June 19 2026: … God’s Way To Wisdom

June 19 2026: … God’s Way To Wisdom 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Phil Wickham singing … The Jesus Way … declaring and believing that Christians must faithfully follow The Jesus way in life. 

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Highlight Passage:… Proverbs 3:6 … [NLT]

…  6 Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take. 

… Solomon shows that obediently seeking and following God’s way is THE way to go in life.

Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 3:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches his son (and all who follow God’s ways to trust that God’s ways are the ways to wisdom and success.     

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 119:105 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …         

…  King David sings of using God’s word to lead his path in life.

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

… Solomon teaches truth about following God’s way as the foundation of knowledge.  

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 55:8-9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s truth, thru Isaiah, that God’s ways are higher than our ways as faithful followers.

Reference Passage: … Romans 11:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth about the height and depth of God’s wisdom.  

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

… Paul exhorts and teaches fellow Christians to seek and teach Godly wisdom to each other. 

Reference Passage:</u> … James 1:5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …</b>  

… James, the brother of Jesus, exhorts fellow Christians to seek Godly wisdom, leading them in life. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Kenneth Petersen …  USE THIS LINK       writes about the life of George Washington Carver, a slave who dedicated his life to seeking Godly wisdom, in spite of the rigors of racist rejection to become a world-renown botanist and scientist, whose  research and wisdom led to thousands of uses of the peanut and other scientific breakthroughs.  

Carver didn’t let worldly setbacks deter his pursuit of following the way to Godly wisdom and God’s truth leading him to success in his chosen field of study and scientific pursuit.  And the lesson of today’s ODB entry is for our pursuit of wisdom by acknowledging and following God’s way as opposed to following our own way or the way of the world.  Personally I’m using God’s word to lead me in following God’s wise ways.    How about you?

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me Your word as the roadmap to follow You all the way to glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for showing us to follow Your way as THE way to go in 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.

June 18 2026 … God Is Our Refuge

June 18 2026 … God Is Our Refuge 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, Adore Worship singing … God Is Our Refuge … declaring and believing that God is our refuge and strength in times of trouble and danger. 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 91:2 … [NLT]

…  2 This I declare about the Lord, … He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; He is my God, and I trust Him.

… Moses sings of his trust in God to be his (and our) refuge in times of trouble.

Highlight Passage: … Psalms 91:1-2, 9-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses declares in song of God being his refuge and strength in times of trouble.     

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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 33:27-28  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses declares that God will be the refuge and safety for God’s people in the storms of life. 

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 46:1 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s Psalmist sings of the Lord being the refuge for believers in times of trouble.

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

… Solomon declares that God will lead those who trust in Him completely and don’t rely one their (our) own ways.  

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

… God’s Prophet, Nahum, declares that God is the refuge for those who trust in Him completely.

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

… Paul shows that he finds his strength in his faith in The Lord. 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter teaches truth to troubled Christians about giving all their (our) cares and troubles over to their (our) God, Who cares for them (us). 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Cindy Hess Kasper …  USE THIS LINK       relates a story of being at an outdoor concert when a storm, with pelting rain, caused her and the audience to seek protection from the storm in a nearby school gym until the storm past and they were safe … but having missed the concert.

The incident apparently reminded the ODB author for today of putting our trust, as Christians, and as believers in the truths shared above and the song linked today; … that we, who’ve been saved and follow God, must put our trust and hope in The Lord as our refuge in this life, which is, most certainly, full of storms and trouble.  Personally, again today, I run to The Lord as my refuge.  How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me Your help and strength in times of trouble, . like right now !

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for being our refuge in times of trial or temptation in this 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.

June 17 2026 … Friends Help Friends

June 17 2026 … Friends Help Friends 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Michael W Smith and Am Grant singing … Friends … describing what it’s like to have true friends IN CHRIST. 

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Highlight Passage: … Job 12:13 … [NLT]

…  13 “But true wisdom and power are found in God; counsel and understanding are His. 

… Job answers Zophar with truth about God’s wisdom and power.

Highlight Passage: … Job 11:1-20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Zophar, claiming to be a friend of Job, clamors on about Job’s faults and sins.    

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 27:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …              

… Godly wisdom from Solomon about true friendship. 

Reference Passage: …  Ecclesiastes 4:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon teaches his son and all fellow believers that trusting God is the way to follow His ways.

Reference Passage: … John 15:12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                      

… Jesus describes the essence of true friendship to His Disciples … that one is willing to give his life for another.  

Reference Passage: … Galatians 6:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul declares that Christian friends should be willing to reach out and help a fellow Christians in trouble.

Reference Passage: …1Thessalonians 5:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also exhorts and teaches fellow Christians that they (we) must be willing to reach out and build up fellow Christians who are in trouble.

Reference Passage: … 1John 3:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… The Apostle John teaches truth to Christians about one who is blessed with wealth reaching out to help fellow Christians in need. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tim Gustafson …  USE THIS LINK       tells about a so-called friend who claimed to know the ODB author better than himself.   But that so-called “friend” and her empty words were not encouraging or helpful for today’s ODB author, who remembered the empty words of some of Job’s “friends,” who shared selfish comments about Job’s problems rather than being a real FRIEND for Job. 

And if my fellow readers today have taken in the highlight passage about Job’s so-called friends giving Job ill-begotten advice and the linked song as well as the Scriptures shared above, I would hope that y’all, as was I, are reminded that we Christians, with the love of God in our hearts, are called by God to reach out and help our friends if we see them in need or in trouble.  I have true FRIENDS like that who share God’s love with me whenever I need it; … how about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me Your love through my real FRIENDS.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for giving me REAL FRIENDS who share Your love and mercy with me whenever I need it.  … 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.

June 16 2026… The Road To Holiness

June 16 2026… The Road To Holiness 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, Nations Worship, singing … When I Look Into Your Holiness … declaring the joy Christians find when they (we) look to follow God’s Holiness in worship to His ways.

On the road to holiness and glory ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 35:8 … [NLT]

…  8 And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-minded people will never travel on it.  It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there. 

… Isaiah calls for God’s people to travel the “highway of holiness” (see photo) 

Highlight Passage: … Isiahs 35:8-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah’s prophesy, promises that the way to God’s heart is the road of holiness.  

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Reference Passage: … Leviticus 11:45  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …       

… God, thru Moses, calls His people to be holy because God is Holy. 

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

…  Solomon teaches his son and all fellow believers that trusting God is the way to follow His ways.

Reference Passage:</u> … Matthew 5:8  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount promises that God will bless those whose hearts are pure (and holy).  

Reference Passage: … John 14:21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises His disciples - in the upper room the night before His crucifixion - that God will bless those who believe and follow Him.

Reference Passage: …Colossians 2:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians that those who accept Jesus as Lord must follow His holiness.

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 12:14  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… The Author of Hebrews teaches that those who believe in Christ as Lord must strive to walk in holiness as God is holy. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Amy Boucher Pye …  USE THIS LINK            writes about a Christians woman, named Jennifer, who was diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s and over time had trouble reading from God’s word; and began to listen to The Bible, which would quiet her from having difficulty getting lost or with hallucinations of wild animals.

And the ODB story reminds me, for one, that we Christians need to do all we can to follow God’s road of holiness so that we don’t lose our way in this life.  As we hear in the linked song and read in today’s Scriptures, shared above, we, who’ve surrendered to Christ as Lord, must follow His road to holiness - which is God’s road to glory.   I’m doing my best to be on that road.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for showing me THE way … Your way … to holiness.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for walking with us on THE way - Your way - to glory.   … 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.

June 15 2026 … Given To Give

June 15 2026 … Given To Give 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, Hillsong Worship, singing … Lord, I Give You My Heart … declaring praise to God by giving to others from a heart of worship.

Giving from the heart ... 

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Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 9:8 … [NLT]

… 8  And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. . 

… God’s promise, thru Paul to fellow Christians about giving from what has been given by God, to share with others.  

Highlight Passage: … 2Corinthians 9:6-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches God’s truth about giving from the heart to help the needy.    

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 11:24-25  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches about being blessed by God in sharing with those in need.  

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 6:19:21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus, in His sermon on the mount, teaches that our giving reveals our heart.

Reference Passage: … Mark 12:41-44  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …     

… Jesus observes the giving of a widow and uses her giving all she had as an example to His Disciple of how to give.

Reference Passage: … Luke 6:38 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke quotes from Jesus’ teaching on how to give from the heart for God’s glory.

Reference Passage: …Ephesians 4:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians on turning our selfish efforts into generous giving to help others.

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:19  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches that God will supply all the needs of His chosen when they (we) are willing to give to help the needy. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Leslie Koh …  USE THIS LINK           told about a friend, named Stanley, who always amazed the ODB author with his giving spirit, … often giving well beyond what most would think his ability to give.  But Stanley’s investments always seemed to work well enough for him to give to the needy; and he used to point upward to heaven and say, ”It came from God, not me.”

And the ODB story about Stanley aptly illustrates what the linked song and the Scriptures above teach about how God calls all those who’re surrendered to follow Him about how we can - and should - give from what is given to them (us) for God’s glory.  Personally, from today’s time with God’s word, I’m more than a little convicted to do more to share what time, talents, and treasures God has given me to help others.   What about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me to share with others what You have given to me. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for giving amply to us to be able to give to help 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.