Our Daily Bread

Topic:Trusting God in Times of Sorrow Bible in a Year: Psalms 46–48 Acts 28 I know whom I have believed. 2 Timothy 1:12 When a man known as “Papa John” learned he had terminal cancer, he and his wife, Carol, sensed God calling them to share their illness journey online. …

Topic:Cultivating God’s World Bible in a Year: Psalms 43–45 Acts 27:27–44 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. Genesis 2:15 “Dad, why do you have to go to work?” The question from my young daughter …

Topic:Plod On! Bible in a Year: Psalms 37–39 Acts 26 “Am I not sending you?” Judges 6:14 God loves to use people the world might overlook. William Carey was raised in a tiny village in the 1700s and had little formal education. He had limited success in his chosen trade …

Topic:His Scars Bible in a Year: Psalms 35–36 Acts 25 He was pierced for our transgressions, . . . and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5 After my conversation with Grady, it occurred to me why his preferred greeting was a “fist bump” not a handshake. A handshake …

Topic:A Glimmer on the Sea Bible in a Year: Psalms 33–34 Acts 24 At that time you were separate from Christ. . . . without hope and without God in the world. Ephesians 2:12 “I lay on my bed full of stale liquor and despair,” wrote journalist Malcolm Muggeridge of …

Topic:A Wide, Sweeping Grace Bible in a Year: Psalms 31–32 Acts 23:16–35 I have swept away your offenses. Isaiah 44:22 Alexa, Amazon’s voice-controlled device, has an interesting feature: it can erase everything you say. Whatever you’ve asked Alexa to do, whatever information you’ve asked Alexa to retrieve, one simple sentence …

Topic:A Royal Role Bible in a Year: Psalms 29–30 Acts 23:1–15 To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 The closer someone in a royal family is to the throne, the more the public …

Topic:How to Wait Bible in a Year: Psalms 26–28 Acts 22 Hear my voice when I call, Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. Psalm 27:7 Frustrated and disappointed with church, seventeen-year-old Trevor began a years-long quest for answers. But nothing he explored seemed to satisfy his longings or …

Topic:On Our Hearts Bible in a Year: Psalms 23–25 Acts 21:18–40 These commandments . . . are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Deuteronomy 6:6–7 After a young boy faced some challenges in school, his dad began to teach him a pledge to recite each morning …

Topic:When the Splendor Is Gone Bible in a Year: Psalms 20–22 Acts 21:1–17 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. Lamentations 3:22 I can never recapture the splendor that was our daughter Melissa. Fading from my memory are those wonderful times when …