It was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey” (Ex. The next morning, when the dew lifted, there remained behind on the ground “a small round substance, as fine as frost. In response to these complaints, God promised to “rain bread from heaven” (Ex. Life in the wilderness was hard, and soon the people began to complain that it would be better to be back in Egypt, where they had wonderful food to eat. We remember how God cared for the Israelites when they were in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt. Furthermore, bread was a powerful symbol of God’s provision for His people in the Old Testament. But bread was a staple in the diet of the Jews, and had been so for many years. Obviously Jesus was not telling His disciples to pray only for bread. Help me to serve You and prepare for Your return today.Jesus teaches us to pray that God would give us daily bread (Matthew 6:11). Loving Savior, please help me to be ready to meet You at any time. How are you preparing to meet Jesus? What do you look forward to the most about being with Him? Reflect & Pray(Ap– Our Daily Bread Devotional) READ ALSO: Permanent Address | Our Daily Bread 8th April 2022 ODB Devotional The “clockwork” of our lives is still in motion-but for how long? May we live our moments in love with our merciful Savior, waiting and working for Him. But He tells us to be prepared and “keep watch” (v. Jesus clearly indicates that none of us knows either the moment He’ll return and establish His kingdom forever or when He may summon us to leave this world and come to Him. And I pondered Jesus’ words about His return as He spoke to His disciples on the Mount of Olives: “So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him” (Matthew 24:44). His grave is located at the mountain’s summit, not far from where he fell.Īs I ascended that mountain peak recently, I reflected on Mitchell’s story and my own mortality and how each of us has only so much time. Mitchell, a professor at the university, was gathering data to defend his (correct) claim that the peak he was on-which now bears his name, Mount Mitchell-was the highest one east of the Mississippi. They mark the exact moment (8:19 and 56 seconds) the watch’s owner Elisha Mitchell slipped and fell to his death at a waterfall in the Appalachian Mountains on the morning of June 27, 1857. The halted hands of a pocket watch in a library’s archives at the University of North Carolina tell a harrowing tale. READ: Ap– Our Daily Bread Devotional | A King on a Donkey Ap– Our Daily Bread Devotional MESSAGE Andrew is included only in Christ’s teaching at the Mount of Olives. Yet he wasn’t usually included with the other three in their private times with Him-such as at the raising of Jairus’ daughter (Mark 5:37), at the transfiguration (9:2–13), and in the inner sanctum of Gethsemane (14:33). This is ironic because Andrew was one of the first two disciples to follow Christ (John 1:40–41). One of the interesting side points is that it’s the only time when Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, is included with Jesus’ so-called “inner circle” of Peter, James, and John (see Mark 13:3).
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