Bread of Life - - A Daily Devotion from The Lutheran Spokesman.

“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

The inspired writer lists descendants of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher.

BibleGateway: 1 Chronicles 7 ESV Text: 1 Chronicles 7 1 Chronicles 7 (Listen) Descendants of Issachar 7:1 The sons1 of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days…

The first of the traditional “Penitential Psalms,” Psalm 6 is a prayer of David for deliverance from the anxiety resulting from an awareness of his sinful condition. We join David in this penitential prayer. We share with David the confidence that our spiritual enemies are defeated through the work of Christ on our behalf.

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November 20, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Psalm 6 ESV Text: Psalm 6 Psalm 6 (Listen) O Lord, Deliver My Life To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.1 A Psalm of David. 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in…

Boasting and deceit lead to destruction. We rejoice that the Lord has redeemed us and has covered us in His own righteousness.

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November 19, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Psalm 5 ESV Text: Psalm 5 Psalm 5 (Listen) Lead Me in Your Righteousness To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David. 5:1 Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.2 Give attention…

Despite the malice of those who speak evil of him, David trusts in the Lord for deliverance. Knowing that the Lord will deliver us from every evil, we may sleep peacefully at night.

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November 18, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Psalm 4 ESV Text: Psalm 4 Psalm 4 (Listen) Answer Me When I Call To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 4:1 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You…

Daniel records a prophecy of the last judgment and the end of the world.

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November 16, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Daniel 12 ESV Text: Daniel 12 Daniel 12 (Listen) The Time of the End 12:1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a…

Confident in the salvation of the Lord, David prays to the Lord for deliverance from his enemies.

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November 15, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Psalm 3 ESV Text: Psalm 3 Psalm 3 (Listen) Save Me, O My God A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 3:1 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising…

The enemies of the Lord may appear to prevail for a time, but the Lord triumphs in the end. Those who are wise submit to the Lord.

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November 14, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Psalm 2 ESV Text: Psalm 2 Psalm 2 (Listen) The Reign of the Lord’s Anointed 2:1 Why do the nations rage1 and the peoples plot in vain?2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take…

The psalmist contrasts the way of the righteous with the way of the wicked.

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November 13, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Psalm 1 ESV Text: Psalm 1 Psalm 1 (Listen) Book One The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked 1:1 Blessed is the man1 who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the…

Elijah and the prophets of Baal face off on Mount Carmel. The Lord reveals Himself as the true God. Elijah and the Israelites kill the prophets of Baal. The Lord sends rain on the land once again.

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November 12, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: 1 Kings 18 ESV Text: 1 Kings 18 1 Kings 18 (Listen) Elijah Confronts Ahab 18:1 After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself…

Elijah predicts to King Ahab a drought. During the drought, the Lord instructs Elijah to stay at the home of a widow in Zarephath. Miraculously, the oil and flour last throughout the time of drought so that Elijah and the widow and her son may eat and live. The son of the widow dies and Elijah revives him to life miraculously.

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November 11, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: 1 Kings 17 ESV Text: 1 Kings 17 1 Kings 17 (Listen) Elijah Predicts a Drought 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe1 in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel,…

The bride longs for her beloved. The bride comments on love. Chastity is to be desired and promiscuity to be avoided. The king longs to hear the voice of his bride. The bride anticipates the arrival of her beloved.

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November 9, 2024March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Song of Solomon 8 ESV Text: Song of Solomon 8 Song of Solomon 8 (Listen) Longing for Her Beloved 8:1 Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I…

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