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 willingly chose to make their home among the very people …

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 him. He puts a stone and water in a pot …

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 him. He puts a stone and water in a pot …

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 artists and musicians of all time, their tremendous inborn talent …

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 laptops. The entire pace of life seems faster—with even our …

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 a major oil company. In his role as a salesman, …

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 praised the virtues of a woman who grew up, married, …

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, no! He died?” the boy said in surprise. From the …

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 knew at the time, there’d be inscribed the words “Here …

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 have you heard of the leaning tower of San Francisco? …