this is our daily bread

Devotions

Begin Your Day in Prayer

Sign up to receive our daily devotions straight to your inbox. It's the best way to begin.

{formbuilder:MTAxMDE1}

Listen Beyond the Chaos - Blessed Is She

Listen Beyond the Chaos

"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from...
July 17, 2022
Maybe She’s Not a Slacker Jackrabbit - Blessed Is She

Maybe She’s Not a Slacker Jackrabbit

The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. // Matthew 12:14-15 She sighed and sipped...
July 16, 2022
A House in Order - Blessed Is She

A House in Order

When Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the LORD: Put your house in order, for you are about to...
July 15, 2022
His Yoke Fits - Blessed Is She

His Yoke Fits

Jesus said: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am...
July 14, 2022
Trusting for the Calm - Blessed Is She

Trusting for the Calm

The Lord will not abandon his people. // Psalm 94:14 I could feel the tears starting to burn my eyes and the emotion bubbling inside me. These were going to...
July 13, 2022
Trusting the Nearness of Our God - Blessed Is She

Trusting the Nearness of Our God

Take care you remain calm and do not fear; do not let your courage fail. // Isaiah 7:4a I’d never gotten out of bed so quickly in my life. We...
July 12, 2022
Richness Beyond Imagining - Blessed Is She

Richness Beyond Imagining

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does...
July 11, 2022
The Closeness of the Lord - Blessed Is She

The Closeness of the Lord

For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky, that you should say, 'Who will...
July 10, 2022
Love in the Light - Blessed Is She

Love in the Light

“What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.” // Matthew 10:26-27 I’ve found Jesus In the darkness, In...
July 09, 2022
Never Abandoned, Always Loved - Blessed Is She

Never Abandoned, Always Loved

For in you the orphan finds compassion. // Hosea 14:3 My friend walked me to the back of the hospital to a small room with blue walls. There I met...
July 08, 2022
My Will Versus God’s Will - Blessed Is She

My Will Versus God’s Will

The more I called them, the farther they went from me. Yet it was I . . . who took them in my arms; I drew them . . ....
July 07, 2022
Becoming an Apostle - Blessed Is She

Becoming an Apostle

Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the Twelve Apostles...
July 06, 2022