Our Daily Bread 1 July 2026 Devotional – Today’s Insight, Bible Reading & Prayer – Wednesday ODB Message
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TOPIC: Remaining in Jesus
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Job 20-21; Acts 10:24-48
KEY VERSE: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. John 6:56
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Luke 22:14-23
TODAY’S INSIGHT
God commanded the Jews to observe the Passover to remind them how the blood of the lamb saved them from death. The Passover, a family meal, commemorated their new beginning as God’s redeemed people (Exodus 12). Jesus gave the bread and wine new meaning when He celebrated the Passover with His disciples before going to the cross (Luke 22:15-20). He instituted a new remembrance meal—the Lord’s Supper or Communion—as a reminder that He’s “the Lamb of God” (John 1:29), “our Passover lamb” (1 Corinthians 5:7), who was sacrificed to take away our sins. In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul writes of the Lord’s Supper in a worship setting, instructing us to celebrate it “in remembrance of [Him]” (v. 25): “Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (v. 26). Celebrating Communion is an act of worship where we remember His sacrifice for us.
Our Daily Bread 1st July 2026 Devotional | MESSAGE
A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.” These words, uttered by a character in C. S. Lewis’ book Out of the Silent Planet, depict the joy one has in reminiscing over cherished experiences in life. Though we rightly delight in the breathtaking scenery along the path of a hike or in sharing an important milestone with a loved one, what we feel might be merely the initial pleasure. Often, later reflection on such moments (and those like them) compound the joy of having experienced them.
Perhaps this is another reason Jesus instructs His disciples to regularly share in what we call the Lord’s Supper. As He shared the Passover meal with them the night before His death, He infused it with a new layer of meaning. When partaking of the unleavened bread and “fruit of the vine,” Jesus described them as representing His body and His blood (Luke 22:19-20). His disciples were to share this meal regularly, doing so “in remembrance of [Him]” (v. 19).
The Jewish people remember how God delivered them from Egypt through celebrating Passover (see Exodus 12:17). Those who trust in Jesus’ sacrifice retell God’s deliverance from the consequences of sin by partaking of the Lord’s Supper—a somber, yet joyful remembrance. By sharing in it regularly, we practice what it means to “remain” in fellowship with Jesus (see John 6:56) and savor the pleasure of our communion with Him.
REFLECT: How is remembering important in your worship of God? What might you remember about His work in your life today?
PRAY: Please help me, dear Father, to remember Your good works!
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. our daily bread devotional for today audio our daily bread booklet.
