Daily Bread
Feb 1, 2026 (Sun)
WE WILL NOT SERVE YOUR GODS
Daniel 3:1-18
1. King Nebuchadnezzar forced his royal officials from greatest to least to bow before a 90-foot image of gold. Otherwise, they would be thrown into a fiery furnace. This is a counterfeit of God’s tru(...)
ReadJan 31, 2026 (Sat)
DANIEL INTERPRETS THE KING’S DREAM
Daniel 2:31-49
1. After receiving the meaning of the dream, Daniel immediately goes to the king’s guard and halts the execution of the wisemen. When he is brought before the king, he acknowledges that only God in he(...)
ReadJan 30, 2026 (Fri)
GOD REVEALS TO DANIEL THE KING’S DREAM
Daniel 2:1-30
1. The great king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar has a disturbing dream that deprives him of any sleep. Though he is very powerful, he is helpless before this dream. In his megalomania, he summons his ast(...)
ReadJan 29, 2026 (Thu)
DANIEL’S DECISION OF FAITH
Daniel 1:1-21
1. The setting of the book of Daniel is when the Babylonians plundered Judah and carried off the people and their temple treasures to exile in Babylon. Then, the best of Judah’s young noblemen were tr(...)
ReadJan 28, 2026 (Wed)
AHAB’S END
1 Kings 22:29-53
1. In defiance of the Lord’s word through Micaiah, Ahab king of Israel went up to fight the Arameans at Ramoth Gilead, and Jehoshaphat went with him. In spite of efforts Ahab made to disguise himself(...)
ReadJan 27, 2026 (Tue)
ONE PROPHET WITH INTEGRITY
1 Kings 22:1-28
1. King Ahab invited King Jehoshaphat, a godly king of Judah, to join with him in fighting against the Arameans to take back Ramoth Gilead. Jehoshaphat said they should inquire of the Lord first, but(...)
ReadJan 26, 2026 (Mon)
WICKEDNESS AND REPENTANCE
1 Kings 21:1-29
1. Naboth was a righteous man who kept the Lord’s command by refusing to sell his inheritance in Israel (Lev 25:23). Ahab was a selfish, petty man who sulked like a child when he didn’t get his way (4(...)
ReadJan 25, 2026 (Sun)
AHAB’S FOOLISHNESS
1 Kings 20:22-43
1. With the Lord’s help, Ahab had won a decisive victory over the army of Ben-Hadad king of Aram (20:1-21). The next spring, Ben-Hadad attacked again, and the Lord promised to help Ahab again, to show(...)
ReadJan 24, 2026 (Sat)
THE LORD HELPS AHAB
1 Kings 20:1-21
1. When Ben-Hadad king of Aram threatened Samaria, Ahab felt he had no strength to oppose him, so he offered to surrender. But when Ben-Hadad then came back with more unreasonable demands, Ahab and hi(...)
ReadJan 23, 2026 (Fri)
ELIJAH’S NEXT STEPS
1 Kings 19:1-21
1. For a moment, it seemed that Elijah had won a great spiritual victory at Mt. Carmel. But now he had to flee for his life from Jezebel (1-2). Elijah was tempted to despair, asking the Lord to take h(...)
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