OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today 2nd May 2026 is here. Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).
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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 2nd May 2026 is “A Good Defense”
Bible in a Year: 1 Kings 12-13, Luke 22:1-20
Memory Verse: 1 Peter 5:8
Be alert and of sober mind.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
On the basketball court, our grandson’s seventh-grade team did their best to score. Offense was their passion. But after each basket, their coach urged them to hurry back downcourt and play defense, which they were sometimes reluctant to do. Everyone wanted to score, but no one seemed eager to put in the hard work of defending.
The key to the game, the coach taught them, was to anticipate the movements of the opposing players. Stepping in front of a pass or shot would thwart the other team’s scoring and help the team win the game.
A defensive strategy that anticipates the moves of our enemy can also help in our spiritual lives. And who is that enemy? Peter’s letter to believers in Jesus reminds us: “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8). So “be alert and of sober mind,” Peter wrote. Indeed, we’re called to “resist” our spiritual enemy, “standing firm in the faith” (v. 9).
Living out an active defense leads us as believers in Jesus to be more effective in our lives and in the productive work we seek to do for His kingdom. Then, if we have spiritual setbacks, the God of all grace “will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast” (v. 10). He is the one who establishes us, and who builds our strong defense—in Him.
Reflect & Pray
Where have you “dropped the ball” defensively in your spiritual life? How can you be more alert and sober-minded?
When I let down my guard in life, please remind me, O God, of Your protection of me.
Our Daily Bread 2026 Devotional is written by Patricia Raybon and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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