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OUR DAILY BREAD May 8, Saturday LEGALLY HIS Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 4–6 Luke 24:36–53 The Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. Romans 8:15 Today's Scripture & Insight: Romans 8:1–2, 10–17 Liz cried for joy when she and her husband received the birth certificate and passport for their child, making the adoption legally binding. Now Milena would always be their daughter, forever part of their family. As Liz pondered the legal process, she also thought of the “true exchange” that happens when we become part of Jesus’ family: “No longer are we held down by our birthright of sin and brokenness.” Rather, she continued, we enter into the fullness of God’s kingdom legally when we're adopted as His children. In the apostle Paul’s day, if a Roman family adopted a son, his legal status would change completely. Any debts from his old life would be canceled and he would gain all of the rights and privileges of his new family. Paul wanted the Roman believers in Je...

OUR DAILY BREAD April 24, Saturday BETTER WITH GOD Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 19–20   Luke 18:1–23 Wisdom and power are his. Daniel 2:20 Today's Scripture & Insight: Daniel 1:11–16; 2:19–20 On her college volleyball team, my granddaughter learned a winning principle. When the ball came her way, no matter what, she could “better the ball.” She could make a play that left her teammates in a better situation—without throwing tantrums, blaming, or making excuses. Always make the situation better. That was Daniel’s response when he and three Hebrew friends were taken into captivity by Babylon’s king Nebuchadnezzar. Although they were given pagan names and ordered to take three years of “training” in the enemy’s palace, Daniel didn’t rage. Instead, he asked permission not to defile himself in God’s sight by eating the king’s rich food and wine. As this intriguing Bible story shows, after consuming nothing but vegetables and water for ten days ( Daniel 1:12 ), Daniel and his friends “l...

OUR DAILY BREAD April 22, Thursday THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 14–15   Luke 17:1–19 [God] comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble. 2 Corinthians 1:4 Today's Scripture & Insight: 2 Corinthians 1:3–7 Radamenes was just a kitten when his owner dropped him off at an animal shelter, thinking he was too ill to recover. The kitten was nursed back to health and adopted by the vet. He then became a fulltime resident at the shelter and now spends his days “comforting” cats and dogs—just out of surgery or recovering from an illness—through his warm presence and gentle purr. That story is a small picture of what our loving God does for us—and what we can do for others in return. He cares for us in our sickness and struggles, and He soothes us with His presence. The apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians calls our God, “the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort” (1:3). When we are discouraged, depressed, or mistreated, He’s there fo...