OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today, 7th 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 7th December 2025 is “Pray What’s on Your Heart”
Bible in a Year: Daniel 5-7, 2 John
Memory Verse: Daniel 9:17
Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Brenda and Eddie got in the car and began their Thursday evening ritual. “Where would you like to eat?” “Oh, Eddie, I don’t care, anywhere is fine, really.”
Eddie’s been here before. “Okay, how about The Windmill?” Brenda bristles. “No, anywhere but there!” Eddie sighs. “So where, then?” Brenda insists, “Really, anywhere is fine.”
It’s the stuff of comedy sketches, humorous from a distance because we know how maddening it is in the moment.
Sometimes it can be that way in our prayer lives too. We’re too vague. In contrast, the prayer in Daniel 9 reveals Daniel boldly saying what he wants.
First, he confesses the sins of his people: “We have sinned and done wrong” (v. 5). Then he makes his requests. “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant” (v. 17). “Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act” (v. 19).
God owed nothing to Daniel, but such was Daniel’s trust in God’s “great mercy” (v. 18) that he felt free to bring the full weight of his desires to Him.
It’s always right to pray “not as I will, but as you will,” as Jesus prayed to His Father the night before He was crucified (Matthew 26:39). But there are also times when saying what we want is the way forward.
God honors our boldness when we come before Him with repentant hearts. So be bold, pray what’s on your heart, and entrust it to the God of great mercy.
Reflect & Pray
How do your prayers compare to Daniel 9:4-19? What might you need to confess before making your requests to God?
Now, my God, please hear the prayers of Your servan
Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by John Blase and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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