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Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 18, 2024
Poet William Cowper struggled with depression much of his life After a suicide attempt he was committed to an asylum But it was there through the care of a Christian physician that Cowper came to a warm vital faith in Jesus Soon afterwards Cowper became acquainted with pastor and hymnwriter John Newton who encouraged him to collaborate on a hymnal for their church Among the hymns Cowper wrote was ldquo God Moves in a Mysterious Way rdquo which contains these words pressed from the crucible of experience ldquo You fearful saints fresh courage take the clouds you so much dread [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 25, 2024
Bad memories and accusing messages flooded Sal rsquo s mind Sleep eluded him as fear filled his heart and sweat covered his skin It was the night before his baptism and he couldn rsquo t stop the onslaught of dark thoughts Sal had received salvation in Jesus and knew that his sins had been forgiven but the spiritual battle continued It rsquo s then that his wife took his hand and prayed for him Moments later peace replaced the fear in Sal rsquo s heart He got up and wrote the words he would share prior to being baptized mdash [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 14, 2024
Like many teachers Carrie devotes countless hours to her career often grading papers and communicating with students and parents late into the evening To sustain the effort she relies on her community of colleagues for camaraderie and practical help her challenging job is made easier through collaboration A recent study of educators found that the benefit of collaboration is magnified when those we work with demonstrate humility When colleagues are willing to admit their weaknesses others feel safe to share their knowledge with one another effectively helping everyone in the group The Bible teaches the importance of humility mdash for [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 21, 2024
We rsquo d known Kha for more than a year He was part of our small group from church who met weekly to discuss what we rsquo d been learning about God One evening during our regular meeting he made a reference to having competed at the Olympics The mention was so casual that it almost escaped my notice Almost Lo and behold I learned I knew an Olympian who had competed in the bronze medal match I couldn rsquo t fathom that he rsquo d not mentioned it before but for Kha while his athletic achievement was a special [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 15, 2024
To help avoid future financial mistakes such as those in and that brought down the world rsquo s economy The Library of Mistakes was founded in Edinburgh Scotland It features a collection of more than two thousand books that can help educate the next generation of economists And it serves as a perfect example of how according to the library rsquo s curators ldquo smart people keep doing stupid things rdquo The curators believe that the only way to build a strong economy is to learn from prior mistakes Paul reminded the Corinthians that one way to avoid yielding to [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 29, 2023
Three days before a bomb blast rocked his home in January Dr Martin Luther King Jr had an encounter that marked him for the rest of his life After receiving a threatening phone call King found himself pondering an exit strategy from the civil rights movement Then prayers emerged from his soul ldquo I am here taking a stand for what I believe is right But now I am afraid I have nothing left I rsquo ve come to the point where I can't face it alone rdquo After his prayer there came quiet assurance King noted ldquo Almost at [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 19, 2023
Jill Price was born with the condition of hyperthymesia the ability to remember in extraordinary detail everything that ever happened to her She can replay in her mind the exact occurrence of any event she rsquo s experienced in her lifetime A TV show Unforgettable was premised on a female police officer with hyperthymesia mdash to her a great advantage in trivia games and in solving crimes For Jill Price however the condition isn rsquo t so much fun She can rsquo t forget the moments of life when she was criticized experienced loss or did something she deeply regretted [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 25, 2023
As a member of the leadership team for a local ministry part of my job was to invite others to join us as group discussion leaders My invitations described the time commitment required and outlined the ways leaders would need to engage with their small group participants both in meetings and during regular phone calls I was often reluctant to impose on other people being aware of the sacrifice they rsquo d be making to become a leader And yet sometimes their reply would completely overwhelm me ldquo I rsquo d be honored rdquo Instead of citing legitimate reasons to [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 03, 2023
A compassionate volunteer was called a ldquo guardian angel rdquo for his heroic efforts Jake Manna was installing solar panels at a job site when he joined an urgent search to find a missing five-year-old girl While neighbors searched their garages and yards Manna took a path that led him into a nearby wooded area where he spotted the girl waist-deep in a marsh He waded into the sticky mud to pull her out of her predicament and return her damp but unharmed to her grateful mother Like that little girl David also experienced deliverance The singer ldquo waited patiently [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 24, 2023
The protocols at the restaurant in my childhood neighborhood were consistent with social and racial dynamics in the late s and early s The kitchen helpers mdash Mary the cook and dishwashers like me mdash were Black however the in-restaurant patrons were White Black customers could order food but they had to pick it up at the back door Such policies reinforced the unequal treatment of Blacks in that era Though we rsquo ve come a long way since then we still have room for growth in how we relate to each other as people made in the image of [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 22, 2023
God doesn rsquo t help those who help themselves He helps those who trust in and rely on Him Jonathan Roumie mdash the actor who plays Jesus in the successful TV series The Chosen which is based on the four Gospels mdash realized this in May of Roumie had been living in Los Angeles for eight years was nearly broke had enough food just for the day and had no work in sight Not knowing how he would make it the actor poured out his heart and surrendered his career to God ldquo I literally prayed the words lsquo I [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
October 01, 2023
Writing in The Atlantic author Arthur C Brooks tells of his visit to the National Palace Museum in Taiwan which contains one of the largest collections of Chinese art in the world The museum guide asked ldquo What do you think of when I ask you to imagine a work of art yet to be started rdquo Brooks said ldquo An empty canvas I guess rdquo The guide replied ldquo There rsquo s another way to view it The art already exists and the job of artists is simply to reveal it rdquo In Ephesians the word ldquo handiwork rdquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 28, 2023
On our last day in Wisconsin my friend brought her four-year-old daughter Kinslee to say goodbye ldquo I don rsquo t want you to move rdquo said Kinslee I hugged her and gave her a canvas hand-painted fan from my collection ldquo When you miss me use this fan and remember that I love you rdquo Kinslee asked if she could have a different fan mdash a paper one from my bag ldquo That one rsquo s broken rdquo I said ldquo I want you to have my best fan rdquo I didn rsquo t regret giving Kinslee my favorite [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 23, 2023
Building benches isn rsquo t James Warren rsquo s job He started building them however when he noticed a woman in Denver sitting in the dirt while waiting for a bus That rsquo s ldquo undignified rdquo Warren worried So the twenty-eight-year-old workforce consultant found some scrap wood built a bench and placed it at the bus stop It quickly got used Realizing many of the nine thousand bus stops in his city lacked seating he made another bench then several more inscribing ldquo Be Kind rdquo on each one His goal ldquo To make people rsquo s lives just [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 14, 2023
Bridger Walker was only six when a menacing dog lunged at his younger sister Instinctively Bridger jumped in front of her shielding her from the dog rsquo s ferocious attack After receiving emergency care and ninety stitches to his face Bridger explained his actions ldquo If someone had to die I thought it should be me rdquo Thankfully plastic surgeons have helped Bridger rsquo s face heal But his brotherly love evidenced in recent pictures where he rsquo s seen hugging his sister remains strong as ever Ideal family members watch over us and care for us True brothers step [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 08, 2023
One day a sixth-grade student noticed a classmate cutting his arm with a small razor Trying to do the right thing she took it from him and threw it away Surprisingly instead of being commended for her act she received a ten-day school suspension Why She briefly had the razor in her possession mdash something not allowed at school Asked if she would do it again she replied ldquo Even if I got in trouble I would do it again rdquo Just as this girl rsquo s act of trying to do good got her into trouble at her school [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 21, 2023
When Pastor Bob suffered an injury that affected his voice he entered fifteen years of crisis and depression What he wondered does a pastor do who can rsquo t talk He struggled with this question pouring out his grief and confusion to God He reflected ldquo I only knew one thing to do mdash to go after the Word of God rdquo As he spent time reading the Bible his love for God grew ldquo I rsquo ve devoted my life to absorbing and immersing myself in the Scripture because faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 03, 2023
In ad the early church father Polycarp was threatened with death by fire for his faith in Christ He replied ldquo For eighty and six years I have been his servant and he has done me no wrong And how can I now blaspheme my king who saved me rdquo Polycarp rsquo s response can be an inspiration for us when we face extreme trial because of our faith in Jesus our King Just hours before Jesus rsquo death Peter boldly pledged His allegiance to Christ ldquo I will lay down my life for you rdquo John Jesus who knew [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 06, 2023
Always a busy guy Carson hunted fished rode dirt bikes and skateboarded He loved everything outdoors But he was in a motorcycle accident and became paralyzed from the chest down Soon depression sank in and he didn rsquo t see much of a future Then one day some of his buddies got him to go hunting again For a time he forgot about his injury as he enjoyed the beauty around him This experience brought him inner healing and inspired a new purpose for his life mdash to provide the same experience for others like him through a nonprofit organization [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 04, 2023
The crime was shocking and the man who committed it was sentenced to life in prison In the years that followed the man mdash in solitary confinement mdash began a process of mental and spiritual healing It led to repentance and a restored relationship with Jesus These days he rsquo s been allowed limited interactions with other inmates And by God rsquo s grace through his witness some fellow-prisoners have received Christ as Savior mdash finding forgiveness in Him Moses though now recognized as a great man of faith also committed a shocking crime After he witnessed ldquo an Egyptian [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 24, 2023
Augustine rsquo s autobiographical Confessions describes his long and winding journey to Jesus On one occasion he was riding to the palace to give a flattering speech for the emperor He was fretting over his deceptive applause lines when he noticed a drunken beggar ldquo joking and laughing rdquo He realized the drunk already had whatever fleeting happiness his shifty career might bring and with much less effort So Augustine stopped striving for worldly success But he was still enslaved by lust He knew he couldn rsquo t turn to Jesus without turning from sin and he still struggled with [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 17, 2023
Sara lost her mother when she was just fourteen years old She and her siblings lost their house soon after and became homeless Years later Sara wanted to provide her future children with an inheritance that could be passed down from generation to generation She worked extremely hard to purchase a house giving her family the stable home she never had Investing in a home for future generations is an act of faith mdash taking steps toward a future you don rsquo t yet see God told the prophet Jeremiah to purchase land just before the violent siege of Jerusalem [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 04, 2023
We all leave a bit of ourselves behind when we move to a new place But to become a long-term resident of Villas Las Estrellas Antarctica a cold and desolate place leaving a piece of yourself behind is a literal thing With the nearest hospital miles away a person will be in serious trouble if her appendix bursts So every citizen must first undergo an appendectomy before moving there Drastic right But it rsquo s not as drastic as becoming a resident of the kingdom of God Because people want to follow Jesus on their own terms and not His [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 18, 2023
ldquo Lord please send me anywhere but there rdquo That was my prayer as a teenager before embarking on a year as a foreign exchange student I didn rsquo t know where I would be going but I knew where I didn rsquo t want to go I didn rsquo t speak that country rsquo s language and my mind was filled with prejudices against its customs and people So I asked God to send me elsewhere nbsp But God in His infinite wisdom sent me precisely where I asked not to go I rsquo m so glad He did [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 09, 2023
I call it the ldquo lean to green rdquo miracle It rsquo s happened every spring for more than fifteen years mdash and I rsquo m still amazed when it does Coming out of the winter months the grass in our yard is dusty and brown so much so a casual passerby might believe it rsquo s dead Colorado has snow in the mountains but the climate on the plains mdash ldquo the Front Range rdquo mdash is dry with most warmer months full of drought warnings But every year around the end of May I turn on the sprinklers [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 04, 2023
I recently saw a photograph of Michelangelo rsquo s sculpture Moses in which a closeup view showed a small bulging muscle on Moses rsquo right arm This muscle is the extensor digiti minimi and the contraction only appears when someone lifts their pinky Michelangelo known as a master of intricate details paid close attention to the human bodies he sculpted adding intimate features most everyone else would miss Michelangelo knew the human body in ways few other sculptors have but the details he carved into granite were his attempts to reveal something deeper mdash the soul the interior life of [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 16, 2023
Recently my wife and I were cleaning our house before having guests over I noticed some dark stains on our white kitchen tile floor mdash the kind that required getting on my knees to scrub But I soon had a sinking realization the more I scrubbed the more I noticed other stains Each stain I eliminated only made the others that much more obvious Our kitchen floor suddenly seemed impossibly dirty And with each moment I realized ldquo No matter how hard I work I can never get this floor completely clean rdquo Scripture says something similar about self-cleansing mdash [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 04, 2023
I settled into the church pew behind a woman wearing a colorful scarf as the music team began playing ldquo I Can Only Imagine rdquo Raising my hands I praised God as the woman rsquo s sweet soprano voice harmonized with mine After service we introduced ourselves Louise told me about her health struggles and we decided to read Scripture and pray together during her cancer treatment appointments A few months later Louise told me she feared dying Leaning onto her hospital bed I rested my head next to hers whispered a prayer and quietly sang our song I can [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 13, 2023
Christian consciousness begins in the painful realization that what we had assumed was the truth is in fact a lie rdquo Eugene Peterson wrote in his powerful reflections on Psalm Psalm is the first of the ldquo psalms of ascent rdquo Psalms ndash sung by pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem And as Peterson explored in nbsp A Long Obedience in the Same Direction nbsp InterVarsity Press nbsp nbsp these psalms also offer us a picture of the spiritual journey toward God That journey can only begin with profound awareness of our need for something different As Peterson puts it [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 09, 2023
As part of a sermon illustration I walked toward the beautiful painting an artist had been creating on the platform and made a dark streak across the middle of it The congregation gasped in horror The artist simply stood by and watched as I defaced what she rsquo d created Then selecting a new brush she lovingly transformed the ruined painting into an exquisite work of art Her restorative work reminds me of the work God can perform in our lives when we rsquo ve made a mess of them The prophet Isaiah rebuked the people of Israel for their [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 06, 2023
At age sixteen Luis Rodriguez had already been in jail for selling crack But now arrested for attempted murder he was in prison once again mdash looking at a life sentence But God spoke into his guilty circumstances Behind bars young Luis remembered his early years when his mother had faithfully taken him to church He now felt God tugging at his heart Luis moved by Him repented of his sins and came to Jesus In his early years the apostle Paul rsquo s ldquo street name rdquo was Saul He was guilty of aggravated assault on believers in Jesus [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 27, 2022
In Martin Luther observed Among themselves the merchants have a common rule which is their chief maxim I care nothing about my neighbor so long as I have my profit and satisfy my greed rdquo More than two hundred years later John Woolman from Mount Holly New Jersey let his commitment to Jesus influence his tailor shop dealings Out of support for the freeing of slaves he refused to purchase any cotton or dye supplies from companies who used their forced labor With a clear conscience he loved his neighbor and lived according to integrity and sincerity in all his [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 20, 2022
The Clark rsquo s Nutcracker is an amazing bird Every year it prepares for winter by hiding tiny caches of four or five whitebark pine seeds as many as five hundred seeds per hour Then months later it returns to uncover the seeds even under heavy snow A Clark rsquo s Nutcracker may remember as many as locations where it has hidden seeds mdash an astounding feat especially when you consider the difficulty we humans can have remembering the location of our car keys or glasses But even this incredible act of memory pales in comparison with God rsquo s [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 07, 2022
Maria carried her fast-food lunch to an empty table As she bit into her burger her eyes locked on those of a young man seated several tables away His clothes were soiled his hair hung limply and he clutched at an empty paper cup Clearly he was hungry How could she help A gift of cash seemed unwise If she bought a meal and presented it to him might he be embarrassed nbsp Just then Maria remembered the story of Ruth where Boaz a wealthy landowner invited the impoverished immigrant widow to glean from his fields He gave orders to [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
November 04, 2022
The careers of most National Football League players are remarkably brief just years on average according to statista com Then there rsquo s Tampa Bay Buccaneer and former New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady In he began his twenty-second season at the age of forty-four How Perhaps his famously rigorous diet and exercise routine have enabled him to maintain his competitive edge Brady rsquo s seven Super Bowl rings have earned him the title of G O A T mdash greatest of all time in the NFL But it rsquo s a title he never could have achieved apart from [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
September 19, 2022
As a teen I was driving way too fast trying to follow my friend to his home after a high school basketball practice It was raining hard and I was having a hard time keeping up with his car Suddenly my wipers cleared the watery windshield only to reveal my friend rsquo s sedan stopped in front of me I slammed on the brakes slid off the street and struck a large tree My car was destroyed Later I awoke in the comatose ward of a local hospital While by God rsquo s grace I survived my reckless ways had [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 30, 2022
Zach Elder and his friends pulled up to shore after a twenty-five-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon The man who came to retrieve their rafts told them about the COVID- virus They thought he was joking But as they left the canyon their phones pinged with their parents rsquo urgent messages Zach and his friends were stunned They wished they could return to the river and escape what they now knew In a fallen world knowledge often brings pain The wise Teacher of Ecclesiastes observed ldquo With much wisdom comes much sorrow the more knowledge the more grief rdquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 23, 2022
The impala a member of the antelope family is able to jump up to ten feet high and thirty feet in length It rsquo s an incredible feat and no doubt essential to its survival in the African wild Yet at many impala enclosures found in zoos you rsquo ll find that the animals are kept in place by a wall that rsquo s merely three feet tall How can such a low wall contain these athletic animals It works because impalas will never jump unless they can see where they rsquo ll land The wall keeps the impalas inside [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 20, 2022
To test the stability of two houses engineers simulated a category three hurricane by using powerful fans that produced winds gusts of mph for ten minutes The first house was built according to a non-hurricane building code and the other was put together with a reinforced roof and floors The first house shook and eventually collapsed but the second house survived with only a few cosmetic damages One of the engineers summarized the study by asking Which house would you rather be living in Concluding His teaching on values of kingdom living Jesus said ldquo Everyone who hears these words [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
July 12, 2022
Who do people believe Jesus is Some say He was a good teacher but just a man Author C S Lewis wrote ldquo Either this man was and is the Son of God or else a nbsp madman nbsp or something worse You can shut him up for a fool you can spit at him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God but let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher rdquo These now-famous words from Mere Christianity propound that Jesus [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 25, 2022
Billy a loving and loyal dog became an internet star in His owner Russell had broken his ankle and was using crutches to walk Soon the dog also began to hobble when walking with his owner Concerned Russell took Billy to the vet who said there was nothing wrong with him He ran freely when he was by himself It turned out that the dog faked a limp when he walked with his owner That rsquo s what you call trying to truly identify with someone rsquo s pain Coming alongside others is forefront in the apostle Paul rsquo s [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
June 17, 2022
Charla was dying and she knew it While she was lying on her hospital room bed her surgeon and a group of young interns poured into the room For the next several minutes the doctor ignored Charla as he described her terminal condition to the interns Finally he turned to her and asked ldquo And how are you rdquo Charla weakly smiled and warmly told the group about her hope and peace in Jesus Some two thousand years ago Jesus rsquo battered naked body hung in humiliation on a cross before a crowd of onlookers Would He lash out at [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
May 19, 2022
My trip to Simon rsquo s house was unforgettable Under the cover of a star-lit sky in Nyahururu Kenya we made our way to his modest home for dinner The dirt floor and the lantern light reflected Simon rsquo s limited means What was on the menu I don rsquo t recall What I can rsquo t forget was Simon rsquo s joy that we were his guests His gracious hospitality was Jesus-like mdash selfless life-touching and refreshing In Corinthians ndash Paul mentioned a family mdash the household of Stephanas v mdash that had a reputation for their caregiving They [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
April 04, 2022
As a teenager Charles Spurgeon wrestled with God He'd grown up going to church but what was preached seemed bland and meaningless God was a struggle for him and Charles in his own words ldquo rebelled and revolted rdquo One night a fierce snowstorm forced the sixteen-year-old Spurgeon to seek shelter in a tiny Methodist church The pastor's sermon seemed directed at him personally In that moment God won the wrestling match and Charles gave his heart to Jesus Spurgeon later wrote ldquo long before I began with Christ He began with me rdquo In fact our life with God [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 24, 2022
In Martin Handford rsquo s book Where rsquo s Waldo nbsp a series of children rsquo s puzzle books first created in the elusive character wears a red and white striped shirt and socks with a matching hat blue jeans brown boots and glasses Handford has cleverly hidden Waldo in plain sight within the busy illustrations filled with crowds of characters at various locations around the world Waldo isn rsquo t always easy to see but the creator promises readers will always be able to find him Though looking for God isn rsquo t really like looking for Waldo in [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
March 03, 2022
Kevin walked into the nursing facility after his dad passed away to pick up his belongings The staff handed him two small boxes He said he realized that day that it really didn rsquo t take an abundance of possessions to be happy nbsp His dad Larry had been carefree and always ready with a smile and an encouraging word for others The reason for his happiness was another ldquo possession rdquo that didn rsquo t fit into a box an unshakable faith in his Redeemer Jesus nbsp Jesus urges us to ldquo store up treasures in heaven rdquo Matthew [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 24, 2022
The dormouse rsquo s nose twitched Something tasty was nearby Sure enough the scent led to a birdfeeder full of delicious seed The dormouse climbed down the chain to the feeder slipped through the door and ate and ate all night Only in the morning did he realize the trouble he was in Birds now pecked at him through the feeder rsquo s door but having gorged on the seed he was now twice his size and unable to escape Doors can lead us to wonderful places mdash or dangerous ones A door features prominently in Solomon rsquo s advice [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 17, 2022
During our tour of an aircraft carrier a jet fighter pilot explained that planes need a -kilometer per hour wind to take off on such a short runway To reach this steady breeze the captain turns his ship into the wind ldquo Shouldn rsquo t the wind come from the planes rsquo back rdquo I asked The pilot answered ldquo No The jets must fly into the wind That rsquo s the only way to achieve lift rdquo God called Joshua to lead His people into the ldquo winds rdquo that awaited them in the Promised Land Joshua required two [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 14, 2022
In a small farming community news travels fast Several years after the bank sold the farm David rsquo s family had owned for decades he learned the property would be available for sale After much sacrifice and saving David arrived at the auction and joined a crowd of nearly two hundred local farmers Would David rsquo s meager bid be enough He placed the first bid taking deep breaths as the auctioneer called for higher bids The crowd remained silent until they heard the slam of the gavel The fellow farmers placed the needs of David and his family above [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 13, 2022
Two octogenarians one from Germany and the other Denmark were an unlikely couple They each enjoyed sixty years of marriage before being widowed Though living only fifteen minutes apart their homes were in separate countries Still they fell in love regularly cooking meals and spending time together Sadly in due to the coronavirus the Danish government closed the border crossing Undeterred every day at p m the two met at the border on a quiet country lane and seated on their respective sides shared a picnic ldquo We rsquo re here because of love rdquo the man explained Their love [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
February 05, 2022
When my friend Floss lies awake at night she thinks about the lyrics of the hymn ldquo My Jesus I Love Thee rdquo She calls it her ldquo middle-of-the-night rdquo song because it helps her to remember God rsquo s promises and the many reasons that she loves Him Sleep is a necessary mdash but sometimes elusive mdash part of life At times we may sense the voice of the Holy Spirit bringing unconfessed sin to our mind Or we begin worrying about our job our relationships our finances our health or our children Soon a full-scale dystopian future starts [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 31, 2022
I sat on the pier during a vacation reading my Bible and watching my husband fish A young man approached us suggesting we use different bait He glanced at me as he fidgeted from one foot to another and said ldquo I rsquo ve been in jail rdquo He pointed to my Bible and sighed ldquo Do you think God really cares about people like me rdquo Opening to Matthew I read aloud that Jesus talked about His followers visiting those in prison ldquo It says that About being in prison rdquo Tears brimmed his eyes when I shared how [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 29, 2022
Are we there yet Not yet Are we there yet Not yet That was the back-and-forth game we played on the first and definitely not the last sixteen-hour trip back home to Arkansas from Colorado when our children were young Our oldest two kept the game alive and well and if I had a dollar for every time they asked well I rsquo d have a stack of dollars It was a question my children were obsessed with but I the driver was equally obsessed wondering ldquo Are we there yet rdquo And the answer was ldquo Not yet but [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 16, 2022
A fierce thunderstorm lashed Memphis Tennessee on the evening of April Weary and feeling ill the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr decided not to give his planned speech for striking sanitation workers at a church hall He was surprised by an urgent phone call saying a large crowd had braved the weather to hear him So he went to the hall and spoke for forty minutes delivering what some say was his greatest speech ldquo I rsquo ve Been to the Mountaintop rdquo The next day King was killed by an assassin rsquo s bullet but his speech still [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 14, 2022
Carl had contracted cancer and needed a double lung transplant He asked God for new lungs but felt odd doing so He confessed it rsquo s a strange thing to pray because ldquo someone has to die so I might live rdquo nbsp Carl rsquo s dilemma highlights a basic truth of Scripture God uses death to bring life We see this in the story of the Exodus Born into slavery the Israelites languished under the oppressive hands of the Egyptians Pharaoh wouldn rsquo t release his grip until God made it personal Every eldest son would die unless the [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
January 12, 2022
In as the US economy crashed millions of people lost everything But not Floyd Odlum As everyone else panicked and sold their stocks at cut-rate prices Odlum appeared to foolishly jump in and purchase stocks just as the nation rsquo s future disintegrated But Odlum rsquo s ldquo foolish rdquo perspective paid off yielding robust investments that endured for decades God told Jeremiah to make what seemed like an absolutely ludicrous investment ldquo buy the field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin rdquo Jeremiah This was no time to be buying fields however The entire country was on the [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 12, 2021
Stuck in a stressful job with long hours and an unreasonable boss James wished he could quit But he had a mortgage a wife and a young child to take care of He was tempted to resign anyway but his wife reminded him ldquo Let rsquo s hang on and see what God will give us rdquo Many months later their prayers were answered James found a new job that he enjoyed and gave him more time with the family ldquo Those months were long rdquo he told me ldquo but I rsquo m glad I waited for God rsquo [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
December 04, 2021
Decorative blue and white ceramic tiles commonly found in Dutch households were originally made in the city of Delft They often depict familiar scenes of the Netherlands beautiful landscapes ubiquitous windmills and people working and playing In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens wrote in his book A Christmas Carol how these tiles were used to illustrate the Scriptures He described an old fireplace built by a Dutchman paved with these quaint Delft tiles ldquo There were Cains and Abels Pharaohs rsquo daughters Queens of Sheba and Apostles putting off to sea rdquo Many households used these tiles as a teaching [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 24, 2021
The two women occupied the aisle seats across from each other The flight was two hours so I couldn rsquo t help but see some of their interactions It was clear they knew each other might even be related The younger of the two probably in her sixties kept reaching in her bag to hand the older I rsquo d guess in her nineties fresh apple slices then homemade finger sandwiches then a towelette for clean up and finally a crisp copy of the New York Times Each hand-off was done with such tenderness such dignity As we stood to [... more]
Our Daily Bread Ministries
Various Hosts
August 23, 2021
We trekked deeper and deeper into the forest venturing farther and farther away from the village at Yunnan Province China After an hour or so we heard the deafening roar of the water Quickening our steps we soon reached a clearing and were greeted by a beautiful view of a curtain of white water cascading over the gray rocks Spectacular Our hiking companions who lived in the village we had left an hour earlier decided that we should have a picnic Great idea but where was the food We hadn rsquo t brought any My friends disappeared into the surrounding [... more]
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