Sept 18 2026 … Seek God First

Sept 18 2026 …  Seek God First 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Lauren Daigle singing … First … calling on for Christians to seek God’s way and His will FIRST. 

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 6:33  [NIV]

…   33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.     

… Jesus teaches that God will provide the needs of those who seek God’s way before their (our) own.   

Highlight Passage: …  Matthew 6:25-34 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                  

… Jesus, in His “sermon on the mount” teaches that believers in The Lord should seek His way first.  

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

… King David sings praise to God, calling on God’s faithful to follow The Lord.

Reference Passage: …  2Chronicles 7:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Lord appears to Solomon, calling on God’s people to humble themselves, confess, repent, and seek The Lord above their own needs for God to heal their land.

Reference Passage: Psalms 14:2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                       

… King David sings of God watching over man for those who seek after Him and His ways.  

Reference Passage: Proverbs 8:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon teaches that those who seek after God will find Him.

Reference Passage: Isaiah 55:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

… God’s Prophet, Isaiah, calls on God’s people to seek after the Lord while they can. 

Reference Passage: …  Jeremiah 29:12-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… God, thru Jeremiah, calls on His chosen and faithful to seek after the ways of the Lord, promising that they (we) will find Him.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Elisa Morgan …  USE THIS LINK    related a story about  here grandson sleeping over in her new home, where the boy felt uneasy about sleeping alone in a new bed. So, the ODB author got a roll of wrapping tape and connected the tape from his bed to hers,  showing her grandson that he could find his grandma anytime he needed to seek her.    

And the clever ploy nicely illustrates all that is shared in today’s ODB entry, the linked song, and all the Scriptures shared above.    My challenge is to realize and trust that God will indeed provide my needs when I do my utmost to seek Him and His ways. That’s my prayer today from Psalms 19:14, 63:1, and 139:23-24.  Are you with me? 

<b><u>My Thanksgiving:</b></u> … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for providing for my needs when I seek Your ways above my own.

<b><u>My Prayer Today</u>:</b> Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … AGAIN … for ALWAYS being there when we come to You for help.  … Amen

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Sept 17 2026 … Look To God for Help

Sept 17 2026 …  Look To God for Help

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Zach Williams singing … Heaven Help Me … calling out for God’s help when things are causing Christians to go into panic mode. 

Praying for help from God ... 

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Highlight Passage: … John 11:25-26  [NIV]

…   14 Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”      

… Nehemiah calls on God’s people,  doing God’s work to remember the Lord’s protective and enabling grace.   

Highlight Passage: …  Nehemiah 4:6-14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                     

… Nehemiah exhorts and encourages God’s chosen to seek help from their all-powerful God when those who were rebuilding the temple walls were discouraged.

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 121:2  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s unnamed Psalmist, calls on God’s faithful followers to rely on the Lord in times of trouble or trial.

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

… Solomon teaches his son - and all believers - to trust God to lead him (them and us) to be able to follow God’s direction and receive His help.

Reference Passage: Isaiah 41:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                                

… God, thru Isaiah, promises His strength when His faithful and called people find themselves (ourselves) in times of trial or temptation.  

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

… After praying to God in front of His followers, Jesus invites them to come to Him in times of trouble.

Reference Passage: 1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… The Apostle Paul exhorts God’s faithful followers to go to The Lord in times of temptation, trial, or trouble. 

Reference Passage:…  Philippians 4:6-7, 13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …              

… Paul also calls on God’s faithful to come to Him in prayer in times of trouble (see photo), seeking His strength in our times of weakness.    

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Leslie Koh…  USE THIS LINK    related a story of a friend named, Elise, who was in a panic to make her publishers deadline for a book layout the next day.  But her husband encouraged Elise to take her concerns to God, who, like He did with Nehemiah (see Highlight scriptures above).   And in doing that, with Elise’s effort and expertise, the deadline was able to be met.  

Right now, … I’m dealing with some physical challenges which seem overwhelming. But the linked song and the Scriptures from God’s word, which come from today’s ODB entry led me to seek out and study, led me to realize that what I need to do is take all my concerns to my all-powerful and all-knowing God, Who cares for me, and wants to help me like He did with Nehemiah.   Perhaps you  have such a challenge in your life.  Join me, (as in the photo); … let’s take it to God. 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being there for me, Lord, just as You were for Nehemiah.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for ALWAYS being there when we come to You for help.  … 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.

Sept 16 2026 … Eternal Life In Christ

Sept 16 2026 …  Eternal Life In Christ 

Devotional Son: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Phil Wickham singing … Living Hope ... declaring Christ’s victory over death and our living hope in Christ. 

Jesus demonstrates His victory over death with Lazarus ... 

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Highlight Passage: … John 11:25-26  [NIV]

…   25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in Me and believes in Me will never ever die. … ”      

… Jesus declares to his friend, Martha, the sister of Lazarus, that HE gives life to ALL who believe in Him as Messiah and Lord. 

Highlight Passage: …  John 11:17-27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                              

… Jesus demonstrates His victory over death by raising His friend Lazarus from the grave.  (See photo which illustrates the linked passage)

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Reference Passage: …  Luke 23:43 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus assures the thief on the cross that his faith will bring him to see Jesus in “paradise” (which is heaven).

Reference Passage: …  John 14:3  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                        

… Jesus assures His disciples, the night before His death, that He would bring them to be with Him in Heaven after their death.  

Reference Passage: 1Corinthians 15:54-57  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …          

… Paul preaches truth of Christ’s victory over death to bring those who believe in Him to heaven forever.

Reference Passage: ...  1Thessalonians 4:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                                

… Paul also assures fellow Christians of our belief in Jesus as Lord bringing all who believe in Him as Messiah to be with Him in heaven.

Reference Passage: Hebrews 2:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …             

… The Author of Hebrews show that Jesus died and was raised from the dead to show those who believe in Him as Lord will be with Him in heaven FOREVER!  

Reference Passage: …  Revelation 21:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God reveals to John (and all born-again Christians) what it will be like in Heaven for those who believe in Christ as Messiah and Lord.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Amy Boucher Pie …  USE THIS LINK    shared of two women in England, both named “Kate,” who formed a business to decorate coffins because of their experience of the morbidity which normally surrounded people who were burying loved ones and their Christians beliefs that belief in Christ meant victory over death and eternal life with our Lord.  

And I, for one, am with those two Kates. God’s word assures me - and I believe Him - that Jesus was (and IS) the Messiah.  And He defeated death on that cross; and thru my faith in Him as Messiah and Lord will have me being with My Lord in heaven forever.   Will you be there too?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for defeating death for all of us who believe in You as our Messiah.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for giving those of us who believe in You, as our King, a place to be with You forever 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.

Sept 15 2026 … Godly Patience

Sept 15 2026 …  Godly Patience 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Christy Nockels singing … Waiting Here for You … calling on Christians to wait patiently for God to show His way.  

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Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 4:2  [NIV]

…  2  Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.    

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to be humble and patient with others.  

Highlight Passage: …  Ephesians 4:1-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                 

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to exercise Christlike patience in dealing with others.

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

… King David sings of believers being patient and waiting for the Lord.

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 13:4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

… Paul describes Christlike love being patient and kind with others.  

Reference Passage: Philippians 2:3-5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to exercise Christlike love with each other.

Reference Passage:…  Colossians 3: 12-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to be patient with one another, showing Christlike love.

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

… Paul testifies to Timothy (and all Christians) that he was given God’s strength to be an example of Christlike patience.

Reference Passage: …  2Peter 3:9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Peter teaches persecuted Christians that God is being patient with them (us) to learn to live like Christ.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from John Blase …  USE THIS LINK    shared about a successful business man,  named Shiro Oguni, who was impacted by seeing the isolation of men and women in a residence for adults with dementia.  And he put together a restaurant where the servers  all had memory challenges; and how therapeutic it was for those men women who were exposed to customers who all knew of their memory problems and were patient and loving with them. 

And the ODB story and the devotional entry challenged me - and maybe you - to exercise more Christlike patience in dealing with others, especially those who really challenge our patience.  I, for one, really needed that exhortation. How about you?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me, thru Your word, to be more patient with others.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for calling us to be more like You, with a spirit of love and mercy to 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.