Our Daily Bread

Topic:Instead of Revenge Bible in a Year: Genesis 43–45 Matthew 12:24–50 If your enemy is hungry, feed him. Romans 12:20 After Jim Elliot and four other missionaries were killed by Huaorani tribesmen in 1956, no one expected what happened next. Jim’s wife, Elisabeth, their young daughter, and another missionary’s sister …

Topic:Bring What You Have Bible in a Year: Genesis 39–40 Matthew 11 “Bring them here to me,” [Jesus] said. Matthew 14:18 “Stone Soup,” an old tale with many versions, tells of a starving man who comes to a village, but no one there can spare a crumb of food for …

tOPIC:Bring What You Have Bible in a Year: Genesis 39–40 Matthew 11 “Bring them here to me,” [Jesus] said. Matthew 14:18 “Stone Soup,” an old tale with many versions, tells of a starving man who comes to a village, but no one there can spare a crumb of food for …

Topic:Walking with the Spirit Bible in a Year: Genesis 36–38 Matthew 10:21–42 Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:16 Ten thousand hours. That’s how long author Malcolm Gladwell suggests it takes to become skillful at any craft. Even for the greatest …

Topic:Slowing Down Time Bible in a Year: Genesis 33–35 Matthew 10:1–20 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 A lot has changed since the electric clock was invented in the 1840s. We now keep time on smart watches, smart phones, and …

Topic:Everyone Needs Compassion Bible in a Year: Genesis 31–32 Matthew 9:18–38 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Matthew 9:36 When Jeff was a new believer in Jesus and fresh out of college, he worked for …

Topic:A Lifestyle of Praise Bible in a Year: Genesis 29–30 Matthew 9:1–17 I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Psalm 146:2 Wallace Stegner’s mother died at the age of fifty. When Wallace was eighty, he finally wrote her a note—“Letter, Much Too Late”—in which he …

Topic:The Only King Bible in a Year: Genesis 27–28 Matthew 8:18–34 They bowed down and worshiped him. Matthew 2:11 As five-year-old Eldon listened to the pastor talk about Jesus leaving heaven and coming to earth, he gasped when the pastor thanked Him in prayer for dying for our sins. “Oh, …

Topic:Here Be Dragons? Bible in a Year: Genesis 25–26 Matthew 8:1–17 The Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 Legend has it that at the edges of medieval maps, marking the boundaries of the world the maps’ creators …

Topic:The Leaning Tower Bible in a Year: Genesis 23–24 Matthew 7 Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Matthew 7:24 You’ve probably heard of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, but …