daily bread

  • Your Father Knows

    “Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.” —Matthew 6:8 There is a temptation in prayer to think that if we say enough words, explain ourselves clearly enough, or pray fervently enough, God will finally hear us. Yet… Continue reading

  • God Will Multiply

    ‘The jar of meal shall not be spent, and the cruse of oil shall not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’ ” And she went and did as Eliʹjah said; and she, and he,… Continue reading

  • Beneath His Watchful Care

    “He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber.” — Psalm 121:3 There is a beautiful tenderness hidden within this verse. The Lord does not merely watch over us from afar. His eyes are always… Continue reading

  • Corpus Christi

     “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will… Continue reading

  • The Stones We Cast Aside

    ‘The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? —Mark 12:10-11 The words of Psalm 118 point first and foremost to Christ. He… Continue reading

  • PROCLAIM

    “He received all who came to him, and with complete assurance and without hindrance he proclaimed the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.” —Acts 28:31 Aren’t we called to do the same? If we have a… Continue reading

  • Held Within the Love of God

    “For in him we live and move and have our being.” —Acts 17:28 Sometimes we imagine the spiritual life as climbing upward toward God, but often the deeper truth is learning to awaken to the God who is already here.… Continue reading

  • The Measure of Love

    ‘A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.’ —John 15:13 If we’re ever confused about what love really is, Jesus tells us exactly how to love perfectly — and then shows us… Continue reading

  • The Peace the World Cannot Give

    “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” —John 14:27 The Lord gives us what we… Continue reading

  • Christ in All Things

    I tell you most solemnly, whoever welcomes the one I send welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. — John 13:20 After washing the disciples’ feet, Jesus reveals something profound about how He will remain… Continue reading