE After a member of my family converted to a different religion, Christian friends urged me to “convince” her to return to Jesus. I found myself first seeking to love my family member as Christ would—including in public places where some people frowned at her “foreign-looking” clothes. Others even made rude comments. “Go home!” one man yelled at her from his truck, not knowing or apparently caring that she already is “home.” Moses taught a much kinder way to act toward people whose dress or beliefs feel different. Teaching laws of justice and mercy, Moses instructed the children of Israel, “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt” (Exodus 23:9). The edict expresses God’s concern for all strangers, people vulnerable to bias and abuse, and it is repeated in Exodus 22:21 and Leviticus 19:33. Therefore, when I spend time with my family member—at a restaurant, in a park, taking a walk together or sitting and talking with her on my front porch—I seek first to show her the same kindness and respect that I would want to experience. It’s one of the best ways to remind her of the sweet love of Jesus, not by shaming her for rejecting Him, but by loving her as He loves all of us—with amazing grace. By Patricia Raybon REFLECT & PRAY Gracious Father, open my heart today to a stranger or foreigner in my land, helping them to encounter You. What attitudes do you hold about people who appear “different” or “foreign”? In what ways can you practice God’s edict to not mistreat a “stranger” or “sojourner” in your land? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The covenant people of God were to be distinctive and separate from the surrounding nations. This was primarily to protect them from worshiping false gods. Exodus 34:15 says, “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.” God’s commands were protective, but that didn’t mean the people of Israel were to totally isolate themselves from foreigners. The word translated “foreigner” in Exodus 23:9 means to live among people who aren’t blood relatives. Because immigrants weren’t protected by family, they became dependent on the hospitality of the people where they lived—which the children of Israel had themselves experienced in Egypt during a time of famine (Genesis 50:15-21). Bill Crowder Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
There is no fear😱😨😓👺🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️in LOVE✝️💝🎁; but perfect LOVE✝️💝🎁casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He👨‍👩‍👧‍👦that feareth is not made perfect in LOVE✝️💝🎁. 1 John‬ ‭4:18.
LOVE✝️💝🎁ing the Stranger.
Do not mistreat🤬👊🏿🤼‍♀️🥋⚔️or oppress a foreigner👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, for you were foreigners in Egypt🇪🇬.Exodus 22:21.
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After a member of my family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦converted to a different religion, CHRIST✝️💝🎁ian friends urged me to “convince” her to return to JESUS✝️💝🎁. I found myself first seeking to LOVE✝️💝🎁my family member as CHRIST✝️💝🎁would—including in public places where some people frowned at her “foreign-looking” clothes. Others even made rude comments. “Go home!” one man yelled at her from his truck, not knowing or apparently caring that she already is “home.”
Moses taught a much kinder way to act toward people whose dress or beliefs feel different. Teaching laws of justice and mercy, Moses instructed the children of Israel🇮🇱✡️, “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt🇪🇬” (Exodus 23:9). The edict expresses GOD✝️💝🎁’s concern for ALL strangers, people vulnerable to bias and abuse, and it is repeated in Exodus 22:21 and Leviticus 19:33.
Therefore, when I spend time with my family member—at a restaurant, in a park, taking a walk together or sitting and talking with her on my front porch—I seek first to show her the same kindness and respect that I would want to experience. It’s one of the best ways to remind her of the sweet LOVE✝️💝🎁of JESUS✝️💝🎁, not by shaming her for rejecting Him, but by LOVE✝️💝🎁ing her as He LOVE✝️💝🎁s ALL of us—with amazing grace.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The covenant people ofGOD✝️💝🎁were to be distinctive and separate from the surrounding nations. This was primarily to protect them from worshiping false gods. Exodus 34:15 says, “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.” GOD✝️💝🎁’s commands were protective, but that didn’t mean the people of Israel🇮🇱✡️were to totally isolate themselves from foreigners. The word translated “foreigner” in Exodus 23:9 means to live among people who aren’t blood relatives. Because immigrants weren’t protected by family, they became dependent on the hospitality of the people where they lived—which the children of Israel🇮🇱✡️had themselves experienced in Egypt🇪🇬during a time of famine (Genesis 50:15-21).
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REFLECT & PRAY
Gracious FATHER✝️💝🎁, open my heart today to a stranger or foreigner in my land, helping them to encounter You.
What attitudes do you hold about people who appear “different” or “foreign”? In what ways can you practice GOD✝️💝🎁’s edict to not mistreat a “stranger” or “sojourner” in your land?
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“There is no fear😱😨😓👺🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️in LOVE✝️💝🎁; but perfect LOVE✝️💝🎁casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He👨‍👩‍👧‍👦that feareth is not made perfect in LOVE✝️💝🎁.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.4.18.kjv
After a member of my family converted to a different religion, Christian friends urged me to “convince” her to return to Jesus. I found myself…
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November 18 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 8-10; Hebrews 13
Loving the Stranger
Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.
Exodus 22:21

READ EXODUS 23:1–9

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
After a member of my family converted to a different religion, Christian friends urged me to “convince” her to return to Jesus. I found myself first seeking to love my family member as Christ would—including in public places where some people frowned at her “foreign-looking” clothes. Others even made rude comments. “Go home!” one man yelled at her from his truck, not knowing or apparently caring that she already is “home.”
Moses taught a much kinder way to act toward people whose dress or beliefs feel different. Teaching laws of justice and mercy, Moses instructed the children of Israel, “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt” (Exodus 23:9). The edict expresses God’s concern for all strangers, people vulnerable to bias and abuse, and it is repeated in Exodus 22:21 and Leviticus 19:33.
Therefore, when I spend time with my family member—at a restaurant, in a park, taking a walk together or sitting and talking with her on my front porch—I seek first to show her the same kindness and respect that I would want to experience. It’s one of the best ways to remind her of the sweet love of Jesus, not by shaming her for rejecting Him, but by loving her as He loves all of us—with amazing grace.
By Patricia Raybon
REFLECT & PRAY
Gracious Father, open my heart today to a stranger or foreigner in my land, helping them to encounter You.

What attitudes do you hold about people who appear “different” or “foreign”? In what ways can you practice God’s edict to not mistreat a “stranger” or “sojourner” in your land?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The covenant people of God were to be distinctive and separate from the surrounding nations. This was primarily to protect them from worshiping false gods. Exodus 34:15 says, “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.” God’s commands were protective, but that didn’t mean the people of Israel were to totally isolate themselves from foreigners. The word translated “foreigner” in Exodus 23:9 means to live among people who aren’t blood relatives. Because immigrants weren’t protected by family, they became dependent on the hospitality of the people where they lived—which the children of Israel had themselves experienced in Egypt during a time of famine (Genesis 50:15-21). Bill Crowder

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Easily Entangled🕸🕷☸️🔗🌐. Throw🥏🚯🚮🎳⚾️🤾🏿‍♂️🤽🏾‍♂️off📴❌everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles🕸🕷☸️🔗🌐. Hebrews 12:1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped🙏🏿🛐🤲🏿for, the evidence of things not seen👁👀👁🙈. Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬. . Soldiers fighting in a sweltering jungle many years ago encountered a frustrating problem. Without warning, a pervasive prickly vine would attach itself to the soldiers’ bodies and gear, causing them to be trapped. As they struggled to get free, even more of the plant’s tentacles entangled them. The soldiers dubbed the weed the “wait-a-minute” vine because, once entwined and unable to move forward, they were forced to shout out to other members of their team, “Hey, wait a minute, I’m stuck!” In a similar way, it’s hard for followers of JESUS✝️💝🎁to move forward when we’re ensnared by sin. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” and “run with perseverance.” But how do we throw off the sin weighing us down? JESUS✝️💝🎁is the only one who can free us from pervasive sin in our lives. May we learn to fix our eyes on Him, our SAVIOR✝️💝🎁(12:2). Because the SON✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁became “fully human in every way,” He knows what it’s like to be tempted—yet not sin (2:17-18; 4:15). Alone, we may be desperately entwined by our own sin, but GOD✝️💝🎁wants us to overcome temptation. It’s not through our own strength, but His, that we can “throw off” entangling sin and run after His righteousness (1 Corinthians 10:13). SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Hebrews 2:18 gives us great insight into the life of JESUS✝️💝🎁: “Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” When we think of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s temptation, we think of His time in the wilderness (see Matthew 4; Mark 1; Luke 4). When Satan attempts to turn Him away from His mission, JESUS✝️💝🎁combats the tempter with Scripture. This confrontation shows us that knowing Scripture and relying on GOD✝️💝🎁enables us to stand firm in the face of temptation. JESUS✝️💝🎁felt the allure of temptation in the same way we do, and because of that, He’s able to help us in our weakness REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, give me Your strength to overcome the sin in my life. Help me to trust in Your power rather than my own and lead me in the right path. What sin or sins have a strong hold on you? What can you do to gain freedom from the struggle you’re experiencing? . . “Now faith is the substance of things hoped🙏🏿🛐🤲🏿for, the evidence of things not seen👁👀👁🙈.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/heb.11.1.kjv Soldiers fighting in a sweltering jungle many years ago encountered a frustrating problem. Without warning, a pervasive prickly vine would attach… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 17 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 5-7; Hebrews 12 Easily Entangled Throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. Hebrews 12:1 READ HEBREWS 2:17–18; 12:1–2 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Soldiers fighting in a sweltering jungle many years ago encountered a frustrating problem. Without warning, a pervasive prickly vine would attach itself to the soldiers’ bodies and gear, causing them to be trapped. As they struggled to get free, even more of the plant’s tentacles entangled them. The soldiers dubbed the weed the “wait-a-minute” vine because, once entwined and unable to move forward, they were forced to shout out to other members of their team, “Hey, wait a minute, I’m stuck!” In a similar way, it’s hard for followers of Jesus to move forward when we’re ensnared by sin. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” and “run with perseverance.” But how do we throw off the sin weighing us down? Jesus is the only one who can free us from pervasive sin in our lives. May we learn to fix our eyes on Him, our Savior (12:2). Because the Son of God became “fully human in every way,” He knows what it’s like to be tempted—yet not sin (2:17-18; 4:15). Alone, we may be desperately entwined by our own sin, but God wants us to overcome temptation. It’s not through our own strength, but His, that we can “throw off” entangling sin and run after His righteousness (1 Corinthians 10:13). By Cindy Hess Kasper REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, give me Your strength to overcome the sin in my life. Help me to trust in Your power rather than my own and lead me in the right path. What sin or sins have a strong hold on you? What can you do to gain freedom from the struggle you’re experiencing? %%DC::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK::ODBDEVODONATEBLOCK%% SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Hebrews 2:18 gives us great insight into the life of Jesus: “Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” When we think of Christ’s temptation, we think of His time in the wilderness (see Matthew 4; Mark 1; Luke 4). When Satan attempts to turn Him away from His mission, Jesus combats the tempter with Scripture. This confrontation shows us that knowing Scripture and relying on God enables us to stand firm in the face of temptation. Jesus felt the allure of temptation in the same way we do, and because of that, He’s able to help us in our weakness. J.R. Hudberg Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
Easily Entangled🕸🕷☸️🔗🌐.
Throw🥏🚯🚮🎳⚾️🤾🏿‍♂️🤽🏾‍♂️off📴❌everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles🕸🕷☸️🔗🌐. Hebrews 12:1.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped🙏🏿🛐🤲🏿for, the evidence of things not seen👁👀👁🙈. Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬.
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Soldiers fighting in a sweltering jungle many years ago encountered a frustrating problem. Without warning, a pervasive prickly vine would attach itself to the soldiers’ bodies and gear, causing them to be trapped. As they struggled to get free, even more of the plant’s tentacles entangled them. The soldiers dubbed the weed the “wait-a-minute” vine because, once entwined and unable to move forward, they were forced to shout out to other members of their team, “Hey, wait a minute, I’m stuck!”
In a similar way, it’s hard for followers of JESUS✝️💝🎁to move forward when we’re ensnared by sin. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” and “run with perseverance.” But how do we throw off the sin weighing us down?
JESUS✝️💝🎁is the only one who can free us from pervasive sin in our lives. May we learn to fix our eyes on Him, our SAVIOR✝️💝🎁(12:2). Because the SON✝️💝🎁of GOD✝️💝🎁became “fully human in every way,” He knows what it’s like to be tempted—yet not sin (2:17-18; 4:15). Alone, we may be desperately entwined by our own sin, but GOD✝️💝🎁wants us to overcome temptation. It’s not through our own strength, but His, that we can “throw off” entangling sin and run after His righteousness (1 Corinthians 10:13).
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Hebrews 2:18 gives us great insight into the life of JESUS✝️💝🎁: “Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” When we think of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s temptation, we think of His time in the wilderness (see Matthew 4; Mark 1; Luke 4). When Satan attempts to turn Him away from His mission, JESUS✝️💝🎁combats the tempter with Scripture. This confrontation shows us that knowing Scripture and relying on GOD✝️💝🎁enables us to stand firm in the face of temptation. JESUS✝️💝🎁felt the allure of temptation in the same way we do, and because of that, He’s able to help us in our weakness
REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, give me Your strength to overcome the sin in my life. Help me to trust in Your power rather than my own and lead me in the right path.
What sin or sins have a strong hold on you? What can you do to gain freedom from the struggle you’re experiencing?
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“Now faith is the substance of things hoped🙏🏿🛐🤲🏿for, the evidence of things not seen👁👀👁🙈.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/heb.11.1.kjv
Soldiers fighting in a sweltering jungle many years ago encountered a frustrating problem. Without warning, a pervasive prickly vine would attach…
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November 17 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 5-7; Hebrews 12
Easily Entangled
Throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
Hebrews 12:1

READ HEBREWS 2:17–18; 12:1–2

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Soldiers fighting in a sweltering jungle many years ago encountered a frustrating problem. Without warning, a pervasive prickly vine would attach itself to the soldiers’ bodies and gear, causing them to be trapped. As they struggled to get free, even more of the plant’s tentacles entangled them. The soldiers dubbed the weed the “wait-a-minute” vine because, once entwined and unable to move forward, they were forced to shout out to other members of their team, “Hey, wait a minute, I’m stuck!”
In a similar way, it’s hard for followers of Jesus to move forward when we’re ensnared by sin. Hebrews 12:1 tells us to “throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles” and “run with perseverance.” But how do we throw off the sin weighing us down?
Jesus is the only one who can free us from pervasive sin in our lives. May we learn to fix our eyes on Him, our Savior (12:2). Because the Son of God became “fully human in every way,” He knows what it’s like to be tempted—yet not sin (2:17-18; 4:15). Alone, we may be desperately entwined by our own sin, but God wants us to overcome temptation. It’s not through our own strength, but His, that we can “throw off” entangling sin and run after His righteousness (1 Corinthians 10:13).
By Cindy Hess Kasper
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, give me Your strength to overcome the sin in my life. Help me to trust in Your power rather than my own and lead me in the right path.

What sin or sins have a strong hold on you? What can you do to gain freedom from the struggle you’re experiencing?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Hebrews 2:18 gives us great insight into the life of Jesus: “Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.” When we think of Christ’s temptation, we think of His time in the wilderness (see Matthew 4; Mark 1; Luke 4). When Satan attempts to turn Him away from His mission, Jesus combats the tempter with Scripture. This confrontation shows us that knowing Scripture and relying on God enables us to stand firm in the face of temptation. Jesus felt the allure of temptation in the same way we do, and because of that, He’s able to help us in our weakness. J.R. Hudberg

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-Dad👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, Where🌍🌎🌏🗺🌐Are You? The LORD✝️💝🎁Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid😱😨😓🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️👺; do not be discouraged.Deuteronomy 31:8. And who🤭❓is he👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that will harm🤕😢😵😫😭😰you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 1 Peter‬ ‭3:13‬. . “Dad! Where are you?” I was pulling into our driveway when my daughter👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👧🏿, panicking, called me on my cell phone. I’d needed to be home by 6:00 to get her to play practice; I was on time. My daughter’s voice, however, betrayed her lack of trust. Reflexively, I responded: “I’m here. Why don’t you trust me?” But as I spoke those words, I wondered, How often could my heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁ask that of me?In stressful moments, I too am impatient. I too struggle to trust, to believe GOD✝️💝🎁will keep His promises. So I cry out: “FATHER✝️💝🎁, where are you?” Amid stress and uncertainty, I sometimes doubt GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence, or even His goodness and purposes for me. The Israelites🇮🇱✡️did too. In Deuteronomy 31, they were preparing to enter the Promised Land, knowing their leader, Moses, would stay behind. Moses sought to reassure GOD✝️💝🎁’s people by reminding them, “The LORD✝️💝🎁Himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged” (v. 8). That promise—that GOD✝️💝🎁is always with us—remains a cornerstone of our faith today (see Matthew 1:23; Hebrews 13:5). Indeed, Revelation 21:3 culminates with these words: “GOD✝️💝🎁’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.” Where is GOD✝️💝🎁? He’s right here, right now, right with us—always ready to hear our prayers. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Deuteronomy, Moses recounts in three speeches (chs. 1-4; 5-26; 27-34) the history of the Israelites🇮🇱✡️about to enter the Promised Land. The forty years of punishment had ended, and all Israelites🇮🇱✡️twenty years and older when the exodus began had died, except Moses, Joshua, and Caleb (Numbers 14:29-35). Moses urged the Israelites🇮🇱✡️to learn from their past unfaithfulness and to trust GOD✝️💝🎁(Deuteronomy 31:4-6). Moses himself wouldn’t enter Canaan because of his disobedience (v. 2). On the way to the Promised Land he dishonored GOD✝️💝🎁at Kadesh by striking the rock for water instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1-13; Psalm 106:32-33). Yet Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Mount Nebo (Deuteronomy 34:1-5) . REFLECT & PRAY FATHER✝️💝🎁, help us to see how much You LOVE✝️💝🎁us! What Scripture brings to mind the truth of GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence? Place it somewhere easily visible to remind you? . . “And who🤭❓is he👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that will harm🤕😢😵😫😭😰you, if ye be followers of that which is good?” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1pe.3.13.kjv “Dad! Where are you?” I was pulling into our driveway when my daughter, panicking, called me on my cell phone. I’d needed to be home by 6:00… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 16 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 3-4; Hebrews 11:20-40 Dad, Where Are You? The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8 READ DEUTERONOMY 31:1–8 audio playLISTEN ONLINE “Dad! Where are you?” I was pulling into our driveway when my daughter, panicking, called me on my cell phone. I’d needed to be home by 6:00 to get her to play practice; I was on time. My daughter’s voice, however, betrayed her lack of trust. Reflexively, I responded: “I’m here. Why don’t you trust me?” But as I spoke those words, I wondered, How often could my heavenly Father ask that of me? In stressful moments, I too am impatient. I too struggle to trust, to believe God will keep His promises. So I cry out: “Father, where are you?” Amid stress and uncertainty, I sometimes doubt God’s presence, or even His goodness and purposes for me. The Israelites did too. In Deuteronomy 31, they were preparing to enter the Promised Land, knowing their leader, Moses, would stay behind. Moses sought to reassure God’s people by reminding them, “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged” (v. 8). That promise—that God is always with us—remains a cornerstone of our faith today (see Matthew 1:23; Hebrews 13:5). Indeed, Revelation 21:3 culminates with these words: “God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.” Where is God? He’s right here, right now, right with us—always ready to hear our prayers. By Adam Holz REFLECT & PRAY Father, help us to see how much You love us! What Scripture brings to mind the truth of God’s presence? Place it somewhere easily visible to remind you. Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Deuteronomy, Moses recounts in three speeches (chs. 1-4; 5-26; 27-34) the history of the Israelites about to enter the Promised Land. The forty years of punishment had ended, and all Israelites twenty years and older when the exodus began had died, except Moses, Joshua, and Caleb (Numbers 14:29-35). Moses urged the Israelites to learn from their past unfaithfulness and to trust God (Deuteronomy 31:4-6). Moses himself wouldn’t enter Canaan because of his disobedience (v. 2). On the way to the Promised Land he dishonored God at Kadesh by striking the rock for water instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1-13; Psalm 106:32-33). Yet Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Mount Nebo (Deuteronomy 34:1-5). K. T. Sim Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-Dad👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, Where🌍🌎🌏🗺🌐Are You?
The LORD✝️💝🎁Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid😱😨😓🙀🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️👺; do not be discouraged.Deuteronomy 31:8.
And who🤭❓is he👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that will harm🤕😢😵😫😭😰you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 1 Peter‬ ‭3:13‬.
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“Dad! Where are you?”
I was pulling into our driveway when my daughter👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👧🏿, panicking, called me on my cell phone. I’d needed to be home by 6:00 to get her to play practice; I was on time. My daughter’s voice, however, betrayed her lack of trust. Reflexively, I responded: “I’m here. Why don’t you trust me?”
But as I spoke those words, I wondered, How often could my heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁ask that of me?In stressful moments, I too am impatient. I too struggle to trust, to believe GOD✝️💝🎁will keep His promises. So I cry out: “FATHER✝️💝🎁, where are you?”
Amid stress and uncertainty, I sometimes doubt GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence, or even His goodness and purposes for me. The Israelites🇮🇱✡️did too. In Deuteronomy 31, they were preparing to enter the Promised Land, knowing their leader, Moses, would stay behind. Moses sought to reassure GOD✝️💝🎁’s people by reminding them, “The LORD✝️💝🎁Himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged” (v. 8).
That promise—that GOD✝️💝🎁is always with us—remains a cornerstone of our faith today (see Matthew 1:23; Hebrews 13:5). Indeed, Revelation 21:3 culminates with these words: “GOD✝️💝🎁’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.”
Where is GOD✝️💝🎁? He’s right here, right now, right with us—always ready to hear our prayers.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Deuteronomy, Moses recounts in three speeches (chs. 1-4; 5-26; 27-34) the history of the Israelites🇮🇱✡️about to enter the Promised Land. The forty years of punishment had ended, and all Israelites🇮🇱✡️twenty years and older when the exodus began had died, except Moses, Joshua, and Caleb (Numbers 14:29-35). Moses urged the Israelites🇮🇱✡️to learn from their past unfaithfulness and to trust GOD✝️💝🎁(Deuteronomy 31:4-6). Moses himself wouldn’t enter Canaan because of his disobedience (v. 2). On the way to the Promised Land he dishonored GOD✝️💝🎁at Kadesh by striking the rock for water instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1-13; Psalm 106:32-33). Yet Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Mount Nebo (Deuteronomy 34:1-5)
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REFLECT & PRAY
FATHER✝️💝🎁, help us to see how much You LOVE✝️💝🎁us!
What Scripture brings to mind the truth of GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence? Place it somewhere easily visible to remind you?
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“And who🤭❓is he👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that will harm🤕😢😵😫😭😰you, if ye be followers of that which is good?”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭3:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1pe.3.13.kjv
“Dad! Where are you?” I was pulling into our driveway when my daughter, panicking, called me on my cell phone. I’d needed to be home by 6:00…
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November 16 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 3-4; Hebrews 11:20-40
Dad, Where Are You?
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
Deuteronomy 31:8

READ DEUTERONOMY 31:1–8

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
“Dad! Where are you?”
I was pulling into our driveway when my daughter, panicking, called me on my cell phone. I’d needed to be home by 6:00 to get her to play practice; I was on time. My daughter’s voice, however, betrayed her lack of trust. Reflexively, I responded: “I’m here. Why don’t you trust me?”
But as I spoke those words, I wondered, How often could my heavenly Father ask that of me? In stressful moments, I too am impatient. I too struggle to trust, to believe God will keep His promises. So I cry out: “Father, where are you?”
Amid stress and uncertainty, I sometimes doubt God’s presence, or even His goodness and purposes for me. The Israelites did too. In Deuteronomy 31, they were preparing to enter the Promised Land, knowing their leader, Moses, would stay behind. Moses sought to reassure God’s people by reminding them, “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged” (v. 8).
That promise—that God is always with us—remains a cornerstone of our faith today (see Matthew 1:23; Hebrews 13:5). Indeed, Revelation 21:3 culminates with these words: “God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.”
Where is God? He’s right here, right now, right with us—always ready to hear our prayers.
By Adam Holz
REFLECT & PRAY
Father, help us to see how much You love us!

What Scripture brings to mind the truth of God’s presence? Place it somewhere easily visible to remind you.

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SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Deuteronomy, Moses recounts in three speeches (chs. 1-4; 5-26; 27-34) the history of the Israelites about to enter the Promised Land. The forty years of punishment had ended, and all Israelites twenty years and older when the exodus began had died, except Moses, Joshua, and Caleb (Numbers 14:29-35). Moses urged the Israelites to learn from their past unfaithfulness and to trust God (Deuteronomy 31:4-6). Moses himself wouldn’t enter Canaan because of his disobedience (v. 2). On the way to the Promised Land he dishonored God at Kadesh by striking the rock for water instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:1-13; Psalm 106:32-33). Yet Moses was permitted to see Canaan from Mount Nebo (Deuteronomy 34:1-5). K. T. Sim

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-LOVE✝️💝🎁worketh no ill to his neighbour👨‍👩‍👦‍👦: therefore LOVE✝️💝🎁is the fulfilling of the law🏛⚖️. Romans‬ ‭13:10. Aiming🎯👈🏿🏹🧿for the Prize🏆🏅🎖👍🏿🥇🎰🏁🎫. Run🏃🏿‍♂️👟💨in such a way as to get the prize🏆🏅🎖👍🏿🥇🎰🏁🎫. 1 Corinthians 9:24. . In the 1994 fictional movie Forrest Gump,Forrest becomes famous for running. What began as a jog “to the end of the road” continued for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours. Each time he arrived at his destination, he set another one and continued to run, zig-zagging across the United States🇺🇸🌎, until one day when he no longer felt like it. “Feeling like it” was the way his running began. Forrest says, “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.” In contrast to Forrest’s seemingly whimsical running, the apostle Paul asks his readers to follow his example and “run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24). Like disciplined athletes, our running—the way we live our lives—might mean saying no to some of our pleasures. Being willing to forgo our rights might help us reach others with the good news of our rescue from sin and death. With our hearts and minds trained on the goal of inviting others to run the race alongside us, we are also assured of the ultimate prize—eternal fellowship with GOD✝️💝🎁. The victor’s crown GOD✝️💝🎁bestows will last forever; we win it by running our lives with the aim of making Him known while relying on His strength to do so. What a reason to run! SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In today’s text, Paul illustrates his point with references to running. The Corinthians🇬🇷🇲🇰🏛were very familiar with these word pictures because Corinth🇬🇷🇲🇰🏛was home to the Isthmian games—a competition second only to the ancient Olympics. JESUS✝️💝🎁illustrated His teaching with ideas familiar to His Jewish🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍audience (farming, fishing, etc.), Paul utilized ideas familiar to his readers/hearers as well. To the sports-conscious people of Corinth🇬🇷🇲🇰🏛, he talked about athletics. To the intellectuals of Athens🇮🇹🇻🇦, Paul quoted Greek🇬🇷🏛🏺⛎🔱☦️poets (Acts 17:28). This is a reminder that teaching isn’t simply about dispensing information; it’s also about encouraging understanding by making the ideas relevant to one’s audience. . REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, help me stay focused on the reason I run: to share about You with those around me. What is your “aim” in life? How is it similar to or different than Paul’s? . . “LOVE✝️💝🎁worketh no ill to his neighbour👨‍👩‍👦‍👦: therefore LOVE✝️💝🎁is the fulfilling of the law🏛⚖️.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭13:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/rom.13.10.kjv In the 1994 fictional movie Forrest Gump, Forrest becomes famous for running. What began as a jog “to the end of the road” continued for three… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 15 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 1-2; Hebrews 11:1-19 Aiming for the Prize Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9:24 READ 1 CORINTHIANS 9:19–27 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In the 1994 fictional movie Forrest Gump, Forrest becomes famous for running. What began as a jog “to the end of the road” continued for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours. Each time he arrived at his destination, he set another one and continued to run, zig-zagging across the United States, until one day when he no longer felt like it. “Feeling like it” was the way his running began. Forrest says, “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.” In contrast to Forrest’s seemingly whimsical running, the apostle Paul asks his readers to follow his example and “run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24). Like disciplined athletes, our running—the way we live our lives—might mean saying no to some of our pleasures. Being willing to forgo our rights might help us reach others with the good news of our rescue from sin and death. With our hearts and minds trained on the goal of inviting others to run the race alongside us, we are also assured of the ultimate prize—eternal fellowship with God. The victor’s crown God bestows will last forever; we win it by running our lives with the aim of making Him known while relying on His strength to do so. What a reason to run! By Kirsten Holmberg REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, help me stay focused on the reason I run: to share about You with those around me. What is your “aim” in life? How is it similar to or different than Paul’s? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In today’s text, Paul illustrates his point with references to running. The Corinthians were very familiar with these word pictures because Corinth was home to the Isthmian games—a competition second only to the ancient Olympics. As Jesus illustrated His teaching with ideas familiar to His Jewish audience (farming, fishing, etc.), Paul utilized ideas familiar to his readers/hearers as well. To the sports-conscious people of Corinth, he talked about athletics. To the intellectuals of Athens, Paul quoted Greek poets (Acts 17:28). This is a reminder that teaching isn’t simply about dispensing information; it’s also about encouraging understanding by making the ideas relevant to one’s audience. Bill Crowder Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-LOVE✝️💝🎁worketh no ill to his neighbour👨‍👩‍👦‍👦: therefore LOVE✝️💝🎁is the fulfilling of the law🏛⚖️. Romans‬ ‭13:10.
Aiming🎯👈🏿🏹🧿for the Prize🏆🏅🎖👍🏿🥇🎰🏁🎫.
Run🏃🏿‍♂️👟💨in such a way as to get the prize🏆🏅🎖👍🏿🥇🎰🏁🎫. 1 Corinthians 9:24.
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In the 1994 fictional movie Forrest Gump,Forrest becomes famous for running. What began as a jog “to the end of the road” continued for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours. Each time he arrived at his destination, he set another one and continued to run, zig-zagging across the United States🇺🇸🌎, until one day when he no longer felt like it. “Feeling like it” was the way his running began. Forrest says, “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.”
In contrast to Forrest’s seemingly whimsical running, the apostle Paul asks his readers to follow his example and “run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24). Like disciplined athletes, our running—the way we live our lives—might mean saying no to some of our pleasures. Being willing to forgo our rights might help us reach others with the good news of our rescue from sin and death.
With our hearts and minds trained on the goal of inviting others to run the race alongside us, we are also assured of the ultimate prize—eternal fellowship with GOD✝️💝🎁. The victor’s crown GOD✝️💝🎁bestows will last forever; we win it by running our lives with the aim of making Him known while relying on His strength to do so. What a reason to run!
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In today’s text, Paul illustrates his point with references to running. The Corinthians🇬🇷🇲🇰🏛were very familiar with these word pictures because Corinth🇬🇷🇲🇰🏛was home to the Isthmian games—a competition second only to the ancient Olympics. JESUS✝️💝🎁illustrated His teaching with ideas familiar to His Jewish🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍audience (farming, fishing, etc.), Paul utilized ideas familiar to his readers/hearers as well. To the sports-conscious people of Corinth🇬🇷🇲🇰🏛, he talked about athletics. To the intellectuals of Athens🇮🇹🇻🇦, Paul quoted Greek🇬🇷🏛🏺⛎🔱☦️poets (Acts 17:28). This is a reminder that teaching isn’t simply about dispensing information; it’s also about encouraging understanding by making the ideas relevant to one’s audience.
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REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, help me stay focused on the reason I run: to share about You with those around me.
What is your “aim” in life? How is it similar to or different than Paul’s?
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“LOVE✝️💝🎁worketh no ill to his neighbour👨‍👩‍👦‍👦: therefore LOVE✝️💝🎁is the fulfilling of the law🏛⚖️.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭13:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/rom.13.10.kjv
In the 1994 fictional movie Forrest Gump, Forrest becomes famous for running. What began as a jog “to the end of the road” continued for three…
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November 15 | Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 1-2; Hebrews 11:1-19
Aiming for the Prize
Run in such a way as to get the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:24

READ 1 CORINTHIANS 9:19–27

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In the 1994 fictional movie Forrest Gump, Forrest becomes famous for running. What began as a jog “to the end of the road” continued for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours. Each time he arrived at his destination, he set another one and continued to run, zig-zagging across the United States, until one day when he no longer felt like it. “Feeling like it” was the way his running began. Forrest says, “That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.”
In contrast to Forrest’s seemingly whimsical running, the apostle Paul asks his readers to follow his example and “run in such a way as to get the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24). Like disciplined athletes, our running—the way we live our lives—might mean saying no to some of our pleasures. Being willing to forgo our rights might help us reach others with the good news of our rescue from sin and death.
With our hearts and minds trained on the goal of inviting others to run the race alongside us, we are also assured of the ultimate prize—eternal fellowship with God. The victor’s crown God bestows will last forever; we win it by running our lives with the aim of making Him known while relying on His strength to do so. What a reason to run!
By Kirsten Holmberg
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, help me stay focused on the reason I run: to share about You with those around me.

What is your “aim” in life? How is it similar to or different than Paul’s?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In today’s text, Paul illustrates his point with references to running. The Corinthians were very familiar with these word pictures because Corinth was home to the Isthmian games—a competition second only to the ancient Olympics. As Jesus illustrated His teaching with ideas familiar to His Jewish audience (farming, fishing, etc.), Paul utilized ideas familiar to his readers/hearers as well. To the sports-conscious people of Corinth, he talked about athletics. To the intellectuals of Athens, Paul quoted Greek poets (Acts 17:28). This is a reminder that teaching isn’t simply about dispensing information; it’s also about encouraging understanding by making the ideas relevant to one’s audience. Bill Crowder

Big Plans. Big God. Open Roads

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-Encourage🤗👐🏿👏🏿👋🏿🙏🏿❣️💘💞💕💗one another👨‍👩‍👦‍👦and build each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11. The LORD✝️💝🎁is good, a strong💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋hold in the day of trouble😤🤬😡😵🤕😭😰; and He knoweth them👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that trust in Him. Nahum‬ ‭1:7. Alert⚠️Circles. LORD✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁GOD✝️💝🎁LOVE✝️💝🎁 . African🌍gazelles🦌instinctively form “alert circles” while resting on the savannah. They gather in groups with each animal facing outward in a slightly different direction. This enables them to scan the horizon a full 360 degrees and to communicate about approaching dangers or opportunities. Instead of looking out only for themselves, the members of the group take care of one another. This is also GOD✝️💝🎁’s wisdom for followers of JESUS✝️💝🎁. The Bible encourages us, “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward LOVE✝️💝🎁and good deeds, not giving up meeting together” (Hebrews 10:24-25). CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians were never intended to go it alone, explains the writer of Hebrews✡️🕍. Together we are stronger. We’re able to “[encourage] one another” (v. 25), to “comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from GOD✝️💝🎁” (2 Corinthians 1:4), and to help each other stay alert to the efforts of our enemy the devil, who “prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). The goal of our care for each other is so much more than survival. It’s to make us like JESUS✝️💝🎁: LOVE✝️💝🎁ing and effective servants of GOD✝️💝🎁in this world—people who together look forward confidently to the hope of His coming KING👑🤴🏿🦁dom. ALL of us need encouragement, and GOD✝️💝🎁will help us help each other as together we draw near to Him in LOVE✝️💝🎁. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The New Testament letter to the Hebrews✡️🕍was written to readers born and raised under the law🏛⚖️of Moses. Their lives had been centered in the moral, civil, and ceremonial obligations of a temple-based culture. Now, however, they were in trouble for believing in JESUS✝️💝🎁in defiance of temple authorities and the teachers of their law. Some were discouraged. They needed to know that, while no one likes to suffer, they didn’t have to live in fear of dying (2:14-15). JESUS✝️💝🎁had suffered and tasted death for them (v. 9). He was greater than Moses and was the last sacrifice for sin they’d ever need (3:1-3; 9:24-48). He was a HIGH✝️💝🎁PRIEST✝️💝🎁who wasn’t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters (2:10-13). In JESUS✝️💝🎁—their new temple—they had become the house of GOD✝️💝🎁(3:1-6). Remembering what JESUS✝️💝🎁had suffered and won for them, they could encourage one another. To learn more about the letter to the Hebrews✡️🕍, visit https://christianuniversity.org/courses/the-book-of-hebrews/ . REFLECT & PRAY Thank You for Your faithfulness, LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁. Please help me to encourage others to look forward to You today! How do you receive strength and help from other believers? Who can you encourage with GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁? . . “The LORD✝️💝🎁is good, a strong💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋hold in the day of trouble😤🤬😡😵🤕😭😰; and He knoweth them👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that trust in Him.” ‭‭Nahum‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/nam.1.7.kjv African gazelles instinctively form “alert circles” while resting on the savannah. They gather in groups with each animal facing outward in a… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 14 | Bible in a Year: Lamentations 3-5; Hebrews 10:19-39 Alert Circles Encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 READ HEBREWS 10:19–25 audio playLISTEN ONLINE African gazelles instinctively form “alert circles” while resting on the savannah. They gather in groups with each animal facing outward in a slightly different direction. This enables them to scan the horizon a full 360 degrees and to communicate about approaching dangers or opportunities. Instead of looking out only for themselves, the members of the group take care of one another. This is also God’s wisdom for followers of Jesus. The Bible encourages us, “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together” (Hebrews 10:24-25). Christians were never intended to go it alone, explains the writer of Hebrews. Together we are stronger. We’re able to “[encourage] one another” (v. 25), to “comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:4), and to help each other stay alert to the efforts of our enemy the devil, who “prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). The goal of our care for each other is so much more than survival. It’s to make us like Jesus: loving and effective servants of God in this world—people who together look forward confidently to the hope of His coming kingdom. All of us need encouragement, and God will help us help each other as together we draw near to Him in love. By James Banks REFLECT & PRAY Thank You for Your faithfulness, loving God. Please help me to encourage others to look forward to You today! How do you receive strength and help from other believers? Who can you encourage with God’s love? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The New Testament letter to the Hebrews was written to readers born and raised under the law of Moses. Their lives had been centered in the moral, civil, and ceremonial obligations of a temple-based culture. Now, however, they were in trouble for believing in Jesus in defiance of temple authorities and the teachers of their law. Some were discouraged. They needed to know that, while no one likes to suffer, they didn’t have to live in fear of dying (2:14-15). Jesus had suffered and tasted death for them (v. 9). He was greater than Moses and was the last sacrifice for sin they’d ever need (3:1-3; 9:24-48). He was a High Priest who wasn’t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters (2:10-13). In Jesus—their new temple—they had become the house of God (3:1-6). Remembering what Jesus had suffered and won for them, they could encourage one another. To learn more about the letter to the Hebrews, visit christianuniversity.org/NT337. Mart DeHaan Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-Encourage🤗👐🏿👏🏿👋🏿🙏🏿❣️💘💞💕💗one another👨‍👩‍👦‍👦and build each other up. 1 Thessalonians 5:11. The LORD✝️💝🎁is good, a strong💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋hold in the day of trouble😤🤬😡😵🤕😭😰; and He knoweth them👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that trust in Him. Nahum‬ ‭1:7.
Alert⚠️Circles.
LORD✝️💝🎁JESUS✝️💝🎁GOD✝️💝🎁LOVE✝️💝🎁
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African🌍gazelles🦌instinctively form “alert circles” while resting on the savannah. They gather in groups with each animal facing outward in a slightly different direction. This enables them to scan the horizon a full 360 degrees and to communicate about approaching dangers or opportunities.
Instead of looking out only for themselves, the members of the group take care of one another. This is also GOD✝️💝🎁’s wisdom for followers of JESUS✝️💝🎁. The Bible encourages us, “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward LOVE✝️💝🎁and good deeds, not giving up meeting together” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians were never intended to go it alone, explains the writer of Hebrews✡️🕍. Together we are stronger. We’re able to “[encourage] one another” (v. 25), to “comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from GOD✝️💝🎁” (2 Corinthians 1:4), and to help each other stay alert to the efforts of our enemy the devil, who “prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
The goal of our care for each other is so much more than survival. It’s to make us like JESUS✝️💝🎁: LOVE✝️💝🎁ing and effective servants of GOD✝️💝🎁in this world—people who together look forward confidently to the hope of His coming KING👑🤴🏿🦁dom. ALL of us need encouragement, and GOD✝️💝🎁will help us help each other as together we draw near to Him in LOVE✝️💝🎁.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The New Testament letter to the Hebrews✡️🕍was written to readers born and raised under the law🏛⚖️of Moses. Their lives had been centered in the moral, civil, and ceremonial obligations of a temple-based culture. Now, however, they were in trouble for believing in JESUS✝️💝🎁in defiance of temple authorities and the teachers of their law. Some were discouraged. They needed to know that, while no one likes to suffer, they didn’t have to live in fear of dying (2:14-15). JESUS✝️💝🎁had suffered and tasted death for them (v. 9). He was greater than Moses and was the last sacrifice for sin they’d ever need (3:1-3; 9:24-48). He was a HIGH✝️💝🎁PRIEST✝️💝🎁who wasn’t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters (2:10-13). In JESUS✝️💝🎁—their new temple—they had become the house of GOD✝️💝🎁(3:1-6). Remembering what JESUS✝️💝🎁had suffered and won for them, they could encourage one another.
To learn more about the letter to the Hebrews✡️🕍, visit
https://christianuniversity.org/courses/the-book-of-hebrews/
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REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You for Your faithfulness, LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁. Please help me to encourage others to look forward to You today!
How do you receive strength and help from other believers? Who can you encourage with GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁?
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“The LORD✝️💝🎁is good, a strong💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋hold in the day of trouble😤🤬😡😵🤕😭😰; and He knoweth them👨‍👩‍👦‍👦that trust in Him.”
‭‭Nahum‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/nam.1.7.kjv
African gazelles instinctively form “alert circles” while resting on the savannah. They gather in groups with each animal facing outward in a…
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November 14 | Bible in a Year: Lamentations 3-5; Hebrews 10:19-39
Alert Circles
Encourage one another and build each other up.
1 Thessalonians 5:11

READ HEBREWS 10:19–25

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
African gazelles instinctively form “alert circles” while resting on the savannah. They gather in groups with each animal facing outward in a slightly different direction. This enables them to scan the horizon a full 360 degrees and to communicate about approaching dangers or opportunities.
Instead of looking out only for themselves, the members of the group take care of one another. This is also God’s wisdom for followers of Jesus. The Bible encourages us, “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together” (Hebrews 10:24-25).
Christians were never intended to go it alone, explains the writer of Hebrews. Together we are stronger. We’re able to “[encourage] one another” (v. 25), to “comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:4), and to help each other stay alert to the efforts of our enemy the devil, who “prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
The goal of our care for each other is so much more than survival. It’s to make us like Jesus: loving and effective servants of God in this world—people who together look forward confidently to the hope of His coming kingdom. All of us need encouragement, and God will help us help each other as together we draw near to Him in love.
By James Banks
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You for Your faithfulness, loving God. Please help me to encourage others to look forward to You today!

How do you receive strength and help from other believers? Who can you encourage with God’s love?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The New Testament letter to the Hebrews was written to readers born and raised under the law of Moses. Their lives had been centered in the moral, civil, and ceremonial obligations of a temple-based culture. Now, however, they were in trouble for believing in Jesus in defiance of temple authorities and the teachers of their law. Some were discouraged. They needed to know that, while no one likes to suffer, they didn’t have to live in fear of dying (2:14-15). Jesus had suffered and tasted death for them (v. 9). He was greater than Moses and was the last sacrifice for sin they’d ever need (3:1-3; 9:24-48). He was a High Priest who wasn’t ashamed to call them brothers and sisters (2:10-13). In Jesus—their new temple—they had become the house of God (3:1-6). Remembering what Jesus had suffered and won for them, they could encourage one another.

To learn more about the letter to the Hebrews, visit christianuniversity.org/NT337. Mart DeHaan

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- True Friends👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰❣️💘💞💓💕💗. A friend👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰❣️💘💞💓💕💗LOVE✝️💝🎁s at ALL times⏳⏰⌛️⌚️😭😂. Proverbs 17:17. Call📱📞📟☎️🤙🏿📲🗣unto Me(GOD✝️), and I will answer thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, and show thee mighty💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️‼️things, which thou knowest💁🏿‍♀️🔬📚🧠🤔🤨💭🧐🙇🏿‍♂️💡not. Jeremiah‬ ‭33:3‬. . In high school, I had a “sometimes friend.” We were “buddies” at our church, and we occasionally hung out together outside of school. But at school, it was a different story. If she met me by herself, she might say hello; but only if no one else was around. Realizing this, I rarely tried to gain her attention within school walls. I knew the limits of our friendship. We’ve probably ALL experienced the pain of disappointingly one-sided or narrow friendships. But there’s another kind of friendship—one that extends beyond ALL boundaries. It’s the kind of friendship we have with kindred spirits who are committed to sharing life’s journey with us. David and Jonathan were such friends. Jonathan was “one in spirit” with David and LOVE✝️💝🎁d him “as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1-3). Although Jonathan would have been next in line to rule after his father Saul’s death, he was loyal to David, GOD✝️💝🎁’s chosen replacement. Jonathan even helped David to evade two of Saul’s plots to kill him (19:1-6; 20:1-42). Despite ALL odds, Jonathan and David remained friends—pointing to the truth of Proverbs 17:17: “A friend LOVE✝️💝🎁s at ALL times.” Their faithful friendship also gives us a glimpse of the LOVE✝️💝🎁ing relationship GOD✝️💝🎁has with us (John 3:16; 15:15). Through friendships like theirs, our understanding of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁is deepened. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT David and Jonathan shared an amazing friendship. Twice in today’s text we read that Jonathan “LOVE✝️💝🎁d [David] as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1, 3). Jonathan LOVE✝️💝🎁d David even though his own father, King Saul, despised him. He looked out for David’s best even when that meant family division and possible detriment to himself. This relationship is seen in the New Testament in the command to “LOVE✝️💝🎁your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 19:19). . REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, we long for friends. Please open up doors to true, lasting, and GOD✝️💝🎁-centered friendships. Who do you consider a true friend? Why? How is it comforting to know that GOD✝️💝🎁 is our truest friend? . . “Call📱📞📟☎️🤙🏿📲🗣unto Me(GOD✝️), and I will answer thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, and show thee mighty💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️‼️things, which thou knowest💁🏿‍♀️🔬📚🧠🤔🤨💭🧐🙇🏿‍♂️💡not.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭33:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/jer.33.3.kjv In high school, I had a “sometimes friend.” We were “buddies” at our church, and we occasionally hung out together outside of school. But at… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 13 | Bible in a Year: Lamentations 1-2; Hebrews 10:1-18 True Friends A friend loves at all times. Proverbs 17:17 READ 1 SAMUEL 18:1–4; 19:1–6 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In high school, I had a “sometimes friend.” We were “buddies” at our church, and we occasionally hung out together outside of school. But at school, it was a different story. If she met me by herself, she might say hello; but only if no one else was around. Realizing this, I rarely tried to gain her attention within school walls. I knew the limits of our friendship. We’ve probably all experienced the pain of disappointingly one-sided or narrow friendships. But there’s another kind of friendship—one that extends beyond all boundaries. It’s the kind of friendship we have with kindred spirits who are committed to sharing life’s journey with us. David and Jonathan were such friends. Jonathan was “one in spirit” with David and loved him “as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1-3). Although Jonathan would have been next in line to rule after his father Saul’s death, he was loyal to David, God’s chosen replacement. Jonathan even helped David to evade two of Saul’s plots to kill him (19:1-6; 20:1-42). Despite all odds, Jonathan and David remained friends—pointing to the truth of Proverbs 17:17: “A friend loves at all times.” Their faithful friendship also gives us a glimpse of the loving relationship God has with us (John 3:16; 15:15). Through friendships like theirs, our understanding of God’s love is deepened. By Alyson Kieda REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly Father, we long for friends. Please open up doors to true, lasting, and God-centered friendships. Who do you consider a true friend? Why? How is it comforting to know that God is our truest friend? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT David and Jonathan shared an amazing friendship. Twice in today’s text we read that Jonathan “loved [David] as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1, 3). Jonathan loved David even though his own father, King Saul, despised him. He looked out for David’s best even when that meant family division and possible detriment to himself. This relationship is seen in the New Testament in the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 19:19). J.R. Hudberg Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-
True Friends👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰❣️💘💞💓💕💗.
A friend👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰❣️💘💞💓💕💗LOVE✝️💝🎁s at ALL times⏳⏰⌛️⌚️😭😂. Proverbs 17:17.
Call📱📞📟☎️🤙🏿📲🗣unto Me(GOD✝️), and I will answer thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, and show thee mighty💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️‼️things, which thou knowest💁🏿‍♀️🔬📚🧠🤔🤨💭🧐🙇🏿‍♂️💡not. Jeremiah‬ ‭33:3‬.
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In high school, I had a “sometimes friend.” We were “buddies” at our church, and we occasionally hung out together outside of school. But at school, it was a different story. If she met me by herself, she might say hello; but only if no one else was around. Realizing this, I rarely tried to gain her attention within school walls. I knew the limits of our friendship.
We’ve probably ALL experienced the pain of disappointingly one-sided or narrow friendships. But there’s another kind of friendship—one that extends beyond ALL boundaries. It’s the kind of friendship we have with kindred spirits who are committed to sharing life’s journey with us.
David and Jonathan were such friends. Jonathan was “one in spirit” with David and LOVE✝️💝🎁d him “as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1-3). Although Jonathan would have been next in line to rule after his father Saul’s death, he was loyal to David, GOD✝️💝🎁’s chosen replacement. Jonathan even helped David to evade two of Saul’s plots to kill him (19:1-6; 20:1-42).
Despite ALL odds, Jonathan and David remained friends—pointing to the truth of Proverbs 17:17: “A friend LOVE✝️💝🎁s at ALL times.” Their faithful friendship also gives us a glimpse of the LOVE✝️💝🎁ing relationship GOD✝️💝🎁has with us (John 3:16; 15:15). Through friendships like theirs, our understanding of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁is deepened.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
David and Jonathan shared an amazing friendship. Twice in today’s text we read that Jonathan “LOVE✝️💝🎁d [David] as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1, 3). Jonathan LOVE✝️💝🎁d David even though his own father, King Saul, despised him. He looked out for David’s best even when that meant family division and possible detriment to himself. This relationship is seen in the New Testament in the command to “LOVE✝️💝🎁your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 19:19).
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REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, we long for friends. Please open up doors to true, lasting, and GOD✝️💝🎁-centered friendships.
Who do you consider a true friend? Why? How is it comforting to know that GOD✝️💝🎁 is our truest friend?
.

.
“Call📱📞📟☎️🤙🏿📲🗣unto Me(GOD✝️), and I will answer thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, and show thee mighty💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️‼️things, which thou knowest💁🏿‍♀️🔬📚🧠🤔🤨💭🧐🙇🏿‍♂️💡not.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭33:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/jer.33.3.kjv
In high school, I had a “sometimes friend.” We were “buddies” at our church, and we occasionally hung out together outside of school. But at…
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November 13 | Bible in a Year: Lamentations 1-2; Hebrews 10:1-18
True Friends
A friend loves at all times.
Proverbs 17:17

READ 1 SAMUEL 18:1–4; 19:1–6

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In high school, I had a “sometimes friend.” We were “buddies” at our church, and we occasionally hung out together outside of school. But at school, it was a different story. If she met me by herself, she might say hello; but only if no one else was around. Realizing this, I rarely tried to gain her attention within school walls. I knew the limits of our friendship.
We’ve probably all experienced the pain of disappointingly one-sided or narrow friendships. But there’s another kind of friendship—one that extends beyond all boundaries. It’s the kind of friendship we have with kindred spirits who are committed to sharing life’s journey with us.
David and Jonathan were such friends. Jonathan was “one in spirit” with David and loved him “as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1-3). Although Jonathan would have been next in line to rule after his father Saul’s death, he was loyal to David, God’s chosen replacement. Jonathan even helped David to evade two of Saul’s plots to kill him (19:1-6; 20:1-42).
Despite all odds, Jonathan and David remained friends—pointing to the truth of Proverbs 17:17: “A friend loves at all times.” Their faithful friendship also gives us a glimpse of the loving relationship God has with us (John 3:16; 15:15). Through friendships like theirs, our understanding of God’s love is deepened.
By Alyson Kieda
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly Father, we long for friends. Please open up doors to true, lasting, and God-centered friendships.

Who do you consider a true friend? Why? How is it comforting to know that God is our truest friend?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
David and Jonathan shared an amazing friendship. Twice in today’s text we read that Jonathan “loved [David] as himself” (1 Samuel 18:1, 3). Jonathan loved David even though his own father, King Saul, despised him. He looked out for David’s best even when that meant family division and possible detriment to himself. This relationship is seen in the New Testament in the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 19:19). J.R. Hudberg

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Our👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Blessings, His LOVE✝️💝🎁. To Him (GOD✝️💝🎁) who led His people👨‍👩‍👦‍👦through the wilderness🏜🦂🐪🌵🐫⏳; His LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever.Psalm 136:16. For the mountains⛰🗻shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness😍🥰🤗👐🏿❣️💓💘💞💕💝💟shall not depart from thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, neither shall the covenant of My peace✌🏿☮️🕊🏳️be removed, saith the LORD✝️💝🎁that hath mercy on thee. Isaiah‬ ‭54:10. . In 2015, a woman discarded her deceased husband’s computer💻🖥🖱💽👨🏿‍💻⌨️💾at a recycling center—a computer that had been made in 1976. But more important than whenit had been made was whomade it. It was one of 200 computers💻🖥🖱💽👨🏿‍💻⌨️💾hand built by Apple🍎⌚️📲💻⌨️🖱founder Steve Jobs, and was worth an estimated quarter of a million dollars!🏦💵💰💲🤑Sometimes knowing the true worth of something means knowing who made it. Knowing that it’s GOD✝️💝🎁who made us shows us how valuable we are to Him (Genesis 1:27). Psalm 136 catalogs key moments of His people—ancient Israel: how they had been freed from captivity in Egypt🇪🇬(vv. 11-12), journeyed through the wilderness (v. 16), and were given a new home in Canaan (vv. 21-22). But each time a moment of Israel’s🇮🇱✡️history is mentioned, it’s paired with this repeated refrain: “His LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever.” This refrain reminded the people of Israel🇮🇱✡️that their experiences weren’t random historical events. Each moment had been orchestrated by GOD✝️💝🎁and was a reflection of His enduring LOVE✝️💝🎁for those He’d made. Far too often, I allow moments that show GOD✝️💝🎁at work and His kind ways to simply pass by, failing to recognize that every perfect gift comes from my heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁(James 1:17) who made me and LOVE✝️💝🎁s me. May you and I learn to connect every blessing in our lives to GOD✝️💝🎁’s enduring LOVE✝️💝🎁for us. . SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When we read the Psalms, it’s easy to forget they were actually written to be sung, not read. While many were about individual experiences, some were directed to the people of Israel🇮🇱✡️corporately. This was often expressed when the people gathered for worship. Psalm 136 was such a psalm, and some scholars believe it was intended to be sung antiphonally—where one group made a musical declaration and another group responded to that declaration. The priests and Levites (worship leaders) would sing a statement about GOD✝️💝🎁(“Give thanks to the LORD✝️💝🎁, for he is good,” v. 1) and the assembled congregation would respond, “His LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever.” REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, please don’t allow even one blessing that You’ve given pass by without me recognizing that it came from You, and You alone! How can we better remember the Source of life’s blessings? What hinders you from doing so? . . “For the mountains⛰🗻shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness😍🥰🤗👐🏿❣️💓💘💞💕💝💟shall not depart from thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, neither shall the covenant of My peace✌🏿☮️🕊🏳️be removed, saith the LORD✝️💝🎁that hath mercy on thee.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭54:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/isa.54.10.kjv In 2015, a woman discarded her deceased husband’s computer at a recycling center—a computer that had been made in 1976. But more important than… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 12 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 51-52; Hebrews 9 Our Blessings, His Love To him who led his people through the wilderness; His love endures forever. Psalm 136:16 READ PSALM 136:1–3, 10–26 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In 2015, a woman discarded her deceased husband’s computer at a recycling center—a computer that had been made in 1976. But more important than when it had been made was who made it. It was one of 200 computers hand built by Apple founder Steve Jobs, and was worth an estimated quarter of a million dollars! Sometimes knowing the true worth of something means knowing who made it. Knowing that it’s God who made us shows us how valuable we are to Him (Genesis 1:27). Psalm 136 catalogs key moments of His people—ancient Israel: how they had been freed from captivity in Egypt (vv. 11-12), journeyed through the wilderness (v. 16), and were given a new home in Canaan (vv. 21-22). But each time a moment of Israel’s history is mentioned, it’s paired with this repeated refrain: “His love endures forever.” This refrain reminded the people of Israel that their experiences weren’t random historical events. Each moment had been orchestrated by God and was a reflection of His enduring love for those He’d made. Far too often, I allow moments that show God at work and His kind ways to simply pass by, failing to recognize that every perfect gift comes from my heavenly Father (James 1:17) who made me and loves me. May you and I learn to connect every blessing in our lives to God’s enduring love for us. By Peter Chin REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly Father, please don’t allow even one blessing that You’ve given pass by without me recognizing that it came from You, and You alone! How can we better remember the Source of life’s blessings? What hinders you from doing so? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When we read the Psalms, it’s easy to forget they were actually written to be sung, not read. While many were about individual experiences, some were directed to the people of Israel corporately. This was often expressed when the people gathered for worship. Psalm 136 was such a psalm, and some scholars believe it was intended to be sung antiphonally—where one group made a musical declaration and another group responded to that declaration. The priests and Levites (worship leaders) would sing a statement about God (“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,” v. 1) and the assembled congregation would respond, “His love endures forever.” Bill Crowder Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- Our👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Blessings, His LOVE✝️💝🎁.
To Him (GOD✝️💝🎁) who led His people👨‍👩‍👦‍👦through the wilderness🏜🦂🐪🌵🐫⏳; His LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever.Psalm 136:16.
For the mountains⛰🗻shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness😍🥰🤗👐🏿❣️💓💘💞💕💝💟shall not depart from thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, neither shall the covenant of My peace✌🏿☮️🕊🏳️be removed, saith the LORD✝️💝🎁that hath mercy on thee. Isaiah‬ ‭54:10.
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In 2015, a woman discarded her deceased husband’s computer💻🖥🖱💽👨🏿‍💻⌨️💾at a recycling center—a computer that had been made in 1976. But more important than whenit had been made was whomade it. It was one of 200 computers💻🖥🖱💽👨🏿‍💻⌨️💾hand built by Apple🍎⌚️📲💻⌨️🖱founder Steve Jobs, and was worth an estimated quarter of a million dollars!🏦💵💰💲🤑Sometimes knowing the true worth of something means knowing who made it.
Knowing that it’s GOD✝️💝🎁who made us shows us how valuable we are to Him (Genesis 1:27). Psalm 136 catalogs key moments of His people—ancient Israel: how they had been freed from captivity in Egypt🇪🇬(vv. 11-12), journeyed through the wilderness (v. 16), and were given a new home in Canaan (vv. 21-22). But each time a moment of Israel’s🇮🇱✡️history is mentioned, it’s paired with this repeated refrain: “His LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever.” This refrain reminded the people of Israel🇮🇱✡️that their experiences weren’t random historical events. Each moment had been orchestrated by GOD✝️💝🎁and was a reflection of His enduring LOVE✝️💝🎁for those He’d made.
Far too often, I allow moments that show GOD✝️💝🎁at work and His kind ways to simply pass by, failing to recognize that every perfect gift comes from my heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁(James 1:17) who made me and LOVE✝️💝🎁s me. May you and I learn to connect every blessing in our lives to GOD✝️💝🎁’s enduring LOVE✝️💝🎁for us.
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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When we read the Psalms, it’s easy to forget they were actually written to be sung, not read. While many were about individual experiences, some were directed to the people of Israel🇮🇱✡️corporately. This was often expressed when the people gathered for worship. Psalm 136 was such a psalm, and some scholars believe it was intended to be sung antiphonally—where one group made a musical declaration and another group responded to that declaration. The priests and Levites (worship leaders) would sing a statement about GOD✝️💝🎁(“Give thanks to the LORD✝️💝🎁, for he is good,” v. 1) and the assembled congregation would respond, “His LOVE✝️💝🎁endures forever.”
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, please don’t allow even one blessing that You’ve given pass by without me recognizing that it came from You, and You alone!
How can we better remember the Source of life’s blessings? What hinders you from doing so?
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“For the mountains⛰🗻shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness😍🥰🤗👐🏿❣️💓💘💞💕💝💟shall not depart from thee👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, neither shall the covenant of My peace✌🏿☮️🕊🏳️be removed, saith the LORD✝️💝🎁that hath mercy on thee.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭54:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/isa.54.10.kjv
In 2015, a woman discarded her deceased husband’s computer at a recycling center—a computer that had been made in 1976. But more important than…
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November 12 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 51-52; Hebrews 9
Our Blessings, His Love
To him who led his people through the wilderness; His love endures forever.
Psalm 136:16

READ PSALM 136:1–3, 10–26

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
In 2015, a woman discarded her deceased husband’s computer at a recycling center—a computer that had been made in 1976. But more important than when it had been made was who made it. It was one of 200 computers hand built by Apple founder Steve Jobs, and was worth an estimated quarter of a million dollars! Sometimes knowing the true worth of something means knowing who made it.
Knowing that it’s God who made us shows us how valuable we are to Him (Genesis 1:27). Psalm 136 catalogs key moments of His people—ancient Israel: how they had been freed from captivity in Egypt (vv. 11-12), journeyed through the wilderness (v. 16), and were given a new home in Canaan (vv. 21-22). But each time a moment of Israel’s history is mentioned, it’s paired with this repeated refrain: “His love endures forever.” This refrain reminded the people of Israel that their experiences weren’t random historical events. Each moment had been orchestrated by God and was a reflection of His enduring love for those He’d made.
Far too often, I allow moments that show God at work and His kind ways to simply pass by, failing to recognize that every perfect gift comes from my heavenly Father (James 1:17) who made me and loves me. May you and I learn to connect every blessing in our lives to God’s enduring love for us.
By Peter Chin
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly Father, please don’t allow even one blessing that You’ve given pass by without me recognizing that it came from You, and You alone!

How can we better remember the Source of life’s blessings? What hinders you from doing so?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When we read the Psalms, it’s easy to forget they were actually written to be sung, not read. While many were about individual experiences, some were directed to the people of Israel corporately. This was often expressed when the people gathered for worship. Psalm 136 was such a psalm, and some scholars believe it was intended to be sung antiphonally—where one group made a musical declaration and another group responded to that declaration. The priests and Levites (worship leaders) would sing a statement about God (“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,” v. 1) and the assembled congregation would respond, “His love endures forever.” Bill Crowder

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Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-JESUS✝️💝🎁”Your will be done.”Matthew 6:10. And the LORD✝️💝🎁shall be KING👑🦁🤴🏿over ALL the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺: in that day shall there be ONE1️⃣LORD✝️💝🎁, and His name ONE1️⃣. Zechariah‬ ‭14:9. It’s Up to GOD✝️💝🎁. Nate and Sherilyn enjoyed their stop at an omakaserestaurant while visiting New York City🍎🗽. Omakaseis a Japanese word that translates, “I will leave it up to you,” which means customers at such restaurants let the chef choose their meal. Even though it was their first time to try this type of cuisine and it sounded risky, they LOVED✝️💝🎁d the food the chef chose and prepared for them. That idea could carry over to our attitude toward GOD✝️💝🎁with our prayer requests: “I will leave it up to You.” The disciples saw that JESUS✝️💝🎁“often withdrew to lonely places” to pray (Luke 5:16), so they asked Him one day to teach them how to pray. He told them to ask for their daily needs, forgiveness, and the way out of temptation. Part of His response also suggested an attitude of surrender: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). We can pour out our needs to GOD✝️💝🎁because He wants to hear what’s on our hearts—and He delights to give. But being human and finite, we don’t always know what’s best, so it only makes sense to ask with a humble spirit, in submission to Him. We can leave the answer to Him, confident that He’s trustworthy and will choose to prepare what’s good for us. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Why did JESUS✝️💝🎁begin this section on prayer (Matthew 6:5-15) with a caution? And who were these “hypocrites” He warned against (v. 5)? Mark 12 indicates they were “teachers of the law⚖️🏛” who “devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers” (vv. 38-40). This doesn’t mean that public prayer is wrong, but it comes with a great danger. We might pray to impress those around us rather than pray with humility to the ONE✝️💝🎁who sees our hearts and answers our prayers. At the same time, we might wish we could pray like some particularly eloquent person. In either case, it’s vital we remember that GOD✝️💝🎁isn’t in anything done for the sake of appearance. REFLECT & PRAY Thank You, GOD✝️💝🎁, for carrying me and my needs close to Your heart. I surrender my life and those I LOVE✝️💝🎁to Your care. What do you want to share with GOD✝️💝🎁right now? What would it look like if you totally surrendered it to Him? . . “And the LORD✝️💝🎁shall be KING👑🦁🤴🏿over ALL the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺: in that day shall there be ONE1️⃣LORD✝️💝🎁, and His name ONE1️⃣.” ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭14:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/zec.14.9.kjv Nate and Sherilyn enjoyed their stop at an omakase restaurant while visiting New York City. Omakase is a Japanese word that translates, “I will… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 11 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 50; Hebrews 8 It’s Up to God Your will be done. Matthew 6:10 READ MATTHEW 6:5–15 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Nate and Sherilyn enjoyed their stop at an omakase restaurant while visiting New York City. Omakase is a Japanese word that translates, “I will leave it up to you,” which means customers at such restaurants let the chef choose their meal. Even though it was their first time to try this type of cuisine and it sounded risky, they loved the food the chef chose and prepared for them. That idea could carry over to our attitude toward God with our prayer requests: “I will leave it up to You.” The disciples saw that Jesus “often withdrew to lonely places” to pray (Luke 5:16), so they asked Him one day to teach them how to pray. He told them to ask for their daily needs, forgiveness, and the way out of temptation. Part of His response also suggested an attitude of surrender: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). We can pour out our needs to God because He wants to hear what’s on our hearts—and He delights to give. But being human and finite, we don’t always know what’s best, so it only makes sense to ask with a humble spirit, in submission to Him. We can leave the answer to Him, confident that He’s trustworthy and will choose to prepare what’s good for us. By Anne Cetas REFLECT & PRAY Thank You, God, for carrying me and my needs close to Your heart. I surrender my life and those I love to Your care. What do you want to share with God right now? What would it look like if you totally surrendered it to Him? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Why did Jesus begin this section on prayer (Matthew 6:5-15) with a caution? And who were these “hypocrites” He warned against (v. 5)? Mark 12 indicates they were “teachers of the law” who “devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers” (vv. 38-40). This doesn’t mean that public prayer is wrong, but it comes with a great danger. We might pray to impress those around us rather than pray with humility to the One who sees our hearts and answers our prayers. At the same time, we might wish we could pray like some particularly eloquent person. In either case, it’s vital we remember that God isn’t in anything done for the sake of appearance. Tim Gustafson Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖-JESUS✝️💝🎁”Your will be done.”Matthew 6:10.
And the LORD✝️💝🎁shall be KING👑🦁🤴🏿over ALL the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺: in that day shall there be ONE1️⃣LORD✝️💝🎁, and His name ONE1️⃣. Zechariah‬ ‭14:9.
It’s Up to GOD✝️💝🎁.
Nate and Sherilyn enjoyed their stop at an omakaserestaurant while visiting New York City🍎🗽. Omakaseis a Japanese word that translates, “I will leave it up to you,” which means customers at such restaurants let the chef choose their meal. Even though it was their first time to try this type of cuisine and it sounded risky, they LOVED✝️💝🎁d the food the chef chose and prepared for them.
That idea could carry over to our attitude toward GOD✝️💝🎁with our prayer requests: “I will leave it up to You.” The disciples saw that JESUS✝️💝🎁“often withdrew to lonely places” to pray (Luke 5:16), so they asked Him one day to teach them how to pray. He told them to ask for their daily needs, forgiveness, and the way out of temptation. Part of His response also suggested an attitude of surrender: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).
We can pour out our needs to GOD✝️💝🎁because He wants to hear what’s on our hearts—and He delights to give. But being human and finite, we don’t always know what’s best, so it only makes sense to ask with a humble spirit, in submission to Him. We can leave the answer to Him, confident that He’s trustworthy and will choose to prepare what’s good for us.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Why did JESUS✝️💝🎁begin this section on prayer (Matthew 6:5-15) with a caution? And who were these “hypocrites” He warned against (v. 5)? Mark 12 indicates they were “teachers of the law⚖️🏛” who “devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers” (vv. 38-40).
This doesn’t mean that public prayer is wrong, but it comes with a great danger. We might pray to impress those around us rather than pray with humility to the ONE✝️💝🎁who sees our hearts and answers our prayers. At the same time, we might wish we could pray like some particularly eloquent person. In either case, it’s vital we remember that GOD✝️💝🎁isn’t in anything done for the sake of appearance.
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You, GOD✝️💝🎁, for carrying me and my needs close to Your heart. I surrender my life and those I LOVE✝️💝🎁to Your care.
What do you want to share with GOD✝️💝🎁right now? What would it look like if you totally surrendered it to Him?
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“And the LORD✝️💝🎁shall be KING👑🦁🤴🏿over ALL the earth🌍🌏🌎🗺: in that day shall there be ONE1️⃣LORD✝️💝🎁, and His name ONE1️⃣.”
‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭14:9‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/zec.14.9.kjv
Nate and Sherilyn enjoyed their stop at an omakase restaurant while visiting New York City. Omakase is a Japanese word that translates, “I will…
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November 11 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 50; Hebrews 8
It’s Up to God
Your will be done.
Matthew 6:10

READ MATTHEW 6:5–15

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Nate and Sherilyn enjoyed their stop at an omakase restaurant while visiting New York City. Omakase is a Japanese word that translates, “I will leave it up to you,” which means customers at such restaurants let the chef choose their meal. Even though it was their first time to try this type of cuisine and it sounded risky, they loved the food the chef chose and prepared for them.
That idea could carry over to our attitude toward God with our prayer requests: “I will leave it up to You.” The disciples saw that Jesus “often withdrew to lonely places” to pray (Luke 5:16), so they asked Him one day to teach them how to pray. He told them to ask for their daily needs, forgiveness, and the way out of temptation. Part of His response also suggested an attitude of surrender: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).
We can pour out our needs to God because He wants to hear what’s on our hearts—and He delights to give. But being human and finite, we don’t always know what’s best, so it only makes sense to ask with a humble spirit, in submission to Him. We can leave the answer to Him, confident that He’s trustworthy and will choose to prepare what’s good for us.
By Anne Cetas
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You, God, for carrying me and my needs close to Your heart. I surrender my life and those I love to Your care.

What do you want to share with God right now? What would it look like if you totally surrendered it to Him?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Why did Jesus begin this section on prayer (Matthew 6:5-15) with a caution? And who were these “hypocrites” He warned against (v. 5)? Mark 12 indicates they were “teachers of the law” who “devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers” (vv. 38-40).

This doesn’t mean that public prayer is wrong, but it comes with a great danger. We might pray to impress those around us rather than pray with humility to the One who sees our hearts and answers our prayers. At the same time, we might wish we could pray like some particularly eloquent person. In either case, it’s vital we remember that God isn’t in anything done for the sake of appearance. Tim Gustafson

Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- JESUS✝️💝🎁“Blessed👩‍👩‍👧‍👦are the merciful😍💘💕🥰😘👐🏿🤗💞❣️💓💗💖💝♥️💟: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew‬ ‭5:7‬. Lava🌋🗻🥵♨️🔥🌡in Paradise🏝🗾🌴🏖🌊😎. Let us👨‍👩‍👦‍👦then approach GOD✝️💝🎁’s throne👑🤴🏿🦁of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help⛑🆘🏥🏩us in our time⏰⌛️⏳⌚️of need. Hebrews 4:16. . All is quiet, save for slowly stretching tentacles of hissing lava🌋♨️🔥🌡nipping at the edges of the tropical foliage. Residents stand grim-faced yet amazed. Most days they call this “paradise.” On this day, however, the fiery fissures in Hawaii’s🌺🏝🗾🌴🌊🏖😎Puna district reminded everyone that GOD✝️💝🎁forged these islands via untamable volcanic🌋♨️🔥🌡POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋. The ancient Israelites🇮🇱✡️encountered an untamable power too. When King David recaptured the ark of the covenant (2 Samuel 6:1-4), a celebration broke out (v. 5)—until a man died suddenly when he grabbed hold of the ark to steady it (vv. 6-7). This may tempt us to think of GOD✝️💝🎁as being as unpredictable as a volcano🌋🔥🌡♨️, just as likely to create as He is to destroy. However, it helps to remember that GOD✝️💝🎁had given Israel🇮🇱✡️specific instructions for how to handle the things set apart for worshiping Him (see Numbers 4). Israel🇮🇱✡️had the privilege of drawing near to GOD✝️💝🎁, but His presence was too overwhelming for them to approach Him carelessly. Hebrews 12 recalls a mountain “burning with fire,” where GOD✝️💝🎁gave Moses the Ten Commandments. That mountain terrified everyone (vv. 18-21). But the writer contrasts that scene with this: “You have come to . . . JESUS✝️💝🎁the mediator of a new covenant” (vv. 22-24). JESUS✝️💝🎁—GOD✝️💝🎁’s very SON✝️💝🎁—made the way for us to draw near to His untamable yet LOVE✝️💝🎁ing FATHER✝️💝🎁. . SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When Uzzah took hold of the ark to ensure it didn’t fall, the Scriptures say GOD✝️💝🎁became angry because of his “irreverent act” (2 Samuel 6:7). This seems harsh because it appears that Uzzah was trying to help. The Hebrew✡️🕍word hassalappears only in this passage and is translated as irreverent act, irreverence, or error. That it’s used only here suggests that what Uzzah did was a one of a kind event and therefore significant. GOD✝️💝🎁had given precise instructions regarding the handling of “holy things.” According to Numbers 4:15, “[the Kohathites] must not touch the holy things or they will die.” The holy things of GOD✝️💝🎁were to be treated according to His instruction. To do differently—even to “help”—indicated lack of reverence toward His command. REFLECT & PRAY How great to know that our ALL-POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋ful GOD✝️💝🎁 also LOVE✝️💝🎁sus with infinite LOVE✝️💝🎁! How often am I tempted to think of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁without considering His POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋? Why is His POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋 a crucial aspect of His character? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁“Blessed👩‍👩‍👧‍👦are the merciful😍💘💕🥰😘👐🏿🤗💞❣️💓💗💖💝♥️💟: for they shall obtain mercy.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.7.kjv All is quiet, save for slowly stretching tentacles of hissing lava nipping at the edges of the tropical foliage. Residents stand grim-faced yet… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 10 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 48-49; Hebrews 7 Lava in Paradise Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:16 READ 2 SAMUEL 6:1–9 audio playLISTEN ONLINE All is quiet, save for slowly stretching tentacles of hissing lava nipping at the edges of the tropical foliage. Residents stand grim-faced yet amazed. Most days they call this “paradise.” On this day, however, the fiery fissures in Hawaii’s Puna district reminded everyone that God forged these islands via untamable volcanic power. The ancient Israelites encountered an untamable power too. When King David recaptured the ark of the covenant (2 Samuel 6:1-4), a celebration broke out (v. 5)—until a man died suddenly when he grabbed hold of the ark to steady it (vv. 6-7). This may tempt us to think of God as being as unpredictable as a volcano, just as likely to create as He is to destroy. However, it helps to remember that God had given Israel specific instructions for how to handle the things set apart for worshiping Him (see Numbers 4). Israel had the privilege of drawing near to God, but His presence was too overwhelming for them to approach Him carelessly. Hebrews 12 recalls a mountain “burning with fire,” where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. That mountain terrified everyone (vv. 18-21). But the writer contrasts that scene with this: “You have come to . . . Jesus the mediator of a new covenant” (vv. 22-24). Jesus—God’s very Son—made the way for us to draw near to His untamable yet loving Father. By Tim Gustafson REFLECT & PRAY How great to know that our all-powerful God also loves us with infinite love! How often am I tempted to think of God’s love without considering His power? Why is His power a crucial aspect of His character? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When Uzzah took hold of the ark to ensure it didn’t fall, the Scriptures say God became angry because of his “irreverent act” (2 Samuel 6:7). This seems harsh because it appears that Uzzah was trying to help. The Hebrew word hassal appears only in this passage and is translated as irreverent act, irreverence, or error. That it’s used only here suggests that what Uzzah did was a one of a kind event and therefore significant. God had given precise instructions regarding the handling of “holy things.” According to Numbers 4:15, “[the Kohathites] must not touch the holy things or they will die.” The holy things of God were to be treated according to His instruction. To do differently—even to “help”—indicated lack of reverence toward His command. J.R. Hudberg Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖- JESUS✝️💝🎁“Blessed👩‍👩‍👧‍👦are the merciful😍💘💕🥰😘👐🏿🤗💞❣️💓💗💖💝♥️💟: for they shall obtain mercy.” Matthew‬ ‭5:7‬.
Lava🌋🗻🥵♨️🔥🌡in Paradise🏝🗾🌴🏖🌊😎.
Let us👨‍👩‍👦‍👦then approach GOD✝️💝🎁’s throne👑🤴🏿🦁of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help⛑🆘🏥🏩us in our time⏰⌛️⏳⌚️of need. Hebrews 4:16.
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All is quiet, save for slowly stretching tentacles of hissing lava🌋♨️🔥🌡nipping at the edges of the tropical foliage. Residents stand grim-faced yet amazed. Most days they call this “paradise.” On this day, however, the fiery fissures in Hawaii’s🌺🏝🗾🌴🌊🏖😎Puna district reminded everyone that GOD✝️💝🎁forged these islands via untamable volcanic🌋♨️🔥🌡POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋.
The ancient Israelites🇮🇱✡️encountered an untamable power too. When King David recaptured the ark of the covenant (2 Samuel 6:1-4), a celebration broke out (v. 5)—until a man died suddenly when he grabbed hold of the ark to steady it (vv. 6-7).
This may tempt us to think of GOD✝️💝🎁as being as unpredictable as a volcano🌋🔥🌡♨️, just as likely to create as He is to destroy. However, it helps to remember that GOD✝️💝🎁had given Israel🇮🇱✡️specific instructions for how to handle the things set apart for worshiping Him (see Numbers 4). Israel🇮🇱✡️had the privilege of drawing near to GOD✝️💝🎁, but His presence was too overwhelming for them to approach Him carelessly.
Hebrews 12 recalls a mountain “burning with fire,” where GOD✝️💝🎁gave Moses the Ten Commandments. That mountain terrified everyone (vv. 18-21). But the writer contrasts that scene with this: “You have come to . . . JESUS✝️💝🎁the mediator of a new covenant” (vv. 22-24). JESUS✝️💝🎁—GOD✝️💝🎁’s very SON✝️💝🎁—made the way for us to draw near to His untamable yet LOVE✝️💝🎁ing FATHER✝️💝🎁.
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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When Uzzah took hold of the ark to ensure it didn’t fall, the Scriptures say GOD✝️💝🎁became angry because of his “irreverent act” (2 Samuel 6:7). This seems harsh because it appears that Uzzah was trying to help. The Hebrew✡️🕍word hassalappears only in this passage and is translated as irreverent act, irreverence, or error. That it’s used only here suggests that what Uzzah did was a one of a kind event and therefore significant. GOD✝️💝🎁had given precise instructions regarding the handling of “holy things.” According to Numbers 4:15, “[the Kohathites] must not touch the holy things or they will die.” The holy things of GOD✝️💝🎁were to be treated according to His instruction. To do differently—even to “help”—indicated lack of reverence toward His command.
REFLECT & PRAY
How great to know that our ALL-POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋ful GOD✝️💝🎁 also LOVE✝️💝🎁sus with infinite LOVE✝️💝🎁!
How often am I tempted to think of GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁without considering His POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋? Why is His POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋 a crucial aspect of His character?
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JESUS✝️💝🎁“Blessed👩‍👩‍👧‍👦are the merciful😍💘💕🥰😘👐🏿🤗💞❣️💓💗💖💝♥️💟: for they shall obtain mercy.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.7.kjv
All is quiet, save for slowly stretching tentacles of hissing lava nipping at the edges of the tropical foliage. Residents stand grim-faced yet…
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November 10 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 48-49; Hebrews 7
Lava in Paradise
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16

READ 2 SAMUEL 6:1–9

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All is quiet, save for slowly stretching tentacles of hissing lava nipping at the edges of the tropical foliage. Residents stand grim-faced yet amazed. Most days they call this “paradise.” On this day, however, the fiery fissures in Hawaii’s Puna district reminded everyone that God forged these islands via untamable volcanic power.
The ancient Israelites encountered an untamable power too. When King David recaptured the ark of the covenant (2 Samuel 6:1-4), a celebration broke out (v. 5)—until a man died suddenly when he grabbed hold of the ark to steady it (vv. 6-7).
This may tempt us to think of God as being as unpredictable as a volcano, just as likely to create as He is to destroy. However, it helps to remember that God had given Israel specific instructions for how to handle the things set apart for worshiping Him (see Numbers 4). Israel had the privilege of drawing near to God, but His presence was too overwhelming for them to approach Him carelessly.
Hebrews 12 recalls a mountain “burning with fire,” where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. That mountain terrified everyone (vv. 18-21). But the writer contrasts that scene with this: “You have come to . . . Jesus the mediator of a new covenant” (vv. 22-24). Jesus—God’s very Son—made the way for us to draw near to His untamable yet loving Father.
By Tim Gustafson
REFLECT & PRAY
How great to know that our all-powerful God also loves us with infinite love!

How often am I tempted to think of God’s love without considering His power? Why is His power a crucial aspect of His character?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When Uzzah took hold of the ark to ensure it didn’t fall, the Scriptures say God became angry because of his “irreverent act” (2 Samuel 6:7). This seems harsh because it appears that Uzzah was trying to help. The Hebrew word hassal appears only in this passage and is translated as irreverent act, irreverence, or error. That it’s used only here suggests that what Uzzah did was a one of a kind event and therefore significant. God had given precise instructions regarding the handling of “holy things.” According to Numbers 4:15, “[the Kohathites] must not touch the holy things or they will die.” The holy things of God were to be treated according to His instruction. To do differently—even to “help”—indicated lack of reverence toward His command. J.R. Hudberg

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Therefore whatsoever ye👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 have spoken🗣 in darkness shall be heard in the light💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆⚪️; and that which ye have spoken🗣 in the ear👂🏿in closets shall be proclaimed🗣🔈📢📣🔊 upon the housetops🏠🏘🏯🏫🚪.” Luke‬ ‭12:3‬. Enduring Prayers🙏🏿🛐✝️. May my prayer🙏🏿🛐✝️ be set before You like incense; may the lifting🏋️🏿‍♂️🤲🏿🙏🏿 up🆙 of my hands🤲🏿 be like the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2. . “Prayers are deathless.” These are the attention-grabbing words of E. M. Bounds (1835-1913), whose classic writings on prayer have inspired people for generations. His comments about the power and enduring nature of our prayers continue with these words: “The lips that uttered them may be closed to death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before GOD✝️💝🎁, and GOD✝️💝🎁’s heart is set on them and prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them; they outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world.” Have you ever wondered if your prayers—particularly those birthed out of difficulty, pain, and suffering—ever make it to GOD✝️💝🎁? The insightful words from Bounds remind us of the significance of our prayers and so does Revelation 8:1-5. The setting is heaven (v. 1), the throne room of GOD✝️💝🎁 and the control center of the universe. Angelic attendants stand in GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence (v. 2) and one angel, like the priests of old, offers Him incense along with the prayers of “ALL GOD✝️💝🎁’s people” (v. 3). How eye-opening and encouraging to have this picture of the prayers offered on earth rising to GOD✝️💝🎁 in heaven (v. 4). When we think that our prayers may have been lost in transit or forgotten, what we see here comforts us and compels us to persist in our praying, for our prayers are precious to GOD✝️💝🎁! SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The book of Revelation is one of the most mysterious portions of the Bible. It’s filled with symbolism, metaphors, word pictures, and sweeping action. For centuries, scholars have disagreed about the meanings of these prophetic portraits. Several things are clear, however. First, the book is more about JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁 than about the events described. Revelation begins by calling itself “The revelation from JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (1:1). Revelation means an unveiling, so the book of Revelation is about JESUS✝️💝🎁 unveiling these things. Second, it was written to real churches facing real challenges and was intended to comfort and encourage them in those trials (chs. 2-3). Third, the story of Revelation is about reversing the effects of our first parents’ fall into sin. They were separated from GOD✝️💝🎁 and His perfect garden and these good things are restored by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s victory (chs. 21-22). REFLECT & PRAY FATHER✝️💝🎁, I thank You that You care more than we sometimes know. Help me to rest in knowing Your eyes are upon the righteous and Your ears are open to our prayers. When have you questioned whether GOD✝️💝🎁 really listens to Your prayers? How can passages like Revelation 8:1-5 breathe new life into them? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Therefore whatsoever ye👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 have spoken🗣 in darkness shall be heard in the light💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆⚪️; and that which ye have spoken🗣 in the ear👂🏿in closets shall be proclaimed🗣🔈📢📣🔊 upon the housetops🏠🏘🏯🏫🚪.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/luk.12.3.kjv

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Therefore whatsoever ye👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 have spoken🗣 in darkness shall be heard in the light💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆⚪️; and that which ye have spoken🗣 in the ear👂🏿in closets shall be proclaimed🗣🔈📢📣🔊 upon the housetops🏠🏘🏯🏫🚪.” Luke‬ ‭12:3‬.
Enduring Prayers🙏🏿🛐✝️.
May my prayer🙏🏿🛐✝️ be set before You like incense; may the lifting🏋️🏿‍♂️🤲🏿🙏🏿 up🆙 of my hands🤲🏿 be like the evening sacrifice. Psalm 141:2.
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“Prayers are deathless.” These are the attention-grabbing words of E. M. Bounds (1835-1913), whose classic writings on prayer have inspired people for generations. His comments about the power and enduring nature of our prayers continue with these words: “The lips that uttered them may be closed to death, the heart that felt them may have ceased to beat, but the prayers live before GOD✝️💝🎁, and GOD✝️💝🎁’s heart is set on them and prayers outlive the lives of those who uttered them; they outlive a generation, outlive an age, outlive a world.”
Have you ever wondered if your prayers—particularly those birthed out of difficulty, pain, and suffering—ever make it to GOD✝️💝🎁? The insightful words from Bounds remind us of the significance of our prayers and so does Revelation 8:1-5. The setting is heaven (v. 1), the throne room of GOD✝️💝🎁 and the control center of the universe. Angelic attendants stand in GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence (v. 2) and one angel, like the priests of old, offers Him incense along with the prayers of “ALL GOD✝️💝🎁’s people” (v. 3). How eye-opening and encouraging to have this picture of the prayers offered on earth rising to GOD✝️💝🎁 in heaven (v. 4). When we think that our prayers may have been lost in transit or forgotten, what we see here comforts us and compels us to persist in our praying, for our prayers are precious to GOD✝️💝🎁!
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The book of Revelation is one of the most mysterious portions of the Bible. It’s filled with symbolism, metaphors, word pictures, and sweeping action. For centuries, scholars have disagreed about the meanings of these prophetic portraits. Several things are clear, however. First, the book is more about JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁 than about the events described. Revelation begins by calling itself “The revelation from JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁” (1:1). Revelation means an unveiling, so the book of Revelation is about JESUS✝️💝🎁 unveiling these things. Second, it was written to real churches facing real challenges and was intended to comfort and encourage them in those trials (chs. 2-3). Third, the story of Revelation is about reversing the effects of our first parents’ fall into sin. They were separated from GOD✝️💝🎁 and His perfect garden and these good things are restored by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s victory (chs. 21-22).
REFLECT & PRAY
FATHER✝️💝🎁, I thank You that You care more than we sometimes know. Help me to rest in knowing Your eyes are upon the righteous and Your ears are open to our prayers.
When have you questioned whether GOD✝️💝🎁 really listens to Your prayers? How can passages like Revelation 8:1-5 breathe new life into them?
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JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Therefore whatsoever ye👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 have spoken🗣 in darkness shall be heard in the light💡⚡️🌟🌠🔦🕯🔆⚪️; and that which ye have spoken🗣 in the ear👂🏿in closets shall be proclaimed🗣🔈📢📣🔊 upon the housetops🏠🏘🏯🏫🚪.”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭12:3‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/luk.12.3.kjv

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – That Was Awesome!😂😹 Diligent hands🤲🏿🙏🏿💪🏿👷🏿‍♀️👨🏿‍🏭 will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. Proverbs 12:24. Heaviness😥😰😭🏋️🏿‍♂️🏗 in the heart❤️💓💘 of man👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad😄😁😊😌🌝😂😹. Proverbs‬ ‭12:25‬. It was the seventh-grader’s first cross-country meet, but she didn’t want to run. Although she’d been preparing for the event, she was afraid of doing poorly. Still, she started the race with everyone else. Later, one by one the other runners finished the two-mile course and crossed the finish line—everyone except the reluctant runner. Finally, her mom, who was watching for her daughter to finish, saw a lone figure in the distance. The mother went to the finish line, preparing to comfort a distraught competitor. Instead, when the young runner saw her mom, she exclaimed, “That was awesome!” What can be awesome about finishing last? Finishing! The girl had tried something difficult and had accomplished it! Scripture honors hard work and diligence, a concept often learned through sports or music or other things that require perseverance and effort. Proverbs 12:24 says, “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.” And later we read, “ALL hard work brings a profit, but mere talk🗣🙊🤫 leads only to poverty” (14:23). These wise principles—not promises—can help us serve GOD✝️💝🎁 well. GOD✝️💝🎁’s plan for us always included work. Even before the fall, Adam was to “work [the Garden] and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15). And any effort we make should be done “with ALL [our] heart” (Colossians 3:23). Let’s work in the strength He gives us—and leave the results to Him. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Proverbs is one of the Old Testament books of Wisdom Literature, along with Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. One characteristic of these works is their large use of poetry. And, as the name of this genre implies, their main focus is on attaining wisdom. In Proverbs, the authors (mainly Solomon and others) primarily use pithy sayings to instruct GOD✝️💝🎁’s people in applying wisdom to daily life. As one commentary explains, wisdom here denotes “skill in the art of GOD✝️💝🎁ly living.” Among the main themes of Proverbs are friendship👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🤗👐🏿, speech🗣🙊🤫, marriage👰🏿💒💍 💎🎩🤵🏿🎊👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, child-rearing👶🏿👼🏿🤱🏿🍼🚼, work, and diligence and laziness. We see the contrasting theme of laziness and diligence in today’s passage, particularly in 12:24, 27, and throughout Proverbs (6:6-10; 10:4; 20:13; 24:30-34). To learn more about the poetic literature of the Old Testament, visit https://christianuniversity.org/lessons/old-testament-poetry/?course=courses/old-testament-basics REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, whatever it is You have asked me to do today—big or small—help me to do it. What are some areas where I can learn from this teenager to be diligent and persevere? How does doing my best and working hard honor GOD✝️💝🎁? . . “Heaviness😥😰😭🏋️🏿‍♂️🏗 in the heart❤️💓💘 of man👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad😄😁😊😌🌝😂😹.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:25‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/pro.12.25.kjv It was the seventh-grader’s first cross-country meet, but she didn’t want to run. Although she’d been preparing for the event, she was afraid… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 8 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 43-45; Hebrews 5 That Was Awesome! Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. Proverbs 12:24 READ PROVERBS 12:12, 24–28 audio playLISTEN ONLINE It was the seventh-grader’s first cross-country meet, but she didn’t want to run. Although she’d been preparing for the event, she was afraid of doing poorly. Still, she started the race with everyone else. Later, one by one the other runners finished the two-mile course and crossed the finish line—everyone except the reluctant runner. Finally, her mom, who was watching for her daughter to finish, saw a lone figure in the distance. The mother went to the finish line, preparing to comfort a distraught competitor. Instead, when the young runner saw her mom, she exclaimed, “That was awesome!” What can be awesome about finishing last? Finishing! The girl had tried something difficult and had accomplished it! Scripture honors hard work and diligence, a concept often learned through sports or music or other things that require perseverance and effort. Proverbs 12:24 says, “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.” And later we read, “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty” (14:23). These wise principles—not promises—can help us serve God well. God’s plan for us always included work. Even before the fall, Adam was to “work [the Garden] and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15). And any effort we make should be done “with all [our] heart” (Colossians 3:23). Let’s work in the strength He gives us—and leave the results to Him. By Dave Branon REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly Father, whatever it is You have asked me to do today—big or small—help me to do it. What are some areas where I can learn from this teenager to be diligent and persevere? How does doing my best and working hard honor God? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Proverbs is one of the Old Testament books of Wisdom Literature, along with Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. One characteristic of these works is their large use of poetry. And, as the name of this genre implies, their main focus is on attaining wisdom. In Proverbs, the authors (mainly Solomon and others) primarily use pithy sayings to instruct God’s people in applying wisdom to daily life. As one commentary explains, wisdom here denotes “skill in the art of godly living.” Among the main themes of Proverbs are friendship, speech, marriage, child-rearing, work, and diligence and laziness. We see the contrasting theme of laziness and diligence in today’s passage, particularly in 12:24, 27, and throughout Proverbs (6:6-10; 10:4; 20:13; 24:30-34). To learn more about the poetic literature of the Old Testament, visit christianuniversity.org/OT128-08. Alyson Kieda Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – That Was Awesome!😂😹
Diligent hands🤲🏿🙏🏿💪🏿👷🏿‍♀️👨🏿‍🏭 will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor. Proverbs 12:24.
Heaviness😥😰😭🏋️🏿‍♂️🏗 in the heart❤️💓💘 of man👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad😄😁😊😌🌝😂😹. Proverbs‬ ‭12:25‬.
It was the seventh-grader’s first cross-country meet, but she didn’t want to run. Although she’d been preparing for the event, she was afraid of doing poorly. Still, she started the race with everyone else. Later, one by one the other runners finished the two-mile course and crossed the finish line—everyone except the reluctant runner. Finally, her mom, who was watching for her daughter to finish, saw a lone figure in the distance. The mother went to the finish line, preparing to comfort a distraught competitor. Instead, when the young runner saw her mom, she exclaimed, “That was awesome!”
What can be awesome about finishing last? Finishing!
The girl had tried something difficult and had accomplished it! Scripture honors hard work and diligence, a concept often learned through sports or music or other things that require perseverance and effort.
Proverbs 12:24 says, “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.” And later we read, “ALL hard work brings a profit, but mere talk🗣🙊🤫 leads only to poverty” (14:23). These wise principles—not promises—can help us serve GOD✝️💝🎁 well.
GOD✝️💝🎁’s plan for us always included work. Even before the fall, Adam was to “work [the Garden] and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15). And any effort we make should be done “with ALL [our] heart” (Colossians 3:23). Let’s work in the strength He gives us—and leave the results to Him.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Proverbs is one of the Old Testament books of Wisdom Literature, along with Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. One characteristic of these works is their large use of poetry. And, as the name of this genre implies, their main focus is on attaining wisdom. In Proverbs, the authors (mainly Solomon and others) primarily use pithy sayings to instruct GOD✝️💝🎁’s people in applying wisdom to daily life. As one commentary explains, wisdom here denotes “skill in the art of GOD✝️💝🎁ly living.” Among the main themes of Proverbs are friendship👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🤗👐🏿, speech🗣🙊🤫, marriage👰🏿💒💍 💎🎩🤵🏿🎊👨‍👩‍👦‍👦, child-rearing👶🏿👼🏿🤱🏿🍼🚼, work, and diligence and laziness. We see the contrasting theme of laziness and diligence in today’s passage, particularly in 12:24, 27, and throughout Proverbs (6:6-10; 10:4; 20:13; 24:30-34).
To learn more about the poetic literature of the Old Testament, visit https://christianuniversity.org/lessons/old-testament-poetry/?course=courses/old-testament-basics
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly FATHER✝️💝🎁, whatever it is You have asked me to do today—big or small—help me to do it.
What are some areas where I can learn from this teenager to be diligent and persevere? How does doing my best and working hard honor GOD✝️💝🎁?
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“Heaviness😥😰😭🏋️🏿‍♂️🏗 in the heart❤️💓💘 of man👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad😄😁😊😌🌝😂😹.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭12:25‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/pro.12.25.kjv
It was the seventh-grader’s first cross-country meet, but she didn’t want to run. Although she’d been preparing for the event, she was afraid…
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That Was Awesome!
Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
Proverbs 12:24

READ PROVERBS 12:12, 24–28

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It was the seventh-grader’s first cross-country meet, but she didn’t want to run. Although she’d been preparing for the event, she was afraid of doing poorly. Still, she started the race with everyone else. Later, one by one the other runners finished the two-mile course and crossed the finish line—everyone except the reluctant runner. Finally, her mom, who was watching for her daughter to finish, saw a lone figure in the distance. The mother went to the finish line, preparing to comfort a distraught competitor. Instead, when the young runner saw her mom, she exclaimed, “That was awesome!”
What can be awesome about finishing last? Finishing!
The girl had tried something difficult and had accomplished it! Scripture honors hard work and diligence, a concept often learned through sports or music or other things that require perseverance and effort.
Proverbs 12:24 says, “Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.” And later we read, “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty” (14:23). These wise principles—not promises—can help us serve God well.
God’s plan for us always included work. Even before the fall, Adam was to “work [the Garden] and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15). And any effort we make should be done “with all [our] heart” (Colossians 3:23). Let’s work in the strength He gives us—and leave the results to Him.
By Dave Branon
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly Father, whatever it is You have asked me to do today—big or small—help me to do it.

What are some areas where I can learn from this teenager to be diligent and persevere? How does doing my best and working hard honor God?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Proverbs is one of the Old Testament books of Wisdom Literature, along with Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. One characteristic of these works is their large use of poetry. And, as the name of this genre implies, their main focus is on attaining wisdom. In Proverbs, the authors (mainly Solomon and others) primarily use pithy sayings to instruct God’s people in applying wisdom to daily life. As one commentary explains, wisdom here denotes “skill in the art of godly living.” Among the main themes of Proverbs are friendship, speech, marriage, child-rearing, work, and diligence and laziness. We see the contrasting theme of laziness and diligence in today’s passage, particularly in 12:24, 27, and throughout Proverbs (6:6-10; 10:4; 20:13; 24:30-34).

To learn more about the poetic literature of the Old Testament, visit christianuniversity.org/OT128-08. Alyson Kieda

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – “LOVE✝️💝🎁 You—Whole World🌍🌎🌏🗺” GOD✝️💝🎁 is LOVE✝️💝🎁. Whoever👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 lives in LOVE✝️💝🎁 lives in GOD✝️💝🎁, and GOD✝️💝🎁 in them. 1 John 4:16. “But if we👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 walk🚶🏿‍♂️👢👟👞 in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, as He (GOD✝️💝🎁) is in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood💉 of JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁 His SON✝️💝🎁 cleanseth us from ALL sin.” 1 John‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬. https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.1.7.kjv. My three-year old niece, Jenna, has an expression that never fails to melt my heart. When she LOVE✝️💝🎁s something (really LOVE✝️💝🎁s it), be it banana cream pie, jumping on the trampoline, or playing Frisbee, she’ll proclaim, “I LOVE✝️💝🎁 it—whole world!” (“whole world” accompanied with a dramatic sweep of her arms). Sometimes I wonder, When’s the last time I’ve dared to LOVE✝️💝🎁 like that? With nothing held back, completely unafraid? “GOD✝️💝🎁 is LOVE✝️💝🎁,” John wrote repeatedly (1 John 4:8, 16), perhaps because the truth that GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁—not our anger, fear, or shame—is the deepest foundation of reality, is hard for us grown-ups to “get.” The world divides us into camps based on what we’re most afraid of—and all too often we join in, ignoring or villainizing the voices that challenge our preferred vision of reality. Yet amid the deception and power struggles (vv. 5-6), the truth of God’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 remains, a light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 that shines in the darkness, inviting us to learn the path of humility, trust, and LOVE✝️💝🎁 (1:7-9; 3:18). For no matter what painful truths the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 uncovers, we can know that we’ll still be LOVE✝️💝🎁d (4:10, 18; Romans 8:1). When Jenna leans over and whispers to me, “I LOVE✝️💝🎁 you—whole world!” I whisper back, “I LOVE✝️💝🎁 you whole world!” And I’m grateful for a gentle reminder that every moment I’m held in limitless LOVE✝️💝🎁 and grace. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The word LOVE✝️💝🎁 is used twenty-two times in various forms in 1 John 4:7-19. The repetition tells us it’s important. It’s used ten times as a verb, agapao (vv. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19), and twelve times as a noun, agape (vv. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18). Agape is used throughout Scripture to describe LOVE✝️💝🎁 between believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁 as well as the LOVE✝️💝🎁 of GOD✝️💝🎁for us and the LOVE✝️💝🎁 of the FATHER✝️💝🎁 for CHRIST✝️💝🎁. REFLECT & PRAY LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁, thank You for Your LOVE✝️💝🎁. Help us to trust in and follow Your light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 and LOVE✝️💝🎁 even when the way gets dark. When do you find yourself feeling pressured to believe fear is greater than LOVE✝️💝🎁? How might your relationships with others change if you believed you don’t need to be afraid? . . “But if we👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 walk🚶🏿‍♂️👢👟👞 in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, as He (GOD✝️💝🎁) is in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood💉 of JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁 His SON✝️💝🎁 cleanseth us from ALL sin.” 1 John‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬. https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.1.7.kjv. My three-year old niece, Jenna, has an expression that never fails to melt my heart. When she loves something (really loves it), be it banana cream… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 7 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 40-42; Hebrews 4 “Love You—Whole World” God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 1 John 4:16 READ 1 JOHN 4:7–19 audio playLISTEN ONLINE My three-year old niece, Jenna, has an expression that never fails to melt my heart. When she loves something (really loves it), be it banana cream pie, jumping on the trampoline, or playing Frisbee, she’ll proclaim, “I love it—whole world!” (“whole world” accompanied with a dramatic sweep of her arms). Sometimes I wonder, When’s the last time I’ve dared to love like that? With nothing held back, completely unafraid? “God is love,” John wrote repeatedly (1 John 4:8, 16), perhaps because the truth that God’s love—not our anger, fear, or shame—is the deepest foundation of reality, is hard for us grown-ups to “get.” The world divides us into camps based on what we’re most afraid of—and all too often we join in, ignoring or villainizing the voices that challenge our preferred vision of reality. Yet amid the deception and power struggles (vv. 5-6), the truth of God’s love remains, a light that shines in the darkness, inviting us to learn the path of humility, trust, and love (1:7-9; 3:18). For no matter what painful truths the light uncovers, we can know that we’ll still be loved (4:10, 18; Romans 8:1). When Jenna leans over and whispers to me, “I love you—whole world!” I whisper back, “I love you whole world!” And I’m grateful for a gentle reminder that every moment I’m held in limitless love and grace. By Monica Brands REFLECT & PRAY Loving God, thank You for Your love. Help us to trust in and follow Your light and love even when the way gets dark. When do you find yourself feeling pressured to believe fear is greater than love? How might your relationships with others change if you believed you don’t need to be afraid? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The word love is used twenty-two times in various forms in 1 John 4:7-19. The repetition tells us it’s important. It’s used ten times as a verb, agapao (vv. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19), and twelve times as a noun, agape (vv. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18). Agape is used throughout Scripture to describe love between believers in Jesus as well as the love of God for us and the love of the Father for Christ. Julie Schwab Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – “LOVE✝️💝🎁 You—Whole World🌍🌎🌏🗺”
GOD✝️💝🎁 is LOVE✝️💝🎁. Whoever👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 lives in LOVE✝️💝🎁 lives in GOD✝️💝🎁, and GOD✝️💝🎁 in them. 1 John 4:16.
“But if we👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 walk🚶🏿‍♂️👢👟👞 in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, as He (GOD✝️💝🎁) is in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood💉 of JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁 His SON✝️💝🎁 cleanseth us from ALL sin.” 1 John‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬.
https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.1.7.kjv.
My three-year old niece, Jenna, has an expression that never fails to melt my heart. When she LOVE✝️💝🎁s something (really LOVE✝️💝🎁s it), be it banana cream pie, jumping on the trampoline, or playing Frisbee, she’ll proclaim, “I LOVE✝️💝🎁 it—whole world!” (“whole world” accompanied with a dramatic sweep of her arms).
Sometimes I wonder, When’s the last time I’ve dared to LOVE✝️💝🎁 like that? With nothing held back, completely unafraid?
“GOD✝️💝🎁 is LOVE✝️💝🎁,” John wrote repeatedly (1 John 4:8, 16), perhaps because the truth that GOD✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁—not our anger, fear, or shame—is the deepest foundation of reality, is hard for us grown-ups to “get.” The world divides us into camps based on what we’re most afraid of—and all too often we join in, ignoring or villainizing the voices that challenge our preferred vision of reality.
Yet amid the deception and power struggles (vv. 5-6), the truth of God’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 remains, a light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 that shines in the darkness, inviting us to learn the path of humility, trust, and LOVE✝️💝🎁 (1:7-9; 3:18). For no matter what painful truths the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 uncovers, we can know that we’ll still be LOVE✝️💝🎁d (4:10, 18; Romans 8:1).
When Jenna leans over and whispers to me, “I LOVE✝️💝🎁 you—whole world!” I whisper back, “I LOVE✝️💝🎁 you whole world!” And I’m grateful for a gentle reminder that every moment I’m held in limitless LOVE✝️💝🎁 and grace.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The word LOVE✝️💝🎁 is used twenty-two times in various forms in 1 John 4:7-19. The repetition tells us it’s important. It’s used ten times as a verb, agapao (vv. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19), and twelve times as a noun, agape (vv. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18). Agape is used throughout Scripture to describe LOVE✝️💝🎁 between believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁 as well as the LOVE✝️💝🎁 of GOD✝️💝🎁for us and the LOVE✝️💝🎁 of the FATHER✝️💝🎁 for CHRIST✝️💝🎁.
REFLECT & PRAY
LOVE✝️💝🎁ing GOD✝️💝🎁, thank You for Your LOVE✝️💝🎁. Help us to trust in and follow Your light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 and LOVE✝️💝🎁 even when the way gets dark.
When do you find yourself feeling pressured to believe fear is greater than LOVE✝️💝🎁? How might your relationships with others change if you believed you don’t need to be afraid?
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“But if we👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 walk🚶🏿‍♂️👢👟👞 in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, as He (GOD✝️💝🎁) is in the light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood💉 of JESUS✝️💝🎁 CHRIST✝️💝🎁 His SON✝️💝🎁 cleanseth us from ALL sin.” 1 John‬ ‭1:7‬ ‭KJV‬‬.
https://www.bible.com/1/1jn.1.7.kjv.
My three-year old niece, Jenna, has an expression that never fails to melt my heart. When she loves something (really loves it), be it banana cream…
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November 7 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 40-42; Hebrews 4
“Love You—Whole World”
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
1 John 4:16

READ 1 JOHN 4:7–19

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My three-year old niece, Jenna, has an expression that never fails to melt my heart. When she loves something (really loves it), be it banana cream pie, jumping on the trampoline, or playing Frisbee, she’ll proclaim, “I love it—whole world!” (“whole world” accompanied with a dramatic sweep of her arms).
Sometimes I wonder, When’s the last time I’ve dared to love like that? With nothing held back, completely unafraid?
“God is love,” John wrote repeatedly (1 John 4:8, 16), perhaps because the truth that God’s love—not our anger, fear, or shame—is the deepest foundation of reality, is hard for us grown-ups to “get.” The world divides us into camps based on what we’re most afraid of—and all too often we join in, ignoring or villainizing the voices that challenge our preferred vision of reality.
Yet amid the deception and power struggles (vv. 5-6), the truth of God’s love remains, a light that shines in the darkness, inviting us to learn the path of humility, trust, and love (1:7-9; 3:18). For no matter what painful truths the light uncovers, we can know that we’ll still be loved (4:10, 18; Romans 8:1).
When Jenna leans over and whispers to me, “I love you—whole world!” I whisper back, “I love you whole world!” And I’m grateful for a gentle reminder that every moment I’m held in limitless love and grace.
By Monica Brands
REFLECT & PRAY
Loving God, thank You for Your love. Help us to trust in and follow Your light and love even when the way gets dark.

When do you find yourself feeling pressured to believe fear is greater than love? How might your relationships with others change if you believed you don’t need to be afraid?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The word love is used twenty-two times in various forms in 1 John 4:7-19. The repetition tells us it’s important. It’s used ten times as a verb, agapao (vv. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19), and twelve times as a noun, agape (vv. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18). Agape is used throughout Scripture to describe love between believers in Jesus as well as the love of God for us and the love of the Father for Christ. Julie Schwab

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – [JESUS✝️💝🎁 ] said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed🏥💉😂💊🏩 you. Go in peace✌🏾☮️🕊🏳️.” Luke 8:48. He (GOD✝️💝🎁) giveth POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋 to the faint👨‍👩‍👦‍👦😫; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋. Isaiah‬ ‭40:29‬. Never Give Up Hope. When my friend received a diagnosis of cancer, the doctor advised her to get her affairs in order. She called me, sobbing, worried about her husband and young children. I shared her urgent prayer request with our mutual friends. We rejoiced when a second doctor encouraged her to never give up hope and confirmed his team would do all they could to help. Though some days were harder than others, she focused on GOD✝️💝🎁 instead of the odds stacked against her. She never gave up. My friend’s persevering faith reminds me of the desperate woman in Luke 8. Weary from twelve years of ongoing suffering, disappointment, and isolation, she approached JESUS✝️💝🎁 from behind and stretched her hand toward the hem of His robe. Her immediate healing followed her act of faith: persistently hoping . . . believing JESUS✝️💝🎁 was able to do what others couldn’t . . . no matter how impossible her situation seemed (vv. 43-44). We may experience pain that feels endless, situations that appear hopeless, or waiting that seems unbearable. We may endure moments when the odds against us are stacked high and wide. We may not experience the healing we long for as we continue trusting CHRIST✝️💝🎁. But even then, JESUS✝️💝🎁 invites us to keep reaching for Him, to trust Him and never give up hope, and to believe He is always able, always trustworthy, and always within reach. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Luke gives us the most complete description of the women who traveled with and financially supported JESUS✝️💝🎁 and His twelve apostles (8:1-3). He also describes the healing of a woman who’d been bleeding for twelve years (vv. 43-48) and the resurrection of a twelve-year-old girl (vv. 40-56). In the middle of the action he recalls a surprising comment JESUS✝️💝🎁 made about His mother, Mary (vv. 19-21). Luke lets us decide for ourselves whether the repetition of the number twelve in CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s relation to these women is just coincidence or a quiet whisper of divine significance (vv. 42-43). Looking back, however, twelve tribes and twelve apostles were chosen to give witness to a son of hope promised to Eve (Genesis 3:15). Looking forward, Revelation sees in the story of the LAMB🐏✝️💝🎁 a twelvefold witness to the complete healing of the world (22:1-2). REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁, thank You for reminding us that we’re never out of Your reach or without hope. You’re able to do what no one else can do. How have you recently needed to trust in JESUS✝️💝🎁 despite the challenges you faced? What hope have you found in Him? . . “He (GOD✝️💝🎁) giveth POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋 to the faint👨‍👩‍👦‍👦😫; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:29‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/isa.40.29.kjv When my friend received a diagnosis of cancer, the doctor advised her to get her affairs in order. She called me, sobbing, worried about her husband… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 6 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 37-39; Hebrews 3 Never Give Up Hope [Jesus] said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” Luke 8:48 READ LUKE 8:40–48 audio playLISTEN ONLINE When my friend received a diagnosis of cancer, the doctor advised her to get her affairs in order. She called me, sobbing, worried about her husband and young children. I shared her urgent prayer request with our mutual friends. We rejoiced when a second doctor encouraged her to never give up hope and confirmed his team would do all they could to help. Though some days were harder than others, she focused on God instead of the odds stacked against her. She never gave up. My friend’s persevering faith reminds me of the desperate woman in Luke 8. Weary from twelve years of ongoing suffering, disappointment, and isolation, she approached Jesus from behind and stretched her hand toward the hem of His robe. Her immediate healing followed her act of faith: persistently hoping . . . believing Jesus was able to do what others couldn’t . . . no matter how impossible her situation seemed (vv. 43-44). We may experience pain that feels endless, situations that appear hopeless, or waiting that seems unbearable. We may endure moments when the odds against us are stacked high and wide. We may not experience the healing we long for as we continue trusting Christ. But even then, Jesus invites us to keep reaching for Him, to trust Him and never give up hope, and to believe He is always able, always trustworthy, and always within reach. By Xochitl Dixon REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, thank You for reminding us that we’re never out of Your reach or without hope. You’re able to do what no one else can do. How have you recently needed to trust in Jesus despite the challenges you faced? What hope have you found in Him? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Luke gives us the most complete description of the women who traveled with and financially supported Jesus and His twelve apostles (8:1-3). He also describes the healing of a woman who’d been bleeding for twelve years (vv. 43-48) and the resurrection of a twelve-year-old girl (vv. 40-56). In the middle of the action he recalls a surprising comment Jesus made about His mother, Mary (vv. 19-21). Luke lets us decide for ourselves whether the repetition of the number twelve in Christ’s relation to these women is just coincidence or a quiet whisper of divine significance (vv. 42-43). Looking back, however, twelve tribes and twelve apostles were chosen to give witness to a son of hope promised to Eve (Genesis 3:15). Looking forward, Revelation sees in the story of the Lamb a twelvefold witness to the complete healing of the world (22:1-2). Mart DeHaan Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – [JESUS✝️💝🎁 ] said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed🏥💉😂💊🏩 you. Go in peace✌🏾☮️🕊🏳️.” Luke 8:48.
He (GOD✝️💝🎁) giveth POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋 to the faint👨‍👩‍👦‍👦😫; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋. Isaiah‬ ‭40:29‬.
Never Give Up Hope.
When my friend received a diagnosis of cancer, the doctor advised her to get her affairs in order. She called me, sobbing, worried about her husband and young children. I shared her urgent prayer request with our mutual friends. We rejoiced when a second doctor encouraged her to never give up hope and confirmed his team would do all they could to help. Though some days were harder than others, she focused on GOD✝️💝🎁 instead of the odds stacked against her. She never gave up.
My friend’s persevering faith reminds me of the desperate woman in Luke 8. Weary from twelve years of ongoing suffering, disappointment, and isolation, she approached JESUS✝️💝🎁 from behind and stretched her hand toward the hem of His robe. Her immediate healing followed her act of faith: persistently hoping . . . believing JESUS✝️💝🎁 was able to do what others couldn’t . . . no matter how impossible her situation seemed (vv. 43-44).
We may experience pain that feels endless, situations that appear hopeless, or waiting that seems unbearable. We may endure moments when the odds against us are stacked high and wide. We may not experience the healing we long for as we continue trusting CHRIST✝️💝🎁. But even then, JESUS✝️💝🎁 invites us to keep reaching for Him, to trust Him and never give up hope, and to believe He is always able, always trustworthy, and always within reach.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Luke gives us the most complete description of the women who traveled with and financially supported JESUS✝️💝🎁 and His twelve apostles (8:1-3). He also describes the healing of a woman who’d been bleeding for twelve years (vv. 43-48) and the resurrection of a twelve-year-old girl (vv. 40-56). In the middle of the action he recalls a surprising comment JESUS✝️💝🎁 made about His mother, Mary (vv. 19-21).
Luke lets us decide for ourselves whether the repetition of the number twelve in CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s relation to these women is just coincidence or a quiet whisper of divine significance (vv. 42-43). Looking back, however, twelve tribes and twelve apostles were chosen to give witness to a son of hope promised to Eve (Genesis 3:15). Looking forward, Revelation sees in the story of the LAMB🐏✝️💝🎁 a twelvefold witness to the complete healing of the world (22:1-2).
REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁, thank You for reminding us that we’re never out of Your reach or without hope. You’re able to do what no one else can do.
How have you recently needed to trust in JESUS✝️💝🎁 despite the challenges you faced? What hope have you found in Him?
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“He (GOD✝️💝🎁) giveth POWer💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋 to the faint👨‍👩‍👦‍👦😫; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:29‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/isa.40.29.kjv
When my friend received a diagnosis of cancer, the doctor advised her to get her affairs in order. She called me, sobbing, worried about her husband…
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November 6 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 37-39; Hebrews 3
Never Give Up Hope
[Jesus] said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
Luke 8:48

READ LUKE 8:40–48

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
When my friend received a diagnosis of cancer, the doctor advised her to get her affairs in order. She called me, sobbing, worried about her husband and young children. I shared her urgent prayer request with our mutual friends. We rejoiced when a second doctor encouraged her to never give up hope and confirmed his team would do all they could to help. Though some days were harder than others, she focused on God instead of the odds stacked against her. She never gave up.
My friend’s persevering faith reminds me of the desperate woman in Luke 8. Weary from twelve years of ongoing suffering, disappointment, and isolation, she approached Jesus from behind and stretched her hand toward the hem of His robe. Her immediate healing followed her act of faith: persistently hoping . . . believing Jesus was able to do what others couldn’t . . . no matter how impossible her situation seemed (vv. 43-44).
We may experience pain that feels endless, situations that appear hopeless, or waiting that seems unbearable. We may endure moments when the odds against us are stacked high and wide. We may not experience the healing we long for as we continue trusting Christ. But even then, Jesus invites us to keep reaching for Him, to trust Him and never give up hope, and to believe He is always able, always trustworthy, and always within reach.
By Xochitl Dixon
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, thank You for reminding us that we’re never out of Your reach or without hope. You’re able to do what no one else can do.

How have you recently needed to trust in Jesus despite the challenges you faced? What hope have you found in Him?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Luke gives us the most complete description of the women who traveled with and financially supported Jesus and His twelve apostles (8:1-3). He also describes the healing of a woman who’d been bleeding for twelve years (vv. 43-48) and the resurrection of a twelve-year-old girl (vv. 40-56). In the middle of the action he recalls a surprising comment Jesus made about His mother, Mary (vv. 19-21).

Luke lets us decide for ourselves whether the repetition of the number twelve in Christ’s relation to these women is just coincidence or a quiet whisper of divine significance (vv. 42-43). Looking back, however, twelve tribes and twelve apostles were chosen to give witness to a son of hope promised to Eve (Genesis 3:15). Looking forward, Revelation sees in the story of the Lamb a twelvefold witness to the complete healing of the world (22:1-2). Mart DeHaan

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “If you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 LOVE✝️💝🎁 Me, keep My commands.” John 14:15. Seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍 the LORD✝️💝🎁 and His strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋, seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍His face continually. 1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:11. Do the Next Thing. When was the last time you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 felt compelled to help⛑🆘🏥🏩 someone, only to let the moment pass without a response? In The 10-Second Rule, Clare De Graaf suggests that daily impressions can be one of the ways GOD✝️💝🎁 calls us to a deeper spiritual walk, a life of obedience prompted by LOVE✝️💝🎁 for Him. The 10-Second Rule encourages you to simply “do the next thing you’re reasonably certain JESUS✝️💝🎁 wants you to do,” and to do it right away “before you change your mind.” JESUS✝️💝🎁 says, “If you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 LOVE✝️💝🎁 me, keep My commands” (John 14:15). We might think, I do LOVE✝️💝🎁 Him, but how can I be certain of His will and follow it? In His wisdom, JESUS✝️💝🎁 has provided what we need to better understand and follow the wisdom found in the Bible. He once said, “I will ask the FATHER✝️💝🎁, and He will give💝🎁 you another advocate to help you and will be with you forever—the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 of truth” (vv. 16-17). It’s by the work of the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, Who is with us and in us, that we can learn to obey JESUS✝️💝🎁 and “keep [His] commands” (v. 15)—responding to the promptings experienced throughout our day (v. 17). In the big and little things, the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 motivates us to confidently do by faith what will honor GOD✝️💝🎁 and reveal our LOVE✝️💝🎁 for Him and others (v. 21). SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Today’s text comes from CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s Upper Room Discourse—His teaching time with the disciples (John 14-16)—just hours before His sufferings would begin at Gethsemane. Because He announces that He’s going away from them (14:1-4), one of the main topics of this discourse involved the coming of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 and His work in the lives of believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁. Words used to describe the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 are advocate and helper (v. 16), truth (v. 17), teacher (v. 26), witness (15:26-27), agent of conviction (16:7-8), and guide (v. 13). These roles, however, are more than just functional reasons for the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁’s coming. They come in the shadow of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s declared departure. Each element was intended to bring GOD✝️💝🎁’s comfort and presence to believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁 when He was no longer with them physically. The ministry of the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 was to make up for the fear, confusion, and loss those men experienced by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s leaving. REFLECT & PRAY The HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 provides what we need to follow JESUS✝️💝🎁 in obedience. Why is it important for you to follow through on promptings that line up with Scripture? How can you seek to live a more obedient life by the power of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁. . . “Seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍 the LORD✝️💝🎁 and His strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋, seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍 His face continually.” ‭‭1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1ch.16.11.kjv When was the last time you felt compelled to help someone, only to let the moment pass without a response? In The 10-Second Rule, Clare De Graaf… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 5 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 34-36; Hebrews 2 Do the Next Thing If you love me, keep my commands. John 14:15 READ JOHN 14:15–21 audio playLISTEN ONLINE When was the last time you felt compelled to help someone, only to let the moment pass without a response? In The 10-Second Rule, Clare De Graaf suggests that daily impressions can be one of the ways God calls us to a deeper spiritual walk, a life of obedience prompted by love for Him. The 10-Second Rule encourages you to simply “do the next thing you’re reasonably certain Jesus wants you to do,” and to do it right away “before you change your mind.” Jesus says, “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15). We might think, I do love Him, but how can I be certain of His will and follow it? In His wisdom, Jesus has provided what we need to better understand and follow the wisdom found in the Bible. He once said, “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and will be with you forever—the Spirit of truth” (vv. 16-17). It’s by the work of the Spirit, who is with us and in us, that we can learn to obey Jesus and “keep [His] commands” (v. 15)—responding to the promptings experienced throughout our day (v. 17). In the big and little things, the Spirit motivates us to confidently do by faith what will honor God and reveal our love for Him and others (v. 21). By Ruth O’Reilly-Smith REFLECT & PRAY The Holy Spirit provides what we need to follow Jesus in obedience. Why is it important for you to follow through on promptings that line up with Scripture? How can you seek to live a more obedient life by the power of the Holy Spirit? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Today’s text comes from Christ’s Upper Room Discourse—His teaching time with the disciples (John 14-16)—just hours before His sufferings would begin at Gethsemane. Because He announces that He’s going away from them (14:1-4), one of the main topics of this discourse involved the coming of the Holy Spirit and His work in the lives of believers in Jesus. Words used to describe the Spirit are advocate and helper (v. 16), truth (v. 17), teacher (v. 26), witness (15:26-27), agent of conviction (16:7-8), and guide (v. 13). These roles, however, are more than just functional reasons for the Spirit’s coming. They come in the shadow of Christ’s declared departure. Each element was intended to bring God’s comfort and presence to believers in Jesus when He was no longer with them physically. The ministry of the Spirit was to make up for the fear, confusion, and loss those men experienced by Christ’s leaving. Bill Crowder Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “If you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 LOVE✝️💝🎁 Me, keep My commands.” John 14:15.
Seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍 the LORD✝️💝🎁 and His strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋, seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍His face continually. 1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:11.
Do the Next Thing.
When was the last time you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 felt compelled to help⛑🆘🏥🏩 someone, only to let the moment pass without a response? In The 10-Second Rule, Clare De Graaf suggests that daily impressions can be one of the ways GOD✝️💝🎁 calls us to a deeper spiritual walk, a life of obedience prompted by LOVE✝️💝🎁 for Him. The 10-Second Rule encourages you to simply “do the next thing you’re reasonably certain JESUS✝️💝🎁 wants you to do,” and to do it right away “before you change your mind.”
JESUS✝️💝🎁 says, “If you👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 LOVE✝️💝🎁 me, keep My commands” (John 14:15). We might think, I do LOVE✝️💝🎁 Him, but how can I be certain of His will and follow it? In His wisdom, JESUS✝️💝🎁 has provided what we need to better understand and follow the wisdom found in the Bible. He once said, “I will ask the FATHER✝️💝🎁, and He will give💝🎁 you another advocate to help you and will be with you forever—the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 of truth” (vv. 16-17). It’s by the work of the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, Who is with us and in us, that we can learn to obey JESUS✝️💝🎁 and “keep [His] commands” (v. 15)—responding to the promptings experienced throughout our day (v. 17).
In the big and little things, the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 motivates us to confidently do by faith what will honor GOD✝️💝🎁 and reveal our LOVE✝️💝🎁 for Him and others (v. 21).
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Today’s text comes from CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s Upper Room Discourse—His teaching time with the disciples (John 14-16)—just hours before His sufferings would begin at Gethsemane. Because He announces that He’s going away from them (14:1-4), one of the main topics of this discourse involved the coming of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 and His work in the lives of believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁. Words used to describe the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 are advocate and helper (v. 16), truth (v. 17), teacher (v. 26), witness (15:26-27), agent of conviction (16:7-8), and guide (v. 13). These roles, however, are more than just functional reasons for the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁’s coming. They come in the shadow of CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s declared departure. Each element was intended to bring GOD✝️💝🎁’s comfort and presence to believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁 when He was no longer with them physically. The ministry of the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 was to make up for the fear, confusion, and loss those men experienced by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s leaving.
REFLECT & PRAY
The HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 provides what we need to follow JESUS✝️💝🎁 in obedience.
Why is it important for you to follow through on promptings that line up with Scripture? How can you seek to live a more obedient life by the power of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁.
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“Seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍 the LORD✝️💝🎁 and His strength💪🏿💣💢✊🏿⚡️🏋️🏿‍♂️🔌🔋, seek👁👁👀🕵️🏿‍♂️🔍 His face continually.”
‭‭1 Chronicles‬ ‭16:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1ch.16.11.kjv
When was the last time you felt compelled to help someone, only to let the moment pass without a response? In The 10-Second Rule, Clare De Graaf…
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Do the Next Thing
If you love me, keep my commands.
John 14:15

READ JOHN 14:15–21

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When was the last time you felt compelled to help someone, only to let the moment pass without a response? In The 10-Second Rule, Clare De Graaf suggests that daily impressions can be one of the ways God calls us to a deeper spiritual walk, a life of obedience prompted by love for Him. The 10-Second Rule encourages you to simply “do the next thing you’re reasonably certain Jesus wants you to do,” and to do it right away “before you change your mind.”
Jesus says, “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15). We might think, I do love Him, but how can I be certain of His will and follow it? In His wisdom, Jesus has provided what we need to better understand and follow the wisdom found in the Bible. He once said, “I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and will be with you forever—the Spirit of truth” (vv. 16-17). It’s by the work of the Spirit, who is with us and in us, that we can learn to obey Jesus and “keep [His] commands” (v. 15)—responding to the promptings experienced throughout our day (v. 17).
In the big and little things, the Spirit motivates us to confidently do by faith what will honor God and reveal our love for Him and others (v. 21).
By Ruth O’Reilly-Smith
REFLECT & PRAY
The Holy Spirit provides what we need to follow Jesus in obedience.

Why is it important for you to follow through on promptings that line up with Scripture? How can you seek to live a more obedient life by the power of the Holy Spirit?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Today’s text comes from Christ’s Upper Room Discourse—His teaching time with the disciples (John 14-16)—just hours before His sufferings would begin at Gethsemane. Because He announces that He’s going away from them (14:1-4), one of the main topics of this discourse involved the coming of the Holy Spirit and His work in the lives of believers in Jesus. Words used to describe the Spirit are advocate and helper (v. 16), truth (v. 17), teacher (v. 26), witness (15:26-27), agent of conviction (16:7-8), and guide (v. 13). These roles, however, are more than just functional reasons for the Spirit’s coming. They come in the shadow of Christ’s declared departure. Each element was intended to bring God’s comfort and presence to believers in Jesus when He was no longer with them physically. The ministry of the Spirit was to make up for the fear, confusion, and loss those men experienced by Christ’s leaving. Bill Crowder

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – O LORD✝️💝🎁, Thou art my GOD✝️💝🎁; I will exalt Thee, I will praise🙏🏿🙌🏿 Thy name; for Thou hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah‬ ‭25:1‬. No Longer Afraid😱😨😓. They👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 will eat😋🤤🍖🍱🍳 and lie🛌 down and no one will make them afraid😱😨😓. Zephaniah 3:13. When the Ethiopian🇪🇹 police👮🏿‍♀️🚓🚔 found her a week after her abduction, three black-maned lions🦁🦁🦁 surrounded her, guarding her as though she were their own. Seven men had kidnapped the twelve-year-old girl, carried her into the woods and beaten her. Miraculously, however, a small pride of lions🦁🦁🦁 heard the girl’s cries, came running and chased off the attackers. “[The lions🦁🦁🦁] stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” police Sergeant Wondimu told one reporter. There are days when violence and evil, like that inflicted on this young girl, overpower us, leaving us without hope and terrified. In ancient times, the people of Judah experienced this. They were overrun by ferocious armies and unable to imagine any possibility of escape. Fear consumed them. However, GOD✝️💝🎁 always renewed His unrelenting presence with His people: “The LORD✝️💝🎁, the KING👑🦁🤴🏿 of Israel🇮🇱✡️, is with you; never again will you fear any harm” (Zephaniah 3:15). Even when our catastrophes result from our own rebellion, GOD✝️💝🎁 still comes to our rescue. “The LORD✝️💝🎁 your GOD✝️💝🎁 is with you,” we hear, “the Mighty Warrior who saves” (v. 17). Whatever troubles overtake us, whatever evils, JESUS✝️💝🎁—the LION🦁 of Judah—is with us (Revelation 5:5). No matter how alone we feel, our strong SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁 is with us. No matter what fears ravage us, our GOD✝️💝🎁 assures us that He is by our side. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Zephaniah wrote during the time of the reforms initiated by Josiah (Zephaniah 1:1), the last good king of Judah (2 Kings 22:1-23:25). Josiah had rediscovered the “Book of the Law” (22:8) and had it read aloud to the people of Judah. Perhaps this is why Zephaniah directly echoes many of the themes of Deuteronomy. Zephaniah prophesies that GOD✝️💝🎁 will initiate the judgments Deuteronomy warned of. But He will also initiate their repentance: “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples” (Zephaniah 3:9); “I will remove from you your arrogant boasters” (v. 11). GOD✝️💝🎁’s judgment purifies His people. REFLECT & PRAY Mighty Warrior GOD✝️💝🎁, I need You. I need a Mighty Warrior to stand with me and overwhelm my fears. I’m choosing to trust You. What is your greatest fear right now? How does GOD✝️💝🎁’s promise to be with you encourage you? . . “O LORD✝️💝🎁, Thou art my GOD✝️💝🎁; I will exalt Thee, I will praise🙏🏿🙌🏿 Thy name; for Thou hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/isa.25.1.kjv

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – O LORD✝️💝🎁, Thou art my GOD✝️💝🎁; I will exalt Thee, I will praise🙏🏿🙌🏿 Thy name; for Thou hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. Isaiah‬ ‭25:1‬.
No Longer Afraid😱😨😓.
They👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 will eat😋🤤🍖🍱🍳 and lie🛌 down and no one will make them afraid😱😨😓. Zephaniah 3:13.
When the Ethiopian🇪🇹 police👮🏿‍♀️🚓🚔 found her a week after her abduction, three black-maned lions🦁🦁🦁 surrounded her, guarding her as though she were their own. Seven men had kidnapped the twelve-year-old girl, carried her into the woods and beaten her. Miraculously, however, a small pride of lions🦁🦁🦁 heard the girl’s cries, came running and chased off the attackers. “[The lions🦁🦁🦁] stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” police Sergeant Wondimu told one reporter.
There are days when violence and evil, like that inflicted on this young girl, overpower us, leaving us without hope and terrified. In ancient times, the people of Judah experienced this. They were overrun by ferocious armies and unable to imagine any possibility of escape. Fear consumed them. However, GOD✝️💝🎁 always renewed His unrelenting presence with His people: “The LORD✝️💝🎁, the KING👑🦁🤴🏿 of Israel🇮🇱✡️, is with you; never again will you fear any harm” (Zephaniah 3:15). Even when our catastrophes result from our own rebellion, GOD✝️💝🎁 still comes to our rescue. “The LORD✝️💝🎁 your GOD✝️💝🎁 is with you,” we hear, “the Mighty Warrior who saves” (v. 17).
Whatever troubles overtake us, whatever evils, JESUS✝️💝🎁—the LION🦁 of Judah—is with us (Revelation 5:5). No matter how alone we feel, our strong SAVIOUR✝️💝🎁 is with us. No matter what fears ravage us, our GOD✝️💝🎁 assures us that He is by our side.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Zephaniah wrote during the time of the reforms initiated by Josiah (Zephaniah 1:1), the last good king of Judah (2 Kings 22:1-23:25). Josiah had rediscovered the “Book of the Law” (22:8) and had it read aloud to the people of Judah. Perhaps this is why Zephaniah directly echoes many of the themes of Deuteronomy. Zephaniah prophesies that GOD✝️💝🎁 will initiate the judgments Deuteronomy warned of. But He will also initiate their repentance: “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples” (Zephaniah 3:9); “I will remove from you your arrogant boasters” (v. 11). GOD✝️💝🎁’s judgment purifies His people.
REFLECT & PRAY
Mighty Warrior GOD✝️💝🎁, I need You. I need a Mighty Warrior to stand with me and overwhelm my fears. I’m choosing to trust You.
What is your greatest fear right now? How does GOD✝️💝🎁’s promise to be with you encourage you?
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“O LORD✝️💝🎁, Thou art my GOD✝️💝🎁; I will exalt Thee, I will praise🙏🏿🙌🏿 Thy name; for Thou hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/isa.25.1.kjv

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 which are persecuted😭😰😫🤕 for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom of heaven🌃🌠🎇🌌.” Matthew‬ ‭5:10. New🆕 Humanity. When they👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 heard this sound🎼🎺🎷🥁🎶🔊📣, a crowd came together in bewilderment🤔🤨💭💡🙇🏿‍♂️, because each one heard their own language being spoken🗣🎤🎙📣. Acts 2:6. While I was visiting London’s Tate Modern gallery, one piece of art caught my attention. Created by Brazilian🇧🇷 artist Cildo Meireles, it was a giant tower made of hundreds of old radios. Each radio was turned on and tuned to a different station, creating a cacophony of confusing, indecipherable speech. Meireles called the sculpture Babel. The title is appropriate. At the original tower of Babel, GOD✝️💝🎁 thwarted humanity’s attempt to seize heaven by confusing mankind’s languages (Genesis 11:1-9). No longer able to communicate with one another, humanity fractured into tribes of various dialects (vv. 10-26). Divided by language, we’ve struggled to understand each other ever since. There’s a second part to the story. When the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 came upon the first CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians at Pentecost, He enabled them to praise GOD✝️💝🎁 in the various languages of those visiting Jerusalem🇵🇸🇮🇱🕎🕍 that day (Acts 2:1-12). Through this miracle, everyone heard the same message, no matter their nationality or language. The confusion of Babel was reversed. In a world of ethnic and cultural division, this is good news. Through JESUS✝️💝🎁, GOD✝️💝🎁is forming a new humanity from every nation, tribe, and tongue (Revelation 7:9). As I stood at Tate Modern, I imagined ALL those radios suddenly tuning to a new signal and playing the same song to ALL in the room: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.” SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The celebration of Pentecost on the CHRIST✝️💝🎁ian calendar occurs seven weeks (or fifty days) after Easter. This special recognition commemorates the coming of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 (as promised by JESUS✝️💝🎁—Luke 24:49; Acts 1:5, 8), the subsequent birth of the church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️, and the ingathering of the first members of the family👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. But before Pentecost had significance for believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁, it was observed by GOD✝️💝🎁’s people in the Old Testament. The feast took place seven weeks after the Passover on the fiftieth day (see Leviticus 23:15-22). The event is also known as the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of Harvest. This great harvest festival was so special that work stopped and adult men traveled to the place of worship where loaves of bread baked from the new grain were offered to GOD✝️💝🎁 (vv. 17-22). Following CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s death and resurrection, it was on this significant day that GOD✝️💝🎁 sent the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁. REFLECT & PRAY GOD✝️💝🎁 is breaking down barriers to form a new humanity. How does your shared faith with believers of other nationalities bring you together despite your differences? How can you help create harmony? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 which are persecuted😭😰😫🤕 for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom of heaven🌃🌠🎇🌌.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.10.kjv While I was visiting London’s Tate Modern gallery, one piece of art caught my attention. Created by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles, it was a giant… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 3 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 30-31; Philemon New Humanity When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Acts 2:6 READ ACTS 2:1–12 audio playLISTEN ONLINE While I was visiting London’s Tate Modern gallery, one piece of art caught my attention. Created by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles, it was a giant tower made of hundreds of old radios. Each radio was turned on and tuned to a different station, creating a cacophony of confusing, indecipherable speech. Meireles called the sculpture Babel. The title is appropriate. At the original tower of Babel, God thwarted humanity’s attempt to seize heaven by confusing mankind’s languages (Genesis 11:1-9). No longer able to communicate with one another, humanity fractured into tribes of various dialects (vv. 10-26). Divided by language, we’ve struggled to understand each other ever since. There’s a second part to the story. When the Holy Spirit came upon the first Christians at Pentecost, He enabled them to praise God in the various languages of those visiting Jerusalem that day (Acts 2:1-12). Through this miracle, everyone heard the same message, no matter their nationality or language. The confusion of Babel was reversed. In a world of ethnic and cultural division, this is good news. Through Jesus, God is forming a new humanity from every nation, tribe, and tongue (Revelation 7:9). As I stood at Tate Modern, I imagined all those radios suddenly tuning to a new signal and playing the same song to all in the room: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.” By Sheridan Voysey REFLECT & PRAY God is breaking down barriers to form a new humanity. How does your shared faith with believers of other nationalities bring you together despite your differences? How can you help create harmony? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The celebration of Pentecost on the Christian calendar occurs seven weeks (or fifty days) after Easter. This special recognition commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit (as promised by Jesus—Luke 24:49; Acts 1:5, 8), the subsequent birth of the church, and the ingathering of the first members of the family in Christ. But before Pentecost had significance for believers in Jesus, it was observed by God’s people in the Old Testament. The feast took place seven weeks after the Passover on the fiftieth day (see Leviticus 23:15-22). The event is also known as the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of Harvest. This great harvest festival was so special that work stopped and adult men traveled to the place of worship where loaves of bread baked from the new grain were offered to God (vv. 17-22). Following Christ’s death and resurrection, it was on this significant day that God sent the Holy Spirit. Arthur Jackson Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 which are persecuted😭😰😫🤕 for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom of heaven🌃🌠🎇🌌.” Matthew‬ ‭5:10.
New🆕 Humanity.
When they👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 heard this sound🎼🎺🎷🥁🎶🔊📣, a crowd came together in bewilderment🤔🤨💭💡🙇🏿‍♂️, because each one heard their own language being spoken🗣🎤🎙📣. Acts 2:6.
While I was visiting London’s Tate Modern gallery, one piece of art caught my attention. Created by Brazilian🇧🇷 artist Cildo Meireles, it was a giant tower made of hundreds of old radios. Each radio was turned on and tuned to a different station, creating a cacophony of confusing, indecipherable speech. Meireles called the sculpture Babel.
The title is appropriate. At the original tower of Babel, GOD✝️💝🎁 thwarted humanity’s attempt to seize heaven by confusing mankind’s languages (Genesis 11:1-9). No longer able to communicate with one another, humanity fractured into tribes of various dialects (vv. 10-26). Divided by language, we’ve struggled to understand each other ever since.
There’s a second part to the story. When the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 came upon the first CHRIST✝️💝🎁ians at Pentecost, He enabled them to praise GOD✝️💝🎁 in the various languages of those visiting Jerusalem🇵🇸🇮🇱🕎🕍 that day (Acts 2:1-12). Through this miracle, everyone heard the same message, no matter their nationality or language. The confusion of Babel was reversed.
In a world of ethnic and cultural division, this is good news. Through JESUS✝️💝🎁, GOD✝️💝🎁is forming a new humanity from every nation, tribe, and tongue (Revelation 7:9). As I stood at Tate Modern, I imagined ALL those radios suddenly tuning to a new signal and playing the same song to ALL in the room: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.”
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The celebration of Pentecost on the CHRIST✝️💝🎁ian calendar occurs seven weeks (or fifty days) after Easter. This special recognition commemorates the coming of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 (as promised by JESUS✝️💝🎁—Luke 24:49; Acts 1:5, 8), the subsequent birth of the church✝️💒👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🤗👐🏿😍🥰💞💗💓💘❣️🛐📜📖☦️, and the ingathering of the first members of the family👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. But before Pentecost had significance for believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁, it was observed by GOD✝️💝🎁’s people in the Old Testament. The feast took place seven weeks after the Passover on the fiftieth day (see Leviticus 23:15-22). The event is also known as the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of Harvest. This great harvest festival was so special that work stopped and adult men traveled to the place of worship where loaves of bread baked from the new grain were offered to GOD✝️💝🎁 (vv. 17-22). Following CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s death and resurrection, it was on this significant day that GOD✝️💝🎁 sent the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁.
REFLECT & PRAY
GOD✝️💝🎁 is breaking down barriers to form a new humanity.
How does your shared faith with believers of other nationalities bring you together despite your differences? How can you help create harmony?
.

.
JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 which are persecuted😭😰😫🤕 for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom of heaven🌃🌠🎇🌌.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:10‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.5.10.kjv
While I was visiting London’s Tate Modern gallery, one piece of art caught my attention. Created by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles, it was a giant…
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November 3 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 30-31; Philemon
New Humanity
When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken.
Acts 2:6

READ ACTS 2:1–12

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
While I was visiting London’s Tate Modern gallery, one piece of art caught my attention. Created by Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles, it was a giant tower made of hundreds of old radios. Each radio was turned on and tuned to a different station, creating a cacophony of confusing, indecipherable speech. Meireles called the sculpture Babel.
The title is appropriate. At the original tower of Babel, God thwarted humanity’s attempt to seize heaven by confusing mankind’s languages (Genesis 11:1-9). No longer able to communicate with one another, humanity fractured into tribes of various dialects (vv. 10-26). Divided by language, we’ve struggled to understand each other ever since.
There’s a second part to the story. When the Holy Spirit came upon the first Christians at Pentecost, He enabled them to praise God in the various languages of those visiting Jerusalem that day (Acts 2:1-12). Through this miracle, everyone heard the same message, no matter their nationality or language. The confusion of Babel was reversed.
In a world of ethnic and cultural division, this is good news. Through Jesus, God is forming a new humanity from every nation, tribe, and tongue (Revelation 7:9). As I stood at Tate Modern, I imagined all those radios suddenly tuning to a new signal and playing the same song to all in the room: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound.”
By Sheridan Voysey
REFLECT & PRAY
God is breaking down barriers to form a new humanity.

How does your shared faith with believers of other nationalities bring you together despite your differences? How can you help create harmony?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The celebration of Pentecost on the Christian calendar occurs seven weeks (or fifty days) after Easter. This special recognition commemorates the coming of the Holy Spirit (as promised by Jesus—Luke 24:49; Acts 1:5, 8), the subsequent birth of the church, and the ingathering of the first members of the family in Christ. But before Pentecost had significance for believers in Jesus, it was observed by God’s people in the Old Testament. The feast took place seven weeks after the Passover on the fiftieth day (see Leviticus 23:15-22). The event is also known as the Feast of Weeks or the Feast of Harvest. This great harvest festival was so special that work stopped and adult men traveled to the place of worship where loaves of bread baked from the new grain were offered to God (vv. 17-22). Following Christ’s death and resurrection, it was on this significant day that God sent the Holy Spirit. Arthur Jackson

Share the Joy of Christmas with Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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How do you intend to run to Him today? . . “Yet if any man👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 suffer as a CHRIST✝️💝🎁ian, let him not be ashamed🙈😰; but let him glorify🙏🏿🙌🏿🗣📣 🎤🎙🔉 GOD✝️💝🎁 on this behalf.” ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/1/1pe.4.16.kjv As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT November 2 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 27-29; Titus 3 The Safest Place God is our refuge and strength. Psalm 46:1 READ PSALM 46:1–11 audio playLISTEN ONLINE As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited until the last moment, hoping the storm would veer away. But now she was hurriedly sorting through important papers, pictures, and belongings, trying to decide what to take with her. “I didn’t expect it would be so hard to leave,” she told me later, “but in that moment I didn’t know if anything would be there when I got back.” Life’s storms come in many forms: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, unexpected problems in marriage or with children, the sudden loss of health or finances. So much we value can be swept away in a moment. Amid the storms, Scripture points us to the safest place: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way” (Psalm 46:1-2). The writers of this psalm were descendants of a man who generations earlier served God but then rebelled against Him and perished in an earthquake (see Numbers 26:9-11). The outlook they share shows humility and a profound understanding of God’s greatness, compassion, and redeeming love. Troubles come, but God outlasts them all. Those who run to the Savior discover that He can’t be shaken. In the arms of His eternal love we find our place of peace. By James Banks REFLECT & PRAY O God, the One who is greater than the storm, help me to place every fear in Your hands today and to rest in Your unfailing love. Amid life’s unpredictable storms, how does God give you peace? How do you intend to run to Him today? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Psalm 46 celebrates God as the only sure source of peace, joy, and courage in a troubled world. The “city of God” (v. 4) likely refers to Jerusalem, seen as where God dwelled with His people in a unique way (v. 5). The “river whose streams make glad the city of God” (v. 4) seems to symbolize not only literal sustenance but God’s continual presence bringing nourishment, cleansing, and renewal to His people. Joel 3:18 uses similar imagery to describe a fountain flowing out of God’s house. The fountain represents God’s life-giving water, indicating His provision and care for His people after the judgment of the nations. The book of Revelation also describes a river, this one flowing from God’s throne. When Jesus has fully defeated the curse of death and evil (22:3), God’s healing presence will flow to all “for the healing of the nations” (v. 2) as creation’s joy and flourishing is finally restored. Monica Brands Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited until the last moment, hoping the storm would veer away. But now she was hurriedly sorting through important papers, pictures, and belongings, trying to decide what to take with her. “I didn’t expect it would be so hard to leave,” she told me later, “but in that moment I didn’t know if anything would be there when I got back.”
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O GOD✝️💝🎁, the ONE✝️💝🎁 who is greater than the storm, help me to place every fear in Your hands today and to rest in Your unfailing LOVE✝️💝🎁.
Amid life’s unpredictable storms, how does GOD✝️💝🎁 give you peace✌🏿🕊☮️🏳️? How do you intend to run to Him today?
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“Yet if any man👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 suffer as a CHRIST✝️💝🎁ian, let him not be ashamed🙈😰; but let him glorify🙏🏿🙌🏿🗣📣 🎤🎙🔉 GOD✝️💝🎁 on this behalf.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭4:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/1pe.4.16.kjv
As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited…
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As Hurricane Florence was bearing down on Wilmington, North Carolina, with devastating force, my daughter prepared to leave her home. She’d waited until the last moment, hoping the storm would veer away. But now she was hurriedly sorting through important papers, pictures, and belongings, trying to decide what to take with her. “I didn’t expect it would be so hard to leave,” she told me later, “but in that moment I didn’t know if anything would be there when I got back.”
Life’s storms come in many forms: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, unexpected problems in marriage or with children, the sudden loss of health or finances. So much we value can be swept away in a moment.
Amid the storms, Scripture points us to the safest place: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way” (Psalm 46:1-2).
The writers of this psalm were descendants of a man who generations earlier served God but then rebelled against Him and perished in an earthquake (see Numbers 26:9-11). The outlook they share shows humility and a profound understanding of God’s greatness, compassion, and redeeming love.
Troubles come, but God outlasts them all. Those who run to the Savior discover that He can’t be shaken. In the arms of His eternal love we find our place of peace.
By James Banks
REFLECT & PRAY
O God, the One who is greater than the storm, help me to place every fear in Your hands today and to rest in Your unfailing love.

Amid life’s unpredictable storms, how does God give you peace? How do you intend to run to Him today?

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Psalm 46 celebrates God as the only sure source of peace, joy, and courage in a troubled world. The “city of God” (v. 4) likely refers to Jerusalem, seen as where God dwelled with His people in a unique way (v. 5). The “river whose streams make glad the city of God” (v. 4) seems to symbolize not only literal sustenance but God’s continual presence bringing nourishment, cleansing, and renewal to His people. Joel 3:18 uses similar imagery to describe a fountain flowing out of God’s house. The fountain represents God’s life-giving water, indicating His provision and care for His people after the judgment of the nations. The book of Revelation also describes a river, this one flowing from God’s throne. When Jesus has fully defeated the curse of death and evil (22:3), God’s healing presence will flow to all “for the healing of the nations” (v. 2) as creation’s joy and flourishing is finally restored. Monica Brands

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In 1492 two families, the Butlers and the FitzGeralds, began fighting over a high-level position in the region. The fight escalated, and the Butlers took refuge in the cathedral. When the FitzGeralds came to ask for a truce, the Butlers were afraid to open the door. So the FitzGeralds cut a hole in it, and their leader offered his hand in peace. The two families then reconciled, and adversaries became friends. God has a door of reconciliation that the apostle Paul wrote passionately about in his letter to the church in Corinth. At His initiative and because of His infinite love, God exchanged the broken relationship with humans for a restored relationship through Christ’s death on the cross. We were far away from God, but in His mercy He didn’t leave us there. He offers us restoration with Himself—“not counting people’s sins against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Justice was fulfilled when “God made [Jesus] who had no sin to be sin for us,” so that in Him we could be at peace with God (v. 21). Once we accept God’s hand in peace, we’re given the important task of bringing that message to others. We represent the amazing, loving God who offers complete forgiveness and restoration to everyone who believes. By Estera Pirosca Escobar REFLECT & PRAY God, thank You for not leaving me in a place of no hope, separated from You forever. Thank You that the sacrifice of Your beloved Son, Jesus, has provided the way for me to come to You. To learn more about forgiveness, see bit.ly/2F5wVhT. What does God’s offer of reconciliation mean to you? How will you extend His offer to those who need to hear it today? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. 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What does GOD✝️💝🎁’s offer of reconciliation mean to you? How will you extend His offer to those who need to hear it today.
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A key element of this important text is found in verse 20: “We are therefore CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s ambassadors, as though GOD✝️💝🎁 were making his appeal through us.” Tyndale Bible Dictionarydefines an ambassador as a “messenger or envoy officially representing a higher authority.” It explains that an ambassador in the Old Testament was “a messenger, envoy, or negotiator sent on a special, temporary mission as an official representative of the KING👑, government, or authority who sent him.” This description gives us a valuable backdrop to the challenge to Paul (and to us) to be GOD✝️💝🎁’s ambassadors to our world. Our mission is to officially represent the highest of ALL possible authorities—the CREATOR✝️💝🎁 of the universe—and to present His message to those we encounter in His name.
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JESUS✝️💝🎁 “And ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you FREE🆓.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:32‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/jhn.8.32.kjv
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“Behold My servant (JESUS✝️💝🎁) , whom I have chosen; My beLOVE✝️💝🎁d, in whom My soul is well pleased: I will put My SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 upon Him, and He shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭12:18‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1/mat.12.18.kjv
Inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, there’s a door that tells a five-century-old tale. In 1492 two families, the Butlers and the…
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The Door of Reconciliation
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18

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Inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, there’s a door that tells a five-century-old tale. In 1492 two families, the Butlers and the FitzGeralds, began fighting over a high-level position in the region. The fight escalated, and the Butlers took refuge in the cathedral. When the FitzGeralds came to ask for a truce, the Butlers were afraid to open the door. So the FitzGeralds cut a hole in it, and their leader offered his hand in peace. The two families then reconciled, and adversaries became friends.
God has a door of reconciliation that the apostle Paul wrote passionately about in his letter to the church in Corinth. At His initiative and because of His infinite love, God exchanged the broken relationship with humans for a restored relationship through Christ’s death on the cross. We were far away from God, but in His mercy He didn’t leave us there. He offers us restoration with Himself—“not counting people’s sins against them” (2 Corinthians 5:19). Justice was fulfilled when “God made [Jesus] who had no sin to be sin for us,” so that in Him we could be at peace with God (v. 21).
Once we accept God’s hand in peace, we’re given the important task of bringing that message to others. We represent the amazing, loving God who offers complete forgiveness and restoration to everyone who believes.
By Estera Pirosca Escobar
REFLECT & PRAY
God, thank You for not leaving me in a place of no hope, separated from You forever. Thank You that the sacrifice of Your beloved Son, Jesus, has provided the way for me to come to You. To learn more about forgiveness, see bit.ly/2F5wVhT.

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
A key element of this important text is found in verse 20: “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” Tyndale Bible Dictionary defines an ambassador as a “messenger or envoy officially representing a higher authority.” It explains that an ambassador in the Old Testament was “a messenger, envoy, or negotiator sent on a special, temporary mission as an official representative of the king, government, or authority who sent him.” This description gives us a valuable backdrop to the challenge to Paul (and to us) to be God’s ambassadors to our world. Our mission is to officially represent the highest of all possible authorities—the Creator of the universe—and to present His message to those we encounter in His name. Bill Crowder

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “See👁👁👀 my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop🛑 doubting and believe”. John 20:27. JESUS✝️💝🎁 ”Blessed are they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 which do hunger😋🤤 and thirst🚰🍶🥛 after righteousness: for they shall be filled”. Matthew 5:6. For therein is the righteousness of GOD✝️💝🎁 revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ KJV). Scar🤕😢😭😰 Stories. The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen and grabbed a glass jar, but on my hasty return, I tripped and hit the concrete patio hard. The jar smashed under my wrist and left an ugly slash that would require eighteen stitches to close. Today the scar crawls like a caterpillar🐛 across my wrist, telling the story of both wounding and healing. When JESUS✝️💝🎁 appeared to the disciples after His death, He brought His scars. John reports Thomas wanting to see “the nail marks in his hands” and JESUS✝️💝🎁 inviting Thomas to “put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side” (John 20:25, 27). In order to demonstrate He was the same JESUS✝️💝🎁, He rose from the dead with the scars of His suffering still visible. The scars of JESUS✝️💝🎁 prove Him to be the SAVIOR✝️💝🎁 and tell the story of our salvation. The pierced marks through His hands and feet and the hollow in His side reveal a story of pain inflicted, endured, and then healed—for us👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. He did it so that we might be restored to Him and made whole. Have you ever considered the story told by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s scars? SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke)—so-named because they contain many of the same events in the same order—tell us nothing about Thomas except to list him as one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15). It’s only in John’s gospel where we learn more about his interactions with JESUS✝️💝🎁 (John 11:14-16; 14:5-6; 20:24-29; 21:1-14). In John 11:16, he’s called “Thomas (also known as Didymus).” Thomas is his Hebrew✡️🕍 name; Didymus is his Greek🇬🇷🏛☦️⛎🔱 name, which means “Twin.” So some translations render his name as “Thomas, the Twin” (nlt, esv, nkjv). John presents him as a devout believer in JESUS✝️💝🎁. Because Lazarus had died, JESUS✝️💝🎁 wanted to go back into Judea for his funeral (11:14). Earlier the Jews🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍 had tried to stone JESUS✝️💝🎁 to death (10:31, 39), so it was dangerous for Him to go into Judea. Thomas showed raw devotion to CHRIST✝️💝🎁 when he urged his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with JESUS✝️💝🎁” (11:16 nlt). REFLECT & PRAY JESUS✝️💝🎁 , how I LOVE✝️💝🎁 the story Your scars tell to me—and to our world. May I learn to LOVE✝️💝🎁 You more and more through the story of Your scars. How do the SAVIOR✝️💝🎁’s scars promise healing for the wounds you’ve endured? What wounds will you bring to Him today? . . 17 For therein is the righteousness of GOD✝️💝🎁 revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ KJV) The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT October 31 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 22-23; Titus 1 Scar Stories See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe. John 20:27 READ JOHN 20:24–29 audio playLISTEN ONLINE The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen and grabbed a glass jar, but on my hasty return, I tripped and hit the concrete patio hard. The jar smashed under my wrist and left an ugly slash that would require eighteen stitches to close. Today the scar crawls like a caterpillar across my wrist, telling the story of both wounding and healing. When Jesus appeared to the disciples after His death, He brought His scars. John reports Thomas wanting to see “the nail marks in his hands” and Jesus inviting Thomas to “put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side” (John 20:25, 27). In order to demonstrate He was the same Jesus, He rose from the dead with the scars of His suffering still visible. The scars of Jesus prove Him to be the Savior and tell the story of our salvation. The pierced marks through His hands and feet and the hollow in His side reveal a story of pain inflicted, endured, and then healed—for us. He did it so that we might be restored to Him and made whole. Have you ever considered the story told by Christ’s scars? By Elisa Morgan REFLECT & PRAY Jesus, how I love the story Your scars tell to me—and to our world. May I learn to love You more and more through the story of Your scars. How do the Savior’s scars promise healing for the wounds you’ve endured? What wounds will you bring to Him today? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke)—so-named because they contain many of the same events in the same order—tell us nothing about Thomas except to list him as one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15). It’s only in John’s gospel where we learn more about his interactions with Jesus (John 11:14-16; 14:5-6; 20:24-29; 21:1-14). In John 11:16, he’s called “Thomas (also known as Didymus).” Thomas is his Hebrew name; Didymus is his Greek name, which means “Twin.” So some translations render his name as “Thomas, the Twin” (nlt, esv, nkjv). John presents him as a devout believer in Jesus. Because Lazarus had died, Jesus wanted to go back into Judea for his funeral (11:14). Earlier the Jews had tried to stone Jesus to death (10:31, 39), so it was dangerous for Him to go into Judea. Thomas showed raw devotion to Christ when he urged his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus” (11:16 nlt). K. T. Sim Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “See👁👁👀 my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop🛑 doubting and believe”. John 20:27.
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For therein is the righteousness of GOD✝️💝🎁 revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ KJV).
Scar🤕😢😭😰 Stories.
The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen and grabbed a glass jar, but on my hasty return, I tripped and hit the concrete patio hard. The jar smashed under my wrist and left an ugly slash that would require eighteen stitches to close. Today the scar crawls like a caterpillar🐛 across my wrist, telling the story of both wounding and healing.
When JESUS✝️💝🎁 appeared to the disciples after His death, He brought His scars. John reports Thomas wanting to see “the nail marks in his hands” and JESUS✝️💝🎁 inviting Thomas to “put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side” (John 20:25, 27). In order to demonstrate He was the same JESUS✝️💝🎁, He rose from the dead with the scars of His suffering still visible.
The scars of JESUS✝️💝🎁 prove Him to be the SAVIOR✝️💝🎁 and tell the story of our salvation. The pierced marks through His hands and feet and the hollow in His side reveal a story of pain inflicted, endured, and then healed—for us👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. He did it so that we might be restored to Him and made whole.
Have you ever considered the story told by CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s scars?
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke)—so-named because they contain many of the same events in the same order—tell us nothing about Thomas except to list him as one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15). It’s only in John’s gospel where we learn more about his interactions with JESUS✝️💝🎁 (John 11:14-16; 14:5-6; 20:24-29; 21:1-14). In John 11:16, he’s called “Thomas (also known as Didymus).” Thomas is his Hebrew✡️🕍 name; Didymus is his Greek🇬🇷🏛☦️⛎🔱 name, which means “Twin.” So some translations render his name as “Thomas, the Twin” (nlt, esv, nkjv). John presents him as a devout believer in JESUS✝️💝🎁. Because Lazarus had died, JESUS✝️💝🎁 wanted to go back into Judea for his funeral (11:14). Earlier the Jews🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍 had tried to stone JESUS✝️💝🎁 to death (10:31, 39), so it was dangerous for Him to go into Judea. Thomas showed raw devotion to CHRIST✝️💝🎁 when he urged his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with JESUS✝️💝🎁” (11:16 nlt).
REFLECT & PRAY
JESUS✝️💝🎁 , how I LOVE✝️💝🎁 the story Your scars tell to me—and to our world. May I learn to LOVE✝️💝🎁 You more and more through the story of Your scars.
How do the SAVIOR✝️💝🎁’s scars promise healing for the wounds you’ve endured? What wounds will you bring to Him today?
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17 For therein is the righteousness of GOD✝️💝🎁 revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ KJV) The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen…
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October 31 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 22-23; Titus 1
Scar Stories
See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.
John 20:27

READ JOHN 20:24–29

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
The butterfly flitted in and out of my mother’s panda-faced pansies. As a child, I longed to catch it. I raced from our backyard into our kitchen and grabbed a glass jar, but on my hasty return, I tripped and hit the concrete patio hard. The jar smashed under my wrist and left an ugly slash that would require eighteen stitches to close. Today the scar crawls like a caterpillar across my wrist, telling the story of both wounding and healing.
When Jesus appeared to the disciples after His death, He brought His scars. John reports Thomas wanting to see “the nail marks in his hands” and Jesus inviting Thomas to “put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side” (John 20:25, 27). In order to demonstrate He was the same Jesus, He rose from the dead with the scars of His suffering still visible.
The scars of Jesus prove Him to be the Savior and tell the story of our salvation. The pierced marks through His hands and feet and the hollow in His side reveal a story of pain inflicted, endured, and then healed—for us. He did it so that we might be restored to Him and made whole.
Have you ever considered the story told by Christ’s scars?
By Elisa Morgan
REFLECT & PRAY
Jesus, how I love the story Your scars tell to me—and to our world. May I learn to love You more and more through the story of Your scars.

How do the Savior’s scars promise healing for the wounds you’ve endured? What wounds will you bring to Him today?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke)—so-named because they contain many of the same events in the same order—tell us nothing about Thomas except to list him as one of the twelve apostles (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15). It’s only in John’s gospel where we learn more about his interactions with Jesus (John 11:14-16; 14:5-6; 20:24-29; 21:1-14). In John 11:16, he’s called “Thomas (also known as Didymus).” Thomas is his Hebrew name; Didymus is his Greek name, which means “Twin.” So some translations render his name as “Thomas, the Twin” (nlt, esv, nkjv). John presents him as a devout believer in Jesus. Because Lazarus had died, Jesus wanted to go back into Judea for his funeral (11:14). Earlier the Jews had tried to stone Jesus to death (10:31, 39), so it was dangerous for Him to go into Judea. Thomas showed raw devotion to Christ when he urged his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus” (11:16 nlt). K. T. Sim

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Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

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Mr. Bae found the promise of John 1:5 to be true: “The light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Before His arrest and crucifixion, JESUS✝️💝🎁 warned His disciples about the trouble they’d face. They would be rejected by people who “will do such things because they have not known the FATHER✝️💝🎁 or me” (16:3). But JESUS✝️💝🎁 offered words of comfort: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (v. 33). While many believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁 haven’t experienced persecution on the level of that endured by the family of Mr. Bae, we can expect to face trouble. But we don’t have to give in to discouragement or resentment. We have a Helper—the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 promised to send. We can turn to Him for guidance and comfort (v. 7). The power of GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence can hold us steady in dark times. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT JESUS✝️💝🎁 promised that His departure would be a good thing for the disciples because His leaving would initiate the coming of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, our Comforter and Advocate (John 16:7). But after the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 came, persecution would follow. The reLIE🤥gious leaders would kill 🔪🔫⚰️😵☠️💀🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️ believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁, thinking they were doing it as a service to GOD✝️💝🎁 (v. 2). JESUS✝️💝🎁 knew His disciples would need the comfort and help of the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 during those difficult days—things we need today as well. REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly🌟🌠🌃🎇🌌✨ FATHER✝️💝🎁, please protect Your children who are experiencing persecution. What trouble have you experienced as a believer in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 or witnessed others experiencing? What is your first reaction during hard times? . . 5 Now the GOD✝️💝🎁 of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 according to CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁: (‭Romans‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ KJV) In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes God’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents,… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT October 30 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 20-21; 2 Timothy 4 A Light in the Darkness In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 READ JOHN 1:5; 16:1–11, 33 audio playLISTEN ONLINE In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes God’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents, and his own family were all persecuted for sharing their faith in Christ. But an interesting thing happened when Mr. Bae was imprisoned for telling a friend about God: his faith grew. The same was true for his parents when they were sentenced to a concentration camp—they continued to share Christ’s love even there. Mr. Bae found the promise of John 1:5 to be true: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Before His arrest and crucifixion, Jesus warned His disciples about the trouble they’d face. They would be rejected by people who “will do such things because they have not known the Father or me” (16:3). But Jesus offered words of comfort: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (v. 33). While many believers in Jesus haven’t experienced persecution on the level of that endured by the family of Mr. Bae, we can expect to face trouble. But we don’t have to give in to discouragement or resentment. We have a Helper—the Holy Spirit Jesus promised to send. We can turn to Him for guidance and comfort (v. 7). The power of God’s presence can hold us steady in dark times. By Linda Washington REFLECT & PRAY Heavenly Father, please protect Your children who are experiencing persecution. What trouble have you experienced as a believer in Christ or witnessed others experiencing? What is your first reaction during hard times? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Jesus promised that His departure would be a good thing for the disciples because His leaving would initiate the coming of the Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Advocate (John 16:7). But after the Spirit came, persecution would follow. The religious leaders would kill believers in Jesus, thinking they were doing it as a service to God (v. 2). Jesus knew His disciples would need the comfort and help of the Spirit during those difficult days—things we need today as well. J.R. Hudberg Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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Now the GOD✝️💝🎁 of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another👨‍👩‍👧‍👦according to CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁: (‭Romans‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ KJV).
A Light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 in the Darkness.
In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes GOD✝️💝🎁’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents, and his own family👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 were ALL persecuted for sharing their faith in CHRIST✝️💝🎁. But an interesting thing happened when Mr. Bae was imprisoned for telling a friend about GOD✝️💝🎁: his faith grew. The same was true for his parents when they were sentenced to a concentration camp—they continued to share CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s LOVE✝️💝🎁 even there. Mr. Bae found the promise of John 1:5 to be true: “The light⚡️🌟⭐️🤩✨💫🌠🌃🔦🕯🔅🔆🌝🌞😎 shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Before His arrest and crucifixion, JESUS✝️💝🎁 warned His disciples about the trouble they’d face. They would be rejected by people who “will do such things because they have not known the FATHER✝️💝🎁 or me” (16:3). But JESUS✝️💝🎁 offered words of comfort: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (v. 33).
While many believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁 haven’t experienced persecution on the level of that endured by the family of Mr. Bae, we can expect to face trouble. But we don’t have to give in to discouragement or resentment. We have a Helper—the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁 promised to send. We can turn to Him for guidance and comfort (v. 7). The power of GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence can hold us steady in dark times.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
JESUS✝️💝🎁 promised that His departure would be a good thing for the disciples because His leaving would initiate the coming of the HOLY✝️💝🎁 SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁, our Comforter and Advocate (John 16:7). But after the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 came, persecution would follow. The reLIE🤥gious leaders would kill 🔪🔫⚰️😵☠️💀🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️ believers in JESUS✝️💝🎁, thinking they were doing it as a service to GOD✝️💝🎁 (v. 2). JESUS✝️💝🎁 knew His disciples would need the comfort and help of the SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁 during those difficult days—things we need today as well.
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly🌟🌠🌃🎇🌌✨ FATHER✝️💝🎁, please protect Your children who are experiencing persecution.
What trouble have you experienced as a believer in CHRIST✝️💝🎁 or witnessed others experiencing? What is your first reaction during hard times?
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5 Now the GOD✝️💝🎁 of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 according to CHRIST✝️💝🎁 JESUS✝️💝🎁: (‭Romans‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ KJV)
In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes God’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents,…
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October 30 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 20-21; 2 Timothy 4
A Light in the Darkness
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16:33

READ JOHN 1:5; 16:1–11, 33

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In These Are the Generations, Mr. Bae describes God’s faithfulness and the power of the gospel to penetrate the darkness. His grandfather, parents, and his own family were all persecuted for sharing their faith in Christ. But an interesting thing happened when Mr. Bae was imprisoned for telling a friend about God: his faith grew. The same was true for his parents when they were sentenced to a concentration camp—they continued to share Christ’s love even there. Mr. Bae found the promise of John 1:5 to be true: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
Before His arrest and crucifixion, Jesus warned His disciples about the trouble they’d face. They would be rejected by people who “will do such things because they have not known the Father or me” (16:3). But Jesus offered words of comfort: “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (v. 33).
While many believers in Jesus haven’t experienced persecution on the level of that endured by the family of Mr. Bae, we can expect to face trouble. But we don’t have to give in to discouragement or resentment. We have a Helper—the Holy Spirit Jesus promised to send. We can turn to Him for guidance and comfort (v. 7). The power of God’s presence can hold us steady in dark times.
By Linda Washington
REFLECT & PRAY
Heavenly Father, please protect Your children who are experiencing persecution.

What trouble have you experienced as a believer in Christ or witnessed others experiencing? What is your first reaction during hard times?

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SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Jesus promised that His departure would be a good thing for the disciples because His leaving would initiate the coming of the Holy Spirit, our Comforter and Advocate (John 16:7). But after the Spirit came, persecution would follow. The religious leaders would kill believers in Jesus, thinking they were doing it as a service to God (v. 2). Jesus knew His disciples would need the comfort and help of the Spirit during those difficult days—things we need today as well. J.R. Hudberg

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – But now, O LORD✝️💝🎁, thou art our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FATHER✝️💝🎁; we are the clay🧱, and Thou our Potter⚱️; and we ALL are the work of Thy hand. Isaiah 64:8. A Road🛣 Not Traveled🏎🚗🚘🚕. I (GOD✝️💝🎁) will lead the blind🙈 by ways they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 have not known💁🏿‍♀️🤔🤨💭🧠🙇🏿‍♂️, along unfamiliar paths🛤 I will guide them. Isaiah 42:16. People👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ask❓🗣 me if I have a five-year plan. How can I plan five years “down the road” on a road I’ve never traveled? I think back to the 1960s when I was a minister to students at Stanford University. I’d been a physical education major in college and had a lot of fun, but I left no record of being a scholar. I felt wholly inadequate in my new position. Most days I wandered around the campus, a blind man groping in the darkness, asking GOD✝️💝🎁 to show me what to do. One day a student “out of the blue” asked me to lead a Bible study in his fraternity. It was a beginning. GOD✝️💝🎁 doesn’t stand at a juncture and point the way: He’s a guide, not a signpost. He walks with us, leading us down paths we never envisioned. All we have to do is walk alongside Him. The path won’t be easy; there’ll be “rough places” along the way. But GOD✝️💝🎁 has promised that He will “turn the darkness into light” and “will not forsake” us (Isaiah 42:16). He’ll be with us all the way. Paul said that GOD✝️💝🎁 is “able to do immeasurably more than ALL we ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20). We can scheme and envision, but our LORD✝️💝🎁’s imagination far transcends our plans. We must hold them loosely and see what GOD✝️💝🎁 has in mind. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Isaiah 42:1-9, GOD✝️💝🎁 speaks of “my servant,” the first of four prophecies in Isaiah (42:1-9; 49:1-13; 50:4-11; 52:13-53:12) known as the “Servant Songs.” The servant first refers to the nation Israel🇮🇱✡️ (Isaiah 41:8; 49:3) and also prophetically to JESUS✝️💝🎁 (Matthew 12:17-20). After telling us of the servant’s mission and compassion (Isaiah 42:1-9), the prophet gives us “a new song” (v. 10), inviting us to “rejoice . . . [and] give glory to the LORD✝️💝🎁” (vv. 11-12) for His salvation. . . Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD✝️💝🎁, thou art our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FATHER✝️💝🎁; we are the clay🧱, and Thou our Potter⚱️; and we ALL are the work of Thy hand. | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – But now, O LORD✝️💝🎁, thou art our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FATHER✝️💝🎁; we are the clay🧱, and Thou our Potter⚱️; and we ALL are the work of Thy hand. Isaiah 64:8. 
A Road🛣 Not Traveled🏎🚗🚘🚕. 
I (GOD✝️💝🎁) will lead the blind🙈 by ways they👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 have not known💁🏿‍♀️🤔🤨💭🧠🙇🏿‍♂️, along unfamiliar paths🛤 I will guide them. Isaiah 42:16. 
People👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ask❓🗣 me if I have a five-year plan. How can I plan five years “down the road” on a road I’ve never traveled?
I think back to the 1960s when I was a minister to students at Stanford University. I’d been a physical education major in college and had a lot of fun, but I left no record of being a scholar. I felt wholly inadequate in my new position. Most days I wandered around the campus, a blind man groping in the darkness, asking GOD✝️💝🎁 to show me what to do. One day a student “out of the blue” asked me to lead a Bible study in his fraternity. It was a beginning.
GOD✝️💝🎁 doesn’t stand at a juncture and point the way: He’s a guide, not a signpost. He walks with us, leading us down paths we never envisioned. All we have to do is walk alongside Him.
The path won’t be easy; there’ll be “rough places” along the way. But GOD✝️💝🎁 has promised that He will “turn the darkness into light” and “will not forsake” us (Isaiah 42:16). He’ll be with us all the way.
Paul said that GOD✝️💝🎁 is “able to do immeasurably more than ALL we ask or imagine” (Ephesians 3:20). We can scheme and envision, but our LORD✝️💝🎁’s imagination far transcends our plans. We must hold them loosely and see what GOD✝️💝🎁 has in mind. 
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Isaiah 42:1-9, GOD✝️💝🎁 speaks of “my servant,” the first of four prophecies in Isaiah (42:1-9; 49:1-13; 50:4-11; 52:13-53:12) known as the “Servant Songs.” The servant first refers to the nation Israel🇮🇱✡️ (Isaiah 41:8; 49:3) and also prophetically to JESUS✝️💝🎁 (Matthew 12:17-20). After telling us of the servant’s mission and compassion (Isaiah 42:1-9), the prophet gives us “a new song” (v. 10), inviting us to “rejoice . . . [and] give glory to the LORD✝️💝🎁” (vv. 11-12) for His salvation. 

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Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD✝️💝🎁, thou art our👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FATHER✝️💝🎁; we are the clay🧱, and Thou our Potter⚱️; and we ALL are the work of Thy hand. | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now
















My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – I beseech you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 therefore, brethren, by the mercies of GOD✝️💝🎁, that ye present🎁💝 your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto GOD✝️💝🎁, which is your reasonable service. (‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ KJV). Walk🚶🏿‍♂️ Like a Warrior💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️🗡🔪⚔️🛡. When the Angel😇 of the LORD✝️💝🎁 (JESUS✝️💝🎁) appeared to Gideon, He said, “The LORD✝️💝🎁 is with you, mighty warrior💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️🗡🔪⚔️🛡.” Judges 6:12. Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about JESUS✝️💝🎁 on social media, even though bullies have criticized her JOY😂😹 and enthusiastic LOVE✝️💝🎁 for CHRIST✝️💝🎁. Some have attacked her with remarks about her physical appearance. Others have suggested a lack of intelligence because of her devotion to GOD✝️💝🎁. Though the unkind words cut deep into Emma’s heart, she continues to spread the gospel with bold faith and LOVE✝️💝🎁 for JESUS✝️💝🎁 and others. Sometimes, though, she’s tempted to believe her identity and worth are determined by the criticism of others. When that happens, she asks GOD✝️💝🎁 for help, prays for her persecutors, meditates on the words of Scripture, and perseveres with SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁-empowered courage and confidence. Gideon faced fierce tormentors—the Midianites (Judges 6:1-10). Though GOD✝️💝🎁 called him a “mighty warrior💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️🗡🔪⚔️🛡,” Gideon struggled to let go of his doubt, self-imposed limitations, and insecurities (vv. 11-15). On more than one occasion, he questioned the LORD✝️💝🎁’s presence and his own qualifications, but eventually surrendered in faith. When we trust GOD✝️💝🎁, we can live like we believe what He says about us is true. Even when persecution tempts us to doubt our identity, our LOVE✝️💝🎁ing FATHER✝️💝🎁 confirms His presence and fights on our behalf. He affirms we can walk like mighty warriors armed with His absolute LOVE✝️💝🎁, guarded by His endless grace, and secured in His reliable truth. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When the Israelites🇮🇱✡️ cried out to GOD✝️💝🎁 for help after years of ignoring Him (Judges 6:6), He sent a prophet who told them exactly what was wrong (vv. 7-10). Then GOD✝️💝🎁 began to work, but Gideon had no idea what was happening. The story simply says, “The Angel😇 of the LORD✝️💝🎁 (JESUS✝️💝🎁) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah” (v. 11). Gideon asked the Angel😇, “Where are ALL [GOD✝️💝🎁’s] wonders that our ancestors told us about?” (v. 13). Only when fire consumed Gideon’s offering (v. 21) did he sense GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence (v. 22). Despite this miraculous display, Gideon needed even more assurance from Him (vv. 36-40) before leading his tiny band against the enemy (ch. 7). REFLECT & PRAY GOD✝️💝🎁, please help us recall Your LOVE✝️💝🎁 and respond in grace every time someone tempts us to doubt our value or question our unique roles. Which verses help you remain steadfast when you’re tempted to doubt your identity and worth? What can you do to combat verbal attacks? . . 1 I beseech you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 therefore, brethren, by the mercies of GOD✝️💝🎁, that ye present🎁💝 your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto GOD✝️💝🎁, which is your reasonable service. (‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ KJV) Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about Jesus on social media, even though bullies have criticized her joy and enthusiastic love for Christ…. Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT October 28 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 15-17; 2 Timothy 2 Walk Like a Warrior When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Judges 6:12 READ JUDGES 6:1, 11–16 audio playLISTEN ONLINE Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about Jesus on social media, even though bullies have criticized her joy and enthusiastic love for Christ. Some have attacked her with remarks about her physical appearance. Others have suggested a lack of intelligence because of her devotion to God. Though the unkind words cut deep into Emma’s heart, she continues to spread the gospel with bold faith and love for Jesus and others. Sometimes, though, she’s tempted to believe her identity and worth are determined by the criticism of others. When that happens, she asks God for help, prays for her persecutors, meditates on the words of Scripture, and perseveres with Spirit-empowered courage and confidence. Gideon faced fierce tormentors—the Midianites (Judges 6:1-10). Though God called him a “mighty warrior,” Gideon struggled to let go of his doubt, self-imposed limitations, and insecurities (vv. 11-15). On more than one occasion, he questioned the Lord’s presence and his own qualifications, but eventually surrendered in faith. When we trust God, we can live like we believe what He says about us is true. Even when persecution tempts us to doubt our identity, our loving Father confirms His presence and fights on our behalf. He affirms we can walk like mighty warriors armed with His absolute love, guarded by His endless grace, and secured in His reliable truth. By Xochitl Dixon REFLECT & PRAY God, please help us recall Your love and respond in grace every time someone tempts us to doubt our value or question our unique roles. Which verses help you remain steadfast when you’re tempted to doubt your identity and worth? What can you do to combat verbal attacks? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT When the Israelites cried out to God for help after years of ignoring Him (Judges 6:6), He sent a prophet who told them exactly what was wrong (vv. 7-10). Then God began to work, but Gideon had no idea what was happening. The story simply says, “The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah” (v. 11). Gideon asked the angel, “Where are all [God’s] wonders that our ancestors told us about?” (v. 13). Only when fire consumed Gideon’s offering (v. 21) did he sense God’s presence (v. 22). Despite this miraculous display, Gideon needed even more assurance from Him (vv. 36-40) before leading his tiny band against the enemy (ch. 7). Tim Gustafson Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – I beseech you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 therefore, brethren, by the mercies of GOD✝️💝🎁, that ye present🎁💝 your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto GOD✝️💝🎁, which is your reasonable service. (‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ KJV).
Walk🚶🏿‍♂️ Like a Warrior💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️🗡🔪⚔️🛡.
When the Angel😇 of the LORD✝️💝🎁 (JESUS✝️💝🎁) appeared to Gideon, He said, “The LORD✝️💝🎁 is with you, mighty warrior💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️🗡🔪⚔️🛡.” Judges 6:12.
Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about JESUS✝️💝🎁 on social media, even though bullies have criticized her JOY😂😹 and enthusiastic LOVE✝️💝🎁 for CHRIST✝️💝🎁. Some have attacked her with remarks about her physical appearance. Others have suggested a lack of intelligence because of her devotion to GOD✝️💝🎁. Though the unkind words cut deep into Emma’s heart, she continues to spread the gospel with bold faith and LOVE✝️💝🎁 for JESUS✝️💝🎁 and others. Sometimes, though, she’s tempted to believe her identity and worth are determined by the criticism of others. When that happens, she asks GOD✝️💝🎁 for help, prays for her persecutors, meditates on the words of Scripture, and perseveres with SPIRIT✝️🕊💝🎁-empowered courage and confidence.
Gideon faced fierce tormentors—the Midianites (Judges 6:1-10). Though GOD✝️💝🎁 called him a “mighty warrior💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️🗡🔪⚔️🛡,” Gideon struggled to let go of his doubt, self-imposed limitations, and insecurities (vv. 11-15). On more than one occasion, he questioned the LORD✝️💝🎁’s presence and his own qualifications, but eventually surrendered in faith.
When we trust GOD✝️💝🎁, we can live like we believe what He says about us is true. Even when persecution tempts us to doubt our identity, our LOVE✝️💝🎁ing FATHER✝️💝🎁 confirms His presence and fights on our behalf. He affirms we can walk like mighty warriors armed with His absolute LOVE✝️💝🎁, guarded by His endless grace, and secured in His reliable truth.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When the Israelites🇮🇱✡️ cried out to GOD✝️💝🎁 for help after years of ignoring Him (Judges 6:6), He sent a prophet who told them exactly what was wrong (vv. 7-10). Then GOD✝️💝🎁 began to work, but Gideon had no idea what was happening. The story simply says, “The Angel😇 of the LORD✝️💝🎁 (JESUS✝️💝🎁) came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah” (v. 11). Gideon asked the Angel😇, “Where are ALL [GOD✝️💝🎁’s] wonders that our ancestors told us about?” (v. 13). Only when fire consumed Gideon’s offering (v. 21) did he sense GOD✝️💝🎁’s presence (v. 22). Despite this miraculous display, Gideon needed even more assurance from Him (vv. 36-40) before leading his tiny band against the enemy (ch. 7).
REFLECT & PRAY
GOD✝️💝🎁, please help us recall Your LOVE✝️💝🎁 and respond in grace every time someone tempts us to doubt our value or question our unique roles.
Which verses help you remain steadfast when you’re tempted to doubt your identity and worth? What can you do to combat verbal attacks?
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1 I beseech you👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 therefore, brethren, by the mercies of GOD✝️💝🎁, that ye present🎁💝 your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto GOD✝️💝🎁, which is your reasonable service. (‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬ KJV)
Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about Jesus on social media, even though bullies have criticized her joy and enthusiastic love for Christ….
Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT

October 28 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 15-17; 2 Timothy 2
Walk Like a Warrior
When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”
Judges 6:12

READ JUDGES 6:1, 11–16

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
Eighteen-year-old Emma faithfully talks about Jesus on social media, even though bullies have criticized her joy and enthusiastic love for Christ. Some have attacked her with remarks about her physical appearance. Others have suggested a lack of intelligence because of her devotion to God. Though the unkind words cut deep into Emma’s heart, she continues to spread the gospel with bold faith and love for Jesus and others. Sometimes, though, she’s tempted to believe her identity and worth are determined by the criticism of others. When that happens, she asks God for help, prays for her persecutors, meditates on the words of Scripture, and perseveres with Spirit-empowered courage and confidence.
Gideon faced fierce tormentors—the Midianites (Judges 6:1-10). Though God called him a “mighty warrior,” Gideon struggled to let go of his doubt, self-imposed limitations, and insecurities (vv. 11-15). On more than one occasion, he questioned the Lord’s presence and his own qualifications, but eventually surrendered in faith.
When we trust God, we can live like we believe what He says about us is true. Even when persecution tempts us to doubt our identity, our loving Father confirms His presence and fights on our behalf. He affirms we can walk like mighty warriors armed with His absolute love, guarded by His endless grace, and secured in His reliable truth.
By Xochitl Dixon
REFLECT & PRAY
God, please help us recall Your love and respond in grace every time someone tempts us to doubt our value or question our unique roles.

Which verses help you remain steadfast when you’re tempted to doubt your identity and worth? What can you do to combat verbal attacks?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
When the Israelites cried out to God for help after years of ignoring Him (Judges 6:6), He sent a prophet who told them exactly what was wrong (vv. 7-10). Then God began to work, but Gideon had no idea what was happening. The story simply says, “The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah” (v. 11). Gideon asked the angel, “Where are all [God’s] wonders that our ancestors told us about?” (v. 13). Only when fire consumed Gideon’s offering (v. 21) did he sense God’s presence (v. 22). Despite this miraculous display, Gideon needed even more assurance from Him (vv. 36-40) before leading his tiny band against the enemy (ch. 7). Tim Gustafson

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “I have not come to call📞☎️📟📲🤙🏿 the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17. JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep🐑 in the midst of wolves🐺🦊: be ye therefore wise🦉🧠🧐🤓💡🤔🙇🏿‍♂️ as serpents🐍, and harmless as doves🕊🐦”. Matthew 10:16. Join🤝 the Street🛣 Team👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with medicine⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 to treat their addiction. The program began in response to the rising number of homeless who are injecting. Customarily, doctors wait for patients to come to a clinic. By taking medical⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 care to the afflicted instead, patients don’t have to overcome the challenges of transportation or needing to remember the appointment. The health workers’ willingness to go to those in need of care reminds me of the way JESUS✝️💝🎁has come to us in our need. In His ministry, JESUS✝️💝🎁 sought out those who the reLIE🤥gious elite were quick to ignore: He ate with “sinners and tax collectors” (Mark 2:16). When asked why He would do that, JESUS✝️💝🎁 replied, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” (v. 17). He went on to say that His intention was to call sinners, not the righteous, into relationship with Him. When we realize that we’re ALL “sick” and in need of a doctor (Romans 3:10), we can better appreciate JESUS✝️💝🎁’s willingness to eat with the “sinners and tax collectors”—us. In turn, like the health care workers in San Francisco, JESUS✝️💝🎁 appointed us as His “street🛣 team👨‍👩‍👧‍👦” to take His saving message to others in need. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Tax collectors were despised and hated by the Jews🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍 because they were regarded as mercenaries and traitors who worked for the hated Roman🇮🇹🇻🇦 conquerors who subjugated them. They also collected more than what was legally mandated, pocketing the excess and dishonestly enriching themselves at the expense of their own people (Luke 3:13-14). The term “sinners” was used to describe the notoriously wicked—reprobates who rejected GOD✝️💝🎁’s law. The Pharisees also used “sinners” to include anyone who didn’t meticulously maintain ceremonial purity or follow their rigid standards. Tax collectors were deliberately lumped together with sinners to show how degenerate and wicked the tax collectors were. JESUS✝️💝🎁 was invited to dine with ALL sorts of people, even with the Pharisees (Luke 7:36; 11:37; 14:1). But He ate so often with social and reLIE🤥gious outcasts—considered to be the scum of society—that He earned the reputation of being “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matthew 11:19). REFLECT & PRAY Thank You, JESUS✝️💝🎁 , for meeting me in my condition. How did JESUS✝️💝🎁 seek you out? To whom can you take the medicine⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 of JESUS✝️💝🎁 ? . . JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep🐑 in the midst of wolves🐺🦊: be ye therefore wise🦉🧠🧐🤓💡🤔🙇🏿‍♂️ as serpents🐍, and harmless as doves🕊🐦”. Matthew 10:16. https://www.bible.com/bible/1/mat.10.16.kjv | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT October 27 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 12-14; 2 Timothy 1 Join the Street Team I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. Mark 2:17 READ MARK 2:13–17 audio playLISTEN ONLINE City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with medicine to treat their addiction. The program began in response to the rising number of homeless who are injecting. Customarily, doctors wait for patients to come to a clinic. By taking medical care to the afflicted instead, patients don’t have to overcome the challenges of transportation or needing to remember the appointment. The health workers’ willingness to go to those in need of care reminds me of the way Jesus has come to us in our need. In His ministry, Jesus sought out those who the religious elite were quick to ignore: He ate with “sinners and tax collectors” (Mark 2:16). When asked why He would do that, Jesus replied, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” (v. 17). He went on to say that His intention was to call sinners, not the righteous, into relationship with Him. When we realize that we’re all “sick” and in need of a doctor (Romans 3:10), we can better appreciate Jesus’s willingness to eat with the “sinners and tax collectors”—us. In turn, like the health care workers in San Francisco, Jesus appointed us as His “street team” to take His saving message to others in need. By Kirsten Holmberg REFLECT & PRAY Thank You, Jesus, for meeting me in my condition. How did Jesus seek you out? To whom can you take the medicine of Jesus? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT Tax collectors were despised and hated by the Jews because they were regarded as mercenaries and traitors who worked for the hated Roman conquerors who subjugated them. They also collected more than what was legally mandated, pocketing the excess and dishonestly enriching themselves at the expense of their own people (Luke 3:13-14). The term “sinners” was used to describe the notoriously wicked—reprobates who rejected God’s law. The Pharisees also used “sinners” to include anyone who didn’t meticulously maintain ceremonial purity or follow their rigid standards. Tax collectors were deliberately lumped together with sinners to show how degenerate and wicked the tax collectors were. Jesus was invited to dine with all sorts of people, even with the Pharisees (Luke 7:36; 11:37; 14:1). But He ate so often with social and religious outcasts—considered to be the scum of society—that He earned the reputation of being “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matthew 11:19). K. T. Sim Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

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Join🤝 the Street🛣 Team👨‍👩‍👧‍👦.
City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with medicine⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 to treat their addiction. The program began in response to the rising number of homeless who are injecting. Customarily, doctors wait for patients to come to a clinic. By taking medical⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 care to the afflicted instead, patients don’t have to overcome the challenges of transportation or needing to remember the appointment.
The health workers’ willingness to go to those in need of care reminds me of the way JESUS✝️💝🎁has come to us in our need. In His ministry, JESUS✝️💝🎁 sought out those who the reLIE🤥gious elite were quick to ignore: He ate with “sinners and tax collectors” (Mark 2:16). When asked why He would do that, JESUS✝️💝🎁 replied, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” (v. 17). He went on to say that His intention was to call sinners, not the righteous, into relationship with Him.
When we realize that we’re ALL “sick” and in need of a doctor (Romans 3:10), we can better appreciate JESUS✝️💝🎁’s willingness to eat with the “sinners and tax collectors”—us. In turn, like the health care workers in San Francisco, JESUS✝️💝🎁 appointed us as His “street🛣 team👨‍👩‍👧‍👦” to take His saving message to others in need.
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Tax collectors were despised and hated by the Jews🇮🇱🕎🔯✡️🕍 because they were regarded as mercenaries and traitors who worked for the hated Roman🇮🇹🇻🇦 conquerors who subjugated them. They also collected more than what was legally mandated, pocketing the excess and dishonestly enriching themselves at the expense of their own people (Luke 3:13-14). The term “sinners” was used to describe the notoriously wicked—reprobates who rejected GOD✝️💝🎁’s law. The Pharisees also used “sinners” to include anyone who didn’t meticulously maintain ceremonial purity or follow their rigid standards. Tax collectors were deliberately lumped together with sinners to show how degenerate and wicked the tax collectors were. JESUS✝️💝🎁 was invited to dine with ALL sorts of people, even with the Pharisees (Luke 7:36; 11:37; 14:1). But He ate so often with social and reLIE🤥gious outcasts—considered to be the scum of society—that He earned the reputation of being “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matthew 11:19).
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You, JESUS✝️💝🎁 , for meeting me in my condition.
How did JESUS✝️💝🎁 seek you out? To whom can you take the medicine⛑🏥🚑🤕💊💉🌿🏩 of JESUS✝️💝🎁 ?
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JESUS✝️💝🎁 “Behold, I send you forth as sheep🐑 in the midst of wolves🐺🦊: be ye therefore wise🦉🧠🧐🤓💡🤔🙇🏿‍♂️ as serpents🐍, and harmless as doves🕊🐦”. Matthew 10:16. https://www.bible.com/bible/1/mat.10.16.kjv
| King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now
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I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Mark 2:17

READ MARK 2:13–17

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City health workers in San Francisco are taking medical care to the streets to supply the homeless who are suffering from opioid addiction with medicine to treat their addiction. The program began in response to the rising number of homeless who are injecting. Customarily, doctors wait for patients to come to a clinic. By taking medical care to the afflicted instead, patients don’t have to overcome the challenges of transportation or needing to remember the appointment.
The health workers’ willingness to go to those in need of care reminds me of the way Jesus has come to us in our need. In His ministry, Jesus sought out those who the religious elite were quick to ignore: He ate with “sinners and tax collectors” (Mark 2:16). When asked why He would do that, Jesus replied, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” (v. 17). He went on to say that His intention was to call sinners, not the righteous, into relationship with Him.
When we realize that we’re all “sick” and in need of a doctor (Romans 3:10), we can better appreciate Jesus’s willingness to eat with the “sinners and tax collectors”—us. In turn, like the health care workers in San Francisco, Jesus appointed us as His “street team” to take His saving message to others in need.
By Kirsten Holmberg
REFLECT & PRAY
Thank You, Jesus, for meeting me in my condition.

How did Jesus seek you out? To whom can you take the medicine of Jesus?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Tax collectors were despised and hated by the Jews because they were regarded as mercenaries and traitors who worked for the hated Roman conquerors who subjugated them. They also collected more than what was legally mandated, pocketing the excess and dishonestly enriching themselves at the expense of their own people (Luke 3:13-14). The term “sinners” was used to describe the notoriously wicked—reprobates who rejected God’s law. The Pharisees also used “sinners” to include anyone who didn’t meticulously maintain ceremonial purity or follow their rigid standards. Tax collectors were deliberately lumped together with sinners to show how degenerate and wicked the tax collectors were. Jesus was invited to dine with all sorts of people, even with the Pharisees (Luke 7:36; 11:37; 14:1). But He ate so often with social and religious outcasts—considered to be the scum of society—that He earned the reputation of being “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matthew 11:19). K. T. Sim

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My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “The seed🍉 sprouts🌱 and grows, though he does not know💁‍♂️🤔🤨🧐💭🙇‍♂️ how.” Mark 4:27. Watch🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎👁👀👁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️. Let ALL your things be done with charity(LOVE✝️💝🎁). 1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:13-14. Seeds🍉🌱 of Grace. For nearly four decades, a man in India🇮🇳 has worked to bring a scorched, sandy wasteland back to life. Seeing how erosion and changing ecosystems had destroyed the river🌊🏞 island🏝🗾🌴 he LOVE✝️💝🎁d, he began to plant one tree at a time, bamboo then cotton. Now, lush forests and abundant wildlife fill more than 1,300 acres. However, the man insists the rebirth was not something he made happen. Acknowledging the amazing way the natural world is designed, he marvels at how seeds are carried to fertile ground by the wind. Birds and animals participate in sowing them as well, and rivers also contribute in helping plants and trees flourish. Creation works in ways we can’t comprehend or control. According to JESUS✝️💝🎁, this same principle applies to the KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom of GOD✝️💝🎁. “This is what the KING👑🦁🤴🏿domof GOD✝️💝🎁 is like,” JESUS✝️💝🎁 said. “A man scatters seed on the ground . . . the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how” (Mark 4:26-27). GOD✝️💝🎁 brings life and healing into the world as pure gifts, without our manipulation. We do whatever GOD✝️💝🎁 asks us of us, and then we watch life emerge. We know that everything flows from His grace. It’s tempting to believe we’re responsible to change someone’s heart or ensure results for our faithful efforts. However, we need not live under that exhausting pressure. GOD✝️💝🎁 makes ALL our seeds🍉 grow🌱. It’s ALL grace. SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Mark 4 (see also Matthew 13:1-3; Luke 5:1-3), Mark tells us the crowd that gathered to hear JESUS✝️💝🎁 speak was so large that He climbed into a boat to teach them. Why do that? Because sound travels farther on the water. And on the shores of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret (also called Sea of Tiberias) near Capernaum is a naturally formed amphitheater. It slopes downward to the sea on an inlet or bay—today called the Bay of Parables—where a crowd of thousands could have comfortably sat and where the acoustics would have made it easy for the people to hear CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s words. To learn more about the geography of the biblical land visit https://christianuniversity.org/courses/biblical-geography-basics/ REFLECT & PRAY GOD✝️💝🎁 continues to grow His KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom by His grace. When are you tempted to think it’s your job to make things happen or grow? Why is it vital for you to trust GOD✝️💝🎁’s grace rather than your own effort? . . “Watch🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎👁👀👁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️. Let ALL your things be done with charity(LOVE✝️💝🎁).” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:13-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1co.16.13-14.kjv For nearly four decades, a man in India has worked to bring a scorched, sandy wasteland back to life. Seeing how erosion and changing ecosystems had… Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT October 26 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 9-11; 1 Timothy 6 Seeds of Grace The seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. Mark 4:27 READ MARK 4:26–29 audio playLISTEN ONLINE For nearly four decades, a man in India has worked to bring a scorched, sandy wasteland back to life. Seeing how erosion and changing ecosystems had destroyed the river island he loved, he began to plant one tree at a time, bamboo then cotton. Now, lush forests and abundant wildlife fill more than 1,300 acres. However, the man insists the rebirth was not something he made happen. Acknowledging the amazing way the natural world is designed, he marvels at how seeds are carried to fertile ground by the wind. Birds and animals participate in sowing them as well, and rivers also contribute in helping plants and trees flourish. Creation works in ways we can’t comprehend or control. According to Jesus, this same principle applies to the kingdom of God. “This is what the kingdom of God is like,” Jesus said. “A man scatters seed on the ground . . . the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how” (Mark 4:26-27). God brings life and healing into the world as pure gifts, without our manipulation. We do whatever God asks us of us, and then we watch life emerge. We know that everything flows from His grace. It’s tempting to believe we’re responsible to change someone’s heart or ensure results for our faithful efforts. However, we need not live under that exhausting pressure. God makes all our seeds grow. It’s all grace. By Winn Collier REFLECT & PRAY God continues to grow His kingdom by His grace. When are you tempted to think it’s your job to make things happen or grow? Why is it vital for you to trust God’s grace rather than your own effort? Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day. SUPPORT SCRIPTURE INSIGHT In Mark 4 (see also Matthew 13:1-3; Luke 5:1-3), Mark tells us the crowd that gathered to hear Jesus speak was so large that He climbed into a boat to teach them. Why do that? Because sound travels farther on the water. And on the shores of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret (also called Sea of Tiberias) near Capernaum is a naturally formed amphitheater. It slopes downward to the sea on an inlet or bay—today called the Bay of Parables—where a crowd of thousands could have comfortably sat and where the acoustics would have made it easy for the people to hear Christ’s words. To learn more about the geography of the biblical land visit christianuniversity.org/NT110. Alyson Kieda Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all. Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Manage Your Subscription. About Us Contact Us

My Daily Bread 🍞✝️📖 – JESUS✝️💝🎁 “The seed🍉 sprouts🌱 and grows, though he does not know💁‍♂️🤔🤨🧐💭🙇‍♂️ how.” Mark 4:27.
Watch🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎👁👀👁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️. Let ALL your things be done with charity(LOVE✝️💝🎁). 1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:13-14.
Seeds🍉🌱 of Grace.
For nearly four decades, a man in India🇮🇳 has worked to bring a scorched, sandy wasteland back to life. Seeing how erosion and changing ecosystems had destroyed the river🌊🏞 island🏝🗾🌴 he LOVE✝️💝🎁d, he began to plant one tree at a time, bamboo then cotton. Now, lush forests and abundant wildlife fill more than 1,300 acres. However, the man insists the rebirth was not something he made happen. Acknowledging the amazing way the natural world is designed, he marvels at how seeds are carried to fertile ground by the wind. Birds and animals participate in sowing them as well, and rivers also contribute in helping plants and trees flourish.
Creation works in ways we can’t comprehend or control. According to JESUS✝️💝🎁, this same principle applies to the KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom of GOD✝️💝🎁. “This is what the KING👑🦁🤴🏿domof GOD✝️💝🎁 is like,” JESUS✝️💝🎁 said. “A man scatters seed on the ground . . . the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how” (Mark 4:26-27). GOD✝️💝🎁 brings life and healing into the world as pure gifts, without our manipulation. We do whatever GOD✝️💝🎁 asks us of us, and then we watch life emerge. We know that everything flows from His grace.
It’s tempting to believe we’re responsible to change someone’s heart or ensure results for our faithful efforts. However, we need not live under that exhausting pressure. GOD✝️💝🎁 makes ALL our seeds🍉 grow🌱. It’s ALL grace.
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Mark 4 (see also Matthew 13:1-3; Luke 5:1-3), Mark tells us the crowd that gathered to hear JESUS✝️💝🎁 speak was so large that He climbed into a boat to teach them. Why do that? Because sound travels farther on the water. And on the shores of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret (also called Sea of Tiberias) near Capernaum is a naturally formed amphitheater. It slopes downward to the sea on an inlet or bay—today called the Bay of Parables—where a crowd of thousands could have comfortably sat and where the acoustics would have made it easy for the people to hear CHRIST✝️💝🎁’s words.
To learn more about the geography of the biblical land visit https://christianuniversity.org/courses/biblical-geography-basics/
REFLECT & PRAY
GOD✝️💝🎁 continues to grow His KING👑🦁🤴🏿dom by His grace.
When are you tempted to think it’s your job to make things happen or grow? Why is it vital for you to trust GOD✝️💝🎁’s grace rather than your own effort?
.

.
“Watch🕵️🏿‍♂️🔎👁👀👁 ye👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong💪🏿🏋️🏿‍♂️. Let ALL your things be done with charity(LOVE✝️💝🎁).”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:13-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://www.bible.com/bible/1/1co.16.13-14.kjv
For nearly four decades, a man in India has worked to bring a scorched, sandy wasteland back to life. Seeing how erosion and changing ecosystems had…
Our Daily Bread MinistriesSUPPORT

October 26 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 9-11; 1 Timothy 6
Seeds of Grace
The seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
Mark 4:27

READ MARK 4:26–29

audio playLISTEN ONLINE
For nearly four decades, a man in India has worked to bring a scorched, sandy wasteland back to life. Seeing how erosion and changing ecosystems had destroyed the river island he loved, he began to plant one tree at a time, bamboo then cotton. Now, lush forests and abundant wildlife fill more than 1,300 acres. However, the man insists the rebirth was not something he made happen. Acknowledging the amazing way the natural world is designed, he marvels at how seeds are carried to fertile ground by the wind. Birds and animals participate in sowing them as well, and rivers also contribute in helping plants and trees flourish.
Creation works in ways we can’t comprehend or control. According to Jesus, this same principle applies to the kingdom of God. “This is what the kingdom of God is like,” Jesus said. “A man scatters seed on the ground . . . the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how” (Mark 4:26-27). God brings life and healing into the world as pure gifts, without our manipulation. We do whatever God asks us of us, and then we watch life emerge. We know that everything flows from His grace.
It’s tempting to believe we’re responsible to change someone’s heart or ensure results for our faithful efforts. However, we need not live under that exhausting pressure. God makes all our seeds grow. It’s all grace.
By Winn Collier
REFLECT & PRAY
God continues to grow His kingdom by His grace.

When are you tempted to think it’s your job to make things happen or grow? Why is it vital for you to trust God’s grace rather than your own effort?

Your gift changes lives. Help us share God’s love with millions every day.

SUPPORT

SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
In Mark 4 (see also Matthew 13:1-3; Luke 5:1-3), Mark tells us the crowd that gathered to hear Jesus speak was so large that He climbed into a boat to teach them. Why do that? Because sound travels farther on the water. And on the shores of the Sea of Galilee or Lake of Gennesaret (also called Sea of Tiberias) near Capernaum is a naturally formed amphitheater. It slopes downward to the sea on an inlet or bay—today called the Bay of Parables—where a crowd of thousands could have comfortably sat and where the acoustics would have made it easy for the people to hear Christ’s words.

To learn more about the geography of the biblical land visit christianuniversity.org/NT110. Alyson Kieda

Our Daily Bread Ministries Link on Facebook on Instagramon Twitter
Our mission is to make the life-changing wisdom of the Bible understandable and accessible to all.

Copyright © 2018, Our Daily Bread Ministries

Our Daily Bread Ministries | 3000 Kraft Ave | Grand Rapids, MI 49512

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