Our Daily Bread 25th November 2025 Devotional – Today’s Insight, Bible Reading & Prayer – Tuesday ODB Message
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TOPIC: Asking for God’s Help
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BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezekiel 24-26; 1 Peter 2
KEY VERSE: Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” – 1 Samuel 7:12
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: 1 Samuel 7:7-12
INSIGHT FOR TODAY
In Hebrew literature, a “word pair” refers to two closely related yet distinct words that are often found together and enhance an idea. In 1 Samuel 7, we find the common word pair of “deliver” (v. 3; Hebrew, natsal) and “rescue” (v. 8; Hebrew, yasha). To “deliver” captures the idea of God rescuing from a situation of immediate danger, while “rescue” (or “save” in some translations), points to a more enduring, secure, and ultimate victory. In 1 Samuel 7, Samuel calls for God’s people to trust Him to “deliver” (v. 3) and “rescue” them from the Philistines (v. 8). Together, this word pair points to our need to ask God for help when we face trials and to leave both our immediate situation and our ultimate security and final salvation in God’s hands. (Insight By: Monica La Rose)
Our Daily Bread – 25th November 2025 | ODB MESSAGE
When I was younger, I thought it improper to ask God to help me meet writing deadlines. Other people have greater needs, I told myself. Family problems. Health crises. Job letdowns. Financial needs. I’ve faced all those things too. But meeting a writing deadline seemed too small to take to God. I changed my view, however, after finding multiple examples in the Bible of God helping people regardless of the challenge they faced.
In one story, the Israelites were dismayed because they faced an attack at Mizpah by their enemies, the Philistines. “[The Israelites] said to Samuel, ‘Do not stop crying out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines’ ” (1 Samuel 7:8). In response, Samuel sacrificed a lamb to God, crying out to Him on Israel’s behalf, “and the Lord answered him” (v. 9).
“While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the Lord thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites” (v. 10).
Later, “Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far the Lord has helped us’ ” (v. 12). Samuel placed the stone to commemorate God helping His people. Ebenezer means “stone of help.”
Asking God for help is always proper. Let’s call out to Him today. (Message By: Patricia Raybon)
REFLECT: What help do you need from God? Why is it vital for you to call out to Him?
PRAY: Please help me today, loving God. I need You!
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