Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 Today ODB Devotional – Abundance Meets Need –

Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 Today ODB Devotional – Abundance Meets Need

TODAY’S ODB OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTION OF THE DAY 22TH JUNE 2022

Read today’s Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 ODB devotional titled Abundance Meets Need for our spiritual daily bread for growth and development today.

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TOPIC: ABUNDANCE MEETS NEED

Our Daily Bread 22nd June 2022 Today ODB Devotional || Bible Verse:

Your plenty will supply what they need. 2 Corinthians 8:14

Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 Today ODB Devotional || Today’s Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:13–15

READ || Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 Today ODB Devotional || INSIGHT

School cafeterias, like large catering businesses, often prepare more food than is consumed simply because they can’t perfectly predict the need, and leftover food goes to waste. Yet there are many students who don’t have enough food to eat at home and who go hungry on weekends. One US school district partnered with a local non-profit to find a solution. They packaged leftovers to send home with students, and simultaneously addressed the problems of both food waste and hunger.

While most people wouldn’t look at an abundance of money as a problem the way we do with wasted food, the principle behind the school project is the same as what Paul suggests in his letter to the Corinthians. He knew the churches in Macedonia were experiencing hardship, so he asked the church in Corinth to use their “plenty” to “supply what they need[ed]” (2 Corinthians 8:14). His objective was to bring equality among the churches so none had too much while others were suffering.

Paul didn’t want the Corinthian believers to be impoverished by their giving, but to empathize with and be generous to the Macedonians, recognizing that at some point in the future they too were likely to need similar help. When we see others in need, let’s evaluate whether we might have something to share. Our giving—however large or small—will never be a waste! By:  Kirsten Holmberg

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Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 Today ODB Devotional || REFLECT: How has God supplied your needs through another person or group? How can you offer similar generosity?

Our Daily Bread 22 June 2022 Today ODB Devotional || PRAYER:

Father, please awaken me to the needs of others so I might give of the resources You’ve given me. When I’m in need, help me to trust You to provide through those who also love You.