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04/21/2024

Our Daily Bread. April 20th

Hebrews 12:14-17
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone.

Family Matters

My sister, brother, and I flew from our separate states to our uncle’s funeral and stopped to see our ninety-year-old grandmother. She’d been paralyzed by a stroke, had lost the ability to speak, and had only the use of her right hand. As we stood around her bed, she reached out that hand and took each of our hands, placing one atop another over her heart and patted them in place. With this wordless gesture, my grandmother spoke into what had been our somewhat broken and distant sibling relationship. “Family matters.”
In God’s family, the church, we can grow apart as well. We might allow bitterness to separate us from each other. The writer of Hebrews references the bitterness that separated Esau from his brother and challenges us as brothers and sisters to hold on to each other in God’s family. “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone “. Here the words every effort conveys deliberate and decisive investment in peacemaking with our brothers and sisters in God’s family. Every such effort is then applied to everyone. Every. One.
Family matters. Both our earthly families and God’s family of believers. Might we all invest the efforts needed to hold on to each other

Dear God, thank you for drawing me to Yourself. Help me to make every effort to live at peace with everyone in Your family. - Amen

04/19/2024

Our Daily Bread. April 19th

2 Chronicles 20:21-26
On the fourth day they assembled in the. Alley of Berakah. [2 Chronicles 20:26]

The Valley of Praise

Poet William Cowper struggled with depression much of his life. After a su***de attempt, he was committed to an asylum. But it was there through the care of a Christian physician that Cowper came to a warm, vital faith in Jesus. Soon afterwards, Cowper became acquits pastor and hymnwriter John Newton, who encouraged him to collaborate on a hymnal for their church. Among the hymns Cowper wrote was “God Moves in a Mysterious Way,” which contains these words pressed from the crucible of experience: “You fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds you so much dread, are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head.”
Like Cowper, the people of Judah also met God’s kindness unexpectedly. As an alliance of armies invaded their nation, King Jehoshaphat gathered the people for prayer. As Judah’s army marched out, men in the front ranks praised God. The invading armies turned on themselves, and “no one … escaped … There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it”.
On the fourth day, the very place where a hostile invading force gathered against God’s people was dubbed the Valley of Berakah - literally, “the valley of praise”or “blessing “. What a change! God’s mercy can turn even our most difficult valleys into places of praise as we give them.

I praise You, loving God, that no valley is deeper than Your love. - Amen

04/18/2024

Our Daily Bread April 18th

Hosea 11:1-4
To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek. [Hosea 11:4]

God’s Tender Love

A 2017 video of a dad comforting his two-month-old son while the baby received his routine vaccinations garnered international attention for the way it captured a dad’s love for his child. After the nurse finished administering the vaccinations, the dad tenderly held his son close to his cheek, and the boy stopped sobbing within seconds. There’s almost nothing more reassuring than the tender care of a loving parent.
In Scripture, there are many beautiful descriptions of God as a loving parent, images that invoke God’s deep love for His children. Old Testament prophet Hosea was given a message to deliver to the Israelites living in the Northern Kingdom during the time of the divided kingdom. He called them to return to a relationship with God. Hosea reminded the Israelites of God’s love for them as he pictured Gos as a gentle Father: “when Israel was a child, I loved him” and “to them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek “
This same reassuring promise of God’s loving care is true for us. Whether we seek His tender care after a season where we’ve rejected His love or because of pain and suffering in our lives, He calls us His children and His comforting arms are open to receive us.

How have you experienced the love of God as a caring Father?

Heavenly Father, thank You that You call me Your child and provide tender care when I run to You. - Amen

04/17/2024

Our Daily Bread. April 17th

Proverbs 14:8-12
There is a way that appears to be right, but in The end it leads to death.

Choices Matters

Two people nearing death, who’d chosen two different life paths. One was surrounded by family, other believers in Jesus, and worship, prayer and hope that filled the room. The other One, had a hardened heart that had led to a hard life, and their disheveled family lived in the wake of their poor decisions and misdeeds. The difference in the two atmospheres reflected the contrasts in how each had lived.
Those who fail to consider where they’re headed in life often find themselves stuck in uncomfortable, undesirable, and lonely places. Proverbs 14:12 notes that “there is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” It does not matter who or what we are - it’s not too late to reexamine our paths.
Choices do matter. The God of heaven will help us make the best choices as we turn to Him through His Son, Jesus, who said, “ come to me,…and I will give you rest”.

Dear Jesus, You’re the source of life. Give me the courage and strength to surrender my life to You and do what honors You. - Amen

04/16/2024

Our Daily Bread. April 16th

Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16
I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.

Ready To Go For God

In 1962 John Glenn didn’t trust the invention of computers, which were subject to glitches. Before launching he trusted one brainy woman to run the numbers and if she says the numbers are good, he would be ready to go.
Katherine Johnson was a teacher, and mother of 3. She loved Jesus and served in her church. God blessed her with a remarkable mind. NASA hired her to help with the space program. She was Glenn’s brainy woman he so trusted.
We may not have been called to be brilliant mathematicians, but God calls us to do other things: “ To each one of us Grace has been given as Christ apportioned it” (Ephesians 4:7). Were to “live a life worthy of the calling “ we’ve received (V.1).
Remember, Katherine’s calculations confirming the course trajectory was only one calling. She was also a mother, teacher and a church worker.
We might ask ourselves what God has called us to, whether big or small. Are we “ready to go,”?

Dear God, please help me embrace what You’ve given me and live a life worthy of Your calling. - Amen

04/15/2024

Our Daily Bread April 15th

John 14:1-7
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me. [John 14:3]

At Home In Jesus

Many of us, like Dorthy and Toto, long for Home-a place to belong. Finding this place is sometimes easier said than done.
This is difficult in a highly mobile, transient world with a sense of detachment. Leaving us wondering if we will ever find a true place to belong.
The night before the cross, Jesus assured His friends of that home, saying, “My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?” (John 14:2)
We can be at home now too. We are part of a family- God’s church and we live in a community with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Until Jesus takes to the home our hearts long for, we can live in His peace and joy.

God of love and grace, help me look forward to being at home with You, in Your presence, forever. - Amen

04/14/2024

Our Daily Bread. April 14th

Matthew 6:25-34
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else. [ Matthew 6:33]

God Knows Our Needs

Life gets busy and we may get tunnel vision on our own needs. We may see someone needing to talk or needing a little help, and we are thinking that we need to focus on our needs. Then we have that feeling that God wants us to stop, listen and help.
Jesus assures us that our heavenly Father knows exactly what we need. We’re reminded not to be anxious, but to trust Him and devote ourselves to doing what He wants us to do.
We can have contrast our Father who “clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire” will provide for us according to His will-just as He provides for all creation.
Stop, listen and help. Our needs are His concern, we just simply need to follow Him.

What anxieties weigh on your heart?

Dear God, I don’t need to worry because You’ve promised to care and provide for me. - Amen

04/13/2024

Our Daily Bread. April 13th

Genesis 1:1-10
The earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. [Genesis 1:2]

The God Of Order

There are those who feel their lives are filled with brokenness and disorder. Life may seem to be a mess. Some may even think that they just want to “end” their life. When actually they need to begin their life in receiving Jesus as their Savior. Seeing the beauty and order in creation.
In Genesis 1, we read of the God who indeed created all things. Although “the earth was complete chaos”, He brought order out of disorder. He “separated the light from darkness”, place land amid the seas, and made plants and creatures according to their “kinds”. The One who “created the heavens and earth and put everything in place” continues to bring peace and order to lives surrendered to Christ.
Life can be chaotic and challenging. Praise God that He’s not “a God of disorder but of peace”.
Let’s call out to Him today and ask Him to help us find the beauty and order He alone provides.

Creator God, thank You for the peace and order You alone provide. In You, broken things become beautiful. - Amen

04/12/2024

Our Daily Bread April 12th

Acts 21:27-32, 37; 22:1-2
The Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” [Acts 23:11]

God’s Agents Of Peace

When the apostle Paul visited the temple at Jerusalem, people who opposed Paul saw him there. They were “from the province of Asia” (Acts 21:27) and viewed Jesus as a threat to their way of life. Shouting lies and rumors, they quickly stirred up trouble. A mob dragged Paul from the temple and beat him.
As he was being arrested, Paul asked if he could address the crowd. When permission was granted, he spoke to the crowd in their own language, surprising them and seizing their attention. Paul turned a riot into an opportunity to share his story of rescue from dead religion (22:2-21).
Some people love violence and division. Don’t lose heart. They will not win. God is looking for courageous believers to share His light and peace with our desperate world. What seems like a crisis might be your opportunity to show someone God’s love.

Father, my heart aches for our broken world. Help me realize Your Spirt’s presence is far more powerful than any atty the world can throw at me. - Amen

04/11/2024

Our Daily Bread April 11th

Psalm 65:8-13
The valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing. [Psalm 65:13]

Singing Meadows

Scientists have discovered that many animals, including dogs, cows, foxes, seals, and parakeets, all have “vocal play signals” -otherwise known as laughter.
Animals expressing laughter and joy gives us a delightful glimmer of what it might look like for other parts of creation to praise God in their own way. As King David looked over his surroundings, it seemed to him “the hills [were] clothed with gladness” and the meadows and valleys were “[shouting] for joy” (Psalm 65:12-13).
May we-as part of the “whole earth”-be “filled with awe at [His] wonders” and respond to Him with “songs of joy”.

Thank You, God, for Your continued work in creation. - Amen

How do your physical surroundings encourage you to praise God?

04/10/2024

Our Daily Bread April 10th

Isaiah 42:5-9
I… will make you to be a covenant for the people and… to open eyes that are blind. [Isaiah 42:6-7]

Eyes To See

In some cultures blindness was thought to be caused by witchcraft. One woman in such a culture, had 3 blind children. She cried out in despair for God’s help.
A man once told her about a ministry that provided vital surgeries to honor Jesus’ model of bringing hope and healing to the poor. Uncertain they could help she approached them. When the chicken woke up after their surgeries, they could see!
God’s story has always been about coming alongside those shrouded in darkness and bring His light. Isaiah 42:6-7 talks about God being “a light for the Gentiles” and He would “open eyes that are blind”. Restoring not only physical sight but spiritual vision as well.
If you feel overcome by darkness, cling to hope as you embrace the promises of our loving Father while asking for His light to bring illumination.

Heavenly Father, You desire that no one would live in darkness. Release Your love on those who are blinded in any way, that they might see.
- Amen

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