OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY
Our Daily Bread for today 29th June 2026, 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 nurture your faith and help in your daily walk to Christ.
The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 29th June 2026 is “Jesus—Our Substitute”
Bible in a Year: Job 14-16, Acts 9:22-43
Memory Verse: Hebrews 10:10
We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
As the US Civil War (1861-65) dragged on, both sides resorted to conscription (the draft) to fill their ranks. Under the Confederate law, a draftee could dodge service by hiring a man who was exempt from the draft to replace him—in most cases someone under or over the conscription age. Generally, the “principal” (as one evading the draft was called) paid a fee to the government as well as a large sum to his substitute. Only the wealthy could afford substitutes.
The apostle Paul writes of the cosmic spiritual war, where “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23) and “the wages of sin is death” (6:23). There was no clause or loophole that gave those with “means” some way out. But what about a substitute for us all? The writer to the Hebrews praises God, who in His infinite mercy sent Jesus to be our substitute—to bear the punishment our sin deserved, to pay our debt by sacrificing “the body of Jesus Christ once for all” so that we would be “made holy” through His substitutionary sacrifice (Hebrews 10:10). We have “died with Christ,” and one day “we will also live with him” (Romans 6:8).
That’s the good news right there. Christ died for you and for me; the substitute took our place. We’re now more than simply survivors of the war. We’ve become the sons and daughters of God.
Reflect & Pray
How does it make you feel to realize that Jesus died in your place? How might you explain this good news to a friend?
Dear Jesus, I praise You for being my substitute and securing for me life eternal.
Our Daily Bread 2026 Devotional is written by John Blase and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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