Aug 26 2026 … Consistent Prayer

Aug 26 2026 … Consistent Prayer

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Matthew West singing … Don’t Stop Praying … calling on Christians to continue praying when things get tough in life.

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Highlight Passage: … Daniel 6:10 [NIV]

…  10 But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. 

… Daniel continued to pray to God in spite of the king’s decree not to pray to gods other than the king.   

Highlight Passage: …  Daniel 6:3-7, 9-11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Daniel continued his habit of praying three times a day in spite of the king’s edict against the practice of praying to other gods besides king Darius. 

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Reference Passage: …  Matthew 6:6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches in His sermon on the mount for His followers to privately go into their (our) prayer closets and pray to God for the desires of their (our) heart.   

Reference Passage: …  Luke 5:16, 6:12  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke documents Jesus’ habit of getting alone to pray to His Heavenly Father.       

Reference Passage: Romans 12:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                  

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to go to God in prayer when things get tough.     

Reference Passage:</u> Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

…  When confronted with trials in life, Paul exhorted fellow Christians to pray to God with a thankful heart and seek God’s peace. 

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 4:2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Paul also exhorts Christians to devote themselves (ourselves) to diligent prayer with a thankful heart.

Reference Passage: …  James 5:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                   

…  Jesus’ brother, James, teaches truth that the effective prayer of a righteous man has great power before God’s throne of grace.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Lisa M Samra …  USE THIS LINK        tells of Academy Award actor, Denzel Washington, encouraging young actors to develop the consistent habit of praying to God each morning by putting their shoes under the bed to remind them to pray when they got up in the morning and had to get their shoes out from under the bed.   

And that insistence on the power of consistent prayer was certainly the subject of today’s ODB entry, the linked song, and all of the Scriptures shared above.  So, after my readers - that’s you - have taken in all of that, … I don’t know about you; but I was convicted that I need to develop a more consistent and disciplined prayer life.   How about you?   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling on me to pray to You - with a thankful heart - more often.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your call to pray to You regularly … with a thankful heart.  … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site. 

Aug 25 2026 … God Sees

Aug 25 2026 … God Sees

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Cade Thompson singing … The Eyes of God … of seeing our world and our lives thru the eyes of God.

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Highlight Passage: … Amos 9:4a [NIV]

… 4 ”… I will keep My eyes on them …”  

… God declares that no matter where God’s people are, He, The Lord, watches over them.   

Highlight Passage: …  Amos 9:2-4, 11-12, 14-15  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru the Prophet Amos, declares that He, The Lord, will ALWAYS keep His eyes on His chosen people.

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Reference Passage: 1Samuel 16:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

…  God shows Samuel that the Lord doesn’t judge mankind the way man does - by seeing the heart rather than judging the external characteristics.   

Reference Passage: …  Job 28:23-24  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Job declares that God sees and understands EVERYTHING.   

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 139:1-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God knowing ALL and seeing ALL about him.       

Reference Passage: Proverbs 15:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

… Solomon, with Godly wisdom, showing that God sees EVERYTHING.  

Reference Passage: …  Jeremiah 23:24  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… God, thru Jeremiah, shows that there is NO WHERE God’s people can go to hide from God’s eyes.

Reference Passage:</u> …  Hebrews 4:13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … </b>

…  The Author of Hebrews shows all Christians that nothing in all of God’s creation is hidden from His eyes.

<b><u>My Devotional Journal</u>:</b> Today’s Our Daily Bread from Leslie Koh …  <b>USE THIS LINK</b> https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals/devotional-category/god-sees-all?ts=1787616000000       relates a personal story of being with her son and grandson at a restaurant and playing hide-seek- with the menus, realizing that her grandson thought that when he was behind the menu, her dad couldn’t see him.  It was a delightful illustration of any of us who think that we can hide anywhere to escape God’s all-seeing … all-knowing eyes.    

And if my readers have taken in the ODB entry for today, the linked song, and meditated on the Scriptures above, I pray we all realize that God sees and knows ALL.  And there is NOWHERE we can go that He doesn’t see or know our heart, mind, and soul.  And personally, I hope none of us is trying to hide anywhere from God’s all-knowing … all-seeing eyes.   Because, my dear ones, He sees us ALL … EVERYWHERE!!   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for seeing me … ALWAYS.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your all-seeing … all-knowing presence  … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site. 

Aug 24 2026 … God’s Battle

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …           and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the Maranatha Singers singing … The Battle Belongs To The Lord … of the battles of life, for Christians, belong to the Lord.

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Highlight Passage: … Exodus 14:14 [NLT]

…  14 ”… The Lord Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”  

… Moses calms the fears of God’s people at the Red Sea as Pharaoh’s army approached, … declaring that God would protect them with His power.    

Highlight Passage: …  Exodus 14:10-18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Moses shows God’s people of God intervening power to save God’s people from Pharaoh’s army at the Red Sea.

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Reference Passage: Deuteronomy 31:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Moses commands and promises Joshua that God would be with His people as Joshua was to lead them into the Promised Land. 

Reference Passage: …  Joshua 1:9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …        

… God promises Joshua that The Lord would be with him and God’s people as they went into God’s promised land.   

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 91:1-4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses’ of confidence in the Lord to protect His chosen faithful people.   

Reference Passage: Isaiah 41:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                                         

… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, promises His protection and power for His people.  

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 6:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul assures his fellow Christians of God’s protection and his power. 

Reference Passage: …  Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  The Apostle Paul also assures fellow Christians of God’s peace when they (we) pray to His Spirit for God’s protective grace..

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Karen Pimpo …  USE THIS LINK       related a true story about the life of Jim Braddock during the depression, who was an older - somewhat over-the-hill - boxer who went thru punishing trials in the ring to ultimately become heavyweight champion, … all done to put food on the table for his family.   It reminded the ODB author of today’s entry of how God has promised his chosen and faithful people to protect them (us) in the battles and trials of life. 

And if my readers have taken in the ODB entry for today, the linked song, and meditated on the Scriptures above, reflecting on God’s promises to be with His own in the battles of life, I’m praying that you feel as warmly protected by God’s grace right now as I do. 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being with me in the trials I face today.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for being our Protector as we face the battles of life.  … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

Aug 23 2026 … Jesus: The Real Deal

 Aug 23 2026 … Jesus: The Real Deal

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the Chris  Tomlin and Christy Nockels singing … Jesus, Son of God … telling of Jesus being The Christ, the true Son of God.

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 4:32 [NLT]

…  3 He was despised and rejected — a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on Him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.  

… Isaiah prophesies of a coming Messiah Who will be despised and turned away in sacrifice as the Lamb of God.     

Highlight Passage: …  Isaiah 53:1-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  Isaiah prophesies that there will be a coming  Messiah, One Who suffers an unjust trial and is sacrificed as the Lamb of God for the sins of mankind.

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Reference Passage: Matthew 8:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

…  Matthew recounts a time when Jesus healed many who were sick, fulfilling the prophesy of Isaiah 53:4. 

Reference Passage: …  Luke 22:37  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… Luke recounts Jesus telling His disciples that the time of the prophesy of His death as the Messiah had finally come (i.e., see Isaiah 53:12).   

Reference Passage: … John 12:37-40 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… John recognizes and recounts the prophecies of Isaiah in the unbelief of the the people in Jesus as The Messiah.   

Reference Passage: Acts 8:26-33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                

… Luke recounts Phillip teaching an Ethiopian eunuch of the prophesies of Isaiah about the Messiah.  

Reference Passage: …  Romans 10:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… The Apostle Paul quotes from the Prophet Isaiah 53:1, foretelling that many will reject Christ as Messiah. 

Reference Passage: …  1Peter 2:22-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Peter shows that Isaiah’s prophecies of the Messiah are fulfilled in Jesus.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Kenneth Petersen …  USE THIS LINK      related a true story of a photo of a pink flamingo wrapped into a ball, which was entered in a contest supposedly of all AI generated photos.   Though the photographer was awarded a medal for the photo (see photo attached), he was later disqualified because his photo was of a real flamingo.  And the story reminded the ODB author of Isaiah’s prophesies of the coming Messiah, Who would be rejected by so many even though Jesus was truly the Messiah and the true Son of God.  

And taking in the Scriptures, shared above, mostly from New Testament author’s quoting from OT Scriptures (from the Prophet Isaiah), many have rejected Jesus as Messiah.  But those who accepted Jesus as The Messiah and the Son of God, have received His saving grace.   And I’m one of those!   How about you?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for coming to be our Messiah and Lord.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for dying as the Son of God to save those (of us) who believe in You as the Lamb of God and our Messiah. … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.

Aug 22 2026 … Seeking Forgiveness

Aug 22 2026 … Seeking Forgiveness

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …         and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the Matthew West singing … Forgiveness … calling on Christians to set aside prideful selfishness, seeking Christlike forgiveness as we deal with one another.

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 4:32 [NLT]

…  32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.  

… The Apostle Paul calls exhorts fellow Christians to show Christlike forgiveness to one another.      

Highlight Passage: …  Ephesians 4:26-32  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul calls on fellow Christians to set aside selfish pride and share Christlike forgiveness to one another.

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Reference Passage: Proverbs 15:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

…  Solomon warns believers to avoid anger by using gentle rather than harsh words.  

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 6:24-25  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …       

… Jesus, in His sermon on the mount, teaches His followers on the importance - and necessity - of forgiveness.   

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:37 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke recounts Jesus teaching HIs followers and Disciples about the importance of a forgiving spirit in dealing with others. 

Reference Passage: 1Corinthians 13:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …       

… Paul teaches truth about the essence of love being patient and kind, not boastful or selfish. 

Reference Passage: …  Colossians 3:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches fellow Christians on how to deal with one another - with a heart of Christlike forgiveness and kindness.

Reference Passage: …  1John 4:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …        

…  The Apostle John declares that anyone who does not show love does not have God’s love in their hearts because God is love.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Dave Branon …  USE THIS LINK   ...   told of how Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn were married longer than any other presidential couple - 77 years.  And when interviewed about it, Carter reported that there were three important ingredients to a successful marriage … reconciliation, communication, and devotion to faith.  

And really, …  I would say that Carter has it right, having been married myself for over 62 years.   And having taking in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, what would my readers say about how to have a successful marriage or a close personal relationship?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being my model in dealing with my wife and others.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for sharing Your love with those of us who desire to reflect Your character in dealing with others. … Amen

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Blogger Note:  Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries.  If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.