Our Daily Bread Devotional For February 5, 2023 : Topic – I Can Only Imagine Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 36–38 Matthew 23:1–22 The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7 Today’s Scripture : 2 Corinthians… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For February 4, 2023 : Topic – What’s Your Name? Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 34–35 Matthew 22:23–46 Don’t call me Naomi. . . . Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter. Ruth 1:20 Today’s Scripture : Ruth 1:3–8,15–21 Insight… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For February 3, 2023 : Topic – We Are Strangers Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 31–33 Matthew 22:1–22 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born : Leviticus 19:34 Today’s Scripture : Leviticus 19:32–37 Insight The commandments found in Leviticus 19 are rooted… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For February 2, 2023 : Topic – Like Our Great Teacher Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 29–30 Matthew 21:23–46 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. Luke 6:40 Today’s Scripture : Luke 6:37–42… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For February 1, 2023 : Topic – Blessing in the Tears Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 27–28 Matthew 21:1–22 Blessed are those who mourn : Matthew 5:4 Today’s Scripture : Matthew 5:1–12 Insight Matthew records five major sections of Jesus’ teaching (Matthew 5–7; 10; 13; 18; 24–25). Matthew 5–7 is… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional afaor January 31, 2023 : Topic – Sustainer of Blessings Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 25–26 Matthew 20:17–34 Remember the Lord your God : Deuteronomy 8:18 Today’s Scripture : Deuteronomy 8:10–18 Insight : As Deuteronomy opens, the Israelites are preparing to enter the promised… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 30, 2023 : Topic – Running on Empty Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 23–24 Matthew 20:1–16 They will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint : Isaiah 40:31 Today’s Scripture : Isaiah 40:28–31 Insight God had warned… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 29, 2023 : Topic – Seven Minutes of Terror Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 21–22 Matthew 19 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… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 28, 2023 : Topic – The Pink Coat Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 19–20 Matthew 18:21–35 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give . . . for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 27, 2023 : Topic – Mercy for You and Me Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 16–18 Matthew 18:1–20 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever : Psalm 103:9 Today’s Scripture : Psalm 103:8–12 Insight Psalm 103:8 recalls how… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 26, 2023 : Topic – Love That Forgives Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 14–15 Matthew 17 Bear with each other and forgive one another : Colossians 3:13 Today’s Scripture : Colossians 3:12–14 Insight Compassion is kindness for people in need. More than… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 25, 2023 : Topic – Fighting “Flashy” Things Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 12–13 Matthew 16 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 Today’s Scripture :… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 24, 2023 : Topic – No Loss Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 9–11 Matthew 15:21–29 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure : Matthew 13:44 Today’s Scripture : Matthew 13:44–46 Insight The two brief parables in Matthew 13:44–46 appear amid the telling of seven… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 23, 2023 : Topic – Lost, Found, Joy Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 7–8 Matthew 15:1–20 Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep : Luke 15:6 Today’s Scripture : Luke 15:1–10 Insight Tax collectors were seen as betraying their people… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 22, 2023 : Topic – Reaching Out Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Exodus 4–6 Matthew 14:22–36 He reached down from on high and took hold of me : Psalm 18:16 Today’s Scripture : Psalm 18:16–19 Insight Because of David’s success and popularity (1… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional for January 21, 2023 : Topic – Coffee Breath Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here qswBible in a Year: Exodus 1–3 Matthew 14:1–21 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2 Today’s Scripture : Ephesians 4:1–5,25–31 Insight On his third missionary journey, Paul… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 20, 2023 : Topic – Love like Blazing Fire Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 49–50 Matthew 13:31–58 [Love] burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame : Song of Songs 8:6 Today’s Scripture : Song of Songs 8:5–7 Insight Scholars have long… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 19, 2023 : Topic – But I’m Telling You Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 46–48 Matthew 13:1–30 But I tell you, love your enemies : Matthew 5:44 Today’s Scripture : Matthew 5:43–48 Insight The teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 18, 2023 : Topic – Heart Problem Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 43–45 Matthew 12:24–50 The Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices! Ezekiel 14:6 Today’s Scripture : Ezekiel 14:1–8 Insight As part of their subjugation… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 17, 2023 : Topic – Never Late Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 41–42 Matthew 12:1–23 Your brother will rise again : John 11:23 Today’s Scripture : John 11:17–27 Insight Jewish customs mandated a corpse be buried within twenty-four hours of death. In John… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 16, 2023 : Topic – Be Filled Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 39–40 Matthew 11 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6 Today’s Scripture : Isaiah 58:6–12 Insight The reference to fasting in Isaiah… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 15, 2023 : Topic – From Lament to Praise Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 36–38 Matthew 10:21–42 I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. Habakkuk 3:18 Insight Message : Habakkuk’s prophecy records a dialogue between… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 14, 2023 : Topic – A New Beginning Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 33–35 Matthew 10:1–20 Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. Psalm 120:2 Today’s Scripture : Psalm 120:1–121:2 Insight Psalms 120 and 121 are among the Psalms or Songs of… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 13, 2023 : Topic – The Crowd Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 31–32 Matthew 9:18–38 I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for [my people’s] sake. Romans 9:3 Today’s Scripture : Romans 9:1–5 Insight The opening… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 12, 2023 : Topic – The Rest of Our Story Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 29–30 Matthew 9:1–17 Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, . . . has triumphed. Revelation 5:5 Today’s Scripture… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 11, 2023 : Topic – Out of the Lions’ Den Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 27–28 Matthew 8:18–34 My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions : Daniel 6:22 Today’s Scripture : Daniel 6:10–23 Insight Daniel 6 indicates… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 10, 2023 : Topic – The God Who Redeems Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 25–26 Matthew 8:1–17 Do not fear, for I have redeemed you : Isaiah 43:1 Today’s Scripture : Isaiah 43:1–7 Insight Isaiah 43 is a great promise of God’s rescue… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 9, 2023 : Topic – The Right Jesus Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 23–24 Matthew 7 If someone . . . preaches a [false] Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, . . . you [wrongly] put up with it. 2 Corinthians 11:4… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 8, 2023 : Topic – More than Conquerors Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 20–22 Matthew 6:19–34 In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Romans 8:37 Today’s Scripture : Romans 8:31–39 Insight Before His suffering and… Read More »
Our Daily Bread Devotional For January 7, 2023 : Topic – Who Are You, Lord? Read previous Our Daily Bread Devotionals here Bible in a Year: Genesis 18–19 Matthew 6:1–18 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked : Acts 9:5 Today’s Scripture : Acts 9:1–9 Insight Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the Damascus road wasn’t only… Read More »