Daily Bread — Friday, February 28, 2025
Therefore, for Your name’s sake, lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, for You are my strength. Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. (Psalm 31:3-5) If you and I could see all and...
29 Shevat — Focus on Being Focused
Today we are going to focus on being focused. In Luke’s gospel, we see that a couple of Messiah’s disciples had a particularly nasty attitude toward a Samaritan village. Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His...
Daily Bread — Thursday, February 27, 2025
In You, O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness. Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge, a fortress of defense to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress. (Psalm 31:1-3) Once again we find...
28 Shevat — The Greatest Love
It was on this day in 1943, while en route to Greenland, the troop ship SS Dorchester was sunk by a German U-boat, taking the lives of 600 men who were aboard. Among the lost were four chaplains, dubbed the “Four Immortals”—a Catholic Priest, a Methodist minister, a...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, February 26, 2025
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, to the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever. (Psalm 30:11-12) If you recall, we...
27 Shevat –The Stone Cut From the Mountain
It was on this day in 1943 that the last German Army in Stalingrad, Russia, surrendered to the Red Army. This marked the turning point on the eastern front and ended an enormous string of victories for the Nazis. In fact, this battle was the beginning of the end for...
Daily Bread — Tuesday, February 25, 2025
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me; Lord, be my helper! (Psalm 30:9-10) In the beginning, God formed man from the dust of the earth and breathed the...
26 Shevat — Treasures Old and New
It was on this day in 1959 that Israel began exporting copper, mined from the same copper mines that had once been used in the days of King Solomon. In fact, this was the first such export of this metal since the days of that ancient kingdom. Copper was one of many...
Daily Bread — Monday, February 24, 2025
Now in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.” Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. I cried out to You, O Lord; and to the Lord I made supplication. (Psalm 30:6-8) Many of us were raised by parents...
25 Shevat –The Pure Milk of the Word
In his first epistle, Peter addressed those of God’s people who were in the Diaspora (the “dispersion”) - people that were scattered abroad and not living in the land of Israel. In the second chapter, Peter said something we need to take note of today. He wrote:...
Daily Bread — Sunday, February 23, 2025
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:4-5) After the sin of the Golden Calf and...
24 Shevat — The Generation To Come
It was on this day in the year 519 B.C. that the prophet Zechariah received the Word of the Lord in a vision that predicted the restoration of Zion. This is recorded in the very first chapter of Zechariah and also includes a question asked by the Angel of the Lord: “O...