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OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 12, 2023 READ: Revelation 5:1–10 MEMORY VERSE “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, . . . has triumphed.” Revelation 5:5 BACKGROUND For more than six decades, news journalist Paul Harvey was a familiar voice […]

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 11, 2023 READ: Daniel 6 (Focus vs.10–23) MEMORY VERSE “My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions.” Daniel 6:22 BACKGROUND When Taher and his wife, Donya, became believers in Jesus, they knew they risked persecution in their home

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries JANUARY 10, 2023 READ: Isaiah 43 (Focus vs. 1–7) MEMORY VERSE “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you.” Isaiah 43:1 BACKGROUND As part of a sermon illustration, I walked toward the beautiful painting an artist had been creating on the platform and made

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 9, 2023 READ: 2 Corinthians 11 (Focus vs.1–4, 12–15) MEMORY VERSE “If someone . . . preaches a [false] Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, . . . you [wrongly] put up with it.” 2 Corinthians 11:4 BACKGROUND The buzz in the

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries JANUARY 8, 2023 READ: Romans 8 (Focus vs. 31–39) MEMORY VERSE “In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” Romans 8:37 BACKGROUND When my husband coached our son’s Little League baseball team, he rewarded the players with an

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) JANUARY 7, 2023 READ: Acts 9 (Focus vs. 1-9) MEMORY VERSE ““Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. Acts 9:5 BACKGROUND At age sixteen, Luis Rodriguez had already been in jail for selling crack. But now, arrested for attempted murder, he was in prison again—looking

READ: Genesis 1 (Focus vs. 21–28) MEMORY VERSE “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” BACKGROUND I recently made a wonderful discovery. Following a dirt path into a cluster of trees near my home, I found a hidden homemade playground. A ladder made of sticks led up to a lookout,

OUR DAILY BREAD READING (Published Daily by Our Daily Bread Ministries) READ: John 13 (Focus vs. 31–35) MEMORY VERSE “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” John 13:34 BACKGROUND I wasn’t truthful about the tulips. A gift from my younger daughter, the

“LIVING WELL” READ: Ecclesiastes 7 (Focus vs. 1–4) MEMORY VERSE” “Death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.” Ecclesiastes 7:2 BACKGROUND Free funerals for the living. That’s the service offered by an establishment in South Korea. Since it opened in 2012, more than 25,000 people—from teenagers to retirees—have participated in

“INSIGHT FROM THE SPIRIT” READ: John 16 (Focus vs.12–15) MEMORY VERSE “When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” John 16:13 BACKGROUND As the French soldier dug in the desert sand, reinforcing the defenses of his army’s encampment, he had no idea he would make a momentous discovery.