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…

Through faith in Jesus Christ all believers enjoy peace with God. Adam brought condemnation and death to all people, but Jesus has accomplished justification and life for all people.

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June 16, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Romans 5 ESV Text: Romans 5 Romans 5 (Listen) Peace with God Through Faith 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we1 have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him…

The people of Israel encounter the Lord at Mount Sinai. It is a terrifying experience—thunder, lightning, thick cloud, and a trumpet blast. As sinners we cannot stand before holy God. However, just as the Lord appointed Moses to serve as a mediator between Himself and the people, the Lord has appointed His Son to serve as Mediator between God and man.

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June 15, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Exodus 19 ESV Text: Exodus 19 Exodus 19 (Listen) Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1 On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day…

Job repents. The Lord rebukes the friends of Job. The Lord restores to Job his worldly blessings, “twice as much as he had before.” (Job 42:10)

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June 14, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Job 42 ESV Text: Job 42 Job 42 (Listen) Job’s Confession and Repentance 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can…

The Lord continues to challenge Job, pointing to Leviathan as evidence of His almighty power.

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June 13, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Job 41 ESV Text: Job 41 Job 41 (Listen) 41:1 1 “Can you draw out Leviathan2 with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord?2 Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his…

Job silences himself before the Lord. The Lord continues to challenge Job, pointing to Behemoth as evidence of His almighty power.

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June 12, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Job 40 ESV Text: Job 40 Job 40 (Listen) 40:1 And the LORD said to Job: 2 “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” Job Promises Silence 3 Then…

Jesus raises a girl from the dead and heals a paralytic, a woman suffering a discharge of blood, a mute, and two blind men. Jesus calls Matthew. Jesus explains why His disciples do not fast. Jesus teaches that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

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June 10, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Matthew 9 ESV Text: Matthew 9 Matthew 9 (Listen) Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him…

Abraham believed the promise of the Lord and was justified by faith. He looked ahead to the coming of the Messiah. As we look back at the fulfillment of the promise in Christ, we are justified by faith along with our father Abraham.

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June 9, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Romans 4 ESV Text: Romans 4 Romans 4 (Listen) Abraham Justified by Faith 4:1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by…

The Lord continues to list examples of His almighty power over the natural world.

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June 8, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Job 39 ESV Text: Job 39 Job 39 (Listen) 39:1 “Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the does?2 Can you number the months that they fulfill, and do you…

The Lord, who created and still preserves all things, responds to Job. Truly His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts than our thoughts. (Isaiah 55:9)

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June 7, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: Job 38 ESV Text: Job 38 Job 38 (Listen) The Lord Answers Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: 2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?3 Dress…

Jesus teaches and comforts His disciples on Maundy Thursday. He promises to prepare places for them in His Father’s house. He promises to give them the Holy Spirit.

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June 6, 2023March 11, 2025

BibleGateway: John 14 ESV Text: John 14 John 14 (Listen) I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;1 believe also in me. 2 In my…

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