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 records a genealogy of the Israelites who returned to Jerusalem following the Babylonian captivity. Then he returns to the genealogy of Saul.

BibleGateway: 1 Chronicles 9 ESV Text: 1 Chronicles 9 1 Chronicles 9 (Listen) A Genealogy of the Returned Exiles 9:1 So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith. 2 Now the first…

Each of us must give account to the Lord before entering His rest. Thanks be to God, we have a great high priest who has sacrificed Himself to redeem us. Therefore we may approach the Lord with joyful confidence.

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June 28, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Hebrews 4 ESV Text: Hebrews 4 Hebrews 4 (Listen) 4:1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.…

Jesus Christ is greater than Moses. For now we wander through the wilderness of this fallen world. However, all who remain faithful unto death will enter eternal rest.

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June 27, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Hebrews 3 ESV Text: Hebrews 3 Hebrews 3 (Listen) Jesus Greater Than Moses 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers,1 you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, 2 who…

We are in danger of drifting away from saving faith if we neglect the salvation of Christ. Jesus has redeemed us by becoming one of us. He knows from experience our pain and our suffering and the temptation that we experience.

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June 26, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Hebrews 2 ESV Text: Hebrews 2 Hebrews 2 (Listen) Warning Against Neglecting Salvation 2:1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the…

The Lord speaks to us by His Son. Jesus Christ is superior to the angels of God.

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June 24, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Hebrews 1 ESV Text: Hebrews 1 Hebrews 1 (Listen) The Supremacy of God’s Son 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these…

Salvation is not a license to continue sinning. In our Baptism, the Lord has raised us to a new life of faithfulness. We are dead to sin and alive to God. No longer slaves to sin, now we are privileged to live as slaves to righteousness.

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June 23, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Romans 6 ESV Text: Romans 6 Romans 6 (Listen) Dead to Sin, Alive to God 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How…

Pashhur the priest persecutes Jeremiah. Jeremiah prophesies against Pashhur and against Judah, predicting the Babylonian captivity. Jeremiah cries out to the Lord in grief.

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June 22, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Jeremiah 20 ESV Text: Jeremiah 20 Jeremiah 20 (Listen) Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur 20:1 Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying…

The Lord responds to Moses that He will deliver the Israelites out of Egypt and will give them the land of Canaan, as He has promised. Moses records the genealogy of Moses and Aaron.

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June 21, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Exodus 6 ESV Text: Exodus 6 Exodus 6 (Listen) God Promises Deliverance 6:1 But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he…

Pharaoh rejects the command of the Lord to let the Israelites go. Instead Pharaoh commands the Israelites to gather their own straw for making bricks. The Israelites blame Moses and Aaron. Moses complains to the Lord.

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June 20, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Exodus 5 ESV Text: Exodus 5 Exodus 5 (Listen) Making Bricks Without Straw 5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go,…

The Lord gives Moses powerful signs so that the children of Israel will listen to him. The Lord appoints Aaron to serve as a spokesman for Moses. Moses takes his wife and his children and returns to Egypt.

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June 19, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Exodus 4 ESV Text: Exodus 4 Exodus 4 (Listen) Moses Given Powerful Signs 4:1 Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD…

Jesus sends out the twelve apostles to proclaim to the Israelites that “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 10:7) The proclamation of the gospel will result in persecution for those who proclaim it. Even so, the Lord protects His faithful people and promises them His gracious reward.

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June 17, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Matthew 10 ESV Text: Matthew 10 Matthew 10 (Listen) The Twelve Apostles 10:1 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal…

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