Oct 7 2026 … Longing For His Return

Oct 7 2026 …  Longing For His Return  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …         and PLEASE take the time to listen to Kristian Stanfill singing … Even So Come … showing Christians eagerly awaking the second coming of Christ. 

Eagerly awaiting His return ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Philippians 3:20 [NLT]

…   20 But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Him to return as our Savior.   

… Paul writes to fellow Christians from prison in Rome of his longing for the second coming of our Lord and Savior.

Highlight Passage: …  Philippians 3:17-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul writes to fellow Christians of his longing for the second coming of The Lord.  

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Reference Passage: …  Romans 8:23  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Paul writes of eagerly awaiting the return of Christ when He will give us our full rights to Heaven.

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

…  Again, The Apostle Paul, assures fellow Christians of Christ’s return, reminding them of their (our) Spiritual gifts as we await His return.

Reference Passage: Hebrews 9:27-28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Author of Hebrews, assures fellow Christians of the return of Christ to bring those who believe in Him as Lord to Heaven. 

Reference Passage: James 5:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, Jesus’ brother, calls on fellow Christians to wait patiently for the return of Christ.  

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

… The Apostle John calls on fellow Christians to eagerly awaits the second coming of Christ, Who will reveal His glory to all who are His children.  

Reference Passage: …  Revelation 22:20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises to believers, thru the Apostle John, that He is coming again soon. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Lisa M Samra  …  USE THIS LINK   illustrated our longings for some of our desires by her family regularly visiting Chick-fil-A, their favorite fast-food restaurant.  And this longing was illustrated when the family moved to new home where there were no Chick-fil-A restaurants near them.

And the ODB author’s longing for Chick-fil-A waffle fries and Tea falls way short of the longing all Christians should have, awaiting the second coming of our Lord … to bring all who believe in Jesus as Messiah to be with Him in glory.  And as my readers take in the linked song and the Scriptures shared above, I’m sure we all long deeply for Christ to come again.   I, for one, can’t wait!!! … How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, I’m waiting for You to come for me.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your promise to come again for Your children.   …  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.

Oct 6 2026 … Calling on God

Oct 6 2026 …  Calling on God  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to the group Elevation Worship singing … Call God … calling Christians to call on God when they (we) seek His saving grace.

Calling on God ... 

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Highlight Passage: … 1Samuel 21:12-13 [NLT]

…   12 David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him. 13 So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.  

… David, pretends to be insane to escape the wrath of the King of Gath where David had gone to escape Saul. 

Highlight Passage: …  1Samuel 21:10-15 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… David pretends to be insane before the King of Gath while trying to escape King Saul. 

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 34:22  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  David praises God for keeping him safe while he was escaping King Saul’s wrath.

Reference Passage: …  Psalms  145:18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  King David also sings praises to the God Who protects all who faithfully come to Him. 

Reference Passage: Joel 2:32 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru the Prophet Joel, promises to save ALL who come to The Lord seeking protection.

Reference Passage: Acts 2:21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter, preaching to believers, quotes from the Prophet Joel that ALL who call on the Name of the Lord will be saved. 

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

… Paul, also quoting from the Prophet Joel, teaches truth that any/all who declare Jesus to be raised from the dead as Messiah and Lord will be saved.

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

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians that those who  believe in Jesus as Lord will be saved by God’s grace and not by their works.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tim Gustafson  …  USE THIS LINK   relates a story about a young high-school wrestler, named Dave, who during a wrestling tournament, sustained a rib injury.   And to avoid his opponents targeting that side of his torso, he faked a leg injury on the other side, falsely limping to cause his opponent to focus on his leg instead of his rib.  And the ploy worked, allowing Dave to win his match.

But the ODB entry for today, focused on another David, this one in the Bible, relating the story of King David, giving praise to God Who protected David when the young anointed King “to be” was trying to escape the wrath of then King Saul. And the account of David’s deliverance and protection, along with the NT Scriptures shared above. show that God will protect and save ANYONE who comes to the Lord (see photo) seeking salvation from God’s grace.  I’ve certainly been one of those.  How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for saving me from myself.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for protecting and saving all those who come to You for Your saving grace.   …  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.

Oct 5 2026 …  Eternal Treasure  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to the group Pinelake Worship singing … Treasure … calling Christians to seek seek our worldly treasure in our faith in Christ’s sacrifice to provide our eternal treasure.

A treasure worth so much more ... !!! 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 13:44 [NLT]

…   44  “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.   

… Jesus’ parable of a man finding a treasure and selling all he owned to hold onto his eternal treasure.   

Highlight Passage: …  Matthew 13:44-46 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus relates parables about finding and holding onto the eternal treasures God has for faithful believers in Christ.

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

…  Jesus teaches about His faithful followers storing up in their (our) hearts the treasures of Heaven.

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

…  Jesus uses the giving of a poor widow to illustrate how his followers must give sacrificially to store up treasures in heaven.

Reference Passage: Luke 12:33-34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Luke relates how Jesus taught His followers to seek and capture the eternal treasures of Heaven by giving to the poor.

Reference Passage: Acts 2:44-45 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… The early church, guided by God’s Spirit, gathered all and provided their earthly wealth for the good of all in need.

Reference Passage: …  1Timothy  6:17-19  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches Timothy how to live to build  up riches in Heaven.  

Reference Passage: 1Peter 1:3-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter teaches truth to fellow Christians about how to live for our eternal inheritance in Heaven.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Cindy Hess Kasper …  USE THIS LINK   relates a story about a man, named James, who used a very powerful magnet lowered into a lake to pull up a safe with millions in soaked dollars, most of which could be reclaimed for their value, which turned out to be enough for James to buy a new house.

And that’s a great story about the value of finding a treasure in this world; but the ODB entry today was trying to help Christians focus on the eternal value that we Christians have in our faith in what Jesus did in dying to provide us with the priceless and eternal wealth we will find in Heaven when we’re with our Lord.   Wow, I’m so rich … to hold onto my eternal wealth that I have found in my faith in Jesus as my Lord.   How about you? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me all I have by my faith in You as Messiah and Lord. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for holding onto our eternal treasure chest which we will find being with you in Heaven.   …  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.

Oct 4 2026 … In The Stillness

Oct 4 2026 …  In The Stillness  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to the group HIllsong Worship singing … Still … calling Christians to seek God in the still moments of this noisy world.

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Highlight Passage: … Psalm 63: 6-7 [NLT]

…   6  I lie awake thinking of You,  meditating on you through the night.   7  Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.

… King David sings of seeking the stillness to meditate and be with His Lord.    

Highlight Passage: …  Psalms 63:1-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… David sings in the wilderness of seeking to be with God and meditate with Him,

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

…  Moses tells God’s people to be quiet and see God at work.

Reference Passage: …  Psalm 46:10a [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s Psalmist sings of finding and worshipping God in the stillness of this bus world (see photo).

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

… God shows believers that He will lift them up, in the chaos of this world to soar above the storms like eagles.

Reference Passage: Matthew 11:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Matthew writes of Jesus’ promise to give His followers His peace in the midst of the noise of this world. 

Reference Passage: …  John 14:27  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John quotes Jesus promising to bring His disciples His peace, overcoming the chaos of this world.

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

… Peter exhorts fellow Christians to give all their cares over to God Who cares for His faithful followers.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Cindy Hess Kasper …  USE THIS LINK   writes of how the ODB author, as a child, would occasionally wake up in the stillness of the night and see his mother, with her Bible on her lap, quietly studying or praying with all the noise of the world gone for that moment of peace and worship.

Seeking quiet and and stillness, in this noisy world of chaos, can be a real challenge these days, can’t it? That’s why I’ve developed a discipline of getting up early and spending some quiet moments in prayer and with God’s word,  … writing out, as I am right here, my daily thoughts.   How do you find the time each day, in a place of stillness and quiet, to be with God? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for leading me into the stillness each morning to spend peaceful time with You.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for aways being there each day when we come into your place of peace and rest.   …  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.

Oct 3 2026 …  More Like Jesus  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …    and PLEASE take the time to listen to Zach Williams singing … Less Like Me … calling Christians to seek to become more like Christ and less like themselves (ourselves).

Today ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 4:15 [NLT]

…  15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced all of the same testings we do, yet He did not sin.

… Jesus, as our High Priest, as human understood all their (our) longings, was yet without sin.    

Highlight Passage: …  Hebrews 4:14-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Author of Hebrews calls believers to do all they (we) can to become more like our Lord, Who became human but did not sin.

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Reference Passage: …  Romans 8:29 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…  God chose His people to become like Christ, Who was the firstborn among many brothers and sisters in the faith.

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> …  2Corinthians 3:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … </b>

…  God’s Spirit is, in time, making all who believe in Christ as Lord, to be more like Him.

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

… The Apostle Paul testifies to the transformation of his heart when he died to self and was made alive by God’s Spirit.

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

… Paul teaches truth about born-again believers being created to show others of Jesus by the way we live our lives for Him.  

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

… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that they (we) are created to become more like Christ.

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

… John declares truth that all Christians should live to be like Jesus.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Bill Crowder …  USE THIS LINK   writes of how living through WW2 as a gunner in the Air Force, caused his father-in-law to change from a care-free person to a moody/withdrawn person.  And today’s ODB entry calls fellow Christians to let God make them (us) over to be more like the compassionate and loving person Who is our Lord. 

Personally, I, for one, need to become like the person Zach Williams sings about in the linked song … more like Jesus … and less like me!   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me to strive to be more like You every day.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for being our Model and for calling us to become more like You … today and tomorrow.    …  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.