March 31 2026 … Following God’s Plan …

Mar 31 2026 …  Following God’s Plan … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing I Will Follow Christ … Calling on Christians to follow God’s ways, no matter what they (we) encounter.

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Highlight Passage: … Exodus 14:13-14 … [NLT] … <i>  But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again. The Lord Himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”

… Moses assures God’s people that God was leading them to freedom and would protect them from Pharaoh approaching.   

Highlight Passage in Context:  Exodus 14:1-4, 8, 10-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s people, following Moses out of Egypt, panic when they see Pharaoh approaching; but Moses, with God’s assurance, leads God’s chosen to freedom and victory over Egypt.   

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 37:23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God directing the steps of His trusting people. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6, 16:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… God establishes the steps of those who trust and follow Him.  

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 58:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to guide Hie faithful remnant ALWAYS.   

Reference Passage: … Jeremiah 29:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God promises His oppressed people that He has plans for them which are good.

Reference Passage: … Romans 8:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians that ALLL THINGS work together for the good of God’s chosen and for God’s glory.

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

… Paul also quotes from Isaiah 64:4, showing that God will ALWAYS watch over and protect His chosen people.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tom Felton …  USE THIS LINK      … wrote about Hudson Taylor, a missionary from England to China in the 19th century, who had achieved some success there and considered bringing more English missionaries, but to a more threatening part of the country.   And anguishing over this decision, Taylor wrote;   “The Lord conquered my unbelief, and I surrendered myself to God . . . [recognizing] that all responsibility . . . and consequences must rest with Him.”  

Hudson Taylor’s dilemma illustrates what we, as Christians face when we encounter fears or difficulties trying to follow God’s way.   Personally, almost every day, I encounter feelings which cause me to question myself as I try to follow God’s call on my life.  However, as I read God’s truth in His word, shared above, and take in the truth of the linked song, I choose, again today, to follow Christ.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for calling me and leading me to follow Your way. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, again today … for showing us the way to follow You as You lead us to glory even if we encounter troubles on the way.     … 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 30 2026 … Running the Race …

Mar 30 2026 …  Running the Race … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group, The Nebblett Family, singing Let Us Run … Calling on Christians to run the race of life with faith and endurance.  

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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 12:1 … [NLT] </b> …  1   Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.  

… God calls His chosen to run the race of life with endurance. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Hebrews 12:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru the Author of Hebrews, calls on Christians to run the race of life, following Christ all the way to glory.   

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Reference Passage: … 1Chronicles 16:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David prays, in song, for God’s people to seek and follow God’s way all the days of their (our) lives. 

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

… Solomon declares that we always go the right way when we trust and follow God’s ways, 

Reference Passage: … Matthew 24:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, describing the end times to His disciples, teaches of those, being saved, who persevere in faith. 

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

… Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about how dealing with their (our) problems develops the endurance we need on the road of life.

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 2:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches Timothy - and all Christians - of the value of enduring thru hardship in life.

Reference Passage: … James 1:2-4, 12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus’s half-brother James teaches fellow Christians of holding on in faith thru the trials and challenges of life.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Patricia Raybon …  USE THIS LINK        … relates the true story of Maxey Filer, who in California, took the rigorous 3-day bar exam 48 times over 25 years before passing; … to become an attorney in his beloved home town of Compton, doing all he and his wife could to help the underprivileged.  In the meantime, Filer and his wife raised seven successful children.  

Filer is an example of the lessons learned from the linked song and the Scriptures shared above … for us, as Christians, to run the race of life with endurance, always following the Lord in all we think, say, and do. That’s why I’m here every morning letting God’s “GPS,” … i.e., His word, … guide me on His difficult road ahead.  Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for giving me Your strength to run the race of life ahead.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for showing us the way to go today and tomorrow and all the way to Your 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.

March 29 2026 … God’s Better Way …

Mar 29 2026 … God’s Better Way … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Phil Wickham singing The Jesus Way … reminds Christians that following Christ’s way in life is the only way to go, even when life seems difficult or unfair.  

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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 55:8-9… [NLT] …  8   “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.  9  For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts. 

… God, thru Isaiah, declares that His ways are always the best ways. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Isaiah 55:6-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, calls his chosen people to follow His ways in life, which are always the right ways to go.    

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 139:23-24 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …          

… King David prays, in song, to have God lead him (and us) on His way.

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

… Solomon declares that we always go the right way when we trust and follow God’s ways, 

Reference Passage: … Luke 9:23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus shows His followers - i.e., His disciples - that they must give up our own way in life and follow His way.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus also calls on Thomas and His Disciple to follow His way as the ONLY WAY to God, The Father.

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

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians that following God’s ways in life can be almost impossible at times.

Reference Passage: … 1John 2:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John teaches eternal truth about choosing to follow God’s way rather than the world’s way.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Amy Boucher Pie …  USE THIS LINK       … relates a tragic, but true, story of Mary Edwar and her husband leaving their church in Jerusalem on a Palm Sunday morning and a bomb going off, killing Mary’s husband and causing Mary, who was pregnant, to lose her baby.  Following the tragedy, Mary was able to calm her anger by reading and taking in God’s word which showed her that God’s ways, at times are difficult, if not impossible, for us to understand; but God’s ways are always the right way to go. 

For my readers, … I may never encounter a tragic set of circumstances, like Mary Edwar had to deal with.   However, I realize that seeking and following God’s ways for my life can be difficult to grasp; …   but I agree with Phil Wickham’s song, linked above, that following Jesus’ way is THE ONLY way to go in life; and that is the way I choose to go again today.  How about you? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for showing me THE way to go, … Your way …clearly shown thru Your “GPS” … i.e., Your word.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for showing us the way to go again today thru Your word… 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 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.