Aug 13 2026 … Witness to Others

Aug 13 2026 … Witness to  Others

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK …         and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Shawna Edwards singing … I Am A Witness … declaring all Christians to be a witness to others of Christ’s saving grace.

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Highlight Passage: … Acts 22:15 [NLT]

…  15 For you are to be His witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard.   

… God uses Ananias to call Saul to be Christ’s witness in his life.     

Reference Passage: …  Acts 22:12-16  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …       

…  God uses Ananias to call out Saul to be a witness for Christ in his life.  

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Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 14:25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …       

…  Solomon teaches that a faithful witness saves lives.  

Reference Passage: Isaiah 43:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, calls Israel to be His witness to the nations.

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

… Jesus, in His “sermon on the mount” calls all to let out good deeds be a witness for God’s love.

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

…  Jesus, Himself, shows His disciples that after His resurrection they will be empowered by God’s Spirit to go into the world and share the good news of salvation with others.

 

Reference Passage: …  2Timothy 2:1-3  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul calls Timothy to become a witness in his life to other of Christ’s love and grace. 

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter calls on fellow Christians to ALWAYS be ready to be a witness for Christ’s saving grace   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from John Blase …  USE THIS LINK       teaches of becoming and being a witness of Christ’s love and grace by the way we live our lives, … shining the light of Christ with our good deeds.  Like the Apostle Paul, we can become a witness by sharing God’s love/grace with others.   

And taking in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, I, for one, was convicted - even as an octogenarian - to do more, in my family and my life, to be a better witness for My Lord.   What about you?    

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me out to be Your witness of God’s grace. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for calling us all, who believe in You as Lord, to go and be Your witness in our lives by shining Your light thru the way we live our lives.   … 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 12 2026 … Called To Share The Gospel

Aug 12 2026 … Called To Share The Gospel 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Steve Green singing … People Need The Lord … calling all Christians to fulfill Christ’s “great commission” to go and share The Gospel with all others who need God’s saving grace.

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 28:19 [NLT]

…  19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.   

… Jesus calls His disciples to go into all the world and share His good news.    

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 28:16-20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jesus, in His last words on earth, called His disciples to go and share The Gospel with all they encounter.  

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Reference Passage: …  Mark 16:15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

…  After His resurrection Jesus appears to His disciples and calls them out to go and share the Good News of salvation with everyone who needs God’s saving grace.  

Reference Passage: Luke 24:47 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… Jesus appears to His disciples after the resurrection and calls them to share with others that repentance will bring salvation to all who believe in Him as Lord.

Reference Passage: …  John 20:21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …          

… The Apostle John also shares the experience of the Disciples, who had gathered in a room after the resurrection and saw Jesus among them, … Who called them out to go and share this good news with with all who would hear it. 

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

…  Jesus, Himself, shows His disciples that after His resurrection they will be empowered by God’s Spirit to go into the world and share the good news of salvation with others.

 

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

… Paul testifies to his desire - and calling - to share the Good News of Chrsit’s resurrection with any/all who would listen. 

Reference Passage: … Philemon 1:6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul, from prison, calls out a brother in Christ, Philemon, to share the Gospel with others in his life.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Nancy Gavilanes …  USE THIS LINK         writes of visiting a friend, named Jose, who was in hospice care in the final days of his life.  And in Joses’ lasts moments, the ODB author, called out to him, … “love you,” … to which Jose breathed his last, mouthing out the same words.   

And in this touching story we see really what we hear in the linked song and read in all of the Scriptures shared above, … i.e., that all Christians are called by our Lord to love others by sharing God’s good news of His saving grace.     I’m praying that all my readers today believe in the Gospel truth and are willing to share it with others.  Do you feel God’s calling as I do today?   

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me out to be Your witness of God’s good news.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for calling all who believe in You as Lord to go and be Your witness in this 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.

Aug 11 2026 … Our Bodies For Christ

Aug 11 2026 … Our Bodies For Christ 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK …    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group,  Casting Crowns singing … If We Are the Body … calling all Christians to become the Body of Christ, using our bodies to honor Him.

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Highlight Passage: … 1Corinthians 6:19-20 [NLT]

…  19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, Who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to honor God with their (our) bodies.  

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 6:12-20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul calls fellow Christians to use their (our) bodies to honor God with their (our) service to/for Him. 

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Reference Passage: …  Leviticus 19:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

…  God’s word, thru Moses, commands God’s people to avoid marking or disfiguring the body in any way.  

Reference Passage: Psalms 139:13-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …        

… King David thanks God for making his body so wonderfully in the womb of his mother.

Reference Passage: …  Matthew 10:28  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus, sending HIs disciples out to witness to Him among the people, called on them (us) to fear only God Who can bring those who reject Him to hell.

Reference Passage: … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul teaches that Christians are to become living sacrifices of service to God. 

 

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 3:16-17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also teaches that born-again Christians become the Temple of God, surrendering our bodies to sacrifice for God.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 9:27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul gives witness to training his own body to serve The Lord like an athlete prepares for a race.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Adam R Holz …  USE THIS LINK        writes of a time when he had rented a car to travel in Los Angeles and found himself driving more carefully than usual through the busy LA traffic because he was afraid to damage the rental car that was not his.  And the incident reminded the ODB author of the reality that our bodies, as Christians, are not our own; … but they have been purchased for eternity by Christ, dying on the cross to save those who believe in Him as Lord.

And that’s what the group, Casting Crowns, sings about in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above declare … that we, who believe in Christ as Lord … have become the Body of Christ and are called by God to honor The Lord with our own bodies.   And I’m going to do all I can today to do just that.   Are you with me?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me a body that I can use for Your glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for giving those of us, who’ve surrendered our lives to You, to become Your body in this 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.

Aug 10 2026 … Our Hope In Christ

Aug 10 2026 … Our Hope In Christ 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK …   and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group,  Shane and Shane singing … Christ Our Hope In Life and Death … calling all Christians to put ALL their (our) hope and faith in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection to save us from our sin. 

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Highlight Passage: … Lamentations 3:25 [NLT]

…  25 The Lord is good to those who depend on im, to those who search for Him.  

… God’s promise, thru Jeremiah, to be good to those who faithfully seek Him and His ways.

Reference Passage: …  Lamentation 3:19-26  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru Jeremiah, promises His faithfulness and our hope ALWAYS being in Him. 

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

…  God’s wisdom from Solomon calls for believers to trust in God’s leading with ALL their (our) hearts.

Reference Passage: Isaiah 40:31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, of His strength and hope when His faithful people put their hope in The Lord.

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

… God’s promise, thru Jeremiah, to give His faithful followers a hope and a promise of a good life to come.

Reference Passage: … Romans 15:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Apostle Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians of the hope we have in our faith in Christ. 

 

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

… Our faith in Christ provides our hope for the future.

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

… The Apostle Peter teaches truth to oppressed Christians that all our hope comes from our faith in Christ and His resurrection.  (see photo)

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Alyson Kieda …  USE THIS LINK       relates a true story about a young man, named Pablo, who was raised by an alcoholic/abusive father, causing him to leave home as a teenager and ultimately live to be married and have three children and reliving the failings of his father by becoming an alcoholic himself.  Years later after his own marriage failed and his children were estranged, he found Christ and was led to sobriety; and years later found reconciliation with at least one of his children, …  and finding hope for getting close with his other two children in his hope found in Christ.

I personally have experienced the hope that comes from my faith in Christ.  And I’m hoping - and stopping to pray - that all reading here have taken in the linked song and the Scriptures above; and are believing in God’s truth and are finding the hope that we have in our relationship with Christ.   Are you with me?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being my hope.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for providing all who seek after You in faith with the hope of Your resurrection and the promise of 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.

Aug 9 2026 … God Is Our Refuge

Aug 9 2026 … God Is Our Refuge 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Phil Wickham singing … God, You Are My Refuge … calling all Christians to rely on God as our refuge and our protector in times of trouble. 

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 31:2 [NLT]

…  2 Turn Your ear to listen to me; rescue me quickly,  Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe.  

… King David’s prayer in song to God to hear his need for protection in times of trial.

Reference Passage: …  Psalm 31:1-5, 7-13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… King David prays to God to be his fortress in times of danger.  

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

…  God’s psalmist sings of God being our fortress in times of trouble.

Reference Passage: Psalms 119:114 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of God’s word being his hope and strength in times of danger or trial. 

Reference Passage: …  Proverbs 30:5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon declares that God’s word is our shield of protection in times of danger.

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

…  God, thru the Prophet Nahum, declares that God is the protector of those who trust in Him in times of trouble.

 

Reference Passage: …  Ephesians 6:10-13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to stand firm and put on the armor of God to withstand the attacks of the enemy.

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

… The Apostle Paul declares that he will rely on God’s strength to withstand the pressures of this world.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Sheridan Voysey…  USE THIS LINK         relates the true story of Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter depicted in the movie A Hidden Life, who stood strong for his faith in Christ during WW2 and was persecuted by his Austrian neighbors for his faith.  And then the farmer died in a concentration camp for his unwillingness to salute Hitler, faithfully believing that Christ was the Lord.

For my readers who, like me, claim Christ as our Savior, and who believe that The Lord is our rock and our fortress, as did Franz Jägerstätter;   … will we faithfully be willing to follow our Savior in times of trial?   I pray that today, and every day, we will be willing to stand strong and look to our Lord to be our rock and our fortress in times of trial.   I pray I will be one of those who stand strong in my faith?  How about you?

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being my strength and refuse in times of trial.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for ALWAYS being our refuge in times of trial and trouble.   … Amen

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.