Daily Bread — Tuesday, June 4, 2024
If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked ... (Deuteronomy 25:1) As long as I've been alive and involved with ministry, the word judgment has always conjured up...
26 Iyar — Still Fighting the Six Day War
It was on this day in 1967, June 5th on the Gregorian calendar, that war broke out between Israel and several of her Arab neighbors in what is known as “The Six Day War.” On the very same day, Israel captured a very important Egyptian military base in the Sinai...
Daily Bread — Monday, June 3, 2024
When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat your olive trees,...
25 Iyar — Our Closest Friend
Today’s theme is friends and friendship. Solomon had this to say about friends: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” (Proverbs 17:17) In other words, a friend will love you even when you’re unlovable. A friend will stick by you and not...
24 Iyar — No Suffering, No Glory
It was on this day in 1945 that Nazi Germany surrendered, unconditionally, to the Allies. With the defeat of one of the most evil regimes that has ever existed came the push to establish a Jewish nation in their ancient homeland. Out of the ashes of the Holocaust came...
Daily Bread — Saturday, June 1, 2024
When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. (Deuteronomy 24:10-12)...
23 Iyar — Closer Than He’s Ever Been
It was on this day that Moses struck the rock in order to provide water for the people in the wilderness. This is recorded in Exodus 17: And the Lord said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your...
Daily Bread — Friday, May 31, 2024
When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house ... (Deuteronomy 24:1) Divorce is...
22 Iyar — It Is A Sign
It was on this day, according to tradition, that Israel observed their first Shabbat in the wilderness. This is recorded in Exodus 16: “See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man...
Daily Bread — Thursday, May 30, 2024
When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on...
21 Iyar — The Double Portion
It was on this day that Israel collected a lechem mishnah or “double portion” for the first time, as recorded in Exodus 16: And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the...
Daily Bread — Wednesday, May 29, 2024
When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you. (Deuteronomy 23:21-22) It is quite natural for us when...