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06/11/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Thursday, June 11, 2026.

Reading: Luke 15:11-32.

THE FATHER’S LOVE: We all know the Parable of the Prodigal Son. It is likely one of the best-loved of all the parables of Jesus. The Lord told it, along with two other parables recorded in Luke 15, after the Pharisees and scribes complained about His association with “sinners,” by which they meant just about anyone other than themselves! The basic point of the parables is to show God’s concern and love for the lost. The parable of the prodigal also shows the contrast between God’s attitude and that of the Pharisees and scribes (represented by the elder brother).

We have a great lesson on the grace of God. The younger brother represents all of us. We have all sinned, have all gone into that far country. Like the prodigal, we have no right to expect to be received by the Father. He came home hoping to at least be given a place as a servant in his father’s house. But despite his sinfulness and unworthiness, the Father not only took him back, but took him back as his son “who was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.” That is the nature of the grace of God to us. We have no right to be sons and daughters. We ought not to expect to be received with open arms, clothed with the best robe, sandals put on our feet and a ring put on our finger. We should not be invited to a great feast in our honor. But that is exactly what happens to us when we come to God in humility and repentance.

How blessed we are. John writes: “See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God…Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is” (I John 3:1-2).

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: The Pharisees of Jesus’ day were rebuked by our Lord for their self-righteousness (see Luke 18:9-14; Matt. 23:1-12). The elder brother in the parable Jesus told thought he had earned a place of special honor in his Father’s house and resented that his worthless younger brother was received so generously. What he failed to see was that he, like that brother, owed all he had to his Father. The same is true for us. Thank God for His reception of us who have been given a place at His table and in His house.

06/10/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

Reading: : I Corinthians 6:9-11; Isaiah 1:18-20.

CALLED FROM SIN: Sin is not merely some act of wrongdoing—it is a condition that sickens us, mars and blemishes us, and makes us unfit for fellowship with God. Isaiah speaks of the terrible condition of Israel in verses 5-6 of chapter one: they are sick and putrid from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads. There is nothing healthy in them. Sin leads to hatred, lust, greed, and jealousy. It ruins lives. Sweet and innocent babies grow up to be murderers, torturers, violent, and malicious adults. Minds are polluted, relationships destroyed, homes broken, and nations led to war. Children are abused, neglected, and condemned to starvation and death. Yet we can be cleansed, we can be healed. The grace of God is such that the vilest of men can be forgiven. Paul saw himself in that manner, as he called himself the chief of sinners (I Tim. 1:15). He wrote to the church at Corinth about their transformation and cleansing. Some of them had been sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, homosexuals, drunkards, and other things. Such cannot inherit the kingdom of God. But they were no longer in that state of impurity and sin: “You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” (I Cor. 6:11).

We are made spiritually clean and healthy through the grace of God. He can make sins which are like scarlet as white as snow and souls that are red like crimson as white as wool. We are so blessed that God can and will wash us of our sins and forgive them because of the death of Jesus. A verse of the song “Grace Greater Than Our Sin” (by Julia Johnston, 1910) reads: “Sin and despair, like the sea waves cold, threaten the soul with infinite loss; Grace that is greater—yes grace untold—points to the Refuge, the mighty cross.” Christians are called from sin to a life of holiness and purity. We are exhorted to walk in the Light rather than in the darkness of the world. God’s grace offers us forgiveness when we fail, but also calls us to put off the old man and the deeds of sin (Eph. 4:17ff).

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: Our world is a place of moral uncleanness. The things that men do appall us in their wickedness. But we must not think that we who follow Christ are exempt from spiritual uncleanness. When we are in love with the world and its treasures, when our hearts are polluted with greed, and we worship the things of this world, we are unfit to be in the presence of God. Jesus said, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8). We must learn to live holy lives before God and allow His grace to bring cleansing to our hearts when we fall short and sin. Give thanks today for the precious blood of Jesus which redeems us from sin and enables us to remain pure before God.

06/09/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10.

YOU WERE DEAD…NOW MADE ALIVE: In John 11, we read the story of the resurrection of Lazarus by Jesus. Lazarus had been dead for four days, but when Jesus called him to come out of the tomb, he did! What an amazing story. However, that is not the most amazing resurrection Jesus makes possible. Even more so is the resurrection of dead souls to live forever. In the first verses of our reading, Paul declares that the Ephesians were once dead in trespasses and sins, walking according to the course of this world and under the power of Satan. Their fate was eternal doom, being subject to the wrath of God. What a dark and terrible picture is painted. However, in verse 4, the scripture says “But God…” and then goes on to describe how God brings the spiritually dead to life.

It is only through the grace and mercy and love of God that this can be true. Sin kills us. It saps our spiritual life and puts us at enmity with our Creator. God must punish sin because He is holy and righteous in all ways. Sin violates His nature and the very order of the universe. It must be destroyed, and it will be. The problem for us is that if we are dead in sin, we will be destroyed, too. The wonderful news is that through the grace of Christ in dying for our sins, we are raised from the dead and made alive in Him. When a person is baptized into Christ, his faith in Jesus brings him into union with the death of the Lord. The old dead man of sin is buried,, and a new man or person is brought to life through the Spirit (Romans 6:3ff; John 3:3,5; Titus 3:5). Even as we are brought to life by the grace of God, we must continue to live through His grace. God’s grace teaches us or trains us to “deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present world” (Titus 2:12). Those of the world are dead in sin. Christians are dead to sin, and in this death have been raised up to walk in newness of life. Those of the world believe they have life in the material and earthly things they possess, but those who know the truth realize that real life can only be found when Jesus gives it to us.

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: Being made alive in Christ is cause for great celebration. We rejoice that we have been brought out of death into life. It is also a call to us to live in a new way. Paul says that “if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things which are above…set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things of the earth” (Col. 3:1-2). In being made alive to Christ, we at the same time are to be made dead to the world and it evil. We must seek daily to live by the Spirit of God and submit our bodies and minds to His will. We continue to need God’s grace to accomplish this—and He gives it to us. Thank God for His life-giving grace and live as the new person you are in Christ.

06/08/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Monday, June 8, 2026.

Reading: I Timothy 1:12-17.

ABUNDANT GRACE: We often hear grace defined as God’s unmerited or undeserved favor to man. Some take the word as an acronym: God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. If ever a man believed in the grace of God, it was Paul. In our reading for the day, Paul speaks of the appearances of Jesus after His resurrection: to Peter and the twelve, to over 500 brethren at one time, to James, then to all the apostles, and “last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.” Paul then describes himself as “the least of the apostles” and “not fit to be called an apostle” because He had persecuted the church of God.

At this point, Paul notes that the reason he was an apostle, in fact, the reason he had labored so hard for the Lord was this: “But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain.” Paul had been so wrong and had done so much harm to the church, but through the grace of God, he learned the truth about Jesus, and his life was forever changed. From the time of his baptism by Ananias in Damascus (Acts 9:18; 22:16), Paul began proclaiming Jesus as the Son of God and served the Lord faithfully from that day forward. The grace of God made him who he was. Paul never failed to be both amazed and grateful to Christ for what He had done for him. He wrote of the wonderful fact that the grace of the Lord is more abundant and plentiful than our sins and failures. Romans 5:20 says that “where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: This is true for each of us. None of us has any reason to brag about our own service in the kingdom, however great it may appear to be. All we can do for Jesus is because of His grace. He gave us life when we were dead, He washed the stains of sin from our lives, He enables us to be the children of the living God, and He will someday welcome us into the very presence of God in heaven. None of this is because we deserve it. It is by the grace of God that we are who we are in Him. Give thanks today for the grace of God, which saves us through Jesus

06/06/2026

Living in the kingdom of God requires the development of a mindset that is described as having “the mind of Christ” (Philippians 2:5). The mind of Christ is the attitude of Christ toward all things. When we become Christians, our hearts nd minds are no longer like those of the world. We become new men and women in Christ (Ephesians 4:23-24). Right thinking produces right actions. Thus, the task of living in the kingdom begins with developing the proper mindset.

In Matthew 5:3-12, , Jesus shared with His disciples the qualities of mind that distinguish those of the kingdom from the world. We begin with the spirit of humility (5:3). Only when we recognize and admit our weaknesses and our need for God will we be blessed in our spiritual lives. Then, we must mourn for our owns ins and be touched by the suffering and sorrow of those around us (Matt. 5:4).

The next quality which our Lord includes is meekness: “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5). Of all the beatitudes, this may be the one that we have most difficult time comprehending. The word “meek” itself presents problems to us. We think of a meek person as a timid and weak person, one who cannot and will not stand up for himself or really for anyone else. We may think of such person as cowardly. Yet, the Biblical picture of meekness does not support such an interpretation. Moses is described as meek (humble, NKJV), more than all men on the earth (Numbers 12:3). Jesus says that He is meek and lowly in heart (Matthew 11:29), but no one could accuse Him of being afraid of anyone (read His powerful rebuke of the Pharisees in Matthew 23).

Meekness is defined by James Tolle as “the spirit of submissiveness or yieldedness.” It is the conscious decision of a person to submit himself to the control of God, rather than doing as he pleases and living like those who try to intimidate and control others through force. It was a word used for the taming of wild animals in ancient times. It is to live under the spiritual rule of God in all things, especially in the difficult ones that often tempt us to act like the world rather than like citizens of the kingdom. Jesus said, of the meek, “they will inherit the earth.”

06/05/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Friday, June 5, 2026.

Reading: Philippians 3:7-15.

LIFE PURPOSE: Humans have many views of the purpose of life. Some see it as attaining wealth, some as becoming famous and important, and some view life only in terms of having a good time. Others see their lives as useful when devoted to a great cause: for example, ministering to the sick or poor, serving as a teacher, fighting injustice, or improving the living conditions of the underprivileged. All of these are good ways to invest our energy and talents. But all of these and many more great contributions can be included in the most important decision we can make about lives: to be a follower of Jesus.

Jesus calls us to devote our hearts and lives to Him. When we serve Him, we use our time on earth productively and prepare our lives for eternity. We minister to the needy and seek to bring harmony and peace into the lives of others. We stand against corruption, injustice, oppression, and abuse. We reach out to the distressed, the confused, and the lost. Paul, at one time, was very proud of his Jewish pedigree and devoted himself to the destruction of the church. But when he learned the truth about Jesus, he regarded all other things in his life as meaningless and devoted himself fully to the gospel of Jesus. Nothing we can do in our lives compares to the decision to follow Jesus. When we serve in His kingdom, our lives have more impact on the world than anything else we could do. We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world when Jesus lives in us—being a Christian is the greatest purpose in all the world. Thank God today that He has allowed you to be part of the greatest mission on earth—serving in the kingdom of God. Our work is not bound by time but has eternal implications.

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: Thank God today that He has allowed you to be part of the greatest mission on earth—serving in the kingdom of God. Our work is not bound by time but has eternal implications. When we share with others the good news of the gospel, we are allowing them to change their eternal destiny, to live forever. No calling on earth has the potential for good like that of serving Jesus. We are “created in Christ Jesus unto good works” (Eph. 2:10). A life spent in His service is a life well-lived and one that will be rewarded.

POSTSCRIPT: Nothing even begins to approach the greatness of our God. His power, wisdom, love, and mercy exceed all things. Because He is great, we need to honor Him by humbly worshipping and obeying Him. Through Christ, God saves us from the greatest danger to us, our sin. We are privileged to be included in His spiritual family. We have joy that the world cannot take from us, and we are part of the greatest mission on earth when we work for the Lord in His kingdom. All the greatest blessings are ours through our God and Savior.

06/04/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Thursday, June 4, 2026.

Reading: : Philippians 4:4-13; John 16:20-22.
JOY: We are blessed in life to find joy in many areas. There is the joy of holding a newborn baby and welcoming him or her into the world. There is the joy of seeing a loved one or friend we have not seen for a long time. There is joy in the beauty of a sunrise or sunset, the yellows and reds and pinks of flowers, the song of a bird, and the touch of the hand of a loved one. Ultimately, there is one exceedingly great joy: the joy which Jesus gives to us as His disciples and brethren. Earthly joys come and go based on circumstances and conditions that can rapidly and unexpectedly change. Our joy in Christ is based on his absolute assurance that whatever comes our way in life will not prevent us from the eternal joys promised to believers. Even now in this life, we find that joy to be a constant source of strength.

This joy comes to us in our obedience to the gospel when we realize our sins are forgiven and we have a new beginning. In Acts chapter eight, we read of the rejoicing of the Ethiopian nobleman after Philip baptized him. Upon believing the gospel and being baptized, the Philippian jailor “rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household (Acts 16:34). There is joy in Christian fellowship, joy in seeing men and women turn to God, joy in worshipping the Father, joy in serving others. “Joy,” said C.S. Lewis, “is the serious business of heaven.”

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: Give thanks to God for all the wonderful blessings that bring joy into our lives. Give special thanks for the joy that we have in Jesus. We could list so many things in Christ that bring us joy: the knowledge that we are forgiven, the privilege of worship and prayer, sharing together in the greatest work on earth in the kingdom of God. Paul prayed that “the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13).

06/03/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

Reading: : I Peter 2:9-10; Ephesians 2:19-22.

THE GREATEST FELLOWSHIP: Have you ever thought about joining some exclusive society or organization? If you have an IQ at the 99.997th percentile, you can apply for membership to the Prometheus Society, which claims it has only 3 dozen members worldwide at the time. If you come from a high-pedigree family and have lots of money, you can join an exclusive private club for a few thousand dollars a year. People often like to be recognized as members of such groups. However, if you want to be a member of the greatest organization or group in the world, your IQ, money, status, or accomplishments mean nothing. Membership in it, however, gives you a place of status and privilege far exceeding any human-created society. I am speaking, as I am sure you know, of being a member of the body or church of Christ. In Christ we are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession…”
What greater honor could one enjoy than this! God has graciously opened up the doors of the palace and invited us into it as members of the royal family. He has called us His own special treasured possession. He has adopted us as His children.

The church has the greatest Head, the Lord Jesus Christ. It has the greatest fellowship—that of all the men and women who have served God through the ages. The church has the greatest power—the power of the Spirit of God. It has the greatest influence—providing the light that this world so desperately needs. The church has the greatest destiny—to be in the presence of God in His heavenly land. The ultimate worth and value of the church is demonstrated in the price paid for her: the very life of the Son of God Himself. The church is the greatest organization on the face of the earth.

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: Give thanks to God today for the amazing blessings bestowed on us in our inclusion in His spiritual kingdom. We need to understand the magnitude of the honor of being a member of the church. We also must realize that we have not gained this privilege through our merits or goodness, but through the kindness and love of God (Titus 2:4-7). Seek to develop a greater appreciation for the church and be devoted to her. Be faithful in your duties as a Christian. Nothing on earth should be more important to us than being a living, active, faithful member of the greatest organization in the whole universe.

06/02/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD. Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Reading: Reading: Romans 3:10-26.

POWER OF SIN: What is the greatest problem or evil that faces us in the world today? Many possible answers could be given. We could talk about poverty, disease, greed, prejudice, terrorism, war, and many other things. We hear daily reports of murders, sexual crimes, abuse, and other vicious and ugly things. We can sum up all of these terrible things, however, by identifying the greatest problem in the world with a single three-letter word: sin. The Bible tells us that sin is a breaking of God’s law (I John 3:4), a power that controls and ruins our lives (Romans 6:12), a disease of the soul (Isaiah 1:4-6), and a missing of the mark or falling short of God’s intent for us (Romans 3:23). Our world attempts to rationalize sin away or to deny it altogether. But it won’t go away. Dr. Karl Menninger, a world-renowned psychiatrist, published a book in 1973 entitled “Whatever Became of Sin?’ He noted how our society and world have sought to extinguish the idea of sin from our lives, finding other explanations for our problems. He saw this as being due to the fact that we don’t like to feel that we have any guilt for anything, that we want to evade answerability and responsibility.

The Bible makes it very clear that not only does sin exist, it kills: “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Sin separates us from God now and will lead to eternal separation—unless it is removed from our hearts through the blood of Jesus. How blessed we are that the greatest evil or problem in our lives can be cured by the greatest price ever paid (I Peter 1:17-21). Never allow Satan to deceive you into thinking sin isn’t real or isn’t as bad as the Bible portrays it to be. Every problem in our world today is due to man’s rejection of God’s guidance and rules. Failure to acknowledge and honor God leads to the darkening of the heart. Men “professing themselves to be wise…become fools” (Rom. 1:22). Sin is the greatest problem in the world.

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: In your prayers today, thank God that through Jesus we can be forgiven of our sins and can escape the necessary punishment for sin. Ask God to help you examine your life. Confess your sins , ask for forgiveness, and for strength to resist sin. When we are baptized into Christ, we escape sin’s control (Romans 6:3ff). Yet we must continue to resist sin. It is a constant threat to our souls, but the blood of Jesus continues to wash it away when we walk in the Light (I John 1:7). “Thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness” (Rom. 6:17-18).

06/01/2026

OUR DAILY BREAD.

We like to classify things in life in terms of their ranking on some scale of greatness and may try to establish one person or one event as the greatest of them all. Usually, we end up with lists containing several possible choices. For example, the 10 greatest authors or artists or musicians or athletes, or perhaps a list of the greatest inventions or even the greatest disasters of all time. This week, we will talk about greatness in a spiritual sense. Our areas of consideration will be the greatest power in the universe, the greatest evil, the greatest organization, the greatest joy we can experience, and the greatest purpose or cause to which we can devote our lives.

MONDAY—Reading: Jeremiah 32:17-22.

NOTHING IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOD: Jeremiah declares that God created all things by His great power and outstretched hand: “Nothing is too difficult for You,” the prophet says. Men have great power. Men have learned to harness and use various forms of power to light and heat our homes, provide transportation on the ground, sea, and in the air, to move mountains, and to break out of the earth’s atmosphere to travel into space. We have also learned how to use such power to wreak havoc and bring indescribable destruction to other human beings. Yet, in thinking about power, we know of a power not bound by time or any other restriction—the power of God. Genesis chapter one reveals that power in creation. God spoke, and the universe came to be in six days. “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth are all their host” (Psalm 33:6). We see His power demonstrated in His wrath in the flood which came upon the earth, in the destruction of S***m and Gomorrah, and in the moral judgment revealed against the world (Romans 1:18ff).

The power of God is mercifully demonstrated in His ability to save us from sin and eternal death. Paul proclaims: “I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation…” (Romans 1:16a). The secret to that power is the blood of Jesus, which can cleanse us and make us fit for fellowship with the Father. We need to be aware of the power of God—and allow Him to use it to our benefit in enabling us to enjoy the wondrous blessings only God can bestow. The power of God is unquestionably the greatest power in all the universe, and beyond..

REFLECTION AND PRAYER: Give thought today to how God’s power is demonstrated in creation—pause to reflect on how “the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1). Remember that the same power that created the universe will someday bring it to an end. We must be in a relationship with Him through Christ that will protect us from that day of wrath. Give thanks for His power in your own life that cleanses you from sin, enables you to resist Satan, gives you strength in times of trial, and will sustain you in death.

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