Daily Bread

Oct 18, 2025 (Sat)

JESUS THE CORNERSTONE Zechariah 10:1-12

1. The writer tells us to, “Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime.” It is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms and he who gives showers of rain to all people. This is our merciful God, who knows all(...)

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Oct 17, 2025 (Fri)

REJOICE GREATLY, DAUGHTER ZION Zechariah 9:1-17

1. This passage is about the coming judgement on the enemies of Israel. Hadrak, Damascus, Hamath, and Tyre are going to be destroyed. Although Tyre was confident in the stronghold they had made, and a(...)

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Oct 16, 2025 (Thu)

WE BECAME A BLESSING THROUGH JESUS Zechariah 8:14-23

1. God had destroyed and punished Jerusalem and the Israelites because of their sins. But God says, “Just as I had determined.” Just as God was determined to bring disaster on the unfaithful Israelite(...)

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Oct 15, 2025 (Wed)

LET YOUR HANDS BE STRONG Zechariah 8:1-13

1. The LORD Almighty gave his people a glorious vision of the future of Jerusalem. The LORD burned with jealousy for his people. God promised that he would return to and dwell in Jerusalem. Though Jer(...)

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Oct 14, 2025 (Tue)

SHOW MERCY AND COMPASSION Zechariah 7:1-14

1. About two years after Zechariah received his first vision from the LORD (1:1, 7:1), some people asked the priests and prophets whether they should mourn and fast as they did in the past. The people(...)

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Oct 13, 2025 (Mon)

GOD WORKS FOR HIS PEOPLE Zechariah 5:1-6:15

1. Zechariah saw a huge flying scroll. One side pronounced judgment against thieves. The other side pronounced judgment on those who swear falsely. God would cleanse his people from stealing and lying(...)

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Oct 12, 2025 (Sun)

NOT BY MIGHT NOR POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT Zechariah 4:1-14

1. Zechariah saw a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven channels from the bowl to the lamps (2). Two olive trees, one on each side of the lampstand, supplied oil for the lamps (12). T(...)

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Oct 11, 2025 (Sat)

I WILL REMOVE THE SIN OF THIS LAND IN A SINGLE DAY Zechariah 3:1-10

1. In Zechariah’s fourth vision, he saw Joshua the high priest standing before an angel and beside Satan. Satan was there to accuse Joshua. Joshua was a sinner. Satan had many reasons to accuse Joshua(...)

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Oct 10, 2025 (Fri)

I WILL LIVE AMONG YOU Zechariah 2:1-13

1. In Zechariah’s third vision, a man uses a measuring line to find out how wide and long Jerusalem is. An angel meets the man and tells him that in the future, Jerusalem will not be measurable. The c(...)

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Oct 9, 2025 (Thu)

RETURN TO ME AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU Zechariah 1:1-21

1. Sixteen years before Zechariah received the word of the Lord, the Jews had miraculously been allowed to return to Jerusalem (Ez 1). However, neither the temple nor the city had been restored. Both(...)

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