Our Daily Bread — Thursday, April 22, 2021
Good Morning. And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. (Genesis...
9 Iyar — Failure To Commit
During the Messiah’s ministry, He encountered many types of people and had different types of exchanges with these people. For the most part, He exhibited great compassion for those He met but there were occasions, though, when He chided some for their...
Our Daily Bread — Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Good Morning. He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth....
8 Iyar — In the Ghetto
It was on this day in 1516 that Jews were compelled to move into a restricted area in Venice, Italy. The area they were restricted to was, formerly, the site of a foundry where slag was stored for the manufacture of weapons. The Venetian term for a foundry is ghetto...
Our Daily Bread — Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Good Morning. So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if...
7 Iyar — Walls Can’t Withstand God’s Correction
It was on this day that Nehemiah dedicated the rebuilt outer wall of Jerusalem. On this same day, approximately 500 years later, the Jews surrendered that same wall to the Romans. Nehemiah had to rebuild the wall because, decades before him, the people of Judah...
Our Daily Bread — Monday, April 19, 2021
Good Morning. Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. (Genesis 8:4) There is a belief that, before God determined the month called Aviv was to be the “beginning of months” (Ex 12:2), the calendar year...
6 Iyar — With the Promise Comes the Travail
It was on this day in 1948 that the British Mandate over Palestine officially came to an end, 28 years to the day, after it had begun in 1920. And as we shared in the previous devotion, it was on this day that Israel officially became a nation. It was also on this day...
Our Daily Bread — Sunday, April 18, 2021
Good Morning. The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. (Genesis 8:2-3) There is a...
Our Daily Bread — Saturday, April 17, 2021
Good Morning. Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. (Genesis 8:1) Have you ever wondered if it was possible for God to forget the only...
4 Iyar — It Isn’t That Hard To Grasp
In 1939, the English apologist C. S. Lewis made this statement in a letter: “The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.” Here’s my translation of what Mr. Lewis was...
Our Daily Bread — Friday, April 16, 2021
Good Morning. So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. (Genesis 7:23) When all...