Bringing life to desolate places

https://odb.org/2026/05/22/smiley-face Isaiah 41:17–20 (NIV): 17 “The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.       18 I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn theContinue reading “Bringing life to desolate places”

Longing for home

https://odb.org/2026/05/21/longing-for-home-4 Psalm 137:1–6 (NIV): 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” 4 How can we sing the songsContinue reading “Longing for home”

Glimpses of the glory of God

https://odb.org/2026/05/20/the-fountain-of-joy 1 Corinthians 13:8–13 (NIV): 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was aContinue reading “Glimpses of the glory of God”

Attitude at work as a believer

https://odb.org/2026/05/19/fully-dedicated Genesis 39:2–6 (NIV): 2 The LORD was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did, 4 Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. PotipharContinue reading “Attitude at work as a believer”

The LORD’s grandeur and majesty!

https://odb.org/2026/05/15/seeing-gods-grandeur Psalm 104:1–7 (NIV): 1 Praise the LORD, my soul. LORD my God, you are very great;  you are clothed with splendor and majesty.       2 The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent          3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.Continue reading “The LORD’s grandeur and majesty!”

Good soil in God

https://odb.org/2026/05/14/good-soil-in-god Luke 8:4–8 (NIV): 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fellContinue reading “Good soil in God”

We will reap what we sow

https://odb.org/2026/05/13/waiting-for-the-harvest-2 Galatians 6:7–10 (NIV): 7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. 8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the properContinue reading “We will reap what we sow”

Being able to handle the Word correctly

https://odb.org/2026/05/12/getting-equipped 2 Timothy 2:14–19 (NIV): 14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handlesContinue reading “Being able to handle the Word correctly”

The Word of God endures forever

https://odb.org/2026/05/11/gods-word-endures Isaiah 40:3–8 (NIV): 3 A voice of one calling:          “In the wilderness prepare          the way for the LORD;          make straight in the desert          a highway for our God.       4 Every valley shall be raised up,          every mountain and hill made low;          the rough ground shall become level,          theContinue reading “The Word of God endures forever”

Learning never ends

https://odb.org/2026/05/08/miracle-year John 1:1–14 (NIV): 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light ofContinue reading “Learning never ends”