Our Daily Bread

Topic:Printed on Our Hearts Bible in a Year: Proverbs 6–7 2 Corinthians 2 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 7:1–5 When Johannes Gutenberg combined the printing press with moveable type in 1450, he ushered in the era of mass communications in the …

Topic:Loving Others with Our Prayers Bible in a Year: Proverbs 3–5 2 Corinthians 1 This happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 2 Corinthians 1:8–11 “Are people still praying for me?” That was one of the first questions a missionary asked his …

Topic:Now, then Next Bible in a Year: Proverbs 1–2 1 Corinthians 16 He holds success in store for the upright. Proverbs 2:1–11 I recently attended a high school graduation during which the speaker provided a needed challenge for the young adults awaiting their diplomas. He mentioned that this was a …

Topic:Failed Again Bible in a Year: Psalms 148–150 1 Corinthians 15:29–58 After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? Galatians 3:1–6 Back in my sermon-making days I approached some Sunday mornings feeling like a lowly worm. During the week before, …

Topic:Speak Up! Bible in a Year: Psalms 143–145 1 Corinthians 14:21–40 Pray . . . that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ. Colossians 4:2–6 Brittany exclaimed to her coworker at the restaurant, “There’s that man! There’s that man!” She …

Topic:Irrational Fears Bible in a Year: Psalms 140–142 1 Corinthians 14:1–20 I will not forget you! Isaiah 49:14–19 It makes no logical sense, but when my parents died within a three-month period, I feared they would forget me. Of course they were no longer on earth, but that left me …

Topic:The Whispering Gallery Bible in a Year: Psalms 137–139 1 Corinthians 13 In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. Psalm 18:1–6, 16–19 In the towering dome of London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, visitors can climb 259 steps to access The Whispering Gallery. There …

Topic:Suffering Together Bible in a Year: Psalms 135–136 1 Corinthians 12 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. 1 Corinthians 12:14–26 In 2013, seventy-year-old James McConnell, a British Royal Marine veteran, died. McConnell had no family, and staff from his nursing home feared no one would attend his …

Topic:The Servant Hears Bible in a Year: Psalms 132–134 1 Corinthians 11:17–34 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” 1 Samuel 3:1–10 Had the wireless radio been on, they would have known the Titanic …

Topic:Self-Checking Bible in a Year: Psalms 129–131 1 Corinthians 11:1–16 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. Lamentations 3:37–42 Recently I read through a stack of World War II-era letters my dad sent to my mother. He was in North Africa and …