![]() It produces several devotional publications, including Our Daily Bread. It is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over 600 employees. Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB) is a Christian organization founded by Dr. Give me courage and strength even when the journey is difficult.Īp– Our Daily Bread Devotional | ODB Devotional Message For Friday. Jesus, thank You that You understand and sympathize with the pain I experience as I take up my cross and follow You. What “cross” have you been asked to carry? How can you use this struggle to point others to Jesus? Reflect & Pray (Ap– Our Daily Bread Devotional) Read Also: Today Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | April 13, 2022 It was His cross that gave us peace with God and strength for our own journey. As we carry these sufferings by faith, we point people to the sufferings of Jesus and His sacrifice on the cross. We too have “crosses” to bear: perhaps an illness, a challenging ministry assignment, the loss of a loved one, or persecution for our faith. On the road to Golgotha, Simon literally did what Jesus figuratively asks His disciples to do: he took up the cross given to him and carried it for Jesus’ sake. There he found himself in the middle of this unjust execution but was able to perform a small but meaningful act of assistance to Jesus (Mark 15:21).Įarlier in the gospel of Mark, Jesus tells His followers, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me” (8:34). Most likely Simon had journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. ![]() But we still need to heed the advice of trusted loved ones and to rely on the wisdom and power of God in all we do.Mark tells us that Simon was from Cyrene, a big city in North Africa with a large population of Jews during Jesus’ time. Many of us take our work for God, our families, and others seriously-passionately even. Because he listened to Jethro, rearranged his work, and entrusted others to shoulder the load, he was able to avoid burnout during that season of life. ![]() Moses set up a system for “capable men from all the people” to take on the smaller disputes, and he took the more difficult cases (vv. Perhaps that’s why Moses was able to listen to Jethro and heed his advice. Jethro wasn’t in the thick of things, but he loved Moses and his family and could see trouble ahead. Yet he chose to listen to his father-in-law’s warning (vv. He too was diligently working, serving as Israel’s judge (Exodus 18:13). Since then, I’ve learned to listen to warnings-especially from loved ones-more carefully. But I did experience a very rough, dry season in which I fell into depression. Aside from his hometown being in Cyrene, all we know of Simon is that he had two sons. Ap Our Daily Bread Devotional INSIGHT: Though Simon of Cyrene is mentioned in each of the three Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 27:32 Mark 15:21 Luke 23:26), we know very little about him. ![]() When my father visited me, he said, “You’re going to have a breakdown.” I shrugged off his warning thinking he was of another generation and didn’t understand goal-setting. BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 2729 Luke 13:122. Add to that a chaplaincy rotation and an internship at a church. While attending seminary, I was working full-time. ![]()
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