March 28 2026 … Our Promise Keeper …

Mar 28 2026 … Our Promise Keeper … 

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 … reminds Christians that they (we) need to persist in our prayers, especially for those things God’s has promised in his word.  

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 119:49… [NLT] 

…  49  Remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. 

… The Psalmist sings of going to God in prayer for the things God has promised. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Psalms 119:49-56 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s Psalmist, likely King David, sings of asking for what God has promised in our lives.    

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Reference Passage: … Matthew 7:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches truth, in His sermon on the mount, about God ALWAYS answering those prayers about those things He has promised in God’s will.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …       

…Jesus promises His disciples in the upper room, the night of His betrayal, that if they pray for anything - in God’s Name - that it will be done for them.

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

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about confidently praying to God, with with thankful hearts, and receiving His peace.

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

… James, the brother of Jesus, teaches truth … that when we go to God with righteous requests, that they will be granted for God’s glory.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter teaches oppressed Christians that God watches over those who love and serve Him

Reference Passage: … 1John 5:14-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John teaches truth about having confidence that God will hear the prayers of those who come to Him in faith and in His will.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Matt Lucas …  USE THIS LINK      … related an incident with the ODB author’s daughter asked to go to “the lake” with her friends at a time when the author was preoccupied with a plumbing task.  And when he said “no” to his daughter, she remind him that he had promised her earlier that she could go to the lake with her friends. So, remembering his promises, he relented and said, “Yes” to his daughter.  

The incident reminded Matt Lucas, the ODB author today,  of how often God’s people get preoccupied with the circumstances of life and we forget to go to God in prayer, asking for what He has promised.  If our God has promised us something, especially if its recorded in His word, He will do it!  … Done deal.  Book it!! …FOREVER! 

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for being Your promise-keeping Self … ALWAYS!  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for hearing our prayers and ALWAYS answering for Your promises … 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.

March 27 2026 … God’s Everlasting Love …

Mar 27 2026 … God’s Everlasting Love … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Matt Boswell and Matt Papa singing The Everlasting Love of God … reminds Christians that God’s love is EVERLASTING.  

God's everlasting love ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Deuteronomy 29:5 … [NLT] …  5  You ate no bread and drank no wine or other alcoholic drink, but He provided for you so you would know that He is the Lord your God.

… Moses tells of God everlasting love during their years in the wilderness. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Deuteronomy 29:1-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Moses reminds His people of God’s everlasting love, … even in the wilderness for 40 years.    

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 136:26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s psalmist, likely David, repetitively sings of God’s everlasting love which “endures forever.”  

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Solomon shows that if God’s people trust completely in The Lord, He will ALWAYS lead them (us) in the way they (we) should go.

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 31:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Prophet Jeremiah reminds God’s people that God’s love is an unfailing …  EVERLASTiNG …  love.   

Reference Passage: … John 3:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches Nicodemus - and all of us - that God’s love is available - FOREVER - to all who believe in Christ as Messiah and Lord.

Reference Passage: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Also the Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians that the Lord provides His love/grace to ALL - yes, even sinners.

Reference Passage:… Ephesians 2:4-5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paull also shows all Christians that they (we) were loved by God enough to send Christ to die for their (our) sins.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Karen Huang …  USE THIS LINK      … who told of volunteering to help the ODB author’s niece secure a pass for her car, which took hours and many detail to complete, … details which the nice never knew about.   And that incident reminded the author of today’s ODB entry of the love God provided to His grumbling and repetitively sinful people, which God’s everlasting, covenant love, provided as they wandered in the wilderness. 

What details in your life do you often overlook but are very real - from God’s love and grace - which the Lord provides every day?  Should we not thank Him today … and EVERY DAY … for His never ending … EVERLASTING … love.  So, let’s all take in the linked song and the scriptures above; and give the Lord a genuine <b>”THANK YOU,”</b> recognizing His love and grace.  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … thank You, for Your everlasting … ever faithful … love. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for doling out Your love and grace to us every day. … 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.

March 26 2026 … Our Identity In Christ …

Mar 26 2026 … Our Identity In Christ … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, Hillsong Worship, singing Who You Say I Am  … reminds Christians that we are identified by our relationship with Christ.

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Highlight Passage: … Luke 12:15 … [NLT] …  15  Then He said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

… Jesus teaches truth about guarding against the foolishness of greed in our lives. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Luke 12:13-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus uses a parable to teach about how we are identified and judged by God.     

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Reference Passage: … Genesis 1:27-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… We (i.e., man and woman) were created in the image of God to serve God and reflect His likeness into the world. 

Reference Passage: … John 1:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…The Apostle John teaches truth about God sending John, The Baptist, to show that all who come to Christ in faith will be become children of God.

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:17[NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth that ANYONE who has deep faith, believing in the finished work of Christ on the cross, and becoming a new person in Christ.    

Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul testifies to the transformation of his life when he died to self, believed in Christ, and followed Jesus as Lord.

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Also the Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that they (we) were (are) created to serve Him with our good works.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter shows all Christians that they (we) were created to reflect God’s light into this very dark world. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Sheridan Voysey …  USE THIS LINK      … writing in today’s ODB entry, related how, a young performance artist, named Michael Landy, did an inventory of everything he own, … coming up with over 7000 items.  And Landy took all of those items and put them in a warehouse in a busy business district of London, destroying all he owned in a grinder, telling all, “Who are we without our possessions?”

It’s a good question for all of us, isn’t it?   And it’s certainly the point made by the ODB entry highlighted today as well in the linked song and all of God’s truth shared above.   God’s word highlights the truth that we, His children, were created (as our identity) to serve the Lord and reflect His light with all we do into this very darkened world.  And I, personally want my life (i.e., identity) to do just that TODAY, and tomorrow too!   Will you join me in that desire?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … thank You, for making me over to shine Your light into the darkened world today. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for calling all of us, who are Your children, to be Your light, shining in this dark world.   … 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.

March 25 2026 … Oneness in Christ …

Mar 25 2026 … Oneness in Christ … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, Kristyn (the soloist) and Keith Getty, singing In Christ Alone … calling on all of God’s children to bask in the unity we have in our salvation from Christ’s victory over death and sin at the cross.

We are "ONE" in Christ ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Galatians 3:28 … [NLT] …  28  There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.  … 

… Paul declares the truth of our unity as Christians found in our faith in Christ as Messiah and Lord.  

Highlight Passage in Context:  Galatians 3:23-29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about the unity they (we) have in our salvation through our faith in Christ’s finished work on the cross.     

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Reference Passage: … Acts 3:19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul exhorts all believers in Christ as Lord to repent of their sin and become children of God. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 3:23-29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth that we’re all sinners. But we can bask in the truth that Christ died for our sin; and we can be forgiven and cleansed by our faith in His finished work on the cross.

Reference Passage: … Romans 10:9-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches truth that ANYONE who has faith, believing in the finished work of Christ on the cross, WILL BE SAVED.    

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:8-9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul, once again, to fellow believers, teaches that it is their (our) faith in Christ, now their (our) works, that saves them (us). 

Reference Passage: … Colossians 1:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to more Christians that Christ existed even before creation and is there for all who believe in Him as Lord.

Reference Passage: … Revelation 7:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God reveals, thru the Apostle John, that believers of all nations and tongues will gather in Heaven at the Throne of God to worship the Lamb of God, TOGETHER as the family of God.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Nancy Gavilanes …  USE THIS LINK     … writing today’s ODB entry, related how, as a young sports reporter, her dream was realized when she was able to cover both a winter and a summer olympics … and see athletes from many nations and languages come together to partake in the unity of competition.  But in the latter summer olympics experience, having just become a Christian, the ODB author reveled even more wonder, seeing Christian athletes come TOGETHER to worship God in the midst of all of the athletic completion.    

When my readers take in the linked song and the Scriptures I have shared above, I’m praying you all praise God with a robust “HALLELUJAH” today, … so that we ALL can come TOGETHER in unity, … having been saved for eternity because of our unified faith in Christ as Lord.  Because God has saved us thru our faith in HIs finished work on the cross.  And I, for one, think that deserves another “Hallelujah” in worship to King Jesus, <u>right now</u>!   Are you with me? 

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … thank You, for saving all who are willing to surrender - IN FAITH - to receive Your saving grace.  And that includes me!! 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … for providing Your saving grace as we come to You, Lord, in faith today.  … 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.