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OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: PSALM 61 MEMORY VERSE “From the ends of the earth I call to you . . . as my heart grows faint.” Psalm 61:2 BACKGROUND Author and theologian Russell Moore described noticing the eerie silence in the Russian orphanage where he adopted his […]

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: John 4 (Focus vs. 4–14) MEMORY VERSE “You would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” John 4:10 BACKGROUND Andrea’s home life was unstable, and she left at fourteen, finding a job and living with friends. Yearning for love

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Philippians 2 (Focus vs.1–11) MEMORY VERSE “He humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!” Philippians 2:8 BACKGROUND I’m often amused by the unofficial holidays people come up with. February alone has a Sticky Bun Day, a Sword Swallowers Day,

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Proverbs 4 (Focus vs. 20–27) MEMORY VERSE “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 BACKGROUND Hungarian-born mathematician Abraham Wald lent his skills to the World War II efforts after coming to the United States in

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Mark 7 (Focus vs. 8–13) MEMORY VERSE “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” Mark 7:8 BACKGROUND While preparing a meal, a young mother cut a pot roast in half before she put it

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Ephesians 6 (Focus vs. 10–20) MEMORY VERSE “Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.” Ephesians 6:18 BACKGROUND During a writing conference where I served as a faculty member, Tamy handed me a postcard with a handwritten

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Isaiah 64 (Focus vs. 1–8) MEMORY VERSE “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags.” Isaiah 64:6 BACKGROUND Recently, my wife and I were cleaning our house before having guests over. I

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: John 1 (Focus v. 4–9) MEMORY VERSE “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” John 1:4 BACKGROUND To capture the beauty of reflective light in his landscape oil paintings, artist Armand Cabrera works with a key artistic

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) FEBRUARY 15, 2023 READ: Exodus 23 (Focus vs.1–9) MEMORY VERSE “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.” Exodus 23:2 BACKGROUND “One man is dead. Another man’s life is at stake,” says the judge somberly in the classic 1957 film 12 Angry Men. The

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: Psalm 118 (Focus vs. 5–14) MEMORY VERSE “The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.” Psalm 118:6 BACKGROUND Many years ago, a friend told me how intimidated she was while trying to cross a street where several roads intersected. “I’d never