July 29, 2025 … He Really Cares …

July 29, 2025 … He Really Cares   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Matthew West singing… The God Who Stays,  … assuring fellow Christians that we serve a God Who stays and never fails those who love Him. 

Highlight Passage: … Psalms 55:22 … [NLT] … 

22 Give your burdens to the Lord, and He will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.    </i> 

…  David is certain of God’s watch care over him.         

           

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Psalms 55:1-9, 16-23 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… King David, running for his life from Absalom, is certain that his God cares and watches over him.             

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Reference Passage: … Deuteronomy 31:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Moses assures Joshua and God’s people of God watching over and protecting them as they go into the Promised Land.   

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

… God’s promise, thru Solomon, of God’s caring protection of ALL who trust in Him with ALL their (our) hearts. 

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

…  Isaiah assures God’s faithful of His strength when they (we) are weak. 

Reference Passage: …  2Corinthians 12:9-10 NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Paul relates Jesus’ assurance of providing His sustaining and enabling grace in times of trial or trouble. 

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

… Paul assure fellow Christians of God’s peace when His children are willing to bring our troubles to God in prayer, with thankful hearts. 

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

… Peter assure fellow Christians that they (we) can take ALL our cares to God, Who cares for them (us) ALWAYS.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Karen Huang … AT THIS LINK       … tells how she and her family took care of their parents for many years - 24/7,  due to their disabilities.  And the ODB author made reference to how David sang of how God took care of him (see Highlight Passage) when David’s son, Absalom, pursued David, trying to kill his father, the King.     

If my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures shared above, I’m hoping that we all know that we serve a God Who cares for us - and watches over us - ALWAYS!   And we can ALWAYS go to Him, with thankful hearts, to receive His enabling grace and strength when we feel fearful or threatened.   Personally, and believing God’s word, I’m feeling His grace today.  How about you?      

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for promising me Your strength in my times of weakness. 

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for being there for us ALWAYS.  … 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.

July 28, 2025 … He Sees Me and Serves Me …

July 28, 2025 … He Sees Me and Serves Me   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Big Daddy Weave singing… Redeemed,  … witnessing and declaring God’s redemption of his life 

Highlight Passage: … Lamentations 3:58 … [NLT] …

58 Lord, You have come to my defense;  ,,, You have redeemed my life.    

…  Jeremiah gives witness to how God has redeemed his life.         

           

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Lamentations 3:31-42, 58-59 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jeremiah, calls fellow believers to turn to the God who redeems God’s people, … the God Who sees all and serves all.            

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Reference Passage: … Genesis 16:13  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…Hagar declares that she had witnessed The God, Who had seen and saved her.  

Reference Passage: … Job 28:23-24  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Job declares that God alone sees all that He has created.     

Reference Passage: … Psalms 139:1-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of there being NO WHERE we can go to escape God seeing us.     

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

… God’s promise, thru Solomon, to watch over all … ALWAYS!   

Reference Passage: …   Jeremiah 16:17 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Jeremiah declares truth to God’s sinful people that He, The Lord, watches over all and that they (we) cannot hide from Him.  

Reference Passage: …  Romans 8:28-30 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians how God causes everything in the lives of born-again believers to be for their (our) good; … and redeeming them (us) for His glory. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Tim Gustafson … AT THIS LINK        … tells of a young Londoner, Alexander McClean, who told a 60 Minutes interview of going to Africa to assist in prison and hospice work as a young man; and seeing an old man lying helpless next to a toilet. It was a sight he couldn’t unsee; and it led him, later in life, after he got a law degree, to return to Africa to serve prisoners, … in fact founding an organization to serve those in prison.      

What do you and I see in this world which we can’t unsee, … something which calls us or drives us to do something about that which we have seen.  And since we know God sees all, and cares about all He has created; … where is He calling us to serve in His kingdom?   Personally, He has led me to help those who’re seeking to walk free from past patterns of habitual sin, …. just like God has redeemed me (see linked song).  Where is the Lord calling you to be His agent to lead others to the redemption God sees that others need?     

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for calling me to serve You again today, Lord.

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for leading us to serve You as Your ambassadors of redemption.  … 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.

July 27, 2025 … Fire Tested Faith …

July 27, 2025 … Fire Tested Faith   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Eugene Nyathi singing… Testing of Your Faith,  … calling on Christians to endure the fires which test our faith.

Highlight Passage: … 1Corinthians 4:10  … [NLT] … 

10 Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you claim to be so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are honored, but we are ridiculed.     

…  Paul shows Christians in Corinth (and us) that their (our) faith in Christ may make us look like fools to the world but when our faith lasts, the world see that the faith is real.         

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Corinthians 4:9-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul shows that having faith in Christ may cause them (us) to appear as fools to the world; …  but, like Christ on the cross, they (we) will survive the test and live.            

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 66:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…God’s psalmist sings of God testing our faith as silver is tested and purified in fire. 

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 17:3  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows that God will test the faith of believers in the fires of life just as silver and goal are purified in the fire.     

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

… God, thru Isaiah, promises to strengthen the faith of believers when they (we) feel weak or afraid.      

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

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians (us, too!) to bring our worries, concerns and fears to the Lord in prayer - with thankful hearts - to receive God’s peace.  

Reference Passage: …  James 1:2-4 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, Jesus’ brother, teaches fellow Christians (us, too!) to let the troubles of life test our faith and help it to grow in the process to receive a Crown of blessing from God in heaven.  

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

… Peter teaches fellow Christians that the trials life test and grow our faith until Jesus comes in glory to judge us.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Matt Lucas … AT THIS LINK       … relates a historical incident which occurred in 304AD when the Roman emperor Maximisn marched into the ancient city of Nicomedia in Asia Minor and demanded that all worship him as Emperor.  But the Christians in the city gathered in their church and refused to renounce their faith in Christ and the Emperor burned them in the church.      

The historical story shows that our world will often test our faith as Christians.  And our faith is tested and refined, like silver/gold are refined in the fires of life.   And I would imagine that some of my fellow Christian readers have been - or are being - tested by the fires of reality in life … RIGHT NOW.  The question, from the linked song and the Scriptures shared in this blog, is whether our faith in Christ will survive the fires and even grow stronger.  I’m stopping right here to pray that it will!     

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving me Your strength and walking with me in the fires of life. 

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for being with us, Lord, in the fires of life; and for giving us Your strength to stay strong in the fires.  … 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.

July 26, 2025 … He’s My Hiding Place …

July 26, 2025 … He’s My Hiding Place   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with the group, Selah, singing… My Hiding Place,  … calling on Christians to run to God and hide in His safety when we fear danger or troubles in our life.

Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 18:10  … [NLT] … 

10 The name of the LORD is a strong fortress; .the godly run to Him and are safe…   

…  God, thru Solomon, promises to be a safe place to run and hide.         

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Proverbs 18:10-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Godly wisdom from Solomon about where to run for safety in life.            

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 32:7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…King David declares in song that God is his hiding place, … protecting him from troubles.  

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

… Solomon shows that God will lead our lives when we put our trust in Him.     

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

… God, Isaiah, promises to strengthen believers when they (we) feel weak or afraid.     

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus invites believers in Him to rest and find peace in Him.  

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

… The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians (us, too!) to bring our concerns and fears to the Lord in prayer - with thankful hearts - to receive God’s peace.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Jennifer Benson Schuldt … AT THIS LINK   … related a story about a family traveling by car who heard tornado warnings on the radio and sought shelter in a hotel nearby and were safe from the storms.     

The story reminded the ODB author of how God’s word, like the Scriptures shared here today, promises that our God is the One we run to, seeking shelter from the “storms” of life.  The question is … do we trust in our God to be our “hiding place” (see photo) when we are confronted with or have warnings of the storms of life?  Personally, I trust in the truth of God’s word and the comfort of prayer to be my hiding place when I sense storms brewing in my life. What about you? …  Where do you run for protection?  …  Is God your hiding place today? … Common!!  Join me.  Let’s run and hide in Him today!  

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

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for being that place we run to when we face the storms of life.  … 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.