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15th October 2021 Our Daily Bread For Today – God’s Plan For You

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15th October 2021 Our Daily Bread For Today – God’s Plan For You

Welcome to Our Daily Bread Devotional for Friday 15 October 2021 written by Amy Boucher Pye to inspire and bless your life. May the entrance of God’s Word give you understanding in Jesus’ name, Amen. Kindly share with other people.

Our Daily Bread Devotional 15th October 2021 Today

TOPIC: GOD’S PLANS FOR YOU

Bible in a Year: Isaiah 45–46; 1 Thessalonians 3

Key Verse: “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4

Today’s Scripture: Psalm 37:3–7

Our Daily Bread for Today 15th October 2021 | Insight

When David urged his nation not to envy those who seemed to be winning by deceit or violence (Psalm 37:1, 7), he was writing out of his own experience. He knew what it was to be stalked by Saul, his own king and father-in-law. His psalm reflects what he’d seen in God, who helped him overcome Goliath, the betrayals of friends and family, and the military advantage of enemies.

Learning to trust an unseen God at a time when visible people hated him was his recurring challenge. Reflecting on a hard road traveled, Psalm 37 foreshadows what the apostle Paul would one day express. In the service of Christ, he too learned to see beyond the temporary, outward appearance (2 Corinthians 4:16–18). By: Mart DeHaan

Our Daily Bread for Today 15th October 2021 | Message

For six years, Agnes tried to make herself the “perfect minister’s wife,” modeling herself after her adored mother-in-law (also a pastor’s wife). She thought that in this role she couldn’t also be a writer and painter, but in burying her creativity she became depressed and contemplated suicide. Only the help of a neighboring pastor moved her out of the darkness as he prayed with her and assigned her two hours of writing each morning.

This awakened her to what she called her “sealed orders”—the calling God had given her. She wrote, “For me to be really myself—my complete self—every . . . flow of creativity that God had given me had to find its channel.”

Later, she pointed to one of David’s songs that expressed how she found her calling: “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4). As she committed her way to God, trusting Him to lead and guide her (v. 5), He made a way for her not only to write and paint but to help others to better communicate with Him.

God has a set of “sealed orders” for each of us, not only that we’ll know we’re His beloved children but understand the unique ways we can serve Him through our gifts and passions. He’ll lead us as we trust and delight in Him. By: Amy Boucher Pye

Reflect: How does Agnes’ story of living someone else’s life resonate with you? What has God put in your “sealed orders”?

Prayer: Creator God, You’ve made me in Your image. Help me to know and embrace my calling that I might better love and serve You.

Thank you for your time in reading Today’s 15th October 2021 Our Daily Bread For Today – God’s Plan For You.

Our Daily Bread for Today 15 October 2021 | God's Plans For You

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