Our Daily Bread 2 March 2026 Devotional – Today’s Insight, Bible Reading & Prayer – Monday ODB Message
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TOPIC: Refreshing Generosity
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Numbers 26-27; Mark 8:1-21
KEY VERSE: A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. – Proverbs 11:25
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 11:24-31
INSIGHT FOR TODAY
The “righteous” person is beautifully depicted in Proverbs 11. A careful reading of the chapter leaves one longing for what we see. Verses 24-25 describe the blessing of life-sharing generosity. And who doesn’t desire what’s described in verse 28? “The righteous will thrive like a green leaf.” The word thrive can also be rendered flourish (nlt). The Hebrew word is parakh, which means “to break out” or “to break forth.” Its usage in the Old Testament includes the sprouting or budding forth of plants or trees. That’s also what we see in Psalm 92: “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God” (vv. 12-13). When we’re generous and refresh others, we’ll flourish and “be refreshed” as well (Proverbs 11:25). (Insight By: Arthur Jackson)
Our Daily Bread 2 March 2026 | ODB MESSAGE
An auditorium full of medical students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine listened intently as ninety-year-old Ruth Gottesman spoke. As she concluded, Ruth announced—to the students’ gasps, cheers, and pandemonium—that she was donating $1 billion so they could finish their education tuition free. This is the largest donation ever given to a medical school. Yet in the interviews that followed, you would have thought that Gottesman was the one receiving the gift. She expressed joy, delight, and honor to be able to give her money away.
Proverbs tells us that this is how generosity works. The one who “gives freely,” far from being left diminished or bereft, finds blessings they hadn’t anticipated (11:24). When we open our hands to others, we’re left with something more—not less. “Whoever refreshes,” Scripture says, “will be refreshed” (v. 25). We’re often tempted to tightly grip whatever we have, fearful that we’ll be taken advantage of or left with nothing. God’s economy works differently, however. Jesus went a step further, stating that it’s “more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).
We can be generous with our lives and our resources, offering what we have to others in need. And then, in return, we’ll find that we end up receiving too. There’s plenty for everyone in God’s kingdom. (Message By: Winn Collier)
Reflect & Pray
How has giving to others blessed you? Where might God be asking you to be more generous?
Dear God, please help me to be generous like You and trust that I’ll have all I need.
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