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OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) February 1, 2023 READ: Matthew 5:1–12 MEMORY VERSE “Blessed are those who mourn.” Matthew 5:4 BACKGROUND I received an email from a young man in England, a son who explained that his father (only sixty-three) was in the hospital in critical condition, hanging on […]

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Deuteronomy 8 (Focus vs. 10–18) MEMORY VERSE “Remember the Lord your God.” Deuteronomy 8:18 BACKGROUND On January 15, 1919, a huge molasses tank burst in Boston. A fifteen-foot wave of more than two million gallons of molasses careened through the street at over

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Isaiah 40 (Focus 28–31) MEMORY VERSE “They will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31 BACKGROUND “I just don’t think I can do this anymore,” my friend said through her tears as she discussed the overwhelming

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: JOHN 11:38-43 MEMORY VERSE “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 BACKGROUND When the Mars rover Perseverance landed on that red

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: 2 Corinthians 9:6–9 MEMORY VERSE “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give . . . for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 BACKGROUND Brenda was walking toward the mall exit when a flush of

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Psalm 103:8–12 MEMORY VERSE “He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever.” Psalm 103:9 BACKGROUND One of consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic was the docking of cruise ships and the quarantining of passengers. The Wall Street Journal featured an

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Colossians 3 (Focus vs. 12–14) MEMORY VERSE “Bear with each other and forgive one another.” Colossians 3:13 BACKGROUND Eighty years of marriage! My husband’s great-uncle Pete and great-aunt Ruth celebrated this remarkable milestone on May 31, 2021. After a chance meeting in 1941

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Proverbs 22 (Focus vs.1–6) MEMORY VERSE “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 BACKGROUND In the 1960s-era TV series The Andy Griffith Show, a man tells Andy

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Matthew 13 (Focus vs. 44–46) MEMORY VERSE “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure.” Matthew 13:44 BACKGROUND My friend Ruel attended a high school reunion held in a former classmate’s home. The waterfront mansion near Manila Bay could accommodate two hundred attendees, and

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Luke 15 (Focus vs. 1–10) MEMORY VERSE “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.” Luke 15:6 BACKGROUND “They call me ‘the ringmaster.’ So far this year I’ve found 167 lost rings.” During a walk on the beach with my wife, Cari,