June 28 2026 … Feeds and Leads

June 28 2026 … Feeds and Leads 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from an unnamed artist singing … Sweeter Than Honey … Showing that God’a word is sweeter than honey, leading those who partake of it to God’s wisdom and His ways.

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Highlight Passage: … Psalms 119:103  [NLT]

…  103 How sweet Your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey. 

… God’s psalmist declares the sweetness of God’s truth to those who consume it.

Highlight Passage: … Psalms 119:97-104 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Psalmist, likely King David, sings of the sweetness and health giving benefits of taking in God’s word.         

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 19:7-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s islamist declares the truth that God is in control of all things.

Reference Passage:… Psalms 32:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David also relates how God showed him that reveals the best pathway for his (and our) life.

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

… Solomon teaches truth to his son (and all believers) that we must trust in God’s ways which come thru His word.

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

… Jesus teaches His disciples (and us) that following Him - and His ways - is the only way to The (our) Heavenly Father. 

Reference Passage: … 2Timothy 3:16-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth to Timothy, and all born-again Christians, of the power of God’s word to lead them (us) in life.

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 4:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  The Author of Hebrews assures fellow Christians of being able to follow God thru the truth of His word.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Arthur Jackson …  USE THIS LINK       wrote about stimulating conversations with a man, named Jarrett, who was a beekeeper and relished discussing how his bees would produce their sweet nectar for us to consume and be filled with joy and healthy sweetness.     

And if my readers have “consumed” the linked song and God’s word, shared above, I pray we all can agree that consuming God’s word and letting it fill us with God’s strength and direction, is like taking in the sweetness of the honeycomb. Personally, that’s why you find me here - every morning - taking in the sweetness and health-giving nectar of God’s truth, which not only FEEDS me with HIs sweetness but also LEADS me on His way to glory.  Will you join me in partaking of this sweetness and wisdom today?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for feeding me with the sweetness of Your truth and leading me all the way to Your glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for providing us, …  Your chosen, … with the sweetness of Your truth in 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.

June 27 2026 … One Sure Thing

June 27 2026 … One Sure Thing 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Twila Paris singing … God Is In Control … Declaring for Christians that God is in control of all things for His glory.

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Highlight Passage: … Colossians 1:17  [NLT]

…  17 He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together. 

… The Apostle Paul declares that Our God created all things and holds it all together for His glory.

Highlight Passage:… Colossians 1:15-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches truth about the supremacy of Christ.         

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 147:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God’s islamist declares the truth that God is in control of all things.

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

… Solomon teaches truth to his son (and all believers) that we must truth in God and not our own understandings.

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 40:28 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …    

… God, thru Isaiah, declares and promises of The Lord’s control of all He created.

Reference Passage: … 1Corinthians 2:10-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians that God’s Spirit reveals God’s ways to those who believe in and surrender to His ways.

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

…  The Author of Hebrews assures fellow Christians of being able to follow God Who is in control of all He created.

Reference Passage: … 1John 3:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …     

… The Apostle John shows anyone who believes in and follow Christ that God knows EVERYTHING.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Mike Wittmer …  USE THIS LINK       tells of the wondrous cellular works within trees in cold climates, … how the cells in the trees drain water to protect the trees from hardening in coldest temperatures, … demonstrating how God controls even the cells in the trees He created.  

And if God can - and DOES - control the cells of the trees in His creation, He - my Lord - certainly is in control of all the world in which I (we) live.  Will you join me in praising our God for for His creation and all He controls today?!  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for being in complete control of all You created for me, but even more for Your glory. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for creating all we see and experience for 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.

June 26 2026 … They’re ALL Neighbors

June 26 2026 … They’re ALL Neighbors 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Josh Wilson  singing … Who’s My Neighbor … And God’s answer is ,,, EVERYONE!  .  

They're ALL my neighbors ... 

 

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Highlight Passage: … Luke 10:29  [NLT]

…  29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 

… A Jewish lawyer challenged Jesus with a question, trying to justify himself.

Highlight Passage: … Luke 10:25-37 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus is challenged by a Jewish lawyer asking Him, “Who is my neighbor;” … to which Jesus relates the parable of the Good Samaritan.         

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Reference Passage: …  Matthew 7:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …            

…  Jesus, in His Sermon on the Mount, relates God’s “Golden Rule” showing that EVERYONE should treat others they way each of us desires that we be treated.

Reference Passage: … Romans 3:23  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth that we’re ALL the same to God and to each other … i.e., …  SINNERS!

Reference Passage: … Galatians 5:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Paul also shows fellow Christians that the whole Law of God is wrapped up in treating EVERYONE as our neighbors.

<b><u>Reference Passage: … Ephesians 2:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians that we’re ALL subject to and saved by God’s grace and not by the works we do.

Reference Passage: … James 2:14-17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …     

… Jesus’s brother, James, teaches fellow Christians that when we see anyone in need, if we do nothing to help that one, we are condemned by God.

Reference Passage: … 1John 4:20 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John shows anyone who claims to love God but does nothing to show love to those in need is a “liar.”

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Alyson Kieda …  USE THIS LINK      related a story of a woman collapsing on a very hot day onto the pavement and how many passers by worked together … to call 911 and place coats/clothes under the woman.  Others did all they could to comfort the woman, … one held an umbrella over her to shade the woman from the sun, … all of the people staying there until paramedics arrived … all of them unknown to the woman.

The ODB entry today illustrates what Jesus taught to a skeptical lawyer who challenged Jesus by asking “Who is my neighbor?”  And Jesus, In the Highlight passage, answered by relating a parable of what we know of as the “Good Samaritan.”  And the ODB scenario challenges us all to ask … WHO are the “Neighbors” in our lives?  And I pray we ALL would answer, “EVERYONE,” just as the linked song sings for us today.   Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for showing me that EVERYONE is my neighbor.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for showing us with Your life and death on the cross that EVERYONE of us is Your neighbor. … 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 25 2026 … Into Our Father’s Arms

June 25 2026 … Into Our Father’s Arms 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...     and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group. Avalon,  singing … Orphans of God … assuring Christians that with God, as our Heavenly Father, there are no orphans with those who fall into His loving arms <b>(See photo)</b>..  

Falling in The Father's arns ,.. 

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Highlight Passage: … Hosea 14:2  [NLT]

…  2 Bring your confessions, and return to the Lord. Say to him,“Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you our praises.” 

… God’s Prophet, Hosea, calls on God’s people to bring their confessions of sin and return to God as their loving Father.

Highlight Passage: … Hosea 14:1- 9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Prophet Hosea calls on God’s people  to return to their (our) loving Father in heaven.       

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Reference Passage: …  Exodus 22:22:23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Moses relates to the people of God of their Heavenly Father hearing the prayers of the fatherless.

Reference Passage: … Psalms 27:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… King David sings of the love of God holding even the fatherless close to God’s heart. 

Reference Passage: … Psalms 68:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …     

… David also sings of God being the Father to the fatherless.

Reference Passage: …Romans 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians that Christ was willing to die for even sinners.

Reference Passage: … John 14:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus promises His fearful, yet faithful, disciples that He would never abandon them.  

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

… The Apostle John shows that our Heavenly Father will forgive and cleanse the sin of any who come to Him with their (our) confessions.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Tom Felton …  USE THIS LINK            wrote about Scottish missionary, Mary Slessor, who, in the 19th Century, worked among the African natives of Okoyong in Cameroon; …  who believed that twins were a sign of demons and would sacrifice them to abortion.  But Slessor showed the people to accept twins in love and she adopted many of them to show the people the love of God.

The ODB story illustrates how God’s love and saving grace will accept ALL who come to God, the Father, with their confessions and surrendered love, … as is depicted in the attached photo, in the linked song, and the Scriptures shared above.   And If my readers have taken in all of that, I pray we all realize that we can surrender our sins and fall into the loving arms of our Heavenly Father. YES, … He will accept us all, won’t He?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for even dying on that cross to give me a home with You as my Heavenly Father in glory.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … that there are no orphans with You as our heavenly Father. … 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 24 2026 … Rooted In Faith

June 24 2026 … Rooted In Faith 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...        and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Lauren Daigle singing … I Live By Faith … calling on Christians to live by faith in Christ alone, not by works.  

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 19:26  [NLT]

… 26 Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” 

… Jesus teaches His disciples their (our) works can’t save them (us) and that it is possible only thru faith in God.

Highlight Passage: … Matthew 19:23-26 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus calls on His disciples to walk by faith in Him and not by their (our) works.     

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

…  John Mark declares what it takes to be saved by God.

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

… Jesus teaches Nicodemus (and all who would believe on Him) what God was willing do to save mankind. 

Reference Passage: … Acts 2:38 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                  

… Peter preaches the truth on what it takes to receive God’s Spirit and be saved..

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

… The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians anyone (and everyone) who declares that Jesus Christ is Lord of all will be saved.

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

… More of Paul’s teaching that mankind is ONLY saved by faith and not my their (our) works.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 3:18-22 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… The Apostle Peter uses the story of Noah to show that being rooted in faith in Christ is the only way for sinners to be with Him in Heaven.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Katara Patterson …  USE THIS LINK            told of reading about, and being inspired by,  the accounts of Mary McLeod Bethune, who in the early 1900s solicited help from a wealthy businessman by relating her dream for a school for underprivileged women to get their education and become productive members of society.   And Bethune’s dream later became reality in Bethune-Cookman University, which is now a thriving four-year college.

The story illustrates the point of today’s ODB entry which shows that what we do in the world is nowhere nearly as important as our faith, which must be rooted in Christ for anyone to be saved and to join our Lord in heaven.  Personally, my faith, as described in the Scriptures shared above, has me joining my Savior in glory.   How about you? 

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for dying on that cross to give me a place to be with You in heaven thru my faith in You as my Lord and Savior.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for making it possible, thru our faith in You, to be with You forever in 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.