I will share about Christian books I have read or listened to.
I will be sharing about my life before and after Christ. I will include stories about my pet and other pets I have encountered.
Our Daily Bread
Take a moment to think about God’s provision in your life. Maybe He answered a prayer, kept a promise from His Word, or provided for you in a time of need.
In the passage in the Bible known as the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus teaches His disciples how to pray.
Part of the way through, Jesus says, “Give us today our daily bread.” He is referencing a time when God’s people wandered in the desert for 40 years before they could enter the Promised Land.
During that waiting period, in a time of despair and hopelessness, God cared for His people by sending manna, a type of bread, every day to sustain them.
In the same way the Israelites depended on God for food, Jesus is setting an example for how we should talk to God: with humility and complete dependence on Him and His Word.
God’s Word is the ultimate thing that sustains us, giving us strength for today, hope for tomorrow, and vision for the future.
When we depend on God and seek Him through His Word, God draws near—exceeding our expectations and doing infinitely more than we could imagine through our circumstances.
Today, we’re celebrating 15 years of Bible App. When we created it, we had no idea what God would do, but we wanted to continuously seek, obey, and trust Him. And for the past 15 years, God has faithfully provided for this ministry.
Since its first weekend in the App Store, the YouVersion Community has grown from 83,000 downloads to over half a billion worldwide—and counting.
Now, God’s Word is reaching people all over the world, from all nations and languages, through Bible App. And you’re one of them.
So today, spend time reading God’s Word and reflecting on God’s goodness and provision. Ask Him for guidance, surrender to Him, and trust that He will provide and sustain you.
Sacrificial Love
Jesus, all powerful and completely perfect, chose to give up His life for us. He willingly went to the cross to be crucified, the most painful death imaginable, because He loved us so much.
And He invites us to do the same.
1 John 3:16 tells us, "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters."
How can we demonstrate this kind of sacrificial love in our own lives? How can we give our time, attention, or resources to help someone in need? Are we intentional to listen and be present for others, even when it's not easy or comfortable? Are we willing, if it comes down to it, to give up our lives for the sake of God and others?
This kind of love is challenging. It asks us to look beyond our own needs and to see the needs of others. It calls us to be selfless. The good news is, Jesus isn’t asking us to do anything for someone else that He wasn’t willing to do for us first. He knows ...
“And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which be Cæsar's, and unto God the things which be God's. And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.”
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