Daily Archives: July 20, 2026

Turning Point

Turning Point; David Jeremiah – God Already Knows

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I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4

Recommended Reading: Psalm 34:1-4

The Greek word in the New Testament for confess is homologeo: homo (“same”) and lego (“to speak”). It means “to say the same thing.” It is usually translated as “confess” or “profess.” But there is also another time to “agree with God”—when we acknowledge to Him how we feel since He is aware of what we are going through before we even speak (Matthew 6:8).

Before David assumed the throne of Israel as king, he found himself in a perilous situation with a Philistine king (1 Samuel 21:10-15). He wrote Psalm 34 as a record of this encounter and how God delivered him from danger. He began the psalm with praise to God (verses 1-3) before stating, “[He] delivered me from all my fears” (verse 4). David wasn’t afraid to acknowledge his fears to God or to acknowledge that “many are the afflictions of the righteous” (verse 19). Nor should we be. When we confess to God how we are feeling, we are acknowledging that He knows our need.

Whatever you are feeling or experiencing, tell God. And praise Him that He will deliver you from your fears.

A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts.
Paul Johnson

 

 

 

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Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread – Pass it on

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Today’s Scripture

2 Corinthians 1:1-7

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After a fifty-five year wait, England’s soccer team finally made it to the European Football Championship Cup finals. Locked in a tie with Italy, the game was decided by a penalty shootout. England’s last chance fell to a young player named Bukayo Saka. But as Saka kicked the penalty shot, Italy’s goalkeeper deflected it. England fans wept; the Cup was lost.

Few will forget what happened next, though. England’s manager, Gareth Southgate, walked over to the devastated Saka and embraced him. Southgate knew how Saka felt. In 1996 it was he, as a young player, who had missed the penalty shot that cost England a place in the semifinals, and England’s then-manager Terry Venables had comforted him in the very same way.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” Paul says, “who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). Just as Southgate passed on to Saka what he’d received from Venables, Paul discovered that God’s comfort in his distress enabled him to comfort others in theirs, building their endurance (v. 6). Our “God of all comfort” (v. 3) can use our disappointment for good.

So let’s do the same, passing on God’s comfort to create an endless chain of encouragement.

Reflect & Pray

How has God comforted you in a time of loss or distress? How can you pass that comfort on to someone else today?

 

God of comfort, through each trial I face, please help me pass on Your comfort to others.

To continue reflecting, read Psalm 23: Finding Safety in the Wilderness.

Today’s Insights

Notice the words all and any in 2 Corinthians 1:3-4: “the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” These are comprehensive descriptors that provide extraordinary comfort because they assure us that no matter what we go through, God will provide His all-encompassing comfort. In addition, we can console others who are experiencing trials and heartaches, whether we’ve experienced them or not. This is the greatness of God. As our Creator, He fully understands what we’re suffering and knows how to comfort our hurting hearts. As He comforts us, we pass along His comfort to others so they too can become a conduit for His comfort, mercy, and grace.

 

 

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Days of Praise

Days of Praise – The Delightful Law

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by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D.

“For I delight in the law of God after the inward man.” (Romans 7:22)

To many people, the law of God is harsh and cruel, consisting of an unreasonable list of “thou shalt nots.” But Scripture teaches that “the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good” (Romans 7:12). The “old man”—that is, the natural man—“is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts” (Ephesians 4:22). Therefore, it is written, “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them” (Galatians 3:10).

No natural man could ever truthfully say, “I delight in the law of God,” and in our modern world it is even probable that most people have broken at least most of God’s Ten Commandments and often delight in doing so. But the “old man” becomes a “new man” when he accepts Christ as his Savior, for “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made [the] curse for us” (Galatians 3:13). Thus, the “inward man” can thenceforth “delight in the law of God,” as our text says: not to earn salvation (which we could never do) but because we love to live for Him who died for us.

God’s law (and we can understand this now to include even the entire Word of God) indeed becomes our delight. We can say with the psalmist, “Thy law is my delight” (Psalm 119:77). Everyone redeemed of the Lord should now find that “his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night” (Psalm 1:2).

The old covenant said, in effect, we must keep the law to live. But now, “this is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them” (Hebrews 10:16). No longer are the commandments written “in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart” (2 Corinthians 3:3), and we delight in them. HMM

 

 

 

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Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer – Trust God with Your Desires

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Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.

Psalm 38:9 (AMPC)

God says in His Word that if we delight ourselves in Him, He will give us the secret desires and petitions of our hearts (Psalm 37:4). I like that plan because I certainly spent plenty of years frustrated trying to get the things I wanted for myself. In the process of seeking things, we often fail to pursue God and delight ourselves in getting to know Him. Many years ago, I even let that happen because of my strong desire to be in ministry. I thought the most important thing in the world was ministering for God, but I needed to learn that it was not as important as God Himself.

Are you keeping your desires in balance and delighting yourself in God above all else? If not, you can easily make an adjustment by reminding yourself of what is truly important. Place all of your desires before God, as our Scripture for today instructs us to do, trusting Him to remove any that are not His perfect will for you.

Every desire is not from God and therefore every desire we have will not be met, but we can trust God to meet the ones that will work out for our good. God wants you to know that if you ask for something and don’t get it, it may be that He has something much better in mind for you. So relax; delight yourself in God; and let Him take care of the rest.

Prayer of the Day: God, help me delight myself in You above everything else. Teach me to trust Your timing, Your plans, and what is truly best for my life, amen.

 

 

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Max Lucado

Max Lucado – Look Forward 

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There’s a reason the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror: your future matters more than your past. God’s grace is greater than your sin. You thought the problem was your calendar, your marriage, your job. In reality, it’s this unresolved guilt. Don’t indulge it. Don’t drown in the bilge of your own condemnation. What you did was not good, but your God is good, and he will forgive you. He is ready to write a new chapter in your life.

Say with Paul, “Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us” (Phil 3:13-14 TLB). Your salvation has nothing to do with your work and everything to do with the finished work of Christ on the cross. Rejoice in the Lord’s mercy.

 

 

 

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Today in the Word – Moody Bible Institute – The Sin of Worry

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Read Matthew 6:25–27

In his bestselling book The Anxious Generation, author Jonathan Haidt demonstrated that teenagers’ mental health began nosediving in the early 2010s. Screentime, smartphones, and social media led to significant increases in depression and anxiety. Virtual reality, now available around the clock to all ages, has injured a generation’s normal psychological development.

Worry and anxiety are a big deal! Today’s reading begins with the transition “Therefore,” meaning “given that earthly treasures hold no real value” and “given that money should not be your master” (v. 25). Since we now understand these truths, we are told, “do not worry about your life,” not even about basic needs such as food and clothing. Life is more than these.

“Look at the birds of the air,” Jesus continued (v. 26). God takes care of them, so He will take care of you as well. Jesus here argued from the smaller to the greater: Since a small thing is true, a greater thing can be counted on to be true as well. Since He takes care of birds, He will also take care of people, especially since we are of greater value. So why worry? To do so is a lack of faith, a failure to trust.

Worry is useless (v. 27). It accomplishes nothing. It cannot add an hour to our life or an inch to our height. Even setting aside God’s provision, worry is thus simply foolish. Worry didn’t enter our society with smartphones, of course. It’s been around a long time. If we’re tempted to worry instead of trusting the Lord, what can we do? “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:6–7).

Go Deeper

Why did Jesus spend so much time on the sin of worry in the Sermon on the Mount? Do we underestimate it? How and why?

Pray with Us

Our eyes are fixed on You, Lord. When we are afraid, we put our trust in You. Remind us that we never need to worry, because You are always in control. Hallelujah!

Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?Matthew 6:27

 

 

 

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