Our Daily Bread 19th September 2021 Devotional Message for Sunday By Mike Wittmer (Our Daily Bread Ministries)
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TOPIC: Unbreakable in Jesus
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 1:4–10
KEY VERSE: “Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. – Jeremiah 1:8
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ecclesiastes 1–3; 2 Corinthians 11:16–33
INSIGHT: Of all the passages in Scripture showing us the sovereignty of God, this is one of the most direct. God says to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” (1:5), and He singles him out to be “a prophet to the nations” (v. 5). God spoke these words specifically to Jeremiah, and they had a special application for his particular mission. God would use him to “uproot and tear down” kingdoms as well as “to build and to plant” (v. 10). God may not use us to uproot kingdoms, but the principle of His sovereignty applies to us every bit as much as it did to Jeremiah. He knew each of us before we were even conceived, and He’s chosen us for His good purposes.
Our Daily Bread 19th September 2021 Devotional Message:
Louis Zamperini’s military plane crashed at sea during the war, killing eight of eleven men onboard. “Louie” and two others clambered into life rafts. They drifted for two months, fending off sharks, riding out storms, ducking bullets from an enemy plane, and catching and eating raw fish and birds. They finally drifted onto an island and were immediately captured. For two years Louie was beaten, tortured, and worked mercilessly as a prisoner of war. His remarkable story is told in the book Unbroken.
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Jeremiah is one of the Bible’s unbreakable characters. He endured enemy plots (Jeremiah 11:18), was whipped and put in stocks (20:2), flogged and bound in a dungeon (37:15–16), and lowered by ropes into the deep mire of a cistern (38:6). He survived because God had promised to stay with him and rescue him (1:8). God makes a similar promise to us: “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). God didn’t promise to save Jeremiah or us from trouble, but He has promised to carry us through trouble.
Louie recognized God’s protection, and after the war he gave his life to Jesus. He forgave his captors and led some to Christ. Louie realized that while we can’t avoid all problems, we need not suffer them alone. When we face them with Jesus, we become unbreakable.
REFLECT & PRAY
What problem is causing you stress? Tell Jesus that you believe His promise to stay with you through this trial. Let Him carry you.
Jesus, You’re stronger than any storm. Please carry me through the one I’m facing!
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Our Daily Bread 19th September 2021 Devotional Message. Our Daily Bread Ministries (ODB) is a Christian organization founded by Dr. Martin De Haan in 1938. It is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over 600 employees. It produces several devotional publications, including Our Daily Bread.