https://odb.org/2026/06/04/freedom-in-gods-love 1 John 1:5–9 (NIV): 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if weContinue reading “Albatross around our neck”
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Honesty and integrity in God
https://odb.org/2026/05/26/acting-with-integrity Proverbs 12:13–23 (NIV): 13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk, and so the innocent escape trouble. 14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward. 15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Continue reading “Honesty and integrity in God”
The beauty and blessings of sleep
https://odb.org/2026/05/25/finding-rest-4 2 Samuel 15:23–27 (NIV): 23 The whole countryside wept aloud as all the people passed by. The king also crossed the Kidron Valley, and all the people moved on toward the wilderness. 24 Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They setContinue reading “The beauty and blessings of sleep”
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”
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”
