Jesus the living bread

17/06/2026

Díviɳҽ 卄ealtɧ Cσnfҽssiσɳs
June 17th 2026
I walk in strength, victory, and righteousness. I walk in the light of my identity and heritage in Christ, above sin, death, disease, Satan, and the elements of this world. I walk in stability, confidence, and victory because I am founded on the Rock, Christ Jesus. Amen!
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17/06/2026

*THE WORD FOR TODAY*

PRAY ABOUT IT

17 June 2026

‘You will…find me when you seek me with all your heart.’
Jeremiah 29:13 NIV

F***y Crosby, the noted hymn writer, said she never attempted to write a hymn without first kneeling in prayer. Given that she wrote about 8,000 songs, she was obviously a woman of prayer! Beloved hymns such as ‘Blessed Assurance’, ‘To God Be The Glory’, and ‘I Am Thine, O Lord’ were born from times of prayer. But like many creative people, she was often under pressure to meet deadlines.

One time she tried to write lyrics for a tune composed by W.H. Doane. She couldn’t seem to find the words, but then she remembered she had forgotten to pray. As she rose from her knees, she dictated – as fast as her assistant could write – the words for the famous hymn, ‘Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross’.

Another time she had run short of money and needed exactly five dollars for a particular purpose. There was no time to call upon her publishers, so she simply prayed for the money. As she ended her prayer, she began to pace back and forth in her room, trying to get into the mood to write. Just at that time, an admirer called upon her. The two chatted briefly, and in parting, the woman pressed something into her hand. It was a five-dollar bill! F***y fell to her knees in a prayer of thanksgiving, and, upon rising, she wrote one of her most famous hymns, ‘All the Way My Saviour Leads Me’.

The secret of F***y Crosby’s success is not a ‘secret’. Before she attempted anything for God, she first sought God’s help. So, the word for today is – pray about it!

*Bible in a Year:* 1 Chronicles19-21, Acts 17:16-34

Courtesy: *Grace So Amazing Foundation*

07/06/2026

THE WORD FOR TODAY

THE LIFE-GIVING WORD

07 June 2026

‘The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.’
John 6:63 NKJV

Jesus was called ‘Rabbi’ eleven times in the Gospels. But He wasn’t like any other rabbi. Rabbis quoted others, but Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you…’ In the gospel of John, He said it twice: ‘Truly, truly, I say to you…’ The reason Jesus wasn’t like any other rabbi was because He was God manifested in the flesh. And Paul says, ‘Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge’ (Colossians 2:2-3 NKJV).

The early church fathers had a favourite saying: ‘The Gospels are a river in which a gnat can swim, and an elephant can drown.’ The Gospels – the record of Christ’s life and teaching – have impacted the world so much that they have been translated into 2,527 languages. The second-most-translated book, Don Quixote, has been translated into about 60 languages. To this day, the Bible remains the bestselling book of all time.

In the academic world, scholars keep score of how often any articles they write are cited by other scholars. By this year’s secular score, Jesus’ intellectual impact is unprecedented. Why is this? Because when everything else fails, God’s Word works.

Jesus explained it this way: ‘It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.’ If you are a teacher, you know that the number-one question in any class is: ‘Will this be on the final exam?’ If you want to pass your final exams and hear, ‘Well done!’ from the teacher, get into God’s Word each day and get God’s Word into you.

*Bible in a Year:* Luke 10:25-42 , Psalms 60-62

Courtesy: *Grace So Amazing Foundation*

07/06/2026

THE WORD FOR TODAY

DEVELOPING A SPIRITUAL MINDSET

06 June 2026

‘Those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.’
Romans 8:5 NIV

Muscle memory isn’t stored in your muscles. It’s a procedural memory that is stored in your brain any time you repeat a muscle movement. Whether it’s putting a golf ball or playing a violin, the muscle memory becomes stronger the more it is repeated. Have you heard about the 10,000-hour rule? Psychologists say that’s the amount of time it takes to become an expert at anything. That’s encouraging because it means anybody can do it, but it’s discouraging because it means there are no shortcuts, no matter how smart or gifted you are.

Just like a foreign language, developing a spiritual mindset is a learning curve. Can you imagine being frustrated on the first day of a foreign language class because you aren’t fluent? That’s how we often feel when we aren’t fluent in prayer, or strong in faith, or disciplined in our habits.

Psalm 84:7 says we ‘go from strength to strength’ (NIV). You’ll be working on this for the rest of your life, one day at a time. You’ll keep benchmarking. Your faith ceiling becomes your faith floor. And make no mistake about it – those spiritual disciplines accrue compound interest. And they pay off in terms of joy, fulfilment, and power with God.

‘Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace’ (Romans 8:5-6 NIV).

*Bible in a Year:* 2 Kings 19-21, Acts 12

Courtesy: *Grace So Amazing Foundation*

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

THE WORD FOR TODAY

HOW TO CONQUER YOUR JERICHO (2)

06 June 2026

‘Circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.’
Joshua 5:2 NKJV

Before conquering Jericho, God told Joshua to ‘circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time’. Six hundred years earlier, God had inaugurated the practice of male circumcision. He told Abraham that it would be ‘a sign of the covenant between Me and you’ (Genesis 17:11 NKJV). What was the message here? Remember whose you are! In a sense, all believers have been circumcised.

Paul wrote, ‘When you came to Christ, he set you free from your evil desires, not by a bodily operation of circumcision but by a spiritual operation’ (Colossians 2:11 TLB). That means you are now God’s child (John 1:12); Christ’s friend (John 15:15); a member of Christ’s body (1 Corinthians 12:27); a saint (Ephesians 1:1); redeemed and forgiven of all your sins (Colossians 1:14); complete in Christ, lacking in nothing (Colossians 2:10); free from condemnation (Romans 8:1-2); God’s co-worker (2 Corinthians 6:1); seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 2:6); God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10); a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20); adopted into God’s family (Ephesians 1:5); born of God, and the evil one cannot touch you (1 John 5:18).

Again, Paul wrote: ‘Consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God’ (Romans 6:11 NLT). So when the devil draws near, stand up to him and say: ‘What are you doing here? I am dead to you!’ Don’t stand for his accusations, and don’t cower at his attacks. When he dredges up your past mistakes, tell him who you are ‘in Christ’ (2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV). He has no recourse to this truth. He knows who you are. He just hopes you don’t or that you’ll forget.

*Bible in a Year:* 2 Kings 17-18, Acts 11

Courtesy: *Grace So Amazing Foundation*

04/06/2026

May you be blessed and highly favored today