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ODB: Recognizing God
Jan 22, 2025/in Our Daily Bread/by YMI

January 22, 2025

READ: Hebrews 1:1-4

The Son is the . . . exact representation of [God’s] being. Hebrews 1:3

I flew to India, a land I’d never visited, and arrived at the Bengaluru airport after midnight. Though there’d been a flurry of emails, I didn’t know who was picking me up or where I ( Read more... )

ODB: The Gift of Trials
Jan 21, 2025/in Our Daily Bread/by YMI

January 21, 2025

READ: 1 Peter 4:12-19

The Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 1 Peter 4:14

The two men conquered human flight, but the Wright brothers’ journey to success was never easy. Despite countless failures, ridicule, money woes, and serious injury to one of them, the brothers ( Read more... )

"Words and Meditations"

Psalm 19:14 - Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

The psalmist prays that his words and the silent meditation of his heart will be acceptable to God. What are his words? On what is he meditating? In Psalm 19, the psalmist glorifies God for three ( Read more... )

ODB: Still Fruitful for God
Jan 19, 2025/in Our Daily Bread/by YMI

January 19, 2025

READ: Psalm 92:12-15

They will still bear fruit in old age. Psalm 92:14

There’s an old folktale about a woman who carried water home every day from a river using two buckets at either end of a long pole-one bucket new and solid, the other much older and cracked. When ( Read more... )

Psalm 25 for 2025: Keep His Commandments

All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.
Psalm 25:10

You will no doubt experience something this year that will make you wonder, “Why?” It could be painful or disruptive, or it could be just an unexpected circumstance. In any case, unplanned events always ( Read more... )

ODB: Don’t Lose Heart
Jan 17, 2025/in Our Daily Bread/by YMI

January 17, 2025

READ: Galatians 6:7-10

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9

Weary. That’s how Satya felt after nine months in his new job. As a believer in Jesus, he’d sought to follow God’s principles in ( Read more... )

"Someone You Can Depend On"

John 2:1-11 - On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with His disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do with Me? My hour has not ( Read more... )

ODB: A New Beginning with God
Jan 15, 2025/in Our Daily Bread/by YMI

January 15, 2025

READ: Romans 5:6-11

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

“Did your sin also put Jesus on the cross?” That’s the question Dutch painter Rembrandt seems to be asking in his 1633 masterpiece, The Raising of the Cross. Jesus appears in the center ( Read more... )

ODB: Walking with God
Jan 14, 2025/in Our Daily Bread/by YMI

January 14, 2025

READ: Genesis 5:21-24

Enoch walked faithfully with God. Genesis 5:24

For years, fitness experts have stressed the importance of running for cardiovascular health. But recent scientific studies have demonstrated that daily walking also has a range of health benefits. ( Read more... )