Our Daily Bread 18th October 2025 Devotional – Today’s Insight, Bible Reading & Prayer – Saturday ODB Message
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TOPIC: A Prayerful Posture
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BIBLE IN A YEAR: Isaiah 53-55; 2 Thessalonians 1
KEY VERSE: Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the Lord. 2 Chronicles 20:18
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 20:5-12
5 Then Jehoshaphat stood up in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the temple of the Lord in the front of the new courtyard 6 and said:
“Lord, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you. 7 Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying, 9 ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’
10 “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them. 11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance. 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
INSIGHT FOR TODAY
Jehoshaphat is one of Judah’s more intriguing kings. The kingdoms of Judah and Israel had parted ways barely six decades earlier, yet Jehoshaphat foolishly agreed to go into battle allied with Israel’s idol-worshiping King Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:3). Their combined forces were routed, and Ahab was killed (vv. 33-34). Despite that episode, Jehoshaphat followed God throughout most of his reign. As a large foe amassed against the people of Judah (20:1-3), Jehoshaphat instinctively sought God. Praying before all the people, he recalled God’s promise to their father Abraham (vv. 5-9). Desperate though he was, Jehoshaphat knew God could be trusted. In our trials, we too can find comfort when we seek God in prayer. (Insight By: Tim Gustafson)
Our Daily Bread – 18th October 2025 Devotional MESSAGE
A lengthy battle with a chronic illness had taken its toll on Jimmy. Though he desired to spend time with God each morning, praying to Him and meditating on the Scriptures, he couldn’t find a way to position his body in his chair that wasn’t painful. He shifted from side to side, but there was no relief. Finally, in desperation, he fell to his knees. As he did, that prayerful posture proved to lessen the agonizing ache. In the mornings that followed, Jimmy spent time with God on his knees—experiencing comfort even as he called out to Him in prayer.
Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, also faced a battle—not with pain but with threatening enemies (2 Chronicles 20:1-2). The king was “terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance” (v. 3 nlt). All the people of Judah sought “help from the Lord” as well (v. 4). God heard their prayers, and His Spirit came upon a Levite named Jahaziel, who delivered this comforting message to the king: “Do not be afraid or discouraged . . . . The Lord will be with you” (vv. 15, 17). Jehoshaphat “bowed down with his face to the ground,” and everyone “fell down in worship before the Lord” (v. 18).
In painful and challenging times, we can often experience God’s nearness in a powerful way. As He helps us submit to His will and live out a prayerful posture in our hearts, we can find comfort and peace in Him. (Message By: Tom Felten)
REFLECT: How has God comforted you as you prayed to Him? What painful thing will you bring to Him today?
PRAY: Loving God, thank You for meeting and comforting me as I pray to You.
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