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OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Psalm 18 (Focus 16–19) MEMORY VERSE “He reached down from on high and took hold of me.” Psalm 18:16 BACKGROUND In a recent post, blogger Bonnie Gray recounted the moment when overwhelming sadness began to creep into her heart. “Out of the blue,” […]

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Ephesians 4 (Focus vs. 1–5 & 25–31) “MEMORY VERSE “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2 BACKGROUND I was sitting in my chair one morning years ago when my youngest came downstairs. She made a

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Song of Songs 8 (Focus vs. 5–7) MEMORY VERSE [Love] burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Song of Songs 8:6 BACKGROUND Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake enjoyed a forty-five-year marriage with his wife, Catherine. From their wedding day until his

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Matthew 5 (Focus vs. 43–48) MEMORY VERSE “But I tell you, love your enemies.” Matthew 5:44 BACKGROUND “I know what they’re saying. But I’m telling you . . .” As a boy, I heard my mother give that speech a thousand times. The

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Ezekiel 14 (Focus vs.1–8) MEMORY VERSE “The Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!” Ezekiel 14:6 BACKGROUND “Do you see it, brother Tim?” My friend, a Ghanaian pastor, flashed his torchlight on a carved object leaning

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 17, 2023 READ: John 11 (Focus vs.17–27) MEMORY VERSE “Your brother will rise again.” John 11:23 BACKGROUND As a visitor to a small West African town, my American pastor made sure to arrive on time for a 10 a.m. Sunday service. Inside the

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries JANUARY 16, 2023 READ: Isaiah 58 (Focus vs. 6–12) MEMORY VERSE “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 BACKGROUND The horrific assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. happened at the height of the American

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 15, 2023 READ: Habakkuk 3 (Focus vs.17–19) MEMORY VERSE “I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” Habakkuk 3:18 INSIGHT Monica prayed feverishly for her son to return to God. She wept over his wayward ways and

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries JANUARY 14, 2023 READ: Psalm 120 & Psalm121:1-2 MEMORY VERSE “Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.” Psalm 120:2 BACKGROUND “Christian consciousness begins in the painful realization that what we had assumed was the truth is in fact a lie,” Eugene

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 13, 2023 READ: Romans 9:1–5 MEMORY VERSE “I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for [my people’s] sake.” Romans 9:3 BACKGROUND “Men have been found to resist the most powerful monarchs and to refuse to bow down