Repent and He will forgive us our sins

https://odb.org/2026/04/06/not-my-fault Exodus 32:19–24 (NIV): 19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then heContinue reading “Repent and He will forgive us our sins”

Blessed Good Friday!

https://odb.org/2026/04/03/why-good-friday 1 John 4:7–12 (NIV): 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and onlyContinue reading “Blessed Good Friday!”

Holy Communion

https://odb.org/2026/04/02/the-ladle 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (NIV): 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 InContinue reading “Holy Communion”

Integrity as a believer

https://odb.org/2026/04/01/true-integrity 1 Peter 2:11–17 (NIV): 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.Continue reading “Integrity as a believer”

Beyond our natural eyes

https://odb.org/2026/03/31/gods-view Exodus 14:10–14 (NIV): 10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD. 11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done toContinue reading “Beyond our natural eyes”

Perseverance

https://odb.org/2026/03/30/keep-going-by-faith Hebrews 12:1–3 (NIV): Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For theContinue reading “Perseverance”

Pray continually

https://odb.org/2026/03/17/pray-all-the-time 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV – UK16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. When pirates kidnapped Patrick in his mid-teens, they took him to Ireland, sold him into slavery, and forced him to to herd sheep for a druid master.Continue reading “Pray continually”

An offering to the LORD

https://odb.org/2026/03/16/lives-offered-to-god Exodus 35:20-29 NIV UK 20 Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, 21 and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. 22 All who wereContinue reading “An offering to the LORD”

When there are no easy answers

https://odb.org/2026/03/14/when-there-are-no-answers Psalm 22:1-11 NIV My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? 2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest. 3 Yet you are enthroned as theContinue reading “When there are no easy answers”

Sometimes just being there is enough

https://odb.org/2026/03/13/sitting-with-the-suffering Job 2: 7-13 NIV 7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. 8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. 9Continue reading “Sometimes just being there is enough”