Read: Esther 4:7–14 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 79–80; Romans 11:1–18 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this? Esther 4:14 In a small Illinois town, domestic violence comprises 40 percent of all crimes in the community. According to…

Standing Boldly — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada

Read: James 4:1–11 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 77–78; Romans 10 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. James 4:10 Reflecting one day on why God values humility so highly, sixteenth-century believer Teresa of Avila suddenly realized the answer: “It is because God is…

Humility Is the Truth — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada

Read: Proverbs 22:6, 17–21 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 74–76; Romans 9:16–33 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6 No one would have believed sixteen-year-old Brazilian skateboarder Felipe Gustavo would become “one of…

Discerning Right Paths — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada

Read: Isaiah 40:28–31 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 72–73; Romans 9:1–15 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes [The everlasting God] will not grow tired or weary. Isaiah 40:28 Once known as the World’s Strongest Man, American weightlifter Paul Anderson set a world record at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, despite a severe inner-ear infection…

Strength to Let Go — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada

Read: Ezekiel 17:19–24 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 70–71; Romans 8:22–39 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes I the Lord bring down the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. Ezekiel 17:24 Picture a mighty oak tree that’s small enough to fit on a kitchen table. That’s what a bonsai looks like—a…

Relinquishing Control to God — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada

Read: John 15:1–8 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 68–69; Romans 8:1–21 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 The day finally came—the day I realized my father wasn’t indestructible. As a boy, I knew his strength and determination. But in my early adult years, he injured…

We Need Jesus’ Help — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada

Read: Genesis 1:20–21, 24–28 | Bible in a Year: Psalms 66–67; Romans 7 Play/PauseMute/UnmuteVol+Vol-Download Download MP3 Subscribe to iTunes Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground. Genesis 1:28 While on vacation, my husband and I walked along the beach…

The Privilege of Stewardship — Our Daily Bread Ministries Canada