Our Daily Bread

Topic:Hope Anyway July 22, 2018 Read: Psalm 34:15–18 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 31–32; Acts 23:16–35 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Psalm 119:50 Among the hundreds of articles I’ve written for Our Daily Bread since 1988, a few stick in my mind. One such article is from the mid-1990s when I told …

Topic:Shelter from the Storm July 21, 2018 Read: James 1:12–18 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 29–30; Acts 23:1–15 But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter. Psalm 73:28 nlt When I lived in Oklahoma I had a friend who “chased” tornados. John tracked the storms carefully through …

Topic:Home Sweet Home July 20, 2018 Read: John 14:1–14 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 26–28; Acts 22 I am going there to prepare a place for you. John 14:2 “Why do we have to leave our home and move?” my son asked. It’s difficult to explain what a home is, especially to a five-year-old. We were leaving a house, …

Topic:Through the Cross July 19, 2018 Read: 2 Corinthians 4:8–18 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 23–25; Acts 21:18–40 [Nothing] will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39 My coworker Tom keeps an 8″ by 12″ glass cross on his desk. His friend Phil, who like Tom is …

Topic:What’s Your Passion? July 18, 2018 Read: Psalm 20:6–9 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 20–22; Acts 21:1–17 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7   One of the tellers at my bank has a photograph of a Shelby Cobra roadster on his window. (The Cobra …

Topic:I Just Can’t Do It July 17, 2018 Read: 1 Corinthians 1:26–31 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 18–19; Acts 20:17–38 The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24 nkjv “I just can’t do it!” lamented the dejected student. On the page he could see only small print, difficult …

Topic:No Co-Signer Required July 16, 2018 Read: Hebrews 6:13–20 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 16–17; Acts 20:1–16 People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said. Hebrews 6:16 When a person without a long history of paying his or her bills on time wants to obtain a loan to purchase a home or car, …

Topic:The Best Gift July 15, 2018 Read: Luke 11:9–13 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 13–15; Acts 19:21–41 Seek and you will find. Luke 11:9 When I was packing up to go home to London, my mother approached me with a gift—one of her rings I had long admired. Surprised, I asked, “What’s this for?” She replied, “I think you …

Topic:Hiding Our Hurts July 14, 2018 Read: Hebrews 4:12–13 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 10–12; Acts 19:1–20 he word of God . . . judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 I was guest-speaking in a local church and my topic was an honest story about presenting our brokenness before God and receiving the healing He …

Topic:He Knows Us July 13, 2018 Read: Psalm 139:1–14 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 7–9; Acts 18 You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise. Psalm 139:1–2 Did God know about me as I drove at night on a 100-mile journey to my village? Given the condition I was …