OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today 15th December 2025, is here. Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).
The word of God is food to the spirit man. “Eat and digest” the word of the Lord for today and let its unchanging power nuture your faith and help in your daily walk to Christ.
The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 15th December 2025 is “Knowing and Loving Others
Bible in a Year: Amos 1-3, Revelation 6
Memory Verse: 2 Corinthians 2:4
I wrote you . . . to let you know the depth of my love for you.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Hippocrates (ca. 460–375 bc) brought medicine out of the realm of the superstitious and into the light of testing and observation. But he didn’t lose sight of the patient’s humanity. “It is far more important to know what person the disease has,” he said, “than what disease the person has.”
The apostle Paul cared for a church with multiple problems, yet he saw the humanity of each member—including a man who’d committed a sin “that even pagans do not tolerate” (1 Corinthians 5:1).
Paul dealt strongly with the “disease,” and the man repented. Now, as he wrote another letter to the church in Corinth, Paul had affirming instructions for all of them.
He recognized that this man’s sin had affected everyone: “He has grieved all of you to some extent,” he said (2 Corinthians 2:5). But since the man had turned from his sin, Paul said, “Reaffirm your love for him” (v. 8).
His motivation was clear: “I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you” (v. 4). He knew them all. And he loved them.
Sin affects us all. Behind each sin is a human being. When we’ve been wronged, it may be difficult to work toward restoration, yet that’s what God calls us to do. Know the person. Then, in Christ’s strength, love them.
Reflect & Pray
How did Paul handle the sin in the Corinthian church? How does loving someone despite their sin differ from enablement?
Dear Father, please help me see others as You see them. Thank You for complete forgiveness of my sins.
Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by Tim Gustafson and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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