Sept 6 2026 … Fighting for the Faith

Sept 6 2026 …  Fighting for the Faith

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the group Rend Collective singing … Every Giant Will Fall … calling on Christians to use our faith in God’s love to fight the battles of life.

Scaling the mountains of life ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Jude 1:23 [NIV]

…  23  Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.    

…  Jude, calls on fellow Christians to show mercy to other believers by helping them contend for the faith in their ives, doing all we call to rescue them from fires of life.     

Highlight Passage: …  Jude 1:20-23  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                

…   God reveals to Balaam God’s desire and His way by Balaam’s donkey speaking to the Prophet.

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

… The Apostle Paul pleads with fellow Christians to become living sacrifices in helping other Christians do battle against the evil forces of this world.  

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 10:4  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to use the weapons of faith to do battle in this life.  

Reference Passage: Ephesians 6:16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                     

… Paul also shows fellow Christians to use God’s mighty shield of faith to fend off the fiery darts the enemy send out against believers.   

Reference Passage:…  1Timothy 6:12 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul called on Timothy - and all fellow Christians -  to fight the good fight of faith.   

Reference Passage: 2Timothy 2:15   [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul also calls Timothy to be a good worker, doing all he (and WE) can to contend for the faith by sharing God’s truth with others.

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

… The Author of Hebrews calls on fellow Christians  to use the power of God’s word to contend for the faith in the battles of life.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Marvin Williams …  USE THIS LINK    shares a true story of a young Japanese student who had to be rescued from trying to scale Mount Fuji (see attached photo); and then again when the foolish lad went back to get his cell phone and other personal items left of the mountain.  The story, the ODB author felt illustrated what Jude was teaching when he called fellow Christians to contend (i.e., fight) for their faith by helping other believers who’re being threatened by false teachers.

The question for me today was whether I am doing what it takes to fight for my faith by helping others contend for theirs in this world which will do all it can to tear away our commitment to Christ.  But like Jude and the Apostle Paul, all of us Christians need to do ALL WE CAN to hold onto our faith and help others contend for our collective faith in Christ, Who did HIs all dying for us.  I, for one, am doing all I can to fight for my faith today.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for calling me to climb the mountains of this world by standing up in faith … for You, … my Lord.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for going the final mile to save us from ourselves; and showing us what we must do to fight for You with our faith,    … 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 5 2026 … God Opens Our Eyes

Sept 5 2026 …  God Opens Our Eyes

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the Maranatha Singers singing … Open Our Eyes … in a prayer for God to open the eyes of His chosen to truly see the glory of the Lord.

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Highlight Passage: … Numbers 22:31 [NIV]

…  31  Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the roadway with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam bowed his head and fell face down on the ground before him.  

…  The story of God using Balaam’s donkey to open his eyes to the truth of God and His ways.     

Highlight Passage: …  Numbers 22:22-32  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   God reveals to Balaam God’s desire and His way by Balaam’s donkey speaking to the Prophet.

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Reference Passage: … 2Kings 6:17 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Elisha prays for God to open the eyes of His servant to be able to see what God had done to protect God’s people. 

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 119:18, 105  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… David sings for God to open his eyes to God’s wonderful truths and to use His word as a light to his path.  

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

… Solomon shows believers that God sees ALL. 

Reference Passage:…  Matthew 6:22  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus teaches His followers in His sermon on the mount that our eyes are the windows which open to the light of God. 

Reference Passage: Mark 8:25  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus touches a blind man’s eyes and opens his eyes to be able to see clearly.

Reference Passage: …  Revelation 1:1  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus reveals God’s glory to mankind thru the Lord’s Revelation to John.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Monica La Res…  USE THIS LINK    relates a 13th century French legendary story of a knight leaving his greyhound dog to watch over his baby son and coming home from a time away to find the baby gone and blood everywhere and on the mouth of the dog.  But after killing the dog, the knight was shown that it was a large snake which had attacked the child and the dog had killed the snake and the child was found alive and well.

And the ODB author’s story in today’s entry reminded her of the story in God’s word of how The Lord opened the eyes of the Prophet Balaam (see the highlight passage), who couldn’t see that his donkey was doing all he could to allow Balaam to see God’s intended protection.  And so, my prayer today is that I will be able to see God’s ways more clearly and to follow His desires more closely.   Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for giving me the linked song and God’s word to see You more clearly and follow You more closely. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for opening our eyes, thru Your word, to see Your ways more clearly.    … 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 4 2026 … Keep The Main Thing the Main Thing

Sept 4 2026 …  Keep The Main Thing the Main Thing

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from a worship group, featuring Henry Seeley singing … Main Thing … calling on Christians to cast aside the cares of this world and focusing on worshipping Jesus as Lord.

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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 12:1 [NIV]

…  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 …    

…  The Author of Hebrews calls on Christians to avoid letting the world get int he way of their (our) worship of God.      

Highlight Passage: …  Hebrews 12:1-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …         

…   God, thru the Author of Hebrews warns against letting our desires and the temptations of the world get in the way of our following The Lord. 

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

… God, thru Moses, commands His people to let no other god or idol get in the way of their (our) worship of the one true God. 

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 119:105  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… David sings of following God’s word to show him (and us) the way to go in life.   

Reference Passage: Micah 6:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                         

… God, thru Micah, shows what is important to God. 

Reference Passage:…  Matthew 6:33  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …      

… Jesus teaches His followers in His sermon on the mount to seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness. 

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

… Jesus shows that our real treasures are revealed in what we desire above all else.

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

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to become living sacrifices to Chris’s Lordship, waring them (us) to avoid the temptations of this world.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Adam R Holz …  USE THIS LINK    related how the ODB author’s “smart” phone would occasionally send him a warning to delete ??MB of junk files to allow the phone to operate more effectively. And this was an an illustration of what was taught by today’s Scriptures in that we Christians are called, as the oft quoted saying reports, … “to keep the MAIN THING the MAIN thing!”

And isn’t that sometimes so difficult in following God’s word in this world and our everyday lives?   The temptations of the world and our flesh can so easily lead us to seek selfish desires which so easily weigh us down and draw our attention away from worshipping our God.   Well, today I’m going to do my best to cast off the weight which draws me away from my Lord.   How about you?  Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for reminding me thru Your word to set aside myself and the world to worship ONLY You.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for showing Your own that we need to worship and desire only You.   … 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 3 2026 … Fear of God

Sept 3 2026 …  Fear of God

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …      and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Mitch Wong singing … Fear of the Lord … calling on Christians to surrender in reverent fear of the Lord.

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Highlight Passage: … Acts 2:42 [NIV]

…  12  And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the Lord your God, and live in a way that pleases Him, and love Him and serve Him with all your heart and soul.    

… Moses calls God’s chosen faithful to live in a way that shows reverent fear of the Lord.      

Highlight Passage: …  Deuteronomy 10:12-15  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   God, thru Moses, calls on His people to live in reverent fear of the Lord. 

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Reference Passage:… Job 28:28  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …               

… Job declares God’s desire that believers live in a way which shows reverence and Godly wisdom.  

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 111:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… This anonymous Psalmist declares that fear of the Lord is the beginning of Godly wisdom, in which believers must follow.   

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

… Solomon teaches that fear of the Lord is the beginning of all knowledge. 

Reference Passage:…  Ecclesiastes 12:13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Solomon concludes that it is the duty of man to fear God and follow His commands.

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

… Jesus calls on His Disciples to fear only God. 

Reference Passage: …  Luke 1:50 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… From Mary’s song of praise to her sister … that God will show mercy on all who fear Him.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Karen Huang …  USE THIS LINK    described how a book on the life of a man, named Tanitan, who had lived a life as a headhunter in a native tribe in the Philippines, confessing that he had killed people in the past but had a life-changing fear of God in coming to faith in Christ.  In Tanitan’s own words, “Before, I was afraid to die but not afraid to kill. Now, I am afraid to kill but not afraid to die.”

Here was a man whose entire life focus changed when he surrendered his life to live for Jesus, … fearing and following His Lord completely.  Though I was not formerly a head-hunter, that’s my testimony as well.  Once Jesus came into my life; and now I fear and follow Him, I live my life to honor my Lord.   How about you?

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for your call to fear only You, Lord; and to follow You with my life.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … for Your call to fear only You, as our Lord; and to follow You all the way to 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.

Sept 2 2026 … A Glimpse of God’s Glory

Sept 2 2026 …  A Glimpse of God’s Glory

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK  …       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from the groups CityAlight singing … His Glory and My God … calling on Christians to seek God’s glory no matter what we may encounter in life.

A dream of Alpine glory ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Acts 2:42 [NIV]

…  18  So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.    

… The Apostle Paul encourages fellow Christians to look beyond the trials they (we) face now to what is promised by God in heaven’s glory.      

Highlight Passage: …  2Corinthians 4:7-18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   Paul assures fellow Christians that the trials we face point to the glory God has promised believers in heaven. 

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Reference Passage: … Exodus 33:15-20  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …     

… God promises Moses to let him and God’s chosen people see reflections of His glory.  

Reference Passage: …  Psalms 72:19  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, promises to let God’s chosen to be filled with His glory.   

Reference Passage: Isaiah 42:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …                      

… God, thru Isaiah, declares that those who worship idols will never see the glory of God. 

Reference Passage:…  Romans 11:36  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ... 

… Paul teaches truth that all things God created are to display His glory.

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

… The Apostle Peter teaches truth about Christians being able, thru faith in Christ, to see reflections of God’s glory in the lives they (we) live.

Reference Passage: …  Revelation 21:11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God gives John a revelation of God’s glory in heaven.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Kenneth Petersen …  USE THIS LINK    described how the initial stages of what he and his wife had dreamed of in a vacation to the Swiss Alps (i.e. pictured in the attached photo), was dimmed by the drudgery and trials the couple went through in merely getting to their lodgings.  But when the two stepped out on their hotel balcony and saw the vista (again, see photo), the breath-taking view had realized their dreams.

And that’s very much what the linked song and the Scriptures, shared above, reveal … that what we encounter, and must deal with in life, often dims what God’s word promises for Christians to see and experience in God’s heavenly glory.   Personally, I look ahead to God’s glory and choose to dwell not on the trials of this life.   Are you with me?

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You … for the promise of Your glory! 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, … calling all fellow Christians, to look ahead to the reality - not the dream - of God’s heavenly 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.