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The Topic of Our Daily Bread For 8th May 2025 is “Deeply Rooted in Christ”
Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 4-6, Luke 24:36-53
Memory Verse: Ephesians 3:17-18
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power.
Today’s Scripture & Insight: Ephesians 3:14-21
Scattered throughout the Scriptures are both benedictions and doxologies, but there’s an interesting difference. A benediction is a horizontal statement of blessing bestowed by a person upon another person. A classic example is the Aaronic blessing in Numbers 6:22-26. A doxology, however, is a vertical statement of worship to God. The word doxology comes from two Greek words—doxa (“glory”) and logia (“word” or “saying”). It’s a declaration of the glory of God. An example is the angels’ doxology on the night of Jesus’ birth in Luke 2:13-14.
In Ephesians 3:14-21, we find Paul blending elements of both. In verses 14-19, he prays for God’s blessing on the Ephesian church, and in verses 20-21, he declares God’s “glory in the church.” As you read the Scriptures, look for both the horizontal statements of blessing upon God’s people and the vertical calls to give glory to God.
By: Bill Crowder
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ODB MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Beloved pastor Andrew Murray (1828-1917) shared how in his native South Africa, various diseases affect the orange trees there. To the unpractised eye, all may seem fine, but an expert arborist can spot the rot that heralds the tree’s slow death. The only way to save the diseased tree is to remove the stem and branches from the root and graft them onto a new one. Then the tree can thrive, producing fruit.
Murray connected this illustration to the apostle Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians. From prison in Rome, Paul wrote a letter that wonderfully summarises the gospel of Jesus Christ. His pastoral heart shines through when he prayed that the believers would be strengthened with power through Christ’s Spirit in their inner being so that He would dwell in their hearts by faith (Ephesians 3:16-17). Paul longed that they’d be “rooted and established in love” and would grasp the full measure of God’s abundant love (vv. 17-18).
As believers in Jesus, our roots sink deeply into the rich soil of God’s love, where the nutrients fortify us and help us grow. And as we’re grafted onto Jesus, His Spirit helps us to produce fruit. We may have to weather storms that bend us one way or another, but we can withstand them when we’re rooted in the Source of life and love.
By: Amy Boucher Pye
Reflect & Pray
What does it mean to you to be grafted into the Vine, Jesus? How can you ensure you’re receiving enough nutrients in your life with God to flourish?
Loving God, please establish me in Your love so that I bear fruit and bring You glory.
Our Daily Bread 2025 Devotional is written by Con Campbell and published by Our Daily Bread Ministries. Read more
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